I'm am fortunate to live in a "nice" area in an individual house with a small garden. Even so, being told that I couldn't  go out for a daily walk would be a major blow for me.  I wouldn't appreciate that at all and think  that implementing to that levels is completely OTT.

If people are abusing the daily exercise allowance then they need  dealing   with - Stopping it  for those of us that are currently playing by the book would, I feel, be totally   counterproductive and  a lot of support for the lock-down would be lost (as Haggis illustrates above).

Personally, I would continue taking my daily exercise, I would merely take carrier bag with me.  |f challenged I would say I was  going shopping !

 

 

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The regional breakdown shows London have seen an increase in deaths again whilst the Midlands have seen a drop

• London 174


• North East & Yorkshire 103


• South East 81


• Midlands 74


• North West 47


• East of England 40


• South West 36

It's the only way to make China sit up and take notice, hit em where it hurts. In certain things they MUST change their culture and ways of doing things.

Why should the world go into recession because of their behaviours. The world needs to make an example of them.

Strange. BBC website says 4.04pm Hancock has started his talk. On the BBC TV news 4.07pm and just said we will go over there when he starts?

 

Go ahead and write to the Chinese Government and see if you get a reply.

In reality, this is just the usual behaviour of "free-market" advocates.

1. Something bad happens.

2. Find a scapegoat (preferably foreign).

3. Demand free money.

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Do you know what scapegoat means? No scapegoat here, THEY ARE THE SOURCE.

What’s happened to the conference. BBC jumped to it and already on questions from journalists.

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Yep looks like bbc news completely missed it and have just joined at the questions

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At 4.19 the TV BBC news has just gone to the update 15 mins after it started. They are just joining thr Q&A bit, no apology or reason why they missed Hancock's speech. Bored with him?

Beggars belief they have cancelled other programmes show they can this virus special, and when the main update comes on they bypass it. What the hell is going on??

Same the other day. The update was delayed and while it was still going on just before six they switched to the weather!

Sky did exactly the same. Problem with the feed?

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Just looking through Twitter. Their was a technical issue at the source of broadcast.

Both the BBC and Sky has the same issue.

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Don't know but would be good if they said something.

Shouldn't they have stopped it then until it was sorted.

Completly agree.

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We need a clear and comprehensive update on the PMs condition.

I find it concerning this hasn’t happened. He looked extremely unwell on Friday.

We need a fit PM and I believe we are close to requiring him to step aside temporarily.

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I'll ask the question I asked before. If it had broken out in the world's novel virus hotspot in Tanzania, would we be talking about asking the Tanzanian government for money?

It makes no difference where this broke out, it could have been anywhere. If you're going to make a point about misinformation, try suing our own government for compensation.

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Our relations in Italy had/have to write themselves a note specifying where they were going and why, as evidence of some sort that they were not bullshitting the authorities but were following the rules. Bit like predicting your outcome before doing an experiment! As long as you are keeping your distance and on a legitimate errand I can't see the reason to make a fuss. They should just stamp hard on the abusers. It will be the "usual suspects".

Roger

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Do they seriously put the most stupid journalists on this q and a.

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For those who asked - not sure what a wallbox is. I guess that with Hancock and Harries having very busy jobs at the moment it was thought best to do the briefing as soon as possible rather than delay them for however long it took. We will see the start of the briefing apparently.

 

People asking why we (and everyone) missed the first few minutes of @MattHancock 's briefing -
This was because a Wallbox in Downing Street failed.
There’ll be a refeed as soon as the press conference finishes - and we'll bring you those missing minutes on @BBCNews

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 5, 2020

The BBC have the graphics from from the presentation.

It’s bad news. Hospital admissions are at their highest in London. And have surged passed 4k

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Hospital admissions have increased again in London with the North West have seen a 25% increase

All broadcasters missed the start due to a technical issue 

Why would you request money from someone when you know they haven't got it. Not going to frighten them if they have no money in the first place. Because we know they have, we and other countries should pursue this with full force. Wealth, power etc IS a big thing for China. The world should be putting untold pressure on them.

As regards to our own government, I'm sure all country's governments would have done things differently to what they have. On the whole and is a big whole, I say they are doing okay.

 

Very disappointing, it looked like a decent trend was developing - this has  broken it 

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16,702 in hospitals across the UK with Covid-19