Airports could be shut and people arrested on Public Health grounds under emergency laws to tackle coronavirus. A moving tribute to the man thought to be the youngest in the uk to die from the disease. Craig ruston was 45 and had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. There will be no euro 2020 this summer. The tournament has been postponed because of coronavirus. It was decided at an emergency meeting held by uefa. Instead itll take place next summer. Good morning. For england and wales today we are looking at a cloudy day with a few gradual breaks and patchy rain. Scotland and Northern Ireland after a frosty start you will have sunshine and a few showers in the north west where it will also be raining. More details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18th march. Our top story. The government is being urged to do more to support families and workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak, after announcing billions of pounds of help for companies. The chancellor, rishi sunak, made more than 300 billion pounds in loans available to affected firms. But labour said people struggling with their rent had been ignored, while business groups said action had to be taken to pay workers wages. John mcmannus has the details. 45 year old craig ruston, living with Motor Neurone Disease are now believed to be the youngest victim of the coronavirus. He died on monday morning, his wife, sally, says she is heartbroken. The government is now moving to prevent similar tragedies. In government is now moving to prevent similartragedies. In 1973 in government is now moving to prevent similar tragedies. In 1973 in the context of the energy crisis, the government assumed Emergency Powers. Fast forward 47 years and another conservative government is about to Ask Parliament to give its sweeping powers, this time to tackle a pandemic. The emergency coronavirus bill will be put towards the smoke before commons on thursday. If passed, police would be allowed to arrest and isolate people to protect Public Health. Waterfalls would also be able to suspend operations at airports and other transport hubs of security could not be guaranteed. In hospitals, paperwork would be cut back to allow patients to be discharged quickly. Recently retired social care staff and nhs staff could return to work without losing their pension rights while those who stay away from work to self isolate would get statutory sick pay from day one. Yesterday the chancellor rishi sunak announced £330 billion in government backed loans for all businesses. There will be 20 billion pounds in cash brands and business tax cuts and a three month mortgage holiday for homeowners who find themselves unable to meet payments. But there has been no word on whether those who rent will receive similar help. We have never faced a fight like this. But this is state intervention on a scale not seen in decades to tackle an unprecedented problem. The coronavirus pandemic is a Public Health emergency and also an economic emergency. We have never in peacetime faced an economic fight like this one. Some businesses are already adapting. Morrison says it is creating 3500 newjobs in its Home Delivery operation prompted by the coronavirus. Sainsburys will restrict customers to a maximum of three of any grocery products and only two of items such as soap and toilet paper and, like iceland, it is reserving some shopping hours for the elderly and vulnerable. The chancellor of the exchequer has announced additional Financial Measures to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. You may have seen them press conference yesterday, the Daily Press Co nfe re nce conference yesterday, the Daily Press Conference that the government is giving us now. Nina, i am sure you were watching it closely yesterday, but there is a lot of debate about what it did and did not contain. We heard the detail about the grants offered to business and the support offered and the loans, but they are loans, most of them are not grants, and he said he would do whatever it takes. That is quite a promise. In terms of the reaction from industry the British Retail Consortium and the British Chamber of commerce which represents tens of thousands of business, they welcome the news but say it is crucial that business can access this cash immediately because some are already close to going under. Notable in the absence, direct support for the Aviation Industry which accounts for 120,000 jobs in this industry. They will need to wait to see what happens later in the week when they have a conversation with the transport secretary and the chancellor. Also, what about renters. A three month holiday for anyone who pays a mortgage if they needed renters are often more precarious in terms of income. Nothing so far for them although the government said there will be an announcement later in the week. And for households reliant on someone self employed on a zero hours contract, that statutory allowa nce hours contract, that statutory allowance which is just about £78 a week is not enough for some family households, that is what people are saying, that they need more support. People are concerned about so many things and people going to the shops and worrying what about what is in the supermarket. What is happening there . People over 70 are being told to self isolate but many of them wa nt to to self isolate but many of them want to out and fill their cupboards. So iceland and sainsbury have said they will open an hour early specifically for the elderly and vulnerable. That will be eight oclock for most shops but check locally. The real issue is restocking shelves and tesco announced last night between 10pm and 6pm on the 2a hours stores they will close completely to make sure that when they open in the morning they are well stocked. The government allowed supermarkets to deliver later in the night and the next step would be allow allowing them to co ordinate deliveries together. Competition law has prevented that happening but it could become necessary. And finally, morrisons are creating newjobs because of deliveries and we will get a sense of their plans moving forward. Thank you very much and we will see you later. Also he runs bbc brea kfast we will see you later. Also he runs bbc breakfast we will talk to the business secretary with similar questions to ask him. Lets talk more about the emergency laws that are being proposed. Were joined now from westminster by our Political Correspondent helen catt. Good morning. What are the details . These are temporary laws that will be in place for two years and the idea is that the government can switch them on and off as needed and what they broadly do is alter the rules in a few areas. In some areas they relax regulation so for example changing duties that council have about providing social care so they can prioritise those in greatest need and in others they give public bodies other powers, one of the most noticeable is that they will give police and immigration officers the power to detain infected people and put them into isolation. In some other areas they do things like provide safeguards so, for example, people who want to volunteer, skilled volunteers who want to help in the healthcare sector will have theirjobs in the healthcare sector will have their jobs protected for in the healthcare sector will have theirjobs protected for four weeks under this and retired healthcare workers workers who returned to theirformer workers workers who returned to their former jobs workers workers who returned to theirformerjobs or to workers workers who returned to their formerjobs or to the healthcare sector will not see their pension effect. So those technical changes that would allow the Public Services to respond but it does give the government big powers in a way but as i said they are temporary. It must still passed parliament and they will start the formal journey through the commons later today. What we understand is that the opposition will not oppose this and it will not be pushed to a vote. It will be noted through because the opposition were involved in drafting these laws so their concerns have been raised and built in. Thank you very much, helen. Man more details will emerge. If you want to find out more about the coronavirus outbreak theres a bbc news special on bbc one tonight at 7 30pm. Rachel burden and fergus walsh will be looking at how the nhs and Small Businesses are responding to the crisis, and theyll be answering plenty of your questions in coronavirus your essential update. Thats tonight at 7 30pm on bbc one. And this morning we will keep you up to date with all the latest developments and ten minutes past eight we have a medical panel stop so many of you sent in questions yesterday and i know that things is changing all the time so send us more questions and we will talk about how to cope because there are so many worries at the moment about coping strategies. Again, if you have some of those, send them in. Also, your experience of self isolation. 0ne also, your experience of self isolation. One of the last 2a hours been like . We will try and go through those comments later on and put them to our experts as well. We are packed here until nine oclock this morning for you. Meanwhile in france, 67 Million People are currently on lockdown and any citizens who leave home must now carry a document detailing the reasons why. Fines will be issued for people who dont have permission to be away from home. In belgium, ten people have now died from coronavirus and the Prime Minister has announced everyone must quarantine themselves later today. Italy has registered the most confirmed cases outside china and more than 2,500 people have died. All 50 us states have confirmed cases of coronavirus, as the total number of people who have tested positive reaches more than 6,300. 108 americans have died. A 1 trillion aid package has been proposed, which includes sending cheques in the post directly to households and a bailout for airlines and hotels. The plan would need backing from congress to go ahead. Nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, the british woman jailed for spying in iran, has been temporarily released from prison because of an outbreak of coronavirus. She will be required to wear an ankle tag and has to stay within 300m of her parents home in tehran. Her husband, richard ratcliffe, says its hard to relax until shes permanently released. It is 11 minutes past six, time now for some support time now for some sport. But is there any . We have more about cancelled tournaments and postponed events. We would already expect in that euro 2020 would be postponed. The logistics for that across 20 countries would be a nightmare. There will be no major football tournament this summer as european footballs governing body uefa confirmed theyd be postponing euro 2020 because of the coronavirus. The tournament will now take place in 2021. Uefa will also examine calendar solutions for competitions such as the European Championship play offs and the champions league. Golfs second major of the year, the us pga championship has also been suspended. The event was due to take place in may. Theres been no announcement about when the event will be be rescheduled for. The french open has also been postponed. The tournament would normally begin in late may itll now take place in september starting just one week after the us 0pen finishes. Despite many sporting postponements, the olympics are still going ahead thats according to the International Olympic committee, who insist they remain fully committed to the games, which are scheduled to take place in tokyo this summer. That is what the ioc are saying, that the olympics will go ahead we will wait and see how that progresses. So many things have been cancelled suppose that is the next thing to look at and they are adamant at this point, arent they . They say at this moment. At this point. They are trying to delay the decision for as long as possible, i think. They said the end of may would be the deadline. Lets see whether the olympics can hold on. It is miserable outside, carol, but can you cheer us up . Good morning. Good morning everyone. There is some cheerin morning everyone. There is some cheer in the weather to start with the picture for england and wales today has a bit of cloud around with some bright breaks but we also have some bright breaks but we also have some rain and that rain is slowly slipping southwards and as it does it will weaken. For scotland and Northern Ireland, you have a cold start, a frosty start with sunshine and showers. Most of them will be in the north west and here it will become increasingly windy. This weather front, this is become increasingly windy. This weatherfront, this is what become increasingly windy. This weather front, this is what produces the rain across Northern England, wales and the isle of man at the moment, sliding self slowly. And in the north, the isobars are squeezing during the day so the wind will pick up. I look at the start with across england and wales and that rain is in the south weakening a little bit and a little more patchy. Some brighter skies but it will brighten up brighter skies but it will brighten up the Northern England, north wales and also for scotland and Northern Ireland where we are looking at some sunny spells. Barring a few showers and the showers are wintry on the hills. Windy with exposure particularly the north west and cooler in the north, 8 10 degrees as we come further south 11 15 and many lengthy spells of sunshine we could see temperatures a little higher than that. The average in london at this stage of march is 11 degrees to give you a rough idea of through the evening and overnight there is the weather front with the rain pushing south, still a lot of cloud associated with it. Behind it for much of the rest of england, north wales, Northern Ireland and scotla nd north wales, Northern Ireland and scotland it will be a cold night, cold enough for a touch of frost and that this morning with damp services ice on untreated surfaces. Further south, the cloud and rain remains mild foran south, the cloud and rain remains mild for an overnight temperature. Tomorrow we still have the weather front and it has been with us all week, no rush to leave us. It looks like it will pivot and bring some raina like it will pivot and bring some rain a little further north into South West England and south wales full still in the mild air ahead of the front but we are in the colder air behind it. After a frosty start for thursday a lot of dry weather with a fair bit of sunshine around, still showery with breezy conditions in the far north of scotland and the breeze coming in from the north sea, a north easterly, could bring a couple of showers in along the north sea coastline and the wind is also going to pick up as well across the English Channel. So here we are from thursday into friday was still very much have a weather front starting to edge a little bit further north closer to wales, heading in the direction of Northern Ireland but to start with after a frosty start once again there will be a fair bit of sunshine around. Here is the weather front with the cloud and the rain moving northwards and a windy day through the English Channel, particularly the western end of the English Channel and, again, some showers coming in from the north sea. But in the wind it will fill cooler and those temperatures but in the wind it will feel cooler than those temperatures suggest. Lets take a look at todays papers. The main story is dominated by what happened yesterday with the Prime Minister and the chancellors press conference. Chancellor rishi sunaks promise to deliver an unprecedented package of Financial Measures to support the uk economy through the coronavirus outbreak dominates the front pages. Well do whatever it takes, is the headline for the metro. That is what nina repeated this morning. That was repeated during the News Conference as well. The mirror also leads on the chancellors announcement and it also reports that the nhs has delayed all routine operations. The telegraph describes as a massive bailout, the paper says the government is facing demands to move faster amid warnings that tens of thousands of workers faced being laid off. It also has a picture of british iranian Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, who has been temporarily released from prison in iran, as the country attempts to curb the spread of coronavirus. Shall we try to bring you a little bit ofjoy . Now a story that is trending on twitter this morning is about a 5 Year Old Girl called rosie who apparently had her Party Cancelled because of the coronavirus. In a bid to cheer her up, people have been posting pictures of their pets on twitter. Lets take a look at a few more. What is that hedgehog about . Caroline posted this picture of her dog rocko wishing rosie a happy birthday. Thank you for that. Claire posted this photo of her pet patch eating parsley on his birthday. And finally, paige posted this picture of her pet dog puckys special birthday smile. I like the foot in the background as well. Lovely theres a real sense well. Lovely theres a real sense we are all looking for a bit ofjoy in life as well. Its my birthday tomorrow and im looking forward to a different one. I like the fact you drop that in. I dont need a pet picture. Were having a quiet one, not going out there will definitely be cake. Were all getting really good cooking and baking. The kids will be baking after school. Nina, what have you got . Dan is going to have a quiet birthday what have you got . Dan is going to have a quiet birthday i will