Almost one Million People apply for universal credit in two weeks, as financial concerns around the pandemic grow. British airways to suspend 36,000 workers. The airline is expected to announce 80 of its cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and head Office Employees will have theirjobs suspended until the Coronavirus Crisis passes. Talks will continue this morning on how football battles the coronavirus. The premier leagues top players are urged to resist wage cuts until theyve spoke to their union, as more clubs put non playing staff on leave and reduce salaries. Plus and weather, a few splashes of rain around the west things turn cold over the next 2a hours before substantial warmup this weekend stop clap for our carers is back tonight, with some familiar faces. Wont give up the fight for you. On behalf of my family and myself, heroes. Its thursday april the 2nd. Our top story the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has promised to massively increase the testing of Health Workers for corona
As fears grow over a nationwide shortage of protective gear there. Almost one Million People apply for the Social Security payment from universal credit in two weeks in the uk, as financial concerns around the pandemic grow. A glimmer of hope for italy, the worlds worst affected country, as fatalities drop to the lowest figure in nearly a week. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. In the last few minutes the death toll from the coronavirus in spain has passed 10,000, after a record 950 people died overnight. The number of cases registered in the country rose to over 110,000, according to the countrys health ministry. Well get the latest from spain in a moment. Here in britain, the government is facing mounting criticism over its testing strategy for lagging behind some other countries. The Prime Minister has promised to ramp up the process so that healthworkers who are self isolating unnecessarily can return to work. It comes after it was revealed that only 20