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In a japanese port for more than two weeks, as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed on board. As the inquest opens into her death, Caroline Flacks family releases a social media post the presenter wrote but didnt publish saying she felt her future had been swept away. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport gavin. Yes indeed. Manchester city say they will continue to fight the charges levelled at them by uefa following their Champions League ban. The chief executive responded for the first time today and its fighting talk. Thanks, gavin. And darren has the weather. We still have flooding issues, still six severe Flood Warnings in england, mainly on the river severn. The problem is, there is more rain coming in from the atlantic and it will be heavy over some of the western hills. We will have a closer look at that later on. Thank you, see you later, darren. Also coming up. Were taking afternoon live to new heights with exclusive access to the Sistine Chapel as its prepared for the return of some raphael tapestries that have been absent from its walls for centuries. Hello, this is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Migrants who are low skilled or low paid wont be able to get a work visa under the governments plans for a new points based immigration system. The scheme will apply equally to people from inside and outside the eu, from nextjanuary after the end of the brexit transition period. Many industries, including the care and hospitality sectors, have warned the governments points based system could have damaging consequences for the economy. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker reports. Hello. Hi, how are you doing . Hi. Introducing herself and a new immigration system at a high tech laboratory. The home secretarys proclaimed vision to attract the brightest and best. This is a radical sha ke up, completely. This is the first time in nearly a0 years where the British Government will be in control and will determine its own immigration policy, and will also be able to determine the type of system that it will be in control of. A key change, those who want to come and work in the uk will be treated the same, whether they are from the eu or not. People will need at least 70 points to apply, so whats the breakdown . Most will need a job offer. That earns 20 points. It will need to be at an appropriate skill level, for another 20 points. An additional 20 points will be awarded for a salary of over £25,600 orfor a job in a sector where there is a Labour Shortage, and speaking english will be a requirement. That earns 10 points. But there will be no entry to the uk for most people doing whats classed as lower skilled work in restaurants, Food Processing plants and care homes. Bad for the economy, says labour an accusation, that the government is mislabelling important work that might be low paid as low skilled. They confuse salary levels with the value of the job and the importance of a job. Its going to make it really hard to recruit social care workers, particularly in london and the south east. And businesses who rely on the kind of workers who will no longer be able to get a visa are being told to improve productivity, invest in technology and do more to retain existing staff. But there are claims the new restrictions will be devastating for parts of the uk. We have onlyjust become a country that has net inward migration and a growing population, and thats entirely thanks to freedom of movement, which is coming to an end, so the real risk for scotland now is that our population as a whole and our working age population in particular goes into decline. The government sees this as a key part of delivering on brexit, taking back control. Control may be one thing, time another. This is a Major Overhaul of a vast system, and theyve now gotjust over ten months to make it happen. Ministers plan to bring numbers down overall, nothing more specific. Conservative governments have been stung before by missing their own targets. Proof that mapping out an immigration system can be easier than making it happen. Jessica parker, bbc news. And jessica is in westminster for us now. Controversial doesnt even cover it, does it . Yeah, one of the interesting thing that emerge today as this discussion over a possible Labour Shortage according to some businesses, who are deeply concerned, say if they are in the construction sector, the hospitality sector, the care sector, where are they going to get these so called low skilled workers from now that route is effectively being cut off . 0ne route is effectively being cut off . One of the things the home secretary suggested that businesses could draw on today was around 8 million economically inactive people. Those figures have been examined and 8 million economically inactive people is made up of some people who care for their own relatives. It is made up for their own relatives. It is made up of the long term sick, students, even people who have retired. 0nly around 2 million is thought will be looking for work. I think the government coming under a bit of pressure on that but they are being pretty bullish about the whole thing, saying that businesses for a long time have relied on cheap labour from the eu. Long time have relied on cheap labourfrom the eu. It is time to look at training at people in the uk and using technology as well, and enhancing the productivity of uk businesses. Criticism of employers who they say should have been training people for longer than now . Its interesting looking at this idea of training up people. Where are all these people going to come from . In the uk at the moment, there is near full employment. Remember, the conservative party likes to sell themselves as the party of business. But as i mentioned, for example, the hospitality sector, looking at these low skilled workers, where are they going to come from . Where will they get waiters and kitchen stuff . Its a challenge for the conservative party. On the other side, there are businesses who are welcoming the system that is flexible for so called skilled workers. The salary cap is being lowered and businesses are saying to that extent there is some good news in the system but deep concerns remain. Jessica, thank you very much. Jessica parker in westminster. And if youve got questions about how the new immigration rules are going to work or how theyll affect you or your business, get in touch well try and answer as many as we can at 3. 30, when well be joined by Denis Kierans from the migration 0bservatory at the university of oxford. Were really keen for you to get in touch with us with your questions on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk passengers have begun leaving a cruise ship thats been quarantined injapan for more than two weeks because of coronavirus. More than 70 britons were on board the diamond princess. Four have tested positive for the illness. 0ur correspondent laura bicker reports from yokohama. Its all over, at least for some. The lucky few shuffled through reporters eager for details after an outbreak of coronavirus turned their dream asian cruise into a floating prison. How do you feel . Im 0k, says this relieved passenger, but as those left behind waved them off, there are fears that they might not be ok. Although they are getting to go home, concerns are beginning to grow. Over the last two weeks, one in every seven passengers have contracted coronavirus which, critics say, proves that the Japanese Health authorities quarantine measures have been wholly inadequate. Now, japan says these rates of infection predate the quarantine. 0ne expert in Infectious Diseases says who visited the ship believes everyone on board is at risk. Everyone was shocked and scared of having infections and are still scared of developing the disease in the next couple of days. Those stuck in their cabins have documented the fear and confusion, including this british couple who were diagnosed with the virus overnight. Were going to a hostel, because there isnt a hospital bed anywhere around. 0k . So, we are going to a hostel and, in four orfive days, we will be removed from the hostel and put into a hospital, where we will receive treatment. So i cant see that theres going to be any way we are going to be on that flight to the uk. Even when they are free of the ship and free of the virus, many countries, including the uk, have said all passengers must spend another 14 days in quarantine. Meanwhile, in china, more than 2000 people have now died after contracting coronavirus. Most of the deaths were in hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak. Chinese Officials Say the number of reported cases is falling, but case numbers aboard the diamond princess continue to rise. There are passengers from more than 50 countries here. As they head home, it raises the possibility this ship could be the source of a fresh wave of global infections. Dr nathalie macdermott, whos a clinical lecturer specialising in Infectious Diseases from Kings College london, joins me now. Welcome to the programme. By any stretch of the imagination, it doesnt look as though the japanese have handled this terribly well . think there are a lot of questions that need to be asked about how the quarantine was implemented on the ship and if there was adequate supervision by people who are experts in infectious viruses. The public areas on the boat, outside the cabins. You think that is where the cabins. You think that is where the problem lies in terms of the increasing number of those who have contracted the virus marked gold i think its unclear the dynamic of whats gone on. But that is a starting point where we have to go to tayside and it might understand what went wrong. Where quarantine measures implemented properly . If they were, we start looking at other things but i think that is a starting point we have to address. Do we have time to look at other things . The worry is you look at ship like this and you think eve ryo ne ship like this and you think everyone cooped up on a ship like that, i know its a big one, but it has an air conditioning unit, it may raise questions as to how this virus is spread still . It could do but once i think we establish if the quarantine was implemented properly, we look if there are other sources of environmental contamination we are not aware of. The air should be filtered and shouldnt be communicating that much between cabins but it is certainly a possibility it could be spread through that mechanism or through communications and sewage systems, where there shouldnt be a communication but perhaps a fault or an Electricity Supply problem could cause a problem. Those on the ship, inevitably they just want to get off it. What is your view about those who come back to the uk from the vessel, what is the best way to proceed with them . Unfortunately, i think we have to assume that they are. They essentially need to be treated like people who have left wuhan because they are leaving an environment that clearly wasnt a where there was ongoing transmission of the virus. They would need to enter another 14 day isolation period, to make sure they are not infected with the virus and developing symptoms. They are already complaining they have felt like prisoners, you think they will feel like that longer . In the uk they wont feel like prisoners and will be welcomed. The figures we are getting, china says the number of cases are slowing down and yet it seems outside china, we still have an exponential growth of this . think it is a bit concerning the step certainly what we see in china is reassuring. We are seeing numbers fall. It looks like the containment measures that the chinese authorities have put in place are having an effect. But what were seeing in other countries such as singapore and japan and south korea today has announced 20 new cases. We are seeing ongoing person to person transmission in those countries. If we can identify the source of the clusters, it becomes very difficult to know what the future holds in the next few weeks for those countries. So is it inevitable that we will see more and more of these cases this country . Well, possibly. Butl more and more of these cases this country . Well, possibly. But i think we have been fortunate so far. Public Health England have done an excellent job of public Health England have done an excellentjob of isolating people and tracing their contacts. We might not necessarily see more in the uk but i think we will see a secondary peak in surges of new cases each day, as we see other countries struggle to contain it. Really good to see you, thank you. The inquest into the death of the tv presenter Caroline Flack has opened. The former love island host was found dead in her flat on saturday. Her family have now shared a previously unpublished social media post that she wrote earlier this year. Our correspondent, richard galpin, is at the inquest in east london. Richard, tell us what happened there this morning . We have had some really important details of what exactly happened on saturday, when Caroline Flack died. Essentially, we have been told that a Police Vehicle that had been travelling through north london was flagged down and the officers in the car were asked to come to a flat in north london. Inside the flat, they found a woman lying on the floor. Apparently, there had been a hanging and the Police Obviously tried to resuscitate her on the scene. They we re resuscitate her on the scene. They were not successful. Paramedics came in and they tried to do the same thing but were also unsuccessful. And Caroline Flack was pronounced to be dead. It was her sister who identified her. Now, also we have had today this announcement by the family of releasing a social media posting which Caroline Flack had written back injanuary. That had never published it. The family were very keen to have this published because they want people to read about it. It is a very emotional piece which Caroline Flack had written. For example, she was saying obviously there was a lot of focus on the fact she had been arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, which she denied. She said within 2a hours of that arrest, she said. Asi as i say, she was denied it was a sow and her boyfriend saying it was an accident as a result of an argument. She said. She also talked about her mental health, saying. So, real insight into what she was feeling at the time. 0bviously all the traumas that she had felt. She said also that she felt that for the past ten years she had been the victim of abusive messaging to her. 0k, richard, thank you very much. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines therell be no visas for low skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. Some passengers have leaving the cruise ship, thats been quarantined in a japanese port for more than two weeks as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed on board. As the inquest opens into her death Caroline Flacks family releases a social media post the presenter wrote but didnt publish, saying she felt her future had been swept away. And in sport. Manchester city have issued another denial of wrongdoing after their ban from the Champions League. Speaking to the clubs in house website, their chief executive said pep guardiolas side were not guilty of breaching financial fair play rules. Tyson fury made his grand arrival at the mgm hotel in las vegas, ahead of saturday nights world heavyweight title rematch with deontay wilder. He says its the biggest fight of the last 50 years. And scotland have made three changes to their team to face italy in the six nations. Still no place for finn russell after his fallout with coach gregor townsend. Ill be back with more on those stores at half past. More heavy rain is forecast for communities already experiencing some of the worst flooding theyve seen for over a decade. Areas of wales, scotland and the north of england have all received yellow warnings from the met office meaning Severe Weather is predicted in the next few days. Phil mackie reports from the river severn in worcestershire. In some places, this is still the only way to get around. Tony and helen cox need to row into and out of their home. In flood hit communities like this in worcestershire, its becoming an all too frequent occurrence. They are hoping that flood defences will be built soon. The Environment Agency are working with us in the village to build them, but we need to have the planning permission from the local authority which, subject to that happening, would lead to the flood defences being built in the next 12 months. But the bureaucracy of getting that far is just taking forever. And is that a frustration for the villagers . Yes, yes. Its been going round in circles. We are making progress, but it takes a very long time to get anywhere. This is the village of severn stoke in worcestershire. The river severn is about a mile that way, but the floodwater has repeatedly hit the village since 2000. When it gets really bad, it crosses the road and hits those properties over there, and its done that again this time. Severn stoke will be getting flood defences theyve begun the process but it wont be for at least another 12 months. Further north in bewdley, the Environment Agency spent the night reinforcing flood defences, which held, despite fears they would be over topped. The people on the ground have worked incredibly hard getting all the barriers up and keeping people informed, evacuating the area, as i say. In monmouth, where the river wye reached its highest ever levels, they are bracing themselves for more bad weather, with heavy rain forecast for wales. Its notjust homeowners, but farmers have been hit badly by prolonged wet weather. There have been over 3,000 claims for storms ciara and dennis, with damages claimed for worth around £20 million. Farmer nick baxter has lost £30,000 and is still unable to plant anything, and might not be for another two months. Right now, we should be looking at a crop of winter wheat, a bread making variety that will be going off to mills in the summer, and at the moment we are looking at a field of mud and puddles. When cricket starts again at the county ground in worcester, anyone affected by the floods will be offered free tickets. But they may not be able to play here at the start of the season. For us, its not going to be as bad as for some other people that have been personally impacted. Weve just got to clean up, reseed, prepare and go again. So we are used to it and we are coping. They used to call floods like this in worcester hundred year events. This is the fourth this century. They are becoming bigger and more frequent, causing even more misery. Phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. We will have a full Weather Forecast with darren in the next few minutes. Members and official supporters will begin voting next week in the labour leadership and deputy leadership contests. Weve been looking in depth at the three candidates hoping to become leader of the opposition. Today, our Political Correspondent helen catt profiles the wigan mp lisa nandy. If we do not change course, as a labour movement, we will die, and we will deserve to. I am asking you to take the brave, not the easy choice. Lisa nandys pitch to the labour leader is that she is different. In her words, shes someone who doesnt look or sound like anyone whos led the party before. Shes certainly got a reputation for plain speaking. Pay attention. Thats a bit of a daft question. Shes got some well known passions. People in towns like mine have been completely ignored, and at times deeply disrespected. And some which are perhaps less well known. Have you really been to every one of Britney Spears uk concerts, is this true . You cant embarrass me with this. I love her. How many have you been to . All of them lisa nandys path to parliament wasnt that unusual. Shes the granddaughter of an mp and her dad, deepak nandy, was heavily involved in Race Relations policy. After growing up in bury, nandy studied politics and then went on to work for an mp, then charities, and then as local councillor in london. After she was elected as the mp for wigan in 2010, she was quickly singled out as one to watch. When will this government return here with a plan to keep our lights on, to cut pollution and to get Energy Billing under control . She held posts on the labour front bench, covering children, energy and charity, but then in 2016 she resigned, to run 0wen smiths Leadership Campaign againstJeremy Corbyn. Ive told Jeremy Corbyn that the situation is unsustainable and im afraid i can no longer serve. And lisa nandy has gone against Party Opinion on brexit. In january, theresa may finally agreed to negotiate with labour. I told her at the time if she brought a bill before parliament that gave a role for parliament in the next stages of the negotiations, i would vote for it. I was consistent in that all the way through. Had she brought that bill, i told her and i told my constituents i would vote for it. When Boris Johnson finally did, i voted for it. She voted once for borisjohnsons deal, but against in the final version. But back to that passion shes best known for. Towns are now the key marginals that will be the central Battle Ground for the next election. I think the government has started to understand that. I think all Political Parties have now started to understand that. Her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. In 2018 she co founded a think tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. That is key to lisa nandys vision for labour. She wants to move power out of london and build what she calls a red bridge, to reconnect labour voters across the country. Helen catt reporting there. And tomorrow well look at another candidate, sir keir starmer. The green mp Caroline Lucas is under investigation for a possible breach of parliamentary rules. The mp is understood to have offered a personal guided tour of the house of commons in exchange for £150, as part of a fundraising drive during last years general election. The mps code of conduct states that members must not offer tours of the house in raffles or auctions. Ms lucas said she was aware of the investigation but didnt believe she had done anything wrong. A patient has played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour. Violin plays. These remarkable pictures show the operation at Kings College hospital in london. The medical team asked Dagmar Turner to play the violin to ensure the parts of the brain which control delicate hand movements and coordination were not damaged during the surgery. Fantastic, well done. We will be talking to that patient later on on afternoon live, dont miss that. Time for a look at the weather. Darren is here, water and rain dominating in the last few days . Yes, and its not going away anytime soon. Especially in the West Midlands. We will look at yesterday and today. In general, the river levels have been dropping. This was near monmouth in wales, where we have a Flood Warning at the moment. Yesterday, the peak of its 5. 7 metres, its drop to about 30 centimetres since then. River levels are dropping. We have a Severe Weather warning here near ironbridge, where the peak with 6. 52 metres. Again, it has dropped, so it is dropping but river levels are still at dangerous levels. You have seen that already. We still had six severe Flood Warnings. 0ne seen that already. We still had six severe Flood Warnings. One on the lug, one on the wye, the rest on the river severn, which is seeing the worst of conditions at the moment. But perhaps worse to come. Yes, because rain is returning . Yes, because rain is returning . Yes, generally dry start this morning, the sun was out, since then the cloud has come in and the rain has arrived. We have some yellow met 0ffice rain warnings. These are the lowest level of warning. High impact but some uncertainty about amounts of rain. This is what is expected, up of rain. This is what is expected, up to 50 60 millimetres in the really wet areas of wales that we had over the weekend. 0ver really wet areas of wales that we had over the weekend. Over the weekend, about 160 millimetres, another 50 60 threatens further flooding. We have the wye on there and the river severn. Northern parts of wales, there could be more rain here and it could feed into the river severn or the wye. Equally, the taff and the neath could also see river levels rising. Those are quicker responding rivers. It is not just across wales we have the similar warnings. Moved northwards, up similar warnings. Moved northwards, up into north west england, particularly over the western slopes and into the cumbrian fells, a lot of rain. Less rain but still significant over the south west of scotla nd significant over the south west of scotland over the hills. You put beenleigh on the map . Yes, mainly because bingley has had its second wettest february on record and there is still a week or more to go. We could break the record. This is from the met office, it is the rainfall map. Areas in blue are above average rainfall so far, up to the 16th. Bingley is up to that under the dark blue, twice as much rainfall as you would expect. It wasnt until storm dennis and ciara came along that the rainfall was more than average but since then, huge amounts of rain in a short space of time. Two brown areas there, below average rainfall, east anglia and the north east of scotland. These areas will not say much rain today and tomorrow. Quite remarkable, when you look at the map, it doesnt look like the areas we are reporting on has been affected . We are reporting on has been affected . We have the West Midlands and west wales. The average rainfall for february is high over the hills of wales anyway, because of its elevation. What we have had is not double the amount of rain, like there has been in bingley but maybe 20 , 30 or 40 extra but it fell in a short space of time and that was the issue. And it has been mild, that is the link . When you have mild weather, it often link . When you have mild weather, it ofte n m ea ns link . When you have mild weather, it often means it is wet weather. The winter has been mild. We have seen a lot of wet weather recently. We could see more of this sort of thing. The rain we are seeing is running at 100 year event. We could see it happening more frequently because of climate change. If you look at the physics, warmer air contains more water vapour, and if the weather front is there, low pressure is there, it produces more rain. For many years, climate scientists have been predicting winters in the uk will be milder, warmer and wetter. Is winter over . We havent had anything really cold at all this winter. There is only a week or ten days to go for is that you were thinking of the beast from the east. That was in march. Even if we did get an easterly wind which brings us our coldest weather, it comes all the way from moscow. Moscow, its been really, really mild for months now. Even if we do getan mild for months now. Even if we do get an easterly, it wont be the really, really cold easterly it could be. You better tell us what is in store in the next day or so. Lets look at the rain, this is the radar picture. This is the rain coming in the last few hours or so. It is heading eastwards. It is rather light and patchy across eastern scotla nd light and patchy across eastern scotland and Eastern England but even as we head into the latter part of the afternoon, we still have the wetter weather across the western hills. That will stay wet overnight, particular wet overnight in south west scotland, north west england, wales. Some heavy rain also for Northern Ireland. Showery and cool air for Northern Ireland. Showery and coolair in the for Northern Ireland. Showery and cool air in the north west of scotland, very much mild over england and wales, where away from the west it might be a bit dry but still cloudy and quite windy as well. Some strong winds with this band of heavy rain which will be lingering through much of the morning across the western side of england and wales, before sweeping to the south east more quickly in the afternoon. As likely as, the wind direction changes, the sun comes out and we blow in some showers mainly for Northern Ireland and scotland, where there will be some snow in the hills. Through the day after the rain clears, it will be getting colder. Temperatures will be getting colder. Temperatures will be dropping away. It will feel quite cold because it will be pretty windy. Particular windy for western parts of scotland, blizzards in the highlands. Showers, cooler, windy weather developing during thursday. Next weather system is coming in from the atlantic for friday. So no let up in this very unsettled weather. At the moment, it looks like friday will be wettest across scotland, Northern Ireland, northern england, perhaps north wales. Further south, you may get away with a dry day, a bright day. It will be windley widely, strong to gale full swings, gusty to the east of the pennines and the western parts of scotland. It is a milder day, temperatures 11 12 in the south westerly is. Cold wind follows the rain as it moves southwards for the rain as it moves southwards for the weekend, with some sunshine and showers. And then another weather front on the scene for the second half of the weekend. Were not sure exactly where it will go, at the moment it looks like the middle third of the uk will see a spell of rain, which shouldnt last too long but there is another one coming in from the atlantic first no sign of any from the atlantic first no sign of a ny settled from the atlantic first no sign of any settled weather, really, probably for the rest of of the month at least. This is bbc news our latest headlines therell be no visas for low skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. Some passengers begin leaving the cruise ship, thats been quarantined in a japanese port for more than two weeks as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed on board. As the inquest opens into her death Caroline Flacks family releases a social media post the presenter wrote but didnt publish saying she felt her future had been swept away. Yellow weather warnings remain in place, as more heavy rain is forecast for parts of the uk already flooded. Sport now on afternoon live with gavin ra mjuan. Hello, gavin, following their uefa ban, manchester citys hierarchy have responded for the first time today. Thats right, simon. City in action late on against west ham, rearranged premier league game. But their chief executive has today responded for the First Time Since the club were given a Champions League ban, and £25 million fine by uefa, for breaching financial fair play. Its a charge city have always denied, and Ferran Sorriano has now given an in house interview, saying the allegations are simply not true and that the money put into the club by the owners has been properly declared. He also felt the city were deemed guilty before anything was discussed, and that the judgment seems less aboutjustice and more about politics. Well, the match tonight is the one that was postponed ten days ago because of storm ciara. A win would move them five points clear of third place leicester, while west ham will look to move out of the relegation zone. City do intend to appeal the decision by uefa, and sorriano wants an independent and impartial body to look at the evidence. Looking ahead to the big fight in las vegas, the build up is under way already . Yes. Las vegas is gearing up for the world heavyweight title fight between tyson fury and wbc champion deontay wilder. This is one of the most exciting bouts because of all the big talk surrounding it. Its a rematch after the pair fought in la back in 2018. A bigger venue, as well. And it was a heck of fight that many thought fury should have won. He says this is the biggest fight in the division for 50 years. Fury arrived at the fight venue, the mgm grand, last night. Making another one of his fashion statement a jacket covered with images of his own face. Wilder can go beyond muhammed alis mark of ten consecutive defences of the heavyweight title. In the match on saturday. Both are unbeaten, though. The first fight bewteen the two ended in a draw. This is the biggest fight of the la st 50 this is the biggest fight of the last 50 years and been told, since 1971. It would have to be pretty big. Theres a lot of media here, more than ever before. I went always say that Wladimir Klitschko was my greatest victory ever, nothing can compete with that. Deontay wilder is a good challenge but i have him cove red. A good challenge but i have him covered. I have his number because he put me down and couldnt keep me down, that must be playing on his mind. Because he knocked everybody else out. Im coming for you, baby. The things im achieving. It was a simple, basic plan for me, to make a few dollars for my daughter. I never thought about being the heavyweight champion of the world. Just letting people know that, man, anything is possible, you know, if you believe it is. Promises to be an incredible fight that one. Theres still no place for finn russell in scotlands six nations squad, after his pre tournament falling out with the head coach. Gregor townsend has made three changes to the 15 to face italy in rome on saturday. The scots have lost to ireland and england, the italians have also lost their first two matches. Chris harris, ben toolis, and Stuart Mcinally get their first starts of the 2020 campaign. Laura kenny has revealed that she refused to have an operation on a broken shoulder last month, fearing that it might jeopardise her 0lympic hopes in tokyo this summer. The four time 0lympic champion fractured a bone after falling at the track cycling world cup but decided against having a procedure to take part at the World Championships later this month, although she has had to opt out of the team pursuit. It was three weeks on sunday. Ive gone through ups and downs with it. Like, i was obviously really upset the first time i saw my physio, because i was like, what on earth are we going to do . Does this need an operation . It didnt help that the surgeon i went and saw told me that the olympics was pretty much off the cards, because he thought id need to be operated on, but i was like, nah, an operation is not for me, thanks. I want to try and go to worlds. Its the first day of pre season testing in formula one. And its the defending champion Lewis Hamilton who tops the time sheets in barcelona. His Mercedes Team mate Valteri Bottas here was fastest in the first session before hamilton got on the track this afternoon. Ferraris four time world champion, sebastian vettel, isnt in action today, however, as hes ill. Finally, how about this caught on camera Novak Djokovic . The world number one playing tennis with some young fans on the streets of belgrade. Afterwards he said it was just spontaneous. Hed marked out the lines and promised them a net. He said these are the moment you live for. Absolutely awesome, i love that. Tyson furys jacket, that is awesome, i can tyson furys jacket, that is awesome, i can see tyson furys jacket, that is awesome, i can see that on you, simon. With pictures of tyson fury on it . I dont think so i know what he was getting at but i wasnt walking into that one. More on our top story. The government setting out its new rules on immigration, which will restrict entry to the uk for low paid and low skilled workers from abroad. The new system is about points and people who want to come here will need at least 70 to apply. So, how do the points break down . Having a job offer before you apply will get you 20 points. Youll also get a further 20 points if thatjob is at an appropriate skill level. An additional 20 points will be awarded if you have a £25,000 salary, or work in a sector where theres a Labour Shortage. And speaking english will also be a requirement that will earn you ten points. But therell be no entry to the uk for most people doing whats classed as lower skilled work in restaurants, care homes or Food Processing plants. Organisations which represent farming, catering and nursing are warning it will be hard to recruit staff under the new immigration system. But ministers insist businesses must stop relying on cheap labour from europe as our Consumer Affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports. Officially theyre classed as low skilled but these bakers are officially theyre classed as low skilled but these bakers are making sure that they get a high rise on todays muffins. Point mark on the new immigration scores, so getting in more bakers and counter staff at this continental deli the backbone of our country, we need these low skill sets, butchers, and bakers and cleaners, and we need all of those in orderfor our business to survive. Its notjust the Food Industry who are feeling frustrated. It feels as though social care has been totally ignored as being one of the sectors that would need special exemptions from this. For businesses offering food, or working in agriculture, or hospitality, those lower skilled workers are important, but for the tech sector, theyre excited at the prospect of more higher skilled workers being allowed into the uk. Getting high skilled workers in from outside the eu isnt easy at the moment. We have record employment rates in this country at the moment. And we have widespread skill shortages. So, yes, the government i think has moved a long way in terms of higher skilled, higher paid roles and that is welcome, taking the cap off skilled visas. But back at the deli, its another headache to deal with in the years ahead. We import direct from europe. You know, our meats are from spain and germany and italy, and the prices arejust going up through the roof. Wages are going up through the roof. So, its definitely a difficult time. We are feeling the pinch and were doing absolutely everything that we can to keep going. Colleta smith, bbc news, in manchester. Lets talk more about this. Joining me now is sally gilson, head of skills policy at the freight transport association, and Ranjeet Rathore from the Indian National students association. Thank you both for coming in. Sally, first of all, the issue seems to be the point of skills and definition of what is a skill. Yes. Weve got to get away from this academic labelling, because a lot of these people are not unskilled. Certainly, if you spoke to our members, the hgv drivers driving around london are highly skilled and professional drivers. Labelling them unskilled for a start is not helpful. Weve got to move away from these arbitrary thresholds that they are setting. Priti patel this morning seems quite bullish and says no, this is down to employers. They need to stop relying on what has been very cheap labour for a very long time and we need to move on and train up. Well, what i would say to thatisif train up. Well, what i would say to that is if they expect us to adapt and adjust, they will also have to adapt and adjust their future skills policy. The funding for training at the moment isnt out there unless it is purely for an apprenticeship and that doesnt actually fit very well for our sector. Ranjeet, after years of speculation about how a new immigration system works, does this come with some relief for students perhaps . Very much so. Students have welcomed this new change in the law with big open arms and other organisations and other students unions across the countries, they are campaigning for free work and study the user. After the points based system, students are really positive about this. Once they come to the uk, if you are doing a stem course, you are doing. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Doing. Science, technology, engineering and mathematicsm doing. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It will cost you 30 grand a year and three years, that is 90 grand, roughly 100 grand for three years to study in the uk. There was no way you could stay back and work in the uk, this points based stay back and work in the uk, this points based system stay back and work in the uk, this points based system will allow people with degrees and higher skill set to work in the uk and make a living, earn a living. Traditionally, students who have been coming from outside the eu now know where they are . Indeed, yes. Sally, what will it mean for drivers, hgv drivers, now, how will they be thinking about what they can do . 20 points for a job offer, 20 points for a job at an appropriate skill level, ten points if you speak english, most would qualify, wouldnt they . No, sadly they wouldnt. Many miss the skill level and we cant increase their skill level, it is a level two skill qualification. Without lots of other boxes to tick, it would be incredibly difficult for businesses to recruit outside of the uk in future. One of the things we forget about is that for a long time, youve got hr departments who havent had to deal with how to do other visa systems and all of a sudden, their whole world is about to change. To be fair, this isnt a huge surprise, we have been talking about this for an awfully long time. We are in a situation at the moment with low unemployment and logistics hubs tend to be in areas of incredibly low employment, it is not like we all of a sudden have a resource available just to replace people. That said, will there be many people on the indigenous british people, who might think, there will be some jobs and hgv drivers . We already have a 59,000 shortage. If anybody wanted to be a drive at the moment, we are desperate for them to start that vocation. And yet priti patel is a saying there is a huge number, she says 8 million, which is a clearly figure way over estimating what is going on but they are just not there. Unless you want to keep shipping people about the country, at the end of the day, you need to be able to recruit from the local area if you are sending people off for driving. Ranjeet, in terms of students, will this encourage them also to stay . This will definitely encourage students to stay. As an international student, when you think of the uk, it is a developed country and mostly students who come to study come from a developing country. There is a gap between developing and developed country and having a degree is bridging that 95p~ having a degree is bridging that gap. Studying the uk is urging that gap. Studying the uk is urging that gap gap. Studying the uk is urging that gap studying in the uk. This points system will allow students to stay and work in the uk to get that british experience for what they have invested in their education. This obsession with academic ability, this point sally made about venice, that is something you would agree with, is it . Um. Its not like everybody is watching you right now for an answer but lets have an answer is it unfair . Is it unfair that people. That is how we judge people when we talk about immigration, we are judging people when we talk about immigration, we arejudging them academically . Everything has two sides to it. One side is that its good and on the other hand, such as the health care. People who want to work in health care, it is not good for them because you dont have people in the uk who want to work in this industry and as sally says, there is not many people who want to get into the driving sector. This is bad for that sector and this is the sector that keeps us moving, that keeps us. Basically, the supply chain. It keeps us alive, essentially. Well said. To be fair, you can leave university and you can do anyjob you want and many people might want what the government describes as a low skilled job at a hugely rewarding job such as one in care. Indeed. You are looking after somebodys life, that is something thatis somebodys life, that is something that is rewarding. Not everybody gets into different sectors for money, people get into a sector because they want to make a difference and give back to the community and various other reasons. Classifying people as low skilled is not a good thing. What also about mentioning salary as a points incentive. How fair is that, if you are talking about £22,000 . If you are talking about £22,000 . If you earn less than that, you get no point at all. Are you already. The government will argue we will ensure we get skilled workers, that word skilled again. But it also deprives us skilled again. But it also deprives us ofa skilled again. But it also deprives us of a huge sector of workers. We we re us of a huge sector of workers. We were hearing from farmers earlier about fruit pickers. Yeah. Thats going to be a problem, isnt it . Yeah, ithink going to be a problem, isnt it . Yeah, i think that will be a problem. First of all, i would like to talk about the background of this. Back in the day, until yesterday, it was 30 grand. You need to earn 30 grand to stay and work in the uk but now it is 25 grand. 30 grand is basically for a graduate, just an undergraduate degree or a masters degree, close to impossible to get a first job of your life, first full time job which will pay you 30 grand. Bringing that margin down to 25, that is rewarding. The sector which really supports us more farmers, i knowa sector which really supports us more farmers, i know a couple of my classmates from romania. They came to the uk as strawberry pickers and thatis to the uk as strawberry pickers and that is how they made their living and supported their education. When i spoke to them about coming here today, they said, trust me, not everybody from our community who has done vegetable and fruit picking are very happy about this. Fascinating. Quickly, sadly, if priti patel was watching you now, what is the answer you want from her sally. watching you now, what is the answer you want from her sally. I want her to stop labelling people in the way that they are. It is completely unfair. We are talking about crucial workers that look after our parents, that deliver our goods, that pick our vegetables. They are just as important as anybody on a higher salary. Sally and ranjeet, thank you both very much. Thank you. Thank you. And if youve got questions about how the new immigration rules are going to work or how theyll affect you or your business get in touch well try and answer as many as we can at 3 30pm, when well be joined by Denis Kierans from the migration observatory at the university of oxford. Were really keen for you to get in touch with us with your questions on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk. Its 500 years since the death of the italian renaissance artist, raphael. A major exhibition in london later this year will show some of his best loved work, and at the vatican, theyre preparing to hang his tapestries in the Sistine Chapel, beneath michelangelos ceiling. Our correspondent, mark lowen, got exclusive access to the preparations. Choral singing. Where sacred power meets artistic mastery, night brings quiet but no rest. In the Sistine Chapel, where popes are chosen beneath michelangelos glory, we got rare access to the cleaning of one of humanitys greatest triumphs. To do this job in this chapel, to clean the chapel is, for me, the best thing i can do in this life. The upkeep now is particularly special. 500 years since the world lost michelangelos contemporary, raphael, preparations to host his tapestries in the chapel where they were designed to hang. Amidst the magical story of this place was an intense renaissance rivalry between the older michelangelo and the younger, more sociable raphael. Legend even has it that while michelangelo was absent during the painting of the ceiling, raphael even snuck in to take a peek the competition for favour driving these masters to new artistic heights. Raphael, the so called prince of painters, died suddenly on his 37th birthday. The anniversary has spurred painstaking restoration beneath some of his most famous frescoes. Among the greek philosophers in his school of athens is heraclitus, who raphael mockingly painted as a sulking michelangelo. For the commemoration, analysis has been done of raphaels portrait of a young woman, thought to be his lover. It willjoin an exhibition that will go to london this autumn. Back at the chapel, a delicate operation to bring in the tapestries. Raphaels splendour, unfurled again. There is a debate. Some one prefer michelangelo, some one raphael, and so, to have them, we may say, together, is very important, to understand the balance and to compare them and to see how they talk. Each other. Five centuries on, the masterpieces are back where they belong. Rivals reunited in perfect harmony. Mark lowen, bbc news, at the vatican. Beautiful images. First, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. Therell be no visas for low skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. Some passengers begin leaving the cruise ship, thats been quarantined in a japanese port for more than two weeks as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed on board. As the inquest opens into her death, Caroline Flacks family releases a social media post the presenter wrote but didnt publish, saying she felt her future had been swept away. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live. Inflation has risen to1. 8 injanuary. Its at its highest level in six months. Rising Energy Prices were the main factor, pushing up the cost of Household Bills for gas and electricity. House prices grew by 2. 2 last year, according to new data which shows the average price at £235,000. Its the First Time Since february of 2018 that prices rose across all uk regions. In yorkshire and humber, prices grew at three times the rate in the south east. Another safety problem for boeings 737 max has been revealed. Debris has been found in the fuel tanks of several new aircraft which were awaiting delivery to airlines. The latest model of the worlds biggest selling plane is already grounded after two fatal crashes but boeing says it does not believe this issue will delay its return to service. Really . Enough problems with the plane and they re really . Enough problems with the plane and theyre finding things left in the tanks . Depends on how big the relative problems are. The Biggest Issue about the stabilisation in the 737 max is probably given foreign object debris, the official classification for what they found. What are we talking about . Rags . Lets find out. You ask michelle i will ask michelle. Stuff that shouldnt be there, michelle, but what exactly was it . Michelle fleury is in new york for us. I was going to say innocuous but it certainly isnt, tools and rags. Tools will cause a problem because you get it banging around within the fuel tank, it could essentially break any sensors in there, damage metal parts and in the case of rags, there are concerns it could block a fuel line, get stuck in that. This is yet another black eye for boeing. As you pointed out on the separate to the engineering problem which led the 737 max planes. Which led to the 737 max planes. Which led to the grounding of the 737 max. In other hit when it comes to the engineering track record and in this case the question of safety and quality control. It does nothing to boost confidence in this aircraft whenever it takes to the skies again. Boeing saying it doesnt think this latest issue will delay that return to the skies. It is still a guessing game as to when that might actually happen. Yeah. Look, theyve now said that as a result of this foreign object debris, fod, as aviation experts like to call it, to inspect all of their planes, which is what boeing have now said they will do. 400 plus 737 max planes that have been built and waiting to be delivered. That will take quite an amount of time. It is three days to empty these fuel tanks, let the fuels dissipate in the air, the vapours, so it is safe enough to inspect. It will be quite a job. They are confident they can stick to this timeline and get these planes recertified. The american regulator, the faa has said they are monitoring all of this. But all of this will raise questions amongst investors. The share price reaction has been muted, they seem to be watching this but sticking and focusing on that point that it is not going to delay the recertification, which has been key. The is 737 max boeings best selling plane and now well out of service for coming up to a year. The 737 max. That is hugely costly to a company like boeing. Thank you very much for that. Before i go, i will show you the markets, everyone is very happy. A fall in the number of new cases of the coronavirus has given markets a boost. Including the footsie in london and dow in new york. More for you in the next hour, simon. I look forward to that. Now its time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. Still a lot of water in the ground in the rivers, in the West Midlands in particular and more rain in the forecast over the coming few days and weeks. Severe Flood Warnings in place on these rivers, the severn river and the wye. This is in wales. Pretty extensive and Dangerous River levels in some areas. More rain coming in. Met Office Warnings of heavy rain for south west scotland, north west england and wales over the hills. More rain on saturated ground isnt good news. This is the main in the late afternoon, light and patchy in the east but west, the vein is steadier and heavier over the hills. It will be windy and temperatures 8 or 9 degrees the rain is steadier. Staying wet particularly in the west overnight, south west scotland, north west england, wales and Northern Ireland, heavy bursts of rain here. More showery and cool air in the north west of scotland, england and wales, it will be drier away from the west, temperatures 9 10, mild. This array will be heavy and accompanied by gusty winds. Just make this rain will be. It moved slowly from western parts of england and wales and more quickly arriving in the  and more guickly arriving in the the