"We are either going to meet the target or come very close"

The government expects that it has reached its target of providing 100,000 daily coronavirus tests. The figures for Thursday - the deadline set by ministers - will be announced on Friday afternoon. The talk of easing the lockdown is still just that - talk - and today there is a sign of another challenge the government must now confront - the public's fear of leaving their homes with a BBC poll suggesting that 6 in 10 of us would not be comfortable going on a bus or a train. (Image: Covid-19 testing. Credit: PA)