Good morning, hello, im Victoria Derbyshire with you this wednesday morning, 2a hours into this partial lockdown how are you doing . Welcome to bbc news. Let me bring you the latest headlines. Stepping up the fight against coronavirus a huge makeshift hospital is to be opened in london but theres a stark warning from these a e doctors. We are seeing patients in their 20s, patients in their 30s. We dont know what the outcome of some of these patients will be. They will go to intensive care, they may be in intensive care for some weeks. In some of them will die. And its completely heartbreaking and harrowing. Overnight 170,000 people answer the governments call
for a volunteer army to help tackle the crisis thats 3 a minute. In times like this, as the chief medical officer has already said, we see outbreaks of altruism, people wanting to help. So its a wonderful response, in the same way that all those doctors coming back, nurses saying they will come back, i am bowled over by it. The go
Welcome to bbc news. Im mike embley. Our top stories china deploys the military as concern grows over the true scale of the coronavirus in Hubei Province. The us senate votes to limit President Trumps ability to wage war against iran. The un says 800,000 people have been displaced in syria since december in the offensive by government forces. Antarctica registers a temperature of more than 20 celsius for the First Time Since records began. Hello to you. The World Health Organization has requested further clarity from china about its recent official change in how cases of the coronavirus are diagnosed. The new broader definition has produced what appears to be a spike in the figures in Hubei Province there are now more than 55,000 cases recorded there. But the who says infection and mortality rates are not rising dramatically outside china. John sudworth reports from beijing. Chinas at war with this virus, flying in extra supplies and a reinforcement of 2,600 extra troops. But theres st
The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has admitted his government didnt understand the nature of the coronavirus pandemic in its first few weeks and months. Speaking to the bbc in an exclusive interview he said there were open questions about whether lockdown had been imposed too late. Us federal officials have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston days after President Trump ordered its closure, as diplomatic relations between the worlds two largest economies continue to deteriorate, china has retaliated by ordering the United States to close its consulate in chongdu. And authorities in iraq have created a city in the desert to bury the Record Number of people who have died from coronavirus. Doctors have issued a stark warning that returning to normal life would be premature, as coronavirus cases continue to soar. Rebecca vardy, the wife of the Leicester City strikerjamie vardy has filed legal papers and a possible lawsuit against Coleen Rooney. She claims to have suffered mon
In the south west of england the lockdown has proved costly. The trade body visit cornwall says fewer holidaymakers will mean a loss of £800 million this year almost half the regions annual tourism turnover. Heresjon kay. Cornwall was not designed for social distancing. Even on a damp afternoon, the narrow streets of st ives are heaving. A bit crowded a bit crowded, yeah hiding in a doorway, holiday makers ed and margaret. Theres that many people coming backwards and forwards, you dont know where to go. Does it frighten you . It does frighten me, yeah, because ive got heart problems. So, you know. Did you think about staying away . Well, if i do that id never be able to go on holiday. There are clear warnings and restrictions in place. But some locals want more. None of them are kind of wearing masks. Michelle and stephen live here but theyre not going into town. She lost her retail job during lockdown. We want to get rid of it. So knows the importance of tourism to this region. But t
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. People arriving in the uk from belgium, the bahamas and andorra will have to quarantine for m days the rules began at midnight in wales and will apply from 4 am on saturday in the rest of the uk. Well be trying to get answers to what the latest Restrictions Mean for your travel and Holiday Plans im at Annita Mcveigh on twitter today could be one of the hottest days on record, with large parts of the country experiencing a heatwave this weekend. Temperatures are expected to soar to almost 37 degrees in the south east. Police in beirut use teargas on protestors demonstrating against the government after an explosion earlier this week killed 137 people and injured more than 5,000. Thousands of cabin crew at British Airways will find out today whether they still have a job with many facing significant pay cuts if they remain, amid a dispute between the airline and its staff. And coming up this hour. Well talk to two disappointed runners, after th