Has changed and is changeable once again. We had sunshine earlier in kent but no rain bearing down. It was a wet morning in wales but now the sun is out. So very changeable, some welcome rain amount at times with low pressure in charge. And also something drier and brighter for a time also something drier and brighter fora time in also something drier and brighter for a time in those gaps. This afternoon the rain advancing across more of northern and Eastern England, Northern Ireland and southern scotland. Wales in the sunshine but further showers later this afternoon. Temperatures in the mid to low teens, such average for the time of year and quite breezy especially when we get the rain. The rain pushes north across scotland over night with further heavy downpours pushing to england, wales, Northern Ireland and southern scotland. All of that going on temperatures not going down too far, mid to high single figures as we start the day tomorrow. The pressure is still very much with us so it will be wet at times and again some patchy rain in northern scotland. Elsewhere some sunny spells but showers developing and some of these will be heavy. Perhaps sundry as well with the chance of some hail and accompanied by a gusty wind especially the further south you are. And temperatures again mid to low teens. Showers developing once again on friday although some of us may have a dry and bright start, the show is most likely because parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, northern england, wales and into the midlands. Temperatures will be a little bit higher in the south of england. For the weekend we have a bigger gap between the weather systems on saturday. So largely a fine day but low pressure will push more weather fronts are way for the second part of the weekend on sunday. A selection of locations but we are sunday. A selection of locations but we a re pretty sunday. A selection of locations but we are pretty much all in the same boat. Many places staying dry. But on sunday we get to see another speu on sunday we get to see another spell of wet weather moving in and it looks like things will not settle down again for a time next week. A reminder of our top story. Borisjohnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds announce the birth of a baby boy. Both mother and son are said to be in very good health. Continuing coverage this afternoon of the Coronavirus Crisis on the bbc news channel. Thats all from the bbc news at one, so its goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello, imjane dougall with your latest sports news. The president of the International Olympic committee, thomas bach, has admitted the postponement of the 2020 tokyo games means the organisation will have to shoulder several hundred Million Dollars of costs. The olympics and paralympics were due to take place this summer, but will now be Held Next Year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Iaaf president , seb coe, says any further delay may see the games called off altogether. I think it is pretty clear that you couldnt go on forever postponing an olympic games. There comes a point where that you do have to start posing questions, i hope we are a little way off that yet. Our ambition is to get the athletes back into competition as soon as we possibly can about only when it is safe to do so. If it is not safe, then you cannot put them at risk. You should not be put out those communities that you want to be enjoying the sport at risk as well. At the moment is really trying to create some structures that with best endeavours we are able to fulfil. But i do not think any of us really know what the next few months is going to look like. The england and Wales Cricket board are meeting later with the new ioo ball competition, the hundred, likely to be postponed until next year. With players joining from all over the world, it was due to start at the oval onjuly the 17th. Cricket is suspended until the ist ofjuly at the earliest. Its probably going to be too much to squeeze in. I think is getting the hundred in will be quite hard work. We want everything to be ready without the problems are the world and stuff. Former british number one tim henman admits the future of tennis in the uk will be damaged due to the pandemic, which has seen the whole grass couit season, including wimbledon, cancelled. The all england Club Board Member believes losing the event will impact the game at grassroots level. There is no doubt it will have an impact. Wimbledon are such a big global event, let alone an event for this country. It definitely is an important part in getting people out there and enjoying the game of tennis. That is a challenge. The lta are working very hard to try and limit like damage. I think its important to keep things in perspective as well, obviously, the whole world is going through a massively challenging time. Tennis has got to continue to do its bit. In rugby glasgow warriors head coach, dave rennie, has called for the pro iii season to be stopped and unbeaten leinster awarded the title. Thats despite the sports bosses hopeful of still completing the competition and the english premiership season even if it means a shorter break for players before a new campaign begins. Rennie, who willjoin australia as a coach injune, said integrity was key in making any decision and that it would be hard not to award leinster the title. Hes also worried about the impact it will have on players if they are made to play from this season straight into the next. Questions have been raised over plans to resume the premier League Season despite project restart underway with a potential date ofjune 8 earmarked for matches to take place. Its after frances top two divisions had their seasons ended by the government. One of the leading figures in french football has also raised doubts over the european championships taking place as planned in its new slot next summer a year later than expected. The tournament is due to take place in 12 cities across europe. Translation nobody could have imagined that the coronavirus would have arrived, even now, we can only act on the basis of what happens day by day. When things change, you have to adjust. It is the same for coronavirus. Every day is not like the day before. Perhaps the euros will have to take place in one country or the basis that we try to make the best possible choice. Afc fylde have disbanded their womens team because of the coronavirus pandemic. Theyre believed to be the first womens side in the top a0 clubs across england to fold because of covid i9. Fylde were ninth in the Northern Premier Division of the National League the third tier of womens football when the season was suspended. And some breaking news in the last half an hour. The chair of the Scottish Football League has insisted that dundee were not offered a sweetener to change their vote over ending the lower League Season. Murdo maclennan also said that the motives of rangers should be considered after they called for an investigation into the leagues handling of the ballot. Well hve plenty more on this throughout the afternoon. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Borisjohnson had his hands full elsewhere today, so Prime Ministers questions featured the foreign secretary, dominic raab, for the second time in a Virtual Parliament facing the new labour leader sir keir starmer. Lets go to westminster now and our political correspondent, jo coburn. Inevitably, no news of whatjohnson as he isaac mentioned at the beginning . Yes, a lot of mps wanting to send our best wishes, not least keir starmer. It was the second outing, if you like, for both keir starmer and dominic raab. The exchanges were very polite. In fact, i got exchanges were very polite. In fact, igota exchanges were very polite. In fact, i got a slight sense that keir starmer was a little more tentative in his questions to the foreign secretary learnt last week. He was very keen to stress the fact i was really wanting to focus on the evidence rather than giving his own opinion, obviously, not wanted to go down the little party line in any obvious sense. He focus on what he calls the truly dreadful figures in terms of the death toll and talked about a rising death toll in care homes. Interestingly, latertoday at the downing street briefing, we will get alongside eds in hospitals over the last 2a hours, a daily update to those who have lost their lives to coronavirus in care homes and in that the community. Dominic raab disputing the fact that there is a sort of rising death toll in care homes. It is very difficult to actually get an accurate figure at the same time as those who have lost their lives in hospitals because there is a big lag and getting death certificates. Keir starmer was very keen to point to the target that was used by sir Patrick Vallance earlier on this pandemic when he said 20,000 would be seen as a relative success. Of course, knew death is seen as success. We have gone beyond diet. Of course, no death. Success. We have gone beyond diet. Of course, no death. It was at the beginning of march that the World Health Organization said tests, tests, test. The house is a cure, starget of 100,000 test has to be met doesnt it . The health secretarys target. It was set by it hancock. During exchanges in the chamber, keir starmer said that he had accepted to some extent that this could be used as a staging post. You may also remember that borisjohnson himself post. You may also remember that Boris Johnson himself said post. You may also remember that borisjohnson himself said that post. You may also remember that Boris Johnson himself said that they wa nted Boris Johnson himself said that they wanted to get to 250,000 tests a day. The capacity is in the sort of made 70,000. The number of people actually tested according to labour leader is actuallyjust under 30,000. Mortars have been carried out but the number of people that have icily been tested. Mortars have icily been tested. Mortars have been carried out. He may be able to get to the stage where he can say, we have almost reached it, evenif can say, we have almost reached it, even if he doesnt quite hit it tomorrow. In terms of reaction to Prime Ministers questions, its very weird, isnt it, the sort of virtual comments . It is eerily quiet here in central lobby as you would expect because people are not coming in. They are asking their questions are virtually and it seems to be working rather successfully. It is taking a little longer. But mps have successfully been able to pose questions and hold the government to account and reflect the concerns of their constituents. Lets pick up of two of them. With me is liz kendall, labour mp for leicester west, and laura trott, conservative mp for sevenoaks. Laura, i wasjust laura, i was just talking with simon mccoy about death figures in care homes are raised by keir starmer. How worried are you that so for those figures have been a bass underestimate . I think its very important that we are including these figures. It is obviously a huge challenge in getting those figures together. Liz kendall, when you look at the expansion in testing which has only happened very recently but far more people eligible, including residents and staff in ca re eligible, including residents and staff in care homes and people over 65 showing symptoms. How much of the difference will that mean in terms of trying to get a grip on coronavirus . If the reality he meets the words, then it will make a big difference. People were being discharged from hospital without coronavirus tests right up until the 16th of april. I think its really important that that has changed, but we also have got to make sure that if people test positive that there is somewhere for them to go. Not all ca re is somewhere for them to go. Not all care homes are able to effectively isolate very frail elderly people with dementia who may also be keyword positive so we need a new intermediate care strategy between hospitals and homes to keep more people safe. I am glad that the government is now going to be publishing the daily death rates outside hospital including in care homes. I think they could have moved quicker. The Care Quality Commission is in contact with every single care provider, so our local authorities. But at least we are now measuring it. In at the end, if you want to deal with a problem, youwhat want to know how big it is, where it is and how fast it is spreading. My concern is that we have not seen the peak of this followed by those in social care. Laura, lets talk about international comparisons. You will also know at the downing street briefings, we see these graphs of where other countries are along this pandemic. Dominic raab says we should not take too much notice of international comparisons, yet, they do show is that data every single day. How important is it that we see what is happening here in the uk compared to other European Countries and the us . Whats importing is what that we are learning what is happening in other countries in terms of what we can change now. There will be a time for postmortems. It there will be a time for postmortems. It is there will be a time for postmortems. It is important to learn from other countries what they we re learn from other countries what they were doing and for the future. We are looking at places like germany at the moment, how they are coping post lockdown, what i mean for their infection the rights and what measures they are taking. That is what is really important, that is what is really important, that is what i think we should be focusing on right now. I think its very important to look at international comparisons. For example, look at a different area which is support for businesses. We have seen in germany and switzerland, they managed to get more support to businesses more quickly. Some things because they have covered 100 of these loans and guarantees. Also because there is much simpler application processes so much simpler application processes so it is important to learn from other countries. It may end up that the difference within countries are also important. You see different death rates between different regions in france, for example. We have got to use all the data that we have got to use all the data that we have available, including from other countries. The regional differences may also end up being important in future too. Briefly, to both of you, on this idea of setting up broad principles of the next phase, the next steps. Keir starmer is very keen on the government publishes it, dominic raab insist they will not until theyre five tests have been met. Would it be helpful tojust sketch out what might be the governments mine in the next phase . I think its important to use data based on facts and scientific evidence. Looking at the infection rates in the community, those who have had the virus may be immune to it. There except looked at the moment. Itjust it. There except looked at the moment. It just isnt it. There except looked at the moment. Itjust isnt possible to lay out in a realistic and fair way what we can do. Liz, do you accept that . I think its very important that . I think its very important that we do is that you discuss what kind of changes we might have to make in orderto kind of changes we might have to make in order to expertly legal lockdown, in our schools, businesses and workplaces. I think people are talking about already, i mean, i certainly am with my friends and family. The government says that if we talk about it now, people will stop social distancing and go and do all sorts of things. The British Public are smart, they understand we have to keep the lockdown now but can also think is that discussing how we might come out of it. I also think that if you know about how something might end, you might actually be more likely to stick with the rules. Ijust think the government has underestimated the public. They didnt think we would stick to the measures as well as we have done. I think they are underestimating us in terms of how we get out of the lockdown and the ability of us to make decisions and plans. Were also joined by tommy sheppard, the snp mp for edinburgh east. Nicola sturgeon data set out some broad principles, without going so far as to say which restrictions might be eased. Tommy sheppard, do you now want westminster to follow suit and doing the same . |j you now want westminster to follow suit and doing the same . I think we need to treat people like grown ups and have a grown up conversation. People obviously know we are in the middle of a crisis, at a certain stage, we will get out of it it. It will probably be a phased exit. We do need to talk to people but how sectors of the economy cant be restarted all the implications for society. Which sectors cannot restart, such as the hospitality sector. And what level of public support should be put in place to ensure they do not completely colla pse to ensure they do not completely collapse to stop these out all important questions. Just because we are more than halfway through the first phase of response, it is not a reason for not looking beyond that. I think other contributory are right, that they mourn we have that conversation the more it reassures people about the purpose of what theyre doing here and now today. If you cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel, people will get increasingly different. Desperate. We have a major debate scheduled on covid 19 and what to do about it. I hope at that meeting, the government will come to parliament with his proposals for the second phase of this. But when you look at the content of what was set out, there is no detail or any sense of when or what might be easy. Wouldnt it be better for all four nations to me about the same time . Dominic raab was saying that it was absolutely critical that there is this sense that everybody exits at the same time for clarity. Do you think that is important . Not necessarily. I think its very important that the four nations Work Together within the uk in terms of how they are dealing with the emergency. That does not necessarily mean that everything happens at the same time in every country. So you might diverge more seriously than you have been up until now . Notjust for the sake of doing so, but because the advice would be different and we would be the able debtor to do so. There is no reason to keep things lockdown if they do not need to be locked down. It may well be down that different parts of the uk can come out of this, it may not be. I think is a discussion that we need to have. The scottish and welsh governments have published a framework document trying to engage the public. While the uk government is not even willing to have that discussion. Thank you to you all. With that, from central lobby,. Back to you, simon. A quick light of news coming in from the us. The economy in the us has shrunk by nearly 5 . That is the longest expansion in us country. This is coronavirus virtually shut down the country. The gdp figures have been released, they show a 4 fall. This just for the First Quarter of the year. That is the sharpest drop since the financial crisis of 2008. Correspond it saying that the figures take into account the consequences of in the first two weeks of that lockdown in america. As recently as january, the us was forecast to expand over 2 over the quarter. The figure is at a 4. 8 drop. Whats more from that, reaction from the us and other figures coming out. More analysis of those throughout the afternoon. A student nurse who spent weeks in a coma after contracting coronavirus said there were tears of joy when she finally returned home and saw her children. Natasha jenkins, who is 35 and has three children, spent 22 days on a ventilator after falling sick just before mothers day. Nick palit has been speaking to her. Let them go by where you are, i think . Panting. Reunited with her children, Natasha Jenkins back home in barry after a battle with covid 19 that saw her in a coma for 22 days. I was the youngest person in the hospital to have it. And i think people, i think a lot of people were thinking only older people were getting it. And i dont why how i caught it. I dont know how i caught it. But im 35 years old, and its like im currently disabled at the moment. Even though shes been discharged from hospital, its going to be a long road to recovery, possibly up to a year. Shes very weak and relatives have had to move into help her in the house. But natasha is just thankful to be alive. My kids were my main priority. I was terrified. I thought in my head i thought i was going to die and i knew ijust needed to get home and see my children. Heartbreaking, scary, especially to think i could have left them without a mum. Natasha is a student nurse and had recently completed a placement at the University Hospital of wales, only to return as a patient on itu. The care and treatment shes had has made her all the more determined to return to nursing herself. A lot of people are scared with the way things they are at the moment. But after what theyve done for me, i would like to give something back. That was nick palit reporting from barry in south wales. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello. After that wet weather that some of us had yesterday that made quite a change, we are going to squeeze out a bit more wet weather before the month is done. We have already had some rain today across parts of wales, it has brightened up a bit since then, but there is more rain on the way. Low pressure is in charge and it is around this area of low pressure, as you can clearly pick out here, several bands of wet weather are moving across the British Isles over the next couple of days. This is this afternoons wet weather pushing across northern and Eastern England and into southern scotland and through Northern Ireland. We have got this drier, brighter gap before more heavy downpours bear down on South West England and wales. It is breezy wherever you are, particularly where you see the rain, and temperatures in the mid to low teens. Into tonight and this first batch of rain will push further north across scotland. We still have this drier gap, but look at all these heavy downpours feeding in across england, wales, Northern Ireland and into southern scotland. With all of that going on overnight temperatures are not going down too far. They are holding up to mid to high single figures. As we start off tomorrow, low pressure in control and this next feature to the south will bring in further heavy showers tomorrow. It doesnt mean it is going to be raining all the time. Some start the day with blue sky and sunshine, but that will not last as the showers get going. Some outbreaks of rain in northern scotland, but south of scotland, Northern Ireland and through england and wales this is where we are likely to see heavy showers, maybe thunder, a chance of gales and gusty winds as well and strong winds in the English Channel coast where they will be gusting around a0 to 50 miles an hour and into the Channel Islands as well. Between the showers there will be drier, brighter moments and temperatures tomorrow are similar to today, the mid to the low teens. On friday still some showers around, in parts of scotland, especially to the south, Northern Ireland and the midlands and patchy rain in northern scotland, but for the first day of may there could well be very few showers in southern england and wales, places here staying dry, and with a bit of sunshine it will feel a bit warmer. Going into the weekend it looks like a gap between weather systems on saturday. Still a few showers possible towards the north, but many places on saturday will be staying dry, by sunday low pressure pushes another area of wet weather northwards across the uk. This is bbc news. The headlines the uk Prime Minister borisjohnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a healthy baby boy. Both mother and baby are doing well and im sure the whole house will want to join with me in sending congratulations and our very best wishes to them. We all recognise the anxiety that the Prime Minister and carrie must haveve gone through in past few weeks, unimaginable anxiety, and so i really hope that this brings them incredible relief and joy. Millions more people in england are eligible for covid 19 testing after the government loosens rules on who can apply. The us economy shrinks by nearly 5 the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis. Dont ignore symptoms of cancer the warning from doctors as fears
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