The prince of wales has tested positive for coronavirus. Clarence house says Prince Charles is suffering mild symptoms. His last Public Engagement was on march 12th. Hundreds of thousands of people sign up in a single day to volunteer with the nhs, helping the most vulnerable self isolators. The call for 250,000 volunteers is looking to help people with their shopping, with transport, and then also simply, if you like, calling on isolated people. Theres still no Financial Support for the 5 million self employed the Prime Minister says the government is working hard to come up with a package of measures. We have produced a quite incredible package to support the businesses and the workforce of this country. We do need to ensure we protect the self employed as well and you will be hearing more about that in the next couple of days. Some Construction Companies halt projects, to try to help fight the pandemic, but others are still working, amid confusion about the government advice. Hundre
Hello, im ros atkins. This is outside source. The death toll from coronavirus in the United States has now passed 200,000. Democrats are blaming President Trump, saying just look at the lives lost and multiply it. Notjust by the number but by the family in the sense of community. The loss to our country. The president though is clear about who he blames for the pandemic. We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world. China with the uk facing a surge in coronavirus cases, new restrictions are coming into force. As in spain and france and many other countries, weve reached a perilous turning point. There new rules on masks,
pubs and restaurants could last for six months. Well explain the rules, and why the government says theyre needed. And World Leaders are remotely addressing the Un General Assembly. Laura trevelyan in new york will talk us through what theyve been saying. More than 200,000 people in the us have died from the coronavirus. Thats far high
With another household, in a further easing of coronavirus lockdown rules. National anthem plays the queens official birthday has been marked with a ceremony at Windsor Castle this morning. It took place instead of the annual trooping the colour parade, due to the coronavirus lockdown. Good afternoon. Police have been pelted with bottles and fireworks during clashes in Central London, after hundreds of protesters gathered, claiming they wanted to protect statues from anti racism protesters. A large group of protesters, claiming they they were protecting statues from anti racism activists, converged on Central London locations, including whitehall and Parliament Square, after a call from various right wing groups, including britain first. There have been a number of clashes with police in riot gear as crowds chanting england and raising their arms surged towards lines of officers. The home secretary, priti patel, tweeted throughly unacceptable thuggery. There were further clashes in tra
Must say i do not think it unreasonable that we this lunchtime. Should ask parliamentarians to come back to this place and do theirjob nhs test and trace will help life get back to normal by breaking the for the people of this country. I chain of know it is difficult, i notice infection. Difficult, and i apologise to a clinical contact collea g u es difficult, and i apologise to colleagues for the inconvenience, tracer tells us exclusively shes andi spent much of her time since the uk colleagues for the inconvenience, and i apologise to those who have governments track and trace system went live last week watching netflix particular difficulties because they because she hasnt been are shielded or they are elderly, assigned a single case. She spoke to me anonymously and it is vital the change we ive worked 38 hours are making today. They should be as a contract tracer. I say worked, ive been available to work, able as a contract tracer, to vote by proxy. They should be since it went liv
Mrcummings insists he dominate todays press conference. Mr cummings insists he acted legally by driving from london to County Durham in march while his wife had coronavirus, but new reports suggest he was seen in the north east of england on two further occasions. There is growing pressure from within the conservative party itself for borisjohnsons top adviser to step down. The country cannot afford this nonsense, this pantomime now. Dominic should go and we should move on and deal with the things that matter in peoples lives. And we will have a special report on the impact on care homes as care leaders say two months into the pandemic support, for homes, remains not great. You can only hold their hand, not give them a cuddle, i cannot do myjob, it not give them a cuddle, i cannot do my job, it makes not give them a cuddle, i cannot do myjob, it makes me feel frustrated inside. Welcome to viewers on bbc one, building up to todays Coronavirus Briefing from the government. Theres growing