Challenges in supplying enough protective equipment for nhs staff. A new type of schooling begins, as children try to follow lessons from home. And the former first minister of scotland alex salmond is cleared of all Sexual Assault charges. And coming up on sport on bbc news. The coronavirus fallout postpones mays Champions League and Europa League finals, with uefa not giving any new dates for the moment. Good evening. The Prime Minister has announced the most drastic limits to our lives that the uk has ever seen. The aim, he says, is to save lives in this time of national emergency. Without a Huge National effort, mrjohnson has made it clear there will come a moment when the nhs will not be able to cope and more people will die. From tonight, you can only leave your home for very specific reasons. They are. To shop for basic neccessities such as food and medicine. You can go outside for only one form of exercise a day, alone or with members of your household. All gatherings of more t
On this scale in recent memory. A total of 1,408 patients have died after developing coronavirus in the uk, thats up by 180 from the day before. But the governments chief scientist says the social distancing of the last week is having an effect. Pausing for a minutes silence the people of madrid remember the more than 7,000 whove died in spain. The key workers struggling to find early years childcare as more and more nurseries shut down. And the army of key workers, often low paid, keeping the country going. And in the sport on bbc news, the Olympic Games will start on the 23rd ofjuly in 2021 and run until the 8th of august, after being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An entirely new hospital, built from scratch in a Conference Centre in just a week, will be ready to take its first patients on wednesday. The Nightingale Hospital in east london will be ready for 500 coronavirus patients, rising eventually to 4,000. Its the
140 people. An initial wave of blasts targeted three churches and three hotels. Its all in the capital of columbo. Now, theres word of more explosions. Sarah harmon is following the latest from our london bureau. Frightening times and horrific. What are you hearing . A Sri Lankan Military spokesman has confirmed two more explosions near the capital. The first round of explosions happened around 8 45 local time as worshipers were attending mass. The nearsimultaneous blasts ripping through three different churches around the country on easter sunday. Also targeted were three Luxury Hotels in the capital, columbo. These are the hotels that are popular with Foreign Tourists and the business community. So far, 138 people are confirmed dead. But sadly, that number is expected to rise. Hundreds have been admitted to colom colombos main hospital. And the government is trying to contain the situation. Theyve issued an overnight curfew, telling people to remain in their houses. Theyre shuts down