But some Smaller Charities are struggling to survive and are worried they are not getting the money they need at this time. The 2. 6 challenge encourages people to do any form of activity related to the numbers 2. 6 or 26, whether it is running 2. 6 miles, walking for 26 minutes or something quirky yet like flipping pancakes or hopping around the house 26 times. Olympians have already signed up to take part. There wont be the crowds in london on the 26th of april but the hope is that millions will still come together, albeit apart, to help uk charities. And that was laura scott reporting. Time for a look at the weather. Lets cross to tomasz schafernaker. Good afternoon. Since the lockdown we havent had a lot of rain, there
have been a few showers but some parts of the country havent had a single drop of rain so far this month. This will change because in the next 2a hours we expect some rain but primarily across southern parts of the uk and if you look at the satellite picture you can
To clap for our carers. Are you due a refund or just a credit voucher for your cancelled holiday . The rules are pretty clear youre entitled to a refund. But as some travel firms refuse to pay back customers, ill speak tp the head of the trade body abta. The scottish fa has announced a further delay to scottish football. It wont start again now until the 10th ofjune at the earliest. Celebrating the heroes who are keeping britain moving. Well meet the lifeguard whos swapped the beaches of south wales for a bin wagon. And a warm start to the easter weekend but it will get colder and windier forecast here weekend but it will get colder and windierforecast here on weekend but it will get colder and windier forecast here on breakfast. Its friday the 10th april. Our top story. As the easter weekend begins, the message is loud and clear stay at home to stop the spread of coronavirus and save lives. 0n breakfast this morning well be hearing from last night it was revealed that borisjohnson is
The president of the Eu Commission for not helping enough at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. President trump prepares for an easing of the us lockdown to get the economy moving in the face of opposition from state governors. And the 99 year old war veteran captain tom moore completes 100 laps of his garden before turning 100 raising £13 million for the nhs. I am surrounded by the right sort of people, so yes i feel fine. I hope you are all feeling fine too good afternoon. A three week extension to the current measures of lockdown is expected to be confirmed later this afternoon as a Senior Scientist has said the uk will need to keep a significant level of social distancing in place until a vaccine is available. Professor Neil Ferguson also wants the government to do more work on what happens after the lockdown ends. This comes as the first minister Nicola Sturgeon says the Scottish Government will look at its own exit strategy in the coming days. In a leaked letter seen by the
Too frightened to go. On the frontline from doctors to cleaners, the hospital teams working tirelessly together to save lives. You just take one day at a time. I think if you try and think about the whole situation, its too much. And a guard of honour for 99 year old captain tom moore as he completes 100 laps of his garden and raises £15 million for the nhs. And coming up on bbc news, an absolute mess, the verdict on the state of the Scottish Football League from rangers manager Steven Gerrard as it finishes early due to coronavirus. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The uk will remain in lockdown for at least three more weeks. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, said britain is at a delicate and dangerous stage in this pandemic and relaxing restrictions too soon could risk a second wave of coronavirus and even more deaths. He said the lockdown, which is now extended until at least the 7th of may, would only be lifted once the daily death toll comes down to be sure the
Has changed and is changeable once again. We had sunshine earlier in kent but no rain bearing down. It was a wet morning in wales but now the sun is out. So very changeable, some welcome rain amount at times with low pressure in charge. And also something drier and brighter for a time also something drier and brighter fora time in also something drier and brighter for a time in those gaps. This afternoon the rain advancing across more of northern and Eastern England, Northern Ireland and southern scotland. Wales in the sunshine but further showers later this afternoon. Temperatures in the mid to low teens, such average for the time of year and quite breezy especially when we get the rain. The rain pushes north across scotland over night with further heavy downpours pushing to england, wales, Northern Ireland and southern scotland. All of that going on temperatures not going down too far, mid to high single figures as we start the day tomorrow. The pressure is still very much with us so