Announces a doubling in flood defences funding and defends not turning up when bewdely was under water. It is all too easy for a Prime Minister to come to a place in the middle of an emergency. It is not so easy for the Emergency Services because what they have to do is then break off. Meghan uses one of her last appearances as a senior royal to urge men to do more to respect women. Value and appreciate the women in your lives, and also set the example for some men who are not seeing it that same way. And scotland cause a big upset in the Six Nations Rugby as they beat france at murrayfield 2817. More on that and a full sports round up in half an hour here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Its been confirmed that the number of cases of coronavirus in the uk has risen to 273. Thats up from 209 yesterday. 23,500 people have been tested for the virus the vast majority have been given the all clear. There have been two deaths. Gps will of course be at the front line of Hea
It comes as one Critical Care nurse appeals to people not to buy more than they need. People are just stripping the shelves of basic foods. You just need to stop it because its people like me that are going to be looking after you when youre at your lowest. Just stop it the number of dead in italy overtakes that of china almost three and a half thousand people have now died. The queen issues a message of solidarity to the nation, saying she and her family are ready to play their part. And in sport the olympic flame arrives injapan amid doubts over whether the games will be able to go ahead. Good morning. The government has announced new measures to boost the resilience of the Health Service, as infections from the coronavirus grow in the uk. Englands top nurse and doctor have urged medics to re register and return to the workforce, to help tackle what they call the greatest Global Health threat in history. Letters are being sent to more than 65,000 retired doctors and nurses, saying yo
He cautions against visiting loved ones on mothers day. Nhs england writes to 1. 5 Million People, who are most at risk, strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks, to protect themselves. More than a billion people in india are under a m hour long curfew to try to limit the epidemic. In europe, italy edges closer to complete shutdown. Spain races to create more space to treat the sick after the number of deaths rises by a third. Sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. With most professional sporting events postponed or cancelled across the world, pressure is continuing to grow on the organisers of the olympic games. As it stands, the games are still set to begin injuly in tokyo but brazil, norway and slovenias olympic committees have urged them to be postponed. As have the usas athletics governing body. Theyve written a letter to the us olympic and Paralympic Committee asking for the games to be held at a different time. Olympic hopeful and usa track and field
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Here are the headlines. A breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days, and if trials are successful is expected to go into production next week. A week after strict measures were introduced, englands deputy chief medical officer warns it could be at least six months before life in the uk returns to normal. Boris johnson announces 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the Health Service to help with the crisis. One thing i think Coronavirus Crisis has already proved is there really thank you to everybody who has now coming back into the nhs in such huge numbers. Doctors and nurses, its the most amazing thing. Spain tightens its coornavirus lockdown even further as the death toll continues to rise. All nonessential workers are told, stay at home. President trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. Australia tightens i