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All care home residents and staff in england are to be eligible for coronavirus testing regardless of whether they have symptoms, the Health Secretary, matt hancock, has said. It comes as figures show a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales are now happening in care homes. Data from the office for National Statistics show there were 2000 coronavirus care home deaths in the week ending the 17th of april. Thats double the previous week. We can speak now to gavin edwards, Senior Nati...

This is bbc news. Im clive myrie. Our top stories. The uk foreign secretary, dominic raab, urges caution, rejecting calls to ease the coronavirus lockdown. We will need to make sure sure that we can proceed in a sure footed way, which is why i know the temptation is to start announcing proposals now but actually until youve got the evidence thats not responsible. He was speaking as the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, prepares to return to work tomorrow, after recovering from infection. Experts sug...

Dominic raab as he delivered the daily downing street press conference. He was joined by the deputy chief medical officer for england, Jenny Harries and the uks National Statistician, professor ian diamond. If you missed it, heres another look at what was said. Good afternoon, and welcome to todays downing street press c0 nfe re nce. Very pleased to be joined by sir ian diamond, the National Statistician from the ons, and doctorJenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer. The latest data from ou...

The lockdown but well have to wait until sunday to find out how the Prime Minister intends to do it. No easing of the lockdown in scotland for now. The first minister says to do so would be very, very risky indeed. I will not be pressured into lifting restrictions prematurely, before i can be as certain as i can be that we will not be risking a resurgence of infection rates. Analysis of deaths from coronavirus in the uk reveals that the risk of dying from covid i9 among some ethnic groups is sig...

Fall in advertising ever, while many cant pop out for a paper. Ill look at whats needed for Media Companies to survive. Re starting sport would lift the spirits of the nation thats the governments view, as we learn more about how premier league clubs plan to keep their players safe. They broughtjoy to millions with their Charity Number one single, now captain tom moore and michael ball get together for the first time. Thank you very much for coming. It really is my greatest pressure. I never eve...

Earlier today the uks Health Secretary matt hancock hosted the governments daily press briefing. Welcome back to downing street for todays coronavirus briefing. I want to remind you that todays briefing will follow a bit of a new format. Following significant demand, as well as questions from the media, we will take our first questions from members of the public. This is going to become a regular feature of these briefings. The questions are selected by an independent polling organisation, and j...

Could prompt the biggest changes to jury trials since world war ii. British airways says it cannot say for certain whether its operations at Gatwick Airport, which are currently suspended due to the pandemic, will reopen. A 72 year old man, who set off injanuary on a bid to become the oldest person to row across the atlantic, has finally made it to antigua but hes come back to a very different world. And an raf fly past for captain tom moores 100th birthday. A special thank you for raising £30 ...

I really do lucy vladev, bbc news. 0k, ok, lets catch up with the weather. Blue skies for him on his return . Absolutely and stunning weather gcioss absolutely and stunning weather across much of the country today. That is how it will remain for the rest of today. A chance of a few showers breaking out in one or two areas. We have already had a few splits and spots of rain. This low pressure is to the rest of us and the cloud is spiralling into this low pressure. The clouds across Western Areas ...

To donald trump today, and hell hold a phone conversation with the queen later this week. But downing street says the Prime Minister still hasnt formally returned to work. Mps have approved a motion to enable new arrangements for questions by video link, and strict new social distancing rules, with up to 50 members allowed in the chamber at any one time. And the brand new Nightingale Hospital in harrogate is being opened today by nhs fundraiser captain tom moore by videolink. Good afternoon. Sho...

To finish the season. And. A stamp of approval for captain tom, as he prepares to celebrate his 100th birthday. The royal mails special tribute to the nhs super fundraiser. The Prime Minister has urged the British Public to remain patient over lockdown saying the uk is now at the moment of maximum risk from the coronavirus outbreak. He was speaking outside number ten as he returned to work after recovering from the virus. He acknowledged life has been tough over the past month, but said, i refus...