This is bbc news. The headlines. The uk Prime Minister warns of tougher measures if social distancing advice isnt followed he says people who are acting irresponsibly are putting lives at risk. We will keep the implementation of these measures under constant review and yes, of course, we will bring forward further measures if we think thatis forward further measures if we think that is necessary. Nhs england writes to one and half million of the most high risk people, who are told to not leave home for 12 weeks to shield them from the coronavirus. Spains state of emergency is extended for another two weeks while in italy the death toll from the virus rises again. Primark is the latest uk high street chain to close its doors until further notice. And new ways of reaching parishioners on a sunday without Church Services as usual. Good evening and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. The british Prime Minister today urged the public again to follow the rules for social dista
Pressure still close by. High pressure squashing in behind it. That will drive a brisk north westerly wind throughout the day. While temperatures on the face of it wont be looking too bad, eat to 11 celsius, it might feel chilly. Eight to 11 celsius. The week sta rts eight to 11 celsius. The week starts on a windy note, snow on higher ground. From mid week onwards, it will turn drier with overnight frosts and possibly some fog. This is bbc news, im shaun ley. The headlines at 3pm. There are reports of a man being shot dead in streatham in south london. The eleven britons evacuated from wuhan in china have landed in france on their way to quarantine on the wirral. Meanwhile, the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported in the philippines. The Prime Minister lays out his demands for a post brexit trade deal. Well be looking ahead to tonights bafta awards. joker leads the way with 11 nominations but its the First World War epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top prize of b
The Prime Minister is moved out of intensive care as the uks death toll rises sharply again another 881 people have lost their lives to coronavirus. Borisjohnson is spending his 5th night in hospital after being moved to a ward doctors say they are monitoring him closely almost 8000 have now died among them tony wilkes who broke his arm and caught the virus in hospital. It was just so dreadful that no one was able to visit him for three weeks and no one was able to be with him in his final hours and minutes. Police step up checks on social distancing as the government says its too early to lift restrictions and urges everyone to stay at home over the easter weekend. Lets not undo the gains we have made, lets not waste the sacrifices so many people have made we musnt
give the coronavirus a Second Chance to kill more people and to hurt our country. Still at work just. Warnings about the huge impact that virus could have on the uk economy. And hundreds of nhs workers, carers and key staff
An outbreak that only seems to be getting worse. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. Nasas new robotic spacecraft is on its way to mars in a mission to search for evidence of ancient life. It will take almost seven months to travel more than 300 million miles to the red planet. Its one of three missions currently trying to make it to mars as Rebecca Morelle reports. Engine ignition, two, one, zero. And liftoff. The start of a mission. Launching the next generation of robotic explorers to the red planet. That could finally answer the big question was there ever life on mars . And that was to you. Gone to close loop control. The rover is called perseverance, and its going to a region that was once covered by a lake. We now know mars had an enormous amount of water in its past. If ancient life was on mars,
you know, we have a good bet that we might be able to find it in these sediments. So this is really a life detection mission. This is the most advanced mars rover that nasas ever built. I
Good morning, hello, im Victoria Derbyshire with you this wednesday morning, 2a hours into this partial lockdown how are you doing . Welcome to bbc news. Let me bring you the latest headlines. Stepping up the fight against coronavirus a huge makeshift hospital is to be opened in london but theres a stark warning from these a e doctors. We are seeing patients in their 20s, patients in their 30s. We dont know what the outcome of some of these patients will be. They will go to intensive care, they may be in intensive care for some weeks. In some of them will die. And its completely heartbreaking and harrowing. Overnight 170,000 people answer the governments call
for a volunteer army to help tackle the crisis thats 3 a minute. In times like this, as the chief medical officer has already said, we see outbreaks of altruism, people wanting to help. So its a wonderful response, in the same way that all those doctors coming back, nurses saying they will come back, i am bowled over by it. The go