From coronavirus in the world. More than 20,000 people have now died. Pope francis delivers a prayer for those affected by the pandemic in his traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peters basilica. And the Legendary British motor racing driver, sir stirling moss, has died aged 90. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The number of people whove died in the uk from coronavirus, has passed 10,000. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, said this is a sombre day, that reinforced why the public must adhere to social distancing rules. It comes after one of the governments Senior Scientific advisers said the uk could become the worst affected country in europe. 737 people died in hospital in the uk in the last day, bringing the total to 10,612. But that number doesnt include deaths in care homes or in the community. In other developments, the british Prime Minister Boris John
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. In the daily press briefing, the uk home secretary priti patel said she was sorry if anyone felt there had been failings over the supply of personal protective equipment for Health Workers. It comes as the British Medical Association issued a stark warning that many medics are unable to access the ppe they need to keep themselves safe. Priti patel also announced the government would be giving £2 million to Domestic Abuse services to combat an increase in cases since the start of the lockdown. Meanwhile, the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has become the deadliest in the world, surpassing italy to record just under 20,000 deaths in total. Andrew cuomo, the governor of the worst affected state, new york, has said the death rate there was stabilising, but at a horrific level. And spain has recorded its lowest number of daily deaths for ne
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Im james reynolds. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. There are now more than three quarters of a million confirmed cases of the covid 19 virus around the world. The us has now recorded more infections than any other country, with 153,000 people confirmed to have the disease. Some positive news from italy, where the number of newly diagnosed infections has fallen sharply in the past 2a hours to less than half the numbers recorded on sunday. Officials say it is an indication that, three weeks into its lockdown, the country is heading in the right direction. But france has registered its worst daily mortality figures to date, with a18 new deaths in the past 2a hours. And in india, hundreds of thousands of labourers have been forced travel across the country back to their home towns, as the countrys lockdown costs them theirjobs and livelihoods. In manhattan, help is arriving by
Good to have you with us. Were covering all the latest developments here in the uk and globally. First, the latest figures out of the uk show it now has the highest official death toll from coronavirus in europe, the second highest in the world after the united states. The British Government says 29,427 people have now died in the uk, 112 more than the latest figures out of italy. A leading scientist Whose Research prompted borisjohnson to introduce the lockdown has resigned from the governments top Advisory Group on the pandemic for breaching the rules on social distancing. Climate experts say this year will see the biggest decline in Carbon Emissions ever recorded because of covid 19. As the us death toll passes 71,000, President Trump has confirmed the White House Coronavirus task force will be wound down. And the European Commission will publish its spring Economic Forecast for growth, inflation, employment and public finances today. It will be the first outlook that will take into
North. I possibly dont need to tell you that is a chilly wind direction and we will feel the difference. It is pretty windy across southern areas at the moment, an easterly breeze and outbreaks of rain across the south west of england, getting into central and southern england and parts of south wales but the rain not making much progress further north. Fine, dry, largely sunny for the majority today. Highest temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. This evening the rain will fade across the south west, we will keep a lot of cloud, we could see some cloud lapping onto the coasts of yorkshire and lincolnshire and lots of cloud remaining across orkney and shetland, but otherwise lots of clear weather through the night, cold weather widely close to freezing, some spots in scotland willdip freezing, some spots in scotland will dip below. A lot of financial i weather fine and dry weather later in the week, a decent amount of sunshine. Temperatures beginning to creep upwards, height of 19 in gl