This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Ministers in the uk are expected to announce a three week extension to the coronavirus lockdown labour call for details on how and when the restrictions would end. If we just released all the measures now, then this virus would run rampant once again, and we cant let that happen. We would expect the lockdown to continue. We would support that. I actually called for a lockdown before the government introduced one. But we also want more detail from the government about what happens next. Social care officials in the uk deliver a scathing assessment of the governments handling of the pandemic in a leaked letter, they describe the distribution of protective kit for carers as shambolic. President donald trump says parts of the us economy could reopen as early as this month. The battle continues, but the data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak of new cases. Hopefully, that will continue and we will continue to make great progress. An
Its over 11 million. Good morning. Baby steps in rebuilding business. Pret a manger and burger king join kfc in opening some stores for delivery only. Can it be done safely . Ill ask the boss of kfc. Good morning. Threats of legal action after the scottish football season below the top tier is ended with immediate effect. Dundee united win the championship, thanks to a controversial vote from neighbours dundee. But relegated Partick Thistle have brought in the lawyers. Good morning. For many of us today it will be dry with some sunny spells. Feeling warm in the south but here we will see some showers later. In the north, a bit more cloud and cooler than yesterday. Ill have all the details at 27 minutes past. Good morning. Its thursday, april 16. Our top story a three week extension to the current uk lockdown is expected to be announced today. For the fourth week in a row, millions of us will clap for carers at 8 00pm tonight. 0n breakfast this morning well catch up with captain tom moo
That must be really difficult when youve got your mask on, because i know that that sort of connection that you have with your patients, thats such a huge part of looking after them. And not being able to have that . They can not really understand your expression. So its the same if im smiling or not, because all they really see is your eyes. Most of the time it seems like we are screaming, and we just want them to understand what we are saying. So, yeah, you lost a bit of the human connection. So far, thereve been around 500 parings of hospital key worker and professional artist under the hashtag portraits for nhs heroes. The hope is once the lockdown is over to have a public exhibition of them all as the culmination of an initiative that has already been copied in america, spain, belgium and ireland. Will gompertz, bbc news. Yesterday we told you about baby peyton who was born eight weeks premature and then contracted covid i9 when she was just three weeks old. Her mother, tracy, iso
The head of hmrc, how it will work, when businesses will see their cash. Watford are set to become the Third Premier League club to agree wage deferrals because of the coronavirus pandemic. Youll never walk alone. As if raising £26 million wasnt astonishin enough, captain tom moores Charity Single with michael ball and an nhs choir is on course to top the charts. Good morning. Today dry and sunny with a spot of rain across the south west of england and the Channel Islands and a cool westerly wind. Its monday the 20th of april. Our top story after a weekend of warnings that some supplies of personal protective equipment for nhs workers are on the verge of running out, a number of hospitals across england say their stocks of gowns are now critically low. It comes as the government is criticised over delays to a delivery of ppe, including 400,000 gowns from turkey, that had been due to arrive yesterday. An organisation representing hospital bosses says ministers should stop making promis