Also tonight. More than 140,000 firms apply quite breathless for government help to retain jobs and very, very, very tired. The grants should help pay the wages week after week, lyn has been in and out of homes of more than one million people. Working as a carer. As demand collapses, the price of us oil has turned negative for the first ive been on the covid 19 team. Home care. Time in history. Weve been working and why harry and meghan are taking on the tabloids really hard just to help vowing not to cooperate the vulnerable stay with the biggest titles. In their own homes rather than. And in sport. Arsenals First Team Squad and head because the hospital staff dont coach mikel arteta become the latest have the space for them, so. In the premier league to agree a pay cut, following positive i dont know whether and constructive discussions. Were really appreciated. Shes away, shes got her prescription. Injust weeks, the hospital has created three specialist wards for coronavirus patient
Created by the unprecedented demands of the coronavirus crisis. Also this lunchtime in no hurry to lift the lockdown. Borisjohnson tells cabinet colleagues that stopping a second peak of coronavirus cases is his priority. The governments furlough scheme to keep staff on the payroll despite not working goes live. There were 67,000 applications in the first 30 minutes. As some small shops re open in germany, across the world countries are taking the first tentative steps in lifting restrictions. On what should be the first day back at school for millions of children, its parents who are themselves getting to grips with home schooling. And in sport Serena Williams coach Patrick Mouratoglou says she still has the belief she can overtake margaret courts record of 2a grand slam titles, even at the age of 38. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theres more concern today about the lack of personal protective equipment for nhs staff. Hospital managers in england say some trusts a
Been shielding during lockdown are told they can go outdoors. The government has defended its decision to ease lockdown measures. And religious services resume, the mosque injerusalem and religious services resume, the mosque in jerusalem reopens and religious services resume, the mosque injerusalem reopens after two months and later today the pope will return to st peters basilica to celebrate mass. Now on bbc news as countries around the globe consider how sport comes out of lockdown, bbc sport examines how it will emerge from the pandemic and what lessons have been learned. Sport is about escaping. Getting away from reality, even just for a few seconds. 2020 offered a years worth of glorious distraction. The boisterous thrill of the six nations. Liverpool striving towards the premier league title. The summer love of wimbledon. The continent wide party of the euros, and of course, the greatest show on earth, tokyo 2020. But for all it promised, 2020 was the year reality caught sport.
More headlines at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news, as countries around the globe consider how sport comes out of lockdown, bbc sport examines how it will emerge from the pandemic and what lessons have been learned. Sport is about escaping. Getting away from reality, even just for a few seconds. 2020 offered a years worth of glories, distraction. The boisterous thrill of the six nations. Liverpool striving towards the premier league title. The summer love of wimbledon. The continent wide party of the euros, and of course, the greatest show on earth, tokyo 2020. But for all it promised, 2020 was the year reality caught sport. This year, there would be no escape. The virus that emerged in wuhan, china, around the start of the year, turning local stadiums into field hospitals, soon rippled out. Sport was in its path. The olympic basketball qualifiers were due to take place in china this week but have been moved due to the coronavirus. The test event in china has had to be cancelled du
That launch is scheduled to be just under two hours. So stay with us. Now on bbc news. Domestic competive sport here in the uk can resume if measures are in place, from june 1st. What are other countries doing . Bbc sport has a look. Sport is about escaping. Getting away from reality, even just for a few seconds. 2020 offered a years worth of glorious distraction. The boisterous thrill of the six nations. Liverpool striving towards the premier league title. The summer love of wimbledon. Whatever the discussions about delaying the the continent wide party final whistle, of the euros, and of course, events now moved faster the greatest show on earth, than anyone imagined. Over a few mid march days, everything changed. Suddenly, for sport, tokyo 2020. The virus became visible. But for all it promised, 2020 was the year reality caught sport. Tonights premier league game this year, there would be no escape. Between Manchester City and arsenal has been called off. This is all stemming back f