Good morning, after a showery end to the week it looks like our weather will settle down a little for the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet, we will save that for the end of the week ahead. More details a little later. Its saturday 2 may. Our top story the us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir, and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dane hardwick hugging his partner after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at thameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at near full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Deliver
For you to look at here. Right. What do you think this one may be . Well, its an aerial shot, isnt it . I dont know some kind of oilfield, ill go for. Thats what it looks like, but this is actually the car park of disney World Florida during lockdown. No cars, no mickey mouse, no mini, it does not look like a theme park at all. These pictures are taken by a Company Called planet. Theyve put loads of cubesats into orbit around the earth and our collecting photos of what is going on all the time. I remember we saw planet back in 2014, i think, just when they were getting started, and they were hoping to spot daily changes on the surface of the earth with these images. Thats right. And as technologys moved on, so has their technology. Their near constant surveillance gives us insight into how the world is changing, covering everything from deforestation to refugee camps in myanmar. During the covid 19, crisis these images can provide surprising insights into how the pandemic is impacting
Where have all the flowers gone . And how will we remember life under lockdown in years to come . Museums ask for suggestions about what we should preserve to capture this period of our lives. A minutes silence will be held across the uk at 11 oclock this morning to remember the key workers that have lost their lives to coronavirus. The Prime Minister will be among those paying tribute. More than 100 nhs and care staff have died with the virus so far, as have transport and other key workers. It comes as hospitals in england start planning to restore some nhs services that had to be postponed because of the pandemic, with a priority for cancer and Mental Health. Meanwhile new zealanders prepare to return to work today as the country eases its lockdown restrictions. And in the us, President Donald Trump has denied any responsibility for an increase in calls about injecting disinfectant, following his comments last week saying that it could be a possible solution to tackle the virus. The
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the political commentator, jo phillips and the Political Editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the sunday telegraph. It reports on the governments aim to reopen primary schools at the start ofjune. That story shares the front page with a picture of borisjohnsons newborn son. The mail on sunday has the same photo splashed across its front page. Wilfred johnson being cuddled by his mother, carrie symonds. The sunday times focuses on the debate over Strict Lockdown rules for the elderly. The British Medical Association is arguing for restrictions to be relaxed for Healthy People over 70. The sunday express looks at the Prime Ministers plans for getting people back to work post lockdown. It says the government is drawing up 11 new rules to help make the workplace safer. And finally, the sunday mirror cont
Who are elderly. So far, it seems that children are generally spared the worst effects of the illness. Scientists are trying to work out why this is and whether children can spread the virus, even if they dont have any symptoms. 0ur science editor, david shukman, has more. A mystery about the virus is the role of children. A small number suffer, some have lost their lives, but the vast majority arent affected. So, how easily can they spread it to others . To try to find out, 3,500 children are being tested in a project led by the university of oxford. We know not many children are being admitted to hospital or becoming unwell with this illness, and thats fantastic, but its important to understand how many children are getting the infection, albeit in a mild form, because they may potentially be transmitting it onto others and therefore become a source of spread within the community. So far, theres been very Little Research into this. One of the largest studies, of 2,000 infected childr