Queen elizabeth has made a televised address marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War in europe. In a recorded message, she said the message of ve day was never give up, never despair. The United States has recorded its worst unemployment figures in generations as the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount. In april, thejobless rate surged to 14. 7 . The uk government is deciding whether to ease some lockdown measures next week. Some of the nations within the uk have already announced relaxations in wales people will be allowed to exercise outside more than once a day. Rallies and memorial runs have been taking place in the us to mark the killing of ahmaud arbery, an unarmed black man who was gunned down while out for a run. Authorities in georgia have charged two white men with murder. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are rachel cunliffe, comment and featur
That. That inevitably means there will be smaller quantities over shorter periods of time until individual ppe line stabilise. Is there anything further he would like to ask . Just on the reopening of schools, if i could . Is the timing of that dependent on you feeling that schools have an adequate supply of cleaning materials, hand sanitiser and that sort of thing . If so, what guidelines are being drawn up so, what guidelines are being drawn up to give to the schools and the trusts to make sure that schools can be as safe as possible for parents and children and staff when they do eventually reopen . Kit, we have already issued a lot of guidance on this and it is available on the gov. Uk website. If you want to be able to access, i can organise someone able to access, i can organise someone to send you a link in terms of how we have been advising schools in order to deal with the challenges. Because we must not forget, many thousands of schools have continued to remain open over the
I go into the garden and mess about in the garden and do two or three things to keep me occupied. And how can i say it, ive got a shoot, what i do, with guns and things like that, pellet guns, and i put the box outside in the garden and have a practice out there, so. He laughs practice with pellet guns . Ive been in the army, so. The area is known locally as gods waiting ground. Almost 40 of the population is over 65, one of the highest proportions in europe. Many of the people on the close have lost their husbands or wives, but for one resident, the lockdown has led to her partner moving in. Since this started, i said, you either stay in your home alone for a few months or you can stay here, and he stayed here. How are you getting on . Lovely you know, we help each other. We got things in the garden he can do that i couldnt do, i cant lift. A kind word, a friendly wave, and a gracious gesture are all helping the close to cope. But like us all, the residents want their freedom back. Ju
Best of the sunshine will certainly be across scotland and Northern Ireland. Some sharp showers through england and wales will slowly fade as we go through the day, but its going to stay rather cloudy. All the details coming up shortly. Youll never walk alone. Aiming for the top of the charts. Captain tom teams up with michael ball as his fundraising effort passes £21 million. Its saturday, april the 18th. Our top story doctors and nurses in england could be asked to re use personal protective equipment when treating coronavirus patients. Public Health England has changed its guidance on the use of ppe amid warnings that some hospitals will run out of special gowns this weekend. John mcmanus reports. In this workplace, the machinists are more used to making jackets designed to withstand the british weather. But now the staff at this barber factory in southfields have turned their hands to personal protective equipment, ppe, vital to repel not rain but the coronavirus. The company says
Welcome to bbc news, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. We will be talking about the shortage of protective equipment and indeed, the fa ct protective equipment and indeed, the fact that there is no sign of an early end to the lockdown itself. More warnings from hospitals in england over shortages of protective equipment. Supplies of gowns are very low in some areas. The government insists a big consignment will arrive from turkey as soon as possible. A total of 16,509 patients have died in hospital in the uk after testing positive for coronavirus. Thats up from aa9 from the day before. No hurry to lift the lockdown. Borisjohnson tells cabinet colleagues that stopping a second peak of coronavirus cases is now his priority. Were expecting the official Daily Briefing from the government at 5 00pm. This afternoon, well be hearing from the chancellor rishi sunak and well bring you that live. The governments furlough scheme to keep staff on the payroll despite not working goes live. Th