Summary
Pubs and restaurants told to shut...
The PM tells pubs, restaurants and cinemas to shut so the UK can fight the virus. And the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, makes some huge announcements to help the jobs market. Emily Maitlis joins Fergus and Adam.
Producers: Nick Rotherham and Ione Wells Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Well, it's last orders for Britain, because the government has told all pubs, bars, restaurants, clubs, theat, leisure centers and gyms to close down as soon as they can |
| 0:18.6 | and not to reopen for the foreseeable future. |
| 0:23.0 | What's weird is there's a pub behind me |
| 0:25.0 | with quite a few people in it, |
| 0:26.0 | quite a few people drinking outside as well, |
| 0:29.0 | and they're actually watching the news on a big TV inside |
| 0:32.0 | so they know that this is happening and they will have |
| 0:34.7 | just heard Boris Johnson and his daily press conference saying please don't |
| 0:38.0 | go out tonight for one last quick one oh well plenty to discuss on newscast. The Corona virus news |
| 0:44.9 | cost from the BBC. What is this virus? How does it spread? How do we protect |
| 0:49.6 | ourselves and our |
| 0:55.0 | we got some test results back for coronavirus and it came back positive. |
| 0:56.0 | We're just kind of trying to feel our way into this new normal. |
| 0:59.0 | I must level with you level with the British public. More families and many more families are going to |
| 1:06.2 | lose loved ones before their time. Relax, we're doing great. It all will pass. |
| 1:11.6 | Hello everyone it is Friday night and I'm Emily Meatless and I am a newbie, a newcomer to the |
| 1:18.7 | Corona virus newscast which we're doing daily on weekdays from here on. |
| 1:23.4 | Hi, this is Fergus Walsh sitting a good two meters away from Emily. |
| 1:27.6 | And it's Adam Fleming in a studio in the basement, so six floors of social |
| 1:32.2 | distancing away from you guys. |
| 1:34.0 | So we're all doing the social distancing. |
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