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this is bbc news. the headlines. as spain and italy begin to relax coronavirus restrictions, the uk faces its fourth week in lockdown, with the government set to assess how social distancing measures are working. the mother of one of the nurses praised by borisjohnson for helping save his life says she s exceptionally proud of her daughter. it doesn t matter what patient she s looking after. this is what she does. and ijust find it incredible. any nurses can do this. the prime minister is recuperating at chequers, after leaving hospital yesterday. with millions of people continuing to work in essential services, we ll see how britain s electricity companies are keeping the lights on. and revving up to help, the bikers from cornwall who ve been helping vulnerable people by delivering essential shopping and medication. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. as the uk enters its fourth week in lockdown, the government is reviewing the measures imposed to try to curb the spread ....
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i m rich preston. our top stories: the worldwide death toll from coronavirus passes 150,000. with the uk death toll atjust over 4,500, health authorities are warning some hospitals in england will run out of key protective equipment this weekend. slowing the spread, there are warnings that after europe and the us, africa will be next to suffer infection. as people stay indoors, we look at how nature has been taking back the world s empty parks and streets. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the number of people known to have died from the coronavirus pandemic around the world is now more than 150,000, according to latest figures collated byjohns hopkins university in the united states. almost one quarter of those deaths have occurred in the us itself, the number th ....
but some smaller charities are struggling to survive and are worried they are not getting the money they need at this time. the 2.6 challenge encourages people to do any form of activity related to the numbers 2.6 or 26, whether it is running 2.6 miles, walking for 26 minutes or something quirky yet like flipping pancakes or hopping around the house 26 times. olympians have already signed up to take part. there won t be the crowds in london on the 26th of april but the hope is that millions will still come together, albeit apart, to help uk charities. and that was laura scott reporting. time for a look at the weather. let s cross to tomasz schafernaker. good afternoon. since the lockdown we haven t had a lot of rain, there have been a few showers but some parts of the country haven t had a single drop of rain so far this month. this will change because in the next 2a hours we expect some rain but primarily across southern parts of the uk and if you look at the satellite pictur ....
let s do here and there next, okay? we re all set. you talked about your meeting together with governor cuomo you mentioned. is there a reason he s coming down here? i don t know. we believe it or not, we get along. he was very generous in yesterday in particular. he did a, quote, phenomenal deal. i don t know if anybody wrote that, but he said that and i appreciate it, but oats not about me but it s about these people and the thousands behind mike and the admiral and all the other people working with us. and you see i don t understand when i see polling and approval ratings for the job, i mean this group should get a 95, they really should. and we re really helping the governors a lot, and the governors call me, the ones i know or the republicans and they say it s incredible the job you re doing. again, not me, the job this group is doing. and you sit here and i just am watching from the corner, and i m just saying, boy, it s incredible stuff when you watch the general ge ....
it is possible, i suppose, gorilla mums might be a bit chary about you getting too close to their offspring so we getting too close to their offspring so we might have to meet more to find out but a nice story. great story if you get the opportunity to visit it. now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. after what has been an unseasonably blustery spell of weather, the winds are gradually easing and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. still pretty breezy out there at the moment, some showers around, some slightly longer spells of rain moving out of northern ireland into north west england, parts of wales. but as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, i think some will return later in the night through south west england, parts of wales and northern ireland. and so a relatively cool, fresh feel, particularly in northern scotland. 9 degrees for stornoway, 15 the overnight low in norwich. and then for tomorrow, a bit like today, ....