to stay at home protect our NHS 27
million people watched the Prime
Minister's decree last night this
morning in central London signs of real
impact in Glasgow - the government is
underlining the message with mass
texting of the population the
instruction now to stay at home unless
you're shopping for basic necessities
going for some daily exercise have
medical needs are taking essential
workers children to school or have
unavoidable travel for work that can't
be done from home construction workers
among them and allowed to travel to work
by the government they're supposed to
keep two metres distance between each
other on site the Mayor of London was
asked if they should be allowed to carry
on working my view is no and I made that
point quite forcefully at yesterday's
Cobra and I made that point quite
clearly to the Prime Minister according
to the government's advice the answer is
yes his concern that while many are
avoiding the trains there are still too
many rush hour commuters squeezing into
a reduced train service but many of
those commuting today it seems are from
other sectors
I work in a bank and mighty supports are
people working from home so I support
workers from one have to go to work I
have to close my shop
she runs a vaping shop with her husband
today like so many shutting up shop with
no idea when they'll be able to open it
up again West Midlands Police said they
found it unbelievable that officers
today had to break up a barbecue party
as residents ignored the government's
ban on gatherings police forces around
the country seem to take different lines
on how to interpret the new laws wanted
help from the government on what was
expected of them the guidance needs to
be real clarity to be very clear about
all of the the reasons that people can
and can't be outside as of today the
cabinet meets by teleconference and the
daily press conference is conducted in
an empty room in Downing Street with
journalists linked up from their offices
amongst the questions today what should
individuals do if they're uncomfortable
being ordered by their employers to turn
up at non-essential work the advice is
crystal clear to go to work where that
work can't be done at home and what
should boyfriends girlfriends do if they
don't currently live together so if your
two individuals two halves of the couple
are currently in separate households
ideally they should stay in those
households the alternative might be that
for quite a significant period going
forward that they should just test the
strengths of their relationship and
decide whether one wishes to be
permanently resident in another
household but people have been people
histories cuddlin and they're just not
it you see this way and see then the
deal of quarter the bullet issue
seriously peaceably dawn has gone above
us in Scotland the governor
allowing only limited construction work
to carry on other implementation may
differ over time tonight another stark
image to remind the whole country why
this is all necessary the government has
announced London's Excel Centre in the
Docklands is to be turned into a four
thousand bed emergency hospital the
Exhibition Centre was the venue for the
g20 summit when world leaders tried to
shore up the world's economy 11 years
ago after the financial crash now the
site for what is showing every sign of
being a bigger economic shock on top of
human tragedy for many with no clear end
in sight