clots were reported in a small number of people. hundreds of patients may have had do not resuscitate decisions placed on them during the pandemic, without them or their families knowing the care regulator calls for urgent action. people seeking asylum in the uk could be sent abroad while their cases are being processed, under a plans for a major overhaurl of the immigration system expected to be set out next week. and coming up this hour keeping beauty spots beautiful why landowners want more people to pay attention to to the countryside code. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the government is facing questions over why there s to be a significant reduction in covid vaccine supplies from the end of this month. it is understood a delivery of millions of doses of the oxford astrazeneca jab, produced by the serum institute of india, has been held up by four weeks. after opening up appointments to all over 50s on wednesday, nhs england says jabs should now not be off
This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines at a50 concerns about the governments plans to get all pupils in england back to school in september. Some teachers say itll be tricky to follow the guidelines, but the education secretary says its critical to the countrys recovery. In these challenging times, we are committed to ensuring the nations children have notjust a safe education, but also an excellent one. In half an hour well have the government briefing from downing street on the plans. Face coverings are to become mandatory in shops in scotland from next friday. People across wales will soon be able to visit pubs and cafes with outdoor space, but indoor areas stay closed for now. Ghislaine maxwell, long time friend of the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, has been arrested by the fbi. Good afternoon and welcome to this special programme from bbc news. Well bring you the all the latest news from around the uk on the coronavirus pandemic, and the downing street
And you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus and how to protect yourself on the bbc news app and on our website bbc. Co. Uk news. We woke capture a lot of sunshine gcioss we woke capture a lot of sunshine across the uk today and the weather is not looking bad for most of us this afternoon however the weekend is looking mixed and most of us will get at least a bit of rain fell from time to time. There will be some sunshine in the forecast as well. We are between weather systems but you can see low are between weather systems but you can see low pressure are between weather systems but you can see low pressure is starting to approach our neighbourhood and to the south west of us, the size of ireland and the south west of england, clouds are starting to increase. Also across other parts of the country but a few spots of rain. Once again the vast majority of us this afternoon the weather is
looking absolutely fine. Notice the band of weather moves across cornwall and many of
I think it is surprising and concerning that we are not doing any of it at all when we have just four weeks before we get to the stage that italy is at. The latest advice is for anyone with a new, persistent cough or High Temperature to self isolate for seven days. Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its midday and these the spread of the virus are the main stories. Continues to cause big swings on Global Stock Markets. The premier league and English Football League will suspend european markets have rebounded all matches until the 3rd of april slightly, after tumbling yesterday over fears of a global recession. At the earliest as the coronavirus spreads. All Football Games in scotland have also been suspended until further notice. The canadian Prime Ministers wife tests positive for coronavirus. Justin trudeau says he has no symptoms but will the government defends its approach self isolate for m days. To slowing the spread of the coronavirus, as new official measures come into place. A
If they get ill, lose pay, or feel they need to self isolate. I can indeed confirm that we will do. We will be bringing forward legislation to protect private renters from eviction. Supermarkets take action to reduce stockpiling and panic buying. The bbc suspends filming of hit dramas like eastenders and casualty, and this years Glastonbury Festival and Eurovision Song Contest are both called off. Good afternoon. Schools across much of the uk look set to close their doors and shut down by the end of the week. The governments in scotland and wales have already said schools there will close from friday, as part of the effort to control the Coronavirus Crisis. And in the next half an hour, an announcement is expected from downing street on schools in england. Lets look at the days other main developments. Around the world, confirmed cases of the virus have now surpassed 200,000. Here, the number of people who have tested positive has jumped by more than 600, to 2,626. Its feared there are