while filming in australia. a multi—billion pound package to get the country through coronavirus. cuts to business rates, support for small firms who have to pay sick pay, but has the chancellor done enough? good morning. liverpool's reign as european champions is over. —— champions. they've been knocked out of the champions league after a dramatic defeat to atletico madrid at anfield. good morning. a bit of a wintry feel to the weather this morning, some hill snow and ice in the north and sunshine and showers elsewhere. i'll bring you a full forecast in about ten minutes. it's thursday, 12th march. our top story: president trump has suspended travel from europe into the us in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. restrictions will come into force tomorrow but won't affect those travelling from the uk. meanwhile, borisjohnson is set to announce he will be accelerating the government's response to the coronavirus at a cobra emergency meeting later today. it's thought schools closures and the cancellation of large events will be discussed. we'll get more on that in a moment but first let's get more on that us travel ban from our correspondent david willis, who's in washington for us this morning. good morning. tell us what president donald trump has said. ican donald trump has said. i can tell you that president donald trump has been criticised for underplaying, as some see it, the effects of the coronavirus. last night he took to the oval office to give a very presidential speech about the current conditions and what america plans to do. he said the united states would putting this travel ban in place on flights from europe to the united states, they will be suspended for 30 days starting on friday. he said the restrictions will apply to foreigners who have visited one of 26 european countries? those include italy, germany, france and spain over the course of the two weeks before they were due to arrive in the united states. now, the united kingdom and ireland are not included on that list for reasons that haven't been made entirely clear. in a separate move, the us state department, sally, is urging american citizens lining to travel outside the country to reconsider, as it puts it, their travel plans. fascinating. david, thank you very much. david willis in los angeles for us. a care home in basingstoke in hampshire, one of the latest locations where a case of coronavirus has been confirmed. as the disease spreads, it's expected a decision will be made today to move from the containment to the delay phase. it's a recognition that the virus can't be stopped, but its transmission can be slowed down. people with even minor signs of a respiratory infection may soon be asked to self—isolate. the government is also preparing to step up the number of coronavirus tests being carried out. that should lead to better monitoring of the spread of the disease could cause a jump spread of the disease could cause a jump in the of cases detected. that total currently stands at 460 in the uk with a total of eight deaths. there are no plans to shutdown parliament, although several mps and staff are now self isolating. the health minister, nadeem doris, has tested positive. a fellow health minister, edward argar, is in self—imposed quarantine and a cabinet minister who hasn't been named is awaiting a test result. in italy, the lockdown has been tightened even further with the closure of all shops except food stores and pharmacies. the death toll now stands at 827, with more than 12,500 cases. at the headquarters of the world health organization in geneva, a formal recognition that this was now a pandemic. the disease spreading in many countries around the world at the same time. we cannot say this loudly enough or clearly enough, or often enough: all countries can still change the course of this pandemic. denmark is heeding the call and stepping up its preparations. it will close all schools and universities tomorrow and we'll start sending home all employees in the public sector with non—jobs. andy moore, bbc news. we will keep you up to date with all the developments on the coronavirus through the morning, including a special bbc your residence and all with our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. send us your questions. a £30 billion package to boost the economy and get the country through the coronavirus outbreak has been outlined by the chancellor. rishi sunak warned the virus would cause temporary disruption to the uk, as our political correspondent jessica parker reports. new in thejob new in the job and new in thejob and an new in the job and an unprecedented challenge, how to help the country cope with coronavirus. among his a nswe i’s , cope with coronavirus. among his answers, billions for the nhs if needed, a pause on paying rates for many high street businesses and easier access to sick pay and support for those who stay—at—home. we will get through this together. the british people may be worried, but they are not daunted. we will protect our country and our people. we will rise to this challenge. this was a different kind of conservative budget, not the austerity of old, but labour says too little, too late. the chancellor shows not some, a lot of brass neck when he boasts that measures to deal with coronavirus are only possible because of his party's management of the economy. this is a budget which is an admission of failure. elsewhere, a further freeze on fuel duty and billions of four road, rail, broadband. but with big spending on the books, look who's managing, urging caution. government doesn't have any money on its own, it is spending other people's money and we are it to them to only take as much as we need and to only take as much as we need and to spend it wisely. this government wants to look like it is tackling regional inequality, levelling up. budgets are about planning for the future but there is an uncertain presence to get through first. jessica parker, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent leila nathoo who's in westminster. picked up for us on what could be a major development today in terms of this cobra meeting and a decision we are expecting from the government? this is the government's emergency committee that's been meeting regularly to discuss the coronavirus outbreak. it brings together ministers and officials to discuss this. the prime minister will chair to day's meeting at lunchtime and that's where expected to get that decision to formally move into phase two of the government response, this delay phase. in practice where already doing a lot of the things that have been applicable to the containment phase to try to stop the spread of the disease, those will continue in the delay phase. what it does mean is now those wider measures, the possibility of limiting social gatherings, big gatherings, the possibility of school closures, those things will 110w school closures, those things will now be on the table in the hope of pushing back further spread of the disease later in the year when the nhs can perhaps cope better, when perhaps there are more drugs available and perhaps the disease may go down in the warmer months. this is what we are expecting to get from the government's emergency meeting this lunchtime. leila, for the moment, thank you. oscar winner tom hanks confirms he's contracted the disease along with his wife while filming in australia. accusers of the disgraced film producer, harvey weinstein, have welcomed his 23 year jail sentence for rape and sexual assault. the sentence, handed down by a judge in new york, was greeted with gasps and applause in the court. weinstein was later taken to hospital, after complaining of chest pains. sophie long reports. they've shared a long and painful journey. from speaking out and breaking their silence, the thursday of the trial, the verdict and now the sentencing. tears, anxiety, strength, now victory and laughter. i feel victorious. i feel... i feel a huge sense of gratification. i feel victorious. i feel... i feel a huge sense of gratificationlj think a huge sense of gratification.” think its great. i think it's more than we thought he would get, and it sends a really clear message that we're not going to put up with sexual assault and violence any longer, you will face serious time. i think it'sjustice. i think it's a stunning. i think it's... i think it'sjust wonderful. i am, of course, you know, revelling in the victory we have today, which belongs to, in some ways, all of harvey weinstein‘s of ibis, 100 of them, not just the six weinstein‘s of ibis, 100 of them, notjust the six women who took the stand. in court he expressed remorse for the women but also the men going through this cultural shift. for the men he feels remorse?” through this cultural shift. for the men he feels remorse? i don't know what man would want to be consoled by harvey weinstein right now. he's taken zero responsibility for any of this, these taken zero responsibility for the lives he's destroyed, the careers he's destroyed, the careers he's destroyed, the careers he's destroyed, the trauma he is placed on destroyed, the trauma he is placed o n cou ntless destroyed, the trauma he is placed on countless women, over 100 women who come forward, there's probably more. the idea he feels bad for the men, look, we're not after men, this isn't a witch—hunt to go after rich, famous men, we are after rapists. a rapist is going to jail. he was once the all—powerful undisputed king of hollywood. now he's a 67—year—old convicted rapist likely to divide the next 23 years between prison and hospital, yet he faces more charges in los angeles. i think it's important they go—ahead so that the many women that still have stories get to have their day in court. sophie long reporting from los angeles there. let's have a look the sport with holly. champions league action last night with liverpool, and i'm afraid to bring you bad news from liverpool, doesn't happen very often, but in the past week they've gone out of the fa cup and now the champions league, their crown has been toppled by atletico madrid and i'm sure liverpool fans are still wondering how, they have 3a shots on goal, 11 on target, and still ended up goal, 11 on target, and still ended up getting beaten. it was really a tale of two goalkeepers at anfield last night as liverpool were beaten 3—2 on the night, knocked out of the competition by atletico madrid — 11—2 on aggregate — with goalkeeping blunders by adrian costing them dearly. psg are through to the quarter—finals, beating borussia dortmund in an empty stadium, ove rco m e dortmund in an empty stadium, overcome burns, concerns over coronavirus, meaning fans were barred from the parc des princes. england fail to defend the she believes cup after a seventh defeat in 11 games. they lost 1—0 to spain in theirfinal match of the tournament while usa beat japan 3—1 to win the competition. and there was a shock on day two of the cheltenham festival as six to one shot politologue led from the start to beat odds on favourite defi du seuil and win the queen mother champion chase. a brilliant picture in the papers of a fantastic facemask at cheltenham. stylish, co-ordinated. we will have to find it for the paper review coming up injust a second. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. this morning, a bit of a different feel to the weather. yesterday we saw temperatures in the mid—teens but today will be a little bit colder. you'll certainly notice quite a chilly wind out there. a mix of sunshine and showers, some of the showers, especially in the north, are wintry so a bit of snow over high ground. we've had this cold front pushing gradually eased overnight, so that brought fairly blustery conditions and wet weather and we are left with this cold wind, the blue colours, quite a brisk from the blue colours, quite a brisk from the west as well. with the overnight showers and temperatures dipping below freezing, particularly across the north of the uk, there's the risk of ice he stretches around this morning so take care on the roads, snow over high ground as well. keeping with that theme this morning. in scotland, northern ireland and northern england, some of the showers are falling as snow with ice around as well. further south, rain showers and maybe hail mixed in but plenty of sunshine in parts of the midlands and the south—east. a real day of sunshine and blustery showers and across scotland, showers will be heavier and through into the afternoon, the top of the highest hills will see the snow. at lower levels, falling as rain with hail mixed in and temperatures somewhere between seven and 11 today but that will be tempered by the wind. the gusts you can see quite widely about a0 high 50 mph but through parts of northern ireland and southern scotland we could see 60 mph for a time. through this evening and overnight, the winds tend to ease down and most of the showers will start to fade away, one or two continuing in parts of scotla nd one or two continuing in parts of scotland and northern england and once again temperatures a bit below freezing, especially in scotland, so ice risky to start the day tomorrow. further south, single figures but not as cold as first thing this morning. a brief rich tomorrow of high pressure holding onto our weather before the next grunt arrives in the west. eight a few showers first thing in eastern scotland, north—east england and icy stretches as well —— a fair few. the next frontal system arrives in the south—west later in the afternoon. temperatures fairly similar to today,to 11 in friday afternoon —— during friday afternoon —— eight to 11. for the weekend, the next area of low pressure approaches, so u nsettled of low pressure approaches, so unsettled for the weekend. this cold front makes its way gradually eastwards through saturday and into sunday with brisk winds around as well. on saturday, most of the rain will be in northern and north—western parts of the uk and england and wales seeing the rain working through on sunday. but not a washout, dry weather in between and the good news is we will see higher pressure bringing some dry weather as we head into next week. back to you both. let's take a look at today's papers. the times describes yesterday's budget as the biggest giveaway since 1992. it also reports that new advice on how people should keep their distance from one another will be issued by the government as part of plans to tackle the coronavirus. the sun says the budget includes big spending plans to help the nhs deal with the coronavirus, as the world health organization declares the outbreak a pandemic. the guardian also has a picture of the chancellor and reports that britain's coronavirus response is expected to enter a new phase today from contain to delay — there'll be an emergency cabinet meeting later. and online, the metro says that denmark has followed italy to become the second eu country to go on lockdown — closing schools and universities for two weeks to slow the spread of coronavirus. the virus is certainly affecting all parts of life. should we go to sport first? looking at football. the reporting if they are aware about the crisis plan. so much talk about what is going to happen with premier league games, temperature games, will they be postponed, played behind closed doors? this plan could behind closed doors? this plan could be implemented today. there is a cobra meeting today. games could be played behind closed doors in england. ticketholders can watch any of the matches on line, they will be streamed. broadcasters will have changes as well. but it feels very odd and hard to imagine. changes as well. but it feels very odd and hard to imaginem changes as well. but it feels very odd and hard to imagine. it remains to be seen. the cobra meeting later on today so we will find out later today what measures will be brought in because the government has a number of measures, alongside the financial measures brought in. the financial measures brought in. the financial papers dominated by the budget. 0ther cuts as well. the express listed cigarettes have gone up, alcohol. what is really interesting is that after ten years of austerity, a move in a different direction from government. inside the financial times, the direction from government. inside the financialtimes, the man direction from government. inside the financial times, the man who is head of the independent body who advises the government has said he has increased spending significantly looking to raising taxes to pay for it. lots of questions about where this money is coming from.” it. lots of questions about where this money is coming from. i think later on this morning you will be asking that question. we will be speaking to the chancellor, rishi sunak later this morning. inside the papers, i want to show you this in the times. we are all interested in how much sleep we get. any shift worker will be interested. doctor shipperley is hired the chap who worked with rinaldo. —— nottinghamshire. they checked out his bedding. rule one, sleep on your own. what is real to? sleep whenever you want. just any time! he says it isa you want. just any time! he says it is a myth that we have to have eight hours of sleep a night. everybody needs a different amounts of sleep. what about eating cake? never eat cake. that is bad news. who liked the bake off? sometimes you need something that is just fine. matt lucas has been announced as the new host. a lot of people welcoming him. he has a unique brand of humour and he says he loves cakes. he did have that fantastic character... mortuary doors. this is marjorie dawes. nina's been looking at the measures announced by the chancellor to help businesses deal with the coronavirus outbreak. what can you tell us? this was the curveball he couldn't have seen coming when he took on the role of chancellor less than a month ago. the budget is already a massive task where the government lays out its spending, taxation and borrowing plans. the big question for businesses and employees, was how would they be protected if they have to pay workers who can't come in. the chancellor said statutory sick pay will be available for "all those who are advised to self—isolate" even if they have not displayed symptoms. statutory sick pay is £94 — though some employers will pay more if your salary equates to more. but they do not have to. it will be immediate from day one — but only for those ia days. that obviously puts pressure on employers who have to pay that. so to help the chancellor announces that businesses with fewer than 250 employees will be able to claim back the cost of providing ssp for their employees. again — not clear what happens after ia days. self—employed people are usual not eligible for ssp, but the government will now be making it "quicker and easier to get benefits" — that also applies to those on zero hours contracts. there isn't a minimum income floor on that — if you're income fluctuates you did not necessarily get it. but that has been scrapped. but that would equate to up to £73 a week — for some self employed people that's a massive dent to income. we've talked a lot haven't we about the impact of business rates on small businesses — they will be abolished for one year for small businesses in heavily hit sectors hospitality, venues, galleries and cinemas — but some sectors have complained they're not included; for examples nurseries. so — how much reassurance has that given business? sarah corker has been in wakefield finding out. if you two had to self isolate, what impact would it have? a massive impact. we are both managers. it could be a blessing in disguise because we get two weeks off work. you have to stay indoors and not allowed out, then i think you should be prepared to look after you and make sure your family and yourself. six grand today. it would be the change in interest rates. we should have been helped a little bit earlier. we have seen the decimation of the high street and of the coronavirus has brought things to a head but it is a welcome applause for the retailers out there. one prediction is a feast of the workforce could go off sick. how would that impact your business?m would that impact your business?m would impact massively. we have 190 people here now. having so many people here now. having so many people off at the one—time be difficult. certainly, the financial support for potential sixpack is beneficial. businesses like this will get help from the government to help cover the costs of sick pay. does that give you a bit of peace of mind? yes, definitely. pay is not a lot and i have bills and my house to pay for. are you self-employed? i am, yes. we have a lot of perishable goodsin am, yes. we have a lot of perishable goods in the store. if we were to self isolate, it is not something you can claim of your insurance, you would have to stand it yourself. the two weeks of self isolation would be a concern. even if you could get that financial support? even if you could get financial support. do the measures go far enough? some say it is a good stopgap but it is an emergency measure but what do we do long—term. especially when we are wondering what the brexit deal will look like. it was a bold budget. it isa look like. it was a bold budget. it is a move away from fiscal conservative. finances are much more vulnerable now to interest rates inflation than recession. in other words they have nowhere else to go. if you any questions for the chancellor, please let us know we will be speaking to him later this morning. all day today we are answering your questions about the coronavirus. how to best protect yourself and what it means for you? send us your questions at #bbcyourquestions or yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. we will pick them up and do our best to try and answer them with a special panel at 8:30am this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. the first mp to test positive for the coronavirus, nadine dorries, has confirmed her symptoms didn't start until last friday morning. the mp for mid bedfordshire made the decision to self isolate. meanwhile a deep clean has taken place at the flitwick club, where she held a constituency surgery. and the local pub where the mp had a meal on friday night has also had a deep clean. four teenagers have been taken to hospital after being stabbed in east london. police said seven people were arrested after "multiple" stabbings in thornbury way in walthamstow around nine o clock last night. the injuries aren't believed to be life—threatening. managers at the only dedicated hiv hospital in europe say they may have to close after a big drop in the number of patients being referred to the facility. most of the mildmay in east london is currently empty as many patients are no longer being referred to it. the nhs says there's no longer the same need for inpatient hiv treatment due to the advances in treatment. but the hospital says the service is still vital for many of the very weakest with the illness. the type of patient we treat here is a very the type of patient we treat here is a very narrow the type of patient we treat here is a very narrow band of neuro hiv so there are very small numbers of them which is why we only have 26 beds and that is 26 beds for the whole of the uk. it is a very small number but the numbers will not disappear for quite a few years. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads — west end at princes circus: there are lane restrictions for roadworks at the junction with high holborn and shaftesbury avenue. shadwell — the highway has a lane closed for electricity works in both directions at the junction with wapping lane now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good elizabeth rizzini. morning. a drop in temperature will good morning. a drop in temperature will not feel quite as warm as the last couple of days and it is already a cooler start to the morning with temperatures and mid single figures. some sunny spells and blustery showers with the south—westerly wind risk at times. the windiest day of the week. the dry start to the morning, plenty of early sunshine around. showers moving in from the west as we move through the afternoon and some could be quite sharp and low through fairly quickly. some brightness and spells of sunshine in between. at temperatures between seven and 10 degrees. it will fill cooler. a cooler night tonight with showers at first and lots of clear spells developing a dry start to the day tomorrow with a—6d for the overnight temperatures. some brightness and some sunny spells around at times. 0ver some sunny spells around at times. over the weekend it turns windy with some spells of rain again. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. it with sally nugent and charlie stayt. is exactly 6:3c president trump has suspended travel from europe into the us in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. the restrictions will be in place for 30 days from tomorrow but do not apply to the uk. so far 38 people have died from the virus in america. meanwhile, here in the uk, people with even minor signs of respiratory infections could be asked to self—isolate under new guidelines being considered to delay the spread of coronavirus. the prime minister is holding an emergency cobra meeting later today to plan the government's response to covid—19 after the world health 0rganization declared it a pandemic. 0scar—winning actor tom hanks has confirmed he and his wife, rita wilson, have tested positive for the coronavirus. in an instagram post, he said he had come down with a fever while filming in australia. he said he and his wife would be tested, observed and isolated for as long as necessary. a british soldier has been killed in a rocket attack on a military base in iraq. the missiles were fired on a camp near baghdad where coalition forces were training iraqi soldiers. us military sources said an american soldier and a contractor were also killed. disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been handed a 23—year jail sentence for rape and sexual assault. weinstein was found guilty of the offences in new york last month and faces further criminal charges in los angeles. his lawyers have vowed to appeal against his conviction. a ban on parking on pavements could be rolled out across england. the government will consult on whether to extend the ban which is already in place in london and give local authorities more power to tackle the issue. campaigners say it causes problems for disabled people and the elderly. holly is here with the sport and the end of a reign for one of our football clu bs ? end of a reign for one of our football clubs? we know liverpool are rolling towards the premier league title, their first in 30 yea rs, league title, their first in 30 years, but in the past week chelsea has put them out of the fa cup and now they're out of the champions league. this was their big crown, champions of europe! the way they played last night, 11 shots on goal but a couple of goalkeeping blunders that went horribly wrong for them. their hopes of retaining the champions league are over. they lost 3—2 on the night, a—2 on aggregate, to atletico madrid on a dramatic night at anfield. natalie pirks reports. their only in spain might have gone into lockdown, but anfield was still open to atletico fans... for now. more behind closed doors matches are surely looming in england but supporters are sticking with their keep on and carry on approach. doesn't matter whatever they throw at us, we'll be here. football is nothing without supporters, you can't play games behind closed doors. unmoved they may be but it's a different story under the lights. liverpool boss jurgen different story under the lights. liverpool bossjurgen klopp had never lost a champions league match here, but wave after wave of liverpool attack was being met with stubborn defending. spanish resista nce stubborn defending. spanish resistance is nothing, though, in the face of dutch courage. commentator: gyorgy wijnaldum for liverpool in the champions league ain! atletico were under intense pressure but in the dying minutes it was anfied's turn to hold its breath. saved by the flag. extra time loomed. firmino hadn't scored at anfield all season, he picked the perfect time. yet reserve goalkeeper adrian then unpicked all their good work. llorente. .. and the shot and it's in! a crucial away goal soon became a second and then a third. so often the home of memorable comebacks, anfied could only mourn a night to forget. a—2 the final score, the champions out before the quarter—finals. natalie pirks, bbc news, anfied. the night's other last—16 tie in the champions league was played behind closed doors in france due to concerns over the coronavirus. neymar helped paris st germain to a 2—0 win, overturning borussia dortmund's 2—1 advantage from the first leg to reach the quarter—finals. despite fans not being allowed into the stadium, that didn't stop them from gathering in their thousands outside the parc des princes. the psg players celebrated from a balcony as fans held flares and flags. england women's manager phil neville admits questions over his future are acceptable after a seventh defeat in eleven games. they lost 1—0 to spain in the shebeleives cup in texas. alexia putellas with the goal in the 83rd minute. it means they failed to defend their title, with the usa winning the tournament. the lionesses have won just three matches since the world cup quarter—final last summer. staying in the us, and the nba season has been suspended until further notice after a player tested positive for coronavirus. meanwhile, after the indian wells and fed cup finals were cancelled, all tennis looks set to be called off until may following pressure from players. it means the next event on the mens or womens tour will be in madrid in around eight weeks. there had been concerns that horse racing's cheltenham festival would be cancelled or have low attendances this week due to coronavirus, but it's gone ahead and organisers said yesterday's gate was only 2,000 down on the same day last year. 6—1 shot politologue was the surprise winner of the days feature race, the queen mother chase. the paul nicholl‘s horse ridden by harry skelton, the son of showjumper nick, led from start to finish to beat the odds—on favourite. earlier, there was a fantastic finish in the novices chase. barry geraghty came out of nowhere riding champ, a horse named after 20—time champion jockey sir ap mccoy. geraghty‘s son archie was pretty happy with his dad's performance as he celebrated with royalty. look at him, pretty happy! zara tindall and her mum the princess royal alongside him. i don't know who was more excited there. that was ap mccoy's white. she was pretty excited! she might have been the most excited —— wife. that horse came from nowhere! always the best races, fantastic and great their son was there to it! thanks very much. scotland will get more than £350 million to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic. the decision was announced as part of the chancellor's budget yesterday. let's speak to the snp's deputy westminster leader, kirsty blackman. good morning to you, kirsty blackman. good morning. big spending announcements yesterday, your thirst reaction to the budget please?” yesterday, your thirst reaction to the budget please? i think it was absolutely right the chancellor put coronavirus and fighting coronavirus front and centre. you know, the measures we've been calling for an working cross party to try to get around protecting both individuals and employers through the course of this virus were up there. we've yet to the frameworks on those and the exact regulations that will come out from the government on that, so we'll be keeping a watching brief on that and making sure people are protected. i still have concerns about self—employed people, though, because the statutory sick pay doesn't apply to them and i've got concerns there not caught by the measures the chancellor raised yesterday. 0n wider things, measures the chancellor raised yesterday. 0n widerthings, it measures the chancellor raised yesterday. 0n wider things, it is clear austerity is not being rolled back. we're not having the decade of austerity undone, so that's usually concerning for people who are struggling to make ends meet when we've got massively rising levels of in work poverty. the chancellor didn't make enough of moving towards a net zero future, he should put more in place around ensuring we have got... the transition away from carbon intensive industries and there wasn't enough in that space, although the announcement on cc us, carbon capture and storage, is usually welcomed. lastly, the elephant in the room, he did not talk about brexit. throughout the bluebook reduced by the 0br, the impacts there will be from brexit, activity will be down, the fact of gdp growth will be down and imports and exports will be significantly hit and it seems like the chancellor tried to dodge that. i'm sorry to interrupt you but don't you think in the current climate with the coronavirus crisis happening at the moment, it is understandable that that was the subject that dominated yesterday's budget and we're hearing the scottish government is to get a down payment of around £360 million to help scotland through the crisis. you must welcome that? it's understandable coronavirus dominated and i'm pleased the uk government is recognising the need for additional funding in order to ensure we can tackle coronavirus. actually governments have generally been working incredibly well on this through the uk, and i'm pleased that happened and i hope that will continue throughout however long this crisis last. the chancellor obviously made a commitment on business rate relief to mitigate the current situation with coronavirus, will the scottish government do the same and start to look at business rates there? the scottish government has had a situation where 90% of businesses in scotla nd situation where 90% of businesses in scotland have been paying less business rates than businesses in england, and given the way the budget process has worked this year, how it is meant to work is the uk government announces their budget at the tail end of the year and the scottish government set their budget having looked at the uk government budget and working out how much money we have to spend on public services in scotland. i'm sure the scottish government will be looking at that and the announcements on the money... it is the case that scotland's block grant is still lower than in 2010/11 in real terms, so our finances are being squeezed, but i'm sure scotland's finance minister, kate forbes, will be looking closely at the announcements. you said you welcome the changes to tackle the situation with coronavirus, how will you be reacting to the virus in scotland? we'll be reacting in the way we have been, which is making sure we are working closely with the uk government, making sure we are doing regular updates on this, and taking into account all of the medical advice and all of the scientific advice and all of the scientific advice being provided. i don't think government should be acting out of line with science on this. it is clear the scientists and medical officers are the people that absolutely no what they're talking about. we will continue to work in line with their advice, as the uk is doing too. kirsty blackman, thank you very much indeed. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning! good morning, charlie and sally. we are in meteorological spring but we got a bit of a reminder of winter today. yesterday it was mid—teens but feeling colder for everyone today. it is that mix of sunshine and showers, some showers wintry over high ground in the north, so a chilly wind and we have ice to contend with first thing as well. 0vernight we had a cold front that made its way east across the uk, thatis made its way east across the uk, that is clearing to the east, lots of isobars so a blustery feel and we are in this colder pollaers so the blue colours are with us, so feeling cooler than yesterday. to start the morning we have icy stretches, especially in parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, so across the northern half of the uk be prepared for icy stretches around. snow falling across higher ground, possible disruption to your morning commute where we have in the north. through the day, snow levels and start to rise so the snow falling this morning overfairly rise so the snow falling this morning over fairly modest hills will be on top of the highest ground into the afternoon. further south, sunshine and showers, blustery showers, some heavy with potentially hail mix then but the best of the dry and bright weather probably in parts of eastern and southern england. —— mixed in. seven to 11 today but if you're exposed to the brisk breeze, feeling colder. gusts of wind today around a0, a5 mph for many but we could see 60 or 65 mph in northern ireland or southern scotland, a squeeze in the winds through the afternoon. this evening, gradually the winds will ease away and the showers will start to fade. some continue in parts of scotland and northern england and temperatures once again getting a bit below freezing, so notjust a frost but icy stretches once again in the north first thing tomorrow. a chilly start to the day but a ridge of high pressure works in for tomorrow. less windy than today and fewer showers, so not a bad day for most. a few wintry flurries in eastern scotland and north—east england, then a good deal below weather with the re—appearance of sunshine but the next frontal system arrives from the south—west wringing wet weather late into the afternoon and evening. ahead of that, temperatures may be a degree or so up temperatures may be a degree or so up from today, eight to 11 on friday. looking ahead to the weekend and another area of low pressure, our weekend area of low pressure moving in and we have this cold front that will bring some bursts of heavy rain as it pushes to the east by the end of the weekend, so not raining all weekend, drier, brighter intervals. most of the rain in the north and west on saturday but by sunday, we'll see outbreaks of rain in parts of england and wales. sarah, thanks very much and. today the coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the world health organization, meaning it is now being spread from person to person globally. speak to what is the most common question you get asked? when is it going to. can i go on my summer holiday, i have a wedding in august, will be be all right then. i really do not know is the answer. i am hoping to go to frost in august and hopefully it will be quiet but i think it is going to be bumpy for the next few months. there is another cobra meeting at which point it is expected we moved to the next stage of the four point breakdown to the delay phase. in medical terms, in terms of what we're to be advised, can you explain the significance? contain an delay sort of run at the same time but what it will mean is an acknowledgement that, really, this virus is here and cannot be stopped and so what you're trying to do is take measures to slow the spread of it and flatten the curve so, if nothing was done, there would be a peak of cases above which the nhs could not cope but if you flatten the curve and keep it under the line where the nhs can cope, people are more likely to do well if they need intensive care. about one in 20 people made it intensive care. that is a lot. alan asks, is it true most people will not die and it is like a bad flu? asks, is it true most people will not die and it is like a bad flu7m is absolutely true that most people will not die. four out of five people, from studies in china, who get covid—19 will have mild illness. maybe a little bit unpleasant, fever, cough but it would put itself right in about a week and it would be quite similar to flu but a smaller proportion will need hospital treatment. those most at risk are the elderly and those underlying conditions like heart and lung disease or diabetes, but even if those, that does not mean to say that the chief medical advisor put it, you are a goner, the most majority of those will be ok as well but this is worse than seasonal flu. it isa but this is worse than seasonal flu. it is a much nastier virus and disease than the current seasonal flu and that is why it is put in intensive care units and hospitals in italy under such pressure. this from louise, can you tell us, in terms of numbers, what the proportion is of how many people re cover proportion is of how many people recover and are fine? most people recover and are fine? most people recover and are fine. figures are going up all the time. it is calibrating and i do not want people to worry unduly. people are concerned and they see what is happening in italy but we have to ta ke happening in italy but we have to take this very seriously. thousands of student nurses are now put on standby to help out and it is possible that, in a month or two, the nhs will be very different, very, very different for a very short time and in some cases more like a battlefield situation where, if you have that massive influx of cases, but for a very short period, but it could be very tough. talk to us about social distancing. these are measures that in some countries have already been brought in an there is talk that could be the next piece of advice from the government. what is the medical advice around social distance? the sort of things we will see talked about now is the elderly and those at risk being perhaps advised to think about their social interaction. as a virus becomes more entrenched in the uk, to perhaps avoid large gatherings and certainly avoid people who have symptoms of what could be coronavirus. the thing is, they have been keen not to do that too early because if you do that to elliott you could have people for months like that and we would not hear of anyone with a respiratory infection being asked to stay at home... which would be a lot of people. ——if you do that too early. but it shows you how serious that is. why would that be? once the virus is here and circulating, you want to protect the vulnerable, you want to protect the elderly and those with suppressed immune systems and you want to do what you can. it is all about flattening the curve because if we did nothing, there is a chance you could have 50% of your cases within three weeks and that could really overwhelm the health services. it is that soon? yes because people who need support it is oxygen therapy and ventilation and those things are precious resources. we will go through more questions later on but for the moment thank you very much. all day we're answering your questions about coronavirus. how to best protect yourself stop please, send us your questions. the rule at the moment is there is no question thatis the moment is there is no question that is stupid because if you want to know something, ask the question. we have had hundreds and hundreds of questions so keep them coming. the coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the world health organization, meaning it is now being spread from person to person globally. the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached a60, the biggest rise in a single day. it's as two more people in the uk died from the illness, bringing the total number to eight. worldwide, over 118,000 people are now infected. however it's understand around 67,000 people globally have recovered. joining us now is dr margaret harris, from the world health 0rganisation on the french — swiss border. if we could go back to the announcement yesterday from the who that this is a pandemic. the implications for a country like the uk are what? it has gone from ready to ta ke uk are what? it has gone from ready to take this very seriously, act now. there are no legal things that come in. we have not declared, we have labelled and characterised it. we are saying this is where we are now epidemiologically but everyone now epidemiologically but everyone now has to consider coronavirus their business. we heard overnight from donald trump about the travel ban from europe, outside of the uk-uk is ban from europe, outside of the uk—uk is not included. what do you make of that action? we tend not to encourage travel bands. they can work early on if you have an outbreak somewhere and you limit movement early on but it is something you need to continually revise. what we really ask countries to do is focus on looking at who in the community has the virus, detecting all the people around them that could potentially have them, the contacts, and protecting the entire community from further spread and protecting your health workers and protecting your health workers and health system. what does that look like in practice? we are taking questions about concerns from people. for example, the elderly and visiting care homes. practical things like that, what does the world health organization say? we talk about social distancing and i heard your interesting discussion with fergal. you have to look at who your vulnerable groups are and how your vulnerable groups are and how you can protect them. one way to limit the number of people who come an enclosed space we have a lot of vulnerable people, where it is very easy for viruses to transmit rapidly between each one but it is not simply about limiting people come again but paying attention to environmental hygiene, hand washing. we go on and on about it but i saw an excellent demonstration on the bbc of how hard it is to really do it properly, really rub your hands, do it for 20 seconds and do it often. it seems so basic but so hard to do and so effective. is it of concern to the world health 0rganization that there is a disparity with the way individual countries are dealing with it. we had donald trump, in denmark, they are shutting schools and universities and yet in other countries they are not. we give overall guidance about what are the best steps to take an inch stage of your outbreak, where you are, what your outbreak, where you are, what you should be doing. however, it is the country ‘s decision and we can advise and give the evidence. we are advise and give the evidence. we are a science —based organisation but ultimately it is the country, the community, the individual who have this in their hands. in principle, as we are expecting the uk to go into a change from containment to delay stage, what does a country in delay stage, what does a country in delay look like? the idea of delay is slowing spread of the virus. containment is stopping it. delay is excepting you have it in your community. can you slow it as much as possible. a model can be singapore. they do have an outbreak and if they managed to slow it and they've done by being fastidious about hygiene, insisting that people limit how close they are together, checking whether people have a fever when they come into buildings. they had a big sars outbreak and learned from that experience. korea learnt with mers. we will be answering as many questions as we can this morning but now it is time for the news, and whether were you are this morning. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. the first mp to test positive for the coronavirus, nadine dorries, has confirmed her symptoms didn't start until last friday morning. the mp for mid bedfordshire made the decision to self isolate. meanwhile a deep clean has taken place at the flitwick club, where she held a constituency surgery. and the local pub where the mp had a meal on friday night has also had a deep clean. four teenagers have been taken to hospital after being stabbed in east london. police said seven people were arrested after "multiple" stabbings in thornbury way in walthamstow around nine o clock last night. the injuries aren't believed to be life—threatening. managers at the only dedicated hiv hospital in europe say they may have to close after a big drop in the number of patients being referred to the facility. most of the mildmay in east london is currently empty as many patients are no longer being referred to it. the nhs says there's no longer the same need for inpatient hiv treatment due to the advances in treatment. but the hospital says the service is still vital for many of the very weakest with the illness. the type of patient that we treat here at mildway is a very narrow band of neuro hiv so there are very small numbers of them, which is why we only have 26 beds, and that is 26 beds for the whole of the uk. it is a very small number but the numbers won't disappear for quite a few years. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning electricity works on the junction with wapping lane although things moving there. west end at princes circus: there are lane restrictions for roadworks at the junction with high holborn and shaftesbury avenue. hello, good morning. a drop in temperature today won't feel quite as warm as it has been over the last couple of days or so, and it is already a cooler start to the morning, with temperatures and mid—single figures. some sunny spells and some blustery showers. that south—westerly wind will be really quite brisk at times. the windiest day of the week. now, it's a dry start to the morning, plenty of early sunshine around. the showers will start to move in from the west, as we head through the afternoon in particular. some of them could be quite sharp but they will blow through fairly quickly on the brisk south—westerly wind. there will be some brightness and soem spells of sunshine in between. top temperatures only between seven and 10 degrees celsius. yesterday we got 15 and the day before that we got 16.5 degrees, so it will feel cooler today. and a cooler night tonight, again with some showers at first. there will be lots of clear spells developing. a dry start to the day tomorrow with overnight lows between four and six degrees celsius. tomorrow should stay dry and the winds will fall a bit lighter. there will be some brightness and some sunny spells around at times. over the weekend it turns windy with some spells of rain again. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: president trump announces a travel ban on anyone from mainland europe, other than the uk in an effort to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. the government is to step up its response to the coronavirus, moving to the delay phase with the aim to tackle the spread of the disease. oscar winner tom hanks confirms he's contracted the disease along with his wife while filming in australia. a multi—billon pound package to get the country through coronavirus — cuts to busiess rates, support for small firms who have to pay sick pay, but has the chancellor done enough? liverpool's reign as european champions is over. they've been knocked out of the champions league after a dramatic defeat to atletico madrid at anfield. good morning. we got a colder day on the cards today with a mix of sunshine and blustery showers. do watch out for some hill snow and ice in the north first thing this morning, so could cause a bit of disruption to your morning commute. i'll have a full forecast in about ten minutes. it's thursday, 12th march. our top story: president trump has suspended travel from europe into the us in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. restrictions will come into force tomorrow but won't affect those travelling from the uk. meanwhile, borisjohnson is set to announce he will be accelerating the government's response to the coronavirus at a cobra emergency meeting later today. it's thought schools closures and the cancellation of large events will be discussed. we'll get more on that in a moment, but first let's get more on the us travel ban from our correspondent, david willis. criticised david willis. for downplaying the effects criticised for downplaying the effects of the coronavirus, president donald trump announced sweeping travel restrictions in a rare 0val sweeping travel restrictions in a rare oval office address to the nation. after consulting with our top government health professionals, i've decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and well—being of all americans. to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. the restriction will apply to foreigners who visited one of 26 european countries in the two weeks prior to their arrival in the us. the uk is not included on that list. trade will not be affected, the president tweeted later, hundreds of thousands of travellers will be and the announcement took many by surprise. the leader of the largest flight surprise. the leader of the largest flight attendant union here called the restriction is outrageous and accused president trump of destroying everything that makes our country great. there are now more than 1000 cases of coronavirus here, and the illness has claimed the lives of more than 30 americans. appearing before a congressional committee, a member of the president's coronavirus task force conceded many more could be affected. soi affected. so i can say we will see more cases, and things will get worse than they are right now. how much worse they'll get will depend on our ability to do two things: to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside, and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country. bottomline, it's going to get worse. even as the president spoke, the pandemic‘s ferocious rewriting of daily life here continued. the national basketball association announced it was suspending its season after a player tested positive for the virus. the trump administration says travel restrictions on people from china and iran helped slow the spread of the virus here and that widening such restrictions could prove the answer, yet many of those affected haven't been involved in overseas travel and the backlog in testing makes discovering their numbers all the more difficult. david willis, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent, leila nathoo, who's in westminster. can you tell us more about the government plans to stop the coronavirus? there will be a high—level cobra level meeting bringing together officials and medical experts chaired by boris johnson this afternoon and we expect the announcement that the uk will formally move to the second stage of its response plan, the delay says. we know we've been heading in that direction, we've been in the containment phase so far trying to identify people who've travelled to areas affected. now the delay phase is coming in, we expect that to be formally announced after this meeting at lunchtime. that is with the idea of postponing, if you like, the idea of postponing, if you like, the spread of the infection very far in order to give the nhs and some more time to cope, give the development of a vaccine some more time. we know that's going to be taken this lunchtime. but in practice, a lot of the measures already in place will still apply to the public. health advice of washing hands will still apply, the isolation advice will still apply, but now the government will consider the possibility of measures like school closures, like cancelling gatherings, those now will be on the table for consideration, but the government will be weighing up the social cost versus the clinical effect. leila, thank you. italy is to close all shops except food stores and pharmacies in europe's toughest lockdown yet as the number of deaths from coronavirus continues to rise. the country has already closed schools, gyms, museums and nightclubs. sima kotecha joins us now from rome with the latest. paint usa paint us a picture of what it's like in rome right now? well, as you said, the prime minister yesterday announced more stringent measures will be put in place across the country, so earlier in the week he said bars and restaurants could stay open until around 6pm. now he is saying all shops will be closed apart from pharmacies and food shops. now, if you look at across the road, we've got a pharmacy there, that is open. and just over here, moving slowly here, we've got a food shop that is open, but the bar upstairs is closed. so even more stringent measures in place. people are still trying to adapt to what is happening. things unfolding all the time, like they are across the country. the death toll here has gone up to 827 and 600 or so of those deaths are in the north of the country, but as i say, people are struggling to adapt to these new stringent measures that have been put in. remember, there's 60 million people in italy and they've been told they can't move freely from city to city, town to town, without special permission so a real sense of frustration and trepidation and people wondering how they can go about their daily lives with these measures in place. sima, for the moment, thank you. 0scar—winning actor tom hanks has confirmed he and his wife, rita wilson, have tested positive for the coronavirus. in an instagram post, he said he had come down with a fever while filming in australia. he said he and his wife would be tested, observed and isolated for as long as necessary. we'll be keeping you up—to—date with all the latest developments on the coronavirus throughout the morning, including a special bbc your questions panel with medical correspondent fergus walsh. send us your questions at #bbcyourquestions or yourquestions@bbc.co.uk many questions coming in already. in other news: accusers of the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein have welcomed his 23—year jail sentence for rape and sexual assault. the sentence, handed down by a judge in new york, was greeted with gasps and applause in the court. weinstein was later taken to hospital, after complaining of chest pains. sophie long reports. they've shared a long and painful journey. from speaking out and breaking their silence, the first day of the trial, the verdict and now the sentencing. tears, anxiety, strength, now victory and laughter. i feel victorious. i feel... ifeel a huge sense of gratification. i think it's great. i think it's more than we thought he would get, and it sends a really clear message that we're not going to put up with sexual assault and violence any longer, you will face serious time. i think it'sjustice. i think it's a stunning. i think it's... i think it's just wonderful. i am, of course, you know, revelling in the victory we have today, which belongs to, in some ways, all of harvey weinstein's survivors, 100 of them, notjust the six women who took the stand. in court in new york, harvey weinstein expressed remorse for the women but also the men going through this cultural shift. for the men he feels remorse? i don't know what man would want to be consoled by harvey weinstein right now. he's taken zero responsibility for any of this, these taken zero responsibility for the lives he's destroyed, the careers he's destroyed, the trauma he is placed on countless women, over 100 women who come forward, there's probably more. the idea he feels bad for the men — look, we're not after men, this isn't a witch—hunt to go after rich, famous men, we're after rapists. a rapist is going to jail. he was once the all—powerful, undisputed king of hollywood. now he's a 67—year—old convicted rapist likely to divide the next 23 years between prison and hospital, yet he faces more charges in los angeles. i think it's important that they go ahead so that the many women that still have stories get to have their day in court. that was sophie long reporting from los angeles. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. . the past few days have felt fairly springlike, we've had temperatures in the mid—teens but today a feel to the weather. a mix of sunshine and showers but a chilly wind out there and we've got ice and snow to content with this morning. this is the recent radar, it shows wintry showers pushing across parts of scotland, northern england and northern ireland. further south, mostly rain showers, some hail and perhaps sleep on high heels. through the day, quite a bit of sunshine, especially in central england and wales but further north, showers in scotla nd wales but further north, showers in scotland heavy and persistent for a time. the snow level will rise, so by this afternoon, only snow on the highest hills and at lower levels, falling as rain, hail and strong, gusty winds. the black circle numbers are the gas and in parts of scotla nd numbers are the gas and in parts of scotland and northern ireland, we could get to 50 or 60 mph so a windy feel combined with the heavy showers in the afternoon. further south, blustery winds into the evening. showers will be fairly few and far between between in southern england and wales. through the evening and overnight, the showers will gradually start to ease away and the winds will fall lighter as well. still one or two showers for parts of eastern scotland and eastern england first thing tomorrow, but sunshine from the word go. another chilly start to the day but certainly drier tomorrow, less windy and not feeling as chilly as today. charlie and sally. sarah, thank you very much. as the biggest budget "giveaway" since 1992, but is it enough to boost the economy and get the country through the coronavirus outbreak? chancellor rishi sunak joins us now from leeds. rishi sunak, thank you very much your time this morning. we've got plenty to go through this morning, many, plenty to go through this morning, any plenty to go through this morning, many, many developments, but i wonder if we can start with something slightly more domestic? we know two of your cabinet colleagues in government are now in self—isolation, i wonder if you could talk us through what the feeling is within government about that and what you're doing in a practical sense? well, good morning, charlie. yes, you are right, this has obviously now impacted parliament and government and we're dealing with it like all other businesses are going to have start dealing with it. we're taking advice from public health england, the health secretary made a statement last night to parliament and public health england are doing fantastic work with contact tracing to understand who's had contact with releva nt to understand who's had contact with relevant people and make sure those tests are carried out. that contact is defined as being within two metres of someone for about 15 minutes, and that's the work they're going through now. so you and your cabinet colleagues have been through that process and ask yourselves those questions in relation to those people who are now in self—quarantine? yeah, for the various people that have been impacted by this, obviously that work is going on with public health england, who are going through that process, as they do with all cases around the country, and their exceptionally good at it and their exceptionally good at it and it's a very rigourous and thorough process. major developments overnight in as much as president trump said no travel from european countries, including the uk, to the us starting tomorrow. can i get your reaction to that announcement? —— excluding. tomorrow. can i get your reaction to that announcement? —— excludingm this country we're determined to ta ke this country we're determined to take the right steps at the right time, and out all steps we will be guided by the advice of the chief medical officer and the chief scientific officer. we believe that's the right thing to do —— we believe that's the wrong thing to do, we're trying to contain virus while recognising it will spread more significantly. —— contain the virus. the best advice is for people to wash their hands for 20 seconds thoroughly, but we are preparing for the virus to spread, which is why we outlined an action plan last week to consider things we might have to anchor about in the next days and weeks and yesterday i outlined a significant economic response to the potential impact we might see from the coronavirus. it is expected we go to the next phase, delay. what are the key financial implications to that decision? we not there yet but you are right, we believe the virus could now spread significantly and there may be steps we have to take. that would mean safeguarding the vulnerable, it may impact on how we work and we will make those decisions at the right time in a measured way and we want to be guided by the science and do things that are clinically did effective and have minimal social costs. a 30 billion pound stimulus package with targeted interventions to support vulnerable people, small businesses and our public services as well as providing a fiscal boost to the economy to help us get through a challenging a few months. many people have interpreted your quotes on the nhs is effectively a blank checkin on the nhs is effectively a blank check in regards to coronavirus. they are absolutely right. we stand behind our nhs at this time. we will get through this is one country and it is right the nhs will get all the support it needs to get us through this and we are publishing are built shortly which will have a bunch of measures in one of the things we need to consider is bringing extra staff into the nhs. we will make sure the nhs has the resources it needs to get us through. about the self—employed, there has been concerned about what happens if you self isolate, particularly around the self—employed. concern they will not be covered, obviously, by statutory sick pay and the provisions will not be sufficient outside of that? for those who are employed and eligible for statutory sick pay, one of the measures included is self isolation. that change will come into effect. many in the gig economy will benefit from that but for those who do have access to statutory sick pay i took steps yesterday to make sure access to benefits is quicker and easier. for those eligible for employment support allowance, they can claim that from day one rather than day eight and those accessing universal credit we have removed the minimum income floor which means the time off work due to illness will not impact their entitlement to benefits together with an extra hardship fund i announce for local authorities to help people in it that situation. cumulatively represent £1 billion in benefits to have support those in the situations you have described. if for example, as part of the next phase in the delay, a possibility that schools are closed and parent who would otherwise be working have to stay at home to look after their children, will there be any financial provision for them? at this stage, school closures are not something we are being advised as a right step. that is something people have talked about but at each step we have been guided by the science and medical advice and today the best advice is for people to wash their hands. we may have to consider safeguards around vulnerable people and changing how we work but we are not at that stage yet. there was a strong response on the government on the economic side and we stand ready to provide any support that is required, especially to small businesses to get through this. you will understand there is a lot of anxiety particularly for the self—employed and you mentioned the allowa nce self—employed and you mentioned the allowance which is guaranteed for 1a days. one of the problems is, we do not know how things will pan out. supposing you are in a house for people. one has to take time off work. one of the children has to be removed from school. that two weeks could turn into four weeks or six weeks. what happens if there is an extended period that people are advised to stay in self quarantine? 0ur welfare system deals with that and provides eligibility, especially universal credit for a prolonged period of time. there is flexibility to respond with people taking time off because of either self isolating or being sick themselves. statutory sick pay it is responsive to a prolonged period of time. i have provided local authorities with half £1 billion of additional support which they can use to help the most vulnerable effected in their local community. in a wider sense, the budget you came up with yesterday eve ryo ne budget you came up with yesterday everyone says you are spending in an unprecedented scale. where is all the money coming from? if you look at the budget you see i delivered the core budget within the fiscal rules we set out in the manifesto which means we run a budget surplus in three years' time as we said we would. absolutely no apology for responding in scale to the immediate threat of the coronavirus and i think that is the right thing to do for the economy. we have to help as this is have a bridge to get to the other side to help get through what would be a challenging period and provide whatever funds are required for public services. in the medium—term, there is responsible economic management and it is because we have had responsible economic management for several yea rs economic management for several years that i am able to stand here ina years that i am able to stand here in a strong position to say we will do whatever it takes to get through this and it reminds us of the importance of having strong control over the public finances and that is what i intend to do. theresa may, for example, the former conservative prime minister, said that generally speaking prime ministers want to expand money, chancellors want to manage the public finances prudently. she went on to say that while spending a lot of money may be popular and the natural thing to do, there is of course the necessity to have a realistic assessment of the longer term in fact of those decisions, the longer term consequences. are you being prudent? asi consequences. are you being prudent? as i said, we have a set of fiscal rules in our manifesto. i delivered the budget within those fiscal rules which are prudent and show control over the public finances in the medium term. it meant we will not borrow it day—to—day spending and borrowing only at low interest rates to invest in infrastructure and capital spending. in the long—term, because of the long—term plans were making, because of the increase in infrastructure investment we are undertaking on the scale we are, that will improve long—term growth and productivity and that is why we are doing what we're doing and that is why i am in the legs and you can see what is going on behind me. —— leads. we want to be disparity in security to people wherever they live. they also said that the plans look sustainable but the public finances are much more vulnerable to inflation and interest rate surprises. effectively what they are saying is if everything stays as it is, you are ok but if something does not go according to plan, it is not sustainable? my apologies by apologist or we seem to have lost communication with rishi sunak, speaking to us from leeds in connection to coronavirus and the announcement yesterday. a shame we could not hear from him yesterday. he said he will increase the amount of borrowing compared to gdp. it will go up, after crunching the numbers, from 1.8 to 2.8%. they are borrowing at a cheap time but questions around whether this is a responsible level of borrowing. he said during this interview, this is responsible economic management but thatis responsible economic management but that is not something that budgetary office have said. we are vulnerable if circumstances change. he talked about pay for people who are self isolating and support for business. the british chamber of commerce say it is great for a fortnight, it is an emergency measure and does not help in the long run. you cannot put people who are self—employed on universal credit. there is just people who are self—employed on universal credit. there isjust not enough money and they deserve to be on statutory sick pay as well. the bigger challenge, the level of statutory sick pay is just too low and we need further action. government will need to pick up the cost of temporarily increasing statutory sick pay and widening liabilities so people such as the self—employed qualify. liabilities so people such as the self-employed qualify. the resolution foundation has said even before coronavirus the economy but mcgrath was not looking good. the measures now will cost every household nearly £600 a year, they predict. business rate holidays have happened for certain organisations and people who work in hospitality, venue owners, and people who work in hospitality, venue owners, galleries, cinemas, their rates will be suspended for a year but what about other businesses? nurseries can expect to ta ke businesses? nurseries can expect to take a hit through coronavirus and they are furious and not included in that group. i was hoping for an extension of the business rate relief and i was really, really hoping but they didn't. because we operate in quite large buildings, it seems like a disproportionate percentage of expenditure and if we we re percentage of expenditure and if we were forced to close event temporarily, we would not be able to continue then you would have the 15 people i employ go out of work but also you would have the wider community, 50—60 people looking for child care and i am aware five nurseries avenue close within five mile in the last seven months and two of those as a direct result of the burden put on business. expenditure could be £90,000 a month and obviously i cannot continue to do that long before it becomes a real problem. —— £19,000. infrastructure spending is a huge pa rt infrastructure spending is a huge part of the announcement? hundred £50 billion although we do not know the details. nicola wasjumping up and down because of interest rate cuts and the implication it could be for the northern house powerhouse. she said it is a great news. infrastructure spending will go up but the labour leader saying they have not been that money to any specific projects. labour also criticised any absence on social policy which they promised on detail in the queen's speech. it was not there. thank you very much. time to get the news, travel and whether you are this morning. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. two more government ministers have put them self and self isolation. the first mp to test positive for the coronavirus, nadine dorries, has confirmed her symptoms didn't start until last friday morning, the day after an event she attended with the prime minister. meanwhile a deep clean has taken place at the flitwick club, where she held a constituency surgery. and the local pub where the mp had a meal on friday night has also had a deep clean. four teenagers have been taken to hospital after being stabbed in east london. police said seven people were arrested after multiple stabbings in thornbury way in walthamstow around nine o clock last night. the injuries aren't believed to be life threatening. buskers across central london are petitioning after westminster city council proposed licensing ?changes for street performers. westminster says it receives around 1,800 complaints about buskers a year. but some musicians fear that changes in licensing, noise level and dedicated pitches could mean they can't perform in westminster. i think busking is usually important to london sculpture. people come from not just england to london sculpture. people come from notjust england but countries abroad. in camden they have introduced busking bands and the streets are dead because i have introduced this band. and for commemorative coins have been produced. they will show the right menagerie, the royal mint and the infamous prison. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. the on the tubes this morning. 13 slower than usual be a the 13 slower than usual because of a broken down car. at princess circus restrictions and the junction with shelby avenue. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. a drop in temperature today won't feel quite as warm as it has been over the last couple of days or so, and it is already a cooler start to the morning, with temperatures and mid—single figures. some sunny spells and some blustery showers. that south—westerly wind will be really quite brisk at times. the windiest day of the week. now, it's a dry start to the morning, plenty of early sunshine around. the showers will start to move in from the west, as we head through the afternoon in particular. some of them could be quite sharp but they will blow through fairly quickly on the brisk south—westerly wind. there will be some brightness and soem spells of sunshine in between. top temperatures only between seven and 10 degrees celsius. yesterday we got 15 and the day before that we got 16.5 degrees, so it will feel cooler today. and a cooler night tonight, again with some showers at first. there will be lots of clear spells developing. a dry start to the day tomorrow with overnight lows between four and six degrees celsius. tomorrow should stay dry and the winds will fall a bit lighter. there will be some brightness and some sunny spells around at times. over the weekend it turns windy with some spells of rain again. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. it 7.30 1am. 0ur it 7.30 1am. our top story: —— its 7:31am. president trump has suspended travel from europe into the us in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. the restrictions will be in place for 30 days from tomorrow but do not apply to the uk. so far, 38 people have died from the virus in america. meanwhile, here in the uk people with even minor signs of respiratory infections could be asked to self—isolate under new guidelines being considered to delay the spread of coronavirus. the prime minister is holding an emergency cobra meeting later today to plan the government's response to covid—19 after it was declared it a pandemic. earlier, dr margaret harris from the world health organization explained what this means. the implications are it's gone from get ready to take this very seriously, act now. so there are no legal things that come in. we haven't declared, we've labelled it, we've characterised it, we're saying this is where we are now epidemiologically, but we also now saying everyone now to consider coronavirus their business. 0scar—winning actor tom hanks has confirmed he and his wife, rita wilson, have tested positive for the coronavirus. in an instagram post, he said he had come down with a fever while filming in australia. he said he and his wife would be tested, observed and isolated for as long as necessary. a british soldier has been killed in a rocket attack on a military base in iraq. the missiles were fired on a camp near baghdad where coalition forces were training iraqi soldiers. us military sources said an american soldier and a contractor were also killed. a ban on parking on pavements could be rolled out across england. the government will consult on whether to extend the ban which is already in place in london and give local authorities more power to tackle the issue. campaigners say it causes problems for disabled people and the elderly. of course we've been trying to explain everything that happened in the budget yesterday and nina can give us more detail. good morning, we just heard from chancellor rishi sunak about the £30 billion package to support the uk against coronavirus. let's get reaction from john mcdonnell in westminster. a polished performance from the new chancellor yesterday, presumably his measures, supporting of the nhs and loosening of the fiscal rules are welcomed by you? let's go through it. on the coronavirus issue, of course there is no party politics in this, we support the government. we will work with them and do everything we possibly can to support our nhs. we support the government in that. we support them in terms of the support they have given to businesses, but there are issues, and we'll raise this constructively, as others have overnight, this issue about the people who are low paid, on zero hour contracts, part—time workers, the first thing is we've got to make sure they have access to financial support. statutory sick pay, this issue, quite rightly others have raised the fact it is very low, and we've got to make sure self—employed people are properly covered too. they are covered, aren't they? they'll be given access to universal credit immediately and statutory sick pay will be given immediately. that's the problem, it is solo, and with regards to universal credit, it is incredibly complicated. we have to make sure everyone has access to the various levels of support, and secondly i think the government will have to look at the level of support. it's not enough at the moment. you will be in a situation very quickly if we're not careful that people will have to choose between either hardship or their health, and we can't allow that to happen. ok, so you applaud the support for the nhs, you applaud the immediate statutory sick pay. let's talk about austerity, it's over now, isn't it? this is the biggest giveaway for more than 30 years, £30 billion spend. this is bigger than darling into thousand eight, bigger than brown into thousand two, this is firmly on your earth? let me cover one thing on coronavirus if i may, while we were concerned yesterday about the lack of reference to social care and what we need to do today is get clarity from the government that there will be support for social care because social care... it's a service that cares for the elderly and vulnerable, they are most vulnerable about the virus, it is social care thatis about the virus, it is social care that is in crisis. austerity isn't ended by any means. if you look at the ifs figures about what they were

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