Best of the sunshine will certainly be across scotland and Northern Ireland. Some sharp showers through england and wales will slowly fade as we go through the day, but its going to stay rather cloudy. All the details coming up shortly. Youll never walk alone. Aiming for the top of the charts. Captain tom teams up with michael ball as his fundraising effort passes £21 million. Its saturday, april the 18th. Our top story doctors and nurses in england could be asked to re use personal protective equipment when treating coronavirus patients. Public Health England has changed its guidance on the use of ppe amid warnings that some hospitals will run out of special gowns this weekend. John mcmanus reports. In this workplace, the machinists are more used to making jackets designed to withstand the british weather. But now the staff at this barber factory in southfields have turned their hands to personal protective equipment, ppe, vital to repel not rain but the coronavirus. The company says it hopes to make around 23,000 gallons for nhs staff over a three week period. Other ma nufa ctu res three week period. Other manufactures have joined them. Three week period. Other manufactures havejoined them. But despite this, supplies of ppe in england, such as fully fluid rappelling downs, will run out sometime this weekend, according to the head of nhs providers, chris hobson. He blames a global shortage, saying that gowns ordered weeks ago we re saying that gowns ordered weeks ago were just saying that gowns ordered weeks ago werejust beginning to saying that gowns ordered weeks ago were just beginning to arrive now. In response, public Health England hasissued in response, public Health England has issued new guidelines, saying that some ppe can be reused if necessary. Until the new supplies arrive. But that has provoked an angry response from health unions. Unison has warned some of its members may refuse to work if they feel unsafe, and the bma is also unhappy. I dont think any Healthcare Worker should be expected to expose themselves to potential risks to their lives during the course of their work. It is a real disappointment to us and that the government has been unable, even after a month, to address this progressively worsening shortage of ppe. The department of health says staff are working around the clock to solve the problem. Even though we have a Global Situation in which there is less ppe in the world, then there is less ppe in the world, then the world needs, obviously it is going to be a huge Pressure Point. Given that we have a Global Situation. Meanwhile, the government says it has no plans to make people wear face masks says it has no plans to make people wearface masks in public, despite lobbying from the mayor of london, sadiq khan. The masks are compulsory in new york, as well as the Czech Republic and slovakia. But the World Health Organization says that apart from health workers, masks should only be won by those who display the symptoms of covid i9 or are caring for somebody who does. Well, it will be the nhs trust and providers who interpret that new guidance and how it works in practice on the wards this weekend. We will be getting their guidance on but a little later on this morning. President donald trump has defended his tweets in which appeared to endorse protesting and stringent lockdown measures in several us states, saying some were too tough. Earlier he wrote in a series of tweets liberate minnesota, liberate michigan and then liberate virginia. Health Officials Say that the curbs, including the stay at home orders, i needed to halt the spread coronavirus. This years University Graduates will suffer scarring effects which could mean they spend years in lower paid, non gradute jobs. Thats according to the institute for fiscal studies, which says experience of previous recessions shows that starting work during an economic downturn leads to a negative impact. Heres our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. 65 of my grade comes from work placement during coronavirus, so i am worried about my grade. Placement during coronavirus, so i am worried about my gradelj placement during coronavirus, so i am worried about my grade. I think my biggest concern about the Economic Impact of covid 19 is that there is going to be anyjobs. Economic impact of covid 19 is that there is going to be anyjobslj wont have the closure of finalising my three years at this University Due to the fact that i will not be having a graduation. Fearful voices ofa having a graduation. Fearful voices of a students degeneration a student generation graduating into the chaos of the pandemic. Sophie is on student to get a tuition refund. More than 300,000 have signed her petition to mp5. Wants students to get a tuition refund. Strikes by lecturers earlier this year had already disrupted learning. Now, instead of lecture halls, universities are online. This campus would normally be buzzing with stu d e nts would normally be buzzing with students on their way to the library, revising for the finals. Instead, they are stuck anxiously at home, waiting to do online exams, and worrying about their future. Thats why many students are calling for universities to guarantee that they want to lose out as a result of this virus. Liverpool is one of the universities making that promise. Stu d e nts universities making that promise. Students cannot fall below their average, but the university told me that doesnt mean lower standards. They will not want to graduate feeling that they have had an easier pass through their degree. And that is certainly not the case. Today, a warning about new graduates may pay a heavy economic price. They may find it harder to get a job at all. In particular, they are much more likely to end up with a non graduatejob. Likely to end up with a non graduate job. Shona is among the lucky ones. She is about to graduate asa lucky ones. She is about to graduate as a physio. I spent the last four yea rs of as a physio. I spent the last four years of university striving towards the day i can get out and help nhs and help people, and to be honest, theres no better time to be doing that than now. Ajob theres no better time to be doing that than now. A job waiting for theres no better time to be doing that than now. Ajob waiting for her injusta that than now. Ajob waiting for her injust a few that than now. Ajob waiting for her in just a few weeks time. Captain tom moore has already raised more than £21 million for the nhs with his sponsored walk, but hes not done yet. He wants to go even further, this time by releasing a Charity Single. The 99 year old war veteran has teamed up with the singer michael ball and released a version of youll never walk alone. And youll never walk alone. You get the picture. 99 year old war vetera n get the picture. 99 year old war veteran teaming up with singer michael ball, who was giving it his all, i think it is fair to say, releasing a version of youll never walk alone. If he tops the charts on friday, it would mean that hed be number one on his 100th birthday. His birthday is in two thursdays, isnt it . The 30th. So if he gets to number one next friday, yes, he would be number one at 100. When he has just turned would be number one at 100. When he hasjust turned ioo. Would be number one at 100. When he hasjust turned 100. Brilliant, what a way to celebrate. What a way. Time now for a look at the newspapers. Lets look at the front pages. No defence is the headline on the daily mirror, as it highlights the shortages of protective equipment at hospitals. It describes the Health Secretary matt hancock as floundering after he said he couldnt magic up the necessary gear. The daily mail says a team of scientists at Oxford University could make a breakthrough in the search for a vaccine. It says a Clinical Trial involving 510 volunteers is due to start next week. An estimate of the number of care home deaths in england shows as many as 7,500 residents have died as a result of coronavirus, the Daily Telegraph reports. The paper says the review by care england is based on data from its own 3,500 care homes. And the times is reporting that some senior tory mps have said the public are being treated like children as ministers refuse to discuss options for easing lockdown restrictions. The paper notes scientists are yet to agree an exit strategy. Anything inside the papers . This story is one of those ones, it is obviously linked to coronavirus, it is such a curious thing, isnt it . These are the astronauts who have been on the International Space station and they have been up there for nine months and yesterday they came back to earth and obviously, you can see it there, they have come back to a strangely altered earth. Welcome to go to space to see something completely different and you can literally back down to earth, the whole phrase, back down to earth, back down to reality, com pletely to earth, back down to reality, completely different. The early hence, they say, of the new world, arrived as they were met by the recovery crew wearing facemasks, rubber gloves, all the protection. Early hints. Look at this line here from one of the astronauts. Jessica mia, she says it was a little bit difficult for us to feel like we are truly going back to a different planet. We are really the only three humans that were not subject to it as it happens. Williams of humans are dealing with it in some way, the three of us were not. Billions. It in some way, the three of us were not. Billions. A very, very odd thing. Ona not. Billions. A very, very odd thing. On a lighter note, i love these things. We have spoken about how pa rents these things. We have spoken about how parents are dealing with homeschooling, children at home, keeping them occupied. Some things dont change. Which way am i appointing this . Here . Thanks, paul. Hosking got into his mothers make up hosking got into his mothers make up draw. Thank make up all over himself. His motherfilmed him and realised he had gone quiet after six minutes. It is the quiet time that you start to worry. That is the danger sign. She went to look for him, and there you go. First image, i thought it was some kind of cake mix. Nope, just mums lipstick. I think probably all parents around the country can relate to that. Think probably all parents around the country can relate to thatm looks lovely. We will have more on the papers later this morning. It is 6 10am. The government has written to mps explaining why some flights are still arriving into uk airports. Each day, around 60 passenger flights land at heathrow. Airlines have told the bbc that many are relatively empty and they insist that virtually everyone flying into heathrow now is travelling home. Airlines are also converting more passenger aircraft to transport medical supplies and other cargo. Our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. Most airports are largely standing still. But even now some passenger planes are arriving. One in ten of the flights which normally operates in and out of heathrow are still running. Airlines say the vast majority of people on board are simply heading home. Nobody at the moment is taking a holiday, so these flights are repatriation flights. We need to bring these people home, these people are stranded all over these people are stranded all over the world, barcelona, north america, south america, asia. Airlines are working with the government right now every single day to get these people home. Kiran sandoo was stuck visiting family in india. Forflying home this week there were checks at the airport in india. They asked for if we had any symptoms of covid 19, so we just if we had any symptoms of covid 19, so wejust had if we had any symptoms of covid 19, so we just had to circle or technically correct boxes, so, yes or no answers, do you have a cough, do you have a that kind of thing. And then you go inside the airport and then youve got the staff there doing temperature checks. Checks like that are not in place at heathrow. It was a bit confusing because you just assume that, you know, if on our board is doing it, the other airport will follow through with the same regulation and process. through with the same regulation and process. If one airport is doing it. Some people would covid 19 do not have a temperature and some show not have a temperature and some show no symptoms at all. So the effectiveness of jacks is questionable. The boss of heathrow has said airports around the world should now adopt the same standards. American Airlines Told us there planes now have enough empty seats so that social distancing is always possible. And Virgin Atlantic revealed many of our commercial flights have only been about a quarter full. But the flights have only been about a quarterfull. But the belly flights have only been about a quarter full. But the belly of most passenger planes is full of cargo. Selling at a premium in these extraordinary times. Companies running pure cargo flights are working like never before. Running pure cargo flights are working like never beforem running pure cargo flights are working like never before. It is really the only choice that there is at the current time, to move anything that is Time Critical from one region of the world to another. Particularly if it is Urgent Medical equipment or supplies. Medical supplies in from china, food in from kenya. Airlines have taken a massive financial hit. So they know that they are now using passenger planes to generate revenue by transporting vital supplies. The current lockdown is challenging in lots of different ways, and yesterday we heard how the duke and duchess of cambridge are encouraging us to look after our Mental Wellbeing throughout the outbreak. So how has it been affecting young people, and what can they do to take care of themselves . Ashley John Baptiste has been finding out. Ifind i find myself feeling very depressed. It has made it quite difficult in times of anxiety. Depressed. It has made it quite difficult in times of anxietylj difficult in times of anxiety. start to think that maybe people dont want to talk to me as much. Start to think that maybe people dont want to talk to me as muchm is really scary, actually. 23 year old hannah lives alone in scarborough. She has struggled with her Mental Health since she was a teenager, but since lockdown, things have taken a turn for the worst. Hannah, i know you have post Traumatic Stress disorder. How has it been for you since lockdown . Normally i can keep myself so busy and ive got support around me, i can see my friends, i can keep fit and go surfing and, like, so many Different Things i can do to keep busy. Whereas now i havejust got Different Things i can do to keep busy. Whereas now i have just got so much time to sit and think and it is really tough just to kind of be alone with your thoughts. Its not just young people with pre existing Mental Health problems who are struggling. 22 year old daryl fern lives in london and has never worried about his mental well being until now. Covid19 has had a massive effect on my mental well being. Jim for me was always an escape. It was always that place i would go to as a stress reliever. But now that i actually cant go, i find myself feeling very depressed, it is like i wake up early in the morning, i cant go anywhere, i have to work from home. Its very hard to deal with. Since the lockdown, 24 year old hannah bra nson deal with. Since the lockdown, 24 year old Hannah Branson has been having hallucinations. When i get stressed and when i get anxious during lockdown ive been paranoid, i started having auditory hallucinations. Hallucinations . Yeah, it is when you start to hear things that other people dont quite hear. And, you know, you cantjust go to your centre to speak to your doctor or nurse because of social distancing. So we have to be able to just pick up the phone, and that is hard. According to a leading charity, there are ways young people can look after themselves. Deirdre, how can young people look after their Mental Health . If you can, stay connected. Pick up the phone to yourfamily and stay connected. Pick up the phone to your family and friends. Feed your passions. Connect with others who are passions. Connect with others who a re interested passions. Connect with others who are interested in the things that you are are interested in the things that you a re interested are interested in the things that you are interested in. It involves in activities that are happening in your house. Despite these challenges, people are finding new ways of keeping busy. We found alternative ways to contact each other, whether it is zoom quizzes, but seems to be a weekly thing, lots of different pictures and videos as well. So, interesting advice. Heres louise with a look at this mornings weather. A bit colder but it has been glorious. Good morning, louise. Good morning. Daily exercise help with your mental state of mind at the moment, so all you need is dry weather, and at least it is behaving itself. A bit of rain around at the moment, the best of the weather in terms of dry and sunny weather will be in scotland and Northern Ireland. Sharp showers through the night, some have brought over an inch of rain and they will continue to drift steadily north. A lot of cloud in england and wales, as is the nature of showers, not everyone will get one through the morning and into the afternoon, they will start to weaken. Tending to sit across wales and Northern England and in the extreme south, the cloud could break up extreme south, the cloud could break up and temperatures around 16. Despite cloud in eastern scotland at the moment into the afternoon, plain sailing, dry and sunny, but a cool easterly breeze will make it feel disappointing on the extreme east coast. Clear skies overnig