6 Daily Express Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Amsterdam Fair 22C/72F
Brussels Sunny 24C/75F
Dublin Sunny 16C/61F
Frankfurt Sunny 24C/75F
Geneva Sunny 21C/70F
Lisbon Cloudy 17C/63F
Madrid Fair 22C/72F
Paris Fair 23C/73F
Rome Sunny 19C/66FAmsterdam Fair 18C/64F
Brussels Sunny 22C/72F
Dublin Fair 14C/57F
Frankfurt Sunny 25C/77F
Geneva Sunny 22C/72F
Lisbon Rain 18C/64F
Madrid Showers 19C/66F
Paris Sunny 25C/77F
Rome Sunny 19C/66FSupplied byMeteoGroupNorth West:It will be dry with sunny
periods and variable amounts of cloud.
Light winds. Warm. High 18C (64F).East Anglia:Dry and fine with plenty of
blue sky and sunny spells. Light winds.
Warm. High 20C (68F).
Northern Ireland:Cloudy, with scattered
showers for a time. Drier later. Gentle
southerly winds. Very mild. High 14C (57F).London/South East:The chance of an
isolated shower at first, but mainly fine and
sunny. Light winds. Warm. High 22C (72F).
Wales:Dry and fine with sunny spells and
patchy cloud. A possible shower. Light
winds. Warm. High 18C (64F).South:It will be dry with sunny periods
and variable amounts of cloud. Light winds.
Warm. High 20C (68F).
Midlands:It will be dry and fine with sunny
spells and patchy cloud. Light winds. Warm.
High 18C (64F).South West:Dry with good spells of
sunshine and only a little cloud. Light
winds. Warm. High 19C (66F).
Channel Isles:Dry and fine with lengthy
periods of sunshine. Gentle north-easterly
winds. Very mild. High 16C (61F).
Sea:North Sea: Moderate. Irish Sea:
Slight. Channel: Slight.Scotland:Largely dry but cloudy with light
rain and drizzle. Sunny spells too. Light
winds. High 16C (61F).
UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW:Dry and mostly fine with sunny spells and variable
amounts of cloud cover, although there will be more in the way of cloud cover in the north.North East/Yorks:Dry and bright with
sunshine but also patchy cloud. Gentle
westerly winds. Warm. High 19C (66F).Today Europe forecast TomorrowSIX-DAY FORECASTTemperatures in Centigrade
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to 2pm yesterday)Warmest:Northolt 19C (66F)
Coldest:Sennybridge -3C (27F)
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Sunniest:Aberporth 12.5hr.Lighting-up times Glasgow 8.10pm-6.25am
London 7.46pm-6.17am
Manchester 7.57pm-6.22am
Newcastle 7.57pm-6.17amBelfast 8.14pm-6.35am
Birmingham 7.54pm-6.22am
Bristol 7.55pm-6.26amLast Quarter
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SUNrises London: 6.19am, sets: 7.46pm
Manchesterrises: 6.24am, sets: 7.57pmMoon, sun and tidesHIGH TIDE
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Bristol 9.7 0.00 4 17
Cardiff 11.0 0.01 2 16
Durham 10.9 0.00 4 17
Edinburgh 10.8 0.00 4 14
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Hull 11.9 0.00 0 17
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Leeds 10.5 0.00 0 17
Lincoln 10.8 0.00 3 18
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By Hanna Geissler
and Macer HallANOTHER grim record was set
yesterday with 786 more corona-
virus deaths reported in the UK, the
biggest daily increase so far.
The new fatalities, among hospital
patients whose deaths were verified
in the 24 hours to 5pm on Monday,
took Britain’s toll to 6,159.
The figures dashed hopes that the
death rate was falling, with lower
numbers over the previous two days
likely due to delays in reporting over
the weekend.
However Sir Patrick Vallance, the
Government’s chief scientific adviser,
insisted there were signs that the
lockdown measures were working.
Some 3,634 new cases were
confirmed yesterday, fewer than the
3,802 on Monday.
Sir Patrick said Britain was “mov-
ing in the right direction” in driving
down new coronavirus infections.
He said data showed lockdown
measures were “flattening” the rate
of new cases. Hospital admissions
were rising but not accelerating out
of control and he warned it was still
too early to begin discussing the
easing of the shutdown measures.
Speaking at the daily Downing
Street briefing last night, Sir Patrick
By Paul Jeevesdaily figures. Prof James Naismith, of
the Rosalind Franklin Institute and
Oxford University, said: “The swings
in numbers that we are seeing are
emotionally draining: hope one day
and despair the next. The swings
arise for good reasons. The NHS
trusts are not focussed on reporting
data but on saving lives.
“Whilst never forgetting the
tragedy that these numbers repre-
sent, I have put my focus on the
trends in the data and hospital
admissions as a more helpful guide
to our progress than daily totals of
announced deaths.”said: “The contact between people
has reduced dramatically as a result
of the social distancing measures
that have been put in place.
“That indeed should lead to a
substantial reduction in the trans-
mission of the virus.”
Official data released yesterday,
showed a total of 55,242 people
have tested positive for coronavirus,
while a total of 18,589 patients
have been admitted to hospital with
the virus.
Sir Patrick said that while the
number of new infections were still
rising, the rate of growth was not
increasing rapidly.
He said: “There is a fairly steady
increase in numbers. It’s possible
that we are beginning to see the
beginning of change in terms of the
curve flattening a bit.
“We won’t know that for sure for
a week or so but what we are not
seeing is an acceleration.”
Chris Whitty, the chief medical
officer, admitted the UK “had a lot
to learn” from Germany, where the
death toll has been lower.
He said: “Germany got ahead in
terms of its ability to do testing for
the virus and there is a lot to learn
from that and we have been trying
to learn the lessons from that.”
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TRIBUTES were paid yesterday
to a “miracle” British woman
whose death robbed her
13-year-old quads of a mum.
Shabnum Sadiq, 39, who
served as a councillor for
Slough Borough Council in
Berkshire, died on Monday
after spending 24 days fighting
for her life on a ventilator.
In 2006 she gave birth to four
babies by planned Caesarean
section, beating 729,000-to-
one odds to produce naturally
conceived quads.
She fell ill while attending a
wedding in Pakistan in March.
Friend and fellow Labour
representative Cllr Haqeeq Dar
said: “She was a fighter and I
just can’t believe that she’s
gone. It’s a tragedy.”
Council leader Cllr James
Swindlehurst added: “Behind
every statistic about this virus
is a family ripped apart and
there is no starker example of
that, to us in the council, than
to lose one of our
colleagues.”.”
The grieving mother of
London bus driver Emeka
Nyack, 36, said he had been“doing the job he loved” to help
people get to work. The father-
of-one succumbed to the
disease after a two-week fight.
Mum Anne said: “My son
didn’t go out anywhere that
was risky. He just went from
home to work and back again.
“He didn’t choose to be out
there risking his life like some
idiots who ignore the
warnings.”
Handyman Dean Greenaway,
62, died just 24 hours after
testing positive having been
rushed into Ipswich Hospital.
Dean lived in a care home
following an operation which
left him with brain damage.
His partner Michelle Joyce
said: “I want people to realise
how serious coronavirus is.”
Great-gran Rozalia Kovacs,
80, described as “‘caring and
loving”, died in Walsall as two
other members of her family
fell ill.
The deaths follow the
announcement on Monday that
“incredibly dedicated” cardio-
thoracic specialist JitendraUK LATEST
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