There will be extreme cases where people cannot get to test locations within that radius but that doesnt mean that, you know, Public Health england are not working night and day to boost capacity. Us President Donald Trump visits california and denies the role of Climate Change in the wildfires devastating the region the number of young people in the uk without a job arises. If that is you, get in touch. People living in birmingham and other parts of the West Midlands are banned from visiting other peoples homes from the day after an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Commemorating the battle of britain its 80 years today since the raf fought off two massive attacks by germanys luftwaffe. Britains home secretary priti patel says its unacceptable that people cant get coronavirus tests after hospital bosses in england warned that a lack of testing was leading to Staff Shortages. Health Officials Say the situation is putting services at risk and hampering efforts to prepare for winter. But ms
The prince of wales has tested positive for coronavirus. Clarence house says Prince Charles is suffering mild symptoms. His last Public Engagement was on march 12th. Hundreds of thousands of people sign up in a single day to volunteer with the nhs, helping the most vulnerable self isolators. The call for 250,000 volunteers is looking to help people with their shopping, with transport, and then also simply, if you like, calling on isolated people. Theres still no Financial Support for the 5 million self employed the Prime Minister says the government is working hard to come up with a package of measures. We have produced a quite incredible package to support the businesses and the workforce of this country. We do need to ensure we protect the self employed as well and you will be hearing more about that in the next couple of days. Some Construction Companies halt projects, to try to help fight the pandemic, but others are still working, amid confusion about the government advice. Hundre
100,000 applications made yesterday alone. Empty streets in india a quarter of the worlds population is now in some form of lockdown. And hundreds of thousands of people sign up in a single day to volunteer with the nhs, helping the most vulnerable self isolators. The call for 250,000 volunteers is looking to help people with their shopping, with transport, and also simply calling on isolated people. Good afternoon. The prince of wales has tested positive for the coronavirus. Clarence house says prince charles, whos 71, is displaying mild symptoms but is otherwise in good health. The duchess of cornwall has also been tested, but does not have the virus. Buckingham palace says the prince last saw the queen nearly two weeks ago and that her majesty is also in good health. In some of todays other developments, the chancellor is to unveil a package of measures tomorrow aimed at helping the 5 million self employed people who have been affected by the Coronavirus Crisis. Nearly half a Millio
Richard galpin is here. You cannot miss how many people having out and about at this time of the year despite social distancing stop yes, i noticed that my self enrichment park. Very large numbers of people, lots of vehicles going through. At times it did not look like people we re times it did not look like people were doing the social distancing, keeping a part by at least two metres from other people. We are hearing now that a number of parks in london have been closing. We think richmond, but i am not sure of that. But also a swathes of parks across london. Also, the National Trust is saying it is going to close all of its parks. I presume that then would be nationwide as far as the National Trust is concerned. Then the issue is we have had a whole series of increasingly stacked m essa 9 es whole series of increasingly stacked messages about what we all need to do to slow the spread of the virus, yet it would appear that many people are flouting that kind of advice. It will be inte
On supermarkets, banks and online retailers. The United States are the latest country to call for the postponement of the olympics. The British Olympic Association are also expected this afternoon to ask for the games to be called off. Good morning. Today for england and wales, largely dry and sunny. For scotla nd wales, largely dry and sunny. For scotland and Northern Ireland, more cloud, windier and there is some rain. Ill have all the details coming up. Good morning to you. Its tuesday, march 24th. Our top story the Prime Minister declared a National Emergency last night as he announced drastic restrictions on daily life to combat the spread of coronavirus. He warned that without a Huge National effort the nhs will not be able to cope and more people will die. You can now 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. Al