Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20200503

Aawww, congratulations a royal welcome the duchess of cambridge shows her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit. Grounds for concern brighton voice their opposition to the premier league finishing at neutral venues. Clubs have been told its the only way of restarting and completing the remaining fixtures for safety reasons. Good morning. We are waking up to a lot more cloud across england and wales today. Theres a lot of fine weather out there at the moment, but for some of us, the chance of some sharper showers heading on into this afternoon. Ill be taking a look at what your chances are in just a little while. Its sunday the 3rd of may. Our top story as the number of people in the uk who have died from coronavirus rises above 28,000 the second worst total in europe the Prime Minister has spoken for the first time in detail about his experience of being in intensive care with the virus. Speaking to the sun on sunday, he said contingency plans were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus. John mcmanus reports. Coronavirus continues to take its toll on families across the uk. The country now has the second highest death toll in europe behind italy. 28,131 people have now succumbed to the virus, and thousands more were left severely ill, including the Prime Minister. In an interview with the sun on sunday, Boris Johnson said in an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson said doctors had to administer litres and litres of oxygen, and at one point he wondered how am i going to get out of this . He said the bad moment came when it was 50 50 whether they we re came when it was 50 50 whether they were going to have to put a two down my windpipe. In the end, mrjohnson didnt reach the stage where he needed to use a ventilator. Good morning. And now back at work, one of the biggest issues he faces is how to leave the lockdown. A review is due on thursday. At the start of the restrictions, 1. 8 Million People in england were told to shield themselves as they were considered most at risk. They included those being treated for some forms of cancer, 01 being treated for some forms of cancer, or with diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. At saturdays downing street briefing, the government indicated those restrictions could be reviewed as more evidence emerged. We do recognise that asking somebody to stay shielded for their own Health Protection for a very long period of time, and it may be several months, is quite a difficult thing for them to do. And regarding the next most Vulnerable Group of people, such as pregnant women and the over 70s, whove been following stringent social distancing measures, doctors, including the Royal College of gps, say that age shouldnt be the over factor in deciding who continues to self isolate when the lockdown is eased, and they formed the Mental Health of those are staying at home should be considered. Many European Countries are now coming out of their lockdowns. The challenge for the government is to formulate a successful growth plan formulate a successful growth plan for britain. John mcmanus, bbc news. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent, jonathan blake. Hejoins us from our he joins us from our Central London newsroom. Jonathan, good morning to you. In this interview in the sun on sunday, Boris Johnson you. In this interview in the sun on sunday, borisjohnson gives real insight into what happened to him . He does stop the an extraordinary vivid account of his time in hospital and he talks about how he was reluctant to go in in the first place when he was isolating above number 10 downing st but he said he was glad his doctors forced him to go in and he received fantastic care. He was fully conscious throughout, he said, and you heard, described in the report there, the 5050 described in the report there, the 50 50 moment, whether it was touch and go about being put into an induced coma. He describes having to think about how it was going to be handed presentation league. It was a tough old moment, he says, and that brings forward the gravity and the seriousness of the situation at that time. He describes feeling incredibly frustrated because the indicators kept going in the wrong direction, the monitors he was hooked up to checking his oxygen levels, and he described thinking there was no medicine for this disease, no cure, and at that stage he said he was thinking, how am i going to get out of this . Those great but he describes how he never thought he was going to die, some sort of terrible buoyancy, he put it, within him kept convincing him everything at the end would almost certainly be all right. A lot of people have asked how this whole experience would affect and change the Prime Ministers outlook on life and approach to life and approach to hisjob. He says he is driven by an overwhelming desire to stop other people suffering, but also to get the country as a whole back on its feet. Healthy again and Going Forward in a way that we can, and hes confident we can all get there. No one can argue the Prime Minister knows first hand how seriously coronavirus can be, and i think its clear he will be very mindful of that in his approach to taking the uk through the next steps to deal with it. Indeed. Jonathan, thanks very much. More than 2,000 patients have suffered kidney failure after being treated in intensive care for coronavirus, according to a Research Charity. Those affected have required specialist renal support treatment, according to new figures from the intensive Care National audit and research centre. It has led to a shortage in essential equipment, the government has warned. There are calls for the government to keep levels of public spending high to help boost the economy after the lockdown is lifted. In an open letter to borisjohnson, the British Chambers of commerce say a phased re opening of business is needed, alongside existing support schemes, as soon as possible to avoid further job losses and to prevent businesses from failing. Coronavirus infection rates in germany remain low, so officials there are slowly easing some restrictions. This week, zoos, museums and playgrounds will all started opening and churches are resuming sunday services from today. We can now speak to our europe correspondent, damien mcguinness. s life and feeling like it is changing in germany . It is fair to say life feels like it is back to normal. This week Angela Merkel announced new measures that would ease those restriction, so some zoos have already started opening and play grounds have opened around berlin. Churches are starting to get back to business, but depends on where you are and which church, because it will take a while for all these things to start operating normal because there are strict restrictions alongside the easing of the lockdown. We have new strict rules. For example, the Church Services that start today are going to have restrictions on numbers of people going in, youre going to have no singing, because that is seen as passing on the virus infection. 0ther seen as passing on the virus infection. Other services, such as the thing getting the real buzz in germany, is hairdressers are opening tomorrow, so theres a real run on appointments after weeks of people looking pretty shaggy here, so thats what people are talking about but with hairdressers, tough restrictions, the customer will have to wear a mask, as will the hairdresser, and were seeing masks, what were talking about is and nose coverings rather than medical masks, have suddenly become a part of daily life in germany and theyve been very rare until quite recently and now on the streets people are Wearing Masks in shops, you have two Wearing Masks in shops, you have two wear them, and you have this double thing, on the one hand, easing restrictions to get things back to normal, but on the other hand, new measures to stop the outbreak of another wave of infections. Damien, thank you very much. The duchess of cambridge has made a virtual bedside visit to some new parents during a special video call to midwives. The duchess worked on a placement with the team at kingston hospitals Maternity Unit in south west london last year as part of her campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the early years. She took the time to talk to new parents rebecca and john. He is so sweet. Aww, congratulations. When did you have him . Last night at 10pm. 0h congratulations. When did you have him . Last night at 10pm. Oh my goodness, you must be exhausted yep, pretty tired now that is so lovely. Can you imagine having a baby and having a zoom with the duchess of cambridge . As if the world isnt spinning another as it is lovely we have more about that video call coming up in the papers ina video call coming up in the papers in a couple of minutes. It was three weeks ago today, on easter sunday, that the official number of confirmed hospital deaths of people with coronavirus reached 10,000. Lucy manning has been speaking to the families of two men, one a former professional footballer and the other a former mayor. Both died that day. Here are their stories. Easter sunday, april the 12th. No bank holiday trips. Deserted beaches. No family get togethers or busy Church Services. Empty airports. Silent roads. Instead, a terrible landmark the government announced a total of 10,000 coronavirus deaths in uk hospitals. It will be a date will remember forever. Easter will never be the same. Brian arrowsmith died on april the 12th, aged 79. A former footballer at barrow afc, he holds the clubs appearance record. Commentator former player manager Brian Arrowsmith has been honoured today, the stand has been named after him. He would tell you if he was here that he had a great life, he loved his life, he loved his sport, and he was a great talker. He just loved. Could not say hello to people and carry on, always had to stop and talk. He played with his son a bit, did he . Just a little bit details the tale of when they both went for the tale of when they both went for the ball together, and mark shouted, ill get the ball together, and mark shouted, ru get it, dad the ball together, and mark shouted, ill get it, dad he said, dont call me dad on the football field everyone was shouting, go on, dad jean felt they had isolated as asked but brian, once in hospital, never came home. We went in just came home. We went injust two hours before he died and spent just we went injust two hours before he died and spentjust a few minutes with him. That must have been hard to only have a few minutes . It was, it was, but im glad i did. But, yeah, he was at peace. What do you say as a family that has been affected to the calls to relax restrictions . Weve got to keep our guard up. Its a shame to have got this far. Weve all done so well. Letsjust keep this far. Weve all done so well. Lets just keep it this far. Weve all done so well. Letsjust keep it going until we know were really safe. Abdul karim sheikh died on april the 12. The 82 also had a life of achievement, becoming mayor of newham in london. My becoming mayor of newham in london. My father came to the uk in 1967. He worked for Ford Motor Co for 20 odd yea rs. Very worked for Ford Motor Co for 20 odd years. Very strong civic sense of duty, so he was very humble but very strong work ethic. He was awarded the British Empire medal. And what did that mean to him and the family . Immensely proud. It was amazing used to get a letter from downing street to get a letter from downing street to say youve been invited at the queens pleasure to go and be honoured in this way. Again, a full life but a death alone. Once he had left the house, that was basically the last time anyone was able to him. It was devastating and it was frustrating not being able to him, at least for his last moments. So many lives lost that easter sunday. Those pick good are just a snapshot of that day. They include nurses, one pregnant, one whod just had a baby, a comedian, parents, a retired firefighter, a charity volunteer, a former bridge grand master and an actor, and hundreds more. And it turns out it wasntjust 10,000 who had died by april the 12th, the latest figures, updated and including care homes, show in great britain, there were actually more than 18,000 deaths by that easter weekend. Lucy manning, bbc news and. That report just weekend. Lucy manning, bbc news and. That reportjust underlines that although we give the statistics time and time again, there is a human story behind everyone. And we will bring as many of those human stories to you as we can hear throughout the coming weeks and months. Masks will be mandatory for all passengers on public transport in spain from tomorrow. Its one of the conditions put in place as the country eases one of europes strictest lockdown. From barcelona, journalist sara canals joins us. Good morning to you, sara, thank you for talking to us on first. Explain how the lock down is being lifted in spain and what kind of restrictions are still in place. Well, the lockdown has been eased into occasions now which actually gives is spaniards. Last week we saw children under 1a were able to leave the house for a short walk. Yesterday adults were allowed to leave home for exercising, walking, for the first time in seven weeks, in 48 days to be precise but these measures come with a set of rules in order to prevent potential new outbreaks so people go can go out according to different timeframes and according to their age. Timeframes do not apply to villages with less than 5000 inhabitants but in all the cases, it is mandatory to keep social distance, mandatory to do these activities individually within one kilometres from home so eve ryo ne within one kilometres from home so everyone has to stick to the neighbourhood or village. Wearing face masks is not mandatory but recommended however as you were mentioning, this will change tomorrow as they will be required on Public Transportation and people with symptoms, those in quarantine, residents of Nursing Homes are obviously not allowed to go out right now and overall people have responded well but there have been some exceptions and not everyone follows the rules. People took to the streets massively yesterday, the same thing happened last week as families and kids went outdoors and it makes it difficult for people to maintain social distance. In barcelona here, police were warning people exercising together too closely and we saw crowded streets and many people without masks. This is why police controls and check points are still in place, something we have already seen during the lockdown and there are fears, i would say, regarding a potential new art wreck here and this is why many voices have been calling for responsibility amongst citizens. New outbreaks. Also calls from people and authorities. We saw pictures of masks being handed out at public transport stations. Is this sufficient, are people confident people can get the masks they need when they travel . That is one of the main fears here we have seen. A shortage of medical equipment and facemasks. Two masks per citizen. This is a concern as people return to work gradually. Our people return to work gradually. Our people still expected to maintain social distancing. She seemed quite close together as you suggested. They seemed. This is something that concerns many people and we were hearing yesterday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made it quite clear that this is not set in stone, this deescalation pays, taking a step back in the way of a new art break so generally, maybe it was the effect of the first day, of being able to go out, take the streets, 48 days at home, they were able to run and that was nice but we will see this week our spaniards behave in the upcoming days and we will see in two weeks whether or not there are new outbreaks and how the figures behave. We are very grateful, sara, for you to talk to us. From barcelona this morning. Talking about getting outside for an hour of exercise, what is the weather going to be like . Susan is with us. Good morning, both. We start by looking at last month. If your lockdown continues, i dont with your houses like mine, but we always turn the weather. Here are two little fa ct turn the weather. Here are two little fact is to bring up on your conversation. April 2020 on record as the sunniest across the uk ever recorded. Most saw 50 more sunshine and expect it and it was also very dry, those famous april showers distinctly shy. The brown of the map, the drier it was. For more than half of the uk, significant rainfall deficiency and as we move into the early days of may there is still a lot of dry weather to be found. These are your prospects. High pressure trying to topple in from the north. A lot going on higher up from the north. A lot going on higherup in the from the north. A lot going on higher up in the atmosphere for today. Relatively dry here at the moment. Misty and murky with drizzle towards the south west. Its come this afternoon that things get lively, particularly across the northern half of the uk. Later on today, the outlook for north wales, parts of the midlands and east anglia. They could be heavy rain in a few spots. Elsewhere, temperatures typically in the midteens. Showers stay with us into the evening, tending to pull out into the north sea as we move into the small hours of monday. Chillier spots across northern scotland. Clear skies, of monday. Chillier spots across northern scotland. Clearskies, much milder to the south. For monday, daytime. A lot of dry weather for the majority but still, these showers, a little troublesome for the north east of england. Temperatures just about scraping into double figures. 16, 17 or 18 towards the south. There is the high talking about. This weather front is going to try to get involved in the weather story. That is our biggest question really, in the forecast for the week ahead. We know the high wa nts to the week ahead. We know the high wants to build things and settle down but there is the possibility of it in windy weather for south wales and parts of the south west, could feel quite chilly as well. The wind will be coming in from an easterly direction. 0n the north, lighter winds and are best temperatures, glasgow, 17 degrees. The rest of the week, with a high coming to dominate, a lot of dry weather to be found across the uk and also looks like a temperatures will rise significantly from wednesday onwards. Lets take a look at todays front pages. The sun leads with its exclusive interview with the Prime Minister. In it, he talks about suffering from coronavirus and says how doctors had plans in place if things went badly wrong. Meanwhile, the first picture of borisjohnson and Carrie Symonds son, Wilfred Lawrie nicholas johnson, features on the front of the telegraph. The front page also includes primary schools could reopen in june. However, downing street has told the bbc it is speculation and no that middle name nicholas is named after one of the doctors who helped the Prime Minister get through the crisis. The daily express also focuses on what post lockdown britain could look like, including suggestions employees could be made to wearface masks, and workplaces required to use floor markings to enable social distancing. And finally the mirror leads on its own campaign to award immediate bonuses to those working on the frontline during the pandemic. Lets get a quick catch up with the sport. You always managed to build the sports bulletin, even though there is nothing going on. Its all there is nothing going on. Its all the talk now about when the sport is going to come back. Talks are been ongoing in the premier league. Bit of a split emerging between the top and bottom halves of the premier league table, after what seemed to be a unified view on restarting the season. 0pinions being expressed internally seem to paint a different picture, one that could cause the league some huge problems. Last night, brighton voiced their opposition to the premier league finishing out thes season at neutral venues. Chief executive paul barber said they wouldnt be in favour of the proposal. Five of their last nine remaining games were due to be at home. He also says it has the potential to have a material effect on the integrity of the competition. Brighton arent alone in their opposition of these 10 stadiums being used to host matches beghind closed doors, the six most at risk of relegation all expresing concern. There is general support for the league restarting next month, however, among those urging patience is one of the leagues most profilic goalscorers. Andy cole won the title five times with Manchester United and believes the game should only return when its safe. If Everyone Wants to see football back on the tv, we took about football, but ultimately we talk about health and health is your real wealth. Thats why we have to do things right. When they believe or if they believe football can come back, it will come back. Up until then, wejust back, it will come back. Up until then, we just have to continue to do exactly what we are doing. Now, heres a challenge for lockdown who fancies breaking a world record . Well, thats what game of thrones star and former world strongest man Thor Bjornsson has done. Back home in iceland, bjornsson managed to deadlift 501kg so if you fancy having a go at home youll need about 250 four pint milk cartons, if you happen to have those knocking about. Of course, he is not the only one keeping himself busy. Elite athletes have been trying stay fit during the lockdown, but how easy is it to keep eating healthy in lockdown. Nutrition is a vital part of an athletes training, so ive been find out how some have been coping good start from cat, taking the hurdles. The new normalfrom katharina johnson thompsons home heptathlon, a spot of cricket in the hallway. Elite athletes have been forced to come up with new and inventive ways of keeping in peak condition during block down but with less physically demanding routines, many have been forced to rethink their eating habits. 10096. Many have been forced to rethink their eating habits. 100 . Before we did four hours a day every single day and right now, probably two, not even that so not as much cardio as well, i definitely dont do as much but its hard when you are at home because your mum buys all the snacks and crisps and chocolate but its ha rd to and crisps and chocolate but its hard to forget this is not actually a break. If anyone knows swimmers, they eat big amounts of food. But they eat big amounts of food. But the tables are turned, im hardly hungry at all really. There might be athletes to reduce training, so then they might need to reduce the amount of food that they eat, for some athletes, they might not be able to get, do as much work in the gym is what they usually do or do as much Strength Training so its really interesting to try and actually maintain muscle mass, for instance, and its very different, not just for every sport but every athlete, every individual depending on what their situation is at the current time. And thats where johnny comes in. I, guys. He is the private chef of choice was some of the premier league is mark biggest stars. Probably the best person to speak to is 0kai, he will eat anything. If he wa nts to is 0kai, he will eat anything. If he wants to go vegan, i will say yes, go well. Todays dish is a curried lentil burger. It is vegan, simple. And in terms of what these foot colours are eating, obviously they are not training as much as they we re are not training as much as they were before. Does that have an impact on the sort of food they are eating an calorie intake . Big time, big time. I had a few nutritionists message me, call me, what they can and cant eat, its had a massive effect and its become a very Bespoke Service i offer anyway in terms of meal prep than things but its become even more bespoke because were talking about like even goalkeepers may not be wanting as many carbs now or if any sometimes, because they are not moving, they are not running as much, training is much and you have your outfit players, still doing the running. So they do require a little bit more carbs but not as much as when the premier league was in full swing. Thankfully the rest of us dont need to eat like a premier League Footballer to stay in shape during block down actually, it doesnt look too bad. You can see more ofjonnys recipes on the bbc sport website and you can have a go at making ilkay gundogans favourite meal for youself i dont know if mine will look as good as that. A bit early in the morning for something quite as gourmet as that. We were saying, when sport does eventually return, such as the ball, they are not going to be as much bit as they normally would be. It could be quite entertaining. You heard from james guyer, who is a swimmer, and he is only trading two hours where is it was four. No matter what they are trying to do, its just not the same. I dont envy them but interesting to see what happens. Speak to you later, holly. Stay with us headlines coming up. Hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news as the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk rises above 28,000, borisjohnson has spoken in detail about his experience of being seriously ill in hospital. Speaking to the sun on sunday, the Prime Minister who spent three days in intensive care said he was given litres and litres of oxygen and contingency plans were in place in case things went badly wrong. Mrjohnson was diagnosed with coronavirus on march the 26th and was admitted to hospital 10 days later. More than 2,000 patients have suffered kidney failure after being treated in intensive care for coronavirus, according to a Research Charity. Those affected have required specialist renal support treatment, according to new figures from the intensive Care National audit and research centre. It has led to a shortage in essential equipment, the government has warned. There are calls for the government to keep levels of public spending high to help boost the economy after the lockdown is lifted. In an open letter to borisjohnson, the British Chambers of commerce say a phased re opening of business is needed, alongside existing support schemes, as soon as possible to avoid further job losses and to prevent businesses from failing. Those are the main stories. Lets catch up with the weather. If you can get out today, how will it be, susan . Not too bad, quite a lot of dry weather, especially for the first half of the day, but a different looking start in england and wales to yesterday with more cloud around and we could have some drizzle and mist and fog to the south west. This afternoon things get a bit lively and a bit more hit and miss across the northern half of the uk with some showers breaking out. Here we are at the moment with this weather front trying to push into the south. Thats not the big trainbearer for us today, though, that will be the source of the cloud in england and wales with the drizzle but the showers, as they pent up, initially in northern scotland by the end of the morning, and then across Northern England, through the afternoon, pushing down into the midlands and a few in north wales and east anglia, bringing a dose of heavy rain for some. Not all areas will see them but still chilly in the north sea coasts and generally those North Eastern reaches are most likely to get the rain, so top temperatures 11 or 12. Generally as a rule of thumb, sunniest in western scotland, North Western england and northern ireland. Through the evening, showers to come in the north east of the uk and well see clearer skies in scotland, bringing a patchy frost once again to the south and all of that cloud is a bit like a blanket, ten or 11. South and all of that cloud is a bit like a blanket, ten or11. 0n monday, still some of those showers bothering North Eastern areas and again we could have the odd heavy downpour around early, but they will tend to pull into the north sea as the hours go by. A lot of dry weather for monday once again, and weather for monday once again, and we should see the return of some sunshine for england and wales, so temperatures getting up to 18 in cardiff. This system never quite leaves us alone. Heres High Pressure trying to settle things down for the week ahead, but it looks like well see this frontal system having more joy looks like well see this frontal system having morejoy in bringing rain to the south west and south wales on tuesday with quite gusty winds along with that little frontal system as well, and some of those rainfall totals adding up. Feeling quite cool too, because the wind direction will be easily. Further north, lighter winds across scotland, sunshine and the best of the temperatures here perhaps 18 somewhere in the borders. Always chillier along the north sea coasts with the easterly wind. For the rest of the week, the High Pressure finally having it say, booting away the weather system from the south west and well see a lot of dry weather to come for the uk from wednesday onwards. Almost all areas getting sunny spells and the temperatures getting a lift as well. We could be looking at figures in the low 20s across southern reaches of england towards the end of the week ahead. A pretty quiet weather picture all in all in terms of our outlook, but look out for those sharper showers, particularly from the midlands northwards on into the afternoon. Thats it from me for now. Susan, thanks very much, see you later. Time now for a coronavirus news special with annita mcveigh. Hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on what you need to know about the coronavirus. Im annita mcveigh. Its estimated that nearly half of the worlds workers could lose their livelihoods because of this pandemic. Thats according to the International Labour organization, who say informal workers have already been worst 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 youre living on a daily wage, being out of work means no money forfood. This is not animals, this is hungry people their world is being ripped from under them. The International Labour 0rganization says that 1. 6 billion people could be out of work as a result of this pandemic. Thats half the worlds workers. Rosa and her daughter were let go from theirjobs as domestic 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 always food banks to fill the gap. It can be a choice between respecting the lockdown or trying to survive. We wanted to speak to anju again, but she left the city to her parents village, where at least she can grow something to eat. This family can rely on friends for now but they are also on the edge. Femi can rely on friends for now but they are also on the edge. Theyve had nothing from the government so far. Lockdown restrictions have cut prisana off 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 limits on visitors, meaning 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 in the north of england. Every day, theyre there for me. Every mealtime, they bring me beautiful food. Theyre just so kind, so considerate, in every way. Dinas been in east cheshire 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 they cant come. Ive got six brothers and sisters, and i thought id never see them ever again, so these guys here have kept me going. Dot taylor is 96. Shes a great great grandmother. Anybody who went around, they were always almost forced to have a bit of whiskey and tea, only because it flavours it. At the very end of a patients life, two Family Members are allowed inside the hospice. Its ok. So only now can chris and nigel be with their mum, even though she doesnt have the virus. Mum came in last wednesday. At that point we were told no visitors. What we havent had is an opportunity to talk to my mum, because me mums now at that stage where shes not able to talk to us in that way, but just listen to us. Its cruel in many ways. Well eventually have to say goodbye to me mum, and thats a different level of cruelness. Cant have a pint with me brother. Ive just been saying, were here, mum, just letting her know were 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, ijust held his hand, and said he was quite safe, and that his family send their love to him, and just told him not to be frightened. And just, as i say, 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 wear ppe. Its completely different to what were used to doing. Its really hard, especially because most of us are huggers, arent we . Yeah, and the other day there was a patient who was very upset and i couldnt hug her, and i said, i send you a kiss, and she said, caught it. Eight Staff Members here have tested positive for coronavirus. Five more have suspected symptoms. Are you worried about coronavirus . All yeah, of 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 were the last on the list for ppe. But were 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. Well, you know what, coronavirus has made all think about it. They are angels, trust me. Theyre gods guardian angels, guarding over me, 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. 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 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 theirjobs, so how are they coping . This is susan. Shes a Breast Cancer 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. So how did we get here to a system that relies heavily on employment for access to healthcare . Its actually an historical accident. 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 practiced 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 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 1950, more than 70 million americans had employer sponsored Health Insurance. Today, its more than 156 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 employment based. Then you have public sources of coverage. Public sources of coverage are based on eligibility. That can come in the form of medicaid for children of 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 working class families. Its a scary thing because im at high risk for have a recurring case of cancer. The fact that my follow up appointments for my Cancer Treatment are now potentially gone because i dont have a job is 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 vocal minority of christians in the us say, their religious freedom. Among them, florida based pastor rich vera, who said he predicted the demonstrations. You say im not going to stay like this anymore let me tell you something, 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 is a spiritual attack that requires a spiritual answer. Coronavirus, that we know, it comes from the devil. There is a spiritual dark force behind sickness, 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. 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 sick will recover. 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 if one 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 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 . If theres something valid, i would discuss it, but politicians and government cannot stop us exercising our amendments, our rights, our constitutional rights, the rights that 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 christians will share pastor veras views. Many churches, Like Washington national cathedral, have Services Without a congregation present. But for the minority that do agree with him, the age old conflict between science and religion looks set to continue. 0ne country that seems to have got its testing strategy right to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control 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 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, 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 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 care treatment. Callum tully has been speaking to families about their experiences of coping with a child who has contracted covid 19. This is four 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 my mind wander too far down the what if what if he gets worse . What if he gets incubated . What if he gets intubated . What if he gets sedated . 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 hard to do that as theyre turning up the oxygen every hour, but it did really help me. In the uk, 5 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. I think if shed have got symptoms, it surely wouldnt have been, look at whos carrying a lovely baby in her arms, and probably been carrying a baby in our hearts. We want to be able to obviously love her for the rest of her life. Shes here and were just lucky she is here. Do you think its going to change the way you raise peyton at all . Ijust dont know if im ready to give up any more time with her. I mean, my dad is saying shes never going to get to move out, like, ever. Thats right, never. Because were obviouslyjust at that point now where we feel as though weve missed so much with her. Tracey isnt the only one whose perspective has been changed because of the virus. Across the atlantic, annas 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. Annas encouraging people to remain cautious. I dont want any parent to be in a position of. I call it the shoulda, coulda, woulda , ishould 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 bbcs arts editor, will gompertz, spoke to artist damien hirst on why art has the power to uplift during the pandemic. Theres a lot of anxiety running, a lot of people get down in a crisis, and i think art can help lift you out of that. It gives you hope after the rain, after the gloom. Theres kind of, you know, something bright and the sun comes to shine, so the rainbows a really great, optimistic thing. With art, it is hopeful, optimistic, something they cant get in any other way. It allows you to find something inside yourself as well, which maybe you dont know is there. Paintings are going really well. I seem to be. When im painting, i often have lots and lots of problems to resolve, and i kind of struggle with it a lot more, but for some reason 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 annita . Mcveigh or head to the bbc news website for the latest on the pandemic. Thanks for watching. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today as the uks coronavirus death toll rises above 28,000, the Prime Minister talks candidly about his experience of being in intensive care with the virus. In an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson says he was given litres and litres of oxygen and it was 50 50 whether hed be put on a ventilator. Business leaders urge the government to be bold in supporting the economy as it considers when and how to ease the lockdown. He is so sweet. Aawww, congratulations a royal welcome the duchess of cambridge shows her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit. Grounds for concern brighton voice their opposition to the premier league finishing at neutral venues. Clubs have been told its the only way of restarting and completing the remaining fixtures for safety reasons. Good morning. Were waking up to a lot more cloud across england and wales today. Theres a lot of fine weather out there at the moment, but for some of us, the chance of some sharper showers heading on into this afternoon. Ill be taking a look at what your chances are in just a little while. Good morning. Its sunday the 3rd of may. Our top story as the number of people in the uk who have died from coronavirus rises above 28,000 the second worst total in europe the Prime Minister has spoken for the first time in detail about his experience of being in intensive care. Speaking to the sun on sunday, he said contingency plans were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with covid 19. John mcmanus reports. Coronavirus continues to take its toll on families across the uk. The country now has the second highest death toll in europe behind italy. 28,131 people have now succumbed to the virus, and thousands more were left severely ill, including the Prime Minister. In an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson said doctors had to administer litres and litres of oxygen, and at one point he wondered, how am i going to get out of this . He said the bad moment came when it was 50 50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe. In the end, mrjohnson didnt reach the stage where he needed to use a ventilator. Now back at work, one of the biggest issues he faces is how to leave the lockdown. A review is due on thursday. At the start of the restrictions, 1. 8 Million People in england were told to shield themselves as they were considered most at risk. They included those being treated for some forms of cancer, or with diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. At saturdays downing street briefing, the government indicated those restrictions could be reviewed as more evidence emerged. We do recognise that asking somebody to stay shielded for their own Health Protection for a very long period of time, and it may be several months, is quite a difficult thing for them to do. And regarding the next most Vulnerable Group of people, such as pregnant women and the over 705, whove been following stringent social distancing measures, doctors, including the Royal College of gps, say that age shouldnt be the only factor in deciding who continues to self isolate when the lockdown is eased, and theyve warned the Mental Health of those staying at home should be considered. Many European Countries are now coming out of their lockdowns. The challenge for the government is to formulate a successful growth plan for britain. John mcmanus, bbc news. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent, jonathan blake. Jonathan, this interview gives some real insight into what happened to mrjohnson . It certainly does, an arresting account of the Prime Ministers suffering from coronavirus and at first he talks about being reluctant to go to hospital when he was in isolation in the flat above downing street but was false to to go by doctors, and he says looking back they were right to do that and he describes getting fantastic care and it being awe inspiring to the medical teams at work. As for the nights in intensive care, you heard the 5050 nights in intensive care, you heard the 50 50 moment described in that report. He has talked before about things that could have gone either way, and he describes that being a tough old moment. I wont deny it, he says, and people were starting to think about how to handle the presentation of it, and thats an indication that the Prime Minister himself and those around him were at that point fearing the worst. He said he never actually thought he would die. Some terrible buoyancy, as he put it, inside him convincing him that everything would certainly be all right in the end and a lot of people have asked how this experience might have changed the Prime Minister, its bound to have had a profound impact on him, and he says he is now driven by a desire to stop other people suffering but also by an overwhelming desire to get the country back on its feet. It is an insight into the first hand experience the Prime Minister has now, as so many tens of thousands of other people have of the potential impact of coronavirus. Jonathan, thank you. Some countries around the world are relaxing restrictions by reopening restau ra nts, relaxing restrictions by reopening restaurants, cafe s and markets. An hour ago we were in germany, we have gone to spain as well. 0ur South East Asia correspondent, jonathan head, is in thailand for us. Whats the situation there, jonathan . Still pretty quiet. This is a very limited easing of the lockdown. The numbers in thailand, and all of South East Asia, have remained incredibly low. There have been Good Government measures but people have said there may be other factors like only 3000 cases, just over 50 deaths, over 160 still in hospital so you would think the government could really relax things. People here dont have Social Security all savings and they think 10 million jobs could be lost by the end of the year, the collapse of tourism has hit people hard, and the lockdown for the last six weeks has shutdown restau ra nts a nd for the last six weeks has shutdown restaurants and night time places, all that has been open has been for jobs and street stalls. Parks are opening today, they have been shut. Sports venues, markets, important for the poor. A gradual opening up. Night Time Entertainment wont come back and also the restaurants saying you can open but you need big social distancing and even plastic screens with people sitting at the same table, so a cautious opening up. The government is happy they have their coronavirus numbers down so low, only a handful of cases in the last few days each day, but they dont have extensive Testing Facilities here so theyre very cautious about allowing coronavirus to take off again. More life on the streets behind me, but not a full easing of the lockdown for many weeks yet. Theyre going to do this in tranches. We wont see things Like Department stores open until much later in the month. Jonathan, thank you. Jonathan headlines in thailand for us this morning. The duchess of cambridge has made a virtual bedside visit to some new parents during a special video call to midwives. The duchess worked on a placement with the team at kingston hospitals Maternity Unit in south west london last year, as part of her campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the early years. She took the time to talk to new parents rebecca and john. Well, firstly, huge congratulations. Thank you. Firstly, is it a little boy or little girl . Little boy. He is so sweet. Aww, congratulations. When did you have him . Last night at 10pm. Oh my goodness, you must be exhausted yep, pretty tired now what an amazing thing to do a few hours after youve given birth your headis hours after youve given birth your head is spinning, a newborn baby and all of a sudden, theres the duchess of cambridge for a natter and then youre on tv there you go good morning. There are fears patients who have covid 19 are developing kidney problems as a result. New figures from a research suggest more than 2000 patients admitted to intensive ca re suggest more than 2000 patients admitted to intensive care with coronavirus needed specialist renal treatment following kidney failure. Angus crawford reports. Meet morice marshall before covid, singer and student. And now survivor. I was terrified, petrified. I thought i would say goodbye to the house im not coming back, i was struggling to breathe. He spent 22 days on a ventilator. The virus attacked his lungs and moved on through the body. My kidneys failed several times. What people do fail to realise is with covid, its not just people do fail to realise is with covid, its notjust about pneumonia, a heavy duty flu, heavy breathing, it does go for other internal organs. So when youre performing cpr, take. The latest figures show more than 20 of those in intensive care suffer kidney failure stop the many needed specialist treatment. Sun with this kind of machine, delivering whats called renal replacement therapy. The virus can be seen within the very fine structures of the kidneys, and it also affects the stickiness of the blood. The blood becomes very sludgy and because the kidneys are full of little blood vessels, it sludgy is up little blood vessels, it sludgy is up in the kidneys and therefore the kidneys start to fail. Leading to a worldwide surge in demand for machines, tubes, filters and fluids. This german factory has increased production but there a warning of severe disruption to supply in the uk. British doctors are having to use new techniques to co nse rve are having to use new techniques to conserve equipment. Some patients are now sharing machines. The volume of kidney failure has reached the point that neither myself nor my collea g u es point that neither myself nor my colleagues have ever seen such a great surge in the incidence of acute Kidney Injury, and thats certainly putting stress on the system. But a word of reassurance too these machines are only used in intensive care, not for the 30,000 or so people who need regular dialysis in the community. That service shouldnt be affected. Maurice in better times. Now, bit by bit, rebuilding his health, thankful to friends, family and medical staff, but also sounding and medical staff, but also sounding a warning this thing, its vicious. Its non discerning, it will go for anyone. We really do have to focus and not get lax about it, because thats when things will get worse again. Angus crafers del macro third, bbc news. Angus crawford, bbc news. Lets speak with fiona loud from kidney care uk. Thank you forjoining us this morning. Interesting to hear that particular case study there. Explain how covid 19 is causing these problems in some patients kidneys . Morning, roger. I have to say acute Kidney Injury is something that can go along with a serious illness but it seems extra complicated with covid 19, and its like a heart attack but on your kidneys, so its something that happens quite quickly and that does therefore mean quite a lot of intervention, and as you heard from maurice, its a really scary thing and id like to say to the hundreds of people who have acute Kidney Injury at the moment, all the best wishes for a quick recovery. But in terms of the kidneys themselves, most of us just go along and they work normally, but they actually keep us extremely well, they keep us balanced, our Blood Pressure and fluid and so forth all running well but when they dont work, thats when we see the issues maurice just described and dialysis is the best treatment for them in that situation. Dialysis, of course, is a hugely. I dont know what the right word is, its a very demanding and frightening thing to be involved with, isnt it, the different types of dialysis. I guess people with existing kidney conditions are already being shielded because they are very already being shielded because they are very much at risk, arent they . Yeah, thats right. There are about 30,000 people on dialysis at the moment and they are in fact being shielded, ironside spent five years on dialysis so i know exactly what its like. Its about three times a week, three orfour its like. Its about three times a week, three or four hours a time, and as you say, its a very demanding treatment and that what vote with acute Kidney Injury are having to be treated without the moment, but theyre getting treatment thats basically 24 7 treatment thats basically 24 7 treatment so there kidneys are able to recover in the way maurices did. Its a damaging and difficult treatment but we are fortunate we have dialysis available to support our kidneys when they go wrong. Anyone whos ever been in intensive care or whos had a Family Member in intensive care, when the kidneys start to fail, its a very frightening time because quite often thats a precursor to other organs starting to struggle, isnt it . Thats a precursor to other organs starting to struggle, isnt mm is really. When things start to go wrong, as you heard from maurice, its not just about your lungs needing ventilation, its also about your kidneys and acute Kidney Injury can go along with something called sepsis, which many have heard of, when lots of things can start to deteriorate having the option of dialysis to support people is really helpful, in fact more than helpful, life saving. I know we are very grateful to our nhs staff, the kidney staff and intensive care doctors as well whove been working so hard to support everybody with this great increase in acute Kidney Injury thats happened and probably happening more frequently because of the complications of this awful bug, this awful coronavirus thing weve got going on at the the from your knowledge of this set, are you confident the people who may survive covid 19, but have some kind of Kidney Injury, do we have enough of Kidney Injury, do we have enough of the facilities to treat them Going Forward as their kidneys recover, whether it is dialysis or whatever . In order to, people who recover enough to be able to leave intensive care, may well have some onward damage to their kidneys and they should have to be checked up quite a lot for months and years afterwards. Some of them may recover from covid 19 but need to go on longer term dialysis which is the treatment i described earlier and at the moment, we have enough treatment available for those people, its just that the surge in the hospitals themselves as required quite a lot of logistics work being put together in order to give everybody the treatment that they simply need. The owner, were very treatment that they simply need. The owner, were very grateful, you ever so much for talking to us. As the government prepares to review lockdown restrictions this week, theres growing debate over whether the advice for people who are over 70 and healthy should be changed. Currently theyre considered to be at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus, so are advised to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures. But doctors have warned that asking people to stay in lockdown for long periods could damage their Mental Health. Lets speak to dr chaand nagpaul, chair of the british medical association. Its great to see you this morning. Lets just talk shall we this morning about the over 70s and the situation that many of them are in. What is your feeling about what might happen this week for that group . We know that as you get older, 60 years and upwards, there isa older, 60 years and upwards, there is a higher risk of coronavirus having a more serious impact with infection. And therefore the over 70s and other older people, of course they are at higher risk but so too are a large number of people under 70 with other medical conditions. Even at the moment, the over 70s are not a group that i shielded because of their age. Whats really important if we are to ease the lot down, is to look at the risk of everyone rather than just have an arbitrary age limit because what you might have is someone who is 69 and is going outdoors and they turned 70, and it means something, they arent able to go outdoors. We dont want an arbitrary approach. We must also recognise if we are to ease lock down, its in a situation where the government should be assuring us it is safe or safer for people to be going outdoors and those at highest risk, do need to ta ke those at highest risk, do need to take cautions and i hope the government would put in place some controls to prevent spread. He heard the Prime Minister talk about race coverings and maybe being a bit more stringent about those with highest risk. What has not been discussed in all the issues around prolonged lockdown, were about people staying at home beyond the initial 12 weeks, some talk about staying at home until a vaccine has been introduced. There are other Health Issues around people staying indoors for prolonged periods of time. We know that loneliness has had a major impact on the health and psychological consequences for older people, including estimates that this has resulted in increased mortality so you cant just look in resulted in increased mortality so you cantjust look in isolation at the covid 19 situation, you need to make sure people have the ability to exercise, and exposure to the sun so they dont become deficient in vitamins eand they dont become deficient in vitamins e and there are ways of doing it in a controlled manner. Sorry to interrupt you but i want to get onto the situation with ppe but for that, i want to ask one more question about the restrictions. In your opinion, what should the government be announcing to us this thursday when we hear about how restrictions will change. 0bviously the restrictions need to be a bit more sophisticated than they are now. What practical steps would you like to see taken . The government needs to be assuring us of the level and the prevalence of the infection in the community. But you dont want to do with for people to be going out, mixing more on finding that the infection is rife and you get a second surge. That would be the most concerning outcome and would be a real detriment to the efforts we put in over the last 7 eight weeks. So what the government must do is give assurance of control of the infection and secondly, manage that easing of lockdown in a very controlled manner. Firstly to make sure those at highest risk are protected. They should be clear about their use of base coverings because you heard in spain they handed out 13. 5 Million Masks to the public, especially when they use public, especially when they use public transport, because what you wa nt to public transport, because what you want to make sure about is the infection isnt going to have a second surge of spread and we havent heard any of those details at the moment are talking about easing lock down, i dont think that would be right. Weve heard a lot about personal protective equipment during this pandemic and you recently asked your members about the situation at the sharp end in a survey. What are they told you . A survey. What are they told you . A survey of 16,000 doctors from last thursday. Its a very up to date picture which shows unfortunately one into doctors are on either donated ppe or they bought it for personal use or purchased it for the department or gp practice. That tells us the even the government says easing the lockdown should be matched by adequate reparation, this does not suggest the sort of protection we need. If you ease the lockdown, it means more patients will be starting to be seen with non covid problems, we will need more masks, more gloves, more eye protection and so forth and at the moment, we are at the mercy of donations, it doesnt give you security and hasnt met the governments own commitment and promise it will be protecting its workforce. That has to be ensured before we start to increase than busy numbers of people seen at the nhs for more routine care. This is a self selecting group. We are starting to hear doctors say the situation with ppe is in some cases starting to get better. Do you think the survey paints that their picture of the situation today . It does because our survey shows the situation has improved and of course, that is good, i want to be clear we got reports that compared to our previous survey, they have improved but we are talking about a situation where improving the position revision of ppe by the government, while its welcomed, and the situation of a highly Infectious Disease like covid which can cause serious illness and death, we should not be having a standard of improvement to stand where all healthcare workers can be assured when they go into work, the equipment is there to protect them from infection and thats what this survey is showing, this level of knowing the government has given supplies to the healthcare workers and carers as well isnt the reality at the moment, in spite of what the government has been saying to us with the case of improvement, but it has not served the actual needs of secure adequate surprise expect supplies from the government and we should not be relying on donations. In moment practice, we have no eye protection from the nhs and its been a local school and charity which has given us eye protection. When they run out, i dont know where we will get the latest stock from. The government should be committed to protecting its workforce. Dr nagpaul, thank you. This is the governments statement. We are working around the clock to ensure ppe is delivered as quickly as possible to those on the front line of the pandemic and have delivered over 1 line of the pandemic and have delivered over1 billion items since the outbreak began, the response from the department of health and social care. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. Susan, good morning, how is it looking . Good morning once again. A lot of dry weather across the uk but a different start in england and wales. This is windsor, a real veil of cloud, quite ominous, all spilling and across the southern half of the uk courtesy of low pressure to the south but actually, this cloud isnt going to be the source of the rain for today. The more significant rain will come further north, sharp showers quite company, becoming increasingly widespread across Northern England into the second half of the day. Some affecting north wales, parts of the midlands and east anglia. Its either sunshine and showers or rather overcast skies but staying rather overcast skies but staying rather dry. Northern ireland, out of all of this probably driest and brightest. 0ur temperatures, very similarto brightest. 0ur temperatures, very similar to yesterday, midteens for the majority. Showers continue across eastern scotland and north east england to the south. The cloud will turn quite misty and murky, first thing on monday. A mild night underneath that cloud. It could be chilly, rather like today. Monday, the way of cloud. Those sharper showers will fade away as the day goes on. A lot of fine weather, top temperatures similar to today. Always chillier on the north sea coast. After six weeks of lockdown, many workers and employers are keen to know more detail on how and when britain will be able to get back to work safely. Today, the British Chamber of commerce has called on the government to introduce a phased reopening of the economy alongside an extension to support schemes. Our Business Correspondent katy austin has more. Liz katy austin has more. And phils independent heal clu b liz and phils independent health club near nottingham has been closed since march, like other leisure businesses. Since then, all revenue has ceased but the costs havent so huge impact. Furloughing their nine employees to the governments Job Retention scheme, a grant and deferring vat have helped that it wont be long until cash runs out. They want somebody when they can be open. We need to know first of all an idea of when and we need to have time, because we have rent. We need to know then how we will be able to reopen. The scope of it and also how many people we are allowed to have been. Because of the turnover will been. Because of the turnover will be restricted by the fact that we got to keep huge social distancing measures enforced. They think their industry will need further support to avoid jobs being lost. Extending the furlough scheme, maybe doing that. Weve also talked about potentially rather than deferring vat or tax, they could potentially write it off. Officebased companies are also wondering what to return to work will also look like. Staff of this Recruitment Agency working from home or have been furloughed while waiting from clarity the government, the boss is already planning a safe return to office work. The measures we are putting in place like hand sanitiser, bacterial desk wipes is really important. Spacing. Having people working in a situation where they feel safer and at a distance from the next person. 0ne they feel safer and at a distance from the next person. One of the things we are looking at incorporating is a shift situation, so we might have one people on a shift and that it be shipped an alternate those on different days coming in. Whatever the government announces in the coming days and weeks, firms like these know the path back to business as normal is a very long one. How stressful is this mean for you . On a scale of one to ten, i would say about a thousand. Very stressful. Lots of sleepless nights because of the end of the day, this is our whole livelihood. Dont know where our future lies at all for ourselves or our staff. Katie austin, bbc news. We can speak now to Adam Marshall from the British Chambers of commerce. Lets pick up a couple of those points that we just saw. If we are looking at a phased approach, what other phases you would like to see . What businesses need to see is some idea of the timescales they are going to be facing. A number of firms need a couple of weeks or possibly even longer in order to prepare to reopen their operations so they need to get a little bit of clarity about when that first easing is going to come and then when subsequent easing is going to come. I think they understand the course Public Health considerations have to come first in the government may have to make changes to the plan as we go but they need to start seeing some timeframes for reopening and that will give them the confidence to get ready. In particular, when you look at the current restrictions, what would you like to see go first . Well, i think what businesses need is knowledge about what sort of ppe they will require. They want to know what sort of methods they are going to put in place in order to operate safely. As you heard from many examples there. Those. Already operating. But those who have had to close over the last month are going to need some of that and they wa nted going to need some of that and they wanted to be led by Public Health authorities. Some of the businesses you represent say they simply will not be able to survive. Do you know on what scale of damage you are expecting . Well unfortunately, quite a lot of firms are facing a very serious cash crunch. Many businesses have been able to hold on, some u nfortu nately have been able to hold on, some unfortunately wont be able to last very long. Its why we need to see an expansion to the Government Support scheme in place. So the furlough scheme has to be extended and become more flexible, to help more firms survive over the coming months and avoid some of the mass redundancies that none of us want to see. We need to be able to restart the economy in a phased way and that need support as well. Can the government be as precise as you are asking them to be, considering they are looking at huge other areas of problems as well like schooling and transport . Well, i mean thats extraordinarily important. You cant restart the economy successfully u nless restart the economy successfully unless you have the transport services which can help people get to work, unless you see Childcare Services resume and Education Services resume and Education Services so what we want to see is an integrated plan, we want to see all of those things coming together because simply saying to businesses you can reopen but the 40 of your employees who have children may not be able to go back to school wont give many businesses the confidence they need. All of these factors have got to come together for businesses to have the confidence in their employers and the confidence they need to get back to work. Moment stop we are hearing from concerned Business Owners every day on this programme, whats your advice for them . All Business Owners need to look at how they can restart and the changes they need to make to their own operations to operate in a different Business Climate and scenario and crucially they have to take advantage of all the Government Support available to them, if they havent already done so, organisations like chambers of commerce across the country are there trying to help local business communities do precisely that. Its going to take some time to get back to normal and all Business People are going to have to factor that into their Business Plans over the coming months. Adam marshall, director general of the British Chambers of commerce, thank you very much. Every day on breakfast, weve been speaking with a gp about the pandemic. Today were joined by drjamie parker, who is in nottingham. Jamie, good morning. Thanks very much getting up early to speak to us. Whats been the big issue for you in your surgery this week . Sorry, could you repeat the question there, roger, sorry . Just wondering what the big issue people have been speaking to you about in your surgery has been this week . Weve been really trying to explain to people that they shouldnt be staying at home and not seeking help when they should be. We are worried about people not calling, for example, with Serious Health conditions. We sent out a text to all our patients to reassure them that we are there for them and if theyre worried and unwell, they should be seeking medical help. If thats 999 for a heart attack or stroke, or calling us if theyre worried about symptoms, for example, of cancer. Its that reassurance that we are there for them and not just for those patients worried about coronavirus. How have you found the remote appointments have worked . 0ften found the remote appointments have worked . 0ften doctors. Found the remote appointments have worked . 0ften doctors. I had an appointment with my own gp and we did a facetime effectively, how have they been working . To be honest, remarkably well actually. The speed with which we have been able to adapt has been quite remarkable actually, from mainly face to face contact, its just a actually, from mainly face to face contact, itsjust a handful of those during the day, but the technology with using video calls to allow patients to text us as well a photo has been amazing. I think it isa photo has been amazing. I think it is a challenge clinically. Its really exhausting doing remote calls, and personally i am missing the regular face to face contact. Theres a certain amount of isolation fatigue that im feeling, and im definitely missing that face to face contact, but needs must. Facetoface contact is an interesting point because now, as we go intoa interesting point because now, as we go into a seventh week of lockdown, many people who are having to self isolate are finding that is something they are missing. Mental health is something thats going to become an increasing problem, isnt it . Yellow yeah, i think so, and become an increasing problem, isnt it . Yellow yeah, ithink so, and i think were seeing that, we are seeing an increasing number of calls about Mental Health and quite rightly, its really difficult times generally and really Uncertain Times with a lot of anxiety, but if you and to that the anxiety and loneliness, it can be really difficult. What the advice to people if they are not feeling particularly lonely after so much time on their own . There always help a. Theres a of volunteers, you dont have to worry if you have a Mental Health issue, theres lots of volunteers that can call and touch base with you on a daily basis. I know those patients in the shielding group, those who are the ones that got a letter from the government in the highest risk group, they got a letter and there will be a number on there for them to call and they can register, they will be having daily contact anyway. But ask for help if youre struggling. You mentioned the group who are shielding, different people are categorised in different ways and are at different risk. The deputy chief medical officer talked about the advice becoming more stratified. Can you explain what that means and what factors are likely to be taken into account when that advice is given . Im not party to those discussions obviously, but as far as to those discussions obviously, but as farasi to those discussions obviously, but as far as i understand it, at the moment theres different groups at clinical risk and theres a connection between the clinical Vulnerable Group and the shielding group. The shielding group are those in the highest risk, and those are the patients that will have received a letter either from the the patients that will have received a letter eitherfrom the nhs or theirgp a letter eitherfrom the nhs or their gp explaining to them that they should be self isolating for 12 weeks, and there is very strict advice on that. Thats very different to the clinic, clinically Vulnerable Group, who are slightly lower risk, who has been advised to strictly follow the social distancing advice the government has given. Theres confusion from that point of view. Jamie, i know had a unique way of spreading the message as well, were going to have a listen to some of your vocal excellence. Have a listen to this. Because every time you stay at home, your saving lives on you or own, you keep us safe without being on the street. Please think about what the world could be, stay at home with your family, well thank you when its done. These stay at home. Stay at home, stay at home, dont spread it any more. Stay at home, stay at home, stay apart to metres or more. Please say is, and yourfamily too. Keep covid at bay. We are all relying on you. Great britain, the nhs is here for you. Please stay at home, please stay at home. With you, well save lives. That has cheered us allup save lives. That has cheered us all up first thing on a sunday morning and you even managed to get a bit of frozen worked in, fantastic where did this idea come from and has it been a success . Its turned out to be a Great Success actually. It came from waking up on the saturday morning just after the announcement of the lockdown, and a feeling of guilt of thinking how can ido feeling of guilt of thinking how can i do more and i was with the kids, my wife is a paediatrician, i had three kids for the weekend, because my wife was working, and i text the song to a friend who said you should put this on facebook, and it will go a long way, and the frozen one went viral. Hence im speaking to you today, because after that i got contacted today, because after that i got co nta cted by today, because after that i got contacted by lots of different media and hopefully got the message out there in a kind and gentle way. You know what, if you ever decide to turn your back on being a gp, there could be rain other career out there for you jamie, thanks so much there could be and other. Jamie has there could be and other. Jamie has the neatest case i have seen so far it isa the neatest case i have seen so far it is a lot tidier than mine at home there could be rain other. A tidy bookcase and he can sing as well good to see not everyone agrees about what will happen next in football . Good morning, sally. A bit of singing there but in the premier league, theyre certainly not singing from the same hymn sheet bit of a split emerging between the top and bottom halves of the premier league table after what seemed to be a unified view on restarting the season. 0n on friday it seemed there was almost a unified view on what would happen to restart the season, but now opinion has been expressed internally to paint a different picture. This could cause huge problems in the league. Last night, brighton voiced their opposition to the premier league finishing out thes season at neutral venues. Thats been the Sticking Point throughout this. Chief executive paul barber said they wouldnt be in favour of the proposal five of their last nine remaining games were due to be at home. He also says it has the potential to have a material effect on the integrity of the competition. Some Strong Language there. Brighton arent alone in their opposition of these 10 stadiums being used to host matches beghind closed doors, the six most at risk of relegation all expresing concern. There is general support for the league restarting next month. We shall wait and see. Its been really interesting seeing what some athletes and footballers have been doing to try to keep themselves fit and healthy during themselves fit and healthy during the lockdown. How easy is it to eat healthy during the lockdown . Nutrition is a vital part of an athletes training, so ive been find out how some have been coping good start from kat, taking those hurdles nicely. The dogs ploughing. The new normal from Katarina Johnson thompsons home heptathlon, to a spot of cricket in the hallway. Elite athletes have been forced to come up with new, inventive ways of keeping in peak condition during lockdown. But with less physically demanding routines, many have been forced to rethink their eating habits. Yeah, 100 . So obviously before we did four hours a day, every single day and right now, probably two, not even that, so not doing as much cardio as well, i definitely dont eat as much but its hard when you are at home because mum buys all the snacks and crisps and chocolate but its hard not to forget this is not actually a break. Everyone knows swimmers, they eat mountains of food. But the tables are turned, its the complete opposite, im hardly hungry at all really. So, yeah. There might be athletes who reduce training load in some instances, so then they might need to reduce the amount of food that they eat. For some athletes, they might not be able to get. You know, do as much work in the gym as what they usually do or do as much Strength Training, so its really interesting to try and actually maintain muscle mass, for instance, and its very different, not forjust every sport but every athlete, every individual, depending on what their situation is at the current time. And thats wherejonny comes in. Hi, guys im pro chefjonny marsh. Hes the private chef of choice for some of the premier leagues biggest stars, from paul pogba to ilkay gundogan. Probably the best person to speak to about a variety of dishes is probably ilkay. So hell eat anything. I try everything out on him. If i want to go vegan for a week, ill say, right, ilkay, no meat, thats it, no meat for this week, all were going is vegan, and hes, like, yeah, sound go nuts. Todays dish is a curried lentil burger, one of ilkays favourite dishes. Vegan, simple, dead easy to make. All you need is one of these bad boys. And in terms of what these footballers are eating, obviously theyre not training as much as they were before, does that have an impact on what sort of food theyre eating and their calorie intake . Yeah, big time, big time. So, ive had a few nutritionists from the clubs message me, call me, and just speak about certain players and what they can, what they cant eat, and what theyd like them to eat and things like that, so yeah, its had a massive effect, and its a very sort of Bespoke Service i offer anyway in terms of meal plans and meal prep and things like that, but its become even more bespoke because were talking about, like, say, even goalkeepers may not be wanting as many carbs now, or if any sometimes, because theyre not moving, theyre not running as much, theyre not training as much and you got your outfield players, who are still doing the wattbike, still doing the training, still doing the running, so they do require a little bit more carbs but not as much as when the premier league was in full swing. Thankfully, the rest of us dont need to eat like a premier League Footballer to stay in shape during lockdown, although actually, it doesnt look too bad. That doesnt look too bad at all. You can find out more aboutjonnys recipes on the website and there is a 5 part series where he tells us how to eat like a premier League Footballer. Doesnt look too bad at all but having a private chef would help, wouldnt it . I wonder if they stay out of the kitchen cupboards every five minutes it was funny with james guy saying it is difficult when your mum buys crisps and chocolate. Put a lock on it that doesnt sound difficult to me, that sounds like heaven thanks susanis susan is here with a look at the morning weather. Good morning. I dont know if your house is like minded the topics of conversation do runa minded the topics of conversation do run a little bit then it times. Thank goodness there is always the weather. Thank you to the met 0ffice, weather. Thank you to the met office, we can confirm that april 2020 was the sunniest on record. Most of us saw at least 50 more sunshine than we would expect. It was also exceptionally dry particularly across the northern half of the uk. Today, not as sunnis yesterday. A lot more cloud around. Courtesy of a weather system sitting to the south of us. Unbelievably, this cloud isnt going to be the source of severe this cloud isnt going to be the source of severe significant rain. Making things misty and murky. Getting into devon and cornwall. It is further north when we start the day with clear sunny skies. Showers quite quickly developing across scotla nd quite quickly developing across scotland and through this afternoon, becoming more widespread across Northern England, parts of the midlands, into east anglia, taps the odd one for north wales. Its great to the south but should stay dry. Potentially one of the driest and brightest parts of the uk. The showers continue on into the evening and some of them heavy, maybe the odd one thundery. Notjust because the showers but because of the breeze here. 0vernight, clouds to the south, temperatures in double figures. Further north across scotland, clear skies, bit like figures. Further north across scotland, clearskies, bit like this morning. Frost in places to take into monday. Here is monday daytime, still showers across the north east of england. As the day goes on, back toa of england. As the day goes on, back to a largely dry picture. Bright sunny spells. Less in the way of cloud. Temperatures widely in the midteens, cool of the north of scotla nd midteens, cool of the north of scotland and the north sea coast. Tuesday, this is a big question in the forecast for the week ahead. This weather front will try to push from the south west. How far north it will go is the biggest question. It looks like it is a wet story for south wales in the south west of england. Elsewhere, dry with a lot of sunshine. 0nce england. Elsewhere, dry with a lot of sunshine. Once this system gets out of the way, the rest of the week does look pretty settled but cool with that easterly wind across the southern half of the uk. The highest temperatures are like we further north. As promised, from mid week onwards, High Pressure will come to dominate, a lot of dry weather on the way and temperatures will live as we go further on into the week ahead. Thats the way its shaping up ahead. Thats the way its shaping upfor ahead. Thats the way its shaping up for now. Its like a return of that summary weather. 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 0mar, 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. 0rjust 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 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 0reilly. 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. 0h, 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. 0ur 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. Goose honks well, in the current circumstances, where all real world ball kicking activities have been cancelled for the moment. Oh 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 everything by toca boca. And sago mini. And they are essentially digital toy boxes. So if youve got some teens, the teens and the adults can play together. And if youve got little kids, the little kids can play with each other or the adults and the little kids can play with together. 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 through the week, you can keep track of all the team on social media on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter, bbcclick. Thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. Bye bye. Good morning welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. As the uks coronavirus death toll rises above 28,000 the Prime Minister talks candidly about his experience of being in intensive care with the virus. In an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson says he was given litres and litres of oxygen and it was 50 50 whether hed be put on a ventilator. Business leaders urge the government to be bold in supporting the economy as it considers when and how to ease the lockdown. A royal welcome the duchess of cambridge shows her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit. Grounds for concern. Brighton voice their opposition to the premier league finishing at neutral venues. Clubs have been told its the only way of restarting and completing the remaining fixtures for safety reasons. Good morning. Were waking up to a lot more cloud across england and wales today. Theres a lot of fine weather out there at the moment, but for some of us, the chance of some sharper showers heading on into this afternoon. Ill be taking a look at what your chances are in just a little while. Its sunday the 3rd may. Our top story. As the number of people in the uk who have died from coronavirus rises above 28,000 the second worst total in europe the Prime Minister has spoken for the first time in detail about his experience of being in intensive care. Speaking to the sun on sunday he said contingency plans were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with covid 19. John mcmanus reports. Coronavirus continues to take its toll on families across the uk. The country now has the second highest death toll in europe behind italy. 28,131 people have now succumbed to the virus, and thousands more were left severely ill, including the Prime Minister. In an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson said doctors had to administer litres and litres of oxygen, and at one point he wondered, how am i going to get out of this . He said the bad moment came when it was 50 50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe. In the end, mrjohnson didnt reach the stage where he needed to use a ventilator. Good morning. Now back at work, one of the biggest issues he faces is how to leave the lockdown. A review is due on thursday. At the start of the restrictions, 1. 8 Million People in england were told to shield themselves as they were considered most at risk. They included those being treated for some forms of cancer, or with diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. At saturdays downing street briefing, the government indicated those restrictions could be reviewed as more evidence emerged. We do recognise that asking somebody to stay shielded for their own Health Protection for a very long period of time, and it may be several months, is quite a difficult thing for them to do. And regarding the next most Vulnerable Group of people, such as pregnant women and the over 705, whove been following stringent social distancing measures, doctors, including the Royal College of gps, say that age shouldnt be the only factor in deciding who continues to self isolate when the lockdown is eased, and theyve warned the Mental Health of those staying at home should be considered. Many European Countries are now coming out of their lockdowns. The challenge for the government is to formulate a successful road plan for britain. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Jonathan, this interview gives some real insight into what happened to mrjohnson . It extraordinary account of the Prime Minister something on coronavirus. He was reluctant to go to hospital when he went into hospital leaving his flat in downing street. You had a woman described as a 5050 street. You had a woman described as a 50 50 moment in the report. He thought about things possibly going either way during the night she spent in intensive care and he decides that it is a tough old moment. He says he will not deny that he was frustrated because he was conscious throughout and you can see the indicators machines i do sift up to suit up for going in the wrong direction. Then there is an indication of how to do things well. Borisjohnson indication of how to do things well. Boris johnson described indication of how to do things well. Borisjohnson described people starting to think about how they would handle it presentation. Clearly, he and those around him we re clearly, he and those around him were preparing at that point for the worst. Although the primary so says he never actually thought he was going to die some terrible buoyancy, see describes it, which told and thinks would certainly be all right in the end. As for how this whole experience has affected Boris Johnson and change them in any way, which many people wonder, he says motivated by a desire to stop people suffering and also an overwhelming desire to get the country back on its feet. More than 2,000 patients have suffered kidney failure after being treated in intensive care for coronavirus, according to a Research Charity. specialist renal support treatment, according to new figures from the intensive Care National audit and research centre. It has led to a shortage in essential equipment, the government has warned. There are calls for the government to keep levels of public spending high to help boost the economy after the lockdown is lifted. In an open letter to borisjohnson, the British Chambers of commerce say a phased re opening of business is needed, alongside existing support schemes, as soon as possible to avoid further job losses and to prevent businesses from failing. North and south korean troops have exchanged gunfire along the demilitarised zone between the two countries. No casualties or damage were reported, and its the first such incident in five years. It comes a day after the north korean leader, kimjong un, was shown making his first public appearance in three weeks. The duchess of cambridge has made a virtual bedside visit to some new parents during a special video call to midwives. The duchess worked on a placement with the team at kingston hospitals Maternity Unit in south west london last year, as part of her campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the early years. She took the time to talk to new parents rebecca and john. Well, firstly, huge congratulations. Thank you. Is it a little boy or little girl . Little boy. He is so sweet. This week we are expecting to hear more from the government about how they expect to ease logo sections. Ireland has already announced they will get people back to work in phased manner. Spain has announced plans to make people wear Massive Public transport. So what might post lockdown life in the uk look like . Were joined now by keith buchan from the transport planning society, and Infectious Disease epidemiologist, dr adam kucharski. Please, how are we likely to see people going back to using public transport . A lot of people if you believe the saudis are saying they are reluctant to do so. I think there a very big challenge is to public transport and that is essential coming out of the long term. Ithink essential coming out of the long term. I think there are transport safer people to use and also convincing them it would be safe and that will require the medical specialist to require what they have to say and asked as transport planners to and respond to that occur to do with it. That might work out how to do with it. It is important for some jeep able to achieve some form of social distancing in cities up and down the country on public transport. We are slightly fortunate that we have that something is working in our favour. The increase in walking and cycling which we need to encourage so we always have to look at the other side of the coin and say can we encourage the alternative to public transport because that will play into our long term aims for transport and a short term image coming out of the lockdown. But we will have to be quite inventive if we run into problems encouraging on the cheap system. Cheap. Tube. If we look at public transport across the day there is Spare Capacity and we need to stagger their working hours and work out how to do that. As he could do that through seri voluntary means by getting employers on board and we have done a lot of work as transport planners in last years to support sustainable transport that is a very big ask to come out of the lockdown any significant manner. And then have to get innovative and different ways. What might we want to bring our domain. We were talking earlier to spain and they were speaking about everyone having to wear masks on public transport. The way we work on public transport. The way we work on working hours might change because lots of people have been using technology to work from home. You think we will have to get used to wearing a mask undergoing the boss of the training on the underground . On the bus or the way we train all the underground . Finally not have a vaccine that will change to see completely we have to say what sort of masts will people be wearing . Be 100 compliant . Effective are they . We are told are not particularly effective in some circumstances. That is perhaps more immeasurably for Public Confidence but im very concerned we do need to have safe conditions for people on public transport underlying the idea of getting people back. Please master fine if they reduce the likelihood just like agree but i think we did fundamental look at a number of people we are carried and when we are carrying them. And we need to buy that night because the last thing we want is for everybody to suddenly piling the tube wedding masts thinking it is fine and it is not fine. Adam, how important is the r rates when the government is looking at how and why not their be east . If it is about one you will get up growing epidemic but it is currently below one so we are seeing a decline. But it is notjust whether something is increasing or declining. It depends on the level of infection. If we are at a lower level of infection begins that uses targeted measures such as tracing would difficult to implement widely if there was 10,000 people infected per day are supposed to a few hundred. Germany has already ease some of those restrictions and their r rate white out. Will it continue to go up . It is a challenge because exactly how these things affect transmission. When lockdown spent in all these measures happened at once and we are working hard to untangle all these contributions are. As we see that you start to phase and relax lockdown there will be a little bit of trial and error going on in some countries like germany we start to see an increase and rethink how they do this. Adam, what are your thoughts on who should be wearing a mask and where we should be wearing them . Sign that the evidence is quite unclear. They may play a role in combination with other measures. The evidence from asia and country we have a high level of master adherents you still need other measures in place so it is important to focus on the fundamentals and make sure people are not buying maths that are needed by the nhs. Masts. Facemasks. You have to look at how the rest will be reduced and that will be really crucial over the coming weeks. Heres susan with a look at this mornings weather. Lam going i am going to start with a bit of a throwback back to april. Very tiny writing up the top. This is a particularly brown map behind me and the reason is we had little rainfall for many parts of the uk in april. The darker the brine the drier it was. Many areas had about one fifth that of the rainfall we would anticipate and lose showers which are normally so prolific we did not show their hand. As a consequence it does is no doubt as the sunniest april on record. In many areas we sell 50 more than average sunshine. Where does that leave us or made . There was a lot of sunshine yesterday and a lot of dry weather as well. Today we have a lot of dry weather to saturday but we do have more cloud spilling into south across england and wales. This cloud is not likely to be particularly rain bleeding. It may make for a more grey day today in england and wales and wales and some patchy drizzle as possible in devon and cornwall. White misty and murky across hills in general. Further north we get out of the sunniest art and you can see heavier rain later. Showers across up and through the afternoon into Northern England. That is not likely to be particularly rain bleeding. It may make for a more grey day today in england and wales and some patchy drizzle as possible in devon and cornwall. Quite misty and murky across hills in general. Further north we get out of the sunniest art and you can see heavier rain later. Showers across up and through the afternoon into Northern England. Thence north wales and parts of the midlands and east anglia. Some heavy and thundery. Chilly along further north we get out of the sunniest art and you can see heavier rain later. Showers across up and through the afternoon into Northern England. Thence north wales and parts of the midlands and east anglia. Some heavy and thundery. Chilly along the north sea coast on land at juswhat cemetery yesterday. In the mid teens. Further showers as you move through the evening into the small hours of monday attending to pull out into the north sea. Clear skies of northern scotland pull out into the north sea. Clear skies of northern scotland and thanks watch again dries to dominate for looks like this where the future will come into play towards the south west on tuesday wetter and windier conditions. And quite easterly wind as well. Elsewhere we are looking at as well. Elsewhere we are looking at a lot of dry weather and sunshine. Instead of being one is the worst south west it is likely to feel pretty chilly factoring in the wind in the rain. Further north with a light breeze and plenty sunshine across scotland with a light breeze and plenty sunshine across scotland we re and plenty sunshine across scotland were seated just up to 17 or 18 through the orders. The orders. There are many nhs staff who have found themselves being treated for covid 19 at the very hospital they work at, and our next guest has experience of that. Katherine demeter spent two weeks in luton and dunstable hospital, but thankfully recovered, and was applauded by her colleagues when she was discharged, just three days ago. We can speak to katherine and her husband andrew now. The more ajiboye. How are you feeling . Feeling better. Still getting rest because still having some short of breath at the moment. My some short of breath at the moment. My husband is looking after the at home. Im glad to be home. My husband is looking after the at home. Im glad to be home. What was it like for you to be in hospital and be with people that you knew . M was really different because you are used to looking after patients because i am a front line and all of a sudden you are in bed and youre the one that is being looked after. Soi the one that is being looked after. So i was so pleased and very thankfulfor all the so i was so pleased and very thankful for all the staff and my collea g u es thankful for all the staff and my colleagues who looked after me there. Its you live in a different way. Andrew, although you knew she was in safe hands with people who would care for her and do the very best for her, how worrying what things for you . Very worrying. That is the reason why i didnt call an ambulance. To take a rent, because i was not happy with away she was. But all away through the worst thing you can see, you can go into the hospital. So it isjust relying on other people to give me the news and everything. But i could phone and we we re everything. But i could phone and we were chatting on her fibre. Additionally hard and i was really worried. In the space that is the family who has a Family Member in hospital with this terrible violence is exactly this inexperience. You must feel helpless . Definitely. There is not a lot you can do. Not letting people visit their loved ones, it is very hard. Very hard indeed. Catherine, we havejust seen those fantastic pictures of you leaving hospital, applauded by your colleagues. Look at and lining along the corridor actually. What was that experience like for you . What was it likely . It was like you have been listed and it is really, really great and you can start your new life again because it could mean a different way. I remember talking to andrew one night that i was so scared when they moved me to hd you. And i said i might not survive us because i was so really breathless. Hdu. And i because i was so really breathless. Hdu. And i mainlyjust gave up and he told me to be strong and everybody easier for me and praying for me and my family so it was really, i am really pleased and very emotional and thankful for all the staff and all of my colleagues and friends at the hospital really looked after me well. So really grateful for that. Catherine, tell us what it is like, everyone else in the country as we see every week when everyone comes out and claps at eight oclock on a thursday evening and all the people that speak, everybody is so full of gratitude and full of all for the work that you and your colleagues on the hospitals and elsewhere are doing. What is it like being a part of that scene . Team . What is it like being a part of that scene . Team . It is really rewarding because looking after patients is my passion and its really great. I know as we are told far as fine liners and after them also for their loved ones, it is for me and for all of us it is a never ending caring and it is a passion that we have been told to. Cold. And those families that we spoke to barry looked after their young ones which is really and im really pleased that i on this mission and doing it when i come back, hopefully, ill be happy to. Ill be happy to work in my ward again, hopefully. It is wonderful to see you looking so well this morning. Catherine and andrew. Catherine, i wa nt to catherine and andrew. Catherine, i want to say thank you because that cannot be easy. Thank you so much for talking to us this morning and we wish you well with the rest of your recovery you take care. Giving birth is tough for mums in normal cicumstances let alone during the middle of a global pandemic. But one new mother had a welcome surprise when the duchess of cambridge virtually visited her bedside. The duchess called into kingston hospitals Maternity Unit in south west london, as part of her campaign to raise awareness of the importance of early years and parental wellbeing. Heres a clip of the princess talking to mum rebecca. Hello, very nice images. Huge congratulations. Is it a little boy or a little girl . He is so sweet. When did you happen . Klassiker10pm. You must be exhausted. And we can now speak to Gina Brockwell who is director of midwifery at kingston Maternity Unit. That must have been an incredible uplifting moment for everybody there. Yes, it was a pleasant surprise in the middle of all the preparations and management of the covid pandemic. We had met the duchess of november and shes but a couple days working with a very relationship with the midwives at kingston. What was a light which can work with you . It was really interesting to show her what the midwives do their working day and she clearly has a huge interest in young families and trying to give children the best out. But what we wa nted children the best out. But what we wanted to do was show her how the midwife can very much make the Family Experience very much better from pregnancy right witch into the baby give those children the best out of life. Home she hoping to help by doing this virtual visit . |j out of life. Home she hoping to help by doing this virtual visit . I think she wanted to understand how we are managing asa she wanted to understand how we are managing as a Maternity Service and the parents themselves in the middle of this pandemic. And how we did with the clear only provided to families. Adapted the care we normally give to families in terms of what we were ready and the experience of women being very worried at this time when theyre expecting a baby and how we help to relieve some anxieties but also what the infection risks that he had a moment. I might how challenging his work for you at the moment . It has been a challenge and has been for everybody as we know. What has been brilliant out of all of this is a teamwork we have seen across the nhs and we have been working at speed at the very beginning of the pandemic to make sure we are protecting our staff but also protecting families and patients coming into the hospital. And we have seen some fantastic hospital. And we have seen some fa ntastic staff hospital. And we have seen some fantastic staff doing their utmost to go above and beyond every day to provide the best care for the public. Finally suggested to a man who just a couple area had a baby that there might be a video call from someone really rather well known, what was the reaction . Pleasa ntly well known, what was the reaction . Pleasantly surprised actually, in terms of this was that was the moment for this mother and her partner, they have just had a second baby that absolutely fine and did not mind at all speaking to the duchess and again the duchess as a mother so she can understand that moment of when youve had your baby. They were just interested to also talk to her but also explain how they had been managing under lockdown and what it was like becoming a judge we have their baby, max. 50 topcu this morning and we wish you the best of luck with the tens units in kingston and southwest london, i know it is a very busy man. The Andrew Marr Show follows us on bbc one this morning. Andrew whos on the show today . If you are beginning to wonder about your commute back to work eventually on your thinking about you summer holiday, will it happen or not . My neighbours will is the trusted secretary grant shapps. Im also talking to the first minister of wales, mark and also to some micro payment and severe damage, the government chief statistician, and any marston and the doctor in charge for the world horse organisation. World health 0rganization eddie marsan. Hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. Its 8. 30am, heres a summary of this mornings main news. As the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk rises above 28,000, borisjohnson has spoken in detail about his experience of being seriously ill in hospital. Speaking to the sun on sunday, the Prime Minister who spent three days in intensive care said he was given, litres and litres of oxygen and contingency plans were in place in case things went badly wrong. Mrjohnson was diagnosed with coronavirus on march 26th and was admitted to hospital 10 days later. There are calls for the government to keep levels of public spending high to help boost the economy after the lockdown is lifted. In an open letter to borisjohnson, the British Chambers of commerce say a phased reopening of business is needed, alongside existing support schemes, as soon as possible to avoid further job losses and to prevent businesses from failing. Churches in germany are opening today for the First Time Since the lockdown began in march. The number of worshippers allowed in will be restricted, and theyll have to keep at least two metres apart. Singing is banned, as Officials Say it can spread the virus. And priests will have to wear a face mask when giving out communion. Those are the main stories this morning. There are fears that patients who have covid 19 are developing kidney problems as a result. Some patients anyway. New figures from a Research Charity suggest more than 2,000 patients admitted to intensive care with coronavirus, needed specialist renal treatment following kidney failure. Angus crawford reports. Meet Maurice Marshall before covid singer and student. And now survivor. I was terrified, petrified. Well, as i got into the ambulance, looked at the house, i thought, say goodbye to the house, youre not coming back, because i was struggling to breathe. He spent 22 days on a ventilator. The virus attacked his lungs and moved on through the body. My kidneys failed several times, so what people do fail to realise is that with covid, its notjust about covid pneumonia, you know, you get a bit of a heavy duty flu, or you have problems breathing, it does go for other internal organs. So when youre performing crt. The latest figures show more than 20 of those in intensive care suffer kidney failure. Many needed specialist treatment. Some with this kind of machine, delivering whats called renal replacement therapy. The virus can be seen within the very fine structures of the kidneys, and it also affects the stickiness of the blood. The blood becomes very sludgy, and because the kidneys are full of little blood vessels, it sludges up in the kidneys and therefore the kidneys start to fail. Leading to a worldwide surge in demand for machines, tubes, filters and fluids. This german factory has increased production, but theres a warning of severe disruption to supply in the uk. British doctors are having to use new techniques to conserve equipment. Some patients are now sharing machines. The volume of kidney failure has reached the point that neither myself nor my colleagues have ever seen such a great surge in the incidence of acute Kidney Injury, and that is certainly putting stress on the system. But a word of reassurance too these machines are only used in intensive care, not for the 30,000 or so people who need regular dialysis in the community. That service shouldnt be affected. Dance music plays maurice in better times. Welcome to my world now, bit by bit, rebuilding his health, thankful to friends, family and medical staff, but also sounding a warning this thing, its vicious. Its non discerning, it will go for anyone. We really do have to focus and not get lax about it, because thats when things will get worse again. Angus crawford, bbc news. Dr Chris Van Tulleken is a tv doctor whos used to explaining complicated medical information to people through his programmes. He joins us now to tell us why its so important that everyone understands whats happening with coronavirus, including people who live in the uk, but speak a different language, and Young Children. Chris, good morning to you and thank you for talking to us. I would like to deal with the language issue first of all because i know you have been involved in helping to translate Key Information for people for whom english may be isnt a first language. Thats right, i mean this work has been led by a Charity Title adopters of the world uk and astoundingly our department of health translated our nhs guidance into only one language. Created it in any one language initially, so doctors came along with a few other charities and have with the help of some volunteers translated into 49 languages. The thing is in the United Kingdom we have around about ten indigenous languages, if you include sign languages, let alone the languages of our Amazing Community here, and so for any Public Health responses is absolutely vital that particularly your marginalised populations understand how to limit the spread of infection. It is completely pointless producing Public Health guidance in only one language when around about a third of people in this country speak a second language and many of them will have that as their first and many of them will have that as theirfirst language. And many of them will have that as their first language. Just talk, then, about Young Children because obviously it is a frightening time in many ways for Young Children, who, you know, the science says in theory they are more resistant to this than older people, but they have all the worry and all the fear about their grown ups getting pally as well, dont they . About their grown ups getting pally as well, dont they . I think that is right. There is still a huge amount we dont understand about how this infection does affect childrens bodies. So we shouldnt be casual about them getting infected, but they are being exposed to the deaths and illnesses of their carers and their relatives and their loved ones. So there have been a couple of. I ones. So there have been a couple of. Ithink ones. So there have been a couple of. I think childrens bbc has started last week to lead a conversation about death. This is a conversation about death. This is a conversation we need to be having nationally, we need to talk about death in a much more open and clear and realistic way, particularly in the context of this pandemic, and we need to start doing it with children. So i have produced a little bit of content for cbbc with my brother, we make a programme called 0peration 0uch, where we try to discuss what that problem is and why children arent able to discuss it. Other organisations are producing content because the other side effect that there are talking about it is people arent coming into hospital who are really seriously ill. We are seeing this, i work as an adult infection doctor in london, but this is particularly true in children. There are real fears with a lot of paediatricians that children who are sick and not being brought to hospital because they or theirfamilies being brought to hospital because they or their families are afraid, soi they or their families are afraid, so i would love to share with people that hospitals are still extremely safe and they are still providing excellent ca re across safe and they are still providing excellent care across the uk, so if your child is unwell you should seek ca re your child is unwell you should seek care urgently in the way you normally would. And leading from that, we have also seen this week that, we have also seen this week that in rare cases, some children can have a very extreme reaction to coronavirus. That is something we had talked about in the last few days. I imagine that will only add to the levels of anxiety for parents and kids who watch the news all the time. I think that is right. Everyone is afraid and that is a reasonable response to a global pandemic, which we are all still relative novices at. No one in the world has treated coronavirus for more than a few months, but it is important that we remember that the big picture is there are still many things that can go wrong with the human body that are far more dangerous and we are fairly certain that people are staying at home when they have chest pain that might be a heart attack, we are not seeing the numbers of strokes we might expect to see and we are not saying other serious infections, so whilst there are aspects of lockdown that mean that there are lots of things we would expect to fall, so we are not saying trampolining injuries, were not staying normal upper respiratory Tract Infections in children, there are other illnesses that we would expect to see that we are not. So i do think it is really important that the guidance is shared in every language to every community and that the fear around the virus is discussed and it is put in context that the virus should not stop you seeking help for important medical conditions. Thanks for talking to us this morning, we are very grateful. Dr Chris Van Tulleken. It is just coming up to 8 40am. Lets go to holly, who has the latest news on sport. A bit of a disagreement going on at the moment . Yes, that is there to say, a bit of disagreement over this idea of using neutral venues in the premier league if it does get back up and running in the next month, this idea would involve ten stadiums hosting matches behind closed doors. It seems a good idea and the top half of the table are happy with it, but the bottom half . Not so much. Last night, brighton said they had issues with those venues. Said they had issues with those venues. The chief executive has said that the proposed mutual stadiums has been said to have a material effect on the integrity of the competition. A Strong Languages there. They are not alone in their opposition either. Six of the at most risk of relegation teams have expressed this concern. However, among those urging patients is andy cole, who won the title five times with Manchester United. He believes the games should only return when it is safe. If Everyone Wants to see football back on the tv, we talk about football, but ultimately we talk about health and health is your real wealth. Thats why we have to do things right. When they believe, or if they believe football can come back, it will come back. Up until then, we just have to continue to do exactly what we are doing. A lot of people have been setting them sells all sorts of challenges during lockdown, and the neck to star and wilds former strongest man, Thor Bjornsson, has outdone himself by dead lifting 501 kilograms. That is a new world record, which was previously held by britains eddie hall. You can see it buckling under the weight. If you wa nted buckling under the weight. If you wanted to have a go at yourself that you would need £254 milk cartons, which of course we had all got hanging round the house at the moment. I mean i thought doing key prps with some toilet roll was pretty impressive, that was as far asi pretty impressive, that was as far as i got were challenging myself. What about you . As i got were challenging myself. What about you . So youre not going to be trying any deadlifts, then . Know, one carton of milk will do me. Thank you very much. Right, this is where we say goodbye to sally, who is off to read the news with andrew marr at 9am. But lets get the Weather Forecast now. Actually this is courtesy of the met 0ffice actually this is courtesy of the met office and april 2020 rainfall anomalies. What does that mean . Basically the ban area of the map means it is dry, in april brought less tha n means it is dry, in april brought less than 20 of the average monthly rainfall, so we certainly came up short. To go hand in hand with that, perhaps not surprising that april was the sunniest on record for the uk as was the sunniest on record for the ukasa was the sunniest on record for the uk as a whole. Last year we saw we saw over 50 more sunshine for the time of year and was expected, and the start of may is looking pretty dry as well. Through the course of the next few days, High Pressure will try to build them from the north. We have got a front to the north. We have got a front to the south that is currently pushing some cloud on, but that is not going to bring the majority of todays rain. It will make it a bit misty and baggy and bring a bit of gentle here or there, but where we had got sunnier skies at the moment look out for this afternoon because some heavier showers will come across scotla nd heavier showers will come across scotland and parts of eastern anglia and the midlands come this afternoon. Locally heavy rain, chilly winds along the north sea coast and temperatures in the mid teens and always a bit chilly across northern scotland. He showers continue as we go on into the evening as well, and to some spots overnight. They will pull away from the south east of scotland for the end of the night, but for north east england quite a wet picture, particularly close to the coast. Murky, further south and clear skies across northern scotland. We will get off to a frosty start here in places on monday. Some rain initially for the north east of england, chilly down the north sea coast again, but it should get brighter as the day goes by, the rain pulling off into the sea. The odd shower possible for east anglia and the midlands, temperatures a bit better for the south, up to 90 degrees in cardiff tomorrow afternoon. This is the High Pressure that will really try to settle our weather down this week, but what you state has some competition, this front pushing into the south west. Exactly where that sits is up for question at the moment, just how far that northern band stretches, but for South West England and south wales tuesday is looking wet and windy and will feel quite chilly as a consequence as well, that easterly wind feeling fresh. Elsewhere, sunshine and it should be pretty mild, top temperature in the Scottish Borders up to 19 degrees in glasgow. The High Pressure will continue to build, it should win out and there is a lot of dry weather to come and we should see plenty of sunshine and consequently some warmth building, and friday. Susan, thank you very much indeed. Susan has had the weather for us on breakfast this morning. The thursday night clap has become a focal point for neighbours to feel a sense of togetherness, and now one street in newport has taken that to a new level. The residents of elgar avenue learned sign language so they could sing along with their neighbour leah bailey, who has downs syndrome. Lets take a look at them in action. Music plays 0h, darling 0h, darling we call in your heart you. Applause, cheering fantastic, and what you couldnt see but you get a digest of now, is all the way through that the air and her mum edwina who join the way through that the air and her mum edwina whojoin us now from newport were singing all the way along. It is great to watch you singing it again. That song was you will never walk alone, obviously. Why do you like that song . In an because of who made it. Her godmother played it the week that we had a song and she didnt like it very much. So she got it changed. Leah, how did you get the whole street to learn sign language . Market on it is called. We asked gemma because she knows the signs to it, and she said yes, and asked could her daughter learn the signs . So gemma set up a message to group because the next door neighbour wanted tojoin because the next door neighbour wanted to join in because the next door neighbour wanted tojoin in and we put the video on the group and people were being added to the group daily, hourly, and everybody wanted to learn and everybody wanted to join in. Leah taught them. That is fantastic, that you manage to teach them, leah. We are looking at the pictures again now and you can see everybody out. This happens on streets up and down the country on a thursday at the moment. What is it like for the Community Spirit there . Night lovely. It was a lovely project, wasnt it . And i got a photo. How did you feel . Emotional. Everybody. Proud. Quite right to feel proud and you should feel proud yourself, leah, because it was inspired by you. What are you singing this week . It is somebody elses returned this week. Someone elses returned this week. Someone else has got to do it. Just give us an insight into what your community is like. He has said it has become closer because of the clap, but what is it like where you live on that road . It is a lovely, lovely street. Most are us know each other. There are some new build houses opposite and we really didnt know each other, but we are making friends now asa other, but we are making friends now as a result of this. It has been lovely. Lovely, we have had a lovely time. Lovely time. Yeah, good job guys. Just a quickjob and, was it easy to teach . Lots of people think it would be a really good skill to learn sign language and market on is, i dont know, am i right in saying it is more straightforward than the conventional british sign language. But how simple was that . Macaton is a simplified sign language and it is always accompanied by speech, so that one uses it in college. You go to sta nwell college, uses it in college. You go to stanwell college, dont you . Uses it in college. You go to sta nwell college, dont you . I uses it in college. You go to stanwell college, dont you 7 we wanted to get back in. Neighbours would come to the wall and leah would come to the wall and leah would be on the doorstep showing them, so it was a good project, actually. It was a lot of fun and im so proud of them all. Absolutely, thank you very much for talking to us this morning. Leah, well done. You lead the street beautifully and singing. We wish you all the best and thank you for talking to us. Thank you. Thank you. Lovely to see them both talking to us there from newport this morning. After six weeks of lockdown, many workers and employers are keen to know more detail on how and when britain will be able to get back to work safely. Today, the British Chamber of commerce has called on the government to introduce a phased re opening of the economy alongside an extension to support schemes. Our Business Correspondent katy austin has more. Liz and phils independent health club near nottingham has been closed since march, like other leisure businesses. Since then, all revenue has ceased but the costs havent, so a huge impact. Furloughing their nine employees to the governmentsJob Retention scheme, a grant, and deferring vat have helped but it wont be long until cash runs out. They want somebody to tell them when they can be open. We need to know first of all an idea of when and we need to have time, because we have rent. We need to know then how we will be able to reopen. The scope of it and also how many people we are allowed to have in. Because if the turnover will be restricted by the fact that weve got to keep huge social distancing measures enforced. They think their industry will need further support to avoid jobs being lost. Extending the furlough scheme, maybe doing that. Weve also talked about potentially rather than deferring vat or tax, they could potentially write it off. Office based companies are also wondering what a return to work will look like. Staff at this Recruitment Agency are working from home or have been furloughed. While waiting for clarity from the government, the boss is already planning a safe return to office work. The measures we are putting in place, like hand sanitiser, bacterial desk wipes, is really important. Spacing. Having people working in a situation where they feel safer and at a distance from the next person. One of the things we are looking at incorporating is a shift situation, so we might have people on a shift, and then on b shift, and alternate those on different days coming in. Whatever the government announces in the coming days and weeks, firms like these know the path back to business as normal is a very long one. How stressful has this been for you . On a scale of one to ten, i would say about a thousand. Very stressful. Lots of sleepless nights because of the end of the day, this is our whole livelihood. We dont know where our future lies at all for ourselves or our staff. Katy austin, bbc news. As weve been adapting to life inside, much of our wildlife has had the opportunity to venture outside of their usual habitats. Many of us have been lucky enough to catch some of those moments on camera, among them the countryfile well speak to him in a moment, but first lets take a look at a clip from tonights show. Ok. What im about to show you may not be the most fabulous shock to the world, but i had to start filming the moment i woke up the other morning when i spotted something rather exciting. I live in the seaside town of deal and i am lucky enough to have a view overlooking the english channel. I had just got out of bed this morning and was about to start putting clothes on, and i looked out of the window and i could see this funny sort of bump just appear in the water and disappear. It took me about three or four seconds to realise what i had just seen. Its a harbour porpoise. I have lived here ten years and maybe seen harbour porpoise three times, so this is hugely exciting. Then my wife got out of bed and joined me, and we have realised that notjust one, but we think at least three or maybe four harbour porpoise are all fishing right in front of the house. Look, there is one right there Richard Taylor jones joins us now. A thats a fantastic deal that you have doubted your bedroom window every morning. Thank you very much full talking to us. Just give us an idea of some of the things that people have been seeing. Yes, iam yes, i am very lucky, but with every window there is a view and i suspect there will be some wildlife going past it. I have been keeping an eye on social media and ive seen people seeing everything from peregrine vulca ns seeing everything from peregrine vulcans passing seeing everything from peregrine vulca ns passing peoples seeing everything from peregrine vulcans passing peoples windows, deer wandering into their gardens and actually round here while it is not wildlife as such, there has been a gang of peacocks roaming the streets, so you never know what is going to turn up if you look. Streets, so you never know what is going to turn up if you lookm sounds terrifying, a gang of peacocks roaming the streetsgoodness gracious, call the police it is incredible, isnt it . Is it because there are less traffic around, less aeroplanes in the police it is incredible, isnt it . Is it because there are less traffic around, less aeroplanes in abundance of wildlife . Yes, that is right. Basically animals have wont get any closer to something than their circle of fear allows. Something everything disappears, their circle of the expands and they can go to all these places they perhaps wouldnt have gone the full source. So the very fa ct gone the full source. So the very fact there is less traffic around u nless fact there is less traffic around unless people around, the animals are going to go and exploit those places, looking for food, are going to go and exploit those places, looking forfood, mates are going to go and exploit those places, looking for food, mates and for somewhere to breed. Is there anything we are seeing less of because of lockdown . Lass of . Not that i am aware of. On the whole, i think this is a pretty good time for wildlife. I think my only concern would be, i have been able to go out into the countryside to film country file and there have been a couple of spots where it is actually busier than usual because people are going out more often to take their walks during the week rather than the weekends, so there might be ironically some places in the country that are getting more disturbance than they used to, while the animals in the cities are having a very good time. Yes, we were just seeing some goats walking round in an urban setting at the moment. Is there a danger that when we get back to normal, whenever that is, that the wildlife is going to take a hit of some kind . I think the only danger with that is if lockdown sta rts danger with that is if lockdown starts to unfold while, say, birds are still are feeding their young and they have chosen to mist somewhere where suddenly there is a lot of disturbance again they could desert the mist. 0ther lot of disturbance again they could desert the mist. Other than that, what will naturally happen is the wildlife will just shrink what will naturally happen is the wildlife willjust shrink back to where it was before. I doubt there will be any long term changes for the wildlife, but i certainly hope that for us we may re engage with nature in a way that now we have a bit of time to just be looking out of their windows and appreciating what is around us. I guess there is a Mental Health angle to that as well, isnt there . A Mental Health angle to that as well, isnt there . Oh, very much so. I have down days, just like everybody else, and actually if i canjust get everybody else, and actually if i can just get lost in watching some gulls flying past the window and marvelling how they use the thermals to sort. Itjust takes us away from all the worries at the moment. And you mentioned that thing with the circle of fear . Is that perhaps the circle of fear . Is that perhaps the reason why they are perhaps becoming a bit more bold . Not necessarily more bold. There isjust not that stuff there to be scared of. So we take ourselves out of the equation and the wildlife just made then. It is theyre ready to go. Equation and the wildlife just made then. It is theyre ready to go. We are looking at some pictures from other parts of the world at the moment and there have been some incredible sightings across other places, havent there . Incredible sightings across other places, havent there . Yes, while boarin places, havent there . Yes, while boar in particular are invading villages and streets left, right and centre. I have had india in sardinia but decided to go for a swim in a golf course pool because all the golfers had gone. There are adult and coming to venice, apparently because there is so much less boat traffic, bit like the poor points i saw outside my house. Porpoise. We might see next year a bit more wildlife, which will be wonderful. Thank you very much, Richard Taylor jones, who is a reporter and cameraman on countryfile, which is on here tonight at 6 15pm on bbc one. That is all we have time for and dan and louise will be back tomorrow at 6am with practice. Stay safe. How a good day. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. As the uks coronavirus death toll rises above 28,000 the Prime Minister describes preparations to announce his death when he was in intensive care for coronavirus. Churches in germany reopen for sunday services with strict regulations in force and singing forbidden. A Rare Exchange of gunfire between north and south korea along the demilitarized zone, a day after kim jong uns reappearance following a mystery absence. Warnings of a uk shortage of specialist renal support equipment as a fifth of coronavirus intensive care patients