Websites selling protective equipment that they cant provide. Urs camera, though, arent you . Youre trying to rip people off, people in need. Good afternoon. There have been more than 900 for the deaths of people with coronavirus across the uk. We expect more detail on those figures shortly. The government has launched a Publicity Campaign with the message stay home and have a safe easter. Borisjohnson is out of intensive care and is said to be in extremely good spirits at St Thomas Hospital in london. Police in scotland have handed out more than 500 fines to people who have flouted lockdown rules. New york state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the us, with almost 160,000 people infected. And, European Union finance ministers have agreed an Emergency Rescue package worth half a trillion euros for the economies worst hit by the pandemic. More on all those developments later but first heres later, but first heres Richard Galpin with the latest. The bank holi
Good morning. Welcome to bbc news, im victoria derbyshire. Here are are the headlines this Tuesday Morning the Prime Minister has spent the night in an intensive care unit being treated for coronovirus after his symptoms worsened yesterday evening. Borisjohnson is at St Thomas Hospital in london, where he was admitted on sunday. The Prime Minister is in intensive care, being looked after by his medical team, receiving the very, very best care from the team at st thomas, and our hopes and prayers are with him and with his family. The foreign secretary is standing in for the Prime Minister where necessary the queen is being kept informed about mrjohnsons health we have a Prime Minister who, as somebody said, is first amongst equals. The rest of those equals are still in post, and dominic raab is one of them, and he will lead them through this using the same policy positions and the same Decision Making process, until boris is able to step back up again and take charge, and that we ferven
Good morning welcome to breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today Boris Johnson is admitted to intensive care by doctors treating him for the effects of coronavirus. His medical team took the measure after his condition worsened the foreign secretary has been asked to stand in for him where necessary. There is an incredibly Strong Team Spirit behind the Prime Minister and making sure that we get all of the plans that the Prime Minister has instructed us to deliver, to get them implemented as soon as possible. This morning we have the latest from the hospital. The Housing Market in deep freeze. With buyers and sellers trying to work out where they stand ill be looking at the latest guidance. Liverpool apologise to fans and reverse their decision to put some staff on temporary leave they say they reached the wrong conclusion and theyll find a way to pay them. We report on the new and unusual bonds being forged between family and friends in lockdown. Good morning.
The tragic story of barbara one of many disabled Covid Patients to be transferred to hospital, where she had to face death without family or friends. The collapse in oil prices at one point producers were paying others to take barrels off them. But will it mean cheaper petrol at the pumps . And. Portraits of nhs heroes. The artists who decided to celebrate the work of Health Care Workers by painting them. Marking the queens 94th birthday. The royal family share footage of her majesty as a young child. Good afternoon. The figures are already out of date but theyre no less shocking for that. In the week up to easter, deaths in england and wales hit a 20 year high, with 8,000 more people dying than would be regarded as normal at this time of year. And care homes are at the sharp end of these figures from the office for National Statistics with more than 1,000 covid related deaths. So lots of tough questions for the government as parliament gets back to Business Today with many still about
Coronavirus bailout, as the European Central bank warns the blocs gdp could fall by 15 . And the weekly clap for carers around the uk, as millions show their support and gratitude for britains coronavirus first responders. Welcome. Well bring you updates on the coronavirus pandemic across the world but first we start in the uk where the first human trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine in europe has begun. However, experts are sceptical that anything will be widely available before the end of the year. Nonetheless, the simple injection in a laboratory in oxford marks a significant moment in the scientific response to the covid 19 pandemic. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh has this special report. What would normally take years has been done in three months by scientists at oxford university. Around 80 groups worldwide are developing Coronavirus Vaccines. A few others in the us and china have also started human trials. There is no guarantee any of them will succeed. Personally, im very o