Sunshine and this beautiful view from scotland. Here and in Northern Ireland so far that there is some sunshine to be had but for england and wales there is a lot of cloud around and for some it is raining. You can see this on the radar picture but it is gradually edging further south as we go through the rest of the afternoon. Living Northern Ireland and scotland with showers and sunny spells. Some of us in northern england, things to brighten up by the cloud and rain still with us for the midlands, east anglia even at the end of the afternoon. These are the average wind speeds, feeling colder in north wales and the north of england but mild in the far south east with more sunshine to be had. Going through this evening and tonight this area
of cloud and rain is sticking around across many of the same areas. For north wales, north england, Northern Ireland and scotland quite a sharp frost to come in the colder rural spots but tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine. Starting to cloud over
Airports could be shut and people arrested on Public Health grounds under emergency laws to tackle coronavirus. A moving tribute to the man thought to be the youngest in the uk to die from the disease. Craig ruston was 45 and had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. There will be no euro 2020 this summer. The tournament has been postponed because of coronavirus. It was decided at an emergency meeting held by uefa. Instead itll take place next summer. Good morning. For england and wales today we are looking at a cloudy day with a few gradual breaks and patchy rain. Scotland and Northern Ireland after a frosty start you will have sunshine and a few showers in the north west where it will also be raining. More details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18th march. Our top story. The government is being urged to do more to support families and workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak, after announcing billions of pounds of help for companies. The chancellor, rishi sunak, made more than
On this scale in recent memory. A total of 1,408 patients have died after developing coronavirus in the uk, thats up by 180 from the day before. But the governments chief scientist says the social distancing of the last week is having an effect. Pausing for a minutes silence the people of madrid remember the more than 7,000 whove died in spain. The key workers struggling to find early years childcare as more and more nurseries shut down. And the army of key workers, often low paid, keeping the country going. And in the sport on bbc news, the Olympic Games will start on the 23rd ofjuly in 2021 and run until the 8th of august, after being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An entirely new hospital, built from scratch in a Conference Centre in just a week, will be ready to take its first patients on wednesday. The Nightingale Hospital in east london will be ready for 500 coronavirus patients, rising eventually to 4,000. Its the
Here in new york, the mayor is issuing a very stark warning. He expects more than half of this city to become infected with the coronavirus. But President Trump does not appear at all concerned. He told fox news he thinks new york is overstated their need for ventilators. Watch this. New york is a bigger deal, but its going to go also. But i have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than theyre going to be. I dont believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes, they will have two ventilators and now all of a sudden theyre saying, can we order 30,000 ventilators . The Trump Administration backed away from a contract with General Motors to produce new ventilators over concerns about the cost and that they may wind up with too many. But now the president is throwing gm under the bus, saying any delay is actually the fault of the company. He also appeared to claim without evidence that the stat
Is made compulsory for all public and private Sector Workers in india. And uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds name their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie nicholasjohnson. Welcome to bbc news were bringing you all the latest coronavirus developments from the uk and around the world. We start this hour in spain where people have been allowed outside to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, after one of the strictest lockdowns in europe. They can now do any form of exercise outside, but only during set hours, as our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Onto empty streets, tentatively, spaniards began emerging today, released from 48 days of confinement. Then the numbers began to swell. Adults first, allowed out to take a walk, to exercise for the first time in weeks. Until now, the only acceptable reasons for leaving your home were to buy food or go to the chemist. This is fantastic. Its amazing. The first time i ride with my bike this morning, it was