Good morning, after a showery end to the week it looks like our weather will settle down a little for the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet, we will save that for the end of the week ahead. More details a little later. Its saturday 2 may. Our top story the us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir, and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dane hardwick hugging his partner after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at thameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at near full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Delivery Driver pete davies from near warrington, who spent three weeks in hospital before the virus killed him. His relatives have described how they were given ppe so they could spend his final hours at his bedside. The government now believes the peak of infections in the uk has passed. In the latest government briefing, Health Secretary matt hancock said his self declared target of 100,000 tests per day had been met. I knew that it was an audacious goal, but we needed an audacious goal, because testing is so important for getting britain back on our feet. But the headline number of more than 122,000 tests doesnt tell the full story. Around one third of the overall figure are testing kits sent to people at home. And other settings such as care homes. We cannot test without Contact Tracing and the two have to be conducted together. Furthermore, you need a strategy of who you are going to test and how you are going to test, so there are a number of hurdles and furthermore to say we are testing when actually the tests have gone out in the post is not the same as having tests in the laboratory done today. Meanwhile authorities in the United States have authorised the drug remdesivirfor states have authorised the drug remdesivir for use states have authorised the drug remdesivirfor use on states have authorised the drug remdesivir for use on coronavirus patients. While it reduced recovery times by 31 , it did not lessons in terms. Remdesivirs maker says reports are inconclusive and has promised to distribute 1. 5 million vials of the drug free. David willis is in los angeles for us. Lets pick up is in los angeles for us. Lets pick up on these trials of remdesivir, of course a lot of interest in how that may or may not work. What we know about this drug is that it locks the development of coronavirus, blocks the development of the coronavirus and it helps to speed the recovery of severely ill patients with the virus, charlie. Did some tests on about 1000 patients and those who took this drug recovered on average about four days earlier than those who didnt. Now i was originally developed, this drug, to treat the ebola virus, it didnt prove very successful in that regard, but the very fa ct successful in that regard, but the very fact that it is having some impact on the coronavirus is giving medical officials here because the hope because lets face it, theres not much else to cheer about at the moment, no other drugs and the development of a vaccine to deal with this virus is thought to be still more than a year away. And david, sometimes during the course of the pandemic it is one place on one organisation that really puts a spotlight on how devastating the condition has been for certain groups of people, and i know there isa groups of people, and i know there is a care home in new york which has been particularly badly hurt. Absolutely, it is the isabella geriatric centre, and 98 people have died there of the coronavirus, all of them are elderly of course, it is more than 700 beds in that centre, but they have had such problems there that they have had to bring in a refrigerated lorry in order to deal with all the bodies. New york of course has been very, very badly hit, Nursing Homes very badly hit, but not quite to this sort of level, and very tragic news from new york this morning. In the uk, doctors are working on a very different potential treatment for coronavirus. A Clinical Trial would see patients treated with blood plasma from people who have had the virus, and since recovered. So far, donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. Heres more from our Health Correspondent catherine burns. Here is the hope. This golden liquid is blood plasma. The trial will ask if it could give critically ill people instant protection against the coronavirus attacking our body. So far there is no proven treatment for covid 19. This study aims to change that. It doesnt involve new expensive drugs could, but something freely given. This Hospital Doctor has had the virus and has treated people with it too. There are 72 people with it too. There are 72 people in the hospital now trying to find a disease around the world. There are ifeel find a disease around the world. There are i feel really privileged and excited to play some role in that. When he was sick his immune system would have made antibodies to attack the coronavirus. These build up over about a month and i found coronavirus. These build up over about a month and ifound in blood plasma. Donations are happening across the uk. 150 people in england have already donated, and each one can give enough to treat another person. So far 6500 people in england have gone online to say they are england have gone online to say they a re interested england have gone online to say they are interested in donating. Others who have had the virus will get phone calls asking if they want to be involved. Doctors are now looking for suitable patients to give the plasma too. What we are essentially giving is a Rapid Protection against the virus. And were hoping that by clearing the virus quickly because this Rapid Protection by the antibody, it will help patients recover quickly. Its early days, but if this works, the hope is that we could have an effect of treatment against coronavirus. Effective. Commuters could be asked to check their temperature before leaving home, as part of measures to make public transport safer. Its understood to be one of several options being looked at for when the lockdown is eased. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake taking the temperature before you travel, just one of the options . Thats right. The Prime Minister has promised a conference of plan for how to get the uk economy back up and running. When restrictions are reviewed as they have to be by law, this coming thursday. This is one idea that is being looked at by the government, it is by no means confirmed but asking people to take the temperature, to see if they have of course one of the key symptoms of coronavirus might be one way of allowing people to travel on public transport again. Of course public transport again. Of course public transport is potentially a problem, you cant have buses, trains and tube trains packed and maintain social distancing in that space very effectively. So this could be one of the ideas that the government puts in place, we will find out next week, the department of transport say they are constantly looking at this from countries around the world. One country which has gone much further in its steps to open up is ireland, the Prime Minister leo varadkar announcing is ireland, the Prime Minister leo va radkar announcing yesterday a is ireland, the Prime Minister leo varadkar announcing yesterday a plan to open up the economy and the country as a whole in a phased approach, starting in a couple of weeks time with gatherings of four people from outside of your household, more measures taken every three weeks or so, taking the country up to a state of near normality towards the end of august. One advantage the uk has although it has faced criticism for delaying its reopening, is seeing what works in other countries, and that is something the government will be doing in the next few days and weeks ahead. But i wouldnt expect such a specific timetable from the Prime Minister next week. That is interesting to explore, thank you jonathan. More waste and recycling centres across england are set to re open this morning as authorities attempt to combat an increase in fly tipping since the lockdown began. Social distancing measures will be enforced, with some sites also restricting the types of waste they will handle, or the number of cars allowed in. Breakfasts john maguire reports. As if to add insult to injury one of the unintended consequences of lockdown has been a significant rise in fly lockdown has been a significant rise infly tipping. Lockdown has been a significant rise in fly tipping. Call lockdown has been a significant rise in fly tipping. all last night from a herdsman hearing noises at about 830 and wheel spinning, and this is what a lovely lot of people have left us. It has remained illegal, of course, punishable by up to a year in prison or a fine of £50,000, but with council tips, known as household and Waste Recycling centres close household and Waste Recycling ce ntres close a cross household and Waste Recycling centres close across the uk, some have dumped their rubbish with abandon. Some centres, such as here in manchester, and hour reopening, but with restrictions in place. We are only accepting cars and small vans, we wont be accepting transit va ns vans, we wont be accepting transit vans 01 vans, we wont be accepting transit vans or trailers, because of the lack of manoeuvring space on site and also for the fact that this is about essential journeys and also for the fact that this is about essentialjourneys only, so people really need to think if it is essential to come to deposit waste before they make a trip. The governments hope is this, if managed carefully, can represent a step towards the restoration of normal life. As local governance secretary i said i want counsellors to begin to open them, so some are 110w to begin to open them, so some are now opening, others will open over the course of the next couple of weeks. Theres no reason you cant travel to your tip to put your Household Waste there or do your recycling, so councils should have the confidence to reopen them as 0011 the confidence to reopen them as 50011 as the confidence to reopen them as soon as possible. But councils are wanting people to manage their expectations. Keep storing it at home, wait till you hear of the news from your local authority as to if and when your local tip is opening, and when your local tip is opening, and also of course very mind that a lot of other people will also want to get down there so there may be, especially in the first few days of the week, quite high demand. Tips in scotla nd the week, quite high demand. Tips in scotland remain closed while in wales and Northern Ireland plans reopening is under way. The best advice is before setting off, check your local centre is open and if so, what restrictions are in place. It is 12 minutes past six. Police are appealing for witnesses after an 11 year old boy was shot last night in east london. A number of people fled the scene in upminster, where the boy was found with a gunshot wound, and a man in his 40s with head injuries was also discovered. No arrests have been made. The north korean leader, kimjong un, has made his first appearance on state media in more than 20 days. There had been international speculation that he was seriously ill. The countrys official news agency said hed opened a fertiliser plant near the capital, pyongyang. Kensington palace has released new images of Princess Charlotte to mark herfifth birthday, which she celebrates today. The pictures show the princess delivering home made care packages to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. The photos were taken in april by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, whos patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures of her children to mark their birthdays. Weve all been paying a bit more attention to nature these days so that might explain the popularity of a webcam in the Scottish Highlands. This is it, live pictures for you. A webcam in loch arkaig is livestreaming a pair of ospreys incubating three eggs and is attracting many more viewers than normal. And whats even more amazing is these eggs have been laid on the same day each year since the webcam was set up in 2017. The same day each year so for four yea rs the same day each year so for four years ina the same day each year so for four years in a row they have been laid on the same day. There is something so on the same day. There is something so very calming about that image, isnt there. In all these difficult times, that is a part of nature that is carrying on regardless, and its just lovely to look at. Feel slightly voyeuristic, it is very voyeuristic. I think we will drop back in on those pictures once or twice this morning. I noticed a bit of wind rustling the feathers there. Not quite sure if it is windy for everyone. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. Another rainbow and we had rainbows yesterday . Good morning. Beautiful scenes are sentin good morning. Beautiful scenes are sent in from our weather watchers yesterday, nothing like some good old showers to give good photo opportunities, beautiful double rainbow from essex yesterday and some great for lightning, this sent in from east sussex. A few showers around again today but fewer generally than yesterday and naga, youre right, a bit of wind coming from the north across the uk, but that too will ease through the day and the weekend generally moving us onto a slightly quieter weather footing than the last days of the week. Its because of this area of low pressure that brought all the showers, it is drifting to scandinavia, High Pressure will try to topple in from the north west at this low from the south west might have something to say about that. Here we are for today, a lot of fine weather across the uk, lot of sunshine and the greatest risk of showers will be across initially northern and eastern scotland and becoming increasingly confined to perhaps the south east of scotland through the afternoon and parts of the north east of england. The odd one could be sharp with may be the odd rumble of thunder, but much fewer and further between in contrast to the same time yesterday, 4pm this afternoon. Temperature wise, up to as high as 18 in the south east, typically feeling similar to yesterday, mid teens and cooler in northern scotland, ten or 11. Through the evening and overnight, some of the showers could be punchy for a while across the north east of england, but the low pulling away all the while. Remember the low to the south west . That pushing a bit more cloud into the south west of england to the end of the night, patchy rain for devon, cornwall and the isles of scilly. For most, though, a quiet night with clear spells and chilli in northern regions of scotland. On sunday, very similar to today with showers in northern scotland once again. A bit more cloud first thing in southern england and that will thicken considerably through the day and heres the biggest difference in contrast to today, sunday afternoon will bring more widespread showers across scotland and many parts of england, especially away from the south, and consequently it could be a bit cooler. But the trend for next week is for the high to push down from the north, bringing quite a bit of dry weather for many, but still towards the south west, always the threat of rain trying to move its way in and that battle between the high and low will be our story that plays out in the week ahead. Monday looks largely dry on the whole, nothing too remarkable in terms of temperatures. Tuesday has the chance of rain coming in in southern reaches. Second half of the week looks more settled, and there could be warmth returning by then as well. But for now, back to you two. Susan, thanks very much. We are going to have a look through some of the papers this morning and lets start with the front page of the times. You can see the line here workers are facing temperature checks before leaving home under johnson roadmap out of lockdown. A lot of speculation, this is looking ahead to next week, and he said there will be a roadmap, thats true, and this suggestion is one that we had confirmed at the bbc, one of a raft of measures they are looking at not yet confirmed. Looking at the guardian, the uks corona divide is the headline there and this is something that came out yesterday, People Living in the poorest areas dying at twice the rate of those in richest areas. If you watched the press conference yesterday, a question was asked to matt hancock, calls for the government to focus Health Funding on the most deprived regions, the office for National Statistics figures showing that. The front page of the telegraph . On the front page of the telegraph . On the front page of the telegraph . On the front page of the telegraph, given what was said about their being some announcement about this roadmap, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of speculation about what some of those measures could be, and you can see on the front page of the telegraph, they are talking about the two metre rule, whether they could some sort of relaxation around those determinations and this is Princess Charlotte, who has been helping to deliver meals to people during the crisis. Shall we say happy birthday as well . Yes, today. Five years old, big yale what have you got on the inside, charlie . There it is, right in front of you on the table. Thats what ive got, right here. We do this story quite a bit, dont we . Particularly apt at the moment, sell by dates, when is food safe . Do you look at the date and say, how long does it go . What we have now is official guidance from a government body about how long beyond certain items can go for certain items. A can of baked beans can be three yea rs. Can of baked beans can be three years. Easily, of course a loaf of bread could be a week or so. Until it goes green. But fundamentally, of course, common sense to date. People have different rules about this. Some people are very cautious about this. Others do the sniff test, look at it 01 others do the sniff test, look at it or taste it, or whatever, and eve ryo ne or taste it, or whatever, and everyone has their own way, but at a time when maybe youre trying not to consume too much, this becomes more releva nt consume too much, this becomes more relevant and you look through the cupboard and you wonder what to use. This is something that you would agree on with me, we are not strict observers of best by dates. |j wouldnt ignore them entirely. Strict observers of best by dates. |j wouldnt ignore them entirelym strict observers of best by dates. |j wouldnt ignore them entirely. It is the sniff test, isnt it . Sniff and look. If it tastes funny, dont eat it and stop we will be talking about this quite a lot today. Tips some are already reopening, we know that, but a lot more are opening. We had a conversation in the office this morning about the things you can ta ke to morning about the things you can take to the tip, lots of been people have been clearing out attics, garages, lofts, if you have any pictures of something you would like to get to the tip, thats what i wa nt to get to the tip, thats what i want to, but they only take certain amounts of waste. They will have unusual items, things uncovered during a clear out. For a country like spain which relies so heavily on tourism, its no surprise to hear that the global lockdown is doing serious harm to the economy. The government is expecting the nations economy to shink more than 10 this year, and millions of people could lose theirjobs. Our europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas, reports from the spanish coast. Spain the second most visited country on earth, now as quiet as a desert island. This is high season, but in benidorm the only footprints in the sand are those left by the seagulls. Benidorm is a place built entirely on tourism. It has 65,000 hotel beds. No people. So the mayor presides over a wasteland like a chemical agent has been dropped here, he says. Spain says it may allow hotels to re open from mid may, but safety will be key. Translation this will come back. Humanity will beat the virus. There will be a vaccine and hopefully, before long, normality. Until then, we have to adapt. Adapting means hotels will have to keep their restaurants shut, guests eat in their rooms and no swimming. All public areas closed. So, its hard to imagine how spain can get back to the way things were. They should be here and there should be people literally everywhere. Paige dawsons family have had a bar here for 25 years. Theyll only be allowed to serve one third as many customers as before. Weve just got to weigh everything up if its worth us opening and were going to be able to earn enough to keep going and make some profit. But we need the tourists to do that. Also weighing up how it can function, terra mitica theme park. Meanwhile, of its nearly 400 staff, just four are working. All the rest have been furloughed. And even if these places can reopen, what might keep people away is fear. Fear of coming here, farfrom home, away from the sanctuaries theyve been in, travelling long distances with all the uncertainties that might bring. To try to keep travellers safe, soldiers disinfect the terminal at valencia airport. Just one flight is leaving today. But the building is sterilised before and after the passengers go through. It makes you wonder whether mass tourism can really exist in the time of the virus. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, in spain. The time is 6 24am. Around half of nurseries across the uk have closed since lockdown began and there are fears many will not recover financially and wont reopen when restrictions are lifted. Authorities say theres a range of measures available to support early years providers. Were looking at one nursery in liverpool for the latest in our series on key workers where toddlers are being looked after to help their front line parents to keep britain moving. Its about 7 30am right now and im about to leave for work for a really fun day looking after all the children with key worker parents on the frontline. My husbands a paediatric nurse and imjust in the my husbands a paediatric nurse and im just in the process of rejoining the nursery register to get back to the nursery register to get back to the frontline. Who are you going to play with today . Everybody its 8am and the children are starting to arrive. This morning were going to make some cards for all the nurses the doctors in the area. There obviously have been anxieties. A lot of our girls have children of theirown, and a lot of our girls have children of their own, and everyday there in consta nt their own, and everyday there in Constant Contact frontline nhs workers, and aside from that, its utterly impossible to social distance from a 2 year old. If they wa nt distance from a 2 year old. If they want a cuddle, youre going to give them a cuddle. Whos picking you up to date, george . Daddy. Has daddy gone to work . Yeah, he has. My name is sarah, my daddy is a nurse. Weir and endsleigh proud of the staff we have here, and i send love to all the settings that have managed to remain open throughout the country. Were in it together. Weve even had two children this week who joined us from different settings that unfortunately had to close. Theyve both settled in really well. Whos the king of the castle . Me love and support in getting us to work and looking after my kids, im a pharmacist on the frontline, so thank you very much im so totally grateful for them for helping us look after the children. Im a key worker, im a dentist, we have our practice, where we have to manage all our patients at the moment. Without them, i wouldnt be able to operate in the capacity i have been working for the nhs, treating our public at this difficult time. Whats the time, mr wolf . It was opened 40 years ago by my mum, and shes very anxious about what the future looks like for us even after we are able to fully open once again. Thank you for shedding light on the struggles of the Early Learning sector. What do we say to our key workers . Thank you it is part of our series we are looking at and we will carry on bringing you stories like that, businesses trying to keep open amid all the changes. It is 6 27am. Let strap with mike about the sport on this saturday morning. What have you got . I was so uplifted by that last report, beautiful, made my morning we are talking about the football and whether sport can return and how it can return, there were two meetings yesterday, and we got more ofan meetings yesterday, and we got more of an idea of how it might look when and if it can return but on the other hand, it is still a case of only when it is deemed safe by the governments medical advisers. We 110w governments medical advisers. We now know completing the season at up to ten neutral stadiums will be the only way to finish the premier league season. Thats what the clubs were told in a video conference. The premier league also, said theyll need up to 40,000 tests for players and staff, and thats if plans to play the remaining 92 games behind closed doors do go ahead. So, what will it be like playing in empty stadiums . Former chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovich is now at ac milan in italy and made his debut for the serie a club behind closed doors in march. It was surreal, you know. It was something i guess we could get used to if we did it more often, but you cant underestimate the buildup to a game and the atmosphere of the actual game, the meaning of that, we have a sense of what the game means and asa have a sense of what the game means and as a footballer you react to that. Not having that to the same level is going to be difficult. I really dont know how this is all going to play out, or if it will actually. Now, i havent said this for a while i have some actual sport to bring you. Its tennis from germay, a small invitational event, and it could give us a glimpse, of what sport may look like in the future. Players came onto court wearing masks, surfaces were cleaned, and there were just the minimum amount of people in attendance. No linejudges, or ball boys and girls. The cameras were operated by robots, so just two players and an umpire. Dustin brown, who you may remember beat rafa nadal at wimbledon five years ago, won and is happy to be back in action it feels great. Everything is a little surreal still if youre thinking about whats going on in the world. Its been quite a long time not being on the court. Actually help with motivation also when i got the phone call about the event and it put a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel knowing youre working towards something, without having a clue when it is ever going to start again. But it didnt take long, for tenniss old nemesis, the rain, to get involved. A leaky roof meant that after all the effort to get the match on, play was suspended for a short time while officials got to work on it. So you wait two months to get a game of tennis and this is what happens i suppose the rain makes it feel more real. Like being that act wimbledon in the summer with rain. Back at wimbledon in the summer with rain. Lets bring you up to date with the main stories this morning the us authorities have approved the use of an antiviral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. A Clinical Trial showed that remdesivir, which is already used on ebola patients, can shorten recovery time. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. The United States is to begin using the experimental drug, remdesivir, to treat patients for coronavirus. It had initially been designed as a treatment for ebola. The drug, which has been created by Gilead Science, will be delivered to hospitals on monday. The development is one which President Trump has described as very promising. Doctors in the uk working on a potential treatment for coronavirus say they are ready to start trying it out on patients. The Clinical Trial is hoping to use blood plasma from people who have had the virus and recovered. So far donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. In england, 6,500 people have gone online to say they are interested in donating. Other people whove had the virus will get phone calls asking if they want to be involved. The republic of ireland will begin a phased lifting of its lockdown restrictions in just over two weeks, the countrys Prime Minister leo varadkar has announced. Small social gatherings outside will be allowed from may 18, and larger shops will open. Its hoped cafes and restaurants will re open by the end ofjune. Museums and places of worship will follow in mid july, and children will return to school in september. Nhs england is urging parents not to avoid routine vaccination appointments for their children. There are fears that diseases like diphtheria could make a return if immunisations fall because patients are scared of catching coronavirus when they visit a Health Centre or gp surgery. Take up of the combined measles mumps rubella vaccination has fallen in england for the last five years. One more story which we think will engage lots of people this morning. More Household Waste and recycling centres will re open across england today as councils attempt to combat a spike in fly tipping. But they are also, as you know charlie, desperate to get rid of all thejunk we charlie, desperate to get rid of all the junk we are wanting to get rid of. Social distancing measures have to be enforced, with some sites also restricting the types of waste they accept, or the number of cars allowed in. Plans to reopen facilities are under way in wales and Northern Ireland also, but tips in scotland will remain closed. There is a lot of people clearing out cupboards and lofts and attics and rooms and cupboards, varied stuff, isnt there . Because the tip where i live wasnt open, when i suggested clearing out the garage i was told there is absolutely no point because the tip is an open, what an excuse heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. Good morning once again. Our weather watchers have been up early sending us watchers have been up early sending us images from the top and tail of the uk, and some beautiful images at that. We have a sunrise here on the isle of wight, we should see quite a lot of dry weather across the southern half of the uk today but i think we may see this guy is becoming increasingly cloudy along the south coast later. To the north, more dramatic size, skies. Showers the motherwell in north lanarkshire. It will be dry weather that dominates, but still some to come today and tomorrow, especially across the northern half of the uk. So here we are, low pressure which brought all the showers yesterday coming across towards scandinavia, High Pressure, it doesnt look like much at the moment but will try and squeeze in from the north and that is what will settle things down. Towards the south west as the weather system tries to squeeze its way into the of the uk through the course of the weekend, that will feed a bit more cloud perhaps in towards the south west later on this afternoon. Elsewhere a lot of dry weather, showers the northern scotla nd weather, showers the northern scotland tending to clear but if anything, perhaps congregating across the north east of england this afternoon, could be the javaone. Generally quite light winds and in terms of the way that they will feel i think rather similar to yesterday, temperatures widely in the mid teens, little cool of the northern scotland, perhaps up to 17 01 northern scotland, perhaps up to 17 or 18 northern scotland, perhaps up to 17 or18 in the northern scotland, perhaps up to 17 or 18 in the south east of england. Pretty quiet night to follow, some of the showers rattle through the evening across the north east of england, perhaps a few for the south east of scotland but then they will tend to fade into the small hours. Notice the system towards the south west start to show its hand by the end of the night so cloud drifting across the south coast, a bit of rain for devon and cornwall, perhaps for the aisles of silly. Especially chile, just a bit of patchouli frost for the start of for much of scotland. Some showers in the north first thing, a bit more cloud for england and wales, a bit more prospect through sunday afternoon through the midlands northwards some of these showers could be punchy, so for the dryers of the two days overall for the uk today i think today is your best bet. Driest. It is 635 a. M. Now. Time now for a coronavirus news special with annita mcveigh. Hello and welcome to the latest in oui hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on what you need to know about the coronavirus. I annita mcveigh. It is estimated that nearly half of the worlds workers could lose their livelihoods because of this pandemic. Thats according to the International Labour organisation to say informal workers have already been was affected. The bbcs population reporter Stephanie Hegarty spoke with people in four Different Countries who used to get by on a daily wage, but since lockdown are struggling just to eat. Food is not something that these people used to worry about. This pandemic doesnt treat everyone equally. When you are living on a daily wage, being out of work means no money forfood. Daily wage, being out of work means no money for food. These are not animals, these are hungry people their world is being ripped from under them. The International Labour organisation says that 1. 6 billion people could be out of work as a result of this pandemic. Thats half the world s workers. Rosa and her daughter were let go from theirjobs as domestic cleaners. With no pay. Now they rely ona cleaners. With no pay. Now they rely on a food bank. Governments all over the world have plans to help people on the breadline, but its not getting to some fast enough. And there arent a lwa ys some fast enough. And there arent always food banks to fill the gap. It can be a choice between respecting the lockdown, or trying to survive. We wa nted we wanted to speak to this woman again but she left the city for her pa rents again but she left the city for her parents village, where at least you can grow something to eat. This family can rely on friends for now but they are also on the edge. They have had nothing from the government so far. Lockdown restrictions have cut this woman from her local market, and stocking up from her local market, and stocking up is not an option. As lockdowns go into their second month, the next problem is keeping a roof over their head. The reports of coronavirus patients dying alone without their families because of social distancing measures is tragic, but it is equally distressing for the families whose relatives may be in hospices. There are often strict limiters on visitors which means those at the end of our lives might be dying without family around, even though they are not affected by covid 19. Our special correspondent ed thomas has been to a hospice in cheshire on the north of england. Every day, they are there for me. Every mealtime they bring me beautiful food, they are just so kind, mealtime they bring me beautiful food, they arejust so kind, so consider it, in every way. Dena has beenin consider it, in every way. Dena has been in eastchester hospice for eight days. A much loved grandmother, mother and sister. There you are sweetheart. Coronavirus Restrictions Mean her family cant visit. These guys have replaced my family. Im very happy, very at peace, my family are a little bit devastated, that they cant come. Ive got six brothers and sisters, i thought i would never see them ever again, so these guys here have kept me going. Doctor taylor is 96. She is a great, great grandmother. Dot taylor. Taylor is 96. She is a great, great grandmother. Dot taylor. Whenever you would go around you would have a bit of whiskey and tea, because it flavours it. At the very end of a patients life, two family members are allowed inside the hospice. So only now can chris and nigel be with their mum, even though she doesnt have the virus. We came out last wednesday, at that point we were told no visitors. What we havent had is an opportunity to talk to mum because we were always at that stage where she is not able to talk to us in that way but just listen to us. Its cruel in many ways. We will eventually have to say goodbye to mum, and thats a different level of coolness. Go and have a point with my brother. Ive just been saying we are here mum, just letting her know we are there for her and just holding her hand, really, and thats it. Coronavirus has prevented some families from reaching their loved ones. I sat with a patient a couple of weeks ago and just held his hand, and said he was quite safe and that his family send our love to him, and just told him not to be frightened. And just held his hand and stroked his hand until he actually passed away. The hospice told us that five patients have died with suspected coronavirus symptoms. Now all medical staff where ppe. Its com pletely medical staff where ppe. Its completely different to what we used to do. It is very hard, because most of us like to hug. And the other day there was a patient who was very upset and i couldnt hug her, i said i sent upset and i couldnt hug her, i said isent hera upset and i couldnt hug her, i said i sent her a kiss and she said ive got it. Eight patients here have tested positive the coronavirus. Five more have symptoms. Are you worried about coronavirus . Of course. You have to get on with it, you cant just walk course. You have to get on with it, you cantjust walk out. Some here believe more should have been done to help hospices during this crisis. We were the last to get tested and we we re we were the last to get tested and we were the last on the list for ppe. But we are used to it in the hospice movement. We package up death and we hide it in a box somewhere in a peaceful setting, so we dont want to have to think about it. You know what . Coronavirus has made all think about it. They are angels, trust me. They are gods guardian angels, and they will be doing everything they can in their power to make me comfortable, and very happy. They will always be there, right till the end, very happy. They will always be there, right tillthe end, i know they will. More than 20 million americans have lost theirjobs in the last few weeks because of the pandemic, and for many that also means losing Health Insurance. Half of americans rely on Health Insurance tied to their jobs, rely on Health Insurance tied to theirjobs, so how are they coping . This is susan. Shes a breast cancers survivor and has asthma. Until recently, she was a bartender at this new york city theatre. Then, the coronavirus arrived in the United States. Everythings changed. I lost myjob, i lost my Health Insurance. Thats because susans Health Insurance was linked to herjob. Half of this country relies on this type of insurance sponsored by an employer, and as us unemployment figures climb to an historic high because of the pandemic, millions like susan are also losing their health coverage. Sir howard newby get here to a system that relies heavily on employment for access to healthcare . Its actually an historical accident so how did we get here. Before the 20th century, there wasnt much need for Health Insurance because there wasnt much healthcare to buy. Healthcare was virtually unregulated and Health Insurance non existent. Physicians practice and treated patients in their homes and the few hospitals that existed provided minimal therapeutic care. With millions of workers going off to fight in world war ii, the us faced a severe Labour Shortage in the 1940s, so businesses wa nted shortage in the 1940s, so businesses wanted to raise wages to attract labour, but economists had one big concern. The federal government was trying to prevent wages and prices from inflating and going through the roof, so they told employers that there were wage and price controls. If you needed more workers for your factory, because of defence production, lets say, the only thing you could do is offer more benefits. You had to offer them Something Like Health Insurance as an extra perk. By an extra perk. By1950, an extra perk. By 1950, more than 70 million americans had employer sponsored Health Insurance. Today, its more than 106 the million, including the spouses and children of some workers. So what other options do americans have . The us does not have a national Health Insurance system. We have a patchwork of different types of insurance policies and that includes. Public sources of coverage are based on eligibility. That can come in the form of medicaid for children in low income families or medicare for people older than 65. If you dont meet either of these requirements, have no insurance through an employer or cant afford your own insurance, well, youre out of luck, like susan and millions of other working class families. Its a scary thing because im not high risk or have a recurring case of cancer high risk of having. The follow up appointments for my Cancer Treatment are now potentially gone because i dont have a job and its insane to me. It doesnt make sense. Staying in the us, over the last two weeks, groups of people across the country have been protesting against restrictions in place to try to limit the spread of coronavirus. For many, its about the economy. They say they need to get back to work. But for others, its about something at the core of the us constitution, the right to worship as they please. Our global religion reporter, lebo diseko, has more. A clash between faith and coronavirus restrictions. At stake, a total minority of christians in the us and say its their religious freedom. Among them florida based pastor rich era who said he predicted the demonstrations. You say im not going to stay like this anymore if you keep Controlling Society and the church and the nations, they will come soon, theyre going to stand up and say, enough of your nonsense while many us churches are closed, some are Still Holding in person services. Pastor vera says the virus isa services. Pastor vera says the virus is a spiritual attack needs a spiritual answer. Coronavirus, we know it comes from the devil. There is a spiritual dark force thats behind plagues. Several states, like florida, have declared a church is an essential business, which means they are allowed to be open. While pastor vera does observe some social distancing, he says sometimes touching people is necessary. What a lot of people will find difficult to understand is why youre doing things like laying hands on people. My core purpose in life is to preach the gospel and lay hands on the 60 he can heal them, thats my calling. We keep distance, we wash our hands. For the sake of those who are fearful, the bible says you will lay hands on the sick and the stake will re cove r. Us federal advice recommends cancelling gatherings of more than ten people. Stay at home if possible, dont go out on an unnecessary travel or trips and make sure you stay away from crowded places, like movie theatres. Pastor vera says its important for people to be able to worship in large groups. They suggested, not an order, suggested not to gather ten people or more. We appreciate that suggestion, but ministries such as mine, we cannot limit it to ten people because the bible says if one of them i turn away and they die in theirsin, of them i turn away and they die in their sin, the bible says their blood will be on my hands, so im responsible before god. Top Us Health Officials no official cdc director Robert Redfield has warned of a possible second wave of coronavirus in the country, so would pastor vera close his church if he was asked to in the future . Pastor vera close his church if he was asked to in the future7m theres something valid, i would discuss it, but politicians and government cannot stop us exercising our amendments, our rights, government cannot stop us exercising ouramendments, our rights, our constitutional rights, the rights god have given us, they are essential in the world and we can never and we will never be shut down. Of course, not all us criticism, christians will share pastor veras of use. Many churches, Like Washington nationals cathedral, have Services Without a congregation present views. But with the minority that do agree with him, the age old conflict between science and religion looks set to continue. One country that seems to have got its testing strategy right to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control is south korea. Backin is south korea. Back in january and is south korea. Back injanuary and february, it had one of the Worlds Largest outbreaks of the virus, but it turned things around through widespread testing and Contact Tracing. Fewer than 250 people have died and the country has stayed out of lockdown. Laura bicker reports. These are the better days many people across the world are being promised. Its possible here because south korea was prepared for a pandemic, and now they haventjust flattened the curve, theyve crushed it. The situation looked critical in february. Medics were battling one of the worst outbreaks in the world. Cases spiralled in the city of daegu. But they got infection rates under control. Fewer than 250 people died. Staff even have time to give us died. Staff even have time to give usa died. Staff even have time to give us a smile. So how was it done . Given the highly contagious nature of this virus, we knew from very early on that testing and tracking was critical. They ramped up testing within days of the first case. Anyone who thought they had the virus was swabbed. They also got a bit creative and made it even safer for staff. Next, they tracked the spread of the infection. Tv, phone phone and bank records pieced together the movements of covid 19 carriers who could have been infected. If someone in this cafe was confirmed with coronavirus, eve ryo ne was confirmed with coronavirus, everyone in the area would be sent a text telling them they were at risk and they needed to isolate themselves and get a test. Public health was valued over privacy. Translation i think it is necessary to provide this information. I myself take on the website to find out about new cases and where they are. Yes, it is a violation against privacy but it is necessary. This is a global fight. We are all in this together. Schools are still closed but some Company Entrance exams went ahead. Temperature checks are now pa rt ahead. Temperature checks are now part of daily life, and social distancing is still ta ken part of daily life, and social distancing is still taken seriously. And in the search for safe spaces, young lovers rediscover the romance of the drive through in this movie mad nation. Of course, there is the fear that covid 19 will return. For now, south korea offers a lesson and some hope, notjust on how to handle the virus, but theyve shown what is possible during this pandemic. Although children make up a small percentage of those so far diagnosed, and often have milder reactions to coronavirus, there are cases around the world where they have been left needing intensive ca re have been left needing intensive care treatment. Callum tully has been speaking to families about their experiences of coping with a child who has contracted covid 19. This is for year old lincoln. In intensive care with coronavirus. In a colorado hospital, oxygen is being pumped into his body to keep him alive. Watching it all is his mother, anna, a doctor who specialises in neonatal care. When the doctor came in and told me that the test was positive, i just started crying. My initial thoughts were, i dont understand. We stayed at home, we pulled him out of activities. That was immediately followed by, oh my gosh, he has coronavirus and he continues to get worse every single hour, where is this headed and how bad is it going to get . After three weeks in hospital, lincoln recovered. What i found most helpful to me in the hospital was just trying to stay present in the moment, and not let mine wander too far down the what if, what if he gets worse, what if he gets into dated, what if he gets todayjo sedated he gets into dated, what if he gets today jo sedated he gets into dated, what if he gets todayjo sedated incubated. I never allowed myself to go to the what if he doesnt go home, i wasnt willing to get to that place, and its really ha rd willing to get to that place, and its really hard to do that as theyre turning up the oxygen every hour, but it did really help me. In the uk, five week old peyton is believed to be the youngest person to have had coronavirus. While in hospital, her mother, tracey, was only allowed to see her occasionally. We want to be able to hug her for the rest of her life. She is here and lucky she is here. Do you think its going to change the way you raise peyton at all . |j just the way you raise peyton at all . just dont know if im able to give up just dont know if im able to give up any more time with her. Never. We are obviouslyjust add a point now where we feel like weve missed a lot with her. Tracey isnt the only one whose perspective has been changed because of the virus. Across the atlantic, anna has also been affected. My hope isi anna has also been affected. My hope is i dont become somebody who is so overly cautious that i dont allow them to live their lives, but this just really drove it home that my time with my kids is precious. The advice from the experts has been clear generally, coronavirus poses a greater risk to adults than it does to children, but a recent alert to nhs doctors warning them to look out for a rare but dangerous reaction in children raised eyebrows as it was reported it could be linked to coronavirus. Ans encouraging people to remain cautious. I dont want any parent to be in cautious. I dont want any parent to beina cautious. I dont want any parent to be in a position of. I call it the should, could, would, ishould stayed at home, i wish i would stayed at home, i wish i would stayed at home and regretting the choices they made because their child got sick. Its much easier on a parent to say i did Everything Possible and this still happen than oh my god we took them to a playground and we didnt take it seriously and my kid is in the hospital on a ventilator. As governments around the world warn us not to lose patience with the lockdown, theyll be hoping images like these remind us that we all have a stake in making it work. Many say doing something creative while being stuck at home is important, whether to distract from news that could be upsetting, but also to keep everyones mind active and young people entertained. The bbc arts editor Will Gompertz spoke to artist damien hirst on why art has the power to uplift during the pandemic. There is a lot of and it running and a lot of people get down in a crisis andi a lot of people get down in a crisis and i think art can help lift you out of that anxiety. It gives you hope after the rain, after the gloom. Theres something bright and the sun comes to shine, so the rainbows a great optimistic thing. Without it is hopeful, optimistic, something they cant get in any other way with art. It allows you to find something in yourself, which may be you dont know is there stop right paintings are going really well. I struggle with it a lot sometimes but i seem to be resolving a lot more than i normally would. Thats it for now. A reminder, you can always keep in touch by following me on twitter macro three all head to the bbc news website for the latest on the pandemic. Thanks for watching. Or head to. 340 good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today the search for a coronavirus treatment the us approves the emergency use of an experimental drug. Here, doctors will trial treating critically ill patients with blood plasma from covid 19 survivors. More tips in england will reopen today but with big restrictions on what waste theyll accept. Neutral grounds and up to 40,000 tests. Thats whatll be needed to get the premier league finished, according to league bosses. A royal helping hand photographs of Princess Charlotte helping deliverfood parcels to pensioners are released to mark her fifth birthday. Morning. After a showery end of the week, it looks like our weather will be settling down a little over the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet. We will save that for the end of the week ahead. Its saturday may the 2nd. Our top story. The us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day but that includes 40,000 homes tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dane hardwick hugging his partner after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at thameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at near full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Delivery Driver pete davies from near warrington, who spent three weeks in hospital before the virus killed him. His relatives have described how they were given ppe so they could spend his final hours at his bedside. The government now believes the peak of infections in the uk has passed. In the latest government briefing, Health Secretary matt hancock said his self declared target of 100,000 tests per day had been met. I knew that it was an audacious goal, but we needed an audacious goal, because testing is so important for getting britain back on our feet. But the headline number of more than 122,000 tests doesnt tell the full story. Around one third of the overall figure are testing kits sent to people at home, and other settings such as care homes. We cannot test without Contact Tracing and the two have to be conducted together. Furthermore, you need a strategy of who you are going to test and how you are going to test, so there are a number of hurdles and furthermore to say we are testing when actually the tests have gone out in the post is not the same as having tests in the laboratory done today. Meanwhile authorities in the United States have licensed the first drug for use against covid 19, remdesivir. Preliminary trial results showed it did reduce stays in hospital for covid 19 patients by 31 , though it did not significantly improve survival rates. The World Health Organization has been more cautious, saying the drug failed to improve patients conditions. But remdesivirs maker, Gilead Science, has called that report inconclusive and has promised to distribute 1. 5 million vials of the drug for free. In the uk, doctors are working on a very different potential treatment for coronavirus. A Clinical Trial would see patients treated with blood plasma from people who have had the virus, and since recovered. So far, donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. Heres more from our Health Correspondent catherine burns. Here is the hope. This golden liquid is blood plasma. The trial will ask if it could give critically ill people instant protection against the coronavirus attacking their body. So far there is no proven treatment for covid 19 this study aims to change that. It doesnt involve new expensive drugs though, but something freely given. Zahid sarfaz is a Hospital Doctor. He has had the virus and has treated people with it too. Every step were taking right now, on a government level, hospital level, is to find a cure for this disease, which has affected millions of people around the globe. I feel really privileged and excited that im actually playing some role in that. When zahid, or anyone else was sick, his immune system would have made antibodies to attack the coronavirus. These build up over about a month and are found in blood plasma. Donations are happening across the uk. 150 people in england have already donated, and each one can give enough to treat another person. So far, 6,500 people in england have gone online to say they are interested in donating. Others who have had the virus will get phone calls asking if they want to be involved. Doctors are now looking for suitable patients to give the plasma to. What we are essentially giving is a Rapid Protection against the virus. And were hoping that by clearing the virus quickly, because of this Rapid Protection by the antibody, it will help patients recover quickly. Its early days, but if this works, the hope is that we could have an effective treatment against coronavirus. Commuters could be asked to check their temperature before leaving home, as part of measures to make public transport safer. Its understood to be one of several options being looked at for when the lockdown is eased. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake what more can you tell us . We looking ahead to a point where we know Boris Johnson we looking ahead to a point where we know borisjohnson has said he will start about this roadmap to how things might change. Its one of a number of ideas suggested. Yes, it is. The Prime Minister has promised a competence of plan this coming thursday and legally the government must view the lockdown restrictions in place in this plan we are hearing about to hear people to ask to take the temperature before public transport is one thing being looked at but by no means confirmed. Public transport is a bit of a problem. If youre asking people to keep distance. You cant have packed tube, bus and trains as the uk looks to be Something Like, towards Something Like what what minister described as a new normal so the department of transport say officials are constantly looking at ideas best practice in other countries around the world is the uk puts together its response. One country that has gone much further is the republic of ireland, the Prime Minister leo vardkar there has set out a timetable. Varadkar. Restrictions will be lifted, starting with gatherings of four people not in your household but schools remain closed until september. More details from the government this week but i wouldnt suspect expect such a specific timetable as that. This a new york nursing home has reported the coronavirus linked deaths of 98 of its residents. The loss of life at the Isabella Geriatric Center has been described by the citys mayor as horrifying. On wednesday the facility was saying just thirteen had died; the state governor has warned that under reporting fatalities is a crime. Is confirmed, it would make it the largest such coronavirus cluster in the state. Nhs england is urging parents not to avoid routine vaccination appointments for their children. There are fears that diseases like measles and mumps could make a return if immunisations fall because patients are scared of catching coronavirus when they visit a Health Centre or gp surgery. Anna collinson reports. The idea has been likened to a fast food drive through. You pull up, and you get your jab. Food drive through. You pull up, and you get yourjab. Hello, beautiful. In this case, and mmr vaccine to protect 13 month old safah from measles and mumps. This drive through may not be as fun but doctors say a few tears are worth it for essential vaccinations. Three weeks ago this surgery saw a big drop in vaccinations. Patients said they were scared they would come into co nta ct they were scared they would come into contact with coronavirus in the waiting rooms. Hello, daddy. How are you . Slaves started vaccinating outside the surgery and people can come on car or foot. Perfect, outside the surgery and people can come on car orfoot. Perfect, thank you, so much. So the first part where there would be a verbal explanation is done on the telephone and the nurse comes outjust to give the edge injection so the face to face contact is only two minutes, not ten minutes and goes backin minutes, not ten minutes and goes back in and all the records are written up without the patient there. Despite pressures from covid 19, medical officials in england, wales and scotland all agree essential vaccinations need to continue. Unless a person is experiencing symptoms. They say its essential in preventing outbreaks of diseases. If you are due a routine immunisation, so its either your baby or child or if you are ignorant, please get in touch with your surgery and keep your appointment. There are going to be people watching saying even though youve got this new set up, coming to the doctors is just too risky because of coronavirus. What would you say to them . Please come and protect your children. Life is all about risks and benefits. The benefits of having your children vaccinated is so much greater. It would be a tragedy and i feel i would be a tragedy and i feel i would have failed if we saw measles ordid. Makea would have failed if we saw measles or did. Make a comeback. would have failed if we saw measles or did. Make a comeback. I guess so much, daddy. Anna collinson, bbc news. More waste and recycling centres across england are set to re open this morning as authorities attempt to combat an increase in fly tipping since the lockdown began. Social distancing measures will be enforced, with some sites also restricting the types of waste they will handle, or the number of cars allowed in. Breakfasts john maguire reports. As if to add insult to injury one of the unintended consequences of lockdown has been a significant rise in fly tipping. Got a call last night from our herdsman hearing noises at about 8 30, and wheels spinning, and this is what a lovely lot have left us. It has remained illegal, of course, punishable by up to a year in prison or a fine of £50,000, but with council tips, known as household and Waste Recycling centres, closed across the uk, some have dumped their rubbish with abandon. Some centres, such as here in manchester, are now reopening, but with restrictions in place. We are only accepting cars and small vans, we wont be accepting transit vans or trailers, because of the lack of manoeuvring space on site and also for the fact that this is about essentialjourneys only, so people really need to think if it is essential to come to deposit waste before they make that trip. The governments hope is this, if managed carefully, can represent a step towards the restoration of normal life. As local government secretary i said i want councillors to begin to open them, so some are now opening, others will open over the course of the next couple of weeks. Theres no reason you cant travel to your tip to put your Household Waste there or do your recycling, so councils should have the confidence to reopen them as soon as possible. But councils are warning people to manage their expectations. Keep storing it at home, wait to hear the news from your local authority as to if and when your local tip is opening, and also of course bear in mind that a lot of other people will also want to get down there so there may be, certainly in the first few days or weeks, quite high demand. Tips in scotland remain closed while in wales and Northern Ireland plans for reopening is under way. The best advice is before setting off, check your local centre is open and if so, what restrictions are in place. Police are appealing for witnesses after an 11 year old boy was shot last night in east london. A number of people fled the scene in upminster, where the boy was found with a gunshot wound, and a man in his 40s with head injuries was also discovered. The north korean leader, kimjong un, has made his first appearance on state media in more than 20 days. There had been international speculation that he was seriously ill. We can cross now to our seoul correspondent, laura bicker. You are more than aware of all the rumours going around on social media and in the press about where kim jong and in the press about where kim jong was. Kim jongun. Kim jong un is back on state tv has said footage of him pictures at the fertiliser plant, cutting the ribbon and smiling and laughing with hundreds of officials present. There is even a sign which says made the first which indicates it was taken within the last 24 hours. It was last seen on april the 11th and then missed a key celebration on april the 15th. It was unprecedented he missed that big day. It raised a few eyebrows and then came a report here from north korea, in seoul, that said he may have had a heart procedure and he may be recovering. That ballooned into reports right across the world that ranged from him being gravely ill, that he was ina coma, him being gravely ill, that he was in a coma, and one report even said he was dead but its worth noting that south korean officials have a lwa ys that south korean officials have always said there was no Unusual Movement in north korea and they are reiterating today that the last two weeks of speculation showed the danger and the cost of using unconfirmed sources but its worth pointing out when it comes to dealing with north korea, it is notoriously difficult to get information, especially this time when the country is closed off due to coronavirus. Laura, thank you. Kensington palace has released new images of Princess Charlotte to mark herfifth birthday, which she celebrates today. The pictures show the princess delivering homemade care packages to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. The photos were taken in april by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, whos patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures of her children to mark their birthdays. Weve all been paying a bit more attention to nature these days, so that might explain the popularity of a webcam in the Scottish Highlands. A webcam in loch arkaig is livestreaming a pair of ospreys incubating three eggs and is attracting many more viewers than normal. Because theyve been watching for some time, these eggs have been laid on the same day each year since the webcam was set up in 2017, such is the amazing accuracy of their seasons. They know and these things happen regardless and that image, we did see it earlier, it isjust happen regardless and that image, we did see it earlier, it is just very calming to look at. Ive noticed the osprey has moved 90 degrees. It was facing east earlier. Kind of nice in a way. I love the way the wind is ruffling its feathers. Mesmerising. Are we having a moment . Just having a moment, it was lovely. Talking of wildlife. Many of us see signs on our daily walks that wildlife is thriving during lockdown, but conservation projects that protect them are under threat. The National Trust says its had to make some difficult decisions, pausing schemes to clean rivers, prevent upland flooding and improve soil. It could be at a cost of £200 Million Pounds and it wants some government help. Were joined by Hilary Mcgrady from the National Trust and Craig Bennett from the Wildlife Trust. Good morning to you both, thank you for joining good morning to you both, thank you forjoining us this morning, this saturday morning. Hillary, the National Trust has had to close many sites in reference to trying to get people not to be encouraged to go to them, but whats the impact of that on the National Trust . Them, but whats the impact of that on the nationaltrust . Good morning. Yes, thats right. Way in line myth, and virtually every other organisation, have had to close really in the publics interest. Much to i our distress, because the National Trust is there to give access to green space and your clip there shows how desperate people are to get to nature. Yes, we had to close and the impact was immediate, and we lost 50 of our annual income literally overnight and as a consequence, weve had to put a stop on virtually all our projects. Only those that are really essential are going ahead. Just to be clear, were not asking for government help for the National Trust, we are asking for government help for the sector. We are for government help for the sector. We a re really for government help for the sector. We are really anxious that this was the hit on our organisation, but actually there are many other smaller organisations that are going to struggle and they care for the environment thats been so evident and important for people when in lockdown means it needs to be cared for in the future. Im worried for the wider sector that it will come out in good shape. Craig, lets go to you, we talked about the wider sector, the Wildlife Trust represents more than 2300 nature reserves , trust represents more than 2300 nature reserves, so this is a lot of places, and give us a sense of the effect of lockdown and the restrictions at the moment. Yes, youre absolutely right, the Wildlife Trust consists of 46 individual local trusts and 60 of the British Population live within just three miles of our nature reserves, which is extraordinary, and what weve seen, exactly as hillary was saying, people wanting that access to nature more than ever right now. The impact has been devastating, its been a big hit on our collective income. We estimate about £10 million income a month were losing the Wildlife Trust network, but other big challenges like very sadly we are seeing increased fly tipping and vandalism on our reserves, and also like hilary was saying for the National Trust, many of our local Wildlife Trusts have had to pause and some of their projects, like creating new habitat for dormice in wales and for that and others in nottinghamshire, and weve had to pause that, which is very sad for us, and it shows the whole sector is in a very difficult place right now. Craig, you clearly outline the problems, and these are places people cherish, what are you seeking . I think theres a recognition thats needed from government that we are its partners in delivering its ambitions. The government has its own 25 year environment plan, a stated objective of leaving the environment in a better state for the next generation, but the government has to do that entirely through partnership and working with organisations like the Wildlife Trust and the National Trust and hundreds of other local, small nature organisations, and get the sector is really struggling at the moment, so i do think many of these organisations will be supported to make sure they are there and deliver the recovery for nature needed. There is immediate support for staff through the thurlow scheme, theres a real problem that that stops people working thurlow. When you look at charities, we are delivering a Public Service and better to have taxpayer money to keep us working rather than stop us working, but equally as much as that we need to see the grants that allow the nature charities to work through the lockdown and in the years ahead to deliver the governments own stated objectives. Hilary, your thoughts on a couple of things craig mentioned, when it comes to funding or grants from the government or some help, what indication have you had that that might be on the way or might not be on the way . Sadly there is no indication. Clearly the sector have been able to benefit, like craig has said, from the thurlow scheme, and thats great, but what were trying to bring attention to is the long term rather than the immediate impact. Like the charity sector, fundraising has rightly been diverted to the Health Sector at the moment but these organisations will really suffer next year. We asking government to think about a longer term Recovery Support package for the sector, otherwise these projects weve been able to do wont be able to continue. Hilary, have you had any indication about the restrictions easing and how you will be reopening sites, have you got that planning in place . Absolutely, were desperate to hear from the government about when we can start to open our gates again and were waiting for announcement this coming week. We are really conscious of the fa ct week. We are really conscious of the fact it will not be able to go back to normal immediately. Were going to normal immediately. Were going to have to phase the opening and this is a real plea to our members, andi this is a real plea to our members, and i should say thank you so much to our members who have been so supportive through this, but were going to have to phase the opening, its just going to have to phase the opening, itsjust going to going to have to phase the opening, its just going to be our estates and gardens initially and then we will phase it as we go. Numbers will have to be restricted and we have to ask the public to play their part to ensure we all stay safe for our staff, volunteers and visitors. Its going to be hard. Very interesting to talk to you both, thank you, Hilary Mcgrady, director general of the National Trust, and craig and it, chief executive and ceo of the Wildlife Trust. Thanks forjoining us Wildlife Trust. Thanks forjoining us and good luck. In terms of what the government are saying at the moment, they recognise the vital work Conservation Charities do and theyre committed work Conservation Charities do and they re committed to work Conservation Charities do and theyre committed to working with theyre committed to working with the sector to understand the impact of coronavirus. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. That is a lovely image, and it is what many of us hopefully will be able to do when looking out of the window this weekend. Certainly is, naga, prove if youre spending much time outside with all the restrictions, what we can do at the restrictions, what we can do at the moment, nature can deliver and do so beautifully proof. Weve been listening to that earlier. Look at this beautiful picture from norfolk. Not such faultless blue skies in devon with a veil of clouds drifting in. That is the first stages of this weather front, which will try to get close to the south west later today. All the showers were courtesy of this low, thats pulling away, and today we will be left with a lot of dry weather and sunshine for the majority. As always, a couple of exceptions. That weather front is getting closer to the south west as the day pans out, so a veil of high cloud could mean sunshine and for the south east, sharper showers and a nagging breeze in the north sea coast. Showers in northern scotland fading out through the afternoon, but some in the north east are quite punchy. Temperatures are similar to yesterday, still quite chilly in northern scotland, ten, 11, may be 18 in the south east, but for most, the mid teens, 15 to 16. The showers rattle on in the south east of scotla nd rattle on in the south east of scotland and north east of england into the evening, clearing overnight, cloud hanging back here. More cloud in the south west by the end of the night, and there could patchy rain for the isles of scilly and devon by then. Word the chance ofa and devon by then. Word the chance of a patchy frost in northern scotla nd of a patchy frost in northern scotland but overnight lows, four to six degrees. Sunday, looking similar on the face of it to today, but more changes to pick out, more cloud in general in england and wales, lots of dry weather for the first part of the day in particular, but in the north, showers cloud in into scotla nd north, showers cloud in into scotland and sharper ones in the midlands and east anglia in the afternoon. A bit cooler as well. Cloud on sunday perhaps. Things tending to get calmer. The winds will fall lighter. More dry weather, especially today. As for next week, this big area of High Pressure should really start to build across the uk. Could be wet weather in the south west for a time on tuesday, but as the week pans out, i think were looking at a dry story. By the end of the week, returning warmth. Fairly average temperatures and for monday and tuesday. Thats the way things are shaping up. Susan, thank you. Back in february, american astronaut Christina Koch made history by completing the longest ever single spaceflight by a woman. In herfirst International Interview since her return to earth, christina has spoken exclusively to bbc breakfast about her Historic Mission and returning to a planet, very different to the one she left behind. Heres our social affairs correspondent, fiona lamdin. And lift off. We have lift off of nick hay, Christina Koch and alexey, now on their way to the International Space station. When Christina Koch climbed into this rocket in march, 2019, she had no idea when she was returning to earth. It was her first time in space, but she stayed for 328 days, making it the longest continuous spaceflight bya the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman. What is it like when the rocket launches . The rocket is full of cryogenic fuel, so its kind of shuddering and steaming and thrusting. You feel yourself moving as the countdown is going, and then of course the big moment when the countdown is done and you actually start to move up and you go for so long. I wasjoking start to move up and you go for so long. I was joking that, start to move up and you go for so long. I wasjoking that, you know, with how Much Movement straight up we are, the only place you could he is space. And thenjust is space. And then just that sensation of floating, i guess you get used to it really quickly . Its amazing how quickly you do get used to it, because at first it is com pletely used to it, because at first it is completely foreign. Because were so used to holding our bodies in the way we do with gravity, when you dont have gravity, actually at first it feels like theres a force pushing you up, whereas actually its more neutral, but youre so used to counteracting gravity that at first you feel like you cant stop yourself dancing everything, flipping in directions you dont mean to be going. And seven months after being in space, last october, you and jessica mia suited up and made history for the very first female spacewalk. There was a moment wherejessica and i first there was a moment wherejessica and ifirst came there was a moment wherejessica and i first came out of the airlock and we caught each others eyes, we were the first women out of the space station together and ill never forget that moment. I think the fun pa rt forget that moment. I think the fun part to is when you look down and all you see is your boots and the brightly lit earth 250 miles below you, and you know youre not falling obviously but you are just holding onto the structure of the space station with, say, one hand and when you look down, the earth actually looks like its going by your feet really, really quickly, and just that blue colour against the white of the spacesuit, its one of those visions ill never forget. Tell me some of your favourite moments from that time in space. Some unforgettable moments are the moments that involve the crew. We like to do things to let their ground teams how much we appreciated them, whether they liked it or not, we serenaded them at christmas time with some Christmas Carols where we we re with some Christmas Carols where we were playing instruments and singing. That was a lot of fun to do. Typically space has been a male dominated world, how important do you think that people like yourself, women, are now breaking those boundaries . I think it is important and those boundaries . I think it is importantandi those boundaries . I think it is important and i think its because nasas mission, if you look at it really broadly, you could say that it is to broaden our horizons to bring those benefits back to earth, andi bring those benefits back to earth, and i think if not every Single Person is represented in that mission, then we are not truly completing our mission of answering humanitys call to explore. Christina, weve got a couple of questions for you from schoolchildren in the uk. My name is catherine and im11 years old, my question is what is your favourite experiment youve donein your favourite experiment youve done in space . The science i was able to do was just awesome. Being able to be part of the first 3d tissue printing in space, being able to take photographs using a microscope of some of the first types of crystals that could be used for future pharmaceuticals that have never been able to be seen before because they cant be grown on earth, being able to grow plants in space. When you were in space, what did you miss the most . Definitely my family and friends. I miss my husband and all of my family. Besides my family and friends, i missed the sights and smells. I love the outdoors, i missed the beach, i missed surfing andi missed the beach, i missed surfing and i missed being out in the woods. After 328 days, christina finally returns to earth this february, but she touched down to a very different world. Tell me how its been back on earth with the whole corona outbreak, how has lockdown been . Well, for me, ive looked at it as an opportunity to get back in the swing of things at home to feel like im at home again. Although i would never hope for anything like this, its wonderful to how humanity has come together and the unique ways weve supported each other through this. Any skills you learned in space that can prepare you for the lockdown . One of the practical skills i learned was home had no haircuts, which i never expected, but my husband was pretty pleased with his army haircut i was able to give him the other day. And despite lockdown, christina said she is enjoying every second back on earth. She hopes in four years time she will be on nasas return mission to the moon. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Always fascinating, reflections from when you have been there. After 300 days coming back to a very different world. All hello, this is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news the United States is to begin using the experimental drug, remdesivir, to treat patients for coronavirus. It had initially been designed as a treatment for ebola. The drug which has been created by Gilead Science will be delivered to hospitals on monday. The development is one which President Trump has described as very promising. Doctors in the uk working on a potential treatment for coronavirus say they are ready to start trying it out on patients. The Clinical Trial is hoping to use blood plasma from people who have had the virus and recovered. So far donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. In england, 6,500 people have gone online to say they are interested in donating. More Household Waste and recycling centres will re open across england today as councils attempt to combat a spike in fly tipping. Social distancing measures will be enforced with some sites also restricting the types of waste they accept, or the number of cars allowed in. Plans to reopen facilities are underway in wales and Northern Ireland also but tips in scotland will remain closed. Police are appealing for witnesses after an 11 year old boy was shot last night in east london. A number of people fled the scene in upminster, where the boy was found with a gunshot wound, and a man in his 40s with head injuries was also discovered. No arrests have been made. Kensington palace has released new images of Princess Charlotte to mark herfifth birthday, which she celebrates today. The pictures show the princess delivering homemade care packages to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. The photos were taken in april by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, whos patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures of her children to mark their birthdays. Time now for us to talk about the latest coronavirus developments with a gp for our regular slot. Welcome to dr mark porter, whos in gloucestershire. Good morning to you and we always start our interviews asking you, personally, how are you . I am very well so far. We had a bit of a problem at the surgery with some illness and we have one gp off at the moment but so far, so good. Bit quieter this week than normal. We were talking to doctor Rosemary Leonard about that and people being relu cta nt to leonard about that and people being reluctant to attend gp surgeries. I must say, before we start, you are expecting a kind of delivery. must say, before we start, you are expecting a kind of delivery. I have one grandchild already and another boy on the way, we think, in the next few days, so exciting times. Congratulations in advance. Doctor Rosemary Leonard said she was concerned about the lack of people coming to the surgery. Are you getting the same impression that people dont want to bother you, they are concerned about catching coronavirus in the surgery . There are three issues. People are scared, they dont want to bother us but also they often think there gp surgery is shut and we are open for everything, not just surgery is shut and we are open for everything, notjust emergencies. We not seeing people face to face so you have go through the phones but we are open and still doing some routine stuff, doing immunisations at our practice. We are still doing blood tests, where they are required and essential. Dont stay away. Friday, a week ago, i was actually on call and i friday, a week ago, i was actually on calland i rang friday, a week ago, i was actually on call and i rang the surgery. The phones went so quiet. That is almost unheard of. We never thought we would see a day where we are drumming up business. You do need to call your gp. We are keen to get the nhs back to normal and its something weve got to work on the nhs, its quite a challenge but pensioners need to come to us as well. We were also taking a look at nhs england urging parents not to avoid routine vaccinations for children at the moment. Have you seen any change in that, particularly concerns about dip area and the measles mumps rubella vaccination is not being taken out. That is an issue. In our practice, its not too bad. In wales and parts of london, really large drop offs. People dont want them to be exposed, mothers might be pregnant. But its exposed, mothers might be pregnant. But its business as usual and its very important we protect children from diseases like hooping cough, pneumonia, those sorts of things. It does differfrom practice pneumonia, those sorts of things. It does differ from practice to practise. The nurse will speak to you and often do a lot of the preliminary stop on the phone. Some surgeries are doing immunisations in the car park. If people need to come into the practice. We give the pa rents a into the practice. We give the parents a mask. We are all wearing full ppe. I think it is a lot safer than going to the supermarket. Do you think this is the way life in a gp surgery, this is here for quite some time . Thats the question that would all like the answer to. The virus is not going to go away. It might be through the peak but were going to have to do. Adopt some form of social distancing and that applies in clinical settings as well. We are assuming everybody has covid who comes to see us and i cant see that changing very quickly and my big concern is, how are we going to get back to doing, how the hospitals and social services in the district nurses going to get back to doing the standard work that we do, we we re doing the standard work that we do, we were already struggling a little bit with before. How are we going to get back to normality . That is the number one priority for the nhs at the moment. Also, gp surgeries, you are managing money, its a business as well. How is that going to pan out . We are a lot luckier than most businesses. We are still working. We are not furloughing anybody, we are very lucky. One of the problems has been that we are doing a lot more Different Things and we are having to expand what we do, setting up, for instance, covid hubs in the community and seeing people who have covid or suspected covid but its not a major concern for us as the moment. The government has been good and they said we will get funding if we needed but we will see how that goesin we needed but we will see how that goes in the longer term. But funding is not a worry for us at the moment. The point you made about big nancy, i know you are expecting a grandchild. You are talking to lots of people, women who are pregnant. Are there anxieties heightened at this moment in time . My daughter, charlie, is a typical example. She is having her baby in london, she is allowed to go on with her husband. You can go in with one person. People are very anxious. The midwives have been brilliant, seeing people on the phone. And when you do go in, you will be in for a short time. They are what we call clean units. And the thing about all of this, people need to bear in mind, if you are having a baby or a child with immunisation, its about risks and benefits. The safest thing to do is nothing but if you have a medical problem and you ignore that, the risks of that, not going to hospital early enough, far exceed the risks from covid for most people. It should be carrying on as normal. Quick question as well from sue. What about gp surgeries offering covid 19 testing. Its such a hot topic at the moment. Is that something you can look into . We would like to test patients to see if they have covid 19 and they have had it in the past. Thats not available at the moment. Weve been struggling up till recently to even get staff tested so we will see how that rolls out. The big one is going to be the antibody testing, to see if people had the virus in the past. We will see what that means that peoples community, that could be one of the ways out of this. Doctor mark porter, thank you very much. Best of wishes to your daughter charlie and the arrival of your grandchild this week. Interesting time this week. Exciting times. The doctor, his daughter is having a baby in these extraordinary time. Mike is to blow down. Two floors down. There are one or two other people you cant see the moment, youre not in complete isolation. A producer and an editor at a safe distance but here i am, i do miss the sober and your company. These measures had to be taken. It was interesting yesterday with the two meetings about the plans being made for the return of sport. It will only happen if and when the governments medical advisors gave the green light, its worth making that point but completing the season, up to ten neutral stadiums, it would be the only way to finish the premier league season. The premier league also said they would need up to 40,000 tests for players and staff. And thats if plans to play, the remaining 92 games, behind closed doors, do go ahead. So what will it be like playing in empty stadiums . Bournemouth goalkeeper asmir, begovich, who is on loan at ac milan in italy and made his debut for the serie a club, behind closed doors in march. It was surreal, you know. It was something i guess we could get used to if we did it more often, but you cant underestimate the buildup to a game and the atmosphere of the actual game, the meaning of that, we have a sense of what the game means and as a footballer you react to that. Not having that to the same level is going to be difficult. I really dont know how this is all going to play out, or if it will actually. Now, i havent said this for a while. I have some actual sport, to bring you tennis from germay. A small invitational event, and it could give us a glimpse, of what sport may look like in the futureplayers came onto court wearing masks; surfaces were cleaned, and there were, just the minimum amount of people in attendance. No linejudges, or ball boys, girls. The cameras were operated by robots. Sojust, 2 players and an umpire. Dustin brown, who you may remember beat rafa nadal at wimbledon five years ago, won and is happy to be back in action it feels great. Everything is a little surreal still if youre thinking about whats going on in the world. Its been quite a long time not being on the court. Actually helped with motivation also when i got the phone call about the event and it put a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel knowing youre working towards something, without having a clue when it is ever going to start again. But it didnt take long, for tennis old nemesis, the rain to get involved. A leaky roof meant, that after all the effort to get the match on, play was suspended for a short time, while officials got to work on it. So you wait two months to get a game of tennis and this is what happens and of course, all sports, i know were not there yet, and its important to say that, they will all be trying to think about how and when they are able to start their sports up again. And its more complicated for some spots than others. Its important to make plans, when and if, medical advisers can say this can restart. You got to have all the plans in place. The neutral ground idea is very interesting. So the big crowds dont congregate and gather. You wouldnt pick grounds, the big grounds in the middle of city centres. Maybe you would even have a location away, remote places like St Georges Park legal play matches or even some training grounds that her away from the public eye. Its going to be really interesting to see how the plans unfold and we will be speak in at eight 30 am to the former chief of the faa. Not sure how much rain there is to ruin any potential tennis games in your back garden if youve got enough room, looks sunny for most . It does look sunny at the moment but it is never plain sailing for the uk, and the weather will have showers. Some in northern scotland at the moment and could be sharper ones for the north east of england later and tomorrow for the northern half of the uk, from the midlands and north, there could punchy ones around. Talking about gardens, our weather watchers are so busy, immaculate garden images being sent in this morning. So, the showers, courtesy of this area of low pressure, quite a few yesterday and the low is in the continent. Still some showers for the north east today and this front trying to sneak into the south west later will start to feed a bit more cloud in into the afternoon, but as you said, for most, a story of dry weather and sunshine to come. The showers in northern scotland will fade for the afternoon but tend to congregate in the north east of england this afternoon. Isolated, not everywhere getting them, there could be punchy ina getting them, there could be punchy in a short space of time and they will rumble into the evening. Lighter winds, so feeling warmer. 11 in the north of scotland and 18 in the south east of england. Those are the south east of england. Those are the showers through the evening, clearing overnight, then the cloud in the south west drifts further in, pushing northwards, so a hazy, misty, murky start in southern reaches of the uk for sunday and possibly a little rain for devon and cornwall. Predominantly this weather system will be a source of cloud for england and wales on sunday, not too much in the way of rainfall. Showers likely to bring heavier downpours across the northern half of the uk through the second half of the day. Showers first thing in scotland and then popping off into northern england, the midlands and east anglia for the second half of the day. Mid teens will cover the temperatures once again, perhaps cooler in the south east courtesy of more cloud. 15 or 16. As for the week ahead, low pressure finally off into the continent and the high will try in the north but because of this weather system in the south west, a different story in southern reaches of the uk. Theres the chance of wet weather, especially on tuesday, in southern parts of england and wales but it looks like the dry weather will be the winner for the second half of week. Back to you both. Time for a look now at this weeks click. Hello, you. Day 6,021 of lockdown here in the uk, and im still here. Lara isnt, though she is somewhere else. Where are you . Whats going on, mate . Well, i had a bit of a problem, there was a leak in the ceiling in the original click studio so i thought i would have a change of scenery. And while i was about it, im really starting to miss you now so i thought it was time to get a nice framed picture of you. What do you think . Uhh. Actually this isnt true, its notjust a picture of you, im missing omar, too. Take a look at this this is the neural digital canvas. You can upload your favourite pictures and moving images, and if you subscribe, there are tens of thousands of pictures. The picture resolution is fantastic. In the flesh, it really looks like a high res framed photo. But the frame isnt great, and you do need to live with the fact that it has this slightly messy lead. But ive got another picture for you to look at here. Right. What do you think this one may be . Well, its an aerial shot, isnt it . I dont know some kind of oilfield, ill go for. Thats what it looks like, but this is actually the car park of disney World Florida during lockdown. No cars, no mickey mouse, no mini, it does not look like a theme park at all. These pictures are taken by a Company Called planet. Theyve put loads of cubesats into orbit around the earth and are collecting photos of what is going on all the time. Their near constant surveillance gives us insights into how the world is changing, covering everything from deforestation to refugee camps in myanmar. During the covid 19, crisis these images can provide surprising insights into how the pandemic is impacting our world. That data is even used as an indicator of Global Economic health. Governments can estimate crop yields, and investors can use it to monitor oil storage in areas across the world. You see a lot of effects on the economy. The most obvious cases are things like the ships either stacking up or disappearing from ports, planes stacking up at airports. We saw oil tanks getting full up because the oil was still being in supply but it wasnt being used as much, and so all the tanking capacity was being filled up. And there may be positives for the environment and new ways of working that will emerge from populations being locked down. Pollution has gone down, and we have seen some of that effect with a factories going off or less people travelling on the roads and planes, and the effects of that. And in general, this is relatedly changing peoples behaviour a bit. A bit like people are moving to zoom instead of travelling to meetings, we are seeing people use Remote Sensing satellite data rather than going out to visit sites. But theres only so much that we can understand from flat images. The next step is utilising Artificial Intelligence to make the world searchable. With Computer Vision and machine learning, soon you may be able to ask for highly specific information. How many houses are there in pakistan . Give me a plot of that versus time, and you should be able to extract that out. Orjust tell me where the trees have been cut down in the amazon between last month and this month, and give me the latitudes and longitudes so i can go and investigate that. We can now see daily pictures of every simultaneous economic, environmental and human activity all at once. When you add in al and other data sets, the insight, patterns and predictions we can glean are completely unique. It may turn out that these eyes in the sky will give us a whole new way of seeing our world. The village of moneygall140km south west of dublin, and the site of a proof of Concept Partnership between Drone Company the village of moneygall140km south west of dublin, and the site of a proof of Concept Partnership between Drone Company manna aero and the countrys Health Service executive. Manna aero are already testing essential food deliveries from this service station, but now with the coronavirus lockdown, theyve shifted their attention to medicine. Hello, dr oreilly. The new Service Starts with a gp video consultation. Cough bottle for that. The doctor sends a prescription by e mail to a nearby pharmacy. And theyre going to deliver the drugs back to you by drone delivery. Ok, no problem. The medicine is attached to a drone and is transported back to the patients door, in this case people who are currently self isolating. Im 70 years of age and were told to stay in, so weve stayed in, weve never gone out anywhere. Oh, sure, its absolutely brilliant. I thought id never see the day where thered be such technology that i wouldnt have to be driving into town and back home to get my medicine. The uk too is considering how to use drones to transport vital medical supplies. Wed like to be there in the next few weeks, wed like to start something in the uk with a similar set up to here in ireland, to support the local communities during these times. Were in discussions. Our plant and office and r d is in wales, so wed like to do something initially in wales to show the uk public what it looks like. Wales has already been the site of remote drone delivery testing. Just before the lockdown, a drone successfully dropped a defibrillator over snowdonia, in wales. It was a successful beyond line of sight test in collaboration with the Welsh Ambulance service. And another first of its kind trial in the uk, bringing medical equipment by drone from southampton General Hospital to st marys on the isle of wight, is currently underway. In a joint initiative with the European Space agency, the uk government has pledged £2. 6 million for drone or satellite projects that could help the nhs, and the Uk Space Agency says we may one day see dedicated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. The possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid 19 outbreak is a possibility in months. You find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. So, is this a sight were going to have to get used to . Drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than wed imagined. That wasjen. Now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as were always looking for ways to entertain them. So marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. Why dont they go outside and kick a ball about . Thats the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogames has just run. Honk honk well, in the current circumstances, where all real world ball kicking activities have been cancelled for the moment. 0h so sad . A lifetime spent playing video games has better equipped millions of people for life in lockdown than all the doomsday prepping of toilet paper in the world. But, for parents and carers, it can be difficult to find titles the whole family can enjoy, especially if you yourself dont play games. Help is at hand in the shape of an online guide designed to help parents who dont know their mario from their mortal kombat. Its the work ofjournalist, youtuber and father of three andy robertson. Collaborating with the games industry, hes come up with a guide that navigates the modern gaming landscape. Parents can search for an individual title to see if its right for them, or they can search through curated lists which are categorised by the type of experience games provide. Talking to families, im often, kind of, suggesting games they should play. It can be quite hard to find games in the way its presented to them with the information they need, which are things like pegi rating, how long will it take to play, whats the kind of time commitment. Its designed for parents in a form they can access. A game just released and quite timely is a game called animal crossing, played on the switch, a game where you escape the world and you go to your own desert island. The list also provides a heads up about features like loot boxes and content where games could be asking players to shell out extra cash to purchase in game items. You know, children may well, and probably are, using games to cope with whats happening in the world. Theyre finding meaning in games, theyre finding calm and maybe a bit of hope and a bit of control, and so if we come in and just say what we can do to limit them, we take away something thats very supportive for this particular time. The Guardian Newspaper games editor Keza Macdonald has a podcast dedicated to parenting and gaming and shes compile a list for parents who may already be gamers but might want to find titles the whole family can play. So in my family i have a 14 year old stepson, 3 year olds and a seven month old baby. Obviously the babys way too young to play games with. I find with kids under five, they dont like levels and goals, they want to play with it like its a toy, and theres lots of really good games, especially on the ipad or an iphone for that age group. Especially anything by toca boca. And sago mini, and they are essentially digital toy boxes. Unfortunately, i dont have any kids that are old enough to play the kind of thing i want to play. U nfortu nately i unfortunately i dont have any kids old enough to play the kind of thing i want to play. Brilliant that was marc, and youll find the details to all of the games marc mentions pinned to the top of our twitter feeds. Thats it for now, though. You staying in that place next week or are you moving around again . I dont know. Tweet me we could have a vote good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today the search for a coronavirus treatment the us approves the emergency use of an experimental drug. Here, doctors will trial treating critically ill patients with blood plasma from covid 19 survivors. More tips in england will re open today but with big restrictions on what waste theyll accept. Good morning. Neutral grounds and up to 40,000 tests. Thats whatll be needed to get the premier league finished, according to league bosses. A royal helping hand photographs of Princess Charlotte helping deliverfood parcels to pensioners are released to mark her fifth birthday. Good morning. After a sherry and to the week, it looks like our weather will be settling down for the weekend. Nothing to want to come just yet, i think we will send that save that for the week ahead. After a showery end to the week. Its saturday, may 2nd. Our top story. The us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day, but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dean hardwick hugging his partner Hannah Wright after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at tameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at nearly full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Delivery Driver pete davies from near warrington, who spent three weeks in hospital before the virus killed him. His relatives have described how they were given ppe so they could spend his final hours at his bedside. The government now believes the peak of infections in the uk has passed. In the latest government briefing, the Health Secretary matt hancock said his self declared target of 100,000 tests per day had been met. I knew that it was an audacious goal but we needed an audacious goal because testing is so important for getting britain back on our feet. But the headline number of more than 122,000 tests doesnt tell the full story. Around a third of the overall figure are testing kits sent to people at home, and other settings such as care homes. We cannot test without Contact Tracing and the two have to be conducted together. Furthermore, you need a strategy of who youre going to test and how youre going to test. So there are a number of hurdles and furthermore, to say that were testing when actually the tests have gone out in the post is not the same as having tests in the laboratory done today. Meanwhile, authorities in the United States have licensed the first drug for use against covid 19, remdesivir. Preliminary trial results show it did reduce stays in hospital for covid 19 patients by 31 , though it did not significantly improve survival rates. The World Health Organization has been more cautious, saying the drug failed to improve patients conditions. But remdesivirs makers, Gilead Science, has called that report inconclusive and has promised to distribute 1. 5 million vials of the drug for free. John mcmanus, bbc news. In the uk, doctors are working on a very different potential treatment for coronavirus. A Clinical Trial would see patients treated with blood plasma from people who have had the virus, and since recovered. So far, donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. Heres more from our Health Correspondent, catherine burns. Here is the hope. This golden liquid is blood plasma. The trial will ask if it could give critical ill people instant protection against the coronavirus attacking their body. So far, there is no proven treatment for covid 19. This study aims to change that. It doesnt invole new, expensive drugs though, but something freely given. Zahid is a Hospital Doctor, he has had the virus and has treated people with it as well. Every step we are taking right now on government level, hospital level is to find a cure for this disease, which has affected billions of people around the globe. So i feel really privileged and excited that im actually playing some role in that. When zahid or anyone else was sick, his immune system would have made anti bodies to attack the coronavirus. These build up over about a month and are found in blood plasma. Donations are happening across the uk. 150 people in england have already donated and each one can give enough to treat another person. So far, 6,500 people in england have gone online to say they are interested in donating. Others who had the virus will get phone calls asking if they want to be involved. Doctors are now looking for suitable patients to give the plasma to. What we are essentially giving is a Rapid Protection against the virus, and we are hoping that by clearing the virus quickly because of this Rapid Protection by the antibody, itll help nations recover quickly. Its early days but if this works, the hope is we could have an effective treatment against coronavirus. Catherine burns, bbc news. Commuters could be asked to check their temperature before leaving home, as part of measures to make public transport safer. Its understood to be one of several options being looked at for when the lockdown is eased. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake what more can you tell us . It is one of many things being looked at. It is. The Prime Minister has promised a compressive plan for how the uk will move beyond the Strict Lockdown measures in place. That is going to come this thursday when they come in has to, by law, review the lockdown measures in place. This idea of asking people to ta ke place. This idea of asking people to take the temperature before they use public transport is one potential option being looked out. We are told though it is a long way from being policy. But it might be one way that you could establish whether people have symptoms for coronavirus, a High Temperature is one of those. Before they were able to use public transport. The department for transport say officials are co nsta ntly transport say officials are constantly looking at examples of best practice in other countries around the world. One country which has set out a very detailed timetable for moving beyond its lockdown is the republic of ireland. Leo varadkar the Prime Minister addressing the nation yesterday, saying it would move into three week intervals towards a place, towards the end of august when things were back to some kind of normality. I would not expect such a specific timetable from the prime minster this week though. Jonathan, thank you very much. Jonathan blake. A nursing home in new york has recorded 98 deaths linked to the coronavirus. The loss of life at the Isabella Geriatric Center has been described by the citys mayor as horrifying. If confirmed, the death toll amounts to 14 of the residents in the home and would make it the largest such coronavirus cluster in the state. Nhs england is urging parents not to avoid routine vaccination appointments for their children. There are fears that diseases like measles and mumps could make a return if immunisations fall because patients are scared of catching coronavirus when they visit a Health Centre or gp surgery. Anna collinson reports. The idea has been likened to a fast food drive through. You pull up, and you get yourjab. Hello, beautiful. In this case, an mmr vaccine to protect 13 month old safah from measles and mumps. Well done. This drive through may not be as fun, but doctors say a few tears are worth it for essential vaccinations. Three weeks ago, this surgery saw a big drop in vaccinations. Patients said they were scared they would come into contact with coronavirus in the waiting rooms. How are you . So they started vaccinating outside the surgery, and people can come on car or foot. Perfect, thank you, so much. So the first part where there would be a verbal explanation is done on the telephone and the nurse comes outjust to give the injection, so the face to face contact is only two minutes, not ten minutes, and goes back in and all the records are written up without the patient there. Despite pressures from covid 19, medical officials in england, wales and scotland all agree essential vaccinations need to continue, unless a person is experiencing symptoms. They say its essential in preventing outbreaks of diseases. If you are due a routine immunisation, so its either your baby or child or if you are pregnant, please get in touch with your surgery and keep your appointment. There are going to be people watching, saying, even though youve got this new set up, coming to the doctors is just too risky because of coronavirus. What would you say to them . Please come and protect your children. Life is all about risks and benefits. The benefits of having your children vaccinated is so much greater. It would be a tragedy, and i feel i would have failed, if we saw measles or diphtheria make a comeback. Thank you so much, daddy 0k. Anna collinson, bbc news. Police are appealing for witnesses after an 11 year old boy was shot last night in east london. A number of people fled the scene in upminster, where the boy was found with a gunshot wound, and a man in his 40s with head injuries was also discovered. No arrests have been made. The north korean leader, kimjong un, has made his first appearance on state media in more than 20 days. There had been international speculation that he was seriously ill. The countrys official news agency said hed opened a fertiliser plant near the capital, pyongyang. Kensington palace has released new images of Princess Charlotte to mark herfifth birthday, which she celebrates today. The pictures show the princess delivering homemade care packages to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. The photos were taken in april by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, whos patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures of her children to mark their birthdays. If you are a fan of still images or moving images, this is for you just now. It might explain the popularity of a webcam in the Scottish Highlands. A webcam in loch arkaig is livestreaming a pair of ospreys incubating three eggs and is attracting many more viewers than normal. And you can see why in a way. There is something very calming just watching. Not much happens. We have been looking in full time or time for the past two hours or so. At six m, it was facing east, damn right, then south, now it is turned off. They wed come has been in operation since 2017. The eggs have been laid on the same day each year. That kind of regularity and what they do is extraordinary. Rather lovely. Do they only lay one set of eggs . Lets ask the question and then we will know. Please. It is 12 minutes past eight. A steep rise in the number of flytipping incidents has increased the pressure on councils to re open their waste and recycling centres to the public. And from this weekend, some councils, mainly in england, will allow people to dispose of their waste but with some changes to the way they operate. Breakfastsjohn maguire has more. As if to add insult to injury one of the unintended consequences of lockdown has been a significant rise in fly tipping. Got a call last night from a herdsman hearing noises at about 8 30, and wheels spinning, and this is what a lovely lot have left us. It has remained illegal, of course, punishable by up to a year in prison or a fine of £50,000, but with council tips, known as household and Waste Recycling centres, closed across the uk, some have dumped their rubbish with abandon. Some centres, such as here in manchester, are now reopening, but with restrictions in place. We are only accepting cars and small vans, we wont be accepting transit vans or trailers, because of the lack of manoeuvring space on site and also for the fact that this is about essentialjourneys only, so people really need to think if it is essential to come to deposit waste before they make that trip. The governments hope is this, if managed carefully, can represent a step towards the restoration of normal life. As local government secretary i said i want councillors councils to begin to open them, so some are now opening, others will open over the course of the next couple of weeks. Theres no reason you cant travel to your tip to put your Household Waste there or do your recycling, so councils should have the confidence to reopen them as soon as possible. But councils are warning people to manage their expectations. Keep storing it at home, wait to hear the news from your local authority as to if and when your local tip is opening, and also of course bear in mind that a lot of other people will also want to get down there so there may be, certainly in the first few days orweeks, quite high demand. Tips in scotland remain closed while in wales and Northern Ireland planning for reopening is under way. The best advice is before setting off, check your local centre is open and if so, what restrictions are in place. John maguire, bbc news. Lets talk about this more. Werejoined now by adam read, Vice President at the institute for waste management, and also richard mcilwain, from keep britain tidy. Good morning to you. Adam, if we could start with you. There will be a lot of interest in this this morning. People have been clearing out things while theyve had time on their hands, what restrictions will there be . I know it is varied from place to place on what can go to the tip. Morning. We are asking residents to be sensible, is it an essential trip in the first place . If you can store the waste at home, if it is not causing public concern, do not go. The keys will be large. If you get there, expect keys and expect restrictions. We will be discerning of parts of these sites to ensure that social distancing operates to protect both Public Health and the residents visiting health. We will probably be only accepting certain materials. A normal site will have many streams and therefore you will be going to many different parts of a site on any one visit. That cannot happen in social restriction. What will be looking at black bag or residual base, maybe greenways, the garden waste, everyone has been doing a lot of lawn maintenance. Diy and some of the bulky goods. Each site will have its own restrictions and they will be enforced to make sure that people coming are only bringing the right material and they are behaving within the guidance of social distancing so we can protect everyone. Very interesting for wwa talk about things you know will be allowed. Do things that wont be . To get it, if you have these things they will be accepted. Now, interestingly every site will have its own restrictions, every local 31 pays its own preferences and priorities based on what services are already operating. Most households are still getting a residual or black bad collection black bag. I dont think people taking paint tins and oiljobs are going to be essential at all. Most recycla ble going to be essential at all. Most recyclable should not be going down to the tip, it has got to be accessed or bulky or black bag waste that would be causing public concern if left at home because he could not store it safely. Richard, when we talk about this, lots of people at home will be thinking, ican lots of people at home will be thinking, i can get rid of this rubbish, great eczema that have been people who have been getting rid of their rubbish fly tipping and that has been an increasing problem. It is. A number of our supporters around the country have been reporting increased fly tipping when they are out on their daily walk, in addition to a number of local authorities who have also reported an increase in fly tipping. That is why we are running a campaign called crime not to care no, there are far too many people there are far too many people who dont understand. What is driving a lot of the fly tipping is people taking away for a very cheap price. We are asking householders to fulfil their legal duty of care and make sure they always check the person taking they always check the person taking the waste away is a registered waste carrier. And can show them a license, you should have been issued by the environment agency. There were 1 by the environment agency. There were1 million incidents reported last year, how much i do think that is going to be this year . I think it could be considerably higher. We both remember fly tipping, it is not unique to the lockdown that we are facing at the moment, it has been an issue for many years. Last year, with a million reported incidents, it was the highest for ten years. It is absolutely exacerbated by the lockdown measures that we are facing. What we are asking people, if you are creating waste at home, then see the end of the job before you start. If you think you can store that waste than think about doing the job another time. Or if you get somebody to take them away, always use registered waste carriers. The recycling centres are opening but it will be over a period of time. There will be restrictions and you will need to check online to make sure when your local household weight sector is open and you are ok to go and take your waist. Adam, picking up on a couple of thoughts. I new found respect in the way the rexs collectors, people who collect the bins on a regular basis, concerned about people who work in the tips themselves. That presumably is an issue that you have to address as well, that they in turn are safe. Absolutely. But we are doing our Risk Assessment for any of those that not open, we have been working with Greater Manchester this morning, what is interesting hey we dont want to put anybody at risk and we certainly dont want to be the reason why there is an upturn in cases of covid 19. One of the things that we have been working on with our local Authority Customers is can we reinstate garden waste collections to release the tension that means we might have to open hw sees, it is easier on the curb with the cruise that have been doing such a greatjob that means we might have to open hwcs. Have you got any stuff in the house he would not want to be in the house right now . Ive got a pile of waste and three teenage kids, if that helps you want to get rid of the kids ive got a garage that is filling quite quickly with some stuff. It will have to go somewhere at some point, but it is not an imminent issue. Good to speak to you both. Thank you. Look forward to richards both. Thank you. Look forward to richards is talking to him later about that comment made on national tv. Im sure parents all around the country feel a similar way, at the time to time. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. A lovely picture of a garden. Good morning. Our weather watchers have been sending in pictures from farand have been sending in pictures from far and wide across the uk, some immaculate gardens. If that is your plan for today, to head outside and do what means more work in your garden to keep it looking lovely, the weather is pretty fair actually for today. There were some showers around yesterday. There will be a greater chance of seeing some showers tomorrow. This weekend, things calm down, lighter winds and then High Pressure bills, we will lose most of the rainfall. We did, pretty short in terms of rainfall through april, some of the showers we re through april, some of the showers were probably welcome. This low is telling off towards scandinavia, High Pressure will topple in from the north. The lows feeding showers into eastern scotland today and i think there is a chance of some heavy once breaking out towards the north of england throughout the afternoon, some sharp ones places. Keep your eye towards the south west, cloud building here. For northern england, certainly the odd heavy downpour, many areas will mist the showers. Just the chance of a light showerfor the showers. Just the chance of a light shower for Northern Ireland throughout the afternoon. For the majority, sunny, light ones, temperatures in the mid teens, perhaps 18 in the south east. This whether thern will have a bit more success encroaching in the south west of the uk. Through the evening and overnight, not bearing much in the way of rainfall but pushing the cloud across the southern half of the uk, that a frame possible for devon and combo. That shows across the north is tending to ease through the small hours. Overall lows of around six, seven celsius. Enter sunday, still a relatively quiet story, especially first thing. A lot of sunshine for many, although more cloud already coming in from the south west. Pushing further north across england and wales through the morning. The afternoon, the picture does change. More showers across northern parts of the uk for scotland, for northern england, down to the midlands, perhaps across into east anglia, a greater risk of heavy showers around on sunday. Many areas will mist them, many areas will enjoy a lot of dry weather. Sunday the lively day of the two, slightly cooler as well. Where has the area of High Pressure conquest market will extent next week further down across the uk, but still battening way with a late was the south west. It looks southern reaches of the uk could see a spell of wet weather. Current thinking has that pitching infor current thinking has that pitching in for tuesday and wednesday. From wednesday onwards, the high will that are way off into the continent and things will become warmer as we see more in the way of dry and sunny weather for the end of the week ahead. Thank you very much. We will chat to you later. It is 24 minutes past eight. Coronavirus has put a stop to almost all events across the uk but against the odds, a writing festival for children in yorkshire, has found a way to carry on. The organisers of rotherhams literary charity, grimm and co, were determined their showcase must go on, so they asked for help from some famous faces, including some oscar winners. Our arts and entertainment correspondent Colin Patterson has the story. Its the stuff of fairy tales. Yorkshire schoolchildren having their stories read out by oscar winners. The Literacy Charity grimm and co was supposed to be having a gala event tonight, to celebrate moving across rotherham to larger headquarters. Because of covid 19, it was cancelled so theyve moved online and enlisted a list stars. Gary oldman won an oscar as winston churchill, no darkest hour here, instead a lovely few minutes as hell tackle a text written by a child. And Olivia Colman took home an oscar for playing queen anne, perhaps princesses and dragons will be her subject today. Jaunty music plays most of the children have not been told wholl be reading their work, which is why were hearing this jaunty music instead of their words. But indira varma has swapped game of thrones for a comfy armchair. And we can reveal that peep shows David Mitchell will be tackling dear bob by william harris, aged 12. Its all about a disgruntled writer. Dear bob, when are you writing back . I think the team would really enjoy making my ideas into the book. And i think we could get it in some libraries nearby. While sherlocks mark gatiss will deliver a poem by 14 year old lucy bungclark. Its all about the solace creativity can provide. What smell or taste comes to mind when writing . Is it the taste of coffee or tea lingering in the throat . Make sure youre sitting comfortably at two oclock this afternoon when all the readings will be shown online. Colin patterson, bbc news. Well, joining us now is deborah bullivant, founding director at grimm and co, and a special guest, connor, whose work will be featured in todays event, hejoins us alongside his mum claire. Good morning. Straight to yukon, you excited . Yes. What do you know about what is going to happen today . I know that we are doing ourfirst of to happen today . I know that we are doing our first of all near two oclock today. It is called here not the and im excited for our work to be read by some household names. You managed to get a whole host of people, it was like watching Something Like an oscars ceremony, all those names. How did you get them . Arent we lucky . It is fantastic. One of our patrons is mark gaiters, gatiss. It was important for the children to have a showcase. They were determined this was not going to stop. He got hold of all his friends, paul, in the world of tv and film and they were amazing. They all said yes. Nobody said no. We had such amazing. They have put a lot of effort into it as well, it is absolutely beautiful. I promise we will talk to in a moment, colour, buti i promise we will talk to in a moment, colour, but i want to talk to connor. I hear you have written something, is that right . Yes. Can you read something out for us now . Yes, sure. The stage is yours. Ok. This is my poem. It is called my northern town, i am reading the first paragraph. The random sound of pigeons cooing. Rowdy drunks and pub quizzes on the streets. This is my northern town. Connor, how old are you . 11. This is my northern town. Connor, how old are you 7. What this is my northern town. Connor, how old are you7. What do you feed connor . That was beautiful. That was absolutely. On the say, we have a gallery behind us, with the director and the producers, there was total silence when connor read that out and as soon as the finish, everyone took a pause and just went, wow. Has he already did mac always had this gift . Hes already been interested in literacy, grimm and co has brought it out of him and developed his confidence as well. This is about rotherham, where you live. It is. How long did it take you to write it . It mustve bend down the door we did a lot of settings to get the finished piece. It must have been. A must have been a lot of time. I saw you smiling when connor read his poem. They are brilliant. No wonder you were so poem. They are brilliant. No wonder you were so keen to make sure this gala happens. It really changes childrens writing when they know theres a reason to write. You are absolutely right, its beautiful. Really worth a watch. The writing is stunning. Children really take the time, they edited really well. It is all really important for children, a big part of the philosophy had grimm and co that we do this. We are a charity and it is all about writing. We work with children on resilience but the answer really important at times like this. We are releasing that. Connor, can i ask you a question . We know a lot of young people and adults struggle with literacy and about using words and those things, what is your message to people about falling in love with words and writing and stories . Well, what i would say is that stories, if you just sit down and read a book, they can take you to different places and that is what is sort of makes me love writing because i love just escaping sometimes, now more than another, and to fantastic worlds in Fiction Books and stuff. Its so well said. People at home have been nodding along. You must be very proud. Is he prolific . As allotted bits of paper with stuff written on all around the house . Theres a lot of paper that we get through, yes. Lots of writing tools. Quite right as well. Just keep going, connor. You have got a real gift there. Thank you very much for sharing it with us. Good luck with the event today. What a great thing. Thank you. Thank you very much. That is warm to me. What a wise young man connor is. Words, you can escape with. Proud of what is written, quite right. And you can watch the showcase at 2pm today on the groups youtube channel, just search grimm and co, rotherham. lets bring you up to date with the main stories today. The is 8 32am. The United States is to begin using the experimental drug, remdesivir, to treat patients for coronavirus. It had initially been designed as a treatment for ebola. The drug which has been created by Gilead Sciences will be delivered to hospitals on monday. The development is one which President Trump has described as very promising. Doctors in the uk working on a potential treatment for coronavirus say they are ready to start trying it out on patients. The Clinical Trial is hoping to use blood plasma from people who have had the virus and recovered. So far donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. In england, 6,500 people have gone online to say they are interested in donating. The republic of ireland will begin a phased lifting of its lockdown restrictions in just over two weeks, the countrys Prime Minister leo varadkar has announced. Small social gatherings outside will be allowed from may 18th, and larger shops will open. Its hoped cafes and restaurants will reopen by the end ofjune. Museums and places of worship will follow in mid july, and children will return to school in september. Police are appealing for witnesses after an ii year old boy was shot last night in east london. A number of people fled the scene in upminster, where the boy was found with a gunshot wound, and a man in his 40s with head injuries was also discovered. No arrests have been made. The north korean leader, kimjong un, has made his first appearance on state media in more than 20 days. There had been international speculation that he was seriously ill. The countrys official news agency said hed opened a fertiliser plant near the capital, pyongyang. Kensington palace has released new images of Princess Charlotte to mark herfifth birthday, which she celebrates today. The pictures show the princess delivering homemade care packages to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. The photos were taken in april by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, whos patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures of her children to mark their birthdays. The time now is coming up to 8 35am. Thank you forjoining us. Many parents have been grateful that covid i9 appears to have little effect on the vast majority of children. However, it could harm them indirectly if they miss routine jabs because of the disruption. Thats the message from nhs england, which is urging parents to attend all vaccination appointments. Dr Nikita Kanani is nhs englands medical director for primary care, shejoins us from south london. Thank you for your time this morning. What is the message you are sending out in relation to what we are turning routine vaccinations . Sending out in relation to what we are turning routine vaccinations7l pleasure, hi, thank you for having us. Pleasure, hi, thank you for having us. Cani pleasure, hi, thank you for having us. Can i just pleasure, hi, thank you for having us. Can ijust comment on conors poem . It was incredible. He is such an inspiration and if you would like to write something more, we would love to have more of his poetry, so please do let him know, but our message today is to get your immunisation is done, so whether it is your baby, your child, if you are pregnant, please get in touch to get your immunisations done because that is actually the most important thing you can do along with social distancing and staying at home to keep safe and keep well. If you are due and immunisation we will give it to you. Please get in touch. Is there evidence that people are not coming forward . It is emerging, so in my practice and with colleagues around the country we are hearing more from parents that they are understandably worried about coming in to get their vaccinations done, and so it is an it anecdotal at the moment, but it is enough to get us worried, so we just need to remind people to get in touch with their practice and find out how to get the vaccination done. Can you talk us through how the procedure normally works . Our parents contacted or is it the responsibility on them to ask . Yes, so usually cut parents are contacted. There is an immunisation schedule, especially for smaller children under the age of five and there is a list in the red book, but some people have that electronically now. Usually you are sent a text message or an electronic reminder to come in and get your vaccination done. That should still be happening and you should still be getting your reminders. Usually the main ones are babies 6 12 weeks, and then you have them again when you are smaller, one, to years. But if you are not sure, please get in touch with your gp and we have got in app so you can have a look on there as well. Also get it have a look on the nhs website. Get in touch and we will talk you through what you might need for your child and how we might offer you that it safely to make sure you are still protected. We are speaking to a number of gps during the crisis and wannabe key themes thatis the crisis and wannabe key themes that is emerging is that there is a relu cta nce that is emerging is that there is a reluctance of people to go into surgeries. A very straightforward thought process, which is that they dont want to go into that place. Gps are very worried about this. Such reasons. Do you think this has a bearing on whether or not people are taking up vaccinations . A bearing on whether or not people are taking up vaccinations7|j a bearing on whether or not people are taking up vaccinations . I do. I think it is a few things, so people are understandably worried about coming into the practice or a hospital or anywhere else outside their home and their safe spaces. The other thing i am hearing is people are worried about being a burden and i want to you that you are not. Yourgp, burden and i want to you that you are not. Your gp, your practice wa nts to are not. Your gp, your practice wants to hear from you, they want to ca re wants to hear from you, they want to care for you and particularly for your vaccinations, we want to do that. If you are worried, can i reassure you that practices around the country are thinking about safe ways to offer vaccinations and to ca re ways to offer vaccinations and to care for you, so it might be that one practice out of the group has been designated to the place to go for your vaccinations and you will have heard of colleagues offering other ways of getting a vaccination. So there is a surgery in london, which i know the bbc is aware of, the project century that are offering drive through immunisations oi offering drive through immunisations or at the buggy, so you dont need to go into the practice. If you get in contact with us or any of my collea g u es in contact with us or any of my colleagues around the country, what we will say is, these are the vaccinations that are due. This is the way to get them done safely and this is how we will make sure that we keep you safe and getting vaccinated at the same time. Dr Nikita Kanani, thank you very much. Dr Nikita Kanani is nhs englands medical director for primary care. It is nearly 8 40am. Thank you very much forjoining us this morning. Lots of people talking about whether sport is going to come back and how it is going to come back. Interesting, how it is going to work in practice and i know you will be talking to someone though shortly who may have some insight on this, especially when it comes to football. Absolutely, different sports right across the board, making plans to make it as safe as possible if and when medical officers get the green light for sport to resume any particular we are about the premier league today. The clubs after meetings yesterday have been told that playing games behind doors and up that playing games behind doors and up to ten neutral venues will be the only way they can finish the season at all. League bosses also said they will need up to 40,000 tests for players and staff if plans go ahead. And that person, who is very experienced when it comes to football, is the former chief executive of the faa, adrian bevington, who joins us executive of the faa, adrian bevington, whojoins us now executive of the faa, adrian bevington, who joins us now from executive of the faa, adrian bevington, whojoins us now from his home. I wonder what youre made of the plans yesterday being unveiled, this thing about neutral venues to stop than is gathering outside home grounds on the streets. Can you see that working . As a that is the direction of travel they have clearly been heading in for quite some time and they had been a lot of different iterations of that. I still think the most Important Message here is that they have got to be guided by the government and importantly the chief medical and science officers on this because until we are all certain that football, it is safe for the footballers to actually play and those staff around the players to play, whether it is behind closed doors or with crowds, that is the most important element, and the welfare of the those individuals is crucial at the moment. We will know more about that next week when the garment at their meeting and im sure the fa will be guided by that. Yes, i it is all hypothetical at the moment. If they went ahead with this idea of neutral venues, what challenges would they face in picking the right venues and staging these matches there . It appears that these matches there . It appears that the preference from the noises that are coming out of the meeting yesterday as they are looking at venues yesterday as they are looking at venues that are not massively surrounded by housing, web people are living, so i have seen references to brighton and albion, southampton, west ham, and Manchester City stadium certainly being the preferred options that have been mentioned so far. Previously we have heard about wembley and Saint Georges park, but they seem to have fallen by the wayside, so that is definitely the direction of travel they are looking at going down from the meetings yesterday. They are under a lot of pressure at the moment, the clubs, at all levels because there is such at all levels because there is such a big financial gap and they have got huge requirements to meet commercial contractual obligations at this moment. Yes, we are going to talk about the pressures on them because some would say it is irresponsible to start the season again at all this summer. Why not follow the lead of france or the netherlands and just end the season . And then decide how you allow operations and champions by designing it on the points the game. They have clearly a commitment and that has been the view of the premier league and the English Football League as well, that they wa nt to Football League as well, that they want to get every opportunity to conclude the leak. Like i say, there are serious commercial pressures on the premier league as a whole to conclude the season because of the broadcast contract that they have globally. The chief executive of the premier league has previously stated ina premier league has previously stated in a letter to the dcms that the potential losses are over £1 billion here, so it is not insignificant what we are talking about. But you have to also look at the health and safety a nd have to also look at the health and safety and welfare thirst, which i know they are doing. Other countries in europe are adopting different approaches. Germany are obviously ready to go with their need, the French League have cancelled, the dutch have cancelled at the moment, although there is a lot of wrangling going on there. The big issue for me here is whatever the method they use, if they cant conclude, one thing they cant do here is relegate any teams at the end of a season that has not concluded. That is the big thing that has to be resolved as they move forward. Yes, one option that has been discussed and seems to be in the way of thinking as a third option perhaps by the majority, is to say dont really relegate any teams on the premier league and have promotion coming up from the bottom is that you have two or even three teams going up from the championship and then make the premier league to go for one season. I think. I am working on the basis that they want to conclude and that is their first priority. If they cant do that, i think they have to find a mathematical method they are all happy with. People have got to give and take care, there has got to be flexing any tea on all sides, but that will be how they decide certain things about the structure. But you cant relegate teams. It is just so unfair ina cant relegate teams. It is just so unfair in a situation. I also think you shouldnt be able to promote teams who had only played a quarter of the season, as that would be grossly unfair as well. It might be one season, it might be two seasons, and then you have got to have flexibility during the course of those seasons with how you fit the games in and that is always a Pressure Point for everybody, but it might involve kicking off on a 3pm ona might involve kicking off on a 3pm on a saturday afternoon, more games, look at how the fa cup and the league cup are structured. Everything is on the table at the moment to find a solution, but we have to make sure that we are protecting the premier league clubs, but also the clubs further down the pyramid, because they are a massive pa rt pyramid, because they are a massive part of our ecology because of the cash that goes down to them to protect them for their longevity. As goals a season cant return and players still say. We had a manager talking about the fear recently. Yes, i understand that and anybody who is asked to go into this environment, we are talking about working it out with social distancing and until we get the green light for the medical people that this is safe, despite will be testing that the premier league will ensure it is in place, they are going to be concerned that. These people all have families and they may have Vulnerable People within theirfamilies that may have Vulnerable People within their families that they of easily dont want to infect themselves if they pick up the virus. And then if you are quarantining hotels, what about the hotel staff workers . How are they going to work . There is an impact on them. There are a lot of things that need to be finalised and im sure that this is what they are working on at the moment. It is really important that these discussions include the League Managers association and the pfa as well. Thanks very much for your time. We will see how it unfolds over the coming weeks, next week being really important when you get the latest government advice on any relaxing at the lockdown measures. Adrian bevington there, the former executive of the Football Association and dan walker will have more on this at 12pm and is actually speaking to brighton to talk about how footballers are feeling, especially as brighton teams have returned to some sort of individual training this week. Thank you, very interesting to hear about how all the sports, and there is all sorts of the rioting across the sports, of how they can work things out differently to what the future might hold. Yes, absolutely, especially when you think of football, which is full contact. There has been talk about some other sports resuming in the summer, like we saw with the tennis earlier that did resume in germany yesterday, with the umpire wearing a mask and two players, no one else on the court. But football because it is so full on with 22 players and managers, it does face one the Biggest Challenges for returning. Bars, shops and restaurants have been closed for weeks, but advance orders they made months ago have still been coming into warehouses but those goods have nowhere to go. Thats causing problems for the companies which run the warehouses, as they make profit from the movement of items through their premises. It means morejobs on the line, as katy austin reports. Its 18 celsius inside this redditch cold store and business as usual is also on ice. Frozen fish and puddings that would usually go out to pub kitchens are stuck here instead. Its mainly destined for the pubs, restaurants, cafes, all of which are now obviously closed. So deliveries out of our cold store have come to a rather abrupt standstill. Industries that serve food have all but shut down. But goods are still coming in because they have been ordered weeks or months before, and that means that cold stores like this one are pretty much full. Thats a problem because this place makes most of its money from moving stock in and out. Freezers being full, theres nowhere near enough to cover all our costs. And most Companies Like ourselves work on fairly tight margins and very high fixed costs. Staff had been furloughed in an effort to make ends meet, but sarah says she will need further support in coming months. Even this vast chilled warehouse in wakefield has furloughed some staff. Ice cream and chips are going out to supermarkets, but not to fast food chains like mcdonalds. We think the changes that we have done now will see us through for the foreseeable future, but until the Hospitality Industry picks up, nobody can say for sure. But theres concern about whether all the cold stores can survive until that time comes. We are effectively working in emergency mode right now. Were not servicing at the right capacity, the network has got holes in it and i guess the concern is as we project for a number weeks, thats not sustainable and what worries me is in the recovery, not having the network there to actually service the ongoing needs in the medium term. Non food warehouses are full as well. This one in birmingham is stacked floor to ceiling with home furniture, stairlift parts and much more. E commerce is still flowing, albeit at a reduced rate. However, with the retailers, because their distribution centres arent open, were actually Still Holding a lot of the stock here. Examples of that could be john lewis or tk maxx. There would normally be real hustle and bustle in this location from all the outbound orders, however because we have 50 of our staff on furlough due to the lack of activity at this site, that is why it is so quiet. Its still not known when the lockdown will thaw so things can get moving again. For now, the future for warehouses and their staff is uncertain. Katy austin, bbc news. So many different aspects of business being affected by coronavirus. It is 8 30am. That means it is time for us to have a look at the weather for the weekend. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. You need to explain, that was a step to the right. That is probably the only dance move i will be busting in months. We enjoyed it. Next one is hands on your hips i will do the full time walk. That might be the only thing that saves us because staying at home we are all getting a bit sedentary. But this weekend there is somewhere weather to help let you out a bit more. The last couple of days it was pretty shy and gusty, but this weekend is looking lighter and there is more in the way of dry weather and some decent sunshine out there at the moment. To mys prospect perhaps a little more sunny. Some people already out and about in their gardens, taking pictures. Look how immaculate these gardens are obviously a lot of time and theyre getting things shipshape. Here is your forecast. We had getting things shipshape. Here is yourforecast. We had the getting things shipshape. Here is your forecast. We had the area of low pressure sitting over the uk yesterday manifesting some frequent showers and it is nowjetting off toward scandinavia. Quite a cool breeze following on behind it, but that will ease today and we have got a weather front coming in from the south west, quite a slowjob there, south west, quite a slowjob there, soa south west, quite a slowjob there, so a bit of patchy cloud towards the south west for the afternoon is possible, turning the sunshine hazy, and morning showers will fade through the north, although if you heavier ones popping up in the south east. The north of england at anything will have a swell here in the north sea, a baby area of low pressure that could well drag some showers across the north of england folsom time, may be the odd one for Northern Ireland. Predominantly though it is dry and sunny. Temperature is pretty similar to yesterday, needed teams for most of us, perhaps up to 18 degrees across the south east. Still some showers around some parts of england in the evening, but they will dissolve the way towards the evening. The cloud for the self comes into play more through the early hours of sunday, drifting its way through wales and southern parts of england. Patchy frost, maybe across parts of scotla nd frost, maybe across parts of scotland with clearer skies here. Sunday pretty calm to start the day on the face of it, more cloud in general across england and wales, so slightly milky and skies, but not anything significant in the way of rainfall. It is the showers that pop up rainfall. It is the showers that pop up across the north that could bring some heavy outbreaks of rain locally. Temperature that they shade down on today, 15 16d at best. Looking on into next week, that big area of High Pressure tries to settle in from the north, that is coming against this low from the south west and that battle is our biggest question in the weather for the early part of next week. It does look like they could be some heavier rain coming into southern parts of england and wales tuesday into wednesday, but after that it becomes dry out once again and it should also become warmer as well. Im off to try the foxtrot. Look forward to it thank you very much. We can hold the camera they re just it thank you very much. We can hold the camera theyre just a moment in case it is going to happen . Know it is not going to happen. 8 53am is the time. Those who have contracted coronavirus understandably have to be isolated from others, but if theyre lucky enough to recover, the first thing they want is to be reunited with their family. But for dr hamza ansari thats not possible because of the global lockdown restrictions. He fell ill whilst working here in the uk, and feared he might die alone, but his wife and baby daughter are still halfway across the world in canada. Hamza and michelle bothjoin us now from shropshire and canada. Good morning to you both. A different time for you, obviously. Dr hamza ansari, i have got to ask, how are you . I understand you are going back to work tomorrow . Yes, good morning, iwill going back to work tomorrow . Yes, good morning, i will be going back to work on monday actually. How are you in terms of recovery . Over the past two weeks i have been recovering well. Since i was discharged from hospital i am much improved. I discharged from hospital i am much improved. Lam discharged from hospital i am much improved. I am not coughing as much, lam not improved. I am not coughing as much, i am not short of breath any more, i am able to walk around and i basically resumed my usual activities, the same ones i was doing before i went to we must say it sounds like, of all the things to contract, to be ill at any time without family, it must have been so distressing for you. How did you cope . It was very distressing, but he maintained got me through this very harrowing experience was the fa ct very harrowing experience was the fact that while i did feel that i was going to die in hospital alone, the one thing that got me through was thinking i cant leave my wife alone and i dont want my daughter growing up without me. Well, that is a fairly good reason to get through a fairly good reason to get through a very, very difficult time. Michelle is listening to you in toronto. Lovely to see you, michelle. You and your husband, your daughter isjust michelle. You and your husband, your daughter is just ten months old now. She doesnt know the story, but she will one day. You were almost caught out, went to . Because your intention was to be in the uk as well, but then you are just caught out at the time and couldnt get over. Out at the time and couldnt get over. That was the problem. Yes, we actually move to canada as a family backin actually move to canada as a family back injanuary actually move to canada as a family back in january and we actually move to canada as a family back injanuary and we are only planning to stay here forjust a week, but i was feeling a bit ill and needed to have emergency surgery. So we decided i would stay back here with our daughter and we we re back here with our daughter and we were supposed to go back at the end of march. But by the time we were ready to go back they closed the airlines and the airports and the city went on lockdown, so we were stuck here. I am so pleased that we are able to talk to you both with a happy ending in the circumstance, but i can only imagine how hard it was for you being so far away and knowing that dr hamza ansari was going through such an ordeal. M was. No words can describe the frustration that i felt. He was extremely sick. He needed me by his side. I couldnt be there, there was no possible way of me helping him. I wasnt able to talk to him. I didnt know what was going on. I tried to be positive, itried know what was going on. I tried to be positive, i tried to pray and to think of positive things, but in those times it is very hard and especially when you dont know what is going on. So it was extremely difficult. Hamza, i suppose one comfort is that you are in the company of colleagues, so you knew who was taking care of you when you needed it . Yes, definitely. The hd you staff, i mean i have worked in i have worked with them in different environments, and i am eternally grateful for everything they did for me. The consultants and nurses came every half an hour to check up on the and make sure i didnt want anything. If it wasnt for them i wouldnt have made it out alive and i wouldnt be here speaking to you all. Then afterwards my senior consultant, he was gracious enough to request that i stay with my stay with his family after i was discharged just for those few delicate days so that i could recover my strength and be able to ta ke recover my strength and be able to take care of myself. Again, the generosity and hospitality that his family extended to me. My wife and i are immensely grateful and we hope to pay back all of that hospitality that they gave me. Michelle, i see you nodding there. It is the kindness of people from walks of life and parts of life that you would never have expected. That is something that is coming out of this that we are seeing all around the world. Yeah, it was an absolute random. It was just overwhelming to see what a beautiful thing somebody that we didnt know did for us, especially now that you look at the news and you see people protesting, people being angry, fighting, you know one the supermarkets, fighting other items. So Something Like this isjust beautiful. At a time that was so ha rd beautiful. At a time that was so hard for us it was a godsend to us, a miracle. Hamza and michelle, it is lovely talking to you this morning. Something tells me that looking into the future, we dont know when yet, there is one big family hug. That is going to happen. That is going to be a big day, isnt it . Yes, i amjust waiting until canada left the flight restrictions and then i can either go back there to see them or they can come here. But yeah, it is going to bea can come here. But yeah, it is going to be a fantastic phenomenal day. We wish you both very well and it will come good. Im glad you are well, hamza and it is a good story out of a very difficult time. Thank you both very much. A lovely couple. The headlines are coming up. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today the search for a coronavirus treatment the us approves the emergency use of an experimental drug. Here, doctors will trial treating critically ill patients with blood plasma from covid 19 survivors. More tips in england will re open today but with big restrictions on what waste theyll accept. Good morning. Neutral grounds and up to 40,000 tests. Thats whatll be needed to get the premier league finished, according to league bosses. A royal helping hand photographs of Princess Charlotte helping deliverfood parcels to pensioners are released to mark her fifth birthday. Well speak exclusively to astronaut Christina Koch about coming back from space to a world changed by a pandemic. Good morning. After a showery end to the week, it looks like our weather will be settling down for the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet, well save that for the end of the week ahead. Its saturday, may 2nd. Our top story the us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day, but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dean hardwick hugging his partner Hannah Wright after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at tameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at nearly full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Delivery Driver pete davies from near warrington, who spent three weeks in hospital before the virus killed him. His relatives have described how they were given ppe so they could spend his final hours at his bedside. The government now believes the peak of infections in the uk has passed. In the latest government briefing, the Health Secretary matt hancock said his self declared target of 100,000 tests per day had been met. I knew that it was an audacious goal but we needed an audacious goal because testing is so important for getting britain back on our feet. But the headline number of more than 122,000 tests doesnt tell the full story. Around a third of the overall figure are testing kits sent to people at home, and other settings such as care homes. We cannot test without Contact Tracing and the two have to be conducted together. Furthermore, you need a strategy of who youre going to test and how youre going to test. So there are a number of hurdles and furthermore, to say that were testing when actually the tests have gone out in the post is not the same as having tests in the laboratory done today. Meanwhile, authorities in the United States have licensed the first drug for use against covid 19, remdesivir. Preliminary trial results show it did reduce stays in hospital for covid 19 patients by 31 , though it did not significantly improve survival rates. The World Health Organization has been more cautious, saying the drug failed to improve patients conditions. But remdesivirs makers, Gilead Science, has called that report inconclusive and has promised to distribute 1. 5 million vials of the drug for free. John mcmanus, bbc news. In the uk, doctors are working on a very different potential treatment for coronavirus. A Clinical Trial would see patients treated with blood plasma from people who have had the virus, and since recovered. So far, donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. Heres more from our Health Correspondent, catherine burns. Here is the hope. This golden liquid is blood plasma. The trial will ask if it could give critically ill people instant protection against the coronavirus attacking their body. So far, there is no proven treatment for covid 19. It doesnt involve new, expensive drugs though, but something freely given. Zahid sarfaz is a Hospital Doctor, he has had the virus and has treated people with it as well. Every step we are taking right now on government level, hospital level is to find a cure for this disease, which has affected billions of people around the globe. So i feel really privileged and excited that im actually playing some role in that. When zahid or anyone else was sick, his immune system would have made anti bodies to attack the coronavirus. These build up over about a month and are found in blood plasma. Donations are happening across the uk. 150 people in england have already donated and each one can give enough to treat another person. So far, 6,500 people in england have gone online to say they are interested in donating. Others who had the virus will get phone calls asking if they want to be involved. Doctors are now looking for suitable patients to give the plasma to. What we are essentially giving is a Rapid Protection against the virus, and we are hoping that by clearing the virus quickly because of this Rapid Protection by the antibody, itll help nations recover quickly. Its early days but if this works, the hope is we could have an effective treatment against coronavirus. Catherine burns, bbc news. From today, people in spain will be able to go out for the first time in almost seven weeks to exercise putting an end to one of the strictest confinements in all of europe. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in madrid. I have just been watching the image behind you as you have been waiting to speak to us, i am seeing some cyclists, joggers, people Walking Around in the background. There are changes happening. Yes, they are, and this is the first 48 days that people in spain have been allowed to be out to do anything rather than the vital thing is, the shops on the campus. Nothing else at all. We are in valencia now and it is a Beautiful Day, this morning, 6am, the confinement measure started to be eased. People were out, they have been out on the bicycle cycle and, they have been jogging, been out on the bicycle cycle and, they have beenjogging, they been out on the bicycle cycle and, they have been jogging, they are coming out for walks. There is a complicated schedule here, a timetable through the day. What they are anxious to do is keep the age groups apart. Adults are allowed out first, and they are just warping over now. First, and they are just warping over now. 10am, they have to go back home, between ten and mid day, elderly people over the age of 70 are allowed out. And to keep them away from children and everyone else, they have to go back at midday and children are allowed out in the afternoon. This is just and children are allowed out in the afternoon. This isjust a gentle opening in spain will watch what happens. If the virus continues to decline, itll start to relax a bit more. Thank you very much. Commuters could be asked to check their temperature before leaving home, as part of measures to make public transport safer. Its understood to be one of several options being looked at for when the lockdown is eased. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake what more can you tell us . Good morning. The Prime Minister has promised details this coming thursday when they have to illegally review the lockdown measures in place. This idea of people taking that temperature before they were using public transport is one that is being looked at. We are not. It is being looked at. We are not. It isa is being looked at. We are not. It is a long way from being confined as policy. You can see how it might work, and how it might make travelling on public transport, where you have large numbers of people travelling in a confined space. They say they are looking at exa m ples of space. They say they are looking at examples of best practice from around the world. One country that has given a far more detailed plan and to how it is moving out of the lockdown is the republic of ireland, in three weekly stages, starting on a couple of weeks time, when the people will be allowed to gather in groups of up to four people, looking ahead to somewhere up to the end of august when things will get back to Something Like normal. Schools are still closed until september. More details from the gunmen in the covered dilemma coming weeks, more ideas of to be floated like more details from the government and the covering weeks. Apologies to our view is that, some technical problems. I think we got most of what he was saying that. A nursing home in new york has recorded 98 deaths linked to the coronavirus. The loss of life at the Isabella Geriatric Center has been described by the citys mayor as horrifying. If confirmed, the death toll amounts to 14 of the residents in the home and would make it the largest such coronavirus cluster in the state. More waste and recycling centres across england are set to re open this morning as authorities attempt to combat an increase in fly tipping since the lockdown began. Social distancing measures will be enforced, with some sites also restricting the types of waste they will handle, or the number of cars allowed in. Breakfasts john maguire reports. As if to add insult to injury one of the unintended consequences of lockdown has been a significant rise in fly tipping. Got a call last night from a herdsman hearing noises at about 8 30, and wheels spinning, and this is what a lovely lot have left us. It has remained illegal, of course, punishable by up to a year in prison or a fine of £50,000, but with council tips, known as household and Waste Recycling centres, closed across the uk, some have dumped their rubbish with abandon. Some centres, such as here in manchester, are now reopening, but with restrictions in place. We are only accepting cars and small vans, we wont be accepting transit vans or trailers, because of the lack of manoeuvring space on site and also for the fact that this is about essentialjourneys only, so people really need to think if it is essential to come to deposit waste before they make that trip. The governments hope is this, if managed carefully, can represent a step towards the restoration of normal life. As local government secretary, ive said i want local councils to begin to open them, so some are now opening, others will open over the course of the next couple of weeks. Theres no reason you cant travel to your tip to put your Household Waste there or do your recycling, so councils should have the confidence to reopen them as soon as possible. But councils are warning people to manage their expectations. Keep storing it at home, wait to hear the news from your local authority as to if and when your local tip is opening, and also of course bear in mind that a lot of other people will also want to get down there so there may be, certainly in the first few days orweeks, quite high demand. Tips in scotland remain closed while in wales and Northern Ireland planning for reopening is under way. The best advice is before setting off, check your local centre is open and if so, what restrictions are in place. John maguire, bbc news. Lets return to one of our main stories of the day testing for coronavirus. It is 12 minutes past nine, coming up it is 12 minutes past nine, coming up to 13 minutes past nine. Yesterday the Health Secretary matt hancock said he had beaten his target of 100,000 tests per day in england, and that he now plans to roll out a track and trace operation. Joining us to explain how that would work is professorjohn newton, the Governments National testing coordinator. We can talk about this a bit more. Thank you for talking to us this morning. This 122,000 tests carried out on the last day of april, they we re out on the last day of april, they were all carried out on the 30th. Thank you. We are very pleased that the amount of testing done is really substantial. It puts us in a strong position. The tests are counted in the programme when they are done and when they leave the programme, as they are sent out. Each test is counted once, so it is a big number however you counted. 70,000 people we re however you counted. 70,000 people were tested, but then they had been tested more than once. There was a proportion of those tests that were actually sent out, that the results have not been produced. They way they are counted is slightly different for the test which are done within the programme and outside. If you counted them the other way, we are still above the target. For the ones that were sent out yesterday on the 30th rather, we counted them as they went out. We did not count the ones that came back on that day. You can do it either way, its a very big number and their pets us in a very strong position, as you say, to move on and think about how we support Contact Tracing and also getting on top and infection in places like care homes. The story we just heard about the tragic impact of coronavirus and ca re tragic impact of coronavirus and care homes is a real reminder, theres still a lot to do. Testing can really help with that. That is why we are so pleased to have this capacity and capability to bit it has out there, where they are needed. What this test, track and trace look like . It is still being designed, we will hear more about that in the coming days and weeks. The principle is very straightforward, its traditional Public Health, when someone develops an infection from a new infection, we immediately try and assess them, get them tested, find out where they got the infection for and who they were in touch with and who they have been in touch with and who they have been in touch with and contact the contacts touch with and contact the contacts to give them advice. By doing that, you can really control the spread of infection quite quickly. Speed is of the essence with this. How long before it is in place and actually proves to be effective with my affecting with affecting r and bringing general numbers down. We have always been doing Contact Tracing, it is still carried out vertically for outbreaks in care homes, for example. This is not new technology, the scale on which we need to do it is dramatic. Coronavirus is not like the usual infection, it has to be done on a different scale. How do you get to that scale . There are plans in place at the moment and it is being rolled out and we will hear more about it in the coming days and weeks. Ok, but what kind of timescale are you looking at . At the moment, of course, we are still in strict social distancing, and the time that we will need this additional capability is when the government decides tester have been met and we are able to relax lockdown. Im sure the government is planning to develop this capability to be ready well in time for when it is needed and when social distancing is relaxed. The planning is going on in parallel. Do you understand, i mean, there has been a lot of focus on targets, which can perhaps be distracting, there is also well to have a time frame . To understand the frustration that people might be feeling when they are told to just wait for plans to come to be announced . Targets a re to come to be announced . Targets are important. There is no doubt that they target the secretary of state said the testing has motivated people, it has been an extraordinary effort. Im incredibly proud of all the people who contributed. The real purpose is to give us the capability we need. One of the things about that is so challenging is the uncertainty. There are so many things we dont know about coronavirus and we cannot a nswer know about coronavirus and we cannot answer questions in a straightforward way. It is worse to give people an answerjust because they want an answer, if it is not they want an answer, if it is not the correct answer backed up by evidence. We are completely transparent to work what were doing, theres a plan for Contact Tracing, based on standard models, you can read about it in any tax back. It is being done on a massive scale and people are being recruited already, contact traces, and the details will be announce quite soon. As people are frustrated and very keen to back to work, back to normal life, what about home testing christmas they are speaking about home testing and consider about the accuracy, how accurate, some claim 9796 accuracy, how accurate, some claim 97 accuracy, how accurate are they and is not an option that can be looked up to speed this process up . Home testing is very important. It is very flexible, of course. There is very flexible, of course. There isa is very flexible, of course. There is a lot of demand for it. People wa nt to is a lot of demand for it. People want to stay at home and be tested. One of the reasons it took us a little bit longer to get the home testing option out as opposed to the drive in centres was because we have doing tests and trials of it, which we re doing tests and trials of it, which were all very satisfactorily. We know that the testing rates are the same, if peoples swab themselves, and we had done some trials of pacing the mother and getting them back and they have all shown they arejust as good we back and they have all shown they are just as good we have done some trouser posting then out. It isa some trouser posting then out. It is a good guy, but it is not a guarantee that you are free as the violence. It helps a lot in making decisions. You have to take other factors into account. It is not a guarantee that you are free from the virus. Thank you very much for talking us element to us this morning, john newton. It is 19 minutes past nine. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. Pretty quiet out there at the moment. The weekend over a will bring a bit of fair weather but look out for some showers today across the north east of england and the northern half of the uk mode y lead as we head into tomorrow. The satellite picture tells a good tale at the moment. This is an area of low pressure off towards scandinavia. It is an area of low pressure trying to head into the south west, and we all sat here in this gap in the cloud at the moment. Low, as it pulls away, will feed some showers across the east of scotla nd some showers across the east of scotland through this afternoon and eventually well see some heavy once breaking out across the north east of england. The low towards the south west will try to can be try to turn the sky is cloudy towards cornwall and devon. Chilly along the north sea coast with the wind as well. Typically temperature the average for the time of year, highs in the mid teens, 15, 16, 18 in the south east, cool efforts southern scotland, 11 or 12. Coolerfor northern scotland. Into the early hours of sunday, generally fade away. Towards the south, they cloud having more success into southern england and south wales. Perhaps a little bit of rain for devon and cornwall. This area of cloud is not going to bring much rain, even as it advances further north into england and wales. Showers on sunday, but as the day pans out, heavier once targeting parts of northern england, down into north wales, the midlands and east anglia. Still a lot of dry and east anglia. Still a lot of dry and sunny weather and can still light winds, a bit cooler tomorrow laid down today. Top temperatures probably 16 or 17. Into next week, the High Pressure, the thing that brings us to clear skies at the moment, it tries to expand across the uk, and settle things down but before it can do so, we have got to deal with the feature coming in from the south west and that looks like the south west and that looks like the tuesday and wednesday, it will bring some wet weather into southern england and south wales. That is our biggest question mark in the forecast at the moment, how far that will get. Some want will return once again later. Thank you very much, see you later. It is 9 22am. We have been focusing on key workers and how the lockdown is affecting their lives. Today we are visiting a nursery in liverpool. There toddlers are being looked after to help their front line parents to keep britain moving. Its about 7 30am right now, and im about to leave for work for a really fun day looking after all the children with key worker parents on the front line. My husbands a paediatric nurse, and im just in the process of rejoining the nursery register to go back to the front line. Who are you going to play with today . Everybody everybody. Its 8am and the children are starting to arrive. This morning, were going to make some cards for all the nurses the doctors in the area. There obviously have been anxieties. A lot of our girls have children of their own, and every day theyre in Constant Contact with front line nhs workers, and aside from that, its utterly impossible to social distance from a two year old. If they want a cuddle, youre going to give them a cuddle. Ill do the back one, you do the pedals. Whos picking you up today, george . Daddy. Has daddy gone to work . Yeah, he has. My name is ferris, my daddy is a nurse. Were immensely proud of the staff we have here, and i send love to all the settings that have managed to remain open throughout the country. Were in it together. Weve even had two children this week whove joined us from different settings who unfortunately had to close. Theyve both settled in really well. Whos the king of the castle . Both me my wife and i are both pharmacists, both at the absolute front line helping people get medicines. Without monktons support in getting us to work and then looking after my kids, we wouldnt be able to do that, so thank you very much im so eternally grateful for them for helping us to look after the children. Im a key worker, im a dentist, weve got our practice that we have to manage, all our patients at the moment. Without monkton, i certainly wouldnt be able to operate in my capacity, nor would my wife, working for the nhs, treating our public at a difficult time. All whats the time, mr wolf . Monkton was opened a0 years ago by my mum, and shes very anxious about what the future looks like for us even once we are able to fully open again. So thank you for shedding light on the struggles of the early years sector. What do we say to our key workers . All thank you we can now talk to dr sue poole who is the founder of monkton nursery school, and purnima tanuku, who is chief executive of National Day Nurseries association. Good morning to both of you. Best of all, what a lovely nursery that looks, how wonderful. The little girl proudly saying my daddy is a nurse. Really important work that is being done there. Indeed. It was lovely for me to see because i have been self isolating for six weeks, just across the road from the nursery but i have not been able to see the staff working and children working, and the are inspirational. Every member of staff wanted to keep on working when lockdown commands and they have worked longer hours, they volunteered whole heartedly, despite having their own families at home, older relatives to look after, they are risking catching the virus every day. Theyre beautiful little charges they are looking at our potential carriers but strangely no one has been sick. We are doing well. That is very good. Anyway, the fact that you are a bit to look after key workers children disguises to a degree is slight worry about nurseries in the larger scheme of things. A huge worry. There are 145 nursery settings in liverpool and only 50 of them are open and receiving children. We have a local nursery owners group, and we have all stayed open but we are very aware of the losses that we are incurring. We normally have 80 children in our nursery. At the moment, we have four ona nursery. At the moment, we have four on a monday and it goes up to 14 midweek. The income from that is dramatically different. Initially we did think that the government were going to allow us to fallow the staff that werent needed and also access the necessary education funding, buti access the necessary education funding, but i seem to change last friday. Allow us to furlough the staff. If we do get the funding, we will not get the 80 furlough payment. The remainder of my staff are furloughed. Purnima, iwant are furloughed. Purnima, i want to read something from the department for education. It says it has provided continuity infunding for it says it has provided continuity in funding for free child care entitlement, it has put in place a financial package of Financial Support for providers. What are you hearing, as chief executive of the National Day Nurseries association inc, what are you hearing from nursery owners who are going through this at the moment . Good morning. Thank you very much for highlighting nurseries today, because they all doing fantastic work. Just under 50 of nurseries up and down the country are actually open for key worker staff. You mentioned about the government support, the sector really appreciates the government support. They were substantial package of support does not necessarily apply to all nurseries. Some of the support they have put forward, some of the nurseries are not able to access that because they are not eligible. I think they had two sources of income, one is the parents fee and the other is the government funding. The government funding is for three and four year olds of working parents and some 2 euros. That has never been funded to the level that it is supposed to be funded for years. They are already struggling in terms of underfunding. Now with the two schemes, the Job Retention scheme and the early years funding, with the latest guidance, nurseries are only able to access a percentage of that, not all of that. Nurseries that, not all of that. Nurseries that are open are losing money, nurseries that are close are also losing money and i think that is a real concern for all the nursery staff because they are really risking their lives to be able to support the key workers. What does the sector look like after this, if you are not getting what you need now . What you predict . I think even before covid 19 crisis, we have seen nurseries closing down. We had 600 nurseries closing down since the 30 hour policy started. I think after this, as was pointed out, the numberof think after this, as was pointed out, the number of children attending an england alone, only 6 of the key worker staff are actually, the children are attending nurseries. About 10 of the vulnerable children. I think the is moving forward, we will never see the levels of occupancy industry that we have seen before this it is absolutely difficult to actually manage a nursery with three or four children or half a dozen children, it is financially not viable at all. I think the nurseries have other cuts, the funding that the government is offering, they say it should cover staff wages, but they had other costs like mortgages, facilities, rent and everything. There has to be some continued support and survival really. Purnima, thank you for your time, and doctor sue poole, i wish you luck with the work you are doing at the nursery. Could this be you this morning. 930 ean is the time, 10am is when we are gathering saturday kitchen. What is troubling you . Nothing is troubling me, im just tired, i could do with a nap. Preparing for your show. Yes, our special guest today is alex, and you have had a good rummage in your cupboards, havent you . Have had a good rummage in your cupboards, havent you . Yes, i have got peanut butter, coconut milk, noodles and a staple of our household, with the whipping cream. Ace and the spirit of taskmaster, you are setting a task for our viewers, arent you . Yes, i have got a task. It is make the best flag meal, so a meal that looks like a flag. A flag meal. Inflight meal, a meal that looks like a flag, so basically rearrange your food to make a flag. So you heard it here, send your pictures into us or on social media using the hashtag of saturday kitchen. I have got a flavour pot of gumbo with sunshine corn bread and then im going to do a simple but delectable cream tart with rum cream. I am making burgers and ollie is home with his drinks tray again. How are you . Yes, lovely wine is laid up, great value, lovely flavour, perfect for a nice sunny day. Your pot plants are coming on very nicely i have noticed. Yes we have got an example that they feed flag here. Lets have a look at this. Lovely. Georgina and terry, look at that there is a swiss flag in ham and tomatoes, so you get the jest, that is what we needed to do. We will see you at 10am, just go to the website for details. I think spaghetti is the best food to make feed flag is because you can do any shapes you want. But you have also got to do the colours, so if there was a really beige flag in spaghetti form, then you would be winning. Sauce and vegetables, use those. Are right, give me a flag, what would you make . Iwould make right, give me a flag, what would you make . I would make the United States flag. Lots of little stars, that can be something. Tell you what, you could send annuals and we will share it next week. Have a good show, matt i would will share it next week. Have a good show, matt iwould say will share it next week. Have a good show, matt i would say careful what you wish for that is my message. The time is 9 33am. Youre watching bbc breakfast. The United States is to begin using the experimental drug, remdesivir, to treat patients for coronavirus. It had initially been designed as a treatment for ebola. The drug which has been created by Gilead Sciences will be delivered to hospitals on monday. The development is one which President Trump has described as very promising. Doctors in the uk working on a potential treatment for coronavirus say they are ready to start trying it out on patients. The Clinical Trial is hoping to use blood plasma from people who have had the virus and recovered. So far donors have given enough plasma to treat 150 people. In england, 6,500 people have gone online to say they are interested in donating. Nhs england is urging parents not to avoid routine vaccination appointments for their children. There are fears that diseases like diphtheria could make a return if immunisations fall because patients are scared of catching coronavirus when they visit a Health Centre or gp surgery. Take up of the combined measles mumps rubella vaccination has fallen in england for the last five years. Kensington palace has released new images of Princess Charlotte to mark herfifth birthday, which she celebrates today. The pictures show the princess delivering homemade care packages to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. The photos were taken in april by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, whos patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures of her children to mark their birthdays. The time now is 9 35am, and that means mike is on standby to close down, but the world of sport like eve ryo ne down, but the world of sport like everyone else, trying to think ahead about what the world might be like saying and how they could work in any shape or form. Yes because they have got to be ready. They have got to have a contingency plan that makes it as safe as possible so they convince the government advises that it is safe to return. The premier league had their meetings yesterday and they festival said that neutral venues and they festival said that neutral venues will be one of the measures they need to take to complete the season. The premier league was told during the meeting that up to ten venues during the meeting that up to ten venues will be used and will need up to 40,000 tests for players if they and the staff around them are to play a 92 outstanding games. That will only happen when it is deemed it safe to do so by the medical advisers. The former chief executive of the premier league told me earlier this. They have got to be guided by the government and i have seen references to southampton, west ham and Manchester City stadium being the preferred options they have mentioned so far. Previously we had heard about wembley and National Park football stadium, but they seem to have falle n stadium, but they seem to have fallen by the wayside. Olympic silver medallist dr polly swann will be balancing her training with the Gb Rowing Team with rounds on the ward, as she heads back to support the Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic. She graduated last year and will now spend three months working in a hospital near her home in scotland. Shejoins us now. Morning, polly. I know you finished a long shift in hospital yesterday, hope youve had some sleep and how are you feeling . Yeah, i yeah, lam yeah, i am feeling good. It isa it is a Beautiful Day and it is good to have a day off, so im going to get some training done later today. It is really good. Tell us about the balance because you must be shattered after these shifts and then you have to come back and get on the rowing machine. How many hours do we have to do and what is it like going from one to the other . Yes, so we have been quite malleable with my Training Programme, so we will do kind of a normal Training Programme that we would do if you are training full time and then the days that i am working shifts obviously we are restricted with time and fatigue as well because when you are on your feet all day you get tired, so. Sometimes i will be cycling into work, which it ta kes will be cycling into work, which it takes an hour to get there so that is actually decent training. Some of the other doctor cycling as well so it can get quite competitive. I can i. It can get quite competitive. I can imagine yes, especiallyi it can get quite competitive. I can imagine yes, especially i am working with some surgeons, so they are all pretty speedy. Yes. And otherwise i will just are all pretty speedy. Yes. And otherwise i willjust be on the bike or on the rowing machine at home, so yeah, it is challenging, but to be honest it has been quite good to have some structure with the training and to be able to help out as well, so im enjoying it. That is fantastic. I must apologise for a little break up on the line, but we will keep going for the moment because it is really interesting to hear your thoughts on this. Of course, the olympics were put back a year and it seems that you can still be part of the team via the web, talking online with your team or with training. Yes, it is really great. Similar to Video Conferencing and we are catching up on a weekly basis. Some of the girls have been training over zoom and skype and things like that, so we are just trying to think of out of the box ways to stay motivated because i think it can be quite tough. Certainly, a lot of people are in their sheds or gardens or building a gem in their living rooms, which some peoples partners and flatmates are absolutely delighted with at the moment yes, i can imagine andjust thinking about it being part of a medical team and olympic team both require a certain amount of camaraderie, so is there anything you have learned from your experience there that is helping you work in medicine again . Yeah, it is very similar. So obviously deal with a big group of people and you have to be able to function with a tea m have to be able to function with a team to get the best performance, whether that is on the water or whether that is on the water or whether that is for a patients outcome and care, it isjust whether that is for a patients outcome and care, it is just about trying to make the team work the most efficiently and most effectively. And i think, you know, things like communication and is having really open and honest conversations helps with that a lot and that is something that when you work a lot in the rowing team and especially when we come together as crews, i can see that has been really effective in my work in the nhs as well. Certainly, coming into work in the last couple of weeks, i have definitely noticed there has been a real sense of camaraderie. It isa been a real sense of camaraderie. It is a difficult time, i think eve ryo ne is a difficult time, i think everyone feels the pressure of the coronavirus crisis, but there is definitely a sense that everyone must come together to really work as effectively as we can together and i hope that that has been shown in. Absolutely, well dr polly swann we will have to leave it there, but thank you so much indeed. Thank you so much on the half the nation for all youre doing. I know you have a great support of the country, you had it when you are not silver medal at the olympics and now it is even more as we appreciate all that you are doing and orderly love for the nhs and all the carers and staff that are there with you at the hospital in scotland. But i hope you get some rest between your training and your work get some rest between your training and yourwork in get some rest between your training and your work in hospital as well. That one there, what a fantastic effort and what a hero. Itjust shows the importance of getting exercise and keeping it, where they are working orjust purely in lockdown, to stay healthy during this crisis. Absolutely, it makes sense and what a very inspirational young lady. Thank you very much. Back in february, american astronaut Christina Koch made history by completing the longest ever single space flight by a woman. Christina has spoken exclusively to bbc breakfast about her Historic Mission and returning to a planet very different to the one she left behind. Heres our social affairs correspondent, fiona lamdin. And lift off. We have lift off of nick hague, Christina Koch and alexey ovchinin, now on their way to the International Space station. When Christina Koch climbed into this rocket in march, 2019, she had no idea when she would be returning to earth. It was her first time in space, but she stayed for 328 days, making it the longest continuous space flight by a woman. What is it like when the rocket launches . The rocket is full of cryogenic fuel, so its kind of shuddering and steaming and frosty. You feel yourself moving as the countdown is going, and then of course the big moment when the countdown is done and you actually start to move up and you just go for so long. I was joking that, you know, with how Much Movement straight up we are, the only place you could be is space. And then just that sensation of floating, i guess you get used to it really quickly . Its amazing how quickly you do get used to it because at first it is completely foreign. Because were so used to holding our bodies in the way we do with gravity, when you dont have gravity, actually at first it feels like theres a force pushing you up, whereas actually its more neutral, but youre so used to counteracting gravity that at first you feel like you cant stop yourself bouncing off of everything, flipping in directions you dont mean to be going in. And then seven months after being in space, last october, you and jessica meir suited up and made history for the very first female spacewalk. There was a moment wherejessica and i first came out of the airlock and we caught each others eyes, and we knew that at this point we had done it, we were both outside of the space station together and ill never forget that moment. I think the most fun part to see is when you look down and all you see is your boots and the brightly lit earth 250 miles below you, and you know youre not falling, obviously, but you arejust holding onto the structure of the space station with, say, one hand and when you look down, the earth actually looks like its going by your feet really, really quickly, and just that blue colour against the white of the spacesuit, its one of those visions ill never forget. Tell me some of your favourite moments from that time in space. Some of the unforgettable moments are the moments that involve the crew. We like to do things to let their ground teams know how much we appreciated them, whether they liked it or not, we serenaded them at christmas time with some Christmas Carols where we were playing instruments and singing. That was a lot of fun to do. Typically space has been a male dominated world, how important do you think it is that people like yourself, women, are now breaking those boundaries . I think it is important and i think its because nasas mission, if you look at it really broadly, you could say that it is to broaden our horizons to bring those benefits back to earth, and i think if not every Single Person is represented in that mission, then we are not truly completing our mission of answering humanitys call to explore. Christina, weve got a couple of questions for you from schoolchildren in the uk. My name is catherine and im 11 years old. My question is what is your favourite experiment youve done in space . The science i was able to do was just awesome. Being able to be part of the first 3d tissue printing in space, being able to take photographs using a microscope of some of the first types of crystals that could be used for future pharmaceuticals that have never been able to be seen before because they cant be grown on earth, being able to grow plants in space. When you were in space, what did you miss the most . Definitely my family and friends. I missed my husband and all of my family. Besides my family and friends, i missed the sights and smells of earth. I love the outdoors, i missed the beach, i missed surfing and i missed being out in the woods. After 328 days, christina finally returns to earth this february, but she touched down to a very different world. Tell us how its been back on earth with the whole corona outbreak, how has lockdown been . Well, for me, ive looked at it as an opportunity to get back in the swing of things at home, to feel like im at home again. Although i would never hope for anything like this, its wonderful to see how humanity has come together and the unique ways weve supported each other through this. Any skills you learned in space that can prepare you for the lockdown . One of the practical skills i learned was home haircuts, which i never expected, but my husband was pretty pleased with his army haircut i was able to give him the other day. And while for now, despite lockdown, christina said she is enjoying every second back on earth, she hopes in four years time she will be on nasas return mission to the moon. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. The time now is 9 46am. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. That was such an amazing piece. How do you follow that . I dont know. We have been looking at some amazing gardens this morning, but whats not to love of a picture of sheep. Nature continues to thrive in the midst of all the challenges at the moment. April did seating struggling a little bit because it was dry for some others, but it turned out to be quite sharp ridge over the last 30 days, which has topped things up. This is the area of low pressure we had over the last few days, which is now off to scandinavia. This feature down to the south is going to come into play across the weekend, but we sit in between those two systems now with a lot of dry weather and a lot of sunshine. Some heavier showers across scotland bursting will ease, but through this afternoon expect heavier downpours across the south east of scotland and across northern parts of england. Not everywhere will see them, but locally some quite heavy rain and chilly along the north sea coast thanks to more wind. A bit more cloud coming into the south west as that where the system tries to work its way in. Up to 18 degrees in the south east, just 11 or 12 degrees for northern scotland. Then as we go on into the evening, still some showers around for a few hours across the north east of england and towards the south west of the cloud begins to build. Not much in the way of rainfall manifesting by, but certainly cloud will spread across southern england and south wales for the end of the night. A cloudier start to the south of the uk. In day, cloudier picture throughout i think. To the north, some showers in scotland, like there have been today, but at the day pans out the most noticeable difference will be and how many showers we will see developing across the north of england and down into the midlands and parts of eastern anglia into the afternoon. They will be more prolific certainly for sunday than today. Temperature is a shade down on today, typically 15 or 16 degrees. That is your weekend, basically a little bit quieter than it was at the end of the weekjust gone, but still light winds and some sunshine around today. More cloud tomorrow and some heavy showers across the northern half of the uk. Next week, a big area of High Pressure tries to build up across the uk and really settle things down, but i think this is where the feature will have things to say about that. In england and south wales for a time through the middle pa rt wales for a time through the middle part of the week. Tuesday and wednesday expect some wet weather across the south of the uk, but after that expected to settle down and some warmth so whether is related for a next story. We are going to say hello to greg macneice, who is a farmer in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. This is business for you, isnt it . It is, it is beautifulfor us as well. The beautiful blossom that we see behind us is hopefully the promise of a good apple crop to come in september. And what are the challenges youre facing . Because thatis challenges youre facing . Because that is all good, the weather is good and you say the harvest is looking good. What are the challenges you are facingwell, the winter was really wild this year, there was little or no snow. The first didnt really come in until march time, so spring growth really got going very early and so blossom came out early and there is always a risk to that in terms of possible frost damage. And we did, we had frost damage. And we did, we had frost about ten days ago and actually it took out some of the first flush of the blossom, but the tree has an amazing ability to ove rco m e tree has an amazing ability to overcome that. And to push out new blossom and that is what we are seeing around us now. We are about ten days, two weeks early. Good morning, it is neither here. Are you expecting a bumper harvest . What are you making 7 expecting a bumper harvest . What are you making . We are cider makers and apple processes, so we make a cider called macgyver and we also process bramley apples for the catering industry. There is a long way to go really between now and september. The critical period is actually now until small apple time in early june. We have to get a good pollination at the moment, which seems to be happening, but we will have a better idea in earlyjune in terms of whether we are going to have a good harvest. It is fingers and toes crossed at the moment, to be honest. What are people talking to you about in your industry . We hear a lot of concerns about Food Production and also workers. What have you seen and how has that affected your business . Picking the apple crop, it is an intense and it is that physicaljob and it happens over a very is that physicaljob and it happens over a very short period of time, so that happens from Early September through until about mid october. We do rely on labour coming from abroad. We have a great team, a family team actually, that comes from poland every year to pick apples for us. We are hoping that thatis apples for us. We are hoping that that is going to continue, but obviously there is a big . And do it, around coronavirus and also issues around coronavirus and also issues around brexit for the future. So it is uncertain for us and we are hoping that we are going to be able to get the clap end. Greg, lovely talking to you. Bombers are practical people matt farmers are practical people matt farmers are practical people. Who is it filming you . It is my son, who is 13 years old. So heres my cameraman today. Very good. It is nice to see you, didnt get to see your son, but wish him well and good luck with the work youre doing in the months ahead. You. Thank you, goodbye. His son did a really good job. It is 933an nine that 50 3am. Its an unlikely hit, but a webcam Live Streaming the view from an ospreys nest in the Scottish Highlands has become the latest lockdown binge watch. Wildlife fans from around the world have been tuning in to see the resident osprey pair, who are incubating three eggs, which, by huge coincidence, were laid on the same day for the last three years. Were nowjoined byjessica maxwell, who is from the woodland actually, can we have a look at the shot because this is an amazing image just a remarkable image there. Were nowjoined byjessica maxwell, who is from the woodland this is an extraordinary project and it has been going forjust over three years now, it is that right . Yes, the cameras were set up in 2017 and it is just remarkable to be able to bring their slice of this forest and this pair not be able to visit the site. Not be able to visit the sitelj not be able to visit the site. I was surprised how popular it is . Not be able to visit the site. I was surprised how popular it is7m not be able to visit the site. I was surprised how popular it is . It has just blown us away. It can be a bit ofa just blown us away. It can be a bit of a soap opera. Fingers crossed everything goes well this season, but we have in the past had Pine Mountain predation, so in 2018 a pine marten did take all three eggs and that was caught on camera, so it can bea and that was caught on camera, so it can be a bit heart wrenching once you get investing in their lives and their breeding season. You get investing in their lives and their breeding seasonlj you get investing in their lives and their breeding season. I love the idea of it being a drama. Jessica, can you see the web can feed as we are talking to you . Introduce us to the one character we can see there right now. This is the female, ayla, who is dozing off in the sun. We love the detail you can see in her feathers. It can be difficult to tell them apart. With ospreys, it is quite interesting, the females are often up to 20 larger than females. The females have a really distinctive, dark are almost like a necklace, and she has got these beautiful distinctive eye stripes that she is showing offjust now, and two arrows, one in the front and one in the back. She is absolutely stunning there. Is this a pair that has been together for a while . Stunning there. Is this a pair that has been togetherfor a while . Is m, has been togetherfor a while . Is in, i know they have laid the eggs in the last three years, but is that typical . That is a good question. They actually paid that first year, so it is a real child for us. We didnt know if the pair would take to the nest and stay in the nest, but they did. They were quite inexperienced in their first year and it has been really fun to see the mature as a couple and as pa rents. The mature as a couple and as parents. Louis, the mail, gets a bit of flat online. He is pretty funny, and pretty unusual. He brings huge sticks to the nest and the viewers call it nest oration, restoring the nest, but they are just huge sometimes. He also loves to sit on the eggs, to exit. Normally that is the eggs, to exit. Normally that is the female, but louis loves to sit on the eggs so youll often see him trying to bite her out of the way and she plucks at the feathers on his wings, so they are quite amusing to watch. So the live you there, not a whole lot is lovely to look at, they come in. I think we can show you to some images that have been compiled of dramas occurring, so we had got her standing up here. Talk us through what is happening there. |j standing up here. Talk us through what is happening there. I cant see the feed, but i have a feeling it might be early on this morning when they were swapping over. Yes, it was they were swapping over. Yes, it was the other one of the pair arriving into the nest. Louis. Magic, yeah. What is really cool about when they are swapping over is they will pull in their talents, their claws, just to be very careful around the eggs. I dont know if you can see that in that shot. What else can you see . Yes, that is exactly what we can see. I yes, that is exactly what we can see. Lam really yes, that is exactly what we can see. I am really quite interested between the relationship between these two. So louis is a bad interior designer because he has no concept of scale, that he is involved in the parenting skills, which ayla sometimes enjoys. When are we going to see the babies, s, as of course we hope, all three hatch . All going to plan, end of may, beginning ofjune. There is a bit of a sweepstakes, so do dial in c. They do tend to test their power and strength around the end ofjuly august and migrate back to, often western africa or spain or portugal. Your passion for this thank you for talking us through these images. A lovely way to end our programme this morning. Thank you very much. She is so enthused. A perfect way to end it. Thats all from us for today. Enjoy your weekend. Goodbye. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. An experimental drug developed to treat ebola is approved by us officials for emergency use on severely ill coronavirus patients. A different approach in the uk, where doctors are to trial treating critically ill patients with blood plasma from covid 19 survivors. Could temperature checks be the key for commuters to get back on public transport . Its thought to be one post lockdown option under consideration. Adults flock outdoors to exercise in spain, as one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus further eases its Strict Lockdown rules. And smiling and smoking
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