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. i'll have all the details coming up. good morning to you. it's 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. all gatherings of more than two people are banned, excluding your family. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person. and finally, you can travel to and from work, but only where absolutely necessary and if you cannot work from home. these new restrictions can be enforced by the police, including using fines. political correspondent jonathan blake has more on that unprecedented announcement. at a time of crisis, an address to the nation. boris johnson's statement from downing street last night had a stark and sobering message. to put it simply, if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it. meaning more people are likely to die, notjust from coronavirus but from other illnesses as well. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. until now, the government has given guidance, issued advice, to help slow the spread of coronavirus, but now there are orders for us all to follow. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes — shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise a day — for example, a run, walk or cycle, alone or with members of your household, any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person and travelling to and from work, but only when this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. non—essential shops will close, as will playgrounds, libraries and places of worship. gatherings of more than two people not in your household are banned. all this enforced by police, with fines for those who don't comply. these are measures that some had wanted to see sooner. we do need to understand how they will be enforced. we do need to understand the details of who can actually travel to work and who can't travel to work. people are frightened. people are concerned. people just want certainty and clarity. so we welcome what the prime minister has said tonight, it's what we were calling for, but we hope the government can quickly follow it up with the details that families tonight deserve to hear. far—reaching curbs on all our daily lives now in force across the uk. the stringent restrictions on our normal day—to—day lives that i'm about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented. they amount, effectively, to what has been described as a lockdown. i know how difficult all that is and i am not going to seek to sugarcoat it in any way. but these measures are essential for the protection of all of us. protecting the nhs and saving lives is the aim, but the prime minister said last night there were no easy options, and warned that many more lives would sadly be lost. jonathan blake, bbc news. the restrictions will remain in place for at least three weeks. home secretary priti patel has promised that the police will get all the resources they need. home editor mark easton was out in london last night to get reaction to the announcement. a fortnight ago, london was a throbbing, global city. tonight, it's reduced to providing life—support. near empty streets echo to the wail of sirens. food stores, petrol stations and pharmacies now operate as emergency services with a plea to shop only once a week. i have a kid at home and he gets hungry, but i have told him we have to live on only what we need. once a week, can you manage that? i think you can manage once a week if you shop carefully. i think he's made the right decision, we have to flatten the curve and prevent as many deaths as possible and ease the pressure on the nhs. do you think once—a—week shopping is too difficult? it is. will you be trying to go out more often? yes, please. it was last orders at this chicken shop. whatever is good for the people and good for the country, it has to be. the shops are closed, the theatres are dark, the bars are shut. the vitality and enterprise that built london has been banished. please patrol a city where the rules of law—abiding life are changing radically. for the most part, officers will use encouragement rather than enforcement, but that too may change if people won't do what they are told. what are you doing here tonight? i'm doing my youtube channel. a youtube channel? i have got my youtube channel. do you think you should really be out? yes, because this is updating. the temples and monuments to human endeavour remain, but the crowds are not welcome now. a city whose purpose is to bring people together is tonight focused on keeping people apart. will it work? can the people of london, and indeed britain, hold their collective breath, give the health workers the time they need? that is the test, perhaps, upon which history will judge this country. mark easton, bbc news, london. that gives you an idea of how things stand this morning. well, let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in westminster. we will speak to michael gove at 7:30 a.m., so many questions from oui’ 7:30 a.m., so many questions from our viewers about the specifics of how this will work. one of the most important ones is how the government will enforce them over the next few weeks? it is one of the big questions that remains unanswered. the prime minister yesterday talked about fines for people who flout some of these rules, and also give the police power to disperse groups and tell folk to go home if they're gathering in large groups. it's also quite important to point out ministers have said the whole time that they will take whatever measures are necessary, and that could mean, isuppose, measures are necessary, and that could mean, i suppose, further down the line if people are still ignoring these really stringent measures announced by the prime minister last night that the government might be forced to take more action. just look at europe, where things like curfews have been brought in, that hasn't happened here yet because the government is hoping by saying to people, "look how serious it is, we're telling you you can only go out for certain reasons, we are closing all these shops, you need to pay attention to what's happening". it's worth remembering how quickly this has moved. just over a week ago people we re moved. just over a week ago people were still able to go to pubs. the government says the science has moved so it's moving, it's always going to do what it needs to based on the advice it's getting from experts, and that could well mean that if these measures aren't enough, we could well see more. nobody is saying thatjust yet, it's important to point that out, but the government continues to say it will continue to do whatever action it deems necessary. nick, we will speak to you later on. michael gove is here later around 7:30 a.m., just like yesterday, lots of people have questions about the announcements, then questions about plumbers and electricians and essential work and which shops will be open and which will be closed. also questions about split families and exercise, how far and how long can you go for? we will try and go through those for as long as it ta kes through those for as long as it takes with michael gove at 7:30 a.m., so send those questions in this morning. lots of you were watching the prime minister yesterday at 8:30 p.m., how are you feeling? it has a huge impact on everyone. we will be here at 6am every morning on bbc brea kfast to at 6am every morning on bbc breakfast to bring you the latest and go through it and deal with your questions to try to find a way through. sports direct says it will keep some stores open despite the government order that all shops selling non—essential goods should close immediately. the company argued it was uniquely well placed to keep the uk fit and healthy. bosses said they provided an essential service because the sports equipment it sells can be used to exercise at home while gyms are closed. for the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak, including what symptoms to look for, how to reduce your risk of becoming infected, and advice for those with underlying health conditions, just visit our website or go to the bbc news app. all the latest detailed government advice can also be found at the gov.uk website. just follow the coronavirus link. i mentioned the prime minister's statement last night, if you didn't watch it, we will have a clip in a couple of moments and you might want to watch it again for those details. a beautiful sunrise this morning. nice morning, isn't it? it is light, which is on the upside! here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. and the clocks go forward this weekend as well. louise is right for some of the country but for others, we have rain. if you're in england and wales today, largely dry, sunshine, spring warmth. for scotland and northern ireland, different story, fairly cloudy and particularly in scotland we have some rain. the same weather front that brought the rain yesterday, it will be with us today and tomorrow and the squeeze on the isobars in and tomorrow and the squeeze on the isoba rs in scotland and tomorrow and the squeeze on the isobars in scotland and northern ireland tells us it's also windy. if you're stepping out, a chilly start, these are the temperatures at 7am in towns and cities and in rural areas, it will be lower with some parts of england and wales at —2 overnight, soa england and wales at —2 overnight, so a touch of frost around. under clear skies, lot of sunshine, until the north—west where we've got this band of persistent rain. gusty winds, as represented by the black circles. the met office has a yellow weather warning out for this rain, valid until tomorrow at midday, and by then we could have between 100 and 120 millimetres from this. cloud in northern ireland today, patchy rain in scotland, some eastern areas drier and brighter but a lot of dry weather and sunshine in england and wales with highs of 15 or 16. 17 or 18 in somewhere like north—east wales, around merseyside. ten to 12 or 13 wales, around merseyside. ten to 12 or13 in wales, around merseyside. ten to 12 or 13 in scotland and northern ireland. through the evening and overnight under clear skies in england and wales, the temperature will fall away, and more cloud at times in the west and we still have our weather front in scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures not falling away as much here but once again, a touch of frost in parts of england in particular and the south—east. we start tomorrow with a fair bit of dry weather and sunshine. our weather front starts to move slowly south as a weakening feature, again introducing cloud and also patchy rain and drizzle, but drier, especially in the afternoon, and brighter where it's been wet in the last couple of days in the outer hebrides with temperatures tomorrow around 16. as we move on into thursday, we still have our weather front here, still a weak affair and producing a fair bit of and drizzle. for england and wales, once again, we're seeing the lion's share of the sunshine with highs around 1a, though the temperature slowly by day coming down a bit. by the end of the week eventually this weather front makes it to the south as a band of cloud, high—pressure moves keeping things settled but it means it will turn colder. it opens the doors to a northerly wind, so right across—the—board you'll northerly wind, so right across—the—boa rd you'll notice northerly wind, so right across—the—board you'll notice the difference in temperature going down. how does that look for the weekend? a down. how does that look for the weekend ? a lot down. how does that look for the weekend? a lot of settled weather still. but on sunday, i should warn you we could see wintry showers almost anywhere, and by that i mean almost anywhere, and by that i mean a mix of rain, sleet and snow and hail. we've got the lot! thank you very much. it is going to be busy. every one of us throughout the uk is now living under unprecedented restrictions after the government ramped up its efforts to curb the spread of covid—19. the prime minister described the virus outbreak as "a situation the country has never faced anything like in living memory", as he addressed the nation from downing street last night. iam sure i am sure what have you were watching last night. if too many people become seriously u nwell if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it, meaning more people are likely to die, notjust from coronavirus, but from other illnesses as well. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease, because that is the way we reduce the number of people needing hospital treatment at any one time so we can protect the nhs‘s ability to cope and save more lives. and that's why we've been asking people to stay at home during this pandemic. and those huge numbers are complying, and i thank you all, the time has now come for us all to do more. from this evening they must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay—at—home. because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes, shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise a day, for example, a run, walk, or cycle, alone or with members of your household. any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person. and travelling to or from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. that's all. these are the only reasons you should leave your home. you should not be meeting friends. if your friends ask you to meet you should say no. you should not be meeting family members who do not live in your home. you should not be going shopping except for essentials like food and medicine. and you should do this as little as you can. and use of food delivery services where you can. if you don't follow the rules, the police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings. to ensure compliance with the government's instruction to stay—at—home, we will immediately close all shop selling nonessential goods, including clothing and electronics stores, and other premises, including libraries, playgrounds, and outdoor gems and places of worship. we will stop all gatherings of more than two people in public, excluding people you live with. and we will stop all social events, including weddings, baptisms, events, including weddings, ba ptisms, and events, including weddings, baptisms, and other ceremonies, but excluding funerals. parks will remain open for exercise, but gatherings will be disbursed. no prime minister wants to enact measures like this. i know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to people's lives, to their businesses, and to theirjobs. and that's why we produced a huge and unprecedented programme of support both for workers and for businesses. and they can assure you that we will keep this restriction is under constant review. we will look again in three weeks and relax them, if the evidence shows we are able to. but, at present, there are just no easy options. the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will, sadly, be lost. and yet it is also true that there is a clear way through. day by day we are strengthening our amazing nhs, with 7500 former physicians coming back to the service. at the time you buy by simply staying at home we are increasing our stocks of recruitment, we are accelerating our search for treatments, we are pioneering work on a vaccine, and we are buying millions of testing kits that will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible killer. they want to thank everyone who was working flat out to beat the virus. everyone from the supermarket staff to the transport workers, to the carers, to the nurses and doctors on the frontline. but in this fight we can be in no doubt that each and every one of us is directly enlisted. each and every one of us is now obliged tojoin together to halt and every one of us is now obliged to join together to halt the spread of this disease, to protect our nhs, and to save many, many thousands of lives. that was prime minister boris johnson. i want if you watch that live at 8:30pm last night. let us know what you think about that. we are here for your comments, your questions, and we're here for you this morning. as we are every morning from six o'clock until nine o'clock. let's take a look at what today's papers make of the prime minister's announcement. end of freedom says the daily telegraph. it says boris johnson's "sombre" televised announcement was a shock, but came after scientific advisers told him the nhs would collapse unless tougher measures were brought in immediately. the daily mirror says there'll be a £30 fine for breaking the new rules. the times reports there'll be a review of the new measures in three weeks, when they'll either be relaxed or toughened, depending on the progress of the disease. and on the bbc news website, the team have been answering your top—ten questions about the coronavirus, covering topics such as symptoms, who's most at risk and how you can help stop the spread of the disease. you can find that at bbc.co.uk/news. yesterday was the day that all schools, unless you are the key workers, the child of a key worker, people were talking about looking after their children, and people trying to keep it inside as well. this is just trying to keep it inside as well. this isjust one trying to keep it inside as well. this is just one example. joel wicks led more than 2 million people through a workout on day one of that mass shutdown of schools. there is everything you want, there is strength and conditioning, something for swimmers, so many people. there isa for swimmers, so many people. there is a dancing class. glenn fogel has aqanda is a dancing class. glenn fogel has a q and a every day. if you are a fan, have a look. there is probably something to keep you entertained or keep you fit during the next few weeks and however long it may be. keep you fit during the next few weeks and however long it may belj remain convinced that after day one all teachers should get paid half £1 million a yearfrom all teachers should get paid half £1 million a year from this point on. they should definitely get pay rises. let us know how your first day of homeschooling went yesterday. please send in your comments and questions. we are speaking to a number of politicians today, including michael gove who will be here at 7:30am. we have a number of health experts with us once again. if you have specific questions. sadiq khan will be on the programme as well. as we mentioned earlier, many brits are unable to travel back home from abroad, as international travel becomes more difficult and countries close their borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. ella chandler is stranded in christchurch in new zealand, after her flights home were cancelled. shejoins us now. thanks so much forjoining us. just tell us, when were you trying to get home? so why was originally trying to get home on the 15th of april, so when the pandemic broke out a changed my flights to come home on the 31st of march, so next week. but not anymore. what has happened to that flight? so pretty much any british person in new zealand at the minute trying to get home has had theirflight minute trying to get home has had their flight cancelled due to the sort of cutting down of the airlines and all the transit routes are now closed through australia, dubai, singapore, hong kong, and america. obviously that has got to be kind of worrying, frustrating. how are you feeling? i do feel quite frustrated. they do feel quite worried. but it's just... it's quite upsetting for us. and adjust the fear of the unknown. i don't know when i i'm going to be going home now, i don't know when i will be seeing my family. and up until 2a hours ago everything was in motion to come home. have you been given any assistance by uk officials at all? have you tried to get hold of them? so we have been trying really ha rd to of them? so we have been trying really hard to get hold of the british high commission in new zealand. but we found out today that they have actually shut their phone lines, because they are not able to a nswer lines, because they are not able to answer our questions that we have and, actually, a few people turned up and, actually, a few people turned up to the high commission building in auckland today and they shut the doors as well and just handed out like a pamphlet saying to contact your airline. but we can't get through to any of the airlines in new zealand or the uk at the minute. we know the secretary of state, dominic raab, has urged all british nationals abroad to come home. what do you think the government should be doing if you literally can't at the moment? no, and that was probably the most frustrating thing to read last night, that dominic raab had put out the plea for eve ryo ne raab had put out the plea for everyone to come home, but there is genuinely no way we can get home. people have been e—mailing local mps asking for help and we are not getting anywhere. my e—mails my mp today, jeremy hunt, and just got a generics response back. and itjust feels like we are a little bit forgotten because, yes, the pandemic in the uk is really bad, i've seen the stuff on social media, but we are now stuck in a foreign country, unemployed, going to lose my house soon, so all we want to do is get home. they really appreciate you talking to us in really difficult circumstances. good luck to you. ella chandler, who was in new zealand. we are getting a lot of questions on. by looked at the five most popular after last night's announcement. they will run you through some of these. how was police enforcement going to work? that is one of the popular ones. the definition of a shop selling essential goods. sports director saying they will stay open. how do you get money if you can't go to the bank and can't go online? questions about split and separated families with children working —— living with one parent and visiting the other. if your car has broken down and you need an mot, can you go through that? radical questions about people buying and selling houses. you haven't exchanged can they go through and complete? —— practical. i can't answer everything. we will try to get to the bottom of some of those concerns. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning. abc london and bbc southeast today are joining forces at breakfast keep you up—to—date with the latest on the coronavirus in ourarea. with the latest on the coronavirus in our area. maidstone market is open for business. that is the message being put out by council bosses. the regular ones will remain open to help supply local residents with fresh produce. pictures will be spaced two metres apart to comply with social distancing guidelines, with social distancing guidelines, with markers placed on the floor to ensure people q safely. country parks in kent will remain open for the time being, despite the fact the public are being told to stay indoors. the county council has made the decision to keep access on foot and by vehicle as long as visitors respect social distancing. they say they will monitor people's conduct. some councils in kent have made changes to how we are allowed to park in town. car parking enforcement has been suspended in tonbridge and malling untilfurther notice, while residence in maidstone will now be able to park in the town's pay and display carpets for free until the first ofjuly. a valid resident parking permit must be displayed. parents and carers are being urged to tell their children at home to stay away from railway tracks as schools across the country have closed due to coronavirus. railways in the southern region of network rail are powered by a live electrified 750 volt rail which can seriously injure or kill anyone trespassing on the line. since schools closed on friday there have been 16 trespassing incidents as well as vandalism including a bicycle thrown onto the track and hit by a train on sunday. the metropolitan police have released cctv footage of a man wanted in connection of a murder on thursday the 19th of march. mr patel was stabbed several times on ultimo avenue. officers would like to speak to the man pictured and urge anyone who has information to contact them. if seen as should not be abridged but to call treble nine. —— approach. it isa it is a chilly start of the day, we have had clear skies through the night. we are expecting other fine and dry day. the wind is a little lighter compared to yesterday. it should start to feel warmer. still keeping the breeze coming in from the east. so around the coast that keeps those temperatures down a little. a cloudless sky is taking us through the afternoon. so temperatures across more inland areas as we head towards the west through the afternoon creeping up to around 13— 1a degrees. as far as the rest of the week is concerned, it should stay dry and fine with plenty of sunshine around, butjust should stay dry and fine with plenty of sunshine around, but just towards the end of the week more cloud and it's also going to be turning a little colder. don't forget, you can keep up—to—date with the latest news, weather, and travel by logging onto our websites. that is it for now. i will be back in half—an—hour. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: as restrictions on leaving the house are ramped up in response to the coronavirus crisis, we'll speak to the brass band using technology to meet up. staying in, but staying in touch — we'll get tips from two instagram stars in their 80s on how to use social media to beat isolation. and after people in european cities began appearing on their balconies each night to show appreciation for health workers, we'll hear from a campaigner who wants the uk to give a collective round of applause to our wonderful nhs staff. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: sweeping new restrictions on freedom of movement have come into force around the uk, as the government tries to halt the spread of the coronavius, which has now claimed 335 lives here. everyone has been ordered not to leave their homes except to buy basics, seek medical help, exercise once a day or for essential work. shops selling non—essentials have also been told to close. the measures were announced by the prime minister in a rare broadcast to the nation from downing street last night. i can assure you that we will keep this restriction is under constant review. we will look again in three weeks and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to. but, at present, there are just no easy options. the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will, sadly, be lost. and yet it is also true that there is a clear way through. day by day, we are strengthening our amazing nhs, with 7,500 former clinicians coming back to the service. with the time you buy by simply staying at home, we are increasing our stocks of recruitment, we are accelerating our search for treatments, we are pioneering work on a vaccine, and we are buying millions of testing kits that will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible killer. we on this invisible killer. will be talking about it throughout we will be talking about it throughout the morning, the impact on all of our lives. sports direct says it will keep some stores open, despite the government order that all shops selling non—essential goods should close immediately. the company argued it was "uniquely well placed" to keep the uk fit and healthy. bosses said they provided an essential service because the sports equipment it sells can be used to exercise at home while gyms are closed. british tourists say they have been left stranded overseas as countries around the world continue to increase travel restrictions. the foreign office has urged all britons travelling abroad to return home, but many people have complained they've been left stuck abroad after flights were cancelled. you're watching bbc breakfast, very good morning. sally is here with the decision about the olympics, there's lots of things going on, aren't there?m about the olympics, there's lots of things going on, aren't there? it is just slowly crumbling, isn't it? we haven't had a firm decision from anyone yet at a fairly firm indication has come overnight because the united states are the latest country to say the olympics should be called off. in a survey of team usa athletes, they said a postponement is the most promising option. the british olympic association are also expected this afternoon to say the tokyo games should be postponed. ioc member dick pound has gone even further and suggested the decision has already been decided. well, martyn rooney has featured in three olympics for team gb, winning a a00m relay bronze at beijing in 2008. he says moving the tokyo games could make him consider whether he should carry on competing. my my plan this year was this was my last season. it was to go to a fourth olympic games and kind of leave it there, but if it's within the next year, i could probably convince eye wife, my body, my coach, all these people i work with to get me through this next year but if it's longer than that, i'll have to call it a day there. uefa has postponed this season's three major finals. no new dates have been arranged for the men's and women's champions league finals, along with the europa league, which were all due to take place in may. european football's governing body have already delayed this summer's euros by a year. the azerbaijan grand prix is the latest formula one race this season to be called off. the street race in baku was due to take place injune and becomes the eighth race to be postponed. the canadian grand prix is also a major doubt. former scotland rugby union international rory lawson says coronavirus left him totally floored and empty. the 39—year—old has warned younger people about the disease. i'm not someone to get ill, i don't think i've had a day off school, sick, didn't have a day out of rugby ill, and i've not been someone whose ever really been sick, so it's definitely surprised me. it's been a real slap in the face and for me now ifi real slap in the face and for me now if i can try and wake a few people up if i can try and wake a few people up to the fact that the younger people in the world, in the uk, are not exempt to an attack from this coronavirus. this is a story we would have made a lot more fuss about indifferent times: —— in different times. lucy bronze has been voted the bbc women's footballer of the year. the defender won the champions league with lyon last year and was part of the england side that reached the semi finals of the world cup. bronze also won the award two years ago. winning it the first time was such a surprise. winning a trophy twice is a lwa ys surprise. winning a trophy twice is always really special because i think it is so much harder. the first time you kind of have the moment where everyone behind you and the second time to repeat it. even to stay at the top level is so difficult in sport and to wind and to get nominated for awards year after yea r, to get nominated for awards year after year, it is not easy and it is definitely something i don't take for granted one bit. lucy lu cy bro nze lucy bronze there. now, what do you do, if you're an only child in self—isolation who usually plays in goal? well, you might have seen this. well, 11—year—old nathan had that very issue, but he's found a clever little workaround to keep up with his training. what a boy! nathan, i really admire your determination. and she's not the only one. nathan's got himself a seal of approval from manchester united's goalkeeper david de gea. look at that! not content with that... and his teammate juan mata has posted: "once all this is over" he'd like to practice his free kicks with nathan. among this madness there nice things going on. we are on breakfast trying to keep things as normal as we can in slightly tricky circumstances. the new normal, isn't it? i'm sorry about the mess, i will have to tidy | about the mess, i will have to tidy up! yesterday you said you wanted a table and now you have one!” normally have things under their so i apologise. i don't think people mind. iwant i apologise. i don't think people mind. i want to wear trainers! our homes will be tidier! i'm not sure mine is! how is your table going? i've upgraded, a table, computer, my own make—up, which i will obviously hide. ican own make—up, which i will obviously hide. i can put it on myself! dan's looks particularly good! well done, dan, good job! i have a if, my own bag is behind here —— a gift. i looked like freddy krueger with my first attempt! you are looking good! this is the way we have to do things now! we really appreciate the people we had in our lives! pharmacists are asking people not to stockpile medicine, as many report a huge surge in demand. some are now restricting the number of patients allowed inside and are limiting the number of products each person can buy. health correspondent dominic hughes reports. it's actually a bit of a tsunami of customers that are wanting almost anything. we are actually short on that, aren't we? the local pharmacist shop is now a key part in the fight against coronavirus and their having to adapt to the new world we all now live in. over here, we've constructed a two metre high perspex screen that gives us some metre high perspex screen that gives us some protection from individuals coming into the pharmacy. with gps surgeries and hospitals already facing huge pressures, more people are turning to pharmacies like this one in north manchester. just keeping up patient demand is a real challenge let alone managing fluctuating prices. last week, as soon as there was even an indication there were going to be shortages in there were going to be shortages in the ingredients from india and china, almost every molecule you typically use in a pharmacy, almost every product related to that started to rise in price. it is tremendously difficult to run a business in this situation, but in some ways at least we are able to run the business. it's sometimes easy to forget that community pharmacists like this one form part of the frontline of the healthcare service, but they are, at the moment, facing unprecedented levels of demand. and that increased demand comes with risks. pharmacist neil denby had to self—isolate after falling ill, although in the end his test was negative. i had test was negative. ihada test was negative. i had a patient come to speak to me, so we went into a consultation room. this person had viral symptoms of respiratory tract problems. i've got no follow—up on that so i couldn't tell you if i tested positive, and then a week after that, i started to feel unwell myself. keeping the supply of medicines flowing to those who need them will be vital in the coming months. the message is stocks are secure, so don't panic. we've seen what have happened in supermarkets, we don't want to be the next wave of that. so we're urging everybody, stick to the supplies you have, make sure you get them into your course, but please, please think of others as well. the pressure could be eased by recruiting final year students and recently retired pharmacist, but even with extra staff months ahead will be a real test. dominic hughes, bbc news, north manchester. so many questions people sending in this morning, thank you or that, so much uncertainty about the impact it will have on all of our lives —— thank you so much for that. the one thing that is clear as it is on us. we will talk to michael gove about this later, but it is impossible for the government and the police to enforce this nationwide, there's so many people, so it's a huge responsibility to make sure we take care of each other. we are going to try to keep something as normal on bbc breakfast this week, and that means talking to carol every day about the weather. good morning! mixed fortunes again today with the weather and if you're in england and wales, a cold start with frost around for some but sunny and not a bad day in terms of temperature either. for scotland and northern ireland, a different story, cloudier for you and also we got rain because we've got this weather front with us since yesterday and it will be with us since yesterday and it will be with us and for much of the rest of the week in one shape or form and the isobars alone will tell you across scotla nd isobars alone will tell you across scotland and northern ireland it will be windy. these are the temperatures are to start the day in towns and cities. if you're in a rural part of the country, a bit lower. especially england and wales, need to wrap up warmly if you're able to go out. to davey watt we've got is the rain across the north—west of scotland, —— today what we've got. rain coming in ahead of that and windy, as you can tell from the wind gusts indicated in the black circles. eastern scotland, something drier and brighter. the cloud encroaching in northern ireland with the east seeing something brighter eventually that getting into the far north of northern england, but dry weather and sunshine, some hazy at times and more cloud, west wales, north—west england, south—west england at times through the day. eight in lerwick to 15 or 16 as we go through towards liverpool, but somewhere could see temperatures a bit higher than that, especially north wales and merseyside. this evening and overnight under clear skies, cold across england and wales and once again frost around. where we've got the cloud cover elsewhere, temperatures ring up. tomorrow where we have clearer skies, this is where we have clearer skies, this is where we start with sunshine. weather front across scotland and northern ireland is weakening but still producing cloud and patchy rain, but brightening up behind it in the outer hebrides, where you've been plagued by rain over the last couple of days. temperatures tomorrow up to 16 or 17 possibly. overnight into thursday, we're looking at frost and patchy mist and fog further south under the clear skies, but the clear skies by night means we start off with that and we're going to a fair bit of sunshine but once again our weather front still with us in scotla nd weather front still with us in scotland and northern ireland with the far north of bingo and producing patchy rain and drizzle. temperature—wise, eight in lerwick to about 1k in cardiff. towards the end of the week, we've got this weather front sinking south, eventually clearing to allow high pressure to build in behind and as the weather front clears, the mild air, the double temperatures, the 17 we've seen, for example, will start to move away and we return to colder conditions with a straight northerly. this weekend looks dry for many, sunshine around, but on sunday, as well as sunny spells, there will be wintry showers, so that means a mixture of hail, sleet and snow almost anywhere, but some sunshine in between. what a mix! gosh, going to get very cold! thanks, carol, see you later. as part of borisjohnson's historic announcement last night, all shops apart from those selling essential supplies, were ordered to close. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to south london to meet the hairdressers being forced to shut their doors. hairdressing at a distance of two metres is impossible. but for patients, who are self—employed, hairdressing is her only income. patients, who are self—employed, hairdressing is her only incomem is not possible. it is not possible for this kind of business. there is no way you can give a distance. it's not possible. there's just one—on—one, as you can see. not possible. there's just one-on-one, as you can see. 50 in one-on-one, as you can see. so in this alund in south london she has, for the past three days, continue to cut hair. now she has to stop. very, very tough stop the rent is the most important in my life. so every other person around me. there are normally 12 self—employed hairdressers in the salon. eric, the owner, had been struggling on the two. the decision to shut has now been made for him. he welcomes it. i've think that we should be made to close, instead of just a few places close and leave you to decide if you're close or stay open. how worried are you for the self—employed people who cut hair in this place? i'm very worried. we can't really see an end to it. because literally no—one knows what's happening, no—one knows where we are toning, web we are going. for everyone the same, just a two metres apart if at all possible. but for so many self—employed people and small businesses, the reality of that means no income. we just make sure we got a few... cray this salon had decided to close ahead of the minister's announcement that all nonessential shops must shut. minister's announcement that all nonessential shops must shutm minister's announcement that all nonessential shops must shut. it is tough. you don't want to let clients go because otherwise the business will struggle. at the same time it is very risky because you are with people so close and you are meant to be standing two metres apart. you have clients coming in and they don't know whether they should be here or not. is a receive -- relief knowing the decision has been made? i'm coming into work, riskier, it is ha rd i'm coming into work, riskier, it is hard for me to turn clients away, it is myjob. now today we are closing it will be easier. people are more concerned they will have long hair and bad roads by the time we have reopened. —— roots. we have had to make the decision today and we will close. i can only speak for my employers, my employees will get paid. other people who are self—employed, worrying, really worrying times. it's not all about money, it's not all about business, isjust how to do respect money, it's not all about business, is just how to do respect to the people in this situation. down the high street, this barber shop opened 11 years ago. some who work here are employees, other work for themselves and read a chair. rhona cameron wa nts to and read a chair. rhona cameron wants to help them all. -- rent. safety is more important than anything else. some need to pay rent, they need the money for surviving. don't want to let them down. i told them if they need more money, i'm going to help them. this has not happened to only one person. it's happened to everyone. they think we need to help each other.l sentiment echoed in homes and on high street everywhere. tim muffett, bbc news. that is a general bridge on the high street. there are some exceptions to those retail closures announced last night. online shopping is still possible and petrol stations, supermarkets and pharmacies will be able to stay open. nina is looking at this today for us — she'sjust outside in the newsroom. hello there. good morning, louise. we heard there interim's report from patience and some others, some confusion around where self employed people stand —— tim's. what do labour make of the decisions? we are joined by rebecca long—bailey, a very good morning to you. they want to start by asking you about the measures announced last night on business closures. the government go far enough? it is right for them to ta ke far enough? it is right for them to take this action, but there is a lot of uncertainty this morning about what a social work actually is. we have heard reports that sports direct, for example, is going to carry on because they have informed their staff they carry —— they are an essential service. what i would like is for the government to really revisit this because only businesses who provide an essential function to keep us going through this crisis should be open and we shouldn't be exposing employees or the wider community to any further risks, so we want to see action on this as soon as possible today. it's not that simple. we have heard today from a carpenter, a mechanic who fixes the cars of nhs workers, builders who work on nhs sites, what would you be saying to them this morning, don't go to work? no, think if there is an essential function, and this is why the government needs to look quickly at providing clear guidance on this, if it is something necessary to keep the nhs going, to keep us in terms of our well—being at home, to give a secure and safe, out and about in our communities, whether it is public services, they would be essential functions, whether it is critical manufacturing to provide that much—needed protective equipment for workers on the frontline, that would be an essential function. but if it is selling trampolines and stress, then no, don't that is an essential function and i would not think it would be right but that would also risk. what would your message to mike ashley be this morning?” risk. what would your message to mike ashley be this morning? i think he needs to think very carefully. they need to be government guidance on this. it can be left as a decision made by individual businesses, if i'm honest. let us look at the chancellor's measures announced. 330 billion loans in state loan guarantees, 20 billion in fresh tax reliefs and grants for businesses. len mccluskey, the union leader backing you any leadership race, has described this as the right thing to do, historic, bold, necessary , right thing to do, historic, bold, necessary, to the chancellor's measures was yellow of course they do. but! measures was yellow of course they do. but i want to go further on the self—employed. we had a report from hairdressers, many of whom are self—employed. and there are millions of self—employed workers right across the uk who, at the moment, won't get any income protection at all. the chancellor announced a job retention scheme la st announced a job retention scheme last week for workers who were employed directly, where their wages would be protected to 80%. they want to see the same happening for the self—employed today. to see the same happening for the self-employed today. the government have said they are being helped by measures such as the deferral of self—assessment tax requires, payment holidays or mortgages, and they can fall back on benefit. does not know. the point the chancellor made about benefits was that he was going to remove certain thresholds from working tax credits and universal credit to bring it up to a level of sick pay. now, sick pay is £94 a week. most people couldn't live on £94 a week. and that is basic pay in itself needs to dramatically increase. we are way behind other european countries on this. we want to see the support that has been afforded to businesses and directly employed workers afforded to the self—employed. it shouldn't be a 2—tiered system. afforded to the self—employed. it shouldn't be a 2-tiered system. what would you say to somebody sitting at home who runs an independent business, they are worrying about whether income will come from, what would a labour government be doing differently? well, we not in power, unfortunately. what we need to do is collaboratively with the government, which is why i'm making suggestions to my counterpart to implement support for the self—employed as soon as possible. what needs to happen today, it's imperative that the self—employed, particularly, receive direct financial support so they don't have to go to work unless they don't have to go to work unless they are providing an essential function. they also want to see happen is more support provided to our banks in rolling out the additional support that the chancellor outlined last week. yesterday i've heard stories right across my own constituency from businesses who tried to contact their local retail bank and the local retail bank didn't know anything about the government schemes. and this isn't good enough. we need to make sure this is addressed to today as well. so part of it is getting the message out. you think it is about clarity as much as substance. it is clarity and additional support. first of all, the guidance needs to be clear. the government have been clear on what essential workers. they have sent out confusing messages over the last 24 hours. secondly, it is about direct support. if we expect people to stay at home because that is the safe st to stay at home because that is the safest thing possible, both for the wider community, themselves, and the nhs, we need to make sure they are financially secure. many people aren't, unfortunately, particularly the self—employed. and that's why we need to roll out measures today. 0k, rebecca long—bailey, thank you for joining us this morning. to you. thank you very much. milk delivery is one industry which has seen a surge in business since so many of us have been forced to stay at home. milkman steve hayden is out on his round this morning, and we can speak to him now. good morning to you. how is it going this morning? good morning. it is going ok, thank you. this morning? good morning. it is going 0k, thank you. tell me, has there been more interested in your services since what has happened with the coronavirus was much oh yes. so much so that up to last saturday or the saturdayjust gone, we had actually got over 1500 new customers and that doesn't include what our regular customers have increased their milk and what they wa nt increased their milk and what they want as well. 0k. are you going to be able to deliver to all those people? yes, yes. yes, we've got the capacity to do it. it may take a little while to get the new ones on board, but, you know, we can do it, yes. tell us, people must be absolutely delighted that you are able to help them. what has been the reaction was yellow oh, they have been superb. i have had a couple of people clap. people have said thank you so much, and they wanted to know if they could do anything to help me. we have had thank you letters from adults and thank you letters from adults and thank you letters from kids as well. and what precautions are you taking to make sure you stay safe? i have some hand gel and sure you stay safe? i have some hand gelandi sure you stay safe? i have some hand geland i am sure you stay safe? i have some hand gel and i am saying the distance away from people and they are staying the distance away from me. what other things are you delivering apart from milk? there are lots of things people need and are going to need over the next few weeks. we have bread, eggs, cheese, potatoes, compost, tea bags, have bread, eggs, cheese, potatoes, compost, teabags, sugar, coffee, sausages, bacon, and lots more. well. lots of things took me by surprise, but the compost, that's brilliant. especially now, think people will want that, because they will be staying out and they won't be able to go out and get it. i think that will be even more of an increase. it is really wonderful to speak to you. you are really doing an essential service for so many people. good luck to on the red to the milk run. thank you very much indeed. and you, goodbye. he is my favourite person of the day. a lovely pa i n favourite person of the day. a lovely pain in the hat behind the air. i could not workout that's what it was. what a great service. just to let you know what is happening in the next half hour, we are talking about social distancing in ten minutes. we have sadiq khan at 20 past seven, the mayor of london, and michael gove will be answering this question you have sent in about the government measures and what they government measures and what mean question you have sent in about the government measures and what mean at 7:30am. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces at breakfast to keep you up to date with the latest on coronavirus in ourarea. maidstone market is open for business — that's the message being put out by council bosses. the regular markets at lockmeadow in the town on tuesdays and saturdays will remain open to help supply local residents with fresh produce. pitches will be spaced two metres apart to comply with social distancing guidance with markers placed on the floor to ensure people queue safely. parents and carers are being urged to tell their children at home to stay away from railway tracks as schools across the country have closed due to coronavirus. railways in the southern region of network rail are powered by a live electrified 750 vault rail which can seriously injure or kill anyone trespassing on the line.since schools closed on friday, there have been 16 trespassing incidents in the region as well as vandalism including a bicycle being thrown on the track and hit by a train on sunday. sevenoa ks district council is supporting a community scheme to allow residents to hep or request assistance during the coronavirus outbreak. the scheme, operated by care for our community — sevenoaks, makes it easy for residents to volunteer their time to help people nearby who may be self isolating. country parks in kent will remain open for the time being despite the fact the public are being told to stay indoors. the county council has made the decision to keep access on foot and by vehicle, as long as visitors respect social distancing. they say they will monitor people's conduct. the metropolitan police have released cctv footage of a man wanted in connection with the murder of shadika mohsin patel in newham on thursday 19 march. mr patel was stabbed several times on altmore avenue and died later in hospital. officers would like to speak to the man pictured and urge anyone who has information to contact them. if seen, they say the man should not be approached but to call 999. check the weather forecast with nina ridge. it's a chilly start of the day, we have had clear skies through the night. we're expecting another fine and dry day. lots fine and dry day. of sunshine to come. the winds a little lighter compared to yesterday. it should start to feel warmer. still keeping the breeze coming in from the east. so around the coast that keeps those temperatures down a little. a cloudless sky is taking us through the afternoon. so temperatures across more inland areas as we head towards the west through the afternoon creeping up to around 13—14 degrees. as far as the rest of the week is concerned, it should stay dry and fine with plenty of sunshine around, butjust towards the end of the week more cloud and it's also going to be turning a little colder. if you would like the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in your area, do visit the bbc website. we will be back. we hope you can join us. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: the prime minister announces the toughest restrictions on daily life in living memory. at present, there are just no easy options. the way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost. everyone must stay at home for at least three weeks, we will only be allowed to go out to shop for basics, take daily exercise and travel for medical attention or essential work. no high street clothes shopping, no haircuts, no trips to the library. most outlets must close under these measures. we'll look at the pressure 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. if you're in england and wales today, you're in for a dry day with a fair bit of sunshine, asean times. scotland and northern ireland, cloudier with some rain in the north—west, and also india. i'll have all the details at around 710 a.m. “— have all the details at around 710 a.m. —— windeyer. it's tuesday the 24th of march. 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 of us 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. all gatherings of more than two people are banned, excluding those who live witn you. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person. and finally, you can travel to and from work, but only where absolutely necessary and if you cannot work from home. these new restrictions can be enforced by the police, including using fines. political correspondent jonathan blake has more on that unprecedented announcement. at a time of crisis, an address to the nation. boris johnson's statement from downing street last night had a stark and sobering message. to put it simply, if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it, meaning more people are likely to die, notjust from coronavirus but from other illnesses as well. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. until now, the government has given guidance, issued advice, to help slow the spread of coronavirus, but now there are orders for us all to follow. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes — shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise a day, for example, a run, walk or cycle, alone or with members of your household, any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person and travelling to and from work, but only when this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. non—essential shops will close, as will playgrounds, libraries and places of worship. gatherings of more than two people not in your household are banned. all this enforced by police, with fines for those who don't comply. these are measures that some had wanted to see sooner. we do need to understand how they will be enforced. we do need to understand the details of who can actually travel to work and who can't travel to work. people are frightened. people are concerned. people just want certainty and clarity. so we welcome what the prime minister has said tonight, it's what we were calling for, but we hope the government can quickly follow it up with the details that families tonight deserve to hear. far—reaching curbs on all our daily lives now in force across the uk. the stringent restrictions on our normal day—to—day lives that i'm about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented. they amount, effectively, to what has been described as a lockdown. i know how difficult all that is and i am not going to seek to sugarcoat it in any way, but these measures are essential for the protection of all of us. protecting the nhs and saving lives is the aim, but the prime minister said last night there were no easy options, and warned that many more lives would sadly be lost. jonathan blake, bbc news. well, let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in westminster. nick, so many of our viewers this morning sending in questions, which we are going to put to some politicians we are speaking to later, and one thing we will ask michael gove at 7:30am is enforcement, how can the government make us all follow through on these measures? there's a lot of questions this morning, dan, and i suppose some of the answers aren't com pletely some of the answers aren't completely clear and will perhaps be firmed up over the course of the day. in terms of enforcing these new rules, the prime minister has said the police will be able to issue fines to people if they are flouting them. the police are also going to be given the power to disperse groups if they still meeting despite everything that's been said about not doing that. i think there will be an attempt by authorities to persuade people to do it, though. the message from the prime minister continued to be last night, we are all in this together, we all need to play our part to protect the nhs and ultimately to protect lives, but clear from the government that they are going to give the powers if they need to to enforce this and it's worth bearing in mind the government has continued to say that if they need to go further, they will do it, and that could potentially mean in the next few days the authorities are given more powers and perhaps more strict rules are brought in. not happening at the moment but the government saying abide by these rules, and if not we will enforce them. nick, really good to talk to you, thank you very much. we'll be speaking to minister for the cabinet office, michael gove, just after 7:30am this morning. and at 7:20am we will speak to the mayor of london, said it can't. —— sadiq khan. the army has begun delivering vital medical supplies to hospital. charlotte gallagher is outside st thomas's hospital in central london. what's been going on? good morning, louise. soldiers from the 101 logistic brigade have been here this morning delivering around 40,000 surgical masks for the nhs staff working on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak in the uk, and officials are really keen to point out that the nhs supply chain is still working really well by the army will be on hand as and when they are needed and they can take protective equipment for staff up and down the country to make sure no hospitals run out. protective equipment has been worrying for some staff in the nhs with someone saying to the bbc they felt like cannon fodder, one doctor, and she couldn't find masks when treating patients, she was worried about being infected and passing it on to vulnerable people in the hospital and the army said people were delighted with the delivery of surgical masks this morning and i'm sure it's giving a lot of people a lot of relief. thank you very much the update. the foreign office has urged all britons travelling abroad to return home while they still can, but many people have complained that they have been left stranded after flights were cancelled. lets talk to our sydney correspondent, shaima khalil. thank you for being on the programme. this has turned into a real issue for quite a few people, hasn't it? many people. i'vejust spoken to a young british couple who've been here on a working holiday, they've been here forfive months and because of what's been happening, because of the stringent measures here, the closures, the shutdowns to non—essential services, they've lost their casual work and their income. they've both applied to fly back home but this flight has been cancelled, though yes, the advice from the government and the embassy here is get on a plane and get on a plane if you can but many we've been speaking to have no credits for cancellations and they don't know when they can use them and they are losing jobs and income, so it not an option for them. they say staying in australia is proving difficult because not only have they lost their income, but the hostels of four backpackers have been closed so they fear their going to stay here without support and shelter with the coronavirus... the health issue looming over them. we spoke to a health worker who said she was stranded here but all she wants to do is be back home to help out. so many people wanting to come back but for now they have no way of doing so. shaima, thank you very much that this morning. lots of people in very difficult situations this morning. for the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak, including what symptoms to look for, how to reduce your risk of becoming infected, and advice for those with underlying health conditions, just visit our website or go to the bbc news app. all the latest detailed government advice can also be found at the gov.uk website. just follow the coronavirus link. lots more information there. so much coming up for you this morning. if you'vejust so much coming up for you this morning. if you've just switched on, sadiq khan, the mayor of london, will be here in ten minutes and michael gove will be here in 20 minutes, and we are in and dated with questions for both, but you can sendin with questions for both, but you can send in questions and comments about what you heard last night. you can find us on social media. a big change for everyone, so tell us how it's affecting you as well. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. a really beautiful sunrise in salford this morning. good morning! good morning. that's right! many southern areas of england and wales saw a southern areas of england and wales sawafair southern areas of england and wales saw a fair bit of sunshine and still will through the day, but if you're in north—west scotland, it's a different story, quite a bit of rain and that's been falling since yesterday and it's going to carry on through today, tonight and into tomorrow. quite a bit of ahead of it, western scotland, parts of northern england and northern ireland. through the day, as well as the rain in north—west scotland, patchy rain and drizzle crossing scotla nd patchy rain and drizzle crossing scotland and for england and wales, hazy sunshine as high cloud develops through the day and you can see this strip of cloud down the west coast, which again turns a sunshine hazy at times. if you're out of the breeze, feeling pleasant, 16, at windy in the far north—west. looking at the gas, represented in the black circles, you can see what i mean. the rain remains across the outer hebrides, isle of skye, the highlands, the met office has a weather warning and a lot of cloud in northern ireland, some getting through the borders in the afternoon but for much of england and wales, it will be dry, hazy sunshine and out of the breeze, quite pleasant for the time of year. through the evening and overnight, the rain doesn't really change position and the wind in the second half of the night will ease a touch but under clear skies, a cold night again as you come south, cold enough for ice touch of frost and the cloud and rain further north maintains the temperature level. for the rest of tomorrow, the picture doesn't really change. —— for a touch of frost. weather front weakening tomorrow and the driest and brightest where the further south you travel. thank you so much, carol. let's get more reaction to the prime minister's announcement of strict new curbs on people's movements. they're being introduced to try and reduce the pressure on the nhs and the police will be given new powers to enforce them. let's talk to latifa patel from the british medical association, and peter fahy, the former chief constable of greater manchester police. thank you for your time this morning. lots to discuss and lots of questions. peter, in terms of the government measures we heard announced by the prime minister at 8:30pm last night, do they go far enough? they go far enough but there's a huge amount of clarification needed. what is the definition of a vulnerable person? issues like definition of exercise. there's no way the police can enforce this using powers, it's got to be because the public hugely support it, that there is a pressure and continuing clarification from government about the message and going through all of the message and going through all of the individual scenarios, questions people will have, what happens in a certain situation, so the next few days will be the implementation period but the key thing is the public accepting this is vital to save lives. there's so many questions, latifa patel, about what they might and might not be able to do, for example the prime minister talked about raking up gatherings. is that likely and how would that happen? if you compare us to italy, you have to bear in mind we have half the number of police officers they have, we don't have a paramilitary police force and our police are already very stretched. it will require a huge amount of public support and public acceptance and public compliance because if officers are dispersing groups, they're going to be asking about whether there's a power of arrest, that will then tie up more offices, so there's no way can be done through enforcement alone. it will have to be the public accepting it and the government continuing to issue clarification and reinforcing the message. i can see you nodding onto what peter is saying, latifa, so essentially this is on us? absolutely. one of the things we need to get clear to the public is they are one of the most powerful tools we have. the nhs we have a moment is going above capacity. we have never been this busy or prepared as we possibly can for something that we are really quite uncertain about, but we are trying our best. but actually the only influences, the real game changers are the public. i think what we need from the public has already been said. but for them to realise just how powerful they really are. they are going to do to us how well we cope within the nhs by really influencing the slow of the patients we see. let's talk about, if we could, latifa, about infection rates. you really think this could make the difference, do you? absolutely. we have seen from our counterparts across the world. we know coronavirus is here. we know covid—19 is going to cause real pressure within the nhs. but we have to appreciate, in terms of beds and capacity and icu capacity, we work on the floor in terms of the frontline workers, we have got more people than we have ever had before. doctors and nurses are coming out of retirement. health professionals are working within the nhs better than we have ever done before. we are going to reach a point where we are at the ceiling and the only thing we are going to be able to do is control what comes in and that is going to be the part of the public. they are going to have to really dictate just which way they wanted to go asa dictate just which way they wanted to go as a country, as the nhs. so know how powerful you are, that is my message to the public out there. know your role in this issue and play your part. peter, to pick up with you on that point, the responsibility will carry in this. we saw a similar exercise of measures initially introduced in, for example, italy, and then it became far more restrictive when people sort of took... was the word om looking for? took advantage of that and went out the longer and it became restricted down to 200m of own house. i suppose it is again picking up on what latifa says, if we act responsibly with the current measures, when the government look at them again in a few weeks time, and we are told they will be co nsta ntly and we are told they will be constantly reviewed, they won't be extended even further.” constantly reviewed, they won't be extended even further. i think you're absolutely right. a small group of people disregarding the government's instructions can really tie up the police. so there may be a requirement for more and more restrictions, closing down more businesses, limits on how far you can travel for things like exercise and issues like that. but ultimately it will be about whether there is com plete it will be about whether there is complete community support for this, whether people put pressure on members of their own family and ultimately make really difficult sacrifices, absolutely, to support our colleagues in the nhs who are doing a magnificent job, our colleagues in the nhs who are doing a magnificentjob, but also to protect members of their family and understand the key aim has got to be we get through this with as few people dying as possible.” we get through this with as few people dying as possible. i can see you smile when he said that, sadiq khan, on behalf of everybody watching, we are all intensely grateful for every single person working on the frontline of this. so thank you. from a gp's point of view, your point of view as a doctor, when one person gets it in a family, what is routinely happening? are they all getting it? sorry, my work in paediatrics. we are seeing families come in, yes, absolutely. sometimes, not always. it is different. it depends, again, how good your hand washing is at home, how good your isolation is at home. all of those initial messages we put out to the public are still standing. so do wash your hands frequently. if you feel like you are symptomatically not put yourself aside from different members of the family or different people living inside your house. they appreciate how difficult this is. we all appreciate how difficult this is. these are drastic changes for all members of the public and, in fact, the entire country. one thing we need to realise is we are all in this together. there is no ins. there is only a week. there is only a people this together. there is no ins. there is only a people will be concerned about young children. a general sense of how it is affecting them, for example. around the world we have certainly seen that this isn't a disease that is really affecting children. but, again, we cannot be sure. in terms of preparation, we are doing absolutely everything we can to prepare for this, if it does affect children, and, also, know there are children out there with other illnesses that are more concerned and, rightly, we are more concerned and, rightly, we are taking that concern very, very seriously. we are doing our part. we are absolutely doing the best we can to be as prepared as possible. we need the public to do exactly the same. peter, just to come back to you. it is offered in these sorts of things it is a small minority that cause issues for many people and lots of our viewers getting in contact saying they welcome this announcement and they are ready to ta ke announcement and they are ready to take the extra measure themselves. any have been saying we have been doing this for a few days anyway and even weeks for some people. i suppose the other issue coming through very clearly is a lack of parity on some of the specific issues which, hopefully, we will get into with michael gove in ten minutes. that has got to be sought in the coming days, hasn't it? there are issues like people moving house, like students coming back from university, there are a series of practical issues. i think the government needs to continue to close down businesses and other operations to limit the places people can go to. it absolutely at the same time reinforcing the message and clarifying as far as possible all those individual issues, because we don't really want 43 separate police forces in england and wales interpreting this in different ways. an individual police forces, sorry, individual officers with real dilemma is whether to allow this not allow it. this in, we really appreciate your time. peter and latifa, thank you both for your time at what is a difficult time for so many people. we will continue also of course talking about this. we now get the view from what is going on in london. we're joined now by the mayor of london, sadiq khan. thank you forjoining us again a bbc brea kfast. thank you forjoining us again a bbc breakfast. let's just talk about what the prime minister said last night stop do you think he went far enough to keep londoners safe?” think it is important for all of us, not just think it is important for all of us, notjust in london, but around the country to realise these rules aren't optional. these are instructions given for a very good reason to stop the spread of the virus and to ensure fewer people will die. and it's really important all of us follow these rules. we saw pictures, didn't we, and you will be well versed of them, of tubes absolutely packed, people not keeping to that two metres we were advised to keep two. we understand that was part of the reason. what is going to happen on the underground, are people going to be able to get on these trains and obey the rules? one of the reasons why i'm pleased the prime minister made his announcement last night is because it provided some clarity. i think the messages have been mixed and the public don't appear to understand the importance of following the message. everyone should stay—at—home. unless you've got exceptional reasons to leave home, eve ryo ne exceptional reasons to leave home, everyone should work from home, u nless everyone should work from home, unless it is critical for you to go to work. if you are going to go to work the key thing is to ensure you understand what the rules are and why they are there. they are there to stop the virus spreading. now what we did last week was to make sure public transport continued to run for these key essential workers. people working in the nhs, people in the police service, people in the fire service stop and i'm afraid to many of us don't understand the importance of this message. so my message again, notjust to londoners, but to those who may be thinking about coming into london because they work in london, don't. work from home unless you have a very good work from home unless you have a very good reason work from home unless you have a very good reason why you need to go to work. and if you have got to go to work. and if you have got to go to work. and if you have got to go to work for a very good reason, please don't do so during the rush hour. public transport is running for essential workers to get to and from work and home because they can't work from home. so if the advice is ignored and you have been clear in the advice, what then? well, we're working with the government and the dft to make sure there is sufficient public transport for people get around. the other thing we have done in london is we have lifted the congestion charge zone and the charge for the ultralow emissions to make it easier for these essential workers to get to and from work using the car. by the way, these concessions aren't for eve ryo ne way, these concessions aren't for everyone else to feel it is ok to drive into london. it is therefore our essential workers. we have also made sure that the higher bikes are free for nhs workers. they have been given the code. and i can't stress enough why is important for us to follow this advice. the nhs are working incredibly hard. the staff are heroic. we have had thousands of retired and staff coming back to work. but they won't be able to cope with the number of people who have this virus, you have this disease stop that's why all of us have responsibility to follow these instructions. it's not advice. it is not a guidance, these are rules that must be adhered to. can ijust be really clear, a re must be adhered to. can ijust be really clear, are you clear that everybody knows what an essential work is? for example, a builder who cannot work from home, in your view, what should they be doing? there has been a difference of opinion, i've got to be frank, between myself and the government on this issue. i am quite clear, only if you really have to go to work must you go to work. here is the problem. they have spoken to people who are self—employed, people on 0—hour contract, people who work in the gig economy who, unless they work, can't get money to put food on the table. and they face a real conundrum. and although i welcome the package of measures announced by the chancellor so far, he has had three budgets, i'm afraid he's not helping those people, the self—employed, 0—hour contract, the gig economy, many of them could work in construction or other fields, who feel obliged to go to work because they have got to put food on the table. that is why the point they made yesterday, when i spoke to the chancellor was it is really important he announces, as a matter of urgency, a new package of measures which ensures that these people know there is going to be money in their pockets and their purses immediately so they can pay their bills, the rent, the mortgage, but also get food on the table. you call it a difference of opinion, but how serious, in your view, is that difference of opinion then?” how serious, in your view, is that difference of opinion then? i have been lobbying the government for some time about the measures they can and should be taking. i'm pleased we have got where we've got. but you've articulated one of the concerns people have, it is the lack of clarity. who should be working from home and who should be going to work? i am quite clear we face a public health emergency. of course we also face a socially emergency, and economic emergency, but it is crucial we all stay at home. we all stay—at—home unless there are one of four reasons, one is because we have got to get essential needs from the shops, infrequently, no more than once a day, or because we are exercising, no more than once a day. it could be because we have got to go to the dock the all we have got to travel to and from work, if, if we cannot do that work from home. if thatis we cannot do that work from home. if that is the case that you have got to travel to work, please, please, please don't do it in the rush hour. sadiq khan, sports director planning to open, should they? no, they shouldn't. no, they shouldn't. nic, we have had so far in the uk 335 deaths. these are people who died prematurely. it's not a number. these are 335 men and women, 335 families who are grieving, who are bereaved because of the coronavirus and all the advise i have received is that number is going to go up. —— advice. they should not be open. it is not an essential service or a critical service. it is essential for us to understand those people who work in sports tract are on 0—hour contract. there conundrum is if they don't go to work they have not got money to put food on the table. that is why it is important for the chancellor and prime minister to step up and give these people the support they need so they know they have got peace of mind and can put food on the table and pay their rent. mayor of london sadiq khan, thank you for your time on brea kfast. we will be putting some of those points and questions to michael gove inafew points and questions to michael gove in a few minutes. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces at breakfast to keep you up—to—date with the latest on coronavirus in ourarea. maidstone market is open for business — that's the message being put out by council bosses. the regular markets at lockmeadow in the town on tuesdays and saturdays will remain open to help supply local residents with fresh produce. pitches will be spaced two metres apart to comply with social distancing guidance with markers placed on the floor to ensure people queue safely. parents and carers are being urged to tell their children at home to stay away from railway tracks as schools across the country have closed due to coronavirus. railways in the 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leave their homes except to buy basics, seek medical help, exercise once a day or for essential work. shops selling non—essentials have also been told to close. the measures were announced by the prime minister in a rare broadcast to the nation from downing street last night. it was at 8:30pm. as promised... let's speak now to the minister for the cabinet office, michael gove, whojoins us from westminster. mrgove, mr gove, thank you for spending some time with us on breakfast this morning, i know you're very busy. we've had so many questions from our viewers, i'd like to go through them with as much time as you've got to a nswer with as much time as you've got to answer some of these or clarity on what the government announced last night. if you can, can you make it clear what we are being asked to do? whenever possible, people should stay at. if people can work from home, they absolutely should, and we should limit social contact with people outside our household. people will want to exercise but we should limit that to one walk, one cycle or run per day. people will want to get food but we should limit dropping to a minimum and all non—essential retail should close. on the point of retail, that's interesting, because lots of viewers are asking about mike ashley's decision to keep sports direct open. are they essential and will you be asking them to change that? sports direct is not essential and i hope they will change that, yes. what pressure can the government but on them to make sure they do close? we'll be talking to everyone affected but it's clear to me that sports direct is not essential retail. ok, so when they make that argument that they're providing equipment for people going out to exercise, which you said is permitted once a day for everyone, why are they making that argument and is that help? it's not helpful. i think it's the case for people who are walking or running, most people will the ability to do that without visiting sports direct, and its the case that sports equipment can be ordered online and online delivery will continue. talking about essential work, things like plumbers, saying they can cancel work. can a plumber six a boiler or electrician fix a fuse box? so many people getting in contact wanting clarity on those issues, especially those are self—employed in these kinds of trades, what's the advice from the government this morning?“ you're attending an emergency to ensure that people can stay safe in their home, that's appropriate, but there will be some visits which in there will be some visits which in the ordinary run of things would continue that will not be classed as essential and people shouldn't undertake those. construction is interesting, sadiq khan has strong views on the fact that government hasn't gone far on this. robert jenrick, the housing minister, saying advice for housing and construction and maintenance issues, if you can work from home, do, if you work on a site, continue to do that but please follow public health england guidance on social distancing. nicola sturgeon is advising construction sites in scotla nd advising construction sites in scotland to close. do you can see that this is an area that is murky to know the right answer on at the moment? it is the case, as robert jenrick has pointed out, construction should continue on sites and people should exercise sensitivity and common sense and follow social distancing measures but construction in the open—air on those sites can continue. on the specific point sadiq khan made, that the government has not been strong enough on this, he said specifically construction workers should only be classed as key workers if there work isa classed as key workers if there work is a matter of public safety? it's important if we have construction work ina important if we have construction work in a way that can be done safely in the open—air on site, that that does continue. it is important we make sure construction and manufacturing can continue, and that seems to be the safest way of ensuring we can maintain appropriate social distancing rules in a way that ensures people who cannot work from home can continue to do so. loads of questions from self—employed people this morning, and from the announcement made last night by the prime minister, who feel their work is essential because can't afford to live. when we will see a measure from the government to protect the self—employed ? see a measure from the government to protect the self—employed? outside the self—employed as well there are many ina the self—employed as well there are many in a desperate situation this morning. i quite understand, and the treasury are... the chancellor, rishi sunak, are very well aware of the concerns many people who are self self—employed have, and we will say more about this later and the chancellor has already said we will do whatever it takes to make sure the economic health of the nation can be protected, but the single most important thing is to maintain the health of individuals, and that's why we have to have the stringent measures the prime minister announced last night. one of those you talked about was exercise, i got specific questions on that because people are asking for clarity. what about the length you go out? once a day but how long is that for? again it is appropriate if people want to go for a run or a walk, they can do so. if you're going for a run and you're running through parks and so on, it is important to maintain distance from other runners and other walkers. if you're going for a walk, only go with members of your immediate household. again, if you're going out for a cycle ride, whatever the appropriate length, please, please, maintain appropriate distance from others using the roads and pavements. how far can you go from your home if you're going out on a run or a walk? people can go for standard length of run or walk they ordinarily would have done, but the important thing is once a day. lots of people talking about this last night, in some other countries there we re night, in some other countries there were restrictions about exercise which were very much hardened in the days and weeks after because people we re days and weeks after because people were abusing that freedom. can you see changes being made if people don't stick to those government guidelines? we'll keep everything under review and we will review at easter the impact and extent of the measures we've put forward , extent of the measures we've put forward, but i think it is the case if people follow these measures, if they restrict their physical and outside the home to walking, running or cycling and maintaining an appropriate distance from others, then that is a way of allowing people to keep fit and it should be the case that people go for that run or walk or cycle ridejust the case that people go for that run or walk or cycle ride just once a day. a couple of quickfire ones if we can, mrgove. day. a couple of quickfire ones if we can, mr gove. do schools keep open for key workers at the moment? yes. excellent, thank you for clarifying that, quite a few people asking that because even though the prime minister didn't mention it, the assumption was because he didn't mention it it would continue so thanks for that. back to employment, lots of people getting in contact this morning and they're saying they are this morning and they're saying they a re accou nta nts this morning and they're saying they are accountants who they feel aren't key workers but their employers are insisting they come to work. how do you resolve that? it is the case a ccou nta nts you resolve that? it is the case accountants should be able to work from home, and employers should be clear that wherever people can work home, they should. there will be some people critical to the effective operation of financial services and making sure that banks work ina services and making sure that banks work in a way that mean all of us can have the money we need to pay for the goods delivered to our homes, but people who are a ccou nta nts homes, but people who are accountants should be able to work from home. technology enables that to happen. can i ask you about split and separated families this morning? many questions on this. one lawyer said she's getting e—mails about separated parents saying the other pa rent separated parents saying the other parent can't see the other child... that child to share during these measures, family courts can't do their work at the moment and she says many families need clarification on that. what is the government advice and your advice this morning for those many split and shared, separated families at the moment? again, my heart goes out to people who are having to wrestle with all of the difficulties that this emergency imposes, and who are also separated or divorced. the key thing here is actually if you want to ensure children can see their parent, then they can be moved from one parent to the other. on a previous broadcast on good morning britain, i stressed that wherever possible they should be kept to a minimum buti possible they should be kept to a minimum but i want to absolutely clarify that i wasn't sufficiently clear earlier, it is the case children under the age of 18 can see both parents. i was going to ask specifically about that, can we clarify, because that's important for many, there was an addition to the government guidelines i was reading this morning that said children under 18 between their pa rents children under 18 between their parents homes, that includes the freedom of movement if you like. many getting in contact today, you would like to clarify that advice that what you said earlier wasn't. .. i'm not saying true, but not entirely right, but you can do that if you are a split family? you are absolutely right, and i was not clear earlier, and i'm grateful to you for giving me the opportunity to be clear now. it is the case there can be that contact. again, one of the things i'm anxious to do is to make sure we minimise social contact and you've given me the opportunity to clarify that at this point, and i'm gratefulfor to clarify that at this point, and i'm grateful for that. to clarify that at this point, and i'm gratefulfor that. those under 18, children under 18, i'm gratefulfor that. those under 18, children under18, can i'm gratefulfor that. those under 18, children under 18, can see both pa rents. 18, children under 18, can see both parents. i think that will make a big difference to lots of families worried about that particular point this morning. a few more specific ones this morning, what about work on cars? cana morning, what about work on cars? can a motor ‘s go—ahead? key workers that might need their cars fixed to get to work and what about that line of work? —— not is. get to work and what about that line of work? -- not is. garages can remain open, for essential maintenance of cars, making sure they are safe on the road, and providing petrol. yes, but again i would urge people to exercise self—control and people should not be out and about unless they absolutely need to be for their work. does delivering food to your over 70s parents or relatives count as essential care during this restriction zone? yes, making sure the vulnerable need the support they need is critical —— get. the government have identified a group of people who are old and many living with particular conditions who must stay for the next 12 weeks entirely self isolated, and we will be distributing food and ‘s and medicines and all the essentials to them. but it's also the case that we will be helping people to ensure that those who are elderly and not within that category can receive the food they need, so making sure that food they need, so making sure that food can be dropped off in a safeway, yes, that's an appropriate activity and there's volunteer groups that have sprung up across the country to make sure that can continue —— safe way. the prime minister recommended food delivery where possible, lots of viewers have said there's no delivery slots and someone contacted yesterday to say the earliest they got was three weeks away. are you going to try to make sure there's additional services so if people wa nt to additional services so if people want to stay and order they can do that, but they obviously need food delivered to them? yes, and it's the case that as well as the supermarkets, who've been doing an amazing job, and the staff i think deserve all our thanks, there's other food companies who are stepping up in order to ensure we have a more extensive network of food delivery. of course, there's more than enough food in the supply chain to ensure that if you visit the shop or supermarket, the shelves will be refilled everyday. people should shop sparingly, but it's also the case of deliveries are being extended. moving house, lots of people in that situation, let's say you haven't yet exchanged, i'll be ina you haven't yet exchanged, i'll be in a situation where you can still go through with that house move or is that going to have to be paused? —— are we in. is that going to have to be paused? -- are we in. it is going to be possible to pause but there will be specific circumstances where moving down that chain, the process will mean people will be buying or selling homes but one of the things i would stress at the moment is if at all possible, people should stay in their current home. i'm getting questions coming in all the time. they appreciate you answering as many as you can. people asking does golf count as exercise, it is going to my allotment count? you can see the situation, if you are trying to enforce a situation and you say to somebody why are you out unless aim exercising, going to my allotment, what happens in that situation? —— they say aim exercising. it is possible for people to go to an allotment. this in the nature of allotments there is a safe this is between people working on their allotments. anything people should be playing golf. it should be the case for exercise, they should be restricted specifically to walking, cycling, or running. ok, enforcement is a really interesting point as well stop because, we were speaking to some social distancing experts about 20 minutes ago on big zipper and they are saying, one of them is a former police officer as well, that there is no way the police force, as it is, can enforce these issues. this is, can enforce these issues. this isa is, can enforce these issues. this is a responsibility upon all of us and we, as a nation, have to embrace this, have to do this, because if we don't that responsibility will come back to us. you are asking the people of the united kingdom, our viewers on breakfast this morning, to ta ke viewers on breakfast this morning, to take incredibly unprecedented steps, because if we don't there is no way to enforce them, you can see that today? we need to make sure that today? we need to make sure that we always together to ensure that we always together to ensure that people obey the rules. the police will have the resources, if there are those who deliberately set out to flout these rules, to ensure they can be effectively enforced. but my sense is that people are keen and anxious to do everything they can, collectively, to limit the spread of the disease and i think that staying at home, protecting the nhs, helping to save lives, that message, the overwhelming majority of people understand. we will lead our lives of the next few weeks with a determined effort to ensure we do everything possible to avoid spreading that disease. but for those people who are determined to flout the rules, the police will have the tools in order to ensure that those people are penalised and punished if they put the lives of others at risk. let's give you a specific example. let's say there is a gathering of people in a park and the police come up to them and so you have to go home and they don't, what measures will the police take to ensure they are following the government advice? the police will be able to disperse that gathering and if people do not comply then, of course, there is scope for fixed penalty notices, fines, and a full suite of public order measures that the police have. are you confident there are enough police officers to enforce this? lots of our viewers are getting in contact this morning saying that is a concern and they already see people gathering in various places and in parks and on public transport and things like that and where are the police officers who are going to be able to come in and enforce those government plans? i was a two things, the first is that the police are doing an amazing job, as all the public services are at the moment. police numbers are affected as part of the fa ct numbers are affected as part of the fact that there are police officers and members of the families were showing signs of this in fact and a self isolating, but we have a strong and resilient police force. the other thing of course is that we should work with the police in order to say to people not behaving in an appropriate way that they should desist, but we are there ready to back up the police, back up those who are responsible for maintaining public order. they have the tools that they need. i hope that people will follow that advice. if for any reason they don't, penalties are there. what did you think when you saw, i don't know if you saw them, the pictures over the weekend of crammed tube trains in london, with people standing next to each other as they would on any normal commute and pictures of people going into supermarkets crammed together and at markets, what was your feeling when you saw that? i thought it was vitally important that we did everything we could in order to reinforce the message. is that why you have made the changes, mr gove? people should social distance. one of the reasons for introducing these measures is to do everything we can in government, working with everyone in the country to ensure that people can stay—at—home and that people do stay—at—home. that is absolutely vital. and there have been occasions over the weekend and elsewhere when people have not been practising social distancing. we want to do everything we can to help people to do the right thing. very quickly, last question, what is a measure of success for this? what happens in three weeks' time, what we need to go down for this to be relaxed with seller we want to make sure that the reinfection rate goes down. that we slow the spread of the virus. because it is absolutely critical for making sure that our nhs is in the strongest position possible to restrict the spread. and that means restricting social contact and following the advice the government has put forward. people must stay—at—home to protect themselves, to protect the nhs, and to save lives. michael gove, thank you for being with us for a long time this morning. thank you for the questions you have answered. thank you for answering so many your as well. with thank you for clarifying that issue about split families as well. on that he said specifically it was a clarification from what he said earlier. children can be moved from one parent to another. this should be done as little as possible. under the age of 18 they can see both pa rents. the age of 18 they can see both parents. so much to get through. there is breaking news from nina as well. what is going on? good morning. i heard you asked michael gove about sports direct. earlier in a statement mike ashley has said we area a statement mike ashley has said we are a uniquely well—placed to help uk keepass fit and healthy as possible. he had indicated his intention to keep sports direct and open intention to keep sports direct and o pe n cycles intention to keep sports direct and open cycles open. in the last ten minutes we have had an update from the chief financial officer, kris walton, from sports direct, to say just to clarify we will not be opening sports direct or evans cycles to the public, even though the public has excluded bicycle shops and closure. it looks like a climb down from the earlier statement. they will be in talks with the government about whether they can remain open. that said, michael gove was crystal clear about the closure of sports direct. it does highlight some of the grey areas you were referring to. last night's announcement was a big step forward. it means hairdressers, high retailers, even libraries and judges will have to close. on the list of those allowed to remain open, supermarkets, pharmacies, petrol stations, garages, post offices. so how much extra pressure does it put on those outlets? we're joined by berongere michel who has been leading waitrose's response. waitrose of course are part of thejohn lewis partnership. good morning to you. thank you for joining us at what must be an incredibly busy time for you. how much extra pressure does last night's announcement put on you? well, actually, in waitrose and partners we intend to implement social distancing anyway in support of our customers and partners to protect them stop therefore we welcome the precautionary measures the prime minister has an out. just talk us through, step—by—step, how you will enforce social distancing any you will enforce social distancing a ny stores. you will enforce social distancing any stores. ok. the first step is to limit the number of customers in stores. so imagine a queueing system both inside the shops with two metre distancing and outside a shop. and then opening only one checkout out of two to manage crowds. we will have marshals in our shops to facilitate this and also helping our customers understand how it all works. we are encouraging customers not to use cash, so start co nta ctless not to use cash, so start contactless if not to use cash, so start co nta ctless if you not to use cash, so start contactless if you can, cash as a last resort. at this stage we are not stopping cash, we understand some customers needed. nevertheless we would prefer if our customers did not use cash. ok... quite a lot of measures we have announced today.” wa nted measures we have announced today.” wanted talk about the marshals you are bringing into enforce a social distancing. we know it is a really tense time for consumers, people competing about getting the last item off the shelf, for example. what powers will be marshals have? we are facilitating social distancing, we are not the police. and we count on the goodness and the kindness of the british public. our muscles are here to help and guide people, help people understand, a nswer people, help people understand, answer questions —— marshals. people, help people understand, answer questions -- marshals. you are relying on the kindness, goodness, common sense of the british public. do you think the government is to go further in what they are advising? i think we may have lost berongere michel there. to philly when some of the details that waitrose are bringing in, they will keep aside essential items so groceries, cleaning products, toilet paper, for nhs workers —— to fill you in. they have a special opening time for nhs workers. along with lots of retailers they will make sure that people over 70 and those characterised as being in a vulnerable position have time for the hour long before it is open to the hour long before it is open to the public. they just the hour long before it is open to the public. theyjust want to say, we have this guidance on businesses and premises that are supposed to be closing and on it we have, you know, hairdressers, high—street clothing retailers, but there are grey areas within that. this morning we have heard from carpenters, window cleaners, cannex, construction workers, all saying where does this leave me? —— mechanics. people wanting more clarity and guidance. thank you very much. sports direct won't open. with all listening very carefully to michael gove. he saying construction and manufacturing should continue. it was interesting, all about exercise. specifically talking about walking, cycling, and running, and saying you should only do that with members of your immediate household. and only do that once a day. and the allotment was ok. the allotment was ok. in a clarification which was key about split families, were divorced or separated parents, children can be moved from one parent to another, but this should be done as little as possible. under—18s can see both their parents. and again, just to reiterate, thank you for your questions. essentially all those questions. essentially all those questions we put to michael gove came from yourselves either last night or this morning. those points of clarification. please keep those coming in. we're sorry we couldn't get through all of them. you will be able to see the whole of michael gove if you go back and watch it on iplayer. i am sure we will put slippers of individual questions upon social media this morning as well. if there's a bigger point you wa nt to well. if there's a bigger point you want to go back and listen to what michael gove actually to try to clear up michael gove actually to try to clearupa michael gove actually to try to clear up a government advice we heard from the prime minister last night. we will have the headlines for you shortly. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces at breakfast to keep you up to date with the latest on coronavirus in ourarea. london's mayor sadiq khan has this morning reiterated the need for londoners to stay at home and only go out in exceptional circumstances. i think it is important for all of us, not just i think it is important for all of us, notjust in london, but around the country, to realise these rules aren't optional. these are instructions given for a very good reason to stop the spread of the virus to ensure fewer people will die. and it's really important all of us follow these rules. bearin bear in mind, on the dues in london restrictions remain in place and services. —— tubes. maidstone market is open for business — that's the message being put out by council bosses. the regular markets at lockmeadow in the town on tuesdays and saturdays will remain open to help supply local residents with fresh produce. pitches will be spaced two metres apart to comply with social distancing guidance with markers placed on the floor to ensure people queue safely. parents and carers are being urged to tell their children at home to stay away from railway tracks as schools across the country have closed due to coronavirus. railways in the southern region of network rail are powered by a live electrified 750 vault rail which can seriously injure or kill anyone trespassing on the line. since schools closed on friday, there have been 16 trepasssing incidents in the region as well as vandalism, including a bicycle being thrown on the track and hit by a train on sunday. it's a chilly start to the day, we've had clear skies through the night. but, generally, we're expecting another fine and dry day. lots of sunshine to come. the winds a little lighter compared to yesterday. so it should start to feel slightly warmer. still keeping that breeze coming in from the east. so around the coast thatjust keeps those temperatures down a little. but cloudless skies taking us through the afternoon. and so temperatures across more inland areas, as we head towards the west through the afternoon, creeping up to around 13—14 degrees. now, as far as the rest of the week is concerned, it should stay dry and fine with plenty of sunshine around, butjust towards the end of the week more clouds and it's also going to be turning a little colder. coming at 10:00, sarah gorrell will be taking your calls on bbc sussex and bbc surrey. good morning. it is day one of lockdown and we hear from a global health expert taking your calls and questions and how are you coping without hugs? we talk to a body language expert this morning. also that homeschooling, how is it going? we would love to hear from you morning. you can call us. a reminder that for the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak, including what symptoms to look for, how to reduce your risk of becoming infected, and advice for those with underlying health conditions, visit the bbc website or the bbc news app. there's also more on facebook and twitter. goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. the prime minister announces the toughest restrictions on daily life in living memory. at present, there are just no easy options. the way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost. everyone must stay at home for at least three weeks — we will only be allowed to go out to shop for basics, take daily exercise and travel for medical attention or essential work. no clothes shopping, no haircuts, no trips to the library. most outlets must close under these measures. we'll look at the pressure on supermarkets, banks and online retailers. the united states becomes 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. it is going to be dry and sunny across england and wales today. hazy at time, scotland and northern ireland, cloudier, rain in the north—west, it's 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 of us will die. you can now only leave your home for very specific reasons. 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. all gatherings of more than two people are banned, excluding those who live with you. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person. and finally, you can travel to and from work, but only where absolutely necessary and if you cannot work from home. these new restrictions can be enforced by the police including using fines. our political correspondent, jonathan blake has more on that unprecedented announcement. at a time of crisis, an address to the nation. boris johnson's statement from downing street last night had a stark and sobering message. to put it simply, if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it, meaning more people are likely to die, notjust from coronavirus but from other illnesses as well. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. until now, the government has given guidance, issued advice, to help slow the spread of coronavirus, but now there are orders for us all to follow. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes — shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise a day, for example, a run, walk or cycle, alone or with members of your household, any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person and travelling to and from work, but only when this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. non—essential shops will close, as will playgrounds, libraries and places of worship. gatherings of more than two people not in your household are banned. all this enforced by police, with fines for those who don't comply. these are measures that some had wanted to see sooner. we do need to understand how they'll be enforced. we do need to understand the details of who can actually travel to work and who can't travel to work. people are frightened. people are concerned. people just want certainty and clarity. so we welcome what the prime minister has said tonight, it's what we were calling for, but we hope the government can quickly follow it up with the details that families tonight deserve to hear. far—reaching curbs on all our daily lives now in force across the uk. the stringent restrictions on our normal day—to—day lives that i'm about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented. they amount, effectively, to what has been described as a lockdown. i know how difficult all that is and i am not going to seek to sugar—coat it in any way, but these measures are essential for the protection of all of us. protecting the nhs and saving lives is the aim, but the prime minister said last night there were no easy options, and warned that many more lives would sadly be lost. jonathan blake, bbc news. well, let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in westminster. nick, lots of people confused by these restrictions this morning. we spoke to gove and there was something he had to bring klairfication on. morning louise. there has been a lot of questioning of exactly what these government guidelines mean. one of the areas we have been getting a lot of questions about is what it means, parents who have split up that have children, can they send their kids to the other parent, if they if they live in another house. you should avoid that, but very clear on breakfast that, but very clear on breakfast that that was allowed. listen to what he said. 123450 you are right and it is the case there can be that contact, again, one of the things that i am anxious to do is make sure we minimise social contact. i am grateful for the opportunity to clarify the point. those under the age of 18, children under the age of 18 can see both parents. so clarification. i think we know what the policy is. some other areas he was talking about construction site, he says they can stay open, there had been some calls for example in scotland for people to stay away but michael gove says that is okfor stay away but michael gove says that is ok for the moment. plumber, workers that go to stay away but michael gove says that is ok for the moment. plumber, workers that go to people's houses, only if it is an emergency, and also, a very clear message to sports direct. we have been hearing a lot of people concerned about them saying they will try and stay open, if they can. very clear message from michael gove, that they should close, they are not an essential retailer he says, so an instruction really to them, that they need to close their doors, i think they are going to continually question about what this means for all our lives, we are going to try and find out as much as is possible, but people can watch that interview as well because there was a lot in it and clarity. we can look at what is going on in london this morning. here is a helicopter shot over london. that is i think that might be vauxhall. what we can see so far, is it looks a bit quieter, there are obviously still people out and about, but it remains to be seen. i am not sure that is is two metres apart. they won't hear me. we are speaking to the mayor of london, and he was highlighting how important it is. to stay safe, to try and listen to what we have been told to stay at home if we can and maybe work for home, we heard michael gove saying that construction and manufacturing should continue. you do sense today this is going to have a huge impact on us in so many different ways that we can't even imagine. get in touch and if you watched the news last night. so many of you will have watched the prime minister at 8.30, what were your thoughts and how are you feeling about how it is going to change things. that has been a busy area of disagreement in the last few hours. we spoke to michael gove who said the work was fine. he said it shouldn't be... let us know what you think about that. we are seeing pretty e m pty think about that. we are seeing pretty empty streets in london. michael gove said it was those pictures he say and others saw of packed tube, people outside supermarket, those are the things that the government, the steps that borisjohnson that the government, the steps that boris johnson announced that the government, the steps that borisjohnson announced last night. those were the scenes that the government felt they had to introduce these measures. the army has begun delivering vital medical supplies to hospital. our reporter charlotte gallagher is outside st thomas' hospital in central london. good morning. what is happening there this morning? so, dan, earlier this morning the army delivered round 40,000 masks to this hospital in london for nhs staff working on the front line of the coronavirus outbreak. officials have been clear to point out there is a problem with the nhs supply chain, it is working well at the moment, there is deliveries going on all the time but the army are there and they are to step in when needed and travel across the country, delivering oxygen tanks and equipment forrist worker, one doctor told the bbc she felt she was canon fodder because they didn't have enough masks at her hospital. she was worried about being infected health service and passing it on to other patients round the hospital and her own family, so i think a lot of relief here they have these masks here at the hospital. thank you for that. restrictions on leaving the house in the uk have already been introduced across much of europe. let's speak now to our reporter, gavin lee in brussels. here everybody is getting used to what will become a new normal for the next few weeks at least. tell us what the impact has been in europe, and how has it been for people?“ is the here's carol, with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. this morning, it is mixed fortunes with the weather. if you are in england and wales it is not a bad start to the day. it is sunny and it will remain through the day but if you are in scotland and northern ireland, cloudier for you. here we have rain in the west of scotland. falling since yesterday. it will be with us through to tomorrow any way and it is also rather windy. in the course of the morning that will continue. wet and windy in the north and west. in the north east it will stay largely dry. in part northern ireland largely dry but the lion's share of the sunshine will be in england and wales, at times some of the cloud nudging to northern england. temperatures, well, up to 16 but we could see 17 and 18. through the lilter part of the jai noon it is going to be raining in the north—west of scotland. the black circles indicate the wind gusts you can expect, so pretty windy, and you can see daily mail extra beds, equipment and staff have been brought in to the help the nhs deal with the coronavirus crisis. meanwhile, routine operations and even cancer treatments have been postponed, as the health service prepares for the peak of the outbreak. saffron cordery is the deputy chief executive of nhs providers. shejoins us now. this morning on breakfast we have been seeing the army trying to get supplies to one particular hospital, and we have heard stories of not having equipment. do they have what they need? what we understand from they need? what we understand from the chief executives we are asking, is that the situation is improving. we know there have been enormous challenges, and that it is getting it through to the hospital, and other services that need them, rather than the supply of equipment. that has been immensely frustrating for every one working on the front line, but we believe the situation is now improving, as you have said, and as we have seen, the army has been supporting this in terms of the logistics, we have got are more efficient and effective system in place, now, so hopefully, in terms of you know, the trust members we represent, they are telling us things are improving. and extra ventilators of, have you been able to get hold of them? as we understand it, there is more capacity being created across the boards, not just in capacity being created across the boards, notjust in terms of ventilators but overall making sure there are spaces for oxygen for those patients that need it, that we are creating in, in areas that were previously used for say operations they are being converted to be used, so preparations are really under way, and we are seeing obviously, the nhs really stepping up to the plate, as we expected it would, but not to say it is not extremely challenging, and, you know, we know that every one working on the front line is very concerned so i think that we are getting but we aren't there yet, in terms of making sure we have enough of that capacity, and i think it is, can't really enforce the point enough everyone has the fight on the front line of this pandemic is already under way for our nhs staff, who will face enormous challenges in the weeks ahead. let's hear now from some of the health care workers who are working so hard to limit the impact of the coronavirus. day in and day out... we help as best we can in whatever way we can. whether we are doctors. porters. nurses. cleaners. or radiologists. we are one nhs. and we are on the front line of this pandemic. coronavirus has landed. and we are doing the best we can. with limited resources and staff. it's going to be tough. and maybe even overwhelming. we aren't soldiers. we can't do this alone. but we are not alone. we are one people. we can rely on each other. and with your help, we can get through this. help us to fight the virus — on the ward. in the community. and in the labs. help us to keep safe in body and mind. help us with a place to stay to keep our loved ones safe. help us with the day—to—day. childcare. ora cab. to get us to work and help our patients. we can speak now to intensive care specialist, professor mike grocott, and also to richard webber, from the college of paramedics. y thank you for sparing time. mike, you have come off a night shift, is that right, how has it been? that is right. iam that right, how has it been? that is right. i am down in southampton, we are relatively lucky, we have had more patients who have needed ventilators overnight and we can see from the number of patients in the community and the hospital which is building up, there is a breaking wave coming towards us, but i have a huge amount of sympathy for my collea g u es huge amount of sympathy for my colleagues in london who are already extremely busy. we have heard, they might bea extremely busy. we have heard, they might be a couple of weeks ahead of eve ryo ne might be a couple of weeks ahead of everyone else. have you got enough equipment, we have been speaking toist providers for the people who need it at this point? so we have where we are, i know from chatting to colleagues that some people have been nervous and others have been properly concerned they are running short, my understanding is that that you know, being dealt with seriously from nhs england and other, but i know there is concern, because health care workers are worried for themselves but they are also worried because if we get sick, then, we risk making patients sick and we risk making patients sick and we risk undermining the resilience of the health service itself, so that personal protective equipment is important for maintaining the nhs. let us come to you richard, give us an idea of the impact coronavirus is having on paramedics? good morning. they are working very hard with the front line, go out to patients, as you heard london seems to be ahead of the rest of the country, it is busier there, there have of the rest of the country, it is busierthere, there have been of the rest of the country, it is busier there, there have been some issues with ppe. it is fairly good but there have been areas of the country where members are reports they have struggled to get the right ppe. there are different kinds, one of the masks to be fitted to the paramedic. it is important enough masks are available to protect staff. paramedics are working hard but they are concerned. not only is there a problem if they pick up the virus, they are often living with elderly or small children, they are concerned about taking that back to their families. of course, give us a sense of how many you know, how many times you have been called out to help someone who may have coronavirus? i have been called out a few times to people who have tested positive, what we would say, is if you have mild symptom, self—isolate, stay at home and look after yourself, you don't need an balance, you ambulance, you need to stay at home until you get better, if your condition deteriorates and you get difficulty in breathing call an ambulance but we need to make sure they are there for the sickest people who need it. what is moral like among the people you work with? you mention that wave, waiting for the wave to hit, are the people that you are alongside in the hospital, are they feeling ok, are they preparing for this, you described it asa preparing for this, you described it as a wave of cases that may well come we expect? so they are, there is fear and anxiety, but, you know, through adversity, it is astonishing how people rise to the challenge, and everybody, you know, across the service and the hospital are working really ha rd service and the hospital are working really hard preparing and the response from our retired colleagues and people who have maybe go to other areas, are compelled to help has been encouraging. give us a sense and patient confidentiality is something that is very important, so ina something that is very important, so in a general sense, how, what is this like to treat? so, in some ways it is very straightforward, it is like, in many patients it is like a pneumonia, in intensive care we are used to treating people, putting them on to ventilators and supporting them through that and the recovery and the decision making round that, in other ways it is challenging, partly because of the, we are not that used to dealing with ppe to the extent we are, the protective equipment, the degree we have to use it as the moment, and, the knowledge the logistical set up coronavirus in our area. london mayor sadiq khan has this morning reiterated the need for londoners to stay at home and only go out in exceptional circumstances. i think it's important for all of us, in london and around the country to realise these rules aren't optional. these are instructions given for a very good reason to stop the spread of the virus. and to ensure fewer people will die. and it's really important, all of us follow these rules. parents and carers are being urged to tell their children to stay away from railway tracks as schools across the country have closed due to coronavirus. railways in the southern region of network rail are powered by a live electrified 750 vault rail which can seriously injure or kill anyone trespassing on the line. since schools closed on friday, there have been 16 trespassing incidents in the region as well vandalism including a bicycle being thrown on the track and hit by a train on sunday. country parks in kent will remain open for the time being despite the fact the public are being told to stay indoors. the county council has made the decision to keep access on foot and by vehicle, as long as visitors respect social distancing. they say they will monitor people's conduct. sevenoa ks district council is supporting a community scheme to allow residents to hep or request assistance during the coronavirus outbreak. the scheme, operated by care for our community — sevenoaks, makes it easy for residents to volunteer their time to help people nearby who may be self isolating. let's take a look at the weather with nina ridge it's a chilly start to the day. we've had clear skies through the night, generally we are expecting another fine and dry day. lots of sunshine to come. the wind a little lighter compared to yesterday so it should start to feel slightly warmer. still keeping that breeze coming in from the east so around the coast it keeps temperatures down a little. cloudless skies taking us through the afternoon. temperatures across more inland areas as we head towards the west during the afternoon, creeping up 13—14. as far as the rest of the week is concerned it should stay dry and fine with plenty of sunshine around. just towards the end of the week, more cloud and it's turning a little colder. coming up at 10 on bbc radio kent, steve ladner is taking your calls on coronavirus lockdown good morning. we are on air at ten. the softly softly approach is over. unprecedented new measures, restricting everyday life, have been announced by the government to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. is it the right decision to make? has it been a long time coming? how are these measures going to affect you and do you think perhaps that we need more explanation and clarification? what are you doing to keep yourfamily safe ? are you doing to keep yourfamily safe? give us a call. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin let's get you up—to—date with the latest headlines. sweeping new restrictions on people's movements have come into force around the uk — as the government tries to halt the spread of the coronavius, which has now claimed 335 lives here. people have been ordered not to leave their homes except to buy basics, seek medical help, exercise once a day or for essential work. shops selling non—essentials have also been told to close. the measures were announced by the prime minister in a rare broadcast to the nation from downing street last night. i can assure you that we will keep this restriction is under constant review. we will look again in three weeks and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to. but, at present, there are just no easy options. the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will, sadly, be lost. and yet it is also true that there is a clear way through. day—by—day, we are strengthening our amazing nhs, with 7,500 former clinicians coming back to the service. with the time you buy by simply staying at home, we are increasing our stocks of recruitment, we are accelerating our search for treatments, we are pioneering work on a vaccine, and we are buying millions of testing kits that will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible killer. there have been so many questions over some of those new measures, and one of the areas we've been getting a lot of messages about this morning is whether children with separated parents are allowed to visit them in different houses. michael gove earlier had to backtrack on earlier confustion and clarified the government's position on breakfast. you are absolutely right. i was not clear earlier. i am grateful to get the opportunity to bt and now. it is the opportunity to bt and now. it is the case that there can be that contact. again, one of the things that i am aiming to do is making sure we minimise social contact. you have given me the option to clarify this point and i am gratefulfor that. those under the 18, children under the age of 18, can see both pa rents. a really important piece of clarification from michael gove. it looks like quite a lot of people have listened to government advice to stay at home. central london doesn't often look quite so quiet as that at this time of the morning. despite that, quite a few commuters coming in and telling is a different story on social media. ken mcarthur tweeted this picture from the jubilee line this morning. michael gove said specifically that stuff like that was what made the government to take those measures last night. sadiq khan says only essential workers should be on the underground. i suppose what we need to find out is more information about how many services are running at the moment. this is from robert squires, iam at the moment. this is from robert squires, i am not sure which underground line that was. here is another from gary. michael gove really clear that wherever possible people should work from home. we will keep you up—to—date with everything that is going on. the coronavirus crisis is having a knock on impact to other patients, and non—urgent operations and treatments have been cancelled for three months. that's meant some cancer patients have found their treatments have been delayed. karol sikora is a cancer care specialist and joins us now. this is very worrying for everybody, especially if you are undergoing cancer treatment? the emotions of having cancer, the treatments and side effects are bad enough, to have this going on and the total uncertainty of what is going to happen to you is really horrendous. we have to do everything we can for cancer patients, cancer continues to grow and we need to treat people. first of all, it may be sensible sometimes to delay cancer treatment, simply because it does suppress the immune system, and therefore it may be better to have a month or maybe even a two—month delay if the treatment is not essential. nhs england have drawn up a list of priorities, and if you are in a priority area but don't really need to be started immediately, they suggest delay. the other problem, of course, is hospitals get overwhelmed with coronavirus. it may be difficult to prioritise cancer in the day. and that will be a serious problem as we move forward. hopefully this will be over before that happens. a delay of a month is not too bad. a of three months could be life changing for some cancer patients. i suppose that is a tough question. will people miss out, possibly, on vital cancer care? well, there is one hospital in east london that is already cancelling all chemotherapy for the next two weeks. that blanket approach is probably not the way forward. it is very much individualised. you know, the website, cancer research uk, fantastic websites, they can't really help you here. they have got something about it. it depends on your exact situation. so your cancer specialist nurse or on collar —— oncologist, they can give you advice. blanket bans are not the right way to deal with this. many people who are undergoing this kind of care will be those people who we re of care will be those people who were told a couple of days ago to self—isolate for three months? exactly. i think those patients will be told whether their treatment is essential, whether they should come out just to essential, whether they should come outjust to go and get chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. oncologists are very good at individualising treatment. that is the whole thesis of modern cancer treatment, personalisation. so this isjust another version of personalising treatment. that is what we wish to do. we appreciate your time. thank you very much. plenty to come before nine o'clock. we were speaking to michael gove an hour ago and asking about sports direct, mike ashley saying that they we re direct, mike ashley saying that they were going to stay open. five minutes after michael gove had finished, nina came on the programme and gave us... it was during the interview! you were listening to michael gove, i was listening to what was going on. good morning. this morning, we have been trying to drill down into what exactly the latest government guidance is for businesses. it hasn't been easy. earlier this morning, mike ashley, the founder of sports direct, has indicated an intention to stay open, saying that they were uniquely to keep the uk is fit and healthy as possible. there was a big public backlash. a couple of hours later, their chief finance officer said they would not be opening, but they would be talking to the government because they believe there is some confusion. cycle shops can stay open, for example. that highlights how much confusion there is out there about people who feel they fall in between those who can stay open and those that must close. those that are allowed to stay open include supermarkets, food shops, health shops, pharmacies, petrol stations, bike shops, launderettes and dry cleaners, garages and car rental, newsagents and post offices. michael gove told this programme earlier that construction workers in manufacturing should still go ahead if possible, as long as people maintain those rules on social distancing. lots of questions from you about the knock—on effect of that. an electrician has been in touch, we need supplies, do the supplier stay open? david says do merchant yards stay open? kate runs a construction company, she is worried about her work is and whether they will socially distance. it is really difficult. as we understand, if you are in a supply chain that goes towards essential workers you are allowed to stay open. i also want to say we have had lots of questions this morning about pets and vets, and whether they are allowed to stay open. key worker status does include the supply and delivery of veterinary medicine. anecdotally, lots of vets are staying open for emergency care and to provide medical supplies for your pets. routine checkups, for example, are being shutdown. pets. routine checkups, for example, are being shut down. so much clarity from you, at least! if playing in a musical band is your passion how do you enjoy your hobby while maintaining social distancing? are we getting used to these now?“ still feels weird! i used to like it when we sat here and we can have a chat, but i understand why we are doing things. well a brass band from south wales have found a novel way of making up for lost rehearsals and concerts. one, two, three, four. music: chitty chitty bang bang we haven't really shown you the full magic of that. there were all sorts of members of the band on screen at the same time. let's speak to the cory band's musical director, philip harper, and also to percussionist emily quick. thank you very much for coming on the programme and spending a bit of time with us. we have not shown the full glory of the video yet but it is online, i will make sure we put it on the bbc breakfast account so people can see it. give us an idea of why the idea came about to put this together? i imagine it was quite an operation? it was! we have had concerts and rehearsals cancelled, so as the musical director of the band, i was thinking, i really need to keep the players motivated, give them a reason to keep processing, and also it's really important that we keep finding ways of performing for our audience. so, i had the idea of putting something like this together. i didn't know if it would be possible. we have someone in the band that is a bit of a technical whiz. so i sent the music out and what happened was, all the players just sat on their own kitchens or front rooms and, at some point during the last week, they performed their own individual performance. they sent in the videos, and then the technical guidejust they sent in the videos, and then the technical guide just kind of knitted them all together and produced the video. what was it like to see the final effort from you and all of the other people who, as phil was saying, did their own work in their kitchen, their car, wherever it may be? it was really cool. at first, you just got it on your headphones. you all see how that final video is going to turn out. we had snippets of the video as they we re had snippets of the video as they were putting it together. so more and more people would be added. for it finally to come together, it was really cool to see. have you got your xylophone there? yes, it'sjust a year. at the end, would you give usa a year. at the end, would you give us a burst of xylophone live on bbc brea kfast? us a burst of xylophone live on bbc breakfast? we will save that for the end. what is the response been? i love these sorts of videos, you do them to help with rehearsals and get them to help with rehearsals and get the band together, then they go out there, so many other people enjoy them and they put a smile on faces? yes, nice thing was that response from the band, first of all. they all added their own characteristics and personality to their individual videos, which was really good. then we put it on the facebook page on sunday. it was extremely popular. so it has been viewed a number of times now. like i said, it was an experiment, really. but now we know that it can work, we intend to do more so that we can keep audiences entertained. emily, it is a difficult time for all sorts of people for various reasons. mostly influenced by what is going on with coronavirus at the moment. how big a pa rt coronavirus at the moment. how big a part does music play for you particularly, keeping your morale up and keeping things going? it's massive. i'm a music student in wales, so i don't know if i'm going to get to do any more of the bands, i've got exams to prepare for if they do happen, i got to keep practising every day and make sure i am prepared for them. practising every day and make sure i am prepared forthem. also, ithink it lifts everyone's mood massively. i think musicjust brings everyone together. can you lift our mood now and to give us a 15 second burst of some xylophone magic? she is going to the xylophone. live on bbc brea kfast. music: chitty chitty bang bang that was lovely! laughter can you go on your tiptoes again? not only have we got a xylophone... laughter we have live elephant based fun. we are talking about technology, we have lovely jeffrey, an are talking about technology, we have lovelyjeffrey, an instagram star... you've lost it, haven't you? laughter i thought she had a coat around her waist. it was an elephant! we are talking to jeffrey, waist. it was an elephant! we are talking tojeffrey, an instagram star, about how people... he is in his 80s and he is a massive star, about how people can get involved with technology and do things like emily was doing. quite a few of the band dressed up in various outfits, emily was wearing the elephant, they we re emily was wearing the elephant, they were recording on cars and all kinds of places. we will put it on our social media so you can see it in full effect. for england and wales, lots of sunshine. hazy at times, but if you are in scotland or northern ireland, more cloud through the course of the day and patchy rain in scotla nd course of the day and patchy rain in scotland with more persistent rain across the north west courtesy of this front. this front has been with us for a couple of days and will be with us for much of the week before eventually it clears away from the south. you may havejust eventually it clears away from the south. you may have just seen those isobars across scotland and northern ireland, it'll be windy. the black circles indicating wind gusts. with exposure, 58 mph, you will know about that, but even 43 mild an hour across the north—east of scotland. —— 43 across the north—east of scotland. -- 43 mild across the north—east of scotland. —— 43 mild an hour. at times, we will see more cloud getting on across the board and into northern england. for the majority of england and wales, it is dry, it is sunny, at times it'll be hazy, particularly in the west, and not bad temperatures, either, 16 degrees at best, although saying that, we could squeeze out a 17, 18 for north wales, merseyside, and around lancashire. further north, we are looking at nine, 13, or 14. through this evening and overnight, we have this evening and overnight, we have this where front with us. first half of the night, it'll be windy, second half of the night, the wind will be moderating. quite a bit of cloud around, as you can see. the northern england, not as cold a start as this morning, but for southern england it'll be cold. these are temperatures in towns and cities, in rural areas it'll be lower than these, for some there will be frost. wednesday morning, a dry and bright note for much of england and wales. we have the cloud and the weather front. the weather front will be weakening through the course of tomorrow. it'll still have patchy rain across northern ireland and scotland, but compared to the rain we are seeing at the moment across the outer hebrides, you will have a drier and brighter day by the afternoon. temperatures eight in lerwick, up to 16 in cardiff. we have the same weather front on thursday, still producing a fair amount of cloud across scotland and northern ireland. and at times northern england. some drizzle coming out of this. the lion's share of the sunshine going to england and wales, temperatures around 14. towards the end of the week, we say goodbye to that weather front, it clears away from the south, high—pressure building. the wind changes direction tomorrow to northerly, which is a cold one for us. you can see these blue hues sweeping across the british isles. as we head on into friday and saturday, still fairly settled, still a fair bit of sunshine around, but look how much cold it gets on sunday. on sunday we are looking at sunshine, but also wintry showers almost anywhere. by wintry, it is a mixture of rain, sleet, snow, and hail. there you go. what a mixture, it really is. lots going on. we have heard from so many people today. we've also heard from michael gove. he was talking about exercise. he says you can walk, you can run, you can cycle, but it must be with members of your immediate household just once a day. that's just one of the many changes we will have to make. and they are looking at that all the time. if we are responsible and do what we are asked, there won't be an extra clamp—down. we are hoping for a couple of guest ina we are hoping for a couple of guest in a moment, but let's talk about other things, as well. as part of borisjohnson's historic announcement last night, all shops apart from those selling essential supplies, were ordered to close. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to south london to meet the hairdressers being forced to shut their doors. hairdressing at a distance of two metres is impossible, but for patients who are self—employed, it's their only income. it's not possible. for this kind of business, it is not possible to do without you leaning on the customer. you cannot keep your distance. it's not possible. it is one—on—one, as you can see. at this salon in london, patience has been continuing to cut hair, but now she has to stop. very tough and hard. the most important thing first is my life and every other person around me. there are normally 12 self—employed hairdressers in the salon. eric, the owner, had been struggling along with two, and the decision to shut has been made for him. he welcomes it. i think everywhere should be closed. rather than a few places deciding whether to stay open or closed. how worried are you? very worried. we cannot see an end to it. nobody knows what's happening. nobody knows what's happening. nobody knows what's happening. nobody knows where we are going. for eve ryo ne nobody knows where we are going. for everyone the advice is the same, to stay two metres apart if at all possible. but for so many self—employed people, and small businesses, the reality of that means no income. we just make sure we put everything away... one mile away, this salon had already decided to close ahead of the announcement from the prime minister that all nonessential shops must shut. it's really tough, because you don't want to let clients go, otherwise the business will struggle. but at the same time, it's very risky, because you are with people so close, and you are with people so close, and you are with people so close, and you are meant to be standing two metres apart. you get clients coming m, metres apart. you get clients coming in, they don't know whether they should be here or not. i'm coming into work, risking it, and it is difficult for me to turn clients away when it is myjob. but we are closing today, so it'll be easier. people are concerned they will have really bad hair by the time we reopen, bad roots, you know, but we had to make the decision today, and we are closed. my employees will get paid. but for people who are self—employed it's worrying. really worrying times. it's not all about money. it's not all about business. it's about respecting people in this situation. down the high street this barbershop opened 11 years ago. some who work here are employees, others work for themselves and rent a chair. owner, cameron, wants to help them all. safety is more important than everything else. some are paying rent, they need the money for surviving. i don't want to let them down. i told them, if they need money, i will help them. this is not just happening to one person. it's happening to everyone. we need to help each other. a sentiment echoed on homes and high streets everywhere. tim muffet, bbc news. i think you will really enjoy our next guest. borisjohnson's message to the british public last night was loud and clear — they must stay at home. for many older people that could mean months of isolation — so how can they use technology to stay in touch with friends and family? we can now speak to geoffrey and pauline walker, who are both in their 80s and have built a huge following on instagram. so lovely to see you. good morning to you both. good morning! lovely to see to you both. good morning! lovely to see you! thank you for doing some advertising for us. you started on instagram a few years ago, how did you get into it? well, actually, it was just to keep you get into it? well, actually, it wasjust to keep in you get into it? well, actually, it was just to keep in touch with the family. so that they could see our little videos, and we could see them. that was about six years ago. something like that. then, all of a sudden, young girl in the village put on twitter, i know this old man who puts videos of his wife on instagram. next morning, we've got 18,000 followers! and it has never stopped from then. i think you've got over 300,000 now, haven't you? we seem to be getting 2000 a day. chuckles it's absolutely brilliant. it's not just yourfamily it's absolutely brilliant. it's not just your family getting in touch. how much you are enjoying this. —— how much are you enjoying this, and being in touch with so many people around the world ? being in touch with so many people around the world? they like to watch pauline, as well do you know, when she does her sewing and that kind of thing. pauline, what's your favourite thing to post on instagram? well, i would like to stay stay —— say stay in and stay safe and help the nhs. that's what we need. everybody needs to pull together. we keep posting these little things. things we do. i used to do about one little video a day. but now we are getting demands for more from people staying in and asking us if we will, you know, post more. . . asking us if we will, you know, post more... they say we brightened their lives! it's outstanding. we are just two old people! but we brightened their lives! i can see that you do. pauline, we all need to stay in, what is your advice to keep yourself occupied? well, i am cleaning out my sewing room. it has been wanting doing for a long while. i've had some jigsaw puzzles sent to me. i love to dojigsaw some jigsaw puzzles sent to me. i love to do jigsaw puzzles. what about you, geoffrey? i'm doing the garden. it's one thing staying in. i've got quite a good garden. with this lovely weather, you know, gardening. i advise everyone that's got a bit of garden to set a few potatoes. just use a couple of their own. grow things like that. they're wonderful. and it's easy to do. you can keep yourselves occupied during those sort of things. one thing that comes out loud and clear is how much you two love each other on your videos. just gorgeous! i've got to give you a kiss! lovely! thank you so much. people will be dreaming about this. really fantastic. you've cheered us all up, as well. pleasure to speak to you. they might be stars of the week, the morning, love them, geoffrey and pauline. absolutely lovely. take care! pauline is cleaning out her sewing room. we are doing all sorts of things. i'm looking forward to doing those kinds ofjobs. people in locked down european cities have started going out onto their balconies each night to cheer and applaud the emergency services for their efforts through the coronavirus crisis. as our nhs staff prepare for the fight of their lives, could the people of the uk do the same thing here? annemarie plas is organising a campaign called "clap for our carers", and shejoins us now. thanks for spending some time with us on the programme this morning, annemarie, how is this going to work? it'll be fairly simple. i want everybody in the uk to be at their balconies, at their front door, even on their sofas at 8pm on thursday night, clapping, making noise, stamping your feet. sorry for all of the kids that will be woken up, my kids, as well, but we just want to send out a positive message to all of the people working on the front line. not only nhs workers, but everybody who is making this world go round and round. all we have to do is stay in and they are doing all of that work. the campaign has had some high profile support, hasn't it? yes. it was amazing to see how quickly it has been picked up by various celebrities. it gives a feeling of how important it is to thank the people who we are grateful for. what response have you had in other countries? we are showing a video of what is happening to spain. we've all been told to stay in our homes. all we see at the moment are our house mates, relatives, but when we open the windows there is a feeling of togetherness. altogether we are going to fight through this. really good to talk to you this morning, annemarie, thank you for your time. annemarie helping to organise clap for carers. thursday, eight o'clock, get the family together, we have had some fantastic fun nhs workers talking to us, and they deserve a round of applause. what we will try to do every day is bring the latest news, we will discuss what it means for all of us, but also that little bit ofjoy. geoffrey and pauline have made my day, i'm going to plant potatoes. once we have finished with all of this, i want them in the studio, geoffrey and pauline close up. thanks for being with us today. that's all from breakfast this morning, but we'll be back tomorrow from six. until then, good bye. hello, good morning. we haven't seen anything quite like this before, have we? welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire here with you until 11. we're all trying to get used to the new restrictions on our lives — and trying to absorb them. this morning tell us what you think of these new measures — all brought into halt the spread of coronavieus — and how you are going to be affected. here are the headlines at nine o'clock. the uk wakes up to the toughest restrictions on daily life in living memory to tackle coronavirus — everyone must stay at home — only going out to shop for basics, exercise and travel for medical attention or essential work. i hope that people will follow this advice. if for any reason they don't, penalties are there.