This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the british man linked to 11 coronavirus patients has been discharged from hospital. Steve walsh, who is no longer contagious, contracted the virus in singapore before unwittingly infecting his friends whilst on a skiing break in france. How to police the internet. As media regulator 0fcom is to get new powers to force social Media Companies to remove harmful content, questions are raised about how effective they can be. The veteran senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary, a key stage of the contest to decide the democrats president ial candidate. Sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. Another sporting event affected by the coronavirus . It was expected that the chinese grand prix would be postponed because of the coronavirus
outbreak. Confirmation came just a few hours ago from formula 1 hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. That it would be postponed. Today at 2pm. The race was scheduled to be held i
The talk of leveling up is a cruel joke. Other measures include a freeze on fuel duty, the abolition of the tampon tax and spending on infrastructure. Backin back in business, protecting our environment, building roads, building railways, building colleges, building houses, building oui colleges, building houses, building our union. And earlier today, the bank of england announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates, to give extra support for the economy. The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbeak can now be characterised as a pandemic this is the first pandemic caused by the coronavirus and we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time. Here the biggest daily rise yet in cases, with 83 more announced today, bringing the total to 456. The Health Minister Nadine Dorries has revealed that shes tested positive for the virus. And in new york, the former hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, is sentenced to 23 years in jail, for Sexual Assault an
Breeze, higher temperatures in western parts of england and wales. Its been 17 degrees in west wales. Much coolerfor its been 17 degrees in west wales. Much cooler for aberdeen, dundee and edinburgh underneath the cloud in the cloud will be there tonight Still Producing some pockets of rain and drizzle, something a little bit drierfor northern and drizzle, something a little bit drier for northern ireland. And drizzle, something a little bit drierfor northern ireland. Clear skies for england and wales, some mist and fog through the vale of york and another frost like it was this morning, widely for england and wales, and may be across the north west of scotland. Here to the north of that band of cloud so some sunshine and maybe one or two showers on friday, we still got some pockets of rain and drizzle across central southern scotland, some brighter skies for northern ireland, the best of the sunshine for england and wales although they could be some cloud in the south east but more of
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
In italy, the rate of new infections slows for four days running, but in the south of the country cases are on the rise. The virus is surging in the us the country has almost 70,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,000 deaths. Hello and welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. The uk government is expected to announce new measures to help self employed and freelance workers struggling with the coronavirus downturn. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is expected to unveil a package of measures to help 5 Million People, including taxi drivers, hairdressers, and it consultants, who work for themselves. Vaccum cleaner maker dyson is given an order to make 10,000 ventilators for critically ill covid i9 patients in the nhs. And the government scraps Parking Charges for nhs staff after 400,000 sign petition. Across the world, more than 21,000 people have now died. Nearly half a Million People are recorded as having contracted the virus. In the last few minutes spain has reported that