the mail on sunday has won the first round of a legal battle against the duchess of sussex over the publication of a letter she wrote to her father. and coming up we ll be speaking to the founder of a challenge to run 5k, raising money for nhs charities who s been recognised with an award from the prime minister. ministers says they are confident that they have hit their target for the number of daily coronavirus tests to be carried out as the prime minister told the nation yesterday that the uk was now past the peak of the outbreak. the government had pledged that 100,000 tests would be done every day by the end of april. over 81 thousand tests were carried out on wednesday according to the figures from the department of health and social care and we ll get the updated figures later. coronavirus continues to have a big impact on the aviation industry, as one of the world s biggest budget airlines ryanair announced today that they are cutting up to 3,000 pilot a
good afternoon. we ll have the latest government briefing from downing street on the coronavirus pandemic, led today by the health secretary, matt hancock. that is in about half an hour. but first, ministers say they re confident of hitting their target for the number of daily coronavirus tests, after the prime minister said the uk is past the peak of the outbreak. the government had pledged 100,000 tests a day by the end of april, with more than 81,000 taking place on wednesday. the target was 100,000 tests a day by the end of april. it s just under a month since the health secretary announced that deadline. we ll find out later whether the ambition was achieved. are you confident you ll meet your testing target? more than 81,000 tests were carried out in the uk on wednesday, after more people became eligible including those over the age of 65 in england who have symptoms, and care home residents and staff who don t. setting a challenging target was the right thing to do