By the outbreak to defer mortgage and loan repayments for up to three months. Tsb and lloyds said they would also allow a mortgage window, and banks are announcing extra support for affected businesses. And in scotland more than £3 million is being spent on a rapid scaling up of nhs facilities for video consultations. The nhs near me system is currently used for hospital outpatient appointments with consultants, but the increase in cases of covid 19 means it could soon be used for gp appointments to reduce face to face contact time. Now its time for the weather with louise lear. Hello there, early heads up, i have been looking into next week and there is a potentialfor a been looking into next week and there is a potential for a few days of dry weather in the forecast. More on that injust of dry weather in the forecast. More on that in just a moment, of dry weather in the forecast. More on that injust a moment, and its a good job as well because monday was miserable, wasnt it . A lot of heavy rain across much of the country and
even on tuesday it was a case of frequent, blustery sharp showers but at least it was mild with it. We have quite a powerfuljetstream centred right across the uk at the moment, and it does look likely it will stay with us wednesday into thursday as well. So again, a freak rash of showers accompanied by Gale Force Gusts of wind at times. At least the wind direction is coming from the south westerly so it was a mild for many of its copies of these showers will be quite heavy and they will merge togetherfor showers will be quite heavy and they will merge together for longer spells of rain. With a wind in excess spells of rain. With a wind in excess of 50 mild an hour. Dodge showers, keep the sunshine, you will see some walls, temperatures above average for the time of year with highs of 15 degrees expected. These showers will continue to drift their way south and east overnight on wednesday and the cold front is going to move that mild air back to the continent and we will see the temperatures on the chilly side, so it meant they couldnt start to thursday morning with some showers overnight, it stretches to look up oi overnight, it stretches to look up orfirst thing stopping overnight, it stretches to look up
or first thing stopping some of those showers will fall sleet and snow to Higher Ground in scotland, maybe across the peaks and the pennines for a time and into Northern Ireland, but much of england and wales that will be a largely dry date but a noticeably cooler one, temperatures ranging from 6 io celsius. Moving out of thursday into friday, this little ridge of High Pressure will lighten things down quite nicely. Wind direction coming from the north, so not a particularly warm thoughts but they will be fairly light, and a good deal of dry weather around for friday afternoon, so temperatures again ranging ii friday afternoon, so temperatures again ranging 11 degrees. As we move into the weekend, i am well aware that we have seen the weekends recently, so the weekend is not looking too bad. A good deal of usable weather, there will be some rain around, but you should be able to get out and enjoy some fresh air from time to time. Saturday in actual fact looks to be the better of two days. There could be some cloud around but it will be
relatively dry and buy it, eventually we will see an area of low pressure beginning to push in into the north west. Temperatures, 7 12 into the north west. Temperatures, 7 12 degrees. There is an element of uncertainty as to the detail and the timing of the rain, but it looks as though a fairly significant low pressure will move at some saturday into sunday, so we could have some wet weather clearing from england and wales, during sunday and in behind leaving a trail of sunny spells and scattered showers, and again with the wind direction coming from the north, it will be rather cool with some wintry showers to the tops of the hills and mountains. 7 11 degrees, the overall hi. Looking ahead, the jetstream is 11 degrees, the overall hi. Looking ahead, thejetstream is going to change, this powerful jet ahead, thejetstream is going to change, this powerfuljet that has been sitting over the uk, that is to wea ken been sitting over the uk, that is to weaken and lose its identity somewhat, so we could start with this area of low pressure but then an area of High Pressure looks set to build for a few days of the uk and keep things relatively quiet, evenif and keep things relatively quiet, even if up into the net continent,
there is a risk other fronts could start to push into the far north and west, but look at this. Yes, we could see some rain into the far north west, but next week at the moment looks relatively dry, settled, and. That it, look forward to it. Hello. This is bbc news with reeta chakra barti. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines a sixth person dies of coronavirus in the uk, as Health Experts warn that cases could peak in a fortnights time. Health minister Nadine Dorries has revealed that she has contracted the virus and is currently self isolating. 60 million italians under travel restrictions, as the country struggles with coronavirus, amid a sharp rise in cases and deaths. Public gatherings are
forbidden, tourist sites are virtually deserted, and doctors give stark advice to the public. In downing street, the chancellor is putting the finishing touches to his first budget, where measures to deal with coronavirus are expected to feature prominently. In edinburgh, where the former first minister is on trial for Sexual Assault and attempted rape, one of his alleged victims has been cross examined. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the economics editor at the independent, ben chu, and journalist anna isaac from the wall streetjournal. Wall street journal. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Nadine dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus and. She has met hundreds and been at number 10 with parliament. Coronavirus leads the telegraph, with sufferers given breaks on their mortgages, as banks offer homeowners payment holidays amid fears the virus will plunge the uk into recession. The Financial Times says rishi sunak signals the end of austerity. The chancellors first budget unleashes the biggest borrowing rise in 30 years, turning on the spending taps for infrastructure and the nhs. Its the same story in the guardian, they call it the coronavirus budget, shoring up the nhs and head off a financial crisis as the covid 19 outbreak worsens. In the express,
it says the nhs has capacity to test up to 10,000 people a day, and doctors preparing to see patients via videolink. And Something Different in the mirror bulger killers new bid forfreedom. The parole board is set to consider freeing jon venables 27 years after the murder. As we were saying a little earlier, two stories completely dominating the papers but the times with this story about Health MinisterNadine Dorries. Ben, it is the heart of government really isnt it . Exactly, in some ways it is shocking and in some ways it isnt, it is shocking that the minister at the heart of the department at the forefront of dealing with this Health Crisis has come down herself with coronavirus, thatis come down herself with coronavirus, that is surprising and obviously front page news, its going to be a big story but at the same time there is no reason why Nadine Dorries should be any less vulnerable than anyone else in the country, it
doesnt discriminate on the basis of ministers or politicians, so in that senseit ministers or politicians, so in that sense it isnt surprising. Whats interesting is the times makes the point about weather this will raise theissue point about weather this will raise the issue about shutting down parliament. Mps go out into the country and meet people all the time, are they super spreaders if they get it . Is the most responsible thing to stop mps meeting and doing their basic things, their regular duties . 0r their basic things, their regular duties . Or does that send the wrong signal . Is it necessary . Im sure that debate will be very important and big over the next few days as a result of this story. An, a picture of Nadine Dorries with boris johnson. We dont know how recently this picture was taken but we know theyve been in contact. She was in numberio theyve been in contact. She was in number 10 this last week and she was attending an International Womens day event at number 10. Then on friday ironically she was signing off and making coronavirus a notifiable condition, which gives it special status and legislation
meaning it can draw on more resources. She started to feel u nwell resources. She started to feel unwell on friday afternoon according to the times. Then she felt very u nwell to the times. Then she felt very unwell but carried on doing her constituency surgery on saturday in her constituency. She saw 50 people. Then it was only yesterday evening she was tested for the condition. 0ne she was tested for the condition. One has she was tested for the condition. 0ne hasa she was tested for the condition. One has a lot of sympathy for her as an individual, but there are more general questions we need to consider, if we do start to feel unwell, how early in that starting to feel unwell should we anchor about trimming back on work engagements, meetings and seeing friends think about. You put other people at risk if you dont ta ke other people at risk if you dont take a step back stop it is quite an ethical dilemma in a way. Health ministers should be leading by example. These are the guys saying to self isolate the minute you feel
unwell. She should have done something before, that sends a bad signal. Ethical dilemmas around the country and a lot of responsibility on people with power and at the forefront of the fight against the crisis. 0k. Lets look at the other story on the front page of the times. A detail. Weve got the budget coming tomorrow, of course, an interesting detail from budget coming tomorrow, of course, an interesting detailfrom the times . The 50 million pothole number isnt necessarily that new, it is following through on a manifesto commitment by the conservative party but it speaks to this day to day life, this ordinary life that has to carry on while we worry about these virus concerns, which is to say complaints have been mounting around the uk about the state of the nations roads. There is more than £2 billion being pledged over a five year period to try to tackle the issue. It really appeals to this grand project, this big boost to infrastructure spending. Some say
the biggest in 30 years, others are saying 50 years, the idea of levelling up and trying to improve the basic infrastructure that means people all around the uk can find it easier to commute between towns as well as two major hubs. Ben, quite a populist measure in a way . I dont know, think personally potholes arent new, they havent ppped potholes arent new, they havent normed up potholes arent new, they havent popped up in the last few years we know they damage cars, we know it is more efficient for the environment to fix them. Why has it taken so long for them to deal with and recognise the issue . I think its a good thing. The reason, as we were saying earlier, it hasnt been done is its done by local authorities generally and theyve been starved of funding over the past decade. If this is a sign of. Cost efficient repairs and Capital Expenditure finally being done, that has to be a good thing. I dont think it is particularly populist, itjust makes economic sense. Lets go to the front page of the telegraph now. The story. Sunak
promises £600 billion for a decade of growth. Very big amount, but the devil will be in the detail tomorrow. There was going to be more detail, we now know theres going to be slightly less detail because theres a sense of laying out the precise nature of how this big 600 billion figure is going to be broken down and put to one side because of focusing on emergency measures like extra funding for the nhs and various forms of the virus response £600 various forms of the virus response £600 billion. Special dispensation for businesses on their taxes if they see a sudden drop in demand for their services, they can keep their cash flow going a little bit longer. Also this Co Ordination to get the banks on board in terms of upping the signals to say that we are going to help you out. This story in the telegraph is focusing oii story in the telegraph is focusing on this levelling out issue, this big infrastructure boost. It talks
about the connectivity issue weve seen cropping up, will it be a bridge or a tunnel between scotland and Northern Ireland . This is seen asa and Northern Ireland . This is seen as a big lets come together as a United Kingdom post exit piece of infrastructure. Its going to be interesting to see how much clout is given to those more grander and newer project ideas versus things we know are happening already, like giving hsz the boost it needs because it has run short of cash to make sure that gets over the line. We know that will be £100 billion but we dont know if it forms part of the share of the £600 billion overall figure, so lots more to come out. Very interesting. Ben, do you think, based on what anna hasjust said, that the treasury is keen to get the £600 billion figure out today so it is in our heads. Coronavirus budget, everyone knows it will be dominated by that, but at the same time this government as a clear policy agenda of levelling up
and they would have wanted to get this out in advance i would imagine s0 this out in advance i would imagine so its not completely dominated by the virus response. The large chunk of extra Capital Infrastructure spending to try to level up the country. Were not going to get a lot of detail about where its going, were going to get the envelope. A few questions about the £600 billion, is not entirely clear whether thats an advance on the objective already outlined of spending up to 3 of gdp a year on Capital Expenditure. Is there an advance on that or another way of saying that is exactly what theyre doing . We will find out the detail tomorrow. The big picture we are going to is more spending on infrastructure. Most economists do think this is needed, if we do want to level up the country, we do need this kind of expenditure. Again, thats a good thing. The other story on the telegraph frontpage is a coronavirus budget budget story. Anna, this is about
the measures banks are taking to help people out in whats going to bea help people out in whats going to be a difficult time. Yes, as we start to worry about people can get to work or will be paid on time, we start to think about how they are going to meet their obligations to repay loans, credit cards, mortgages, and so what we have seen today is a co ordinated response from the banks to say, or to alert people, rather, to the fact that if they do fall into Financial Hardship as a result of the coronavirus, they will receive some sort of forbearance from the bank which is known as a sort of compassion, a threshold that they say, we know that you will probably be able to meet your obligations over the direction of your mortgage, the right now were to give you a bit of rest, we will give you three months to see if you can make it work, so this is what this is about. These aspects of mortgages and loans
already exist and it is really important that people understand that they have always existed, these forbearance clauses, but what is happening is theres this big Public Information exercise, i think in a way that makes a lot of sense to manage the publics panic about their finances, so people feel they still have the money they need to spend on essentials and go about their daily lives and they dont worry quite much. And then there is another detail in the story of a business rate. Yes, Business Rates are obviously a large payment that they have to make, it makes total sense, if you are a Small Business and under pressure because of coronavirus, because your workers havent come in all the customers arent there, you are going to have arent there, you are going to have a cash flow issue, you may be a com pletely a cash flow issue, you may be a completely viable business over the medium and long term, you have a short term issue, those are the kind of enterprises and firms that the government should be trying to help out in the time of difficulty, so i am sure we will see some of that and
the budget stopping the devil will be in the detail, how do these firms go about applying for it, what sort of Computer Systems are going to be there to help them, but the principle is clear about what you need to do to help these firms survive. Lets go to the front page of the guardian, there really are two stories in town, coronavirus and budget. The guardian gives more detail, i think, budget. The guardian gives more detail, ithink, on budget. The guardian gives more detail, i think, on both of them. Yeah, the point they raise is, could there be a bank of england rate cut to coincide with tomorrows budget . The American Central Bank has already cut rates by the biggest amount since the financial crisis, could we get a big cut from the bank of england, there is speculation out there, maybe it will happen, maybe it wont, how much goodwill do, when theissueis it wont, how much goodwill do, when the issue is not so much the cost of credit as the lack of demand in the economy, and supply issues, is this going to make that much of a difference . That is the bigger
question. And Interest Rates are so low as it is. Yes, it is a really important argument that a lot of people are having about, is this like 2008, is it likely financial crisis we saw in 2008 . And, what tools do we have to address it . There are a lot of ways in which is quite different to 2008, because it isa quite different to 2008, because it is a short, sharp shock coming from a different area. We have also got this issue about how much ammunition the Central Banks have in terms of being able to ease conditions financially, within the system, and they cant cut Interest Rates very much because they are already very low and in some cases negative, as we see in europe. So, while some co ordinated responses can be comforting to people, there are real ramifications. An interesting point that comes up in the guardian story is this whole thing about the advice given on the nhs number, which is suggesting, contradicting itself slightly by saying people dont need to self warranting after they return from italy, but now we know that they do need to self quarantine. Yes, and we in fact spoke to a young woman who had come back from italy just yesterday, she was told by nhs 111 to self isolate. Her mother was told that she didnt need to, it absolutely illustrates that point, yeah. Lets go to the front page of the independent which has another angle to the whole coronavirus. The independent which has another angle to the whole coronavirus. We know that there is going to be extra money for the nhs in tomorrows budget, and quite rightly given the strength of the Health Service is going to be feeling stopping the point made by the doctors who spoke to our Health Correspondent is that there is not enough support for Nursing Homes and care workers, so obviously the nhs gets a lot of attention and rightly, but there is also this is really important part, also this is really important part, a lot of the sufferers of coronavirus are going to be elderly, big Pressure Point on Nursing Homes, so big Pressure Point on Nursing Homes, so is enough being done for those parts of the caring Public Services . That at the point that people who
work in it are making so we will see tomorrow if there is going to be extra resourcing for them, and i think it is important that that element of the Public Services are not neglected. Inevitably, each sector is now looking at how it is likely to be effective. We have had all sorts of special powers brought m, all sorts of special powers brought in, like the ratio of the number of children a teacher can supervise, for instance. If that is the case, if they decide to keep schools open, but you might have staff affected by that, but there is this really important point about care homes if you are thinking about the whole syste m you are thinking about the whole system for looking after people, you have got to sort out the care home issueif have got to sort out the care home issue if you are going to try to alleviate the pressure on hospitals, and we know that the nhs, compared to other healthcare systems, has fewer Critical Care beds, so the more that you can contain, manage, ca re more that you can contain, manage, care for appropriately, people outside of hospital, particularly the Elderly Population who will suffer the sum is more acutely, the more you are easing the impact on the nhs more broadly. Lets take a
look at one other story that is near the coronavirus, and that is huawei, on the front page of the Financial Times, just a little in the briefing section. Interesting . Yeah, fascinating. In another time this could be a big front page story in its own right. A very significant rebellion against the government over its decision that borisjohnson itself took to allow huawei, the Chinese Telecom company, to be part of building the new 5g infrastructure for the uk. We all thought theres not going to be any dramatic commons votes, we have had a big rebellion, 36 conservative mps have rebelled against these preliminary stages of allowing this to happen. There is some talk that when the legislation comes back again in the summer, it actually could fail if enough mps decide that these rebel mps have a point about these rebel mps have a point about the National Security dangers of allowing huawei to be a part of our telecoms infrastructure, and some
of the names are fascinating, people like iain duncan smith, david davis, former cabinet members, not traditional back inch disgruntled people, but really standing up to the government on a very important issue for the future of the uks telecoms and security. 0k, we will have to leave the. Thats it for the papers tonight. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you 7 days a week at bbc. Co. Uk papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Thank you both very much, goodbye. Hello,s Champions League campaign has come to an end tonight as they we re has come to an end tonight as they were well beaten in the last 16. Three nil on the night, four nell on aggregate. Last years runners up we re aggregate. Last years runners up were no match for the german side, scoring twice in the first half, before substitute. Spurs now havent one in six matches. Meanwhile, valencia played in a stadium with no phones after the game was to be played by closed door. Fans or no fans, it was a classic seven goals in total, winning 4 three on the night, 8 or on aggregate reach the quarter finals for the first time. Liverpool managerjuergen klopp says he wants an exceptional performance from his payers in the last 16 match against Atletico Madrid tomorrow night. The defending champions are one nil down, he is also counting on
the anfield atmosphere to rattle the players. We have to produce a performance on a pitch which has to be exceptional. Because, the defending side is one, but it makes it even more difficult with them on the other side, not a lot of them played before in a stadium like enfield, and that is something what we wa nt enfield, and that is something what we want to use, and hopefully we can. Manchester uniteds Europa League last 16 first leg at austrian
side lask this thursday is also to be played behind closed doors. For the people, like an actor go to the theatre and go there, there is nobody in the theatre, for who act this night . Its for the people, it makes no sense. We are here for the people, of course it is one game or two games, i can understand it, but if longer, the journalists are to write for the people. I play, we play for the people. If the people cannot be there, what sense . The Cheltenham Festival takes place
over four days and traditionally over 60 thousand punters head through the gates every day. We all know it is a years effort from everybodys and these other four days that count more than anything in the world and i think anybody disagrees with that, were going to have lots of fun today and other things, but they cant win a grand national anyway, so whats the point . No, this is where it counts, and be fair, this is been a very lucky race fora. And be fair, this is been a very lucky race for a. There was also a great when forjackie blackmore, demonstrating all her ability there, we will see how she progresses and the rest of the week. That is all the rest of the week. That is all the support for now, remember you can stay right up to date on all the latest stories on the bbc sport website. But from me, it is good
night. Hello there, tuesday was the warmest day of the year so far, we had temperatures of 16 degrees, day of the year so far, we had temperatures of 16 degrees, the air originated all the way from here, but there is cool into the north and thatis but there is cool into the north and that is going to win out in the next few days. We have these cloud clusters bringing downpours into the north west of the uk and this band of cloud, or that is left of the earlier rain and drizzle edging its way southward where it will linger through the English Channel stopping lots of downpours coming into scotla nd lots of downpours coming into scotland and Northern Ireland on wednesday, showers and long spells rain, some showers blowing into Northern England and wales. Further south east, you may get away with a dry day with some sunshine, it is not as windy has not be the strongest of the winds are likely to be in the north west of scotland, 50 or 60 mild an hour. It is not quite as mild on wednesday but for many of us those temperatures are above average and still 1a or 15 across some eastern parts of england, but it will get colder everywhere behind
this with a frontier that is bringing some rain on wednesday night to england and wales, and then really cold air starts to arrive behind that, and we start to see the snow levels falling overnight across scotla nd snow levels falling overnight across scotland and Northern England, some icy conditions here as there could be for a while in Northern Ireland. But the snow levels will tend to rise on thursday as we keep that wetter weather going in scotland and Northern Ireland, the wind is really picking up through the day as well, blowing some rain into the north west of england. Completing showers further south and sunshine, but those temperatures are low everywhere, and then normalfor this time of the year. We have got an area of low pressure bringing that wet and windy area across parts of the uk, that will gradually retreat during thursday night and we get a ridge of High Pressure arriving just briefly, so a dry start to the most part, the winds will have eased by friday morning and we have got some sunshine around after a chilly start but think the cloud will tend to build up and spread out a bit so it will ultimately turn more and more
cloudy, and we could see some rain approaching Northern Ireland, western wales and the south west later in the afternoon, temperatures still a healthy 8 12 degrees. That rain will push its way eastwards during friday night and then we will start to see another band of rain coming into the north west of the uk on saturday. That will ease its way down into england and wales on sunday followed by some blustery wind and some sunshine and showers in the north west