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Its time for click. This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Hey, welcome back. Here we are again. And thank you so much for all the kind comments about last weeks programme. They meant a lot to us, mainly they were comments about the cushions and the painting, but i will take it. Look who else is back, its lara hello mate, how are you, what have you been up to . Hello, i have been very busy mastering the art of the zoom dinner party. Have you tried it . No i havent, that sounds very middle class, i have been down the pub virtually with some friends, but i havent done a dinner party yet. Is this something you dress up for . Of course, what else is there to get dressed up for at the moment . And the thing is, i have worked out how to do it so it is not awkward. Your guests arrive, you have a nice chat before you start eating, then you turn the video and microphone off for a bit while youre serving food, so people arent walking in and out o
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and globally. The uk government has denied reports that it has drawn up plans to allow some schools and businesses to open in mid may. Ministers say itll only happen when the scientific advice indicates it is safe to do so. Elsewhere, a delivery of some protective equipment for healthcare workers that was due to arrive in the uk today from turkey has been delayed. The virus is continuing to spread rapidly, with more than 2. 2 million cases now confirmed in 185 countries. For the second day running, russia has announced another record 6,000 new cases in the past 2a hours, with more than 300 more deaths. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in a number of american states to demand an early end to the coronavirus lockdown and a star studded online concert has been broadcast around the world to honour frontline workers tackling the coronavirus outbreak. We
Best of the sunshine will certainly be across scotland and Northern Ireland. Some sharp showers through england and wales will slowly fade as we go through the day, but its going to stay rather cloudy. All the details coming up shortly. Youll never walk alone. Aiming for the top of the charts. Captain tom teams up with michael ball as his fundraising effort passes £21 million. Its saturday, april the 18th. Our top story doctors and nurses in england could be asked to re use personal protective equipment when treating coronavirus patients. Public Health England has changed its guidance on the use of ppe amid warnings that some hospitals will run out of special gowns this weekend. John mcmanus reports. In this workplace, the machinists are more used to making jackets designed to withstand the british weather. But now the staff at this barber factory in southfields have turned their hands to personal protective equipment, ppe, vital to repel not rain but the coronavirus. The company says
This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump has said more than four million americans have been tested for the coronavirus, and many more testing kits are being made available. The governor of new york says hell launch an aggressive Antibody Testing Campaign Next week, to see how many people have had the virus. The British Government says a shipment of 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment, which should already have arrived from turkey, had been delayed till later on monday. More than 16,000 people have now died in the uk from coronavirus related conditions. In other news police in canada say a man has shot dead at least 13 people in a Rural Community in nova scotia. Reports say one Police Officer was killed, and that the 51 year old suspect is also dead, after going on the run for hours. Now on bbc news, click. This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Hey, welcome back. Here we are again. And thank you so much for all the kind c