richard this is from sylvie via e—mail... we don't know what has come out of the chancellors speech and statement today but it is important that sophie goes and looks at the transport association's website. they have a lot of useful information there. please have a look at them. transport is essential so look at them. transport is essential so it should be getting assistance and we very much hope so it will do particularly roofing effect that a lot of freight transport is our sole traders. the supermarkets have been making clear that at the moment they are able to cater to most people's needs. and they can only do that because they have people getting in laurie's taking protist from farms and storehouses to the supermarkets. they are an essential component of that. notjust the shopping producer, it is the person they get from production to shop. they should be getting support and she should be looking at the transport association's website. and we need a lot more them as well, is that an important point to make. we will see a

richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is here. we will be having one of the uk government's regular news conferences shortly, but helen, we know from the prime minister today that there are worries about the extent to which people are observing social distancing. there does seem to be some confusion. we don't know if people are confused or not listening, but there does seem to be some element of people not observing the advice the government has been giving out on this idea of social distancing. what does that mean? trying to stay away physically from anyone you don't live within your household as much as possible. if you have to have face—to—face contact, stay two metres apart. that is the gist of it and it is what the government has been advising since last monday and that every single one of us should be doing, but we saw that wasn't necessarily happening, so we saw the government closing clubs, pubs and bars on friday, but we are seeing that shifting to outdoor spaces. we hea

richard, thanks very much. richard galpin in delhi. and a reminder — you can keep up with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, the symptoms to watch out for, how to guard against the virus — and what it means for you, on the bbc news app and on our website. that's bbc.co.uk/news. now we will take a look at the rest of the day's main stories. the former us vice presidentjoe biden has continued his comeback in his campaign to become the democrats' candidate to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. the latest round of voting known as super tuesday sanoe biden win nine out of 14 states. sophie long reports from california. they call it super tuesday and it was a super—strong start to the night forjoe biden. the former vice—president entered this race as the clear front runner with it all to lose. less than two weeks ago, it looked like he might dojust that after a poor start to this primary season. but he is very much back in the running. primary report, we are very much alive! cheering. and m

richard? jonathan -- jonathan. 0ther you hear me? richard? jonathan -- jonathan. other experts like you chatting online and sharing ideas about what to do next? —— are there experts. i was in australia in geelong, i was in british columbia, i have been in the us and we are having teleconference daily on the situation. the variability, the transmission dynamics —— the variability and really, trying to get as much information from the pandemic to get as much information. have you ever known anything like this in your career? in terms of the speed? it is certainly spreading globally early ad very quickly and has caught everybody off guard. they have body uttered testing possible coronavirus vaccines on animals to sure it is safe and effective, it could be next summer before a human version is finally approved. richard westcott. 0n the race to find a vaccine for this virus and while the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are recovering. including julie from singap

richard, thank you very much for the moment. there have been many other developments through the course of the afternoon, both in this country and beyond, so let's bring you up on the very latest that has been emerging on the coronavirus. in that news conference at the prime minister stopped short of announcing new measures to ensure people observe social distancing, but he said the uk needed to heed the message. on social distancing and the further measures we may bring in, i don't think you need to use your imagination very much to see where we might have to go, and we will think about this very actively in the next 2a hours, we need to think about the kind of measures we have seen elsewhere. 0ther measures we have seen elsewhere. other countries have been forced to bring in restrictions on people's movement altogether. as i say, i don't want to do that because i

he'd arrested a 17—year—old, richard buckland. buckland had admitted the second murder, but there was a problem. there was no circumstantial evidence against him on the first murder, and he totally denied it. you were convinced it was one murderer? yes. david had read in the local paper about research being done at the university of leicester. professor alec jeffreys had attached dna from cells to photographic film. the result, each person's individual dna could be read. david baker contacted professor jeffreys to get buckland's dna tested. nobody had ever attempted a crime scene dna analysis, a real—life crime scene dna analysis, before. would the test find the killer? would buckland's dna match that found at the crime scene? they came back not connected. the result was stunning. a blow to you? well, it was a blow, because it meant that we'd got the wrong man. buckland was released. ina criminal case, it the very first time dna profiling was used dna profiling was used in a criminal case, it exonerated a suspect. david baker wa

kirsten and richard groom are waiting to talk to me now. welcome to the show, congratulations, first of all, and getting married to. that happens a quick, tell me a little more about having it to a whiz at the date forward , having it to a whiz at the date forward, and how you did it? we were planning to get married on the 14th of april, which are still three weeks away, but last monday, when restrictions started to be put into place, we decided it would be best to get married sooner. the next available day that neither of us was working would be last saturday, so on tuesday, got confirmation that could go ahead, and then in four days, plans a wedding! i'm sure you had in your mind very different plans, perhaps a bigger waiting, had in your mind very different plans, perhaps a biggerwaiting, but tell me more about the streaming i am ina tell me more about the streaming i am in a family of technical done to heads, i would have never tried to do this, tell me how you manage it? i think we initially said we were going to graduate and try and s

richard westcott. on the race to find a vaccine for this virus and, while the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are recovering. including julie from singapore who told the bbc her story about her isolation and recovery. i didn't have anything — not even a sniffle or cough. however, on february 7, really early in the morning, like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. hello. isolation is basically four walls with a door. i got my food through a secure hatch, my medication, my change of clothing, my towel. yes, you have the phone, you can text someone, you may have a video call, but just being completely no human interaction. i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and just talk to the other patient next door, just to have some conversation with a human being! when i was going through the critical stage, one other thing that i encountered was really breathing. it was just so laborious,

richard brendon, welcome to the programme. good to have you here. you showed me some of your stunning porcelain. it isa some of your stunning porcelain. it is a real range, actually. some is very old—fashioned, antique, as it were. talk us to have it all works. sure. i launched the brand in 2013, off the back of designing a teacup and saucer whilst studying product design, and! and saucer whilst studying product design, and i went to stoke—on—trent to find a manufacturer, fell in love with the skills of the plotters in the potteries there and decided to lodge a brand all about regenerating skills in the craft industries. like my it takes a long time for reputations to change, though, because the reputation of the potteries, your industry, is one that has done one thing in recent yea rs that has done one thing in recent years and that is just go downhill, so are years and that is just go downhill, so are pretty brave market to try to break into? well, i think the potteries have had a very tough time but i think the industry has really bottomed

here's our health correspondent, richard galpin. the streets across this country are now quieter, this following increasingly urgent calls from the government for people to stay at home. even the churches are closed, and this is mothering sunday. and now, the government is implementing even more stringent measures to protect 1.5 million people who are most at risk. effectively putting them into a 12 week lockdown. most at risk. effectively putting them into a 12 week lockdownm most at risk. effectively putting them into a 12 week lockdown. if you are one of these into videos, i understand he would be very worried. we wouldn't have done this lightly. we wouldn't have done this lightly. we are doing this because it is absolutely critical to save lives. at the same time, we will be setting out to you how we are going to help them so they might be staying at home for a long time but they should not feel alone. is a 1.5 million people who will receive letters or text messages in the coming days include those who have had organ transplant

richard wescott, on the race to find a vaccine for this virus. while the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are recovering. including julie from singapore. she told the bbc about her isolation and recovery. i did not have anything, not even a sniffle or cough. however, on the 7th of february, really early in the morning like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. isolation is basically forced. i got my food through a secure hatch. my medication, my change of clothing, my towel. yes, you have to phone. you can text someone, you may have a video call, butjust being completely no human interaction, i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and talk to the other patient next door, just have some conversation with a human being. when i was going throughthe critical stage, one of the thing i encountered was breathing. it was just so labourious trying to get to my bed from the bathroom which was five metres away. finally, around the world, d

richard wescott on the race to find a vaccine there. while the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are recovering. including julie, from singapore, who told the bbc her story about her isolation and recovery. told the bbc her story about her isolation and recoverylj told the bbc her story about her isolation and recovery. i didn't have anything, not even a sniffle or calf, however, on the 7th of february really early in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. isolation, i got my food through a secure hatch, my medication, my change of clothing, my towel, yes you have a phone, you can text someone, you may you have a phone, you can text someone, you may have a video call, but just being completely someone, you may have a video call, butjust being completely with no human interaction, i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and just talk to the other patient next doorjust to have some conversation with a human being when i was conversation wit

richard butchins reports. barry has a serious panic and anxiety disorder that can trigger life—threatening asthma attacks. for 30 years, he worked in finance at the department for work and pensions. but when he was moved into a different role and sent on a training course, it triggered his anxiety. i was basically told that if i didn't do it, then i would be disciplined. so i attended the course. i wasn't taking anything in, and ijust had this overwhelming feeling of, i had to get out of the room. i just collapsed to the floor. i thought at first i was having a heart attack. i had this tremendous crushing pain in my chest. i couldn't breathe. i realised then that it was an asthma attack. barrie was sent to hospital, but despite knowing this the next day his managers called him, asking to know where he was. he took the dwp to an employment tribunal. they ruled he had been discriminated against because of his disability, and he was awarded £26,000. panorama has carried out an in—depth analysis of every empl

richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. companies are now assessing whether the measures announced yesterday by the chancellor will be enough to help them through the uncertainties ahead. our economics correspondent, andy verity, is here. more than £300 billion of guaranteed loa ns more than £300 billion of guaranteed loans announced for businesses. how does a business to get hold of one of these loans? for big business the way that they borrow money is the issue that they hand out lots to have once to lend them money, country notes and the government has said we will be buying that if you wa nt to said we will be buying that if you want to do that. for small businesses they will get a loan of up businesses they will get a loan of up to £500 million as outlined by the chancellor rishi sunak yesterday and you apply for that if you want to get it through your bank. it will just be underwritten by the government normally in normal times if you want bank manager and asked for a loan without income the bank manager would run

our health correspondent richard galpin reports. in the hospitals around london, they are now bracing for the worst. the recent surge in the number of patients needing treatment as the epidemic moves towards its peak may mean some hospitals running out of intensive care beds this weekend. the whole hospital is removing those barriers between specialties, and we are working as one massive team together. we have worked to a permanent on—call system, so we will only be doing predominantly i2 permanent on—call system, so we will only be doing predominantly 12 hour shifts for the coming months. we have made drastic changes to the way we work, and we will continue to do so, because that is what we are here to do. and in central london, an nhs official has warned of a tsunami of cases in the coming days and weeks. anna veith as nhs staff are themselves falling sick. so there is now a race to build up to 13 field hospitals across the country to create more capacity. this one in east london is being built with help from the army. it is d

richard westcott is in ely in cambridgeshire. richard? we have all seen what has happened in the supermarkets but what about the food that is going to be coming down the line in a few months‘ time? the planting lettuces behind me, those lettuces need to be picked, starting on april 222nd and they are currently very short of workers to do it because they normally come from abroad so there is this campaign like you have said, to get british people coming in and picking. beverley, you have worked for the biggest lettuce grower in britain, one the biggest in europe, how serious is your issue? pretty serious. we find ourselves with over 2,500 vacancies that we need to fill over the next few weeks if we are to start harvest on 22nd april and you, as you say you can see them being planted. we need the people tojoin us, to come and harvest this lovely fresh food. this is going to go on all summer? if you start with us then you can work through to october. there is a big push, what do people need toe do. sadly a ho of people are struggling for w

all right, richard, thank you. in spain, the number of people who have died following a coronavirus diagnosis has now overtaken china, where the disease initially took hold. more than 4,000 people with the virus have now died in spain. guy hedgecoejoins me from madrid. what are the authorities there saying? clearly these latest figures are very harrowing and of great concern for the authorities. the fa ct concern for the authorities. the fact we've now got 4000 people, more than 4000 people inaudible however, having said that, the health minister today said that he hopes that today's figures might suggest that the country could be looking at the beginning of the end of the upward curve of the virus. now, if you look carefully at the figures we've had 655 new deaths over the last 24 hours. 0ver figures we've had 655 new deaths over the last 24 hours. over the last week or so, until now, we had seen an increase last week or so, until now, we had seen an increase in the daily death each day, so yesterday, for example,

richard wescott on the race to find a vaccine for this virus. there will the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time tens of thousands of people are recovering. including julie from singapore. he told the bbc about the isolation and recovery. did not have anything, not even a sniffle or cough. however, on the 7th of february cannot really early in the morning like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. isolation is basically forced. i got my food through a secure hatch. my medication, my change of clothing, my towel. you can text someone, you may have a video call, butjust being completely no human interaction, i almost felt like i wa nted interaction, i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and talk to the other patient next door, just have some conversation with a human being. when i was going to the critical stage one of the thing i encountered was reading. it was just so labourious trying to get to my bed from the bathroom which was five metres away. just walki

richard lane is from the debt advice charity step change. michelle 0vens is here too, director of small business britain. speaking to us from their homes are andy chamberlain from the association of independent professionals and the self—employed. graham dakin, a stage hand and technician jennifer nicholls, who runs a small coffee shop in bristol, and joining us on the line is farai muzavazi a freelance events writer who is in isolation due to pre existing heart condition, and, michelle fawcett, a self employed taxi driver who is self—isolating for 12 weeks because she is asthmatic. andy, you have expressed concern about self—employed people being left behind. what do you think of the chance‘s measures? left behind. what do you think of the chance's measures? it is probably overall a generous package but i did not hear specific mention of self—employed people and freelancers. i was concerned that they were being left behind and i am not reassured yet. there were a couple of hints on what he said but what we really need to hear is a

hello, richard. you are collaborating with people around the world, they are experts like you, chatting online and sharing ideas about what to do next. absolutely, this is a huge global effort. with australia, i was in british columbia, i've been in the us and we are having teleconferences daily on the situation, the variability, the transmission dynamics. and really trying to get as much information from the epidemic to help us develop the best vaccine as quickly as possible. have you ever known anything like this in your career in terms of the speed? no, this is really unique. it has spread globally very quickly. and it's caught everybody off guard. they've begun testing possible coronavirus vaccines on animals but to be sure it's safe and effective, it may be next summer before a human version is finally approved. richard wescott on the race to find a vaccine for the virus. while the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are

let me bring in richard from a debt advice charity. people are wondering about borrowing money, from various institutions, and from payday loan companies, to cover things like rent, to cover things like childcare gusts, because the interim is going to drop dramatically, what is your advice? we know that people are already borrowing to pay researchers because the safety net is not there. so people are borrowing to buy food? yes, a quarter of people don't have savings to full back on. firstly, if you can avoid it, try not to go for high cost credit. if you can avoid going for a payday loan, please try and do that. why? because it is very easy to spiral as a control, the interest and charges can racked up quickly. you can try your local reddit union which could have a line of affordable credit for you if you have to turn to credit. —— your local credit union. people don't have to suffer in silence. at our charity, we help 600,000 people every year with financial problems so reach out, we can help you with benefits, with repayment plan

me to provide some answers, is our economics correspodnent, andy verity, and from the bbc newsroom, richard burge, chief executive of the london chamber of commerce and industry. great to see you both, thanks for being with us. a lot of questions coming into us this evening. andy i will start with you. this is from maureen lindsay. she says "i am over 70 years old but still work, will i be able to continue to do

looking at the layoff effect, many airlines have already asked for voluntary unpaid leave, particularly richard branson, the billionaire entrepreneur and he is getting a lot of blowback right now from uk officials as well as online, but even qantas, earlier today they said they will have to scale back on their international flights and that is looking about 90%, so it is just going to get worse before it gets any better. indeed, this job loss aspect definitely huge for many people in the industry. thank you so much for that up eight. and that we end edition of asia business report, we will be continuing to watch how asian markets are reacting to this outbreak, but you can also get more on all the latest coverage on the bbc‘s website, we have a live page up bbc‘s website, we have a live page up and running pretty much every day, so do check that out. you can go to our website or you can also go to our at go to our website or you can also go to ourat on go to our website or you can also go to our at on smart phones to check the latest. that's it for this edition of asia business report, thank

former city defender micah richards is excited to see whether phil foden could be the difference later on. i thought he was outstanding in the cup final. i like them on that right position, i love it when it comes on and the inside in his left foot. i think the england squad is a little bit too soon for them. he has not played enough games yet but we can all see the quality there. he is full of confidence as he is learning from the best. the list goes on. it is exciting to see. we know that city may not be winning, but how important is it to keep this momentum up? arguably, i think we have got the derby at the weekend, but this game is potentially more important. liverpool are looking like we are going to win the league so like we are going to win the league so it is very important to stay in three competitions. the champions league, that's what city fans what know, but one game at a time. it is still on and we can only hope. you have played on a team that has been on the end of an upset when you were beaten by wigan in the quarters for six years ago for city. what was up like a good h

it is always richard's fault. thank you. there are so many other social consequences, a5 there are so many other social consequences, as we all adjust to this sort of new reality in terms of what we are doing in response to the viru5, what we are doing in response to the virus, and then the kind of community spirit that is breaking out in terms of neighbours perhap5 talking to each other in a way we haven't done in the past. let's get a sense of how people are helping out one another in one part of the country, handing out packet5 out one another in one part of the country, handing out packets to the elderly, not the only act of kindness we have seen this weekend. plenty of others emerging and social media. a great deal of community spirit, a5 alexander mackenzie has been finding out. at this london nur5ery, children are learning about washing their hands i5 learning about washing their hands is important. but it can also be fun. they are filming a music video with a specially compo5ed song about hand washing. they want to e

i will say right over here, and richard, if you could come up. thank you, mr president. similarto come up. thank you, mr president. similar to doug come up. thank you, mr president. similarto doug in come up. thank you, mr president. similar to doug in walmart, we at walgreens are happy to help communities across america, because a lot of the times we, when we have national disasters, we act quickly, and this is no difference. we look forward to working with everyone, and specifically with the vice president doing a fantasticjob, we are ready to engage and help. brian cornell, target. thank you, brian. well, thank you for inviting us here today, along with our colleagues from walmart and walgreens and our partners at cbs. normally, you view us as partners at cbs. normally, you view us as competitors, but today we are focused on a comment editor, and thatis focused on a comment editor, and that is defeating the spread of the coronavirus. and we look forward to working with the administration to do ourfairshare to working with the administration to do our fair share to all

richard galpin, bbc news. just in the last few minutes, we told you about the figures that came through. our health correspondent anna collinson is with me now. in the last few minutes, the death toll has been announced and it is an increase of 181 so the death toll for the uk is now at 759. yesterday, it was 578 and yesterday, when that figure was announced it had increased by 100 and because there had been a change in how the government recorded the data, that seem to explain the big increase but again today, we have seen an increase of 121. what we had heard in the pm's press briefing from the deputy chief medical officer, she said that the figures they had received, looking at the trend, there was a slight glimmer of hope that the uk's trajectory compared to other countries wasn't as steep and they were hoping that things were looking more positive. 0bviously, these figures will need to be looked at but it does appear to be bigger than what people may have been expecting. continually, we have to look at ot

richard curtis, one of the founders, will bejoining us on this richard curtis, one of the founders, will be joining us on this over after what was a late night. another story you may have seen on social media, this one. italians in quarantine aren't letting coronavirus get in the way of some good old fashioned music—making. tweets have surfaced showing people in sicily, which is under heavy lockdown, taking to their balconies and windows to perform together. it's thought the trend came from a deserted street in siena where a video emerged of people singing a popular folk song. nearly 16 million people are in lockdown across italy. they just started theyjust started playing. a bit of italian folk music. it is not a song they know, but if it lifts the spirits... there are one or two things to emerge from this extraordinary kind of time we find ourselves in, the sense of people talking to each other a bit more, contacting each other a bit more, checking in. looking out for each other. forming networks saying how can we support you if you need to? could you have an older relative, how can

richard askam is at unsworthjunior football club in manchester. thank you very much indeed. as you know, most elite professional sport is either postponed or cancelled. at grassroots level, things continue. this is unsworth junior grassroots level, things continue. this is unsworthjunior football clu b this is unsworthjunior football club at whitefield, near barry, in greater manchester. as you can see, a practice match is going on at the moment, some of the boys played a competitive game yesterday, the girls will play one this afternoon as well. i am joined by the co—chair of the football club, chris lines. thank you forjoining us. a difficult decision, talk about that and whether you are happy you have made the right one. we are hoping and believe we have made the right decision. the schools remain open, lancashire football association gave us lancashire football association gave us guidance on friday afternoon to see that grassroots can continue as normal. our football league set to continue playing as normal. so, the boys played yesterday and the girls are playing this

"richard flog yr private island and pay yr staff, we are in unprecedented times here. now is the time yr staff need support. and it's notjust the airlines cutting back. the group that owns peugeot, citroen and vauxhall says its closing all of its european plants for at least a week — with all the inevitable consequences for both the companies and their staff. investors are betting on a major and sustained drop in demand for the world's most traded commodity. for example, here's the oil price over the last 12 months. today the price of a barrel of crude oil fell below 30 dollars — it's lost half its value since the start of the year. that's one of many examples i could show you. and increasing number of economists think the world economy will start to shrink because of this outbreak. this is kevin hassett who used to be chief economic advisor to the trump administration: "i think that the odds of a global recession are close to 100 percent right now". many would agree. during the last global recession the financial crisis left the economy seriously damaged and unabl

richard ratcliffe said his father—in—law received the news of the extension when he went to the prosecutors 0ffice. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed in 2016 on spying charges that she has always denied. millions of homeless people and migrant labourers have been left in the lurch after india announced a 21—day lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. with factories and construction sites closing down, many have expressed fears that they might starve to death. many are walking hundreds of miles to their villages as arunoday mukharji reports from delhi. ajarring image in times of a nationwide lockdown. thousands of migrant workers pour out onto the streets of india's capital city, new delhi. the government arranging buses to help them get home, four days after the lockdown started. but the sheer number of stranded has overwhelmed authorities. social distancing here doesn't exist. many had already set off on foot soon after the lockdown was announced, travelling unthinkable distances. translation: there are no buses. i have to walk another 260 kilometres t

nasa richards found space grown lettuce was similar to earth ground samples —— nasa research. it's believe the ability to successfully grow food in space could be crucial for our long—duration space missions. i don't know what nest, but that looks like that's the tip of the iceberg. you can reach me anytime on twitter. i'm @ l vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello. on the plus side the weather won't be as bad as it's been on summary can we fit —— recent weekends. it will still be windy and it will be wet at times. this area of low pressure will feed in these weather fronts over the weekend, especially during saturday, saturday night. behind this cold front on sunday, it will feel a bit colder, but some sunshine again and some heavy showers. for the weekend, it will be wet at times. certainly not all the time. gotta be blustery throughout but we will also see some sunshine on sunday. temperatures are on the up after an early frost by the time to get to saturday morning, particularly wavy got some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the early sunshine will be short lived. ea

richard preston, bbc news. here in the uk the efforts to fight coronavirus are ramping up as more people test positive for the disease. the uk government is opening a new temporary hospital in london and has appealed for a quarter of a million volunteers to help the nhs. the number of uk deaths rose to 422 on tuesday, a rise of 87 in one day. charlotte rose reports. we have all of these people who are incredibly critically u nwell are incredibly critically unwell and people are dying alone, people have no company. a stark warning from those on the frontline. three junior doctors from a london hospital wa nt doctors from a london hospital want people to take this illness seriously and to warn the rest of the country what's coming their way. there are patients and there in their 30s. we don't know what the outcome of some of these patients will be. they will go to intensive care, may be in intensive care for some weeks and some of them will die. and it's completely heartbreaking. warnings as well from families ha

senator richard burr of north carolina received private briefings on the outbreak as the senate intelligence committee chair. in a statement, he said he relied solely on public news reports to guide his decision and asked the senate ethics committee to review the stock transactions. georgia's republican senator kelly loeffler, who is married to the new york stock exchange chairman, said advisers handled her transactions. as the us enters a new stage in the fight against the virus, nature's wonders have provided a much—needed distraction. in the nation's capital, people ventured outside to see washington dc‘s famous cherry blossoms in peak bloom. a safe outing, just as long as they keep their distance. for more i'm joined by our north america correspondent peter bowes, who is in los angeles. what are the main issues authorities are grappling with in los angeles? there are so many issues, the very fact that people are being told to stay at home, this is a state of a0 million people, and those people are being asked to stay indoors, except unless they need to go to the grocery store oi’ n

senator richard burr, of north carolina, received private briefings on the outbreak as the senate intelligence committee chair. in a statement he said he relied solely on public news reports to guide his decision, and asked the senate ethics committee to review the stock transactions. georgia‘s republican senator, kelly loeffler, who is married to the new york stock exchange chairman, said advisers handled her transactions. as the us enters a new stage in the fight against the virus, nature‘s wonders have provided a much needed distraction. in the nation‘s capital, people ventured outside to see washington dc‘s famous cherry blossoms in peak bloom. a safe outing, just as long as they keep their distance. for more on the situation in the state of california, our correspondent sophie long is in los angeles. these are maybe the most restrictive measures in modern californian history. here in los angeles, life goes on. i am on sunset boulevard and echo park. downtown just behind me. this is a city famous for its gridlock rushhour traffic and cars are moving freely past the palm trees. ther

but they're warning it won't be ready for some time. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott, has had special access to a team at cambridge university trying to find the key to beat the disease. the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus didn't start in a lab, it started on a computer. so this is the dna of coronavirus? yes, it is. within weeks of the outbreak, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. like many others, the cambridge team has been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequence helps us to understand how the virus actually looks, in terms of its physical properties and that is really important because the spike protein that you see around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the antibodies to attach to in order to prevent the virus from entering our cells. that is interesting, so these letters give you a picture of what it looks like? yes. things then move into a tightly sealed lab. they haven't got the actual virus in here yet. early tests are done on safer, man—made copies of parts of

richard hyman is a retail analyst — just take us through the numbers first. isa is a poor performance was pretty well—known although they have decided to do it in less detail. until recently they released weekly sales figures for both the department stores and waitrose and over the past year they have been pretty poor, especially on the department store site. the real question for us all this morning was whether they were going to pay a bonus at all. in the circumstances, 296 is bonus at all. in the circumstances, 2% is probably pretty good, and it could have been a lot worse, zero. if you put this in context, forjohn lewis 2% bonus is hardly anything. those of us who do not work forjohn lewis appreciate that their normally a lot more than that and it is an important part of their ethos. a lot more than that and it is an important part of their ethosm a lot more than that and it is an important part of their ethos. it is fundamental particularly since the key competitive edge thatjohn lewis lewis has its customer service, that is delivered by its star. if you ta ke is delivered by i

but medical experts warn that it won't be ready for some time. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott, has been given special access to a team at cambridge university who are trying to find the key to beating the disease. the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus didn't start in a lab, it started on a computer. so this is the dna of coronavirus? yes. yes, it is. within weeks of the outbreak, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. like many others, the cambridge team has been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequence helps us to understand how the virus actually looks, in terms of its physical properties and that is really important because the spike protein that you see around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the antibodies to attach to in order to prevent the virus from entering our cells. things then move into a tightly sealed lab. they haven't got the actual virus in here yet. early tests are done on safer, man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restricted lab, very few peo

dr richard dawood is a travel medicine specialist. i think it's reassuring to know that most operators of transport systems have really upped their game in terms of hygiene and deep cleaning. the airlines have announced this, public health system certainly in london and elsewhere have announced they are upping their game. i think we are all becoming increasingly aware of the need to clean our hands after handling frequently touched and handled surfaces, handrails, escalator rails, lift buttons, things like that. there is no harm in touching all of the surfaces if one remembers where one's hands have been in use as a hand sanitiser washes one's hands afterwards after touching anything else. certainly i have very few concerns about, a lot of people worry about the air in the aircraft cabin, for example, which is well filtered and there's not been a single case of coronavirus attributed to taking an international flight, for example. and when it comes to self—isolation, if someone is concerned about any symptoms without possibly showin

with the venue already booked and huawei executive richard yu already in town, the company decided to do its launch event anyway. only this time it was pre—recorded a day early and played out on the big screen. the big reveal was the follow—up to its first folding phone. and here it is. the folding huawei mate xs. if i open the instagram here, there's some pictures of dogs, and if i open the phone out, the pictures expand to fill the view. one thing i can't show you is google maps, because the phone still doesn't have those google apps. in fact, huawei's now added its own app gallery which it says will be a competitor to the google play app store. snapchats, tiktok, they are on there, the sun newspaper is on there, and bbc news, but some big ones are missing, of course. now, the concerns with folding phones as that displays might be easily damaged because they're flexible. now, huawei says since the original mate x it has made the screen more resistant. although i have seen a display screen with a big old scratch on it. huawei says there will be cases available. also revealed was

richard morris, yesterday was, well, on thursday was having this conversation with stuff and i just can't imagine, you know, the challenges. there were many conversations about this and they are ourfamily and have been us for yea rs are ourfamily and have been us for years and it is horrifying to be not knowing what is going to become of them. and with that many people that we re them. and with that many people that were going out of onto the street really without any prospects for... without any prospects for livelihood and forfurther without any prospects for livelihood and for further employment it was worrisome but then you see the relief that comes on friday and that was a swing the other way so it was quite an emotional week for the entire industry. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for talking to us. that is the founder of tokyo, —— chain of restaurants. the headlines on bbc news. a senior british government minister has appealed for people to be responsible when shopping — it's estimated £1 billion worth of extra food has been stockpiled. the uk department s

turkish president richard teia erdogan have —— has called on greece to open its border to migrants trying to reach its borderfrom migrants trying to reach its border from turkey stop it. migrants trying to reach its borderfrom turkey stop it. —— thousands of people are now stuck at the border. mr erdogan is to visit pressure —— brussels to discuss the situation with eu officials. with the tokyo 0lympics just round the corner, india's badminton player pvcjoe has been named as the indian sportswoman of the year. last year, she became the first indian to win gold in the badminton world championships she is considered —— considered at the tokyo 0lympics. —— pv sindhu. an update on the coronavirus, a new unit has been created to protect from disinformation linked to the virus. it is aimed at stopping the deliberate creation and dissemination of roles of —— or manipulative information intended to lead the public to stop the work will include engaging with social media companies to try to monitor any interference and the spread of fa ke interference and the spread of fake new

richard ratcliffe said his father—in—law received the news of the extension when he went to the prosecutors 0ffice. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed in 2016 on spying charges that she has always denied. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: millions of people tune in as spain's biggest stars from the world of music and football hold a virtual festival to raise money and spirits. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the

richard preston, bbc news. a short while ago i spoke with professor marc lipsitch, director of epidemiology at harvard school of public health about the likelyhood of further fatalities in the us. i think it is unfortunately possible. i think we are, in the us, beginning to discover probably a situation not that different from that in many other countries which have discovered it sooner. which is that there has been a lot of ongoing transmission over the last few weeks and we are seeing cases, and when we see a death, unfortunately, that means there are probably many other cases behind it, that were not so severe. here in the uk and in many other countries, the government is focusing making containment work. is containment actually a realistic strategy? i think containment is increasingly looking unlikely to succeed, well, it is almost certainly unlikely to succeed globally. i think in some countries that don't yet have a lot of reported cases, containment efforts are still justified, as we try to slow things d