Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 Activists have been pictured in London’s Hyde Park protesting the UK’s coronavirus lockdown. Pictures from the park in the heart of the capital showed around 40 protesters gathered on Saturday morning. Standing near Speaker’s Corner at the north-eastern end of the park They brandished banners reading “This is not about a virus, this is about control” and “No to the new abnormal”. Read more: standard.co.uk/news/london/anti-lockdown-protest-hyde-park-a4442461.html

Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 Britons have been urged to stick to coronavirus lockdown rules and resist visiting their local beach or park as temperatures were expected to soar to 26C in some areas over the Easter weekend. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the Bank Holiday weekend will be a “test of the nation’s resolve” as he issued another warning to the public to “stay at home” and curb the spread of the virus. The warning comes a day after the UK recorded its highest daily death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients, with the total nearly at 9,000. Meanwhile, a total of 19 NHS employees have died from suspected coronavirus since the Covid-19 outbreak began, Mr Hancock said. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-live-latest-updates-death-toll-boris-johnson-a4412356.html

Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 London’s new NHS Nightingale Hospital could need a staggering 16,000 members of staff to treat coronavirus patients should it reach full capacity. The new 4,000-bed temporary facility at the ExCel convention centre is due to open this week despite building work only starting last Wednesday. Split into more than 80 wards containing 42 beds each, the Nightingale will become one of the biggest hospitals in the world, according to its chief operating officer Natalie Forrest. And Ms Forrest said a “scary” number of staff would be needed to run the facility at full capacity and appealed for volunteers to come forward. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/nhs-nightingale-hospital-london-coronavirus-staff-full-capacity-a4403436.html