Hospital becomes the first in the uk to temporarily run out of critical ca re to temporarily run out of Critical Care capacity for coronavirus patients. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government has ordered the shedding of bars, pubs and leisure centres. Many of the places we all visit regularly. It came as the chancellor, rishi sunak, announced a dramatic package of measures to help protect businesses, jobs and the vulnerable. Weve never had state intervention like this in this country before, he said. Rishi sunak said the government would pay up to 80 of peoples wages and thats up toa 80 of peoples wages and thats up to a maximum of £2000 a month for those whose jobs are at risk. And gcioss those whose jobs are at risk. And across the uk, the Prime Minister demanded the immediate shutting down of the vast majority of places where we socialise and exercise. It came as government advisers issued a sobering warning that social distancing measures would need to be in place fo
Some people may, of course, be tempted to go out tonight and i say to you, please dont. You may think that you are invincible but there is no guarantee that you will get mild symptoms. And you can still be a carrier of the disease and pass it on to others. Well be getting reaction across the country to these severe restrictions on our lives. It comes as scientists warn it could be almost 12 months before social distancing measures are lifted, in order not to overload the nhs. A major London Hospital becomes the first in the uk to temporarily run out of Critical Care capacity for coronavirus patients. And coming up on bbc news, the World Snooker championship is postponed. The players now fear for their earnings after coronavirus continues to cause chaos with the calendar. Good evening. The government has ordered the shutting down of life as we know it, with the closure of all the places we go out to, bars, pubs and leisure centres among them. It came as the chancellor rishi sunak unveil
In the golden state, a stay at home order went into effect on friday for all a0 million residents. People were told they could live their homes only for essential business. Having gone through several catastrophic situations in past years, just gives us more strength. We had earthquakes, we had two fires. We are used to dealing with situations over which we have no control. New york also took drastic measures, as cases topped 7,000. Governor cuomo said the state was on pause, ordering all non essential businesses to keep their workers home from sunday and warning it would be enforced. This is not voluntary, it is not helpful hints, we are going to monitor it. There will be civil fines and there can be mandatory closures for businesses that do not comply. I am not kidding about this. The numbers are going up at such a rate that, as i said, it has more than doubled the capacity of the hospital system. The changes are rapidly impacting peoples daily lives, leaving many to question what mi
And many mobile and broadband costs are going up, but water and energy bills are coming down. Ill have all the info. What pay sacrifices will top footballers make as the season stays on hold 7 players and clubs are meeting today to discuss all the options over pay and the end of the season. Ijust want i just want to say a massive thank you. I dont know how you do it. The whole country thanks you. Rick astley promises a huge free gig for nhs staff across the uk. Well speak to him just before 9 oclock. Good morning. Its a cold and frosty start to the day in southern england. Clear skies, early sunshine, the cloud will build, it will be a cloudy day generally with rain in the north. I will have more in 25 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday i april. Our top story two teenagers, described by their families as healthy, have died in london after contracting coronavirus. The deaths of the 13 year old schoolboy, and a chef aged 19, were revealed as the Government Faces increasing criticism fo
The figure is 6,000 higher than the average for the time of year, when deaths normally start falling after the flu season. The department of Health Confirmed that there have been outbreaks in more than 2,000 care homes in england alone. In a warning on the economy, the uks spending watchdog said a three month lockdown could cause uk growth to drop by 35 byjune, sending the rate of unemployment to 10 . Our Health Correspondent lauren moss is with me. If we can look at the figures we have got today, two sets of figures. Talk is through them. The first ones you mentioned were released by the office for National Statistics and came out this morning on the spot all deaths that have occurred in the community, not just in all deaths that have occurred in the community, notjust in hospital and they go up to friday the 3rd of april, so there is around a ten or 11 day delay where we are at now, so like i say, these are deaths that have happened inside and outside of hospitals so include care hom