Tennis for the british star. There was a major upset to level the davis cup tie against spain. And the six nations gets underway. 15 matches across the next two weeks. It all sta rts across the next two weeks. It all starts here in cardiff, wales against scotland. And theyre back. The spice girls say the time is right to explore new opportunties. But what will those opportunties be . Well try to find out. And ben rich has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. Your saturday looks damp and cold. There will be some snow over high ground. The weather looks set to be called throughout the weekend and into next week. More later. Good morning. First, our main story. Small businesses affected by the collapse of carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government backed loans from high street lenders. Thousands of suppliers were left unpaid after the firm went into liquidation in january. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Britains second biggest Construction Company co
Ambulance after ambulance. Every time, it means hospital staff are being exposed themselves. And Healthcare Professionals really are making extraordinary sacrifices here. More than one in ten of all confirmed infections in spain are amongst doctors, nurses and other health workers. Maria is an anaesthetist in isolation after testing positive. Her symptoms have been mild, but also infected have been her boyfriend and baby. Things are so dire, maria is waiting for a new test and the all clear her hospital needs her. If im negative, i will want to work, yeah. So, straight back into the hospital . Straight back to the war, because now, things are dramatic here in madrid. So dramatic, she says, doctors are now having to prioritise. The young get ventilators before the old. First you need to take care of the young people, of course. Very old people who are not
going to recover from this case of disease, well, you help them not to suffer, but probably, they wont go to the Critical Care unit.
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
The 39 year old told us the virus left him physically drained and also how he worries for player welfare, in light of delays to the regular season. If we dont get this rate, then sports will take an awful long time to recoverfrom it. I think, for me, you know, if i think about the domestic leagues, the premiership and rugby premiership super bowl, the guinness pro 1a rugby etc, a lot of guys are under contract. Its easy to say, well, how do we finish the season . Because we must finish the season, but if this goes on until, i dont know, lets sayjune july as an example, i know that a lot of peoples contracts, if they are finishing this year, will finish at the end of may, maybe even the end ofjune. So they will be contracted, will they be cut loose . Who knows . When you restart . So, you know, its a big question, im sure there is an awful lot rory lawson there. And thats all the sport for now. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With
Toothbrushes. Thats right. It is a bit confusing. But here is the theory. If you are u nwell but here is the theory. If you are unwell with the virus it is thought you are no longer infectious after seven days, but, for the rest of the family, it is a bit of a waiting game. The concern is that they might be incubating the disease, and that could be anywhere from 2 14 days, so if they have been at home for m days and have not become unwell, you know that it is they are safe to go out. You can find out more about how to protect yourself from coronavirus on the bbc news website and app. Time for a look at the weather. Heres louise lear. It has been a quiet day of weather across the uk with many seeing blue skies and sunshine so the Spring Blossom is flourishing. In the far north west me five cloudy skies and rain at times across the western isles, looking at the satellite and rain radar combined, you can see how persistent the rain has been. A fair amount of cloud through scotland and Nor