and the united states last year's world cup winners starts a moment england is currently the euro pain leader. in terms of support attitude and performance and they've invested a lot of money in their structures talk to or invest the players are asking for more support we have to make there for yes support for their womenfolk. make it present in the main here and speak about it if germany are to remain a world leader more investment is necessary but the momentum currently pushing women's football forward suggests a bright future for the sport. a quick look at the bundesliga now where leaders by munich have beaten 2 nil in the varian darby in front of 75000 fans scored a super nervous for leon gretzky grabbed a late 2nd byron or 4 points clear at the top minds drew 11 with dusseldorf in their relegation clash minds remain 4 points above dusseldorf who occupy the playoff spot. and a reminder of our top story italy has ordered one quarter of its population into lockdown in an attempt to contain its rapidly expanding outbreak of the corona virus the quarantine affects much of northern ital

england is currently the u. . or pain leader hugo boss in terms of support attitude and performance they've invested a lot of money in their structures. in this deal with the players asking for more support we have to make. yes support for their womenfolk. make it present in the mania and speak of both the. if germany are to remain a world leader more investment is necessary but the momentum currently pushing women's football forward suggests a bright future for the sport. in the late bundesliga game on saturday dortmund down to mention 21 in the so-called battle of the. former a bloodbath when their target has art open to the scoring for dortmund of the 8th minute the new very 3 defenders to find the net then early in the 2nd half l'arche tindall even things out for gladbach dortmund's young a long airlink holland letting this one through his legs and 20 minutes from time slot of the winner for the up and to move up to 2nd place in the standings i. a quick reminder now of our top story. italy has ordered one quar

record crowd of over 77000 people who kept out england's football temple wembley to watch a women's friendly the biggest ever crowd to see the linus's on home soil a true testament to how far women's football has come and a look at where it's going. yes i think it's been the right attendance and of any women's game i must say precedent to say i think now we've had this out. to the league and we see women in the women's game continues to grow both domestically and internationally have the good. games they played out wembley 7 i $77.00 posts falzon for. runs out there to support yeah when i 1st i played she loved football like high level football and you do this for no money in the game people who train and twice a week in the evenings she was a professional all and then you can now more fully professional to understand where we're going we 1st need to go back to see how we got here. germany and england have a lot of history between them women's football has actually been banned in both countries yes band since their start in 1902 the german national team has won literally everything

england can only prepare for india right now. india is the only one to have one all their matches in the tournament so far. we beat them in the semifinal and the last world cup as we play brilliantly. they have got if you want class charters and dangerous players, but we had some success against them in the tri— series and we will have our plans in place for them to try and keep them quiet. they have travelled to melbourne for the final on mostly eight. who makes thatjourney could depend on the cricket or the weather. to an extraordinary comeback story produce hockey star sand board, not only feared for his career but his eyesight as well. back in november last week there, he made his return to domestic hockey. he is now targeting a selection for the summers olympic games. olympic games. through november, in the qualifier against malaysia, i was in a stupid place and i headed the ball. it sheared off my eye socket, fractures around here, ithink there were seven fractures in total. it also crossed my eyeball, tearing the back of

stephan the conductor brought the noon song idea from england. the former lutheran bishop of berlin brandenburg gave it its final liturgical form . he had the idea but he was ambivalent about whether it could be done in a lutheran church in berlin. and if it wouldn't compete with the regular sunday service. only if issues like that troubled him. also of course the question would he receive support from the diocese and the parish. but the idea coincided with one of my views that we needed new initiatives to make people aware of how important worship is in christian life. as far as i know he didn't yet have the idea that it should be held every saturday at noon when i can. when we realized the costs it would involve if we had 8 professional singers here every saturday we were very skeptical and didn't have much faith in the idea. we thought it would never get off the ground that it could never be financed and. that budget was clearly inadequate if we could give some support but certainly not finance it. but stephanie should have the courage to say

it will be a very mild night — temperatures nine or ten for england and wales. cooler air for scotland and northern ireland. now, on sunday, that rain pushes east, but as it does so the front will be decelerating, slowing down, so really dragging its heels as it works into east anglia and south—east england. behind the front, the cool air extends in across many areas, so feeling pressure. a mixture of sunshine and showers around, some of the showers heavy with some hail and thunder in those heavy ones for scotland. now, into next week, pressure rises towards the south of the uk, so the weather is becoming settled across southern areas, whereas further north we have got rain and showers in the forecast. something of a north—south split. in the south it's notjust dry, it will get quite mild, up to 16 in london. showers at times for the north. that's your weather. hello, this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: president trump declares a national emergency, unlocking billions of dollars to fight coronavirus in the us. to unleash the full power of the

it is a hugely important tournament for england. it isa important tournament for england. it is a turn at the one a year ago and give them the platform to get into the semifinals of the world cup when we we re the semifinals of the world cup when we were beaten by the eventual champions, usa. this is the first time you will face the usa since then and the odds are stacked against them. the usa team are on unimpeachable run whereas england are on a slump at the moment was only two wins. —— unbeatable. they are also here without one of the best players in the world, lucy bronze, but the manager points out that this gives more opportunity to the younger players. the manager says it has really changed the dynamic of the team. obviously, the volume has been turned up, that is laughing and joking in terms of the fa ct laughing and joking in terms of the fact that they are altogether. they we re fact that they are altogether. they were in the under 20s two years ago in the world cup in france and that group is coming together, the spirit and the quality that they brought with

a friendly match between england and germany in november seoul 77000 fans packing to london's wembley stadium a record for a women's football match. i think it could be in the record attendance and of any women's but we're game never is a massive precedent to set i think now we've had this one really and we've seen other parents and i play that goes down to the league and we see women in the women's game continued to grow. england's women's super league is also leading the way on the domestic scene there are now 12 fully professional clubs and crowd averages have tripled to more than $3000.00 per game this season increased sponsorship has been crucial. definitely a point where brands want to be involved for a p.r. perspective but i think yes they are seeing the folly with it commercially germany main wall is looking on enviously the national team has won 2 world cups and 8 european championships but they are in danger of falling behind countries like england and the united states last year's world cup winners start taking the moment gangland are currently is a european leaders in term

could be an odd shower working into northeast england just for a time. not many of these, for most of the northern half of the uk, looking at great weather with plenty of sunshine. for the weekend, our area of high pressure is still influencing our weather. notice we have some fairly tightly packed isobars so it is going to be quite a windy start to the weekend on saturday, noticeably so across eastern areas of england and eastern areas of scotland, around the coast feeling quite chilly. looking quite cloudy through the day in northern ireland, but there may also be some areas of cloud coming in off the north sea to affect parts of eastern england and eastern scotland from time to time. these temperatures are nothing to write home about, highs of 8—11 celsius, a little bit cool for the time of year. similar weather conditions on sunday, there will be a lot of dry weather and some sunshine to go around, but again, the cloud received from place place will vary. and it could be that we see some thicker cloud edging into the northern and western isles, may

england is currently the european leader. in terms of support attitude and performance they've invested a lot of money in their structures talk to or invest the players are asking for more support we have to make. yes support for their women so. we make it present in the main here and speak about the. if germany are to remain a world leader more investment is necessary but the momentum currently pushing women's football forward suggests a bright future for the sport. in the late bundesliga game on saturday dortmund down to mention 21 in the so-called battle of the barossa is former blood bath when your target has are opened the scoring for dortmund of the 8th minute outmaneuvering 3 defenders to find. and that that early in the 2nd half lauriston vote even things out for. dortmund's young holland and letting this one through his legs and 20 minutes from time kiwis slotted in the winner for dortmund to move to 2nd place in the standings. all teams of dogs and mushers have made the ceremonial start to the 1500 kilometer iditaro

and scotla nd these eastern areas of england and scotland as well. temperatures of eight to ii scotland as well. temperatures of eight to 11 degrees and on the cool side for the time of year, at least it isa side for the time of year, at least it is a fine entry weekend coming up for most of us and we have more dry weather to come on sunday and again, the cloud varying from place to place an thickening for a time across the scottish isles to threaten the odd spot of rain but for most, temptress and the range of around eight to ii for most, temptress and the range of around eight to 11 degrees. that is your latest weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: as the death toll in the uk increases to 14, the prime minister says it will take 12 weeks to turn the tide on coronavirus here. i know how difficult it may be, or it may seem right now, but if we do this together we will save, as i say, many, many thousands of lives. the queen leaves london for windsor castle, issuing a message of solidarity to the nation amid the coronavirus outbreak. as me

england's final six nations game in italy is off for now. tournament organisers postpone their final match, due to the coronavirus outbreak. there's disruption in football too. champions league games and matches in italy, will see fans banned from attending grounds. and rain ends england's 2020 final hopes without a ball being bowled. their captain calls for a rule change, to stop it happening again. also coming up in the programme. england are out for revenge on the usa, as they begin the defence of the shebelieves cup. we'll be live in orlando. and england striker marcus rashford tells us what inspired him tojudge a poetry competition, for children with hearing diffulties. hello and welcome to the programme. england's final, and potentially pivotal match against italy in rome, in the six nations, has been postponed, amid the outbreak of coronavirus. it comes after the italian government ordered all sporting fixtures in the country to be held behind closed doors, until april third, as europe's worst affected country tries to contain the spr

that is in large part down to the amazing work of public health england and the contact tracing. but of course we want to beat this virus and stopping it would take some quite extraordinary interventions that you don't normally have in peacetime. i think this response is going to be one of the biggest challenges that our generation faces. the sorts of measures that are needed are simply not the sorts of things that you normally have to contemplate. let me ask you about some of them. there has been a lot of talk, and you mentioned the elderly earlier on, and quite soon anybody over the age of 70 will be asked to stay inside their house for up to four months. is that a realistic thing to do? the protection of the vulnerable and elderly, by asking them to stay away, to stay at home, that is in our action plan. but we do not want formally to say yet that people should do that. the reason for that is simply this length of time that they would need to stay self—isolated, stay at home, to protect themselves, is a very big ask. it is a very long time. we do know that if you ask people

there could be an odd shower working into northeast england just for a time. not many of these, for most of the northern half of the uk, looking at great weather with plenty of sunshine. the weekend, our area of high pressure is still influencing our weather. notice we have some fairly tightly packed isoba rs so it is going to be quite a windy start to the weekend on saturday, noticeably so across eastern areas of england and eastern areas of scotland, around the coast feeling quite chilly. looking quite cloudy through the day in northern ireland, but there may also be some areas of cloud coming in off the north sea to affect parts of eastern england and eastern scotland from time to time. these temperatures are nothing to write home about, highs of 8—11 celsius, a little bit cool for the time of year. similar weather conditions on sunday, there will be a lot of dry weather and some sunshine to go around, but again, the cloud received from place place will vary. and it could be that we see some thick cloud edging into the northern and western isles, maybe ev

parts of northern england had close to nine hours of sunshine. look at this beautiful weather watcher picture sent in through the lake district. but there was a different story south and east, i'm afraid. in fact, the only brightness possibly down to east sussex were the beach huts, because there was were over an inch—and—a—half of rain. that rain pretty persistent, now moving off into the near continent. not many isobars on the chart, so light winds and clear skies, allowing those temperatures to fall away. so it will be a chilly start around friday morning, and certainly worth bearing in mind as temperatures falljust below freezing in a few spots. the exception perhaps the southeast clinging to cloud and out into northern ireland. also some mist and fog around first thing as well. a few showers from the word go out to the west, and some of these showers will merge together for longer spells of rain as we go through the day. but for many, it is a case of once that mist and fog has lifted away, dry with sunny spells coming through and certa

england's final game in italy is off. and the storm that caused the storm at the t20 world cup england. not doubt by the weather. evening, the fa cup quarterfinal line up is complete, manchester united the last team through after a fairly routine 3—nil win over derby county, 0dion ighalo scored his second and third goals for the club. that's 250 behind wayne rooney's united record, but it was rooney who was on the losing side tonight. lydia campbell reports. he spent 13 years of the manchester united rep, but now rooney was plotting a downfall in derby county white. he is not the only danger man for darby though. sibley was the first to test sergio romero. this was the the moment that had nine writers were waiting for, rooney over a free kick. romero again was there to spoil the fun. sometimes you need a slice of luck in football. united got it here. 0pening football. united got it here. opening the scoring of the back of jesse. it was too soon after. all but ending derby's hopes of a tie. it my barely in his career, bu

it started and also forms a huge part of england's preparation for the home ca re england's preparation for the home care as in 2021. think of another holders as you mentioned, but they commented into the basin of the gods and a scan. bear in a poor event and form. usa has been flying. they arrived in orlando left. it was at this time last year that england really started to play. theyjust w011 really started to play. theyjust won a trophy for the first time and had their sights set on something bigger. after heading into the world cup that promised so much cannot thatjenny in the semifinal. i think the fee to the usa. this is the first time they will face the world champion since that night. how do you reflect on that match now. is it still hurt? yes. sometimes i still think about back in what i could've done differently. it is exciting that we are facing them again. it is an amazing turning to face her name. a big crowd as well. we are looking five to eight. in testing ourselves with this new grip as well against the world champions. england's form since that game islam. the to me the

we got rains on the day across wales and south—west england. the aim becomes more extensive overnight and for the weekend, slow—moving weather front pushes its way eastwards across the uk so we will see rain at times across this weekend. the rain will be followed by showers. so it is an unsettled looking weekend and often it's going to be pretty windy as well. we'll take a look at more detailed forecasts and on saturday, a strip of cloud, the rain quite heavy in scotland, easing off later in the day but that's only because the next weather system will be racing its way in, bringing more rain across northern ireland and the return of wet weather for western scotland, north—west england and wales across the day. the rain could turn quite heavy across the hills across northern england overnight. and on into sunday as well. with some fairly large rainfall totals. given how what it's been recently, this could provide a risk of some further localised flooding. as it moves into east anglia and south—east england, it will then be followed by show

youngsters across england have been in action over the weekend. including unsworth junior football club near bury in greater manchester, who've carried on with fixtures for their boys and girls teams. the club says they have extra precautions in place and are following guidelines. we have followed the guidance from lancashire fa and manchester fa and local league is on, we played yesterday. the schools are open and we have not been told to stop. the boys are going to school again on monday so we are going to follow that stance at the moment. as a club, we will make a decision and if the schools were to close unfortunately we would have to stop the grassroots football as well. at the moment there are the boys enjoying themselves exercising and hopefully they will be doing that again this weekend. if they weren't doing that, what would they be doing? football carried on in brazil this weekend — with flamengo playing a league match at an emty maracana stadium. they beat portuguesa 2—1 at the iconic stadium — and despite there being no fans insi

as the front slips away, the sunshine comes out across the greater part of england and wales. plenty of wintry showers across the higher ground of scotland on another breezy sort of day, but, as i say, the wind is coming from the south—west so we will keep it feeling relatively springlike and mild across the south with temperatures 11—14, much chillier when you get the showers in the heart of scotland — five, six, seven degrees only here. into thursday, we will push this weather front down and across the southern half of the british isles, and that i think that will really freshen things up. plenty of wintry showers again across the higher ground of scotland, a couple of showers in northern ireland, but once the rain slips away from the southern counties of england then essentially a dry fine day, but that bit fresher. we return to the temperatures we saw on monday and we get them again on thursday. welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. 0ur welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: italy sees a sharp rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus as a q

single figure values there but 10 to 1a degrees again in england and wales. into thursday, it's going to be another blustery day with showers, but it looks like the cooler air will reach even southern areas on thursday. so generally a cooler day thursday. we could see bands of showers moving through. one area could just clear the south coast throughout thursday morning and then it's sunshine and showers. again, most of the showers across the north and the west with a wintry flavour over the hills. temperatures, single figures for all. could just about scrape 10 or 11 across the south—east. now after thursday into friday, there's some uncertainty to the forecast because we could see this little feature, this area of low pressure, move in from the west. at the moment it's looking like friday will start chilly, dry with some sunshine but then this little low pressure could bring some showers or long spells of rain to northern ireland, wales and the midlands and northern england we could see some winteriness over the hills. temperature—wise 8 to maybe 10 or 1

the bank of england has cut interest rates not once but twice, and the chancellor too stepped in. speaking at one of the now daily downing street briefings, rishi sunak vowed that the government would do whatever it takes to support the economy. and so, barely a week after his budget, he set out £350 billion of emergency measures for firms — the equivalent of 15% of national income, known as gdp. that means any business who needs to access cash to pay their rent, their salaries or supplies will be able to access a government—backed loan on attractive terms. and if demand is greater than the initial £330 billion i am making available today, i will go further and provide as much capacity as required. hear, hear. i said whatever it takes, and i mean it. there would also be £10,000 cash grants for the smallest businesses and the business rate holiday announced in the budget would be extended. that means every single shop, pub, theatre, music venue, restaurant, and any other business in the hospitality and retail sector will pay no business rates for 12 months and if they have a

southeast of england. not quite as warm as tomorrow, wednesday still could see temperatures peaking at 15 celsius. now it will get cooler during thursday and friday. thursday still windy in the northwest of the uk, still lots of showers around. but on friday, the winds eased down and for most of the country, it will be dry. however as we head into the weekend, there's the chance of seeing some more rain. on sunday, winds are likely to be stronger as well. that's it for me, goodbye. this is bbc news — i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00: all of italy has now been placed in quarantine in repsonse to the outbreak of coronavirus — it's the most drastic response so far to the outbreak. stock markets around the world have fallen sharply on concerns over the corona—virus, and a price war over oil. in downing street, borisjohnson and the government's main health advisers warn that the uk will soon need more robust measures. probably within the next 10—14 days we should move into a situation where we sa

because i amarily a big fan of the queen of england, but the queen of england is a symbol. to me it is actuaually a little bit of a challenge. to think of a function o of thee person. what she is going to do. so, i am thinking of thehe queen of england. >> what do you think about the latest trainer trend?? trainers have taken over fashion haven't they? >> i starteded trainers 12 years ago and i started to do men's shoes. a lota year we realized wereall sizes work on -- gone. we reaealized most o of the shos were bought by women. have a huguge selection of high heels. to size 45 because we always had men buying high heel shoes. >> do you think feminist movements affect shoe fashions for women? >> i still don't understand the relationship. >> feminist can wear and issues they want. >> exactly. shoes and i never oblige anyone to wear them. i felt that when people are asking me, the fact that high heels are against woman, i'm thinking that it means anyone still thininks that a woman n it free of deciding for herself, i don't think that. >> if paris was a shoe, what she would do

england boss mike woman are building... this match will be england's last six nations games for a while because the next trip to italy is off because of the coronavirus, and the hosts will be looking to enter their spring campaign ona looking to enter their spring campaign on a high to raise memories of their match last year. over this tournament, we have progressed. obviously disappointing to lose the first game, but we have grown week on week after that, and we are in a good place. we have to make sure we carry on, we carry on with that and keep on working hard which we are doing, to make sure that keeps going on the right direction. it is england wales, so the hype around the fixture, it is sometimes hard to get away from the echoes of what is said and what should be done and how you should do it, but don't forget we know a lot about each other as well. there's quite a few people playing in england, there's quite a few people who have with others, so there is a certain amount of knowledge that would increase about each o

the bank of england has also cut interest rates today and announced a really big $30000000000.00 stimulus package and that really hasn't called markets either so if you really think you very much for the analysis. my colleague and i had fs talk to top german economist peter bofinger about the business impact of the virus and our chances of avoiding a global recession. what's your impression of german businesses county with a crisis well we have no data so far for march we have no data for february and the only thing we know is that the labor market so far has not been too much affected which is good news but it's obvious that it will have severe repercussions on production on services i think there's no doubt that we will face a kind of recession in the 1st quarter and also in the 2nd quarter is the german government doing enough to protect the german economy german companies against this crisis german government is doing important things especially as far as short time burke is concerned i think they have no exceeded measures that they're really helpful in the great financial crisis to p

some of those hours will be blown into northern england and wales. towards the south—east of the uk, they get away with a dry day. it will be quite blustery out there, mind you, especially in those heavy showers and across the north—west of scotland, gusts of 50, maybe even 60 miles an hour. here, the air is a little bit cooler, but there's still warmth to be found across eastern parts of england, temperatures not far of what we saw on tuesday, ia—is degrees. but it will get colder, i think, later on in the week. and we've got this weather front taking some wetter weather into england and wales on wednesday night. and it's behind that the area gets quite a bit colder and we see the snow level lowering on wednesday night in scotland and northern england. some icy conditions here as there could be in northern ireland as well. but the snow levels will rise, i think, on thursday. but we'lljust keep wetter weather piling into scotland and northern ireland, the winds strengthening as well and will blow some rain into the north—west of england. a fe

plenty of sunshine, though, for most across england and wales. still fairly cloudy for scotland, northern ireland. but most places will be dry by this stage. it's starting to turn colder from the north. and that trend continues towards the end of the week. this weather front here is just basically a zone of cloud which will work its way southward and, as high pressure starts to build in behind it, well, that's when we start to see the winds switch round into a northerly direction, potentially bringing some of the coldest air we've seen for a while. that, though, will be offset by the strength of the march sunshine. but, either way, as you can see from some of these city forecasts, just giving you a flavour, temperatures drop back into single figures widely this weekend and one or two flurries of snow are possible. this is bbc world news. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: britain brings in the most stringent social restrictions in living memory, to try to contain coronavirus. without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there

perhaps pushing into north—west england and northern wales. it will be rather cloudy thread the daylight hours. simply note this:, could see some dry weather to. after that chilly start, you will notice the temperatures reaching 12, 13 celsius. a very mild for the time of year. it stays windy. gusts of 3a to 50 miles an hour. the wet weather stats to push its width saturday night. quite mad across southern and eastern areas, ten to 13 celsius. starting to be a better colour across northern ireland by and northern scotland by the end of the night. the weather front and the red band continue to move its way eastwards, introducing some cooler air dash make the rain band. the last of the mother and rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east on sunday morning. a strong south—westerly when bringing rain and showers. it will be a chilly day for all by the end of the day. as we head into next week, monday at the next area of low pressure hu rtles week, monday at the next area of low pressure hurtles in at the atlantic. for those quickly

from northern england, the rate will be heaviest over into the west the penn nines, city of northwest, accompanied by gust winds, clouds with the few breaks in for east anglia in southeast england, parts of the rain band is a mild night in chilly and northern ireland but especially scholar for a touch of frost and places in the showers in northern scotland wintry to relatively low hills and the risk of fights going into the morning and for the shelves coming in tonight on blustery wind, with the showers, sunny spells northern ireland, slowly trying and brightening up in northern england in north wales as his band of rain sink south, reaching the far southeast and a breezy day with some gusts of wind and average speed of about 60 miles and average speed of about 60 miles an hour in the front of the scotland and very mild with the brightness of the force of east and a quiver different northern england in north wales. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: deserted restaurants, empty bars — the chancellor promises £330 billion of support including government backed

still some damp weather towards the far south—west of england and south wales. windy, those winds strong to gale—force, but very mild air. even further north, those temperatures are in double figures. but get some sunshine through the midlands, the south—east and east anglia, temperatures could be 17 degrees on tuesday. that's because the air is coming all the way from the azores. that's bringing that warmth. it is somewhat cooler further north, and in between those two different air masses, you've got a weather front, of course. that's producing some patchy rain and drizzle across more southern parts of england and wales on tuesday night, and then another weather front arrives to enhance the showers in the north—west. the overnight rain heads out into the english channel. we get those showers coming in, more to scotland and northern ireland, then spilling into northern and western parts of england and wales, some snow over the higher ground in scotland. probably on the dry side for most of the day in the south—east of england, and while it's not as mild

we have got a weather front bringing rain down into england and wales. behind it, we've got much colder air and we will find snow falling to lower levels in scotland. some ice around here and perhaps into northern ireland as well. snow levels will rise, but there is more wet and increasingly windy weather coming into scotland and northern ireland. further south, some sunshine and a few fleeting showers. could stay dry in the midlands, and in the afternoon, there's temperatures are nearer what they should be at this time of year. as we move into friday, the wetter weather should be moving out of the way. we are waiting for this pressure to come m, waiting for this pressure to come in, and we had a ridge of high pressure on friday. the wins should ease by morning. it should start off a little bit silly, but it shouldn't ta ke a little bit silly, but it shouldn't take too long for the cloud bubbles up take too long for the cloud bubbles up and spreads out. later on, we are likely to find some of that rain from that low pressure arriving in northern ireland,

not just across scotland and northern ireland, but a noticeable change across england and wales. there may be one or two light showers near some eastern coasts, but i think it will be dry on the whole. temperatures perhaps peaking at around 12 degrees this time for more southern parts of england and wales, but the winds will be picking up throughout the day and that will make it feel colder as well. and as we move into sunday, we move the clocks forward of course into british summer time, but it will feel cold on sunday. again a lot of cloud and a little sunshine here and there perhaps, showers more likely in the northeast of the uk. but those temperatures of 7—9 are more typical of january, and when you add the strength of the wind and it will be strongest across southern and eastern parts of england, it'll feel more like two or three degrees. so, quite a shock to the system. it's still quite chilly into the early part of next week, but still generally dry and quite cloudy. the winds will tend to ease. won't be as cold by day, but it could be a bit colder at night. this is bbc

to the c.m.o., what's the current occupation rate of care beds in england? can you be confident the measures over the past week will prevent that capacity being overwhelmed? prime minister johnson: thanks very much, david. i just really repeat what i have said before. i think the government has moved with extraordinary speed to support and prop up the whole of the economy of this country. putting our arms around workers of all kinds to the best extent that we possibly can. and yes, of course, it was easier to move furthest and fastest with employees because their details are available. it's been more complex as you can understand to support the self-employed because they have their many different arrangements that they have and it's been tricky to work out a package that will address the needs of as many people as possible. that's being done at incredibly speed. we'll announce a package tomorrow. i don't think there's been a time in our history in the last century certainly when the government of this country has put its arms around so many people to get us

that includes the six nations rugby union international against england, in rome, on the 14th march. rugby chiefs will meet on thursday to discuss the possibility of postponing the game completely. italy's match away to ireland this weekend has already been called off. italy is the worst—hit european country with over 3,000 cases of coronavirus and over 100 deaths. serie a matches will also be played behind closed doors — while there's still no news about re—arranging the italian cup semi—finals betweenjuventus and ac milan, and napoli versus inter milan. they were due to take place this week — but inter‘s president told the bbc that public health is far more important... iam not i am not worried about closing doors oi’ i am not worried about closing doors or whatsoever to affecting the performance of the team. what i am more worried about is to actually putting public health, or public safety at risk. with doing these kind of events. elsewhere, the asian champions league continues to be affected by coronavirus — just the one game played on wednesday. sydney fc and je

it should turn drier across much of england and wales in the south. probably the strongest wins for the next few days. double figure temperatures for most of us. get some sunshine in lincolnshire, east anglia and the south of england. it won't last. we are back into cooler air, basically sunshine and showers over the week ahead and probably starting to see more snow across some of the northern hills. good afternoon. italy has imposed sweeping restrictions on the movement and activities of more than a quarter of its population in areas of the north and east of the country. some 16 million people are affected by the virtual lockdown as the government tries to limit the spread of coronavirus. the restriction applies to the entire lombardy region, italy's wealthiest, and 1a other provinces. all travel not deemed essential is banned. jon donnison reports. in central milan

a little more cloud across central and southern england will prevent a frost, but it means another drab and damp start, maybe some showery rain in the south. dry with some sunny spells elsewhere, but the temperatures are struggling. 7—10d, the overall high. an area of high pressure will move in and dominate the story for the weekend, but it's dragging ina the story for the weekend, but it's dragging in a nagging easterly wind, so after a frosty start, lots of sunshine to look out for on saturday. what you need to factor in the direction of that wind. it is just going to take the edge off the feel of things, temperature struggling really for this time of year. little in the way of change sunday into monday will stop for most of us, it stays dry, settled and sunny, but cool. that's it, take care. this is bbc world news. the headlines... as italy's corona death —— coronavirus death al., overtakes china's wisdom visit the hospital battling to keep patients alive. boris johnson says battling to keep patients alive. borisjohnson says it battling to keep patients alive. boris johnson say

. —— england and wales. without that nagging wind and more sunshine, it should feel more pleasant. low pressure is back in the driving seat as we head into the weekend. it will bring in spells of rain. this is how we start saturday. the rain gradually clearing eastward, many places drying up. perhaps i'm wintering us over the hills of scotland. through the day, the winds will start to pick up and more rain will move into northern ireland, northwest england and wales later on that in the day. temperatures perhaps up a notch or two. further on into sunday, it looks as though a more active weather front will bring a further smell of rain. it will be quite windy as well through the day on sunday. —— spell of rain. for many areas, looking ahead further into next week, it looks as though high pressure will play a greater part in our weather, particularly the southern half of the uk. tonight at ten — the prime minister tells anyone with a new persistent cough or fever to stay at home for a week — as plans t

as the front slips away, the sunshine comes out across the greater part of england and wales. plenty of wintry showers across the higher ground of scotland on another breezy sort of day, but, as i say, the wind is coming from the south—west so we will keep it feeling relatively springlike and mild across the south with temperatures 11—14, much chillier when you get the showers in the heart of scotland — five, six, seven degrees only here. into thursday, we will push this weather front down and across the southern half of the british isles, and that i think that will really freshen things up. plenty of wintry showers again across the higher ground of scotland, a couple of showers in northern ireland, but once the rain slips away from the southern counties of england then essentially a dry fine day, but that bit fresher. we return to the temperatures we saw on monday and we get them again on thursday. this is the briefing, i'm sally and this is our top stories. italy says a sharp rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus as a quarter of the population is in partial dow

we will have some rain, some of it heavy and persistent into north—west england, western scotland and northern ireland and by the end of the afternoon and the winds will strengthen as well. temperatures ranging as well between 7—11 degrees. now, because the winds are strengthening, gusts in excess of 50—60 miles an hour without rain, it will push that rain throughout quite a pace overnight saturday into sunday. so, for many of us we will actually see a good deal of dry weather around for the second half of the weekend. the early morning rain clearing in the south—east, a blustery day on sunday with plenty of frequent showers putting in from the west but as with the nature of showers, some of you may escape them altogether and keep some drier, sunnier moments. again, highs between 7—11 celsius. and it looks as though this theme is set to continue for the early half the new working week. it stays blustery, yes, with plenty of sunny spells and scattered, sharp showers. whatever you're doing this weekend, take care. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and rachel

as the front slips away, the sunshine comes out across the greater part of england and wales. plenty of wintry showers across the higher ground of scotland on another breezy sort of day, but, as i say, the wind is coming from the south—west so we will keep it feeling relatively springlike and mild across the south with temperatures 11—14, much chillier when you get the showers in the heart of scotland — five, six, seven degrees only here. into thursday, we will push this weather front down and across the southern half of the british isles, and that i think that will really freshen things up. plenty of wintry showers again across the higher ground of scotland, a couple of showers in northern ireland, but once the rain slips away from the southern counties of england then essentially a dry fine day, but that bit fresher. we return to the temperatures we saw on monday and we get them again on thursday. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: a third person dies from coronavirus in the uk as ministers discuss plans to delay

at twickenham, wines with clear outside the ground as england 01’ clear outside the ground as england or wales in the six nations. the scotla nd or wales in the six nations. the scotland woman passed back six nations rugby match with france was counted because a player had tested positive for coronavirus. governing bodies for sports and broadcasters are to meet governing officials on monday to discuss plans to stage events behind closed doors if the outbreak worsens. officials whined that these are still early days, it is just too early to be able to assess the full impact of coronavirus. the family of the patient who died in milton keynes, having tested positive for coronavirus, have paid tribute to a wonderful husband, dad, granddad and great grandad. they said... join in know as doctor alison pitt out who is the dean of the faculty of intensive care medicine. she joins me from leeds. thank you for talking to us. how well prepared is the nhs with a view of intensive ca re the nhs with a view of intensive care when it comes to this virus? we are very concerned as to how we will be ab

under the feel, nhs england said this is the feel, nhs england said this is the first of its kind, this feel. it says under this it will also provide an extra 20,000 stuff, nearly, which includes 10,000 nurses, 700 doctors and 8000 other clinical stuff and 1200 intel eight is and we know there has been a big push by the government to dry and massively increase the numbers of ventilators. they have been speaking to manufacturers in the uk about switching production to dry to make them. this is another strand of the government's strategy. as well as trying to suppress the spread of the virus that they may have been doing at the same time is to dry to of the nhs because the big fear is about the nhs being swamped with the demand. we have seen other measures happen this week already, like the cancelling of nonurgent operations to free up i think 30,000 beds within the nhs. we have seen a dry to get retired nurses and doctors and other clinical stuff to come back into the nhs. about 55,000, they were looking at. there are these efforts alongside the social distancing on things that we are al

the result will probably pick up in some parts of england and scotland and we still have our weekend and we still have our weak weather front passing close by to the western northern isles, perhaps giving as a little bit a drizzly rain here and preventing a frost but for most, it is a cold night. a widely frosty night, —5, —6 in scotland. under that ridge of high pressure. through the course of sunday, hopefully that slips a little bit further southwards we replace that easterly wind and gradually for a southeasterly. so it may not feel quite great out and about to be caught in that wind, but what it will feel like winter first thing the morning with that frost. hopefully that low cloud will lift and break through the day to reveal sunshine. more sunshine for scotland hopefully then today and northern ireland. 0ur weather front is moving away for a time. more sunshine and slightly less when hopefully a equates with feeling warmer if you are out. 0vernight, into monday, it turns bitter again. very little cloud to prevent the temperatures from plummeting in a widespread frost. agai

in england, 184 cases have been confirmed. in scotland, there are 16, seven in northern ireland and two in wales. these are still quite small numbers, compared with other countries. in europe, for example, italy, i think it is now up to 4,000 but, nevertheless, it is progressing. and i think as professor whitty said to the health select committee last week that, really, the chances of the uk missing an epidemic now are slim to nil. there are a few anecdotal reports of panic buying. certainly, sales of hand sanitiser seem to have gone up, but retail experts say there is absolutely no need. stock will only run down if people start to unnecessarily buy in bulk. it now seems that, one way or another, coronavirus is likely to have an impact on the lives of all of us. it's worth pointing out that, for the vast majority of those who are unlucky enough to be infected, most of them will experience very mild symptoms and will make a full recovery. so, how is all of this affecting the behaviour of shoppers here in manchester on a saturda