And who has now become one of the victims of the ide break a g.p. Who sexually assaulted 24 female patients including a teenage girl has been given 3 life sentences. The United Nations says a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in northwestern Syria with more than half a 1000000 people fleeing fighting in the past 2 months I Ukraine experts who testified against President Trump in the run up to the impeachment trial has been removed from his job at the White House Antarctica has had its hottest day on record Manchester United has accused the sun of knowing in advance about an attack on the home of one of the club's executives. The Chinese authorities are struggling to control an outpouring of public grief and anger at the way they treated a doctor who tried to warn the world about the dangers of Corona virus hundreds of millions of people have viewed social media posts about Dr Lee when Young who has died after contracting the illness while treating infected patients and will hand he was censored by the authorities after raising the alarm back in December about the potential dangers of the new virus and the government has now i sent officials to hand to investigate as the disease continues to spread controls and restrictions are increasing across China where 717 people have night died and more than 31000 have been infected are China correspondent John Sudworth has been monitoring developments from Beijing. The little in some cities the infected are being rounded up with multiple unverified videos showing the quarantine squads work it's all adding to a growing sense of disbelief and dread from those. I don't want to be taken away like that a child can be heard saying in one video as outside the window 2 people are forced into what looks like a metal box. But the fear is turning to anger Dr Lee when Liang was one of the 1st to report signs of the new strange virus but his online posts were censored and the police made him sign a confession along with 7 others for spreading rumors now his death from the virus in a will hand hospital has prompted an outpouring on social media the hash tag I want freedom of speech viewed almost 2000000 times before being blocked others have been posting artwork showing Dr Lee wearing a mask of barbed wire and you know. Dr Lee was the 1st whistleblower but no one cared this man tells me are you I. Angry in the. Danielle phone yes a bit this woman says if they had listened to him the situation would be better now the response though is likely to be more senses ship. Usually earlier this week I spoke to a lawyer and blogger Chandler G'sjert who was in who had trying to film and report what's your thoughts about how long you will be able to continue providing independent reporting from We'll have that we should get well I'm not sure he says the censorship is very strict and people's accounts are being closed if they share my content his family say he's now disappeared in this public health disaster there are real political risks and the orders are already being sent out maintain stability tighten control. As the controversy over Dr Levy grows questions have been raised about why he succumbed to the virus and died he was in his early thirty's are not considered among the group's most at risk our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh reports there's still much Scientists don't know about the severity of the novel coronavirus most of those who've died have been elderly with other medical problems but not all even seasonal flu can sometimes kill the young and healthy Dr Li one Liang was just 34 years old an eye specialist his job would have placed him in very close physical contact with patients Sara Gilbert professor of vaccine ology at the Jenna Institute in Oxford says the amount of virus that people come into contact with can make their infection more serious if a large amount of virus is coming in all at the same time in the case of a health care worker working very closely with impacted patients it could be that the amount of virus in the body increases very very rapidly before the immune system has a chance to deal with it and so that could lead to rapid onset severe disease in the u.k. The 3rd person to test positive for Corona virus was infected in Singapore where there are now several cases not linked to China it prompted the U.K.'s chief medical officers to advise anyone who's arrived here not just from China but Japan Thailand and several Southeast Asian countries to stay indoors and call n.h.s. 111 if they develop a cough or fever. Hong Kong has imposed a mandatory quarantine of 2 weeks for anyone arriving from mainland China returning residents will have to lock themselves inside their homes foreigners arriving from the mainland will have to isolate themselves in hotel rooms or go to government run centers anyone who doesn't comply will face 6 months in prison Hong Kong's health minister Sophie Chan says the onus was on people to act sensibly the whole idea is really for this person to stay at home and not to go out in case they carry any virus that it would not be transmitted to the rest of the community a British man on his honeymoon is among more than 60 people who've tested positive for the virus on board a cruise ship in Japan Alan Steele who's 58 and from over Hampton has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment it's that there are nearly 80 British people among the 3700 on board the Diamond Princess which is quarantine in Yokohama passengers have been confined to their cabins for the next fortnight an American couple Philip and get a quarter say they're scared and want to go home we've been very tearful but frankly I have to tell you now we're becoming quite afraid we've got to get off the ship I get to 2 weeks in this very scary with the Belkin the group certainly prepared to do the 14 days if it's safe to do 14 days but I don't think. To be here for that length of time. British nationals on the next u.k. Government flight back from China will be taken to a conference center in Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire for a 14 day quarantine those on 2 earlier repatriation flights from Will hand have been taken to Arrow Park Hospital on the well. A g.p. From East London has been called a master of deception as he was given 3 life sentences for 90 sexual offenses against 24 female patients Manet Shah he's 50 will serve at least 15 years the judge told him he had abused his position of power by persuading the patients to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations are correspondent Helena Wilkinson sent this report from the Old Bailey more than a dozen female patients were in court to see their form a g.p. Who they had put their trust in be sentenced for sexually assaulting them the youngest of his victims who was 15 at the time told the court how her confidence had been shattered and she had been left anxious fearful and shaking at the thought of visiting the doctor following the assaults Shah had told his patients that intimate examinations were necessary when in fact they were not and carried a risk of harm judge and more than you said each of the offenses was carried out for his own sexual purposes and shell had used a mixture of flattery and fit to take advantage of his patients even using the names of celebrities who died or being diagnosed as at risk of cancer to scare them speaking outside courts Detective Superintendent McGovern said some of his victims were struggling to come to terms with what happened many of these women. Are now facing I'm sorry to see panic at times they have lost so trust in the medical profession and some of them are now not going to have medical procedures that they report because they're so concerned and they have little trust in doctors so they come across this patient told us she didn't even realize that Shaw was doing anything wrong here's their weaknesses that fear and just complete vantage. But not one time did I actually fink that he was doing anything untoward The judge said show was driven by a desire to control and humiliate women and the harm he had caused his many victims was incalculable. The United Nations has warned that a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in the province of Idlib in northwest Syria u.n. Aid agencies estimate the nearly 600000 people have been forced from their homes in the past 2 months as government forces backed by Russia continued to seize grind and the last remaining area still in rebel hands our Middle East correspondent Martin patience sent this report from Beirut. 4 weeks Russia more planes have been pounding targets in aid Labe including whole spittles and bakeries forcing hundreds of thousands to flee northwards towards the Turkish border more than $200.00 civilians have been killed since the start of the year and this man an aide Labe says no one is taking any chances every time when I am coming home I see cars loaded with people and their belongings I see children shuddering from called as they are moving to the unknown Now government forces have entered the strategically important town of some racket where state t.v. Showed footie a bombed out buildings and board these laws in the streets the Syrian regime has vowed to retake every inch of the territory still under the control of rebels most of whom Marjah have this but the last opposition stronghold in the country is home to 3000000 civilians and the u.n. Is warning of a humanitarian disaster if their offensive continues Mark Katz is the u.n. Coordinator for the Syrian crisis it's a horrific situation we rarely see displacement on this scale 600000 people who fled their homes in the last 2 months alone there's more people moving at the moment they're just moving in. All directions trying to get away from the fighting and very active front lines Turkey which bank some of the rebels fighting the Syrian regime has repeatedly called and Damascus to whole fanservice Ankara has warned that if it doesn't then Turkey will have to take matters into its own hands one of the key witnesses against President Trump in the impeachment inquiry has been removed from his job at the White House of tenant Colonel Alexander vent men served on the National Security Council as an expert on Ukraine he was listening to the phone call between Mr Trump and the Korean president full of. Which was at the center of the impeachment allegations earlier this week senators acquitted Mr Trump of abusing his power and obstructing Congress from Washington our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue lieutenant colonel of Inman was a score to it out of the White House according to his lawyer who said he'd lost his job for telling the truth accusing the president of exacting revenge his client was one of the 1st to give evidence appearing on Capitol Hill in full dress uniform and telling the inquiry that he couldn't believe what he was hearing during the course in which the president asked the Ukrainian counterparts to launch investigations into his political rivals in the u.s. Earlier the president was asked about women and said I'm not happy with him you think I'm supposed to be happy with him this move will fuel speculation that the president plans to take further retribution particularly after his press secretary said how horribly he was treated and that maybe people should pay for that within the last half hour the White House has also sacked the u.s. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sandland who gave evidence against President the President during the impeachment inquiry. Britain's ambassador to the United States has told the b.b.c. That she's optimistic about the prospects for resolving a number of disagreements between the 2 countries to him Karen Pierce who served as the U.K.'s envoy to the United Nations speaking in the 1st interview since her appointment she's the 1st woman to hold that position and replaces her came directly he was forced to resign last year after his confidential cables critical of President Trump were leaked to the media here's our diplomatic correspondent James Landale Karen Pierce will arrive in Washington with a huge challenge ahead of her Britain's relations with the United States are at a low ebb there are disagreements about Iran digital taxes and the decision to give Huawei a role in the U.K.'s 5 g. Network something that prompted an angry phone call between Donald Trump and Boris Johnson last week there's also the continuing diplomatic row over the death of Harry done Dame Karen said she was to take up the role if you look at the u.k. U.s. Relationship you will always find moments where we don't always agree on every issue and where it can be a bit bumpy but the whole point of the u.k. U.s. Relationship is that it's deep it's fundamentally successful and it's enjoying say where we have disagreements we can work out how to resolve them the 1st female incumbent of the grand British residence on Massachusetts Avenue is uniquely well qualified for the role for Dame Karen is no ordinary career diplomat thank us tree and born grammar school educated she joined the Foreign Office in 1081 and has served all over the world Tokyo Geneva the Balkans Afghanistan with several stints in the us at the United Nations you is known for being both blunt and charming in the same breath a no nonsense style that disarmed her antagonists on the diplomatic circuit she cuts a dash once wearing a for the burr at the Security Council Her office is bedecked with exotic fridge magnets but crucially Boris Johnson rates her and President Trump reportedly think she's fab she'll need all that political capital and more as she takes on her biggest challenge helping to secure a trade deal between the u.s. And post BRICs it Britain and that will be no easy task. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their 1st private appearance since leaving Britain for Canada last month they attended an event organized by the investment bank j.p. Morgan in Miami on Thursday Jon Donnison reports the event attended by the couple is reported to have been an alternative investment summit but it's not known whether they were paid to appear the New York Post which 1st broke the story says Prince Harry spoke about his struggles with mental health a subject he has touched on many times before the prince reportedly said he's been in therapy in recent years to help him cope with the loss of his mother more than 22 years ago it's one of the 1st public appearances together by the couple since their mounts today intended to step back from their roles as senior royals and become financially independent under an agreement reached with Buckingham Palace which comes into effect in the spring the duke and duchess will no longer receive u.k. Public funds. A coroner in North Wales has accused the sky dissociation of putting young lives at risk after a 16 year old boy died falling from a cliff near planted no report has highlighted a number of concerns regarding the death in 28 teen including risk assessments not being carried out and the lack of effective leadership the scarred associations had policies and procedures have been strengthened since the incident Here's our Wales correspondent held Gryphus In August 28th Ben learned was on an Explorer Scouts trip to North Wales the original plan was to climb Snowdon But Paul whether meant that the group was taken to the Great All my head land instead no risk assessment was drawn up nor was it a list of participants Ben and his 2 friends separated from the main group but the scout leaders all assumed someone else was supervising them then slipped and fell down a 200 foot cliff he died from serious head injuries the coroner David Polgar has issued a scathing report saying the. The Scout Association didn't know where the health and safety procedures were being carried out on the ground he said young lives were at risk because of the failure to recognize this inadequacy the Association responded by saying that health and safety was its number one priority and its policies had been strengthened its chief executive is likely to be called to give evidence and a 2nd inquest into the teenager's death later this year more than 100 migrants have been intercepted trying to reach the u.k. By crossing the channel from France the number breaks the previous record of 90 which were said yesterday our correspondent Simon Jones reports the boat started arriving from the early hours 6 in total carrying more than $100.00 people including 16 women and 7 children like yesterday conditions at sea were cold but extraordinary Carm one boat to manage to make it all the way to the beach at some far home near Dover before it was spotted the Security Minister Brendan Lewis insisted Britain and France were tackling illegal immigration on all fronts he said extra patrols on French beaches were working because only around a quarter of migrants attempting the crossing had succeeded in reaching the u.k. This year compared with around a half last year but after 2 days that have stretched the border force and the Coast Guard both will now be hoping that the stormy weather forecast for the weekend brings a temporary halt to the crossings. Antarctica has experienced its hottest day on record a rating of more than 18 Celsius was taken around 750 miles south of Argentina it has yet to be verified Here's our science and environment correspondent Victoria Gill this apparent new record was set at the Argentine research base close to the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula at 18.3 degrees it exceeds the last record temperature set in March of 2015 by no point 8 degrees the World Meteorological Organization will now convene an international team to verify the measurements but scientists from the British Antarctic Survey say they're confident it will be confirms the high temperature was driven by the warm dry winds that often blow from the mountains in this area but research is point out that with 2 temperature records being set in such quick succession this is a signal of climate change playing out on the Antarctic continent. Manchester United have accused the Sun newspaper of having prior knowledge of an attack on the home of its executive vice chairman Ed Woodward the club has filed a complaint to the press regulator the paper has said at no time was its reporter made aware of what was to take place here's our sports editor Dan Rowan last month the Sun newspaper broke a story that a gang of Manchester United fans that attacked the Cheshire Home of under fire executive vice chairman Ed Woodward The article included photographs of a mob wearing balaclavas outside the gates to the property with one individual holding a flare as part of a protest against a man who many fans blame for the club's decline in recent years a police investigation was launched and United condemned the incident but the club has now made a formal complaint against the sun to it so the independent press standards organization over what it calls a clear breach of the editor's code and journalistic ethics It claims the newspaper received advance notice of the incident and that a reporter was present alleging he failed to report the crime and that his presence encouraged and rewarded the perpetrators The club also believes the quality of images in the article indicate that a photographer was also on the scene in a statement to The Sun said that following a tip off about a protest a journalist did indeed attend the incident and accurately reported the events that unfolded the newspaper insisted the reporter was not made aware of what was to take place nor incited or encouraged any criminal activity he condemned the attack and vowed to cooperate fully with the police inquiry but said it vigorously defends its right to report and will challenge the complaint. The chief executive of Credit Suisse teach m.t.m. Has resigned following an episode in which 2 former colleagues were followed by private detectives the affair sent shock waves through the Swiss financial world last year a statement from the bank said that Mr Tams resignation had been accepted unanimously by the board of directors our economics correspondent Andrew Walker has been following the story to John is something of a star in the financial world he was born in Ivory Coast and spent part of his career in government there but his international fame came from European finance including the top job at the British insurer prevention and culminating in his appointment as chief executive of Credit Suisse a leading global bank but he fell out badly with one senior colleague who was also a neighbor in an area known as the Gold Coast near the shore of Lake Zurich the 2 had a confrontation at a party reported to be about some trees on Mr t.m. His property the colleague was subsequently followed by private detectives who he confronted outside an upmarket Zurich restaurant Mr t.m. Says he did not know about the detectives but the episode damaged his position in the bank and more widely in the rather conservative world of Swiss finance he will be replaced by Thomas got Stein an insider who has been with the bank for more than 2 decades and before that worked for one of its Swiss rivals u.b.s. . The department store chain Beals is closing 12 of it shops in an attempt to save the remaining 11 branches the decision has been taken by administrators as our business correspondent Theo legatee explains bills which began trading in 8 $181.00 fell into administration last month losses at the chain had been mounting as costs rose and sales fell since then administrators at k.v. M.g. Have been trying to find a buyer for the business who might be willing to take it on as a going concern however they've now revealed that they've not received any offers as a result plans are being drawn up to close 12 outlets including deals flagship store in Bournemouth as well as other shops in Peterborough months field Yeovil and Perth they'll continue to trade for around 8 weeks as stocks are run down k p m g says still in active discussions with interested parties about the sale of a smaller number of stores and currently has no plans to close any of the remaining 11 outlets in the city the 100 share index ended the day 30 it points lower at 7467 on Wall Street the Dow Jones was done $277.00 points at 291031 the currency markets the bond is done not point $0.03 against the dollar at one dollar and 29 cents against the euro sterling is unchanged at one euro and $17.08 making a euro worth $84.00 pence. One of Britain's best known television presenters Phillip Schofield has revealed that he's gay he said he was stunned by the love and support he'd received from his wife and their 2 grown up daughters the 57 year old told viewers of i.t.v. East this morning that were not being honest about his sexuality he got to a point where he no longer like himself very much our media correspondent David still is home was watching. Today Philip would like to share something with you for the last 18 years Phillip Schofield has been listening to confessions and emotional revelations on this morning's studio sofa but today he was the one talking to his co presenter Holly Willoughby who began by reading out a statement in ever know what is going on and someone seemingly perfect life and so . I think coming to terms with the fact that I am gay a father of 2 he's been married to his wife Stephanie for the last 27 years and as a presenter of a show that was built on the idea of emotional honesty he felt he had to say something every day. And I'm over there and some amazingly brave incredible person is sitting here and I'm listening to their story and thinking I have to be that person was killed in my place Politico fueled in gold to go for more than 30 years ago his t.v. Career goes back to 1902 it was a rather less tolerant era journalist of the support group l g b t Foundation says he hopes this announcement will help others in the recent national Algy teeth Ervay from the government show that people aged 55 to 6512 percent of those were unable to share actuary of Haitian with the ones they loved it was only a few weeks ago there were headlines about alleged tensions on the programme which were dismissed as malicious gossip but Phillip Schofield made clear today this was all about his own feelings the pressure of being growing and he felt something had to be said. And Philip Scofield's revelation features heavily on many of the front pages of the morning papers Schofield places a trail for others is the take off the I the sun Meanwhile paraphrases the presenters this morning interview for its headline I'm gay I'm pride and I love my incredible wife the Daily Mirror Kerry's comments from the prominent activist Peter Tatchell who argues that while admirable the need to come ites with a ground statement demonstrates just how much remains to be done for equality on sexuality The Daily Telegraph reports that the business secretary Andrea lead some has fired what will be interpreted as a shot across the bar as the head of a cabinet reshuffle in which it reports Boris Johnson is expected to suck up to 5 women has led some writes in the paper that diversity is the key to excellence in decision making. The appearance of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the j.p. Morgan event in the United States also draws the attention of several papers Miami price is the Sun's headline The Daily Mail reports that the couple refused to confirm whether they were paid for their 1st private appearance at a conference for the world's biggest bank but it's suggests they were flown from Vancouver to the event in Miami on a j.p. Morgan owned private jet. A pub in Liverpool has been given the same grade one listed status as the city's Anglican Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament built at the end of the 19th century the filler monic dining rooms or the filth as it's affectionately known boasts stand last Windows mahogany fireplaces and bar countries adorned with mosaics our correspondent Judith Moritz takes up the story. No backstreet boozer this but a cathedral amongst pubs and now it's historical status has been elevated to match that of Buckingham Palace the fill is the 1st purpose built Victorian English pub to be designated a grade one listed building it was only advice of historic England Sarah Charles with its listing advisor the fellow is one of the finest if not the finest pubs in the country it's a tour de force of opulence an architectural elaboration but also has significant links to the local community is just such a fantastic building basically you just have to look at have a look around and see wisest shop. The Beatles used to drink there and in 2018 Paul McCartney popped into the filter play a surprise here. The Phil has Art Nouveau gates and original Victorian gentleman's toilets the latter a so worn h. The author Bill Bryson was declared that there's no place in the world finer for a pea whilst pulling pints and changing barrels landlord a man love and appreciates his surroundings every day I can read to work I just think how lucky I am to be in such an amazing building and it's really it's really nice and especially before you open up just to soak it all in it is like it's like the Harry Potter of pubs the film on a isn't the only pub to be clinking glasses in celebration a further 10 across England including 2 in Liverpool have also had their listings updated as part of an effort to protect historic pub interiors. The headlines again people across China have expressed anger at the authorities over their initial silencing of a doctor who tried to raise the alarm about corona virus and has now become a victim of the illness a g.p. From East London has been given 3 life sentences for sexual assaults on 24 female patients u.n. Aid agencies have spoken of a humanitarian catastrophe in the province of Libya in northwest Syria with nearly 600000 people displaced by fighting in the past 2 months b.b.c. News. At the duces road by a Catholic looks to Time now for the weekend's weather here's Chris forks monographs morning D.J.'s There's plenty of that coming our way this weekend way are set for a very windy weekend indeed particularly So on Sunday thanks to the arrival of storm Kira and that's going to be bringing strong winds across the whole of the United Kingdom with some transport disruption expected now like in the weather overnight tonight we're going to band of rain pushing its way eastwards across England and Wales at the moment it will be weakening as it moves across the middle and into eastern England later on in the nights for school in the Northern Ireland Meanwhile we've got a plenty of showers and those showers will continue on and off a little bit of snow for the high ground so also quite a windy night particularly cross western areas indeed in the last hour with had a gust of wind of around 60 miles an hour in couple courage in the northwest of Wales who it is they're pretty blowy across these western areas and it's the brisk winds will keep temperatures up through overnight lows $4.00 to $8.00 degrees Celsius Now look at the weather picture for Saturday England Wales 1st of all many areas actually will have a decent start of the day that we've plenty of sunshine around just a few Morning showers blowing into northwest England Wales maybe an isolated one for the southwest as well later in the day though the winds will begin to strengthen it will start see things settle a bit cloudy here across South Wales and Western England with a rather great chance of seeing some showers blow in the winds strengthening all the while coming in from the south westerly direction blowing relatively mild air across the country so we're looking at temperatures around 10 to 12 degrees Celsius for the North 1st Scotland and for Northern Ireland we start off the morning with a blustery showers now through the afternoon we'll start to see a band of rain edging in there could be some snow for the hills of Scotland for a time but it's the strength of the winds that you probably notice the most very gusty conditions Northern Ireland and Scotland we've got potentially reaching 60 or 70 miles an hour through Saturday afternoon there is a risk of some transport disruption here from there through Saturday nights. Strong winds will extend across all of the United Kingdom with outbreaks of rain and then for Sunday storm care arrives this is going to be bringing strong winds across all areas we already have weather warnings covering all parts the Including some number weather warnings and those warnings could be updated further this weekend what I would say is with gusts of winds 60 to 80 miles an hour maybe even a bit stronger than that in places we are highly likely to see transport disruption on Sunday and we could also have some power as well. Thanks very much down b.b.c. Radio for the final part of the book but book of the week the poet Kathleen Jamia reflects on nature family and memory surfacing her new collection of essays the reader is more in beauty. Surfacing. Losing their voices you're forgetting the sound of your mother's voice and your grandmother's you make an effort and recall your nana telling you about her father being brought to the surface after a blast below ground he'd been laid off and in his time idle he'd lost the 6th sense which warned miners if something wasn't right he'd only been back a few days before he was brought to the surface with a sheet laid over him with holes cut for his eyes. Are you making this up. But you can't recall the sound of the telling brought to the surface is the recurrent phrase there is a desperate list of mining accidents and as in every Caulfield fatal ones that is like the time a shift of miners was being holed up an incline to the surface and wagons but the chain snapped his voice is coming back her short phrases and pet words she often sounded a bit bewildered. Then there was the time of terrible silence when she forgot how to speak a tall one for weeks or months got it felt like years she sat straight backed and mute trapped in the black mane of depression it was during the school summer holidays she'd been brought to stay with you you turned the corner home and saw the ambulance the neighbors watching and the crew bringing her out covered by a sheet you must be misremembering why covered she was overdosed on sleeping pills not David she had e.c.t. To shock her to the surface of our own mind she was to behold through tunnels and out of that place the deep mines are all closed some efforts are being made to heal the wounded land by planting trees and blocking drains to restore the Muar the curlews might return once in your Nana's tenement flat that smelled of gas and cool she caught sight of herself unexpectedly in the mirror that hung about the mantel piece Oh how I look let my mother who should like your mother a pause as if puzzled as if she had forgotten as if no one had ever asked which they hadn't What was her mother but a miner's wife a mother of 7 my mother was very kind from the window the window overlooks the neglect of green quite a few shrubs grow with their backs to the wall its evening a feather comes wafting down a pigeon or a head Ingles gray as the plucked from a cloud a century old but green walled in on 3 sides by tenements and stacked with other folks windows other folks' lives and all the disused lums above the roofs near silhouetted against the opera lesson Northam sky. You're watching the way the telephone cables radiate from a common pole planted out there in the green and how the wires divide the air into segments You're watching the chimneys darken and that Koos sky as it intensifies in the last light had you seen the same shine and tone earlier in the day yes it was the pendant your daughter was wearing an oval stone set on a silver rim a pendant she often wore that changed in the light between cream and pale grey you've been shopping and had bought some kitchenware for the life she was about to embark on as a student in another city you noticed the pendant against her ted a quarter colored top the moment before she turned away shopping done she was off to meet friends leaving you standing on the street in late midlife holding a bag containing a colander and 2 t. Tells you can take these from me mum by Put it another way for a long moment the sky was the hue of a polished stone worn by a young woman a she walked away into her own life you watch her go long hair skinny jeans thinking what thinking spirt thinking Who. What no you go home the evening is your own having put the colander n t tells in her room you spend a long moment looking out of the window as the light changes thinking Ok then what no elders under the plastic lid a Tundra landscape a scene from the air booms of bottle green circuits of pillar during a phone docked I said you can't eat this. My father is shrinking he leans on a stick Why don't you eat them when we bring them on the same day we are good daughters my sister and me trying to be with taken to bringing round food because a daily bowl of soup in the innards of a white bread rule is not enough but Dad's bungalow is comfortable he can afford we can afford to keep it heated he's been widowed for a decade hence the move to within a couple of miles of me and my then young family we weren't going anywhere not then friends say it's a good arrangement not having to do state visits not having to drive half frauds across the country every weekend on the Friday 2 friends arrive we're going north for a long weekend they are both older than me retired and skilled hillwalkers one of the chief Hill sports is to receive the slightly patronize in comments of men then revealed that they have both done all the men rules and even climbed Himalayan peaks both were quite young for very different reasons into the cargo boots ice axe walking poles and myself bedding another small dish of mashed potato chemist up my father so I can nip in of course they say one of the 2 recently lost her own mother who had been elderly and confused we have hopes of claiming Ben Loyal will stay with friends in their cottage where Pete fired Raeburn warm the wood paneled rooms in the evening the talk ranges over land ownership and politics and life choices how and where it's best to live now they were retired what was affordable we all know people who will never know life without a living parent until they are elderly themselves we should live together in a commune someone suggests yes we shoot. The forecast is not great but we go anyway in a deserted farmyard we get up and begin walking over land which is buggy Reidy heathery the hill is cleared of cloud it's complex noise summits bright against cold blue sky but the sky soon darkens and a squall drives down the glen the 3 of us found out hunched each picking our own way among both pools thinking our own thoughts the squall passes we gather to cross a river then the land climbs steeply and we follow a barn up towards a low ridge the snow field above looks when toned icy soon the sky darkens again and a fresh squall drives in nowhere glancing at each other laughingly who will speak for. We descend back to the car peal of gators and coats and muddy boots enjoying ourselves I trust these women deeply who are older than me as we drive back down to the coals of tongue I feel free to voice what I've been thinking about of late out of this phase of my life I tell them I feel as if I have a window of opportunity but it is closing fast I'm being delivered straight from child care to elder care without passing go but this is my chance or should be my own health is good the kids are grown my husband is older than me and his fine for no rich with his own interests chance for what they ask sometimes I think about going on a gap year backpacking somewhat out of Scotland get a sense of the majesty of the world do it they urge the border joints give a hoot life can turn on a sixpence the walking outside brought was my mother's she had used it before the stroke she was 60. We congratulate ourselves several times on making the right decision in retreating from the Hill imagine the headlines the other say pensioners rescued from mountain blizzard old ladies speak for yourselves say I and it run to dads the next day well the tatties. A good you know there's a company that delivers frozen meals small portions you could give that a try to 2 months past to the day the late snow was gone the daffodils would in bloom and dad was in his chair but he often sat turned towards the window he watched the trains pass noted their numbers he had a dramatist elbow and also on the table lay his notes and letters in his neat 100 thing it was the morning a kindly neighbor had called us to say she was concerned because his milk was still in the step the milk was on the step and all we all agreed was it not the best we ever want everyone said it in your own chair at home who wouldn't want that or he even got to finish his whiskey voice of the root so you've really gone and done it this time you are lost in the Wood who did that happen you stand still behind each tree more trees above glimpses of bone white sky you stand the Scots pines arrange their great limbs with no heed of you the young birch as a fragile as of the 1st wind would send all their leaves fainting at once but there is no wind how lost is lost. You're not lost you followed him up that is a path that is always a path the trees step aside to make one it's a ghost trail an animal trail maybe for deer or badgers you sense the Woods missed the Bears they ought to be here huffing around the old trunks and Betty shrubs wolves though the wood is old enough to remember them just but just standing in the wood stock still and listening the fall the tiny tin type coals of birds Photogen in the treetops the race of water in a barn another is a moth she appears fluttering in front of you she has never been seen before and never will again that was it her soul appearance in our human world what are you doing here anyway in the woods you want to think about all the horror the everyday news the guns the wars the children's tears down as she faces the chainsaws the sea creatures time gold and plastic know not to think about it exactly but consider what to do with the weight of a toll how to cope with it school don't flip the page unplug the telly send a few quid really or take a long walk in the wood because you are the lucky one you can just shut up shop and go let the would embrace you and here you are the trees all around the commune with each other you can sense it a knowing this between them a plane is passing up in the blue and white sky above the branches and going where maybe over the shrinking ice cap concentrate. Green firms in the growing of an oak tree mosque looking a stone voice of a crew voice of a chiding rain a smell of rain to self to possess a voice voice of the Shrew the black slug voice of the forest did you hear something move the corner of your eye the same off come back a leaf falling you are lost just melodramatic the Perth as it defeat see now carry on. Maureen Beatty was reading from surfacing by Kathleen. They are preserved as Linda Cracknell and the producer credit. This is b.b.c. Radio 4 Now here's the shipping full cost issued by the Met Office on behalf of the matter time and Coast Guard agency double 015 today Saturday the 8th of February that are warnings of gales in all areas except the Thames day Dover white and Trafalgar the general synopsis set wanted to double 0 new lol moving rapidly northeast towards expected southeast Iceland 964 by wanted to double on Saturday. There are forecasts for the next 24 hours Viking North Sea it are southerly 7 to severe girl 9 occasionally storm 10 later occasional rain or shine hours good occasionally pour. Southward Sierra southerly 7 to severe gale 9 occasional rain or shine or as good occasionally pour. Forty's Cromarty 4th south or southwest 7 to severe gale 9 occasional rain or shine as good occasionally pour time doggo South 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 later showers mainly God fish and German by Tomba south or southwest 5 to 7 occasionally Gale 8 later rain later good occasionally moderate later. Thames Dorval white south or southwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 perhaps Gale 8 later occasional rain good occasionally moderate Portland to Plymouth North Bay skate westerly backing south westerly 5 or 6 increasing 7 or Gale 8 later showers rain later God occasionally poor later south of escape cyclonic becoming many westerly 5 or 6 Ok JLE rame good occasionally pour Trafalgar cyclonic becoming southwesterly later in Northwest for 5 Ok JLE Rain good occasionally pour se Fitzroy cyclonic 4 or 5 becoming southwesterly 5 to 7 later occasional rain god occasionally pour north west Fitzroy saw Lundy 1st net south westerly 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 re not squally showers good occasionally pour. Irish Sea Southwest a 7 to severe gale 9 perhaps a storm 10 later rain or squally showers good occasionally pore Shannon Southwest 7 to severe gale 9 rain or squally showers good occasionally poor. Roll call Malin Hebrides south or southwest 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10 for a time rain or squally showers moderate or poor or occasionally God Bailey southwesterly 6 to Gale 8 perhaps severe gale 9 later in East re not scholarly wintry showers good occasionally pong a Fair Isle East affair ors southerly or Southwest alif 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10 later rain or squally showers good occasionally pour West Pharaoh's southeast Iceland southerly becoming cyclonic 5 to 7 occasionally Gale 8 rain or squally wintry showers good occasionally poor Now here are the weather reports from coastal stations for 23 double 0 Toby automatic South 7 days 4 miles 99 all falling more slowly stone away south by east 6 slight showers 12 miles 99 all falling quickly Loic south 74 miles 1000 falling more slowly. With automatic southeast by South 5 days 4 miles 997 falling. South by east 5 recent rain 3 miles 999 falling more slowly. Lukas southeast by south 36 miles 1000 falling. Boma 1003 falling Bridlington South by West 5008 falling Sandesh the light of ice a lot about it self 511 miles a 1016 falling more slowly. Since Governor inspired automatic self by West fall 1013 Falling Slowly Jersey South for Hayes 4 miles a 1015 falling more slowly channel light vessel automatic southwest by South 65 miles a 1013 now rising silly automatic west southwest 5 recent rain 6 miles a 1011 rising Milford Haven Southwest 57 miles a 1007 rising slowly other Porth Southwest 6 recent rain 11 miles a 1006 rising slowly Valley South by West 7 recent rain 3 miles a 1002 falling more slowly Liverpool cross the south by east for 7 miles a 1004 falling. Valentia west southwest 5 recent rain fall 14 miles a 1004 rising more slowly Runnels way south 6 slight drizzle and rain 3 miles 999 falling Malin Head South by West 522 miles 99 to now rising Metro Hamish automatic south by east 66 miles 99 fall falling more slowly. And finally here is the weather forecast for the intro waters of Great Britain and Northern Ireland valid for the following 24 hours the general situation in very deep areas of low pressure over the northern North Atlantic will bring a few days of volatile highway and then weather to all United Kingdom costs with severe gales or storm force winds at times. Cape Wrath to Rattray head including Orkney south all southeast getting Southwest to times 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 occasional radar showers good occasionally moderate. Or after a head to Benteke upon Tweed south or southwest 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 for the time decreasing 5 or 6 later occasional rain or shine hours good occasionally moderate Benteke upon 3 to Whitby south or southwest 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 later showers Gord would be to Gibraltar point south or southwest $5.00 to $7.00 occasionally Gale 8 later showers for the time Gord Gibraltar point to North Foreland southerly or south westerly 5 or 6 occasionally 7 later decreasing for for a time occasional rain at 1st mainly good. Not fallen to cell c. Bell southerly or south westerly 5 or 6 occasionally 7 later decreasing for for a time occasional rain at 1st mainly God South Sea bill to line resists south or southwest 5 to 7 varying West 45 for the time occasional rain at 1st mainly God lie bridges to Land's End including the Isles of Scilly West backing Southwest 5 to 7 increasing 8 later showers rain later good occasionally pour later . Lands End to sin David's head including the Bristol Channel Southwest backing South latest 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale night later showers rain later good occasionally poor later. Syn David said Great Orme had including some Georges channel Southwest backing south later 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 showers rain later good occasionally pour later Great Orme head to the Mull of Galloway south or southwest 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 occasional radar showers moderate or good occasionally poor later I live man south or southwest 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 perhaps storm 10 later occasional rain good occasionally pour logfile to Carlingford luck southerly or south westerly 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 becoming variable 3 or 4 later in North occasional rain last. Moderate or good occasionally pour later. Gallery to Mull of Kintyre including the further flight in North Channel southerly or south westerly 6 to Gale 8 occasionally severe gale 9 becoming variable 3 or 4 later in North occasional rain loss Chorley shahs moderate or good occasionally pour later. Mull of Kintyre duodenum or can point sell thought Southwest 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe girl 9 or storm 10 for a time later decreasing 5 at times later rain or Squali Sharma's moderate or good occasionally pour. Our demarking point to Cape Wrath southerly or south westerly 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10 for a time later rain or squally sharp as moderate or good occasionally pour. And finally Shetland Isles some thought Southwest 7 to severe gale 9 occasionally storm 10 later than occasional rain Margaret all good occasionally poor Licht and that completes the shipping but it's him. And that is all from Radio 4 for 2 nights and right over you are to stay safe and dry that is all for me reaching our Los he is beating you goodnight from London. Hello I'm a whole town that in this is business matters on the b.b.c. World Service on the program we'll be bringing you the latest on the economic impact of the corona virus as social media in China is lit up after the death of the doctor who 1st reported the virus to the authorities people would actually turn off their light and sit at home and blow a whistle can see a lot of video footage on Chinese social media entire neighborhood all the people trying to blow a whistle as a way to remember this whistle blower it is of course time to.