bbcuk--2020-03-17--Coronavirus: How many confirmed cases are there in your area?

A total of 1,950 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK - but the actual number of cases is estimated to be between 35,000 and 50,000 .
The country is now ramping up measures to tackle the outbreak , with Prime Minister Boris Johnson issuing new guidance for the public on Monday .
Some 50,400 people in the UK have been tested for the respiratory infection .
More than 70 people who tested positive have died , according to latest figures available .
Find out how many people have confirmed cases in your area : If you ca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The following maps , charts and graphics will help you understand the situation in the UK and how the authorities are dealing with it .
1 .
The UK has changed course The new coronavirus , which causes the respiratory disease known as Covid-19 , was first confirmed in the UK at the end of January .
While there were a number of people testing positive throughout February , figures in the UK began to increase at the beginning of March .
On Monday 16 March , Prime Minster Boris Johnson announced significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus , including : working from home where possible ; stopping all unnecessary travel and for over 70s to self isolate at home in the coming weeks .
The number of people that have died from the virus in the UK has now risen to 71 , according to figures published on 17 March .
Confirmed case numbers for the UK are lower than other European countries , such as Italy , for example , where there have been almost 28,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths , according to 17 March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Globally , authorities have confirmed more than 184,000 cases of the coronavirus and more than 7,500 deaths .
There have now been more than 100,000 cases outside China - overtaking the 82,007 in the country where the virus originated in December .
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• MAPS AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the pandemic 2 .
We are in the second phase of the government 's response The government has published its action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which involves three phases - contain ; delay ; mitigate - alongside ongoing research .
While the emphasis has been on the contain and research phases up until this week , the country has now moved to the `` delay '' phase to stop the wider spread of the virus .
As part of the delay phase , people with even mild coronavirus symptoms - defined as a temperature above 37.8 C or a `` new , continuous '' cough - are being asked to self-isolate at home for 14 days to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the disease .
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday , that even if you have no symptoms , you should still : • Stop all non-essential contact with others • Work at home where possible The government is now encouraging self-isolation at home for over 70s , and those more vulnerable to the virus , for 12 weeks from Friday .
British nationals should also avoid all non-essential foreign travel to tackle the spread of coronavirus , the Foreign Office has advised .
If the virus becomes even more widespread , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ third phase of mitigation , when health services are asked to focus on critical care and retired NHS staff could be asked to return to work .
3 .
People who think they have coronavirus should self-isolate If you have a `` new , continuous '' cough or high temperature and think you have coronavirus you are advised not to go to a GP surgery , pharmacy or hospital .
Instead , you and the people you live with should self isolate for 14 days .
If symptoms persist you should contact the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or call 111 .

Based on the survey, the estimated peak of the pandemic, in cases if not in deaths, was in late March 2022, where at one point about 4.9 million people were thought to have the virus. However, the survey did not capture the first wave of the pandemic, with trials only beginning in England in April 2020.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--'We discuss food banks at school gates like it's normal'

Six months after ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid announced an end to austerity , many families still rely on food banks to survive .
The BBC 's Chris Vallance has been spending time at a food bank in Oxford , hearing the stories of those who come seeking help .
She sits in a red plastic chair , at a table covered in a blue and white cloth and she cries .
There are freshly cut daffodils in the window , fresh groceries in rows beside her and she is distraught .
For 20 minutes , a volunteer at the Community Emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , takes some of the weight of it from her shoulders , and brings heavy sacks of groceries to carry home to her family .
In the food bank 's little kitchen I speak to Mary , the volunteer who helped her .
`` It 's a different story from every person but it 's a similar sort of thing , '' she says .
`` Parents struggling to feed their families , teenagers that are always hungry , looking for food that is n't there .
Sometimes you hear stories that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few days .
They say , ' I feel a failure , a failure that I ca n't feed my children . '
'' Every Tuesday and Friday between noon and 2pm the food bank sign is wheeled out , outside St Francis church in east Oxford , and people who can not afford food walk in .
Sometimes they wait by the door , at other times they walk back and forth while they summon up the courage to enter .
They are entitled to three visits a year but the food @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it 's the job centre or social services that gives them the necessary little blue referral form .
Sometimes they are referred by a doctor who can tell they are not eating .
I have been visiting the food bank since mid-January , on and off , listening to people 's stories .
In that time I 've spoken to a nurse , a student librarian , former academic researchers , someone who gets ambulances ready to answer calls , a nursery teacher , a former primary school teacher , a funeral director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ someone on a zero-hours contract , a former chef , a painter and decorator , the recently destitute , the recently separated , the mentally ill , the physically ill and the homeless .
`` If it can happen to me , it can happen to anyone , '' said an unemployed woman who had an MA , an unfinished PhD in a technical field and a family to feed .
Listen to Chris Vallance 's reports from the Oxford food bank this week on PM , on BBC Radio 4 Work begins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hall is set up - folding tables are put out , red stacking chairs put around them , fresh fruit and veg arranged and sometimes cut flowers .
On the tables there are recipes ( mostly of things to make with tins and packets ) lists of other places to get help , and a little cardboard box with a rectangular hole in the top for suggestions .
When I first arrived I saw a young woman carefully writing a note , hunched over the table as though she were doing homework .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ single parent who is struggling with debt .
Thank you so much . ''
The more time I have spent here , the more conscious I have become of the food I eat myself .
It has been humbling and frightening .
Life seems precarious - so many people inhabiting the narrow space between high rents and modest earnings .
The saying that we are all two pay cheques away from disaster rattles around my head .
The food bank was set up by Jane Benyon , 11 years ago .
A former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Conservative MP for nearby Abingdon , Jane could tell from her work that there was hidden hunger in Oxford .
People are visiting the food bank in increasing numbers .
Last year it helped 3,205 adults and children , up from 2,626 in 2018 .
It was in 2018 that Universal Credit was rolled out to single people in Oxfordshire , and research by Oxford University student Rosie Sourbut found that 39 % of those visiting a food bank in the city in 2018/2019 cited delays with Universal Credit as one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a good one but it 's had some huge teething problems , '' Jane Benyon tells me .
`` And whether those will ever be resolved I 'm not sure . ''
Paul Clarke a Baptist minister who is in charge of another branch of the Community Emergency Foodbank , a mile to the north of St Francis in the Oxford suburb of Barton , runs through a sheaf of blue referral forms .
Even now , he says , most mention problems with Universal Credit .
`` It does feel to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sort these things out , '' he says .
The Oxford served by this branch of the food bank is not the one you see in tourist brochures .
It is among the top tier of most deprived areas in England , according to the City Council .
`` These estates they 're massive , they 're dotted around and they are a lot poorer than what you see in the centre , '' says Sharon .
Drug dealers thrown off other estates sometimes end up in Barton , she says .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mother of four , a grandmother , a former alcoholic and drug user who has turned her life around , gaining qualifications and studying for a while at university .
Volunteers bring her bags of groceries and toiletries .
Rachel has lived in Barton for 18 years .
She is softly spoken , but this can not mask her anger .
She tells me some local women are so desperate they have to steal when they have their period .
`` Nicking sanitary towels , how embarrassing that people have to stoop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She tells me she usually does n't eat breakfast .
Her priority is feeding her children , two of whom are still under 18 .
When I ask if Christmas was difficult , the pain of not having enough money to be able to give her kids what she would like to rises to the surface , and we have to pause the interview .
She says a lot of people on the estate are still embarrassed to use the food bank but others accept have become accustomed to it .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ richest countries in the world but we 've got to use food banks .
We 're talking about food banks at the school gates like it 's normal ! ''
The last time I visit the food bank , large parts of Italy are in lockdown because of coronavirus .
When I enter I am told to cover my hands in sanitiser .
Volunteers and everyone who visits get the same treatment .
The latest I hear from Jane Benyon is that the food bank is continuing to open and donations are holding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 70 , are bravely continuing to help all who visit .
She worries that the food bank may face problems when , as seems likely , the elderly have to self-isolate .
Food banks are also expecting a big increase in demand if schools close , and children are no longer given free school meals .
At a small branch of the food bank in Littlemore , south Oxford , I meet a young freelance video editor , who asks to be called William .
He 's a big , gentle man , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most freelancers , William 's hours are variable .
But if he 's only paid the minimum he 's entitled to under his contract , this barely covers the rent on a single room .
He 's passionate about his job and the career it promises , but it 's feast or famine .
In October he ran out of cash and did n't eat for four days .
`` I 've never not eaten before , and it was terrible .
After the first day you think this is n't so bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sick , like empty-inside sick .
And then it just gets worse and worse , and you just feel so hollow inside . ''
He vowed he would never not eat again .
So the next time he had a bad month he went to a job centre , where he started a benefits claim , and they in turn referred him to the food bank .
Initially he felt ashamed , but knew he had no choice .
He says his parents would help but he does n't want to ask .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am , I had to build contacts over the past few years just to get where I am now .
I left on my own and that 's something I 'm proud of . ''
He tells me he is the first in his family to go to university .
A few weeks later , as we chat in a café , he tells me he has Asperger 's Syndrome .
It sounds like school was a significant struggle .
We go to his flat .
His room is a small box @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There 's mould on the window frame and the floor is filthy , as there 's no vacuum cleaner and William ca n't afford to buy one .
It does get a bit lonely in the little room when the weather 's bad , he tells me .
I understand William 's commitment to his career and his independence , and I 'm glad things are looking up for him .
I 'm glad he 's found out he 's entitled to benefits that should help cover the lean months .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ask later , over the phone .
Do n't be embarrassed - he says - go to a food bank if you need to .
The words `` anxiety '' and `` depression '' come up time and again when I speak to food bank visitors .
Volunteers tell me how prevalent mental illness is among the users and emphasise the effect poverty can have on mental health .
One , who also volunteers for a mental health charity , says she thinks it may affect children too .
`` Some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or fathers are distressed asking for food , and sometimes the child tries to protect the parent , '' she tells me .
It 's impossible to guess who will walk through the door next .
A man enters wearing a dark suit , though I do n't at first notice just how dark it is .
`` I 'm a funeral director , I 'm the gentleman who wears the hat and tails , I 'm the gentleman who walks in front of the hearse '' he says .
Steve , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sole wage earner in his family .
His wife is unwell and he has four children , two of whom live at home .
He used to be in the armed services .
For some time , the difference between his monthly wages and the rent has n't been enough to cover the remaining bills , even with a little bit of help from the benefits system , he tells me .
His wife sometimes skips breakfast to help feed the children , he says .
He had always assumed that food banks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We talk for a while , but as we part he says there 's one more thing - the family is likely to be evicted .
The landlord has given them notice because of rent arrears , and with nowhere else to go he has no choice but to wait for the bailiffs .
The City Council is helping them find a home but it will be difficult to get somewhere they can afford .
He worries it will be outside Oxford .
High rents are one of the reasons Oxford is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least affordable cities .
`` The pressure I 'm under of course I 'm going to crack at some point , '' he tells me .
`` But every day I get up and I 've got to keep going . ''
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The words "anxiety" and "depression" come up time and again when I speak to food bank visitors. Volunteers tell me how prevalent mental illness is among the users and emphasise the effect poverty can have on mental health. One, who also volunteers for a mental health charity, says she thinks it may affect children too. "Some of them are obviously aware that their mothers or fathers are distressed asking for food, and sometimes the child tries to protect the parent," she tells me.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--How do you work out what something is worth?

In the year 211BC , Rome and Carthage were engaged in a long war that was to shape the ancient Mediterranean .
The North African general Hannibal had vanquished Roman legions at will .
As the Romans regrouped and began to fight back , Hannibal decided on a bold plan : he would march on Rome itself .
Although he had little chance of breaching the city 's defences , he hoped the Romans would panic and recall their armies .
Hannibal set up camp on the banks of the Anio , three miles from the city , but quickly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had pitched his tent had been sold for a reasonable price via a public auction .
Rome had seen through the bluff .
If the city rulers were willing to trade at full price the land underneath Hannibal 's army , they did not expect his army to linger .
It did not : Hannibal withdrew in short order .
This may be the only example of an auction being used as an attack on enemy morale , but it is not the first recorded auction .
For example , 300 years earlier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most attractive wives in Babylon .
`` The rich men who wanted wives bid against each other for the prettiest girls , while the humbler folk , who had no use for good looks in a wife , were actually paid to take the ugly ones . ''
Problematic , yes - but ingenious .
This auction was a community affair in which funds raised from the high bidders were used to compensate the poorer men .
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Auctions seem to be almost as common as the marketplace itself .
You can imagine the idea being endlessly rediscovered around the world , whenever some trader offered to pay three obols per jar for a shipment of olive oil and the man next to him said : `` Do n't take that offer - I 'll pay four '' .
From @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we call the `` open outcry '' auction - a room full of art or antique dealers , millionaire backers submitting bids by phone , and a dapper auctioneer tickling the whole process along .
Going once , going twice ... gone .
By making clear what others are prepared to pay , such auctions make it hard for the unscrupulous to exploit the gullible .
In the early 19th Century , British traders used auctions to offload large volumes of inexpensive British products in the United States .
American consumers were delighted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were outraged .
`` [ Auctions are ] the grand machine by which British agents at once destroy all regularity in the business of American merchants and manufacturers , '' he declared .
An anti-auction committee lobbied Congress , declaring : `` Auctions are a monopoly and like all monopolies are unjust , by giving to a few that which ought to be distributed among the mercantile community generally . ''
That was special pleading - the `` mercantile community '' just wanted to preserve its mark-ups .
Yet there is an important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In any auction , the sellers want to be where the buyers are and the buyers want to be where the sellers are .
That makes auctioneering a natural monopoly - there is always a risk that large auction venues abuse their market power .
While the open-outcry auction is the most famous kind , there are many other ways to design an auction .
The 17th-Century diarist Samuel Pepys describes an auction `` by an inch of candle '' , which ended when the flame of the candle stub flickered out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prevent people from using the unpopular tactic of submitting a winning bid at the last second .
If not by candle , what about an auction by clock ?
The `` Dutch clock auction '' is used at the vast flower market of Aalsmeer , with the clock face showing not the time , but the price .
That price ticks down and down , until somebody stops the clock by pressing a button .
Whoever stopped the clock buys the flowers at the price specified .
At first glance , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an open outcry auction .
But in fact the fundamentals are not so very different - and they make the process even faster , as befits a product that will quickly wilt if it can not be sold and shipped .
Then there is the sealed-bid auction , beloved of estate agents : write down your bid , slip it into an envelope and seal it tight .
Highest bid wins the prize .
But here 's a curiosity : under the surface , the sealed-bid auction is exactly the same as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case , you simply need to pick your price .
Unlike in an open outcry auction , you 'll learn nothing about anybody else 's willingness to pay until it 's too late .
The Nobel laureate economist William Vickrey produced a famous theorem demonstrating that under ideal conditions , all auctions can be expected to raise the same amount of revenue .
Like any economic theorem that oversimplifies the case .
Auction details can matter a lot - if an auction opens up a loophole for cheats , or discourages bidders from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ More things that made the modern economy : • How credit cards changed the way we spend • Is it fair to manage demand by charging more ?
• How the smartphone became so smart One might ask why auctions are used in some circumstances , while in other cases sellers post a take-it-or-leave-it price ?
Your local supermarket , for example , does not auction off the cabbages .
The answer is that auctions come into their own when nobody is quite sure of the value of what is being sold .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ obvious example , but there are many others : a permit to drill for oil in unexplored terrain , a painting by Leonardo da Vinci , or a licence to use radio-spectrum to provide mobile phone services .
This common resource - the radio spectrum - used to be handed out to favoured companies for trivial sums .
Now governments auction it off for billions .
Another example is the complex type of auction run by the US Forest Service for the right to conduct logging and remove timber .
These `` incredibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Susan Athey , the first woman to win the prestigious Bates Clark Medal in economics .
In particular , she and colleagues have explored the importance of the private information held by bidders in shaping the bids made and final prices paid .
After all , in each of these cases , the true value of the item for sale is unknown .
Each bidder makes use of their own information .
The auction brings together all of that data , and transforms it into a price to be paid .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is something the Romans understood when they reported the results of their auction to tell Hannibal that they were not scared .
While auctions may seem reassuringly old-school , they take place at the cutting edge of the modern digital economy , and not just because of the success of internet auction sites like eBay and eBid .
Think about what happens when you type a search term into Google .
Alongside your search results , you 'll see advertisements .
Those adverts are there because they have won a complex and largely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more or less prominent positions depending both on their maximum so-called `` cost-per-click bid '' - how much money a company has offered to pay Google for every person who clicks on its advert - and on how good the algorithm thinks the advert itself is .
For example , an art dealer might offer a high fee to appear next to searches for `` Picasso '' , but an advertiser selling Picasso posters might expect many more clicks - and win top spot in the auction for a lower per-click bid .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ types a search into Google , and their scale is unnerving .
Google 's parent company , Alphabet , makes more than $ 2bn ( £1.56bn ) profit every month .
Most of that is from advertising , and most of the advertising is sold by auction .
In 2019 Google was estimated to have taken more revenue from advertising than its two biggest rivals - Facebook and Alibaba - combined .
Often you see an advert for Google 's own products .
Is it a problem that Google bids in its own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fine from EU over advertising It is hard to be sure .
You can imagine how any company might benefit from intimate knowledge of its rivals ' strategies in bidding for ad space , though Google insists it gets no unfair advantage from its dominant market position .
Henry Niles , the anti-auction activist , would no doubt have had something to say about that .
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Yet there is an important grain of truth in the complaint. In any auction, the sellers want to be where the buyers are and the buyers want to be where the sellers are. That makes auctioneering a natural monopoly - there is always a risk that large auction venues abuse their market power.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--The English Game: Netflix replays the birth of modern football

With elite football suspended because of the coronavirus , fans can still get their fix on TV - in the form of 1880s matches in a new Netflix drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes about the men who sowed the seeds for the beautiful game .
It 's the 1883 FA Cup final , and Old Etonians captain Arthur Kinnaird wins the ball deep in his own half before running the length of the pitch , beating three opposition players and firing a screamer towards the top corner .
He lets out a roar of celebration , followed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's all captured in glorious high definition by a cameraman carrying a Steadicam , the hi-tech stabilised TV kit usually used to film the Premier League .
A few minutes later , Kinnaird does exactly the same thing again .
Tackle , run , score , roar .
This time it 's caught in all its glory by a drone camera buzzing overhead .
The actual 1883 cup final was n't televised , obviously .
This is a re-enactment , and it 's taking place in August 2019 on the set of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drama about the birth of professional football .
That match was a historic clash between the former Eton public schoolboys and the mill workers of Blackburn .
It was also a pivotal moment because two Lancashire-based Scots had become the first to be paid for playing , at a time when the public schools wanted to keep the game strictly amateur .
For their money , they ushered in new tactics , and set football on course to become the all-conquering spectacle we know today .
The 1883 final was played at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Netflix has recreated it in a suburban Victorian park in Altrincham , near Manchester .
Rather than the estimated 8,000-strong original attendance , there are just 60 extras cheering on the teams from a temporary wooden stand .
Half are wearing top hats , the other half are in flat caps .
More are due on set in the coming days , and they will be digitally reproduced to bulk out the crowd .
The Eton players wear light blue , Blackburn claret .
All are in authentic Victorian ankle boots and three-quarter-length @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apparently preferred long trousers .
In their midst when the cameras are n't rolling is a man wearing modern football gear .
Mike Delaney , a former professional player in Germany 's third tier and an England Futsal international , has the official title of `` football choreographer '' .
His job is to co-ordinate the on-pitch action sequences - like Kinnaird 's goal - to make sure they look realistic on screen .
He has previously worked on TV adverts starring idols such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi .
Here , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how football was played 137 years ago .
`` I 've tried to make it as authentic as possible , '' he says .
While football teams today might play a 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 formation , Old Etonians played 1-1-8 .
`` Which seems crazy to us nowadays , '' Delaney says .
In the 19th century , public schools such as Eton , Harrow , Charterhouse and Rugby all played with different rules .
They eventually came together to settle on a standard set of rules and form the Football Association - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep playing with their own hands-on rules and funny-shaped balls .
Even those who did n't pick up the ball , like Eton , played in a style that had similarities with rugby .
According to Delaney , the eight players in the 1-1-8 formation would move together , passing the ball closely as they rushed as one towards the opposition goal .
`` The Eton players were bigger and stronger [ than Blackburn ] and had this thing about protecting the ball and moving a bit like a rugby scrum , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other [ public school ] teams had a similar version of that .
`` But it was not until some of the Scottish players became more involved that they started to understand how they could find a way around this .
They could pass the ball around this moving scrum .
Because they could n't match them for power or strength , they had to find another way . ''
The man credited with bringing this revolution in football tactics was Fergus Suter , one of the Glaswegians who moved to Lancashire in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show , he 's played by Kevin Guthrie , known for his roles in Sunshine on Leith , Dunkirk and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them .
`` Nowadays , what they play is a version of what I guess Suter introduced to the game , '' he says .
`` But with Kinnaird and the Old Etonians , visually it 's something that we 've never seen before , which is a hybrid of football and rugby .
So it 's a real revelation on both parts .
We 're playing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is vast . ''
As is the dramatist 's prerogative , Julian Fellowes has taken some artistic licence .
The 1883 FA Cup Final was contested between Old Etonians and Blackburn Olympic .
But Suter never played for Blackburn Olympic .
He actually played for local rivals Blackburn Rovers , who went on to lift the cup for the subsequent three years .
For the purposes of the TV show , the two teams have been merged to make one club simply called Blackburn .
But Fellowes is right in picking out that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school teams dominated the early years of he FA Cup , but in the wake of the Blackburn clubs ' new tactics , teams from the north and midlands went on to dominate .
The Eton era was over and their style of play became extinct .
Perhaps another bit of artistic licence is in the show 's name - The English Game .
Or maybe it 's a small irony on Fellowes ' part .
`` Hopefully it 's a bit of a revelation that it 's two Scots who come down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guthrie , from East Renfrewshire , with a smile .
`` This [ style ] is n't new for Suter at all .
This is how they play in Scotland , in Glasgow .
Far be it for us to be famed for that nowadays , but passing football started in Scotland .
That 's certainly what I believe to be the case and that needs to be the story . ''
But he adds that there is more to the TV show than the historical clash of tactics .
It 's also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upper-class nemesis Kinnaird , played by Kingsman star Edward Holcroft .
`` It 's about two men , '' Guthrie explains .
`` It 's about rivalry , it 's about class and separation .
It 's about the fight .
`` But ultimately , it 's about the similarities that they both share in extremely different worlds , and that I think is much more important than selling the idea of the game . ''
The actors troop off the pitch , but will return tomorrow to film extra time .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Not just the final score , but the supreme skill and multimillion pound wages of the modern players - some of whom are at home in their mansions just a couple of miles from Netflix 's makeshift Victorian pitch .
The English Game is on Netflix from Friday , 20 March .
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"This [style] isn't new for Suter at all. This is how they play in Scotland, in Glasgow. Far be it for us to be famed for that nowadays, but passing football started in Scotland. That's certainly what I believe to be the case and that needs to be the story."


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Trailblazer playwright on the need to keep black British history alive

In 2003 Winsome Pinnock was described as the `` Godmother of Black British playwrights '' - and the label has stuck .
Her latest play , on until recently at the Royal Exchange in Manchester , digs into attitudes in Britain to the historical slave trade between Africa and the Caribbean .
Pinnock has encountered several people lately who were convinced British playwrights had already written about British involvement in the African slave trade - finally outlawed in 1833 .
`` In fact until recently almost no one here had written about it , '' she says .
`` I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think of the African American plays which have been produced over the years .
But that 's not our story . ''
By `` our story '' Pinnock means all Britons , regardless of skin colour .
`` This year there have been at least three new plays which do focus on Britain and slave trading but it 's new territory .
People should think about what that omission says about our willingness to talk about those events . ''
Now in her 50s , Pinnock was born in London to Jamaican parents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her father worked at Smithfield meat market .
`` They were the Windrush generation , '' she says , `` and often it was n't easy for them . ''
Her first full-length play was Leave Taking in 1987 which echoed parts of her parents ' life .
She 's had around 20 plays produced since , illuminating the black British experience perhaps more than any other writer for the stage .
Rockets and Blue Lights does n't take a straightforward approach to Britain 's involvement in the slave trade .
Half is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 1840s when painter JMW Turner is working on his painting The Slave Ship .
The picture 's generally assumed to have been inspired by the maritime Zong massacre of 1781 .
The Zong was a ship belonging to Liverpool merchants which sailed to Jamaica laden with slaves from Accra in what is now Ghana .
Almost half the slaves were thrown overboard to drown so the ship 's owners could claim insurance money ( they later claimed they 'd run out of drinking water ) .
Eventually the horrific murders became public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Britain in the 1800s .
In the modern 21st Century sections of the play we see Lou , a black British actress played by Kiza Deen , who has been cast in a film retelling the story .
Pinnock says Turner 's painting is n't as well-known as it might be because it belongs to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston .
`` If it were in Britain it would force us to have a real conversation about the history it depicts .
It 's a really important image . ''
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began to make a name for herself writing for the stage .
`` But for most theatre writers you accept it 's a long apprenticeship .
`` It takes years to find out what you can do with theatre and when you 're older hopefully you 've internalised all that hard-won craft and experience .
You sustain your career by engaging with life and with your own life - that 's all any writer has .
`` When I was a young writer I was really afraid that eventually you come to an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go through different stages all your life and your writing changes with that .
`` But it can be scary because you see the emphasis in theatre on youth and you think they 'll see you as some old fuddy-duddy . ''
She mentions Caryl Churchill ( who 's 81 ) as someone whose long writing career she admires .
`` Her most important work has come later in life , which is a big encouragement .
When Pinnock started out , a black British female writer was rare .
Her play Leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but went on to become the first play by a black woman staged at the National Theatre .
`` A couple of years ago it was given a new production by the Bush Theatre in London and I had n't read it for a long , long time .
`` But it still resonated with people and sold out its run .
It was just chance that at that time the Windrush scandal had broken . ''
( Some Caribbean people were threatened with being sent back although they had been in Britain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year-old play had referenced this .
A character says you could be kicked out of the country if you do n't get your papers in order .
It made me think that often if you 're in a specific group like black writers or female writers you seem ahead of your time because other people have n't heard your arguments or the stories you want to tell .
`` It gave me hope that long after I 'm gone some of my plays may still seem worth staging .
But if Leave Taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that means there really has n't been change since 1987 .
My play spoke to a new generation because in some fundamental way society had n't changed as much as people thought it had . ''
Pinnock has reached a stage where she 's much in demand to sit on panels discussing the black voice in British playwriting .
Is it a topic she 'd prefer to move on from ?
`` The organisers want you to talk about women in the theatre or black people in the theatre .
And you hear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so fed up talking about this ' .
`` But I think , 'why have n't you still got the energy to fight ? '
This kind of equality is n't somehow going to happen overnight - so you 'd better be prepared still to be talking in 20 years ' time .
When things change , that 's when I 'll stop talking about it . ''
Rockets and Blue Lights was scheduled to be at the Royal Exchange in Manchester until 4 April but has now been suspended .
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"My 30 year-old play had referenced this. A character says you could be kicked out of the country if you don't get your papers in order. It made me think that often if you're in a specific group like black writers or female writers you seem ahead of your time because other people haven't heard your arguments or the stories you want to tell.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--How do I know if I have coronavirus?

How do I know if I have coronavirus?

People who are showing particular symptoms are being told to self-isolate in order to stop the coronavirus from spreading further @ @ @ @ @ fever or a persistent cough , you should stay at home for seven days .
@ @ @ @ @ should stay at home for 14 days , and have food and medicine delivered .
@ @ @ @ @ if you ’ re just ill , feeling a bit ropey or if you have @ @ @ @ @ What do the symptoms of coronavirus feel like ?

The three main symptoms of coronavirus are a fever, a continuous dry cough, or a loss of smell or taste.
According to the UK National Health Service, anyone with these symptoms should get a Covid test and stay at home to help stop the virus from spreading.
But how do you know if you have Covid-19, or you are ill with something else? What do the symptoms feel like?
And how long do you need to self-isolate for exactly?
BBC health and science journalist Laura Foster explains.
Video by Laura Foster, Megan Fisher, Tobias Chapple and Terry Saunders


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Facial recognition: Artists trying to fool cameras

A group of artists called the Dazzle Club paint their faces for monthly walks to protest against surveillance in London @ @ @ @ @ rolled out by the Metropolitan Police for the first time in early 2020 and have @ @ @ @ @ around the UK .
The Met said it would not comment on whether the make-up @ @ @ @ @ facial recognition technology was helping officers track down wanted suspects .
Due to the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ has been turned into a live stream of readings , songs and discussion .

A group of artists called the Dazzle Club paint their faces for monthly walks to protest against surveillance in London.
Facial recognition cameras were rolled out by the Metropolitan Police for the first time in early 2020 and have been trialled in other places around the UK.
The Met said it would not comment on whether the make-up technique works but said the facial recognition technology was helping officers track down wanted suspects.
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, March's walk has been turned into a live stream of readings, songs and discussion.
Video by Megan Fisher, additional filming by Tobias Chapple.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--JoJo & Gran Gran: 'My grandmother lives on in my stories'

Author Laura Henry grew up in London and had a close connection with her grandmother , who emigrated from St @ @ @ @ @ The role 'Mama ' played in her life is the inspiration behind the characters in @ @ @ @ @ on which the new CBeebies ' series JoJo & Gran Gran is based .

Author Laura Henry grew up in London and had a close connection with her grandmother, who emigrated from St Lucia in the 1950s.
The role 'Mama' played in her life is the inspiration behind the characters in her children's books - on which the new CBeebies' series JoJo & Gran Gran is based.
Edited by Lorna Acquah


bbcuk--2020-03-18--The gin maker using his alcohol for hand sanitiser

Because of COVID-19 , there are shortages of hand sanitiser .
But one Bristol gin distillery is using some of @ @ @ @ @ out .
It is making a sanitary gel and giving it to local residents , @ @ @ @ @ to charity .
Inquiries have been pouring in from across the country - including from @ @ @ @ @ .

Because of the coronavirus, there are shortages of hand sanitiser. But one Bristol gin distillery is using some of its alcohol supplies to help out. It is making a sanitary gel and giving it to local residents, in exchange for a donation to charity. Inquiries have been pouring in from across the country - including from hospitals and from Network Rail.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Newspaper headlines: £350bn 'war chest' to save UK economy

Most of the front pages focus on what the Daily Mail calls `` Rishi 's £350bn kiss of life '' .
The Express describes the coronavirus rescue package , announced by the chancellor on Tuesday , as a `` war chest to keep Britain in business '' .
Its leader suggests that `` as many in the country prepare to self-isolate with their livelihoods uncertain , this will be a massive relief and comfort '' .
The Sun is also wholeheartedly behind the move , saying , `` the colossal bailout - more than twice what it cost Britain to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what the Sun wanted to hear '' .
But it does strike a note of caution - with the observation that `` as impressive as this rescue package is , UK plc will need even more if this disaster drags on for many months '' .
On its front page , the Times points out that Rishi Sunak `` stopped short of offering larger grants , rather than loans , to businesses '' .
And it says he has faced criticism for promising mortgage relief to home owners - while not giving details @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rent .
The government insists these will follow .
The i also focuses on the issue of tenants , contrasting the lack of action in the UK with a scheme in New York , under which landlords have agreed to abide by a voluntary 90-day moratorium on evictions .
Get news from the BBC in your inbox , each weekday morning The HuffPost UK website highlights differences in how the chancellor and the prime minister approached the news conference .
Boris Johnson , it suggests , was acting as `` the nation 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to jar with the public mood '' .
It continues by saying `` at times it seemed that Sunak was the grown up politician in the room '' .
HuffPost acknowledges that Mr Johnson won the election partly by promising to confound what he called `` the doomsters and the gloomsters '' .
But it concludes that `` he is clearly still finding difficult the switch from campaign mode to governing mode '' .
The Financial Times looks at the impact of the coronavirus on the property market .
It says that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is rapidly fading .
Estate agents say this is because sellers are concerned about the potential infection risk posed by people coming to view their homes - while buyers fear being exposed to the virus when they visit properties .
There is a photo on the front of the Telegraph of the British-Iranian woman , Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe .
She is among tens of thousands of prisoners to have been temporarily released by the authorities in Iran , because of the pandemic .
She is smiling - but a security tag is clearly visible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` get Naz home '' , the Mirror 's leader welcomes the move - but says it 's only a `` tiny step in the right direction '' .
Finally , the Guardian responds to the official advice - encouraging people to stay away from pubs during the outbreak - by putting together a column called `` view from the pub '' .
One drinker at the Duke of Wellington at Wareham in Dorset is quoted saying : `` If and when the government says that we absolutely ca n't go out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then , we 're going to do our self-isolating right here '' .

There is a photo on the front of the Telegraph of the British-Iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe. She is among tens of thousands of prisoners to have been temporarily released by the authorities in Iran, because of the pandemic. She is smiling - but a security tag is clearly visible on her ankle.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: Unions plead for school closure date

The five teaching unions have `` implored '' the first and deputy first minister to set a date for schools to close .
In a joint letter the unions said Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill should `` act immediately . ''
`` We call on you to bring an end to this uncertainty by announcing the date for school closures , '' the letter said .
The Education Minister Peter Weir has said Northern Ireland 's schools should remain open for now .
Mr Weir added he would follow `` expert clinical advice '' in making any decision to close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases in Northern Ireland stood at 62 on Tuesday - a rise of 10 from Monday .
The total number of tests completed is 1,338 .
The total in the Republic of Ireland stands at 292 after 69 new cases were revealed on Tuesday .
Two people have died from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland and Taoiseach ( Irish Prime Minister ) Leo Varadkar has said the country would be dealing with the emergency for months to come .
All schools and colleges in the Republic of Ireland have been closed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michelle O'Neill , have been calling for all schools in Northern Ireland to close immediately.. First Minister Arlene Foster has said when schools shut in Northern Ireland , , it would be for at least 16 weeks .
Since Monday , special schools in Belfast have been closed indefinitely .
A substantial number of schools across Northern Ireland have already decided to close for the rest of this week .
Ulster University and Queen 's University have closed all their campuses for teaching and other activities until further notice .
• EASY STEPS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SIMPLE GUIDE : What are the symptoms ?
• CONTAINMENT : What it means to self-isolate • HEALTH MYTHS : The fake advice you should ignore • MAPS AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the outbreak Economy Minister Diane Dodds said the Stormont executive would announce new business support measures by the end of Wednesday , Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster 's programme Good Morning Ulster , she said the financial commitments announced by the UK government on Tuesday equated to about £900m .
`` We now know this money is coming to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of money , and we need to be sure there is that mixture of loans at a national level , that we have the rates relief , that we have additional help for businesses , '' she said .
Simon Hamilton , chief executive officer at Belfast Chamber of Commerce , said more government support , including a grants scheme for businesses was needed urgently `` to help protect jobs '' .
He said Stormont was `` playing catch-up '' in response to the coronavirus .
• Hospitality firm , Beannchor Group , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 800 staff • MJM Marine , which fits out cruise ships , said a large number of redundancies were unavoidable • Taoiseach ( prime minister ) Leo Varadkar says the elderly and people who have a long-term illness may have to stay at home for several weeks • Presbyterian Church and Methodist Church suspend church services across the island of Ireland • Retail NI to meet the first and deputy first ministers on Wednesday to discuss the executive 's response to coronavirus • There are about 200,000 cases worldwide and nearly 8,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the five teaching unions is addressed to Mr Weir as well as the first and deputy first minister .
The unions said they had concerns over schools being told to stay open .
`` In the past 24 hours we have seen the closure of many public facilities in a bid to avoid gatherings and crowded spaces , everyone has been advised to work from home if they can , yet schools have been advised to remain open , '' they said .
The letter was signed jointly by union leaders Gerry Murphy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Jacqui White of UTU , Mark Langhammer of NEU and Geri Cameron of NAHT .

"We now know this money is coming to us, it is a significant amount of money, and we need to be sure there is that mixture of loans at a national level, that we have the rates relief, that we have additional help for businesses," she said.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus in Wales: Your daily update

Coronavirus in Wales: Your daily update

Second home owners and caravanners have been urged not to come to north Wales to self-isolate from coronavirus .
A GP said health services have been inundated by people with second homes in Gwynedd looking for medical care .
More schools have announced closures , Toyota has suspended production at Deeside , and the Church in Wales has said services should be put on hold .
Wales ' chief medical officer said household isolation and social distancing were `` proportionate '' .
`` There is a huge amount of work going on to prepare the NHS , to prepare social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buy some time , '' Dr Frank Atherton told a media briefing in Cardiff .
`` The message to everybody now is these measures are proportionate , they are guided by the science and everybody needs to take account of them .
`` It 's no longer appropriate for people to be gathering in large groups . ''
• Coronavirus : Renters 'need more help ' in UK 's plans On Tuesday it was announced a second patient in Wales had died from coronavirus .
The 96-year-old was being treated at Morriston Hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus cases in Wales , though the overall number of cases is likely to be higher .
Dr Atherton said about 70,000 people in Wales were `` particularly vulnerable '' and he expected further measures to protect them would be announced later this week .
He said the issue of whether to close schools was `` under constant review , '' while the testing of NHS staff for the virus was being actively looked at .
What else is happening on Wednesday ?
• Toyota is suspending production at its European factories , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conwy council warned householders against placing used tissues in their paper recycling boxes and said if found , the containers would not be emptied .
It said they should go among the general waste in wheelie bins which are emptied every four weeks • Pembrokeshire County Council has closed its day centres indefinitely due to the vulnerability of those that attend them • It follows a decision taken last week by Ceredigion County Council to close such facilities .
• The Church in Wales said all services and gatherings for public worship `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with weddings postponed beyond July and funerals also affected • Rhondda Cynon Taf council posted on Facebook that it was cancelling all upcoming events - including its Easter Egg-stravaganza - until the end of June , following the advice relating to social distancing and mass gatherings issued by the UK government .
Those who have already bought tickets will be contacted and a refund arranged • Wrexham-based music festival Focus Wales , with dozens of gigs across 20 stages , has been postponed from April until October • Millbrook Primary School in Bettws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close for a `` few weeks '' due to staff absence EASY STEPS : How to keep safe • A SIMPLE GUIDE : What are the symptoms ?
• CONTAINMENT : What it means to self-isolate • HEALTH MYTHS : The fake advice you should ignore • MAPS AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the outbreak

Thirteen new cases have tested positive for COVID-19 in Wales, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 149 - although the true number of cases is likely to be higher - and the virus has now been detected in every council area, according to health bosses.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: Children send care home residents uplifting messages

Schoolchildren have recorded uplifting messages for self-isolating elderly people after an online appeal by care home staff .
Carers at Bilton Court in Wellingborough asked for cheerful letters and pictures to raise the morale of self-isolating residents .
Messages by Year 5 pupils at the town 's Park Junior School were broadcast live on BBC local radio on Wednesday .
Head teacher David Tebbutt said it was `` a little boost in a challenging time '' .
Cath Holmes , from care home provider Anchor Hanover , said : `` Meaningful engagement is an essential part of living well and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideas readily available to support our residents and colleagues in care homes through the coming weeks . ''
Mr Tebbutt said he asked Year 5 pupils if anyone wanted to help people in self-isolation and `` everyone 's hand went up '' .
`` We want them to know people are thinking of them , '' he said .
`` Children are very aware of their predicament , they 're worried about their grandparents and their parents .
`` To share goodwill like this might just make a difference to someone .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
• Amelia , 9 , said : `` Stay well and look after yourself .
If school closes I will be lonely because I do n't have any siblings - but I do have two gerbils . ''
• Calvin , 9 , said : `` Possibly you could learn to play chess .
I love chess . ''
• Lily , 10 , told residents : `` I hope you 're keeping yourself safe and well and maybe try a crossword . ''
• Sahil added : Do n't worry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home , feed them and watch them swim about . ''
• Vanshi , 10 , said : `` I know it is a hard time for you but there are going to be better times ahead . ''
Mr Tebbutt said schools were aware of the need to reassure children , with teachers working hard to keep pupils informed `` without alarm '' .
Current government advice online states anyone who has a new continuous cough or high temperature should not visit care homes and should instead self-isolate .
• How can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Family 'stranded ' in Lanzarote and sleeping in van People who are `` generally unwell '' should also stay away from care homes , according to the advice .
It adds , however , care homes should consider the `` positive impact of seeing friends and family '' when reviewing their visitor policies .
• EASY STEPS : How to keep safe • A SIMPLE GUIDE : What are the symptoms ?
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bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: UK schools, colleges and nurseries to close from Friday

Schools in the UK are to shut from Friday until further notice as a response to the coronavirus pandemic .
Schools will close except for looking after the children of keyworkers and vulnerable children , Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said .
This academic year 's exams will not go ahead in England and Wales ; decisions are due to be made in Scotland and Northern Ireland .
It came as UK deaths reached 104 after a further 33 people died .
Thirty-two were in England and one in Scotland .
Confirmed cases in the UK rose to 2,626 on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There have been 56,221 tests carried out in the UK for Covid-19 , of which 53,595 were confirmed negative .
The government says it plans to more than double the number of tests being carried out in England to 25,000 a day .
• School closures : What will happen now ?
• How families can cope with self-isolating together Nurseries , private schools and sixth forms are also being told to follow the guidance to close their doors .
Scotland and Wales earlier said schools would close from Friday while schools in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and to staff on 23 March .
Meanwhile the government is bringing forward emergency legislation to protect private renters from eviction after being urged to do more for them And a new advert , fronted by the UK 's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and being run across TV , radio and the internet , reminds people to stay at home even if they only have mild symptoms .
• EASY STEPS : How to keep safe • A SIMPLE GUIDE : What are the symptoms ?
• GETTING READY : How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the outbreak • TRAVEL PLANS : What are your rights ?
Questions had been asked about why the government had not moved to shut schools until now .
On Monday , the PM announced a series of new key measures to target the number of coronavirus cases after scientific modelling showed the UK was on course for a `` catastrophic epidemic '' .
As school closures were announced on Wednesday , Mr Johnson said : `` We think now that we must apply further downward pressure with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' He thanked teachers and head teachers and said that by looking after children of key workers , such as NHS staff , they `` will be a critical part of the fight back '' against coronavirus .
But he added that children `` should not be left '' with grandparents or others in groups vulnerable to contracting coronavirus .
Revealing the shutdown of schools in England , Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told MPs assessments or exams would not go ahead this year and performance tables would not be published .
But he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` to ensure that children get the qualifications that they need '' .
Schools have already been preparing for a shutdown for some time , with some creating homework packs or setting up ways of working online .
But there have been concerns about the ability of frontline NHS staff and others to remain in work if their children are not in school .
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty told BBC One 's new daily coronavirus update programme that school is `` not dangerous '' for children during the pandemic , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slow the rise of infections .
He said the government and its advisers were also keen to make it possible for the children of NHS staff to go to school .
• The government said it was working with UK airlines to ensure Britons overseas are able to return home amid increasing border restrictions • The pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 • The number of people dying from coronavirus in Italy has risen by 475 in one day to nearly 3,000 - the biggest increase since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have begun turning away travellers from outside the bloc • Share prices fell in Europe and Asia as stimulus packages failed to reassure markets • The World Health Organization said South East Asian countries must `` act now '' to tackle the virus • There are more than 200,000 cases worldwide and more than 8,000 people have died • Princess Beatrice says she is reviewing plans for her wedding to Mapelli Mozzi at St James Palace on 29 May and has already decided to cancel a reception in Buckingham Palace gardens • Britons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Foreign Office to return to the UK before 24 March when all Spanish hotels close • The Scottish government has confirmed it is no longer planning to hold an independence referendum this year due to the pandemic • The BBC puts filming of EastEnders on hold and Glastonbury Festival is postponed • The Eurovision Song Contest , due to be held in the Netherlands , was cancelled • Prof Neil Ferguson , who has been advising the UK government on its response to the outbreak and was in Downing Street earlier this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus symptoms • An inmate at HMP Manchester becomes the first prisoner to test positive for coronavirus and is in hospital .
The Ministry of Justice says 13 prisoners and four staff members are in isolation as a precaution School closure is something the health officials advising government have been continuously asked about .
Their stance has always been that while it can suppress a peak - a 15 % reduction has been put forward - some of the gain would be offset by the fact children will still mix outside of school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may have to take time off work or grandparents may have to look after them , one of the vulnerable groups they are trying to protect .
What is more , children are the age group least likely to get severe symptoms - only 0.2 % of cases end up in hospital .
In the end it has undoubtedly come down to two factors .
Firstly , it might just do enough to ensure the NHS is not overwhelmed - as suggested by the new modelling by Imperial College London published on Monday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of teachers and children are having to isolate at home and classes and exams would be seriously disrupted in the coming months regardless of what was done .
• What is the UK 's plan and what could happen next ?
Parents contacting the BBC expressed their concern that predicted grades might be used for results at GCSE and A-level , if pupils did not sit exams .
Lone parents and self-employed parents were also worried about coping .
Sarah , from Bedfordshire , said : `` I 'm worried for myself and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struggling with everyone panic-buying .
My children would be in a safer , cleaner environment at school . ''
Victoria , in Belfast , said : `` I am a self-employed mother of twins .
I have zero support .
`` Now I have to stay home and look after the children .
Where will the money come from ? ''
One student , Alice Simpson , told the BBC : `` We worked so hard and the past two years has always had that long end goal - GCSEs .
And it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 's in sight .
And now it 's not any more . ''
The National Association of Head Teachers General Secretary Paul Whiteman said : `` The government has changed what it expects schools to do .
They are to offer reduced access in order to prioritise the needs of the most vulnerable young people and the children of key workers . ''
He added there were many complicated issues to address as a result of the announcement and the focus would be assisting heads with `` this enormous task '' and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Geoff Barton , head of the Association of School and College Leaders , said many schools had already drawn up plans to support key workers and vulnerable children .
`` However , this is an exceptionally demanding situation and they will need support .
We will be working closely with our members and the Department for Education to this end . ''
It was the announcement the government did not want to make - shutting down schools indefinitely .
But as the virus spread its claws further into communities it became inevitable .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk as anyone else , and as more and more staff called in sick - increasing numbers of schools started to fall like dominoes under the weight of this pandemic .
Although the decision gives certainty for now - doors will be closed - there is even more uncertainty ahead .
How long will they remain closed ?
How will pupils cope with learning from home ?
Who will look after them ?
And how will schools manage in their new role as the nation 's babysitters for the children of key workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a half-empty House of Commons earlier , after Labour and the Conservatives told MPs not scheduled to raise a query to stay away .
Meanwhile , the weekly face-to-face audience between the Queen and the prime minister was carried out over the phone .
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Their stance has always been that while it can suppress a peak - a 15% reduction has been put forward - some of the gain would be offset by the fact children will still mix outside of school. Parents, including health workers, may have to take time off work or grandparents may have to look after them, one of the vulnerable groups they are trying to protect.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: Pound plunges to its lowest level in over 30 years

The pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 , as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic spooks investors .
It is currently trading at $ 1.15 , a fall of almost 5 % in just one day .
It comes as financial markets tumbled again after major stimulus plans failed to quell fears about the economic impact of the virus .
The Dow ended down 6.3 % , while the S & P 500 fell 5.1 % and the Nasdaq dropped 4.7 % .
Earlier the Dow and S & P 500 had plunged more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temporary halt to trade , but shares recovered some ground as Congress appeared set to approve a relief bill .
The pound 's weakness could partly stem from questions over how the UK government plans to pay for the emergency economic measures it has introduced , says Neil Wilson , chief analyst for Markets.com .
`` This is the worst sustained period of sterling selling that I can recall , '' he says .
`` The government 's massive fiscal package undoubtedly means more borrowing for the UK economy - how do we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the FTSE 100 index of top UK firms closed down 4 % , with aerospace and travel firms among the hardest hit .
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed a £350bn stimulus package for UK firms on Tuesday , including £330bn of business loan guarantees .
It included aid to cover a business rates holiday and grants for retailers and pubs , while help for airlines is also being considered .
Despite this , investors are still flocking to the comparatively safer dollar , says Ranko Berich , head of Market Analysis at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response to the incoming coronavirus shock has been about as aggressive as possible in terms of monetary and fiscal policy , but this has done nothing to help sterling .
`` Idiosyncratic factors such as the UK 's monetary and fiscal response or Brexit are beside the point : this is about the US dollar , which is proving unstoppable as global financial markets stare into the abyss of crisis-like conditions , '' he said .
Investors say rescue measures can only blunt the pain , as countries close borders and order mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a halt .
The US on Tuesday outlined a $ 1tn ( £830bn ) proposal to support the world 's biggest economy , which is expected to include direct payments to families , small business assistance and bailouts for airlines and other industries .
• US plans to pay Americans as part of $ 1tn stimulus In the US , large companies have already announced more than 3,600 job cuts or furloughs , according to research firm Challenger , Gray & Christmas .
The firm said some nine million other jobs at local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk .
Car factories in the UK and elsewhere have halted production , while the slowdown has pushed other firms such as Laura Ashley and Flybe into administration .
Concerns about the damage have spurred a widespread sell-off .
France 's CAC 40 fell more than 6 % while Germany 's Dax dropped more than 5 % .
Oil prices also plunged to levels not seen since the early 2000s , as demand contracts sharply , but exporters boost supply .
The declines have even hit gold and government debt , which are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ markets have fared better than the US and Europe in recent days , but were also lower .
Japan 's benchmark Nikkei 225 ended Wednesday 1.7 % lower , the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell by 3.3 % , and China 's Shanghai Composite lost 1.8 % .
Sterling 's fall to a 35-year low against the dollar is clearly troubling .
It is down 12 % since the beginning of last week , and 5 % today alone .
This is partly down to the strengthening dollar , due to its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' the inevitable result of global volatility in financial markets amid the Coronavirus pandemic .
But those are n't the only reasons for sterling 's weakness .
The pound has sunk to to just over €1.06 against the euro- its lowest level since the depth of the financial crisis 11 years ago .
The pound is likely to be at a record low on measures of its global value , to be calculated tomorrow .
At the same time , UK government borrowing costs are creeping up , with the presumption these would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being tested in global debt markets .
Traders have raised a range of reasons for why the UK is being particularly singled out for attention .
There is growing expectation of ever bigger fiscal injections to combat the economic impact of the pandemic and the UK is still very dependent on foreign flows of capital .
Its strategy for dealing with the pandemic was seen , say traders , as an outlier amongst the world 's major economies .
Then there is Brexit .
The UK has the extra economic challenge of dealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the EU , perhaps on WTO tariffs , in the middle of this pandemic .
It is a very rough market out there , with some markets a little dysfunctional as traders are isolated away from their trading floors .
But the UK is being singled out for especially tough treatment .

"Idiosyncratic factors such as the UK's monetary and fiscal response or Brexit are beside the point: this is about the US dollar, which is proving unstoppable as global financial markets stare into the abyss of crisis-like conditions," he said.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Indyref 'paused' for this year due to coronavirus

The Scottish government has confirmed it is no longer planning to hold an independence referendum this year .
Constitution Secretary Mike Russell said the plans had been `` paused '' due to the coronavirus pandemic .
He said the move would allow the government to focus all of its resources on the health crisis .
In a letter to the UK government , he said : `` It follows from this that a referendum will not be held this year . ''
Mr Russell urged the UK government to place a similar pause on the EU/UK negotiations in the Brexit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Murdo Fraser said putting the referendum preparations on hold was welcome news and would `` come as a relief to workers and businesses alike '' .
The letter , which was sent to UK cabinet minister Michael Gove , said : `` Because of the crisis , the Scottish government has paused work on preparing for an independence referendum this year .
`` We have also written to the Electoral Commission to make clear we do not expect it to undertake testing of a referendum question until public health circumstances permit such activity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus all available resource on current and future demands in what is an unprecedented set of circumstances .
`` It follows from this that a referendum will not be held this year . ''
Mr Russell went on to `` strongly suggest '' that the UK government takes similar action with regard to the Brexit process by pausing negotiations with the UK for at least six months .
He said : `` It would seem impossible for business and others to cope with the enormous challenge of coronavirus while at the same time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the EU in nine months ' time . ''
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie commended Mr Russell for `` a very sensible decision in the face of this overwhelming crisis facing us all '' .
The Scottish Greens said it was right that the Scottish government prioritised its resources to deal with the public health crisis that we all face .
Earlier this week , First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urged SNP activists to stop campaigning during the coronavirus outbreak , and to instead `` focus on looking out for your family , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boris Johnson had already ruled granting the formal consent that Ms Sturgeon said would be needed to ensure any referendum would be legal .
Ms Sturgeon had also made clear she would not hold an unofficial vote similar to the disputed one in Catalonia in 2017 .
Many senior SNP figures had privately admitted there was little chance of a vote being held before next year 's Scottish Parliament election .
But as recently as 9 March , the SNP 's leader at Westminster , Ian Blackford , told the National newspaper that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aimed at holding a referendum this year .


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: Online shopping website Ocado suspends service

Online shopping delivery service Ocado has suspended its online food delivery service , blaming higher demand than it can meet .
Ocado said existing customers with orders would still receive them .
Meanwhile , supermarkets have introduced strict limits on how many goods people can buy to try to curb stockpiling as the coronavirus pandemic escalates .
Tesco , Sainsbury 's and Asda will now stop shoppers buying more than three of any particular food item .
Sainsbury 's has also said it will prioritise vulnerable and elderly people for online deliveries .
Ocado said it was experiencing `` a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its website and more demand for products and deliveries than it could meet .
`` This temporary closure will allow us to complete essential work that will help to make sure distribution of products and delivery slots is as fair and accessible as possible for all our loyal customers , '' it added .
Asda and Sainsbury 's buying restrictions will also apply to cleaning and toiletry products , while Tesco 's limits will apply to all products .
`` If you could help us by limiting demand of essential items and allowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our customers - we are confident that we can continue to feed the nation , '' said Tesco .
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Asda said it had seen `` a heightened demand '' for products both in stores and online .
`` We have plenty of products to go around , but we have a responsibility to do the right thing for our communities to help our customers look after their loved ones in a time of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the BBC that cashiers and customers using self-checkout would not be able to scan more than three of the same restricted items .
Sainsbury 's said it was updating its tills to reflect the limits .
Aldi has already introduced limits of four items per shopper on all products , while Morrisons has said it will expand its online delivery service .
Other retailers including Tesco and Boots have set limits on particularly popular products such as pasta , tissues and hand sanitiser .
Boots chief executive Sebastian James said the issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` No supply chain can survive a sudden , unexpected global ten-fold increase in demand .
And what we thought was incredibly important was that as many people as possible could get what they actually needed , '' he told the BBC 's Today programme .
Supermarkets ' online delivery services have also been overwhelmed by the surge in demand .
Before Ocado suspended its whole service it had taken down its app due to the spike in orders .
Others meanwhile vented their frustration on Twitter at being one of thousands in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order .
Other businesses have also announced new measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic , including : • Amazon : The online retailer is stopping sellers from sending `` non-essentials '' to its US and UK warehouses to make space for sought-after baby products and groceries .
• Pret : From Thursday the chain will no longer allow customers to sit in-store , `` to reduce points of contact '' in shops .
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Supermarket chain Sainsbury 's already had a two-item limit on its most popular goods , including toilet paper , soap and long-life milk .
From 23 March , it said disabled customers and those over 70 will be given priority for online delivery slots .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shopping will be dedicated to older and vulnerable people in its 600 UK stores .
The chain follows other supermarkets in introducing reserved time slots for the elderly .
They include Iceland outlets across the country and all 39 Lidl stores in Northern Ireland .
Sainsbury 's told the BBC that it would consider future dedicated shopping hours `` in line with government guidance '' , after the one-off on Thursday .
Sainsbury 's chief executive Mike Coupe added it was `` focusing all of our efforts on getting as much food and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into our warehouses and onto shelves as we possibly can .
`` We still have enough food for everyone - if we all just buy what we need for us and our families . ''
Mr Coupe confirmed that it was closing its cafes as well as its fish , pizza and meat counters to free up more staff to work on `` keeping the shelves as well stocked as possible . ''
Asda will also temporarily shut down its `` non-essential '' services including its rotisserie and pizza counters to free up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The announcements came as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps signed off a temporary relaxation of drivers ' hours rules to deliver goods to stores around the UK .
A Department for Transport statement said the rule change applies only to drivers supplying food and `` essential products to supermarkets '' .
Sainsbury 's competitor Morrisons said on Tuesday it is creating 3,500 jobs to meet surging demand for its home delivery service caused by the pandemic .
The chain said it would be recruiting 2,500 pickers and drivers and hiring about 1,000 people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its preliminary results for the week ending 2 February , its chief executive David Potts said retailers were `` facing unprecedented challenges '' when dealing with Covid-19 .
Despite the increased uncertainty , it said it had seen sales increase in recent weeks due to customers stockpiling .

"We have plenty of products to go around, but we have a responsibility to do the right thing for our communities to help our customers look after their loved ones in a time of need," it added.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Johnny Depp: Dispute over finger injury at centre of The Sun libel case

How Johnny Depp lost the top of his middle finger is proving key to a libel case he has brought against The Sun .
The actor is suing publisher News Group Newspapers ( NGN ) over a 2018 article that alleged he was violent and abusive towards his ex-wife Amber Heard .
At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday , the newspaper group said he sustained the injury during `` an alcohol and drug-addled rage against Ms Heard '' in 2015 .
But he claims his finger was fractured when she threw a glass bottle at him .
The couple met @ @ @ @ @ @ @ settled their divorce out of court in 2017 .
Ms Heard , who is giving evidence in support of The Sun , has accused her ex-husband of grabbing , shoving and strangling her while they were on holiday in Australia .
She claims he `` severely injured his finger , cutting off the top '' while he was smashing a telephone against a wall , according to NGN 's barrister Adam Wolanski QC .
But Mr Depp claims Ms Heard threw a glass bottle at him , which smashed and fractured his finger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out on [ Mr Depp 's ] right cheek '' .
Mr Wolanski said the accounts of what happened were `` diametrically opposed '' and claimed Mr Depp 's version of events was undermined by texts he later sent to his doctor .
Penelope Cruz and Winona Ryder have provided written statements that express surprise and shock at seeing him characterised as violent .
According to Mr Wolanski , Ms Heard believes her ex-husband is `` leaking evidence which he thinks supports his case into the press '' .
It will be decided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the two-week trial will begin on Monday .
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Ms Heard, who is giving evidence in support of The Sun, has accused her ex-husband of grabbing, shoving and strangling her while they were on holiday in Australia.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Alex Salmond case: Witness says accuser did not attend Bute House dinner

A woman who Alex Salmond is accused of attempting to rape did not attend a dinner at his official residence on the night the incident is alleged to have happened , a witness has claimed .
The witness , Samantha Barber , said she had attended a meal with Mr Salmond and a celebrity at Bute House in June 2014 .
She said she had not seen a government official known as Woman H there .
Woman H has previously told the trial that Mr Salmond `` pounced '' on her after the dinner and took her clothes off .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence from the celebrity last week , who told police that he could remember Woman H being at the dinner .
Mr Salmond denies attempting to rape Woman H , and a further charge of sexually assaulting her the previous month .
• Follow @ bbcphilipsim for live updates from the trial He also denies a further 11 charges of sexual assault against eight other women , all of which are alleged to have happened while he was Scotland 's first minister and the leader of the SNP .
Giving evidence to his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she knew Woman H and had a `` strong recollection '' of being invited by her to attend the dinner with the celebrity and Mr Salmond .
However , the businesswoman said her recollection was that Woman H had told her she would not be there .
She went on to say that it had only been her , Mr Salmond and the celebrity who were at the dinner .
Ms Barber said there had been a bottle of wine but she was not drinking because she was driving home afterwards , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the celebrity at about 21:00 .
Asked by defence lawyer Shelagh McCall QC whether she had seen Woman H at any point that night , Ms Barber replied : `` No , I did n't . ''
When prosecutor Alex Prentice QC later put it to her that Woman H had indeed been there , Ms Barber replied : `` No . ''
She went on to say : `` I absolutely genuinely have no recollection of seeing ( Woman H ) that night . ''
Woman H alleged during the first day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pounced '' on her after the dinner .
She claimed that he ignored her pleas to stop and started removing both his clothes and hers , before pushing her onto a bed and getting on top of her while he was naked .
Mr Salmond told the court on Tuesday that he had a previous `` consenting sexual encounter '' with Woman H which did not result in full sex .
He said Woman H 's allegations against him were `` lies '' , and that she had been angry when he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been involved in .
Also giving evidence on Wednesday was former SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh , who said Woman H had texted her in 2015 to say that `` it would be great to work with Alex again '' .
She said Woman H was later `` clearly very annoyed '' that her project had not been endorsed by Mr Salmond .
Ms Ahmed-Sheikh also said she had been at Stirling Castle in November 2014 and had watched Mr Salmond having his photograph taken with a former civil servant known as Woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ untoward .
The former first minister is alleged to have put his hand on the bottom of Woman K while the photograph was being taken .
Among the other defence witnesses on Wednesday were a female civil servant who said she had never felt uncomfortable around Mr Salmond and was not aware of any system to prevent women working alone with him at night .
What has the trial heard so far ?
• Woman claims former first minister gave her 'very sloppy ' kisses • Woman says former first minister 'apologised ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her after 'zombie walk' Another witness , Alexander Anderson , said he had worked for Mr Salmond for 15 years in various roles .
Mr Anderson said the former first minister had `` always been tactile '' and would shake hands and hug people in the street .
But he said Mr Salmond 's behaviour was `` absolutely not inappropriate '' .
Mr Salmond says he is innocent of all the allegations against him .
He has entered not guilty pleas to all 13 of the charges which he still faces , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of sexual assault with intent to rape , nine sexual assaults and two indecent assaults .
He was acquitted of a further charge of sexual assault against a 10th woman when the Crown dropped the allegation .

She claimed that he ignored her pleas to stop and started removing both his clothes and hers, before pushing her onto a bed and getting on top of her while he was naked.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Whorlton Hall abuse: 'Devious staff' misled inspectors

Failings by the care watchdog and a `` toxic culture '' may have allowed `` devious staff '' to abuse vulnerable hospital residents , a review has found .
Whorlton Hall in County Durham was closed after a Panorama investigation appeared to show patients with learning difficulties being mistreated .
The Care Quality Commission ( CQC ) was criticised over its inspections and regulation of the Barnard Castle site .
The review said a small group of staff `` deliberately misled '' inspectors .
The CQC has already been criticised for not properly acting on concerns of whistleblowers , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report by inspector Barry Stanley-Wilkinson .
Whorlton Hall , which treated patients with severe learning difficulties and autism , had seven CQC inspections between 2015 and 2019 , when the Panorama programme was broadcast .
More on this story : Clinical psychologist Professor Glynis Murphy 's review heard from staff who had been on the `` shop floor '' and talked about the `` toxic culture '' among a small group of staff in Whorlton Hall .
The review went on : `` This so-called 'alpha group ' of staff had worked in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seemed that senior staff had recognised that they behaved inappropriately in various ways , engaging in conversations that were unsuitable between themselves , and socialising closely outside of work as well as in work .
`` According to whistleblowers , two staff members , who had been considered to be the ringleaders , had been moved out of Whorlton Hall by senior managers to different services on two occasions , between 2014 and 2016 , each time for a period of months .
`` Those interviewed reported the service had improved in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back each time , after being disciplined , apparently because there were insufficient grounds to sack them . ''
The review said levels of restraint used at Whorlton Hall were `` sometimes very high '' and that there were suggestions some residents who had complained about abuse were pressurised to withdraw them by `` unscrupulous staff '' .
The review added : `` Where there is a small group of devious staff who deliberately mislead both those engaged in inspection and regulation processes , it is very difficult to detect their actions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and have limited communication skills .
`` In hindsight , unannounced visits , especially at evenings and weekends , may have helped to detect failings in the service . ''
The review makes several other recommendations , including more use of covert CCTV .
Ian Trenholm , chief executive of CQC , said : `` We will be incorporating the recommendations into our new strategy to ensure we improve how we regulate mental health , learning disability and/or autism services to get it right for people who use these services .
`` The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of restraint , seclusion and segregation continues , and the final report will make practical recommendations for CQC and the wider system to improve care and outcomes for people with a learning disability and autistic people . ''
Danshell Group ran the 17-bed hospital unit in 2015 and was taken over by Cygnet in 2018 .
Cygnet said it was `` shocked and deeply saddened '' by the abuse allegations .
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The review went on: "This so-called 'alpha group' of staff had worked in Whorlton Hall for many years and it seemed that senior staff had recognised that they behaved inappropriately in various ways, engaging in conversations that were unsuitable between themselves, and socialising closely outside of work as well as in work.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Levi Ogden death: Man admits manslaughter charge

A man has admitted killing a mother of two who was found injured in a town centre street .
Levi Ogden , 26 , was discovered in Silver Street , Halifax , in November , and died later in hospital .
Lloyd Birkby , 27 , was initially charged with murdering Ms Ogden , but prosecutors accepted his plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter .
He also pleaded guilty to common assault in relation to another woman on the same night .
Appearing via video-link at Bradford Crown Court , Birkby , of Langdale Street in Elland , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and told he would be sentenced on 8 April .
Prosecutor Dafydd Enoch QC said the intended pleas were considered in detail both with the team involved in the investigation and Ms Ogden 's family .
`` The bottom line is that plea is acceptable to the Crown , '' he said .
Mr Enoch said the prosecution intended to offer no evidence on the murder charge .
Birkby 's defence barrister Stephen Wood QC told the judge that a psychologist 's assessment of his client was ongoing .
Judge Jonathan Rose said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and common assault by the Recorder of Leeds next month .
`` You know full well a custodial sentence will follow , '' he added .
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Appearing via video-link at Bradford Crown Court, Birkby, of Langdale Street in Elland, West Yorkshire, was remanded in custody and told he would be sentenced on 8 April.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: Vodafone UK sees 30% rise in data use

Vodafone has said it is experiencing a 30 % rise in internet traffic across its UK fixed-line and mobile networks .
More people are working from home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic , putting more demand on all networks .
TalkTalk , another internet provider , said that its daytime network traffic was 20 % higher on Tuesday than Monday .
It added that Wednesday 's figures were approaching the same levels , but it has the capacity to `` withstand increases in volume at any time of day '' .
Use of remote-access technologies , webmail and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vodafone says spikes in usage are `` largely the same '' as before in terms of the total amount of data being uploaded and downloaded .
But the `` busy hours '' , which normally run from 18:00 to 20:00 , now extend all the way back to lunchtime .
• A SIMPLE GUIDE : What are the symptoms ?
• STRESS : How to protect your mental health • MAPS AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the outbreak '' We have enough headroom to meet growing demand and to keep the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News .
`` Our network team is keeping a constant watch on the situation . ''
Other network operators have noted streamed television and games downloads still make use of considerably more bandwidth .
One of the most popular corporate video chat apps , Microsoft Teams , typically requires 0.5-1Mbps , while streaming a TV programme in 4K and high dynamic range ( HDR ) can require a constant rate of 20-44Mbps .
The forthcoming launch of Disney+ in the UK , which will offer 4K-resolution content , and the BBC 's plans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of schools being suspended , could therefore put the networks under more strain .
Even so , TalkTalk says it is prepared .
`` We continually optimise our network for both our consumer and business customers and are well prepared to ensure they receive reliable connectivity , '' it said .
That does not mean that every service will necessarily run smoothly .
Blizzard - the company behind multiplayer games including World of Warcraft and Overwatch - reported its service had suffered as a result of a cyber-attack .
And the company had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting times '' as a result of a decision to allow staff to work from home because of the Covid-19 outbreak .
Epic said its video game Fortnite had also experienced multiple issues lasting about three hours on Tuesday .


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Coronavirus: Princess Beatrice 'reviewing' wedding plans

The Queen 's granddaughter Princess Beatrice is `` reviewing '' her wedding plans over the coronavirus pandemic , a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman has said .
She was due to marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on May 29 , with the Queen hosting their reception at Buckingham Palace .
The reception has been cancelled and they will consider government advice before deciding whether to hold a smaller ceremony .
The couple wished to avoid `` unnecessary risks '' , the spokeswoman added .
They are `` particularly conscious '' of government advice in relation to both `` the wellbeing of older family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Queen , 93 , had been due to host the private reception in the gardens of Buckingham Palace .
It is not known whether the Queen , or her husband , the Duke of Edinburgh , 98 , will attend the ceremony , which is due to take place at the Chapel Royal , St James Palace , in London .
• A SIMPLE GUIDE : What are the symptoms ?
• STRESS : How to protect your mental health • MAPS AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the outbreak It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been cast over plans for the couple 's nuptials , with newspapers reporting concerns that travel restrictions may stop some wedding guests flying in from overseas .
That includes the family of Mr Mapelli Mozzi , 37 , who hails from the Lombardy region of northern Italy .
Italy has registered the most cases outside China at more than 31,500 , and announced another surge in deaths on Tuesday , from 2,150 to 2,503 .
The country remains in lockdown .
The couple announced their wedding date back in February ending weeks of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father Prince Andrew 's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
The prince has retired from royal duties for the foreseeable future .
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said : `` Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi are very much looking forward to getting married but are equally aware of the need to avoid undertaking any unnecessary risks in the current circumstances .
`` In line with government advice for the UK and beyond , the couple are reviewing their arrangements for 29th May .
`` The couple will carefully consider government advice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take place amongst a small group of family and friends . ''

It is not known whether the Queen, or her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, 98, will attend the ceremony, which is due to take place at the Chapel Royal, St James Palace, in London.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--Brenda Page: Man aged 79 appears in court charged with 1978 murder

A 79-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a scientist in Aberdeen 42 years ago .
@ @ @ @ @ Page , 32 , was found in her flat in the city 's Allan Street @ @ @ @ @ genetic scientist was working at the University of Aberdeen at the time of her death @ @ @ @ @ Aberdeen Sheriff Court .
He made no plea and was released on bail .

The genetic scientist was working at the University of Aberdeen at the time of her death.


bbcuk--2020-03-18--New plan for NI Troubles cases to 'limit' investigations

Only a small number of Troubles killings will receive `` full-blown '' investigations under a new approach to dealing with Northern Ireland 's past .
The plan , announced by the government on Wednesday , will likely disappoint hundreds of families .
It would see the vast majority of almost 2,000 unsolved cases closed and prevented in legislation from ever being re-opened .
The move represents a significant rethink of the legacy issue .
Under what is being proposed , unresolved cases would be `` swiftly '' assessed by a new independent body .
But only those in which there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realistic prospect of a prosecution '' would move to a full-blown investigation .
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The Northern Ireland Office said : `` Once cases have been considered there will be a legal bar on any future investigation occurring .
`` This will end the cycle of reinvestigations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ army ) veterans alike .
Parties have been briefed about the plan , which would need to be adopted in legislation at Westminster .
One source familiar with discussions said while there is `` a route to prosecutions , it is not the emphasis '' under the fresh approach .
Previously , all or most cases would likely have had an investigation - a process which could collectively have taken a decade to achieve at a cost £400m .
The government has pledged to table legacy legislation within 100 days of Stormont 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still being worked towards .
The updated legacy plan has been set out on the same day as the Minister for Veterans ' Affairs , Jonny Mercer , announces legislation to protect former soldiers from `` vexatious '' historical investigations .
Notably however , it will only cover overseas operations , not Northern Ireland .
The proposals have met with a cool response in the Republic of Ireland .
Tánaiste ( deputy prime minister ) Simon Coveney said what was suggested amounted to `` significant changes '' to the legacy approach signed up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2014 .
Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin said the re-think was `` unacceptable '' .
She added : `` What is being proposed is not the implementation of Stormont House as committed to in the New Decade , New Approach document , nor is it fully human rights compliant . ''
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said : `` It is an act of spectacular bad faith for the secretary of state to seek to undermine previous agreements in the absence of clear consensus from all parties .
`` The SDLP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grainne Teggart , Amnesty UK campaigns manager for Northern Ireland , said : `` This is the latest attempt by the Government to close down paths to justice .
`` These proposals are a further betrayal of victims already let down by the Government 's failure to put in place mechanisms to deliver truth , justice and accountability . ''

She added: "What is being proposed is not the implementation of Stormont House as committed to in the New Decade, New Approach document, nor is it fully human rights compliant."