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Work continues to turn the excel Conference Centre in east london into a 4,000 bed hospital. We are facing the greatest Health Emergency that we have seen ever in my career and indeed the history of the nhs. The us now has more confirmed cases than anywhere else though President Trump says the country will be back to work pretty quickly. Here, police have already issued some fines to people not following the rules about social distancing. And, how to keep yourself occupied in lockdown boxerJosep...

The face of the Public Health advice campaign. The us says it expects the rate of new infections to stabilise in the coming days but the us Surgeon General warns the number of dead will continue to rise. The next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. Its going to be our 9 11 moment. Its going to be the hardest moment for Many Americans in their entire lives. But its better news for south korea as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases falls to its lowest level since the peak of t...

The tragic story of barbara one of many disabled Covid Patients to be transferred to hospital, where she had to face death without family or friends. The collapse in oil prices at one point producers were paying others to take barrels off them. But will it mean cheaper petrol at the pumps . And. Portraits of nhs heroes. The artists who decided to celebrate the work of Health Care Workers by painting them. Marking the queens 94th birthday. The royal family share footage of her majesty as a young ...

Angered local officials. The states governor has warned that i cant imagine why. Restrictions may be more i cant imagine why, yeah. Rigorously enforced over the coming weeks and he urged people to be patient. Reporter do you take any responsibility . No, i dont. No, i cant imagine. I cant imagine that. The reality is, we are yeah, go ahead, please. Just a few weeks away, the french Prime Minister is due not months away, from making to present a plan for how measurable and meaningful changes to o...

Risk of coronavirus we visit wembley, one of the worst hit communities, to ask why . The Health Secretary says people should not expect to go on an International Holiday this year weve clapped them in the streets now were being asked to shine a light from our windows as we Mark International nurses day good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the past half hour the chancellor rishi sunak has said the governments Job Retention scheme will be extended until the end of october. He told...

Caribbean and african communities. Weve clapped them in the streets now were being asked to shine a light from our windows as we Mark International nurses day. Good afternoon. The chancellor rishi sunak has said the governments Job Retention scheme will be extended until the end of october. He told mps that more than 7. 5 Million People in the uk are currently being supported by the scheme. The chancellor said changes will be made to the package from the end ofjuly when employers will be asked t...

It is important that people can get back to work, because there is a massive, massive Economic Cost to what we are having to do for Health Reasons. A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients recieving treatment in an intensive care unit. Russian News Agencies are reporting that the blaze was started by a short circuit in a ventilator. A hospital in the Afghan Capital is under attack by armed men. A doctor who fled the building told the bbc that about 140 members of s...

Have seen. Big economic knock on position. I made it clear to maros sefcovic, effects. The Vice President of the uk will not extend the brexit transition period. The European Commission, michael gove says hes we would not be extending. Been clear to the eu. That is it. We are leaving the transition period i made it clear to the vice on december the 315t. President of the European Commission borisjohnson says it is shameful we would not be extending. That statues are having to be that is boarded ...

For much needed haircuts as new zealand reopens thousands of businesses at the end of lockdown. When tiers are in your eyes. And the hospital choir whose bridge over troubled water got a shout out from paul simon. Scientists say a new blood test, which detects whether someone has had coronavirus, is a major step forward. The test looks for antibodies which could indicate some immunity to covid 19 in the future. It was approved last night by Public Health england, and ministers say they want to r...

Also this lunchtime less rigorous checks of eu goods are likely after brexit, to help uk businesses struggling with the impact of coronavirus. Borisjohnson says it is shameful that statues are having to be boarded up because of concerns theyll be vandalised. Families of more than 400 people who have died with coronavirus demand an urgent Public Inquiry into the government handling of the pandemic, to try to prevent more deaths. And the paralympian whos the only black board member of britains maj...