Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are arj singh, deputy Political Editor at huffpost, uk and political commentator and former conservative adviser, Jo Anne Nadler. Tomorrows Financial Times leads on the surge in people applying for universal credit as applicants hit the million mark. The mirror calls the governments coronavirus testing strategy a shambles, saying that only 0. 16 of nhs staff have been tested. The telegraph asks why the government is failing to answer questions on the coronavirus crisis, with a focus again on the testing failures the daily mail also calls it a testing scandal as only 2,000 nhs staff are tested. The i continues this theme, reporting that nhs staff are being let down on testing. And the times says the governments testing plans are in chaos. The daily express calls on the banks to do their duty as payback, after being bailed out by the public in 2008. And the guardian reports on the difficult c
The prince of wales, who has himself recovered from coronavirus, sends a message of support particularly to older people. None of us can say when this will end, but end it will. Until it does, let us try and live with hope, and with faith in ourselves and each other, look forward to better times to come. In sport, for the First Time Since world war ii, wimbledon could be cancelled today. A meeting about the championships is continuing this afternoon. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Hospitals in england have been urged to use any spare Laboratory Capacity to test more self isolating nhs staff for the coronavirus amid growing pressure to increase testing. It comes as a 13 year old boy became the youngest person in the uk to die after contracting the virus. His family say they dont believe he had any Underlying Health issues. The government is facing increasing criticism of the lack of Testing Available for front line staff who could return to work if they are found to
Now on bbc news, with more worked its way through thursday afternoon. Than a third of the global through the remainder population confined of thursday into friday, to their homes, that cold air floods right the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. The way across the uk. Heres victoria the isobars open up derbyshire with stories a little bit. Of life in lockdown. Lighter winds, especially across the northern half of the uk, will mean a frosty start to friday, particularly across scotland, but also for parts of Northern England and northern ireland. But heres some good sunshine from the get go. Look out for some wintry showers, though, perhaps even down to lower levels at times thats just how cold the air will be, could even get the odd thundery shower as well. To the south, a bit more cloud around. Hello, and welcome to the biggest difference, though, this bbc news special. Is the way things will feel im victoria derbyshire. Temperatures just 6 or 7 degrees across
Shares with us some of the drawings that have kept him busy. This is bbc news, the headlines as the number of people who died from covid 19 in the us has exceeded 5,000, Vice President pence warned americans to expect a coronavirus scenario comparable to italy. Britain has also recorded new figuresjust published in the United States its worst one day figure show that more than 5,000 for coronavirus related deaths 563, people have now died from the coronavirus. A rise of nearly a third. They seem to confirm fears the government is facing increasing expressed by Vice President pressure amid criticism over mike pence that the country is heading towards a scenario shortages of protective equipment comparable to that of italy. For Frontline Health workers and delays in ramping up testing. Italy has extended analysts atjohns hopkins its stringent lockdown measures, University Say there have now but families are now allowed been well over 200,000 to take their children for a walk. Infections
Of new coronavirus cases. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Stephen sackur talks to philanthropist, Dame Stephanie shirley. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds ofjewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, blazing a trail for women in business. So, what lessons can we learn from a woman determined to make the most of a life so nearly extinguished in childhood . Dame stephanie shirley, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Weve invited you almost 80 years exactly 80 years from that moment when you were forced to leave your home. Your father put you on a train, its called the kindertransport, and you ended up in an alien country, in london, in england. What do you remember of that journey . Well, of course, i was only fiv