Public urged to stay at home amid warm weather forecast
Police face 'one of biggest challenges' of lockdown this weekend
Ministers say 'stay at home' is an instruction, not a request
More than 600 new virus deaths in England in 24 hours
A five-year-old with underlying health conditions is among those who died
Nurse deaths from coronavirus 'inevitable'
BA cabin crew contract virus on long-haul flights
Landlady's 'regret' over lockdown 'lock-in'
Latest updates on Saturday 4 April
James Law
BBC News
That's about it for today's updates from around England, but we'll be back tomorrow with more live coverage of the coronavirus crisis.
Have a good evening - but please make sure you follow the government's advice to stay at home.
Thanks for joining us.
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A foodbank used a limousine to help deliver 800kg of supplies to people whose resources have been stretched thin during the coronavirus.
Image source, LDRSGleadless Valley teamed up with rental company American Pie Limousines on Friday, using a white Rolls Royce to deliver essential packages to those in need in Sheffield.
A party-goer who ended up naked in a road after taking drugs has been labelled "selfish" after three ambulances had to attend.
Hampshire Police said the reveler had "dropped acid and suffered a bad trip" in Horndean.
The force, which is investigating the matter under new Covid-19 powers, described it as a "selfish and avoidable deployment" during the pandemic, when people should be socially distancing.
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Image source, South Beds News AgencyWatford General Hospital blamed a shortage of oxygen for closing its A&E unit to new patients.
A five-year-old with underlying health conditions is among the latest reported victims of coronavirus in the UK, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said.
The latest figures show 4,313 people with the virus have now died in the UK - up by 708 on Friday's figure.
There are now 41,903 confirmed cases, according to the Department of Health.
Simon Armstrong
BBC News
Sun-seekers in North Tyneside appear to have followed government advice to stay at home.
This picture was taken at Tynemouth's Longsands beach earlier and shows a largely deserted shoreline below the crisp blue sky.
However, a number of surfers did take to the water.
Image source, PA MediaNorthumbria Police officers have been patrolling the town's streets on horseback as officials try to drive home the message for people to stay at home to help slow the spread of Covid-19.
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A disused psychiatric hospital in York could be reopened to treat coronavirus patients.
York Central's Labour MP Rachael Maskell said Bootham Park Hospital was under consideration if the NHS needed to increase capacity to cope with a high number of seriously ill residents.
She said: “There could be a very high level of sick people in the city and we can’t see where they are all going to go. We will need serious space."
The Grade-I listed hospital was built in 1777 and closed in 2015.
Last year it was announced it would be sold off after attempts to keep it publicly-owned had failed.
Police have wide-ranging powers to help fight coronavirus, by enforcing social distancing measures designed to keep people apart.
The three key tools officers have been given are:
Image source, Getty ImagesPolice have been told to be "consistent" when applying measures introduced to stop the spread of coronavirus.
It follows criticism that some forces have gone too far when trying to ensure people follow the rules.
There are "serious questions" about why the Cheltenham Festival went ahead last month amid the coronavirus outbreak, the shadow sports minister says.
There were 251,684 racegoers in attendance across the four days of the festival, while 68,500 attended Gold Cup day on 13 March.
Image source, Getty ImagesCatherine West told BBC Sport it was "worrying to hear several Cheltenham racegoers have contracted Covid-19".
The event took place just days before the government banned mass gatherings.
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Joe Burn
A group to support new and expecting mums during the lockdown has been set up in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Baby Talk group gives parents a place to find advice and support online.
Image source, Getty ImagesCandi Chetwynd who created the group and is also a councillor for Smallthorne, said: "I decided to set up Baby Talk as a safe, welcoming and supportive space for ladies, babies and bumps to hang out in their living rooms during these isolating times.
"I feel that ladies at this point in their life are finding lockdown to be doubly isolating so the best way to break that isolation is through virtual interaction with others who are in the same boat."
North Yorkshire's national parks are urging people to stay away this weekend.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has told people to heed government instructions and stay at home.
Visitor centres, car parks and toilets are all closed, while public rights of way remain open for residents to take exercise and shop for essentials.
Bosses at the North York Moors have the same message and say they are grateful that people are responding.
Image source, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals TrustThe £147m reorganisation of services in Bournemouth and Poole was due to be completed in July.
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BBC News Online
Two people who licked a telephone box were escorted back to it by police and supervised while they cleaned it.
Newark Police said on Facebook that officers had tracked down the suspects and "explained the potential consequences of their actions".
The pair then "cleaned it top to bottom with disinfectant".
The Nottinghamshire officers also said they had visited numerous homes after reports of residents not following government guidance on social distancing.
"The majority of residents are keeping to the guidelines which in turn will help the NHS save lives," they said.
While a few green spaces across the country have some footfall on this sunny Saturday, a usually-busy stretch of the M6 looks dormant.
Lancashire Road Police expressed their delight on Twitter that most people seemed to be listening to instructions from the government to stay at home.
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Premier League leaders Liverpool are the latest top-flight club to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave.
Staff affected will receive 80% of their salary through the government's job retention scheme and the club will make up the difference.
Image source, Getty Images"There is ongoing active engagement about the topic of salary deductions during the period matches are not being played to schedule," the club said.
"These discussions are complex and as a result the process is ongoing."
Robert Cuffe
BBC head of statistics
The number of 708 deaths is a new high, but a fall in cases indicates the UK is slightly below trend.
The drop in new confirmed cases from 4,450 on Friday to 3,735 cases shows a continued slowdown.
New cases were growing by about 20% a day up to last weekend. In the last week, that slowed to about 10% a day.
That's even after allowing for the expansion of testing to include NHS workers. Even if Saturday's fall is followed by rises, it is evidence that case growth is slowing.
The figure of 708 new deaths is a record high, but it is also below scientific expectations. Deaths have been growing by just under 25% each day. That means doubling every 3.5 days.
A continuation of that would have taken us from 684 deaths on Friday to more than 800.
The first day of a below trend growth is too soon to call a turn, but there is hope that the slowdown we're seeing in case numbers will eventually feed through into the numbers of new deaths.
NHS England has reported a further 637 hospital deaths from coronavirus in hospitals across the country.
That brings the total number of reported deaths in hospitals in England to 3,939.
An NHS trust has been told it would have to pay almost £10,000 a month to provide patients with free phone calls during the pandemic.
Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust asked the company that provides bedside telephones about diverting the costs to the trust and was told it would be charged £9,984 a month.
Image source, GoogleHospedia was contacted by the BBC but has not commented.
The trust said it was disappointed with the company's suggested charges and has raised the matter with NHS England, which awarded it the contract to provide phone and TV services across dozens of NHS trusts.
Nursing chiefs raise fears about protective equipment following the deaths of two nurses.
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BBC News Online
An auction broadcast from a garden shed has raised about £30,000 for the NHS.
Auctioneer Charles Hanson, who has appeared on Bargain Hunt, said the funds will be donated to Derby and Burton Hospitals' Covid-19 appeal.
The top selling lot of Friday night's auction was a day out antique shopping with Drew Prichard, from TV’s Salvage Hunters, which sold for £3,700. His cap made another £480.
Mr Prichard said: "It’s very important to support the NHS right now.”
Image source, HansonsA day out with Derby metal detectorist Adam Staples, who helped to uncover a coin hoard in Somerset, sold for £2,100.
Mr Hanson's BBC Bargain Hunt items - including his own gavel, tea for four in his shed and a day out at Hansons Auctioneers - sold for £1,770.
Meanwhile, a tour around Derbyshire’s Chatsworth House accompanied by the Duke of Devonshire made £1,550.