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BBCNEWS Breakfast April 14, 2020

Extends his countrys lockdown to mid may and admits his government has made mistakes. Good morning questions over the governments economic support schemes. Labour wants daily updates on take up as its revealed less than 2 of businesses have successfully received loans. A turnaround at tottenham as they reverse their decision to use their governments Job Retention scheme and agree to pay all their staff their full salaries. Good morning. Its a cold and frosty start to the day today but for many hours we are looking at a dry day some sunshine. There are areas of cloud around though, and i will tell you where they are at 6 27am. A very good morning. Its tuesday the 14th of april. Our top story for you there have been outbreaks of covid i9 at more than 2,000 care homes in england, the department of health has confirmed. The news comes as scientific advisers for the government are due to meet later to review the impact of the uks lockdown measures. Ministers have already said its unlikely there will be any change to restrictions in the next week. Keith doyle has the story. The faces of two dedicated nhs nurses, their lives lost while helping others. Melujean ballesteros, originally from the philippines, died at the London Hospital where she worked. Her son said she loved herjob. She loved her work as a nurse. This woman, who was 68, refused to retire during the crisis. She spent 50 years as a nurse after arriving from trinidad. She died on saturday. Her family said she was a nurse until the end. The latest figures show the number of people who died in hospital with covid i9 rose by 717 in the last 24 hour period, bringing the total number to 11,329. That figure does not include deaths in care homes and the community. Figures due to be released later from the office of National Statistics will give an indication of the number of lives lost there. At this care home run by care uk in durham, 13 residents have died after showing symptoms of coronavirus. The government said there have been outbreaks of coronavirus at over 2,000 care homes in england. Care home operators say better access to protective equipment and testing is vital. Id like our teams to have access to testing. That is now beginning to happen. But id also like our residents to have access to testing. At the moment, the only people who get tested out of care homes are people who go into hospitals, and they are then tested when they get there. We have very large numbers of people in care homes who are passing away who are exhibiting covid 19 symptoms, but who arent being classified as having the coronavirus because they havent been tested. Over the easter weekend, the overwhelming majority of people stayed at home, according to the government, whose scientific advisors will meet later to review the lockdown. At yesterdays downing street briefing, the indications were that decision to keep it in place has already been taken. If we let up now, the virus will only take full advantage, it will spread faster and it will kill more people. If we refuse to give in to it, if we keep up this Incredible Team effort, we will beat this virus and we will come through this national test. So, with the lockdown set to continue, it will be the numbers levelling or dropping that will bring changes. Each of those numbers a life lost and a family grieving. Keith doyle, bbc news. Lets get the latest from our Political Correspondent helen catt in westminster for us now. Helen, on the issue of care homes, the government has some very tough decisions to make this week . Yes, this issue has come into attention in recent days. We have the number of people dying in hospitals, but we dont have the statistics at the people in care homes. In a sense, though, the big decision of this week has in effect already been made, hasnt it . And thatis already been made, hasnt it . And that is those lockdown restrictions was not dominic raab saying he doesnt expect those to change this week and Nicola Sturgeon has said the same in scotland last week. The Welsh Government saying there lockdown restrictions would stay in place, too. While those were the impact of them will be reviewed by the Scientific Group later, it is unlikely they will change. So you may think how long are they likely to stay in place . Well, the government does have to review them by law every three weeks. But downing street said that doesnt mean it automatically extend them for three weeks. The government said they would not look to lift them until we are past the peak of the virus. Dominic raab said yesterday we arent there yet and the chief scientific adviser, patrick valence also suggest they also expect to see the death toll go up for the next few days before plateauing for some weeks. So i think it is likely they will be with us for some weeks yet. Helen, thank you very much for the moment. Well be talking to the work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey, at 7 30am. All sorts of issues but care homes are certainly one of them. The french president Emmanuel Macron has extended the coronavirus lockdown for another four weeks until may the 11th. He said the current restrictions had slowed the virus but not beaten it, and accepted that the lockdown had been especially tough for poorer families without the benefit of spacious homes and good internet connections. Were we ready for this crisis . Well, clearly not enough stop we stood up to it. In the next four weeks, the rules put in place by the government have to be respected, to be successful, they must not be reinforced or lightened, but they should be completely put in place. The Italian Government is beginning a gradual relaxation of restrictions today, allowing a limited number of shops and businesses to open. Thats despite italy recording more than 20,000 coronavirus deaths in total second only to the United States. Lets speak with our europe correspondent, jean mackenzie, whos in rome. And how much difference with this make . Well, in reality, very little. It isa make . Well, in reality, very little. It is a very small number of shops, a very select number of shops being allowed to reopen today. Shops, shops selling baby clothes, stationery shops, and even some regions have decided to opt out. Really, the lockdown is continuing here for another three weeks. Factories and businesses have been putting a lot of pressure on the government to allow them to restart but ultimately the government felt it was too soon. It has a it will look to see if there is a way of reopening some factories in this three week period, but really it is going to depend on the recovery. Because, although yesterday did record now 20,000 deaths from this virus, and the number of daily doubts jumped up again. Virus, and the number of daily doubtsjumped up again. Its virus, and the number of daily doubts jumped up again. Its a reminder the recovery here is very slow. In fact, reminder the recovery here is very slow. Infact, italy reminder the recovery here is very slow. In fact, italy has actually increased restrictions on people coming into the country now, so you can only travel into the country for Worker Health reasons. You have to have your temperature ta ken Worker Health reasons. You have to have your temperature taken before you get on plane and anyone arriving has to go into quarantine regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. Italy is trying to protect itself from the rest of the world. As you said earlier, macron has extended the lockdown still may 11, france has been seen behind italy but ahead of the uk until may 11, but ahead of the uk until may 11, but it seems the way out of the lockdown is slow. President trump has said he is calling the shots as to when the us will start to ease lockdown restrictions after some state governors suggested they would have the final say. 0ur north america editorjon sopel asked mr trump how his plan to restart the economy would work. Can i ask you, mr president , if you could sketch for us what reopening the economy looks like . Do you think it will be everything open . We have some of the biggest from every business on this council. We are actually setting up a number of different councils, or committees, i guess you could call them, and we have a lot of smart people. I think they will give us some also good advice. But we want to be very, very safe. At the same time we have to get our country. I understand that, mr president. Do you think there is a possibility, then, that what you will do is open it incrementally . Will people go back to restaurants, concerts . I think eventually they will do that and i think we will boom, i think it is going to go quickly. People want to go back to work. The stock market, to think the stock market is at the level that is now, with all this country has done. Look at the european union, how decimated they are. You want to reopen borders so they are. You want to reopen borders so people from the uk and europe and enter . Well, i am going to have to ta ke enter . Well, i am going to have to take a look. I wouldnt say italy is doing great right now and i wouldnt say spain is doing great right now. We just heard france say spain is doing great right now. Wejust heard france is say spain is doing great right now. We just heard france is extending its state inside order, right, they had extended it. I havejust seen that. And for a short period of time. But no, when they are back we wa nt to time. But no, when they are back we want to do it very quickly but we wa nt to want to do it very quickly but we want to make sure everything is good. No, right now, we have a very, we had a very strong ban and we are going to give it that way until they heal. Weeks . Months . I can tell you that. We have to see how they do. France went for another two weeks, we have to see. You talked about this being the most difficult decision you are going to have to take, about whether to reopen the economy. I wonder how much it weighs on your mind, the thought that if there is a second wave, you have reopened the economy and you might have to shut things down again . M doesnt stop and i hope that wont happen. I really hope that wont happen. I really hope that wont happen. It does way on my mind. That was President Trump holding a news conference. A Second World War veteran who is walking laps of his garden to raise money for the nhs has now raised well over £750,000 and counting it isa it is a story we have been following for a while. Captain tom moore, who is 99 years old and recovering from a hip operation, and explained he was aiming to raise a £1,000 for the Health Service. He has done much more. Since then, his efforts have attracted global support. Imean, i mean, extraordinary amounts of money. And we are speaking to tom just after 8 30am here on bbc brea kfast. Just after 8 30am here on bbc breakfast. And i think there was a post on social media, getting the address of the local post office to sand birthday cards to tom to send. Can you imagine how many birthday cards he is going to get . So many congratulations to him. We will be speaking to him at 8 30am. It may be the middle of the easter holidays, but across the uk hundreds of schools remain open for the children of key workers. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan has spent the day with some pupils in cardiff to see how theyre getting on. My my name is penelope and my mum works for the nhs and health people. My name is william. My dad is a dentist and my mum works for the nhs. My name is harriet and my mum worked in the nhs as a medical secretary and my dad works for the council. Easter holidays here in cardiff, is one of the welsh capitals largest areas where several students share one school during social distancing measures. Stuck you are taking all precautions necessary to keep eve ryo ne precautions necessary to keep everyone safe, dividing the children between opposite ends of the school. Its been very different, thats for sure. We are very much now not a school, it is childcare provision and we are focusing on the wellbeing of the children and caring and supporting them in this really difficult time. Werejust supporting them in this really difficult time. Were just happy we can do our bit to support the pa rents can do our bit to support the parents and they can continue to carry out jobs parents and they can continue to carry outjobs and essential services. Usually there are over 500 pupils here in this primary school, but this week, six different schools are using it as a hub, there have been no more than 30 pupils coming here per day, meaning empty classrooms are a common site. Teachers are here sent us this footage. Its a hub for three schools in the local authority. It is open seven days a week, seven hours a day, aiming to be as flexible as possible for those pa rents flexible as possible for those parents that need childcare during this time. In wales, 400 hubs will remain open over the easter break and less than 1 of all School Children here can use them if required. So, how have the children in cardiff been enjoying the holidays . Its fun, but its also quite weird because its stuff we wouldnt normally do. We have been doing a lot of things outdoors like we have made kites stop last week, one child tested positive at the school and has been self isolating, but no other child or adult who has shown any symptoms. We think so up in the airat shown any symptoms. We think so up in the air at the moment, hubs will remain open for as long as they are needed, and those heading in every day are having more fun now than regular time. Tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. Lets take a look at todays front pages. another 3 weeks of lockdown is the headline in the times. The paper says the announcement will be made by the government on thursday. Theres also a picture of a five month old baby called amanda, who was discharged from hospital after treatment for the virus. The guardian claims the uk missed Three Chances to join an eu scheme to bulk buy protective kit for nhs staff. The government has previously said it did not receive an invitation to the scheme, the paper adds. The suns front page carries a thank you message from englands chief nursing officer. Ruth may says families who stayed at home during the easter weekend made a real difference in helping to save lives. And online, metro readers have been sharing pictures of some of their less than perfect lockdown bakes. Lets take a look. Heres a picture of some bread baked by kelly hevel. Im guessing it is sourdough. Looks like a massive cockroach. There is a sourdough craze going on at the moment. This is banana bread baked by hend amry she tags it her shame and says it tastes even worse than it looks. I dont think you can have a bad ba na na i dont think you can have a bad banana bread. And kat posted this picture of her banana and egg pancakes. Im glad you told me it was a pancake. Her verdict not great. I havejoined i have joined the sourdough craze. Ifi i have joined the sourdough craze. If i knew we were posting pictures, i would have put up one of mine. The crust was good. But the rest of it . Not that good. In our house we have started he eating more toasty s. Lots of people have got the machine out. We are conquering them every day. Cheese and beans is number one at the minute in our house. Really . You have to be careful with beans, dont use too many and they have to be positioned correctly otherwise theres a spillage. Can you send in some recipes . Someone is shouting in my year, fish fingers and marmalade on toast, jonathan, who is editing the programme today. The coronavirus has brought many activities to a grinding halt over the last few weeks. But, sadly, not fly tipping. Illegal dumping of waste has been increasing since many recycling centres were closed down to avoid spreading covid 19. Thats according to the creators of a new app which tracks fly tipping, as Duncan Kennedy reports. Just look at the state of this. 0ne infuriated reaction to fly tipping. And this is what people have done stop right its the voice of honour pottle outside the London Midland Railway club she helps run in wolverhampton, bearing witness to this deluge of detritus. The clubs own cctv shows some of the actual dumping taking place. 0ut comes a sofa, then other chunks of furniture. What would your message to these people be . If you dont wa nt to these people be . If you dont want that messing your garden, dont make somebody elses a mess. It is unfair. Stop fly tipping, youre a disgrace. This pile is in hampshire. Ever since councils closed waste sites for covid 19, Illegal Dumping has escalated. A new app logs fly tipping around britain. Its creator says cases have soared. Weve seen a massive increase in fly tipping, over 50 nationwide. Weve seen a massive increase in fly tipping, over50 nationwide. Some areas including london are well over 70 . Weve seen thousands of extra reports coming through each week right now. Just three miles away, yet another site. Here, the hills are awash with the horrors of more rubbish. Lots of people are walking in the last thing they want is to find a whole pile of rubbish thats been dumped. What many ordinary householders dont realise is even if they pay someone dont realise is even if they pay someone else to take away rubbish like this, its they themselves that will face a fine if rubbish can be traced. That can rise to thousands of pounds, with a maximum of £50,000 being payable. And concerned citizen filmed this from his flat. Disgusting but whether it is birmingham or burnley, no wonder residents are angry when they see this. I think itsjust angry when they see this. I think its just laziness because you could store it at home until all this is over. Disgusting, dont know how people sleep at night. Councils and say they had to close official waste sites to protect workers and the public, and they say the rise in fly tipping is unacceptable. We understand people want to potentially spend the time they are self isolating clearing out their homes, but the message really from councils is very clear please dont flight it. Backin flight it. Back in wolverhampton, donna surveys her eyesore with a message if you dare, carry on. And a warning. Well get you, without a shadow of a doubt. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. Farmers often bear the brunt of fly tipping as they have a legal duty to clear up waste thats dumped on their land. Werejoined now from liverpool by cereal farmer 0lly harrison. How bad is fly tipping on your land . Its just been getting worse. Its a lwa ys its just been getting worse. Its always bad in the spring because people generally have a spring clean and <

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