Starmer as he was elected as the new labour leader. So, in that sense, he can continue as the downing street statement makes clear, doing such things while in hospital, but crucially the detail we dont know as yet, as i open up my phone to see ifi as yet, as i open up my phone to see if i found out anything else, and i havent, as we were saying, the extent to which this is a trip in order to have tests in a domestic setting. Rather than something more serious. We will give you chris mason a few minutes to look at what is going on. To see if he can speak to many people and if you can do that from here in case i need to go back. First of all what id like to do is quickly repeat the gist of the statement. And on the advice of a doctor the Prime Minister has been admitted to hospital for tests and continues to have consistent symptoms and the background to the statement is that the Prime Minister remains in charge of the government and is in charge of ministerial collea g u es and is in ch
Best of the sunshine will certainly be across scotland and Northern Ireland. Some sharp showers through england and wales will slowly fade as we go through the day, but its going to stay rather cloudy. All the details coming up shortly. Youll never walk alone. Aiming for the top of the charts. Captain tom teams up with michael ball as his fundraising effort passes £21 million. Its saturday, april the 18th. Our top story doctors and nurses in england could be asked to re use personal protective equipment when treating coronavirus patients. Public Health England has changed its guidance on the use of ppe amid warnings that some hospitals will run out of special gowns this weekend. John mcmanus reports. In this workplace, the machinists are more used to making jackets designed to withstand the british weather. But now the staff at this barber factory in southfields have turned their hands to personal protective equipment, ppe, vital to repel not rain but the coronavirus. The company says
To overcome covid 19. We have cameras across the country. To overcome covid 19. This to overcome covid 19. Is this to overcome covid19. Is currently the image from sunderland this is currently the image from sunderland where well, mums included the of our here every thursday evening during the lockdown period. The uk is in its fifth week of lockdown. It was introduced on the 23rd of march. People have been coming together at 8pm to show their support for and to celebrate Health Workers and all those coming together at 8pm to show their support for and to celebrate Health Workers and all those who are doing their utmost to overcome this pandemic. This as the uk government reported another 616 coronavirus deaths in hospital, bringing the total to 18,738 that does not include deaths in care homes or in the community. In the Daily Press Conference the Health Secretary also announced an expansion of testing and tracing people with coronavirus. Essential workers, and people who live with the
More cloud around today and in the is. The second thing you need to do chance in the north chance of a is. The second thing you need to do is have the ability to track, trace few showers and it is all a change as we start the new week. Good and isolate and quarantine. So yes it is great you know work transmission is, yes you have but you want to keep it down and keep it morning. Going down. And if it pops up its sunday 26th april. Our top story anywhere else you want to be also the Prime Minister will return to work tomorrow, jump anywhere else you want to be also just over three weeks after being admitted jump on it right away. The third to hospital to be thing is how can you get people treated for coronavirus. Boris johnson returns safely back to work, school . Have to downing street with the death toll from covid 19 you ensured the workplaces still in uk hospitals now beyond 20,000. Theres also growing pressure to explain how the government plans allow social distancing because reme