Three new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk bringing the total to 19. The new cases include the first in wales a patient who had recently been in northern italy. There are growing fears about the global spread of the virus. That is why i think they have been cautious about explaining what would happen in what they call the reasonable worst case scenario, but given that we are at that Tipping Point i think they are rightly starting to explain in more detail what some of those trade offs might be. The outbreak brings the worst stock market falls since 2008 the bank of england says Economic Growth could be downgraded. If the world is slower than it
otherwise would be the uks very open economy has an impact, but the most important thing is to make sure the system is functioning. We are very confident about that and we are on top of that. Well have the latest on the crisis from our Health Editor and our economics correspondent. Also this lunchtime the teenage activist Greta Thunberg leads thousands of people on a Climate Change protest through the streets of bristol. I will not stand aside and watch. I will not be silent while the world is on fire. Will you . Cheering. And when harry met bonjovi at the legendary abbey road studios. And coming up on bbc news england boost their prospects of making the womens t20 world cup semi finals with a 42 run victory over pakistan in canberra. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Three more cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the uk, including the first in wales a patient whod recently been in northern italy. It brings the total number of cases here to 19. Fears about the spread of the virus have caused more big falls on Global Stock Markets theyve suffered their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008. The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the governments Cobra Emergency Committee on monday. Helena wilkinson reports. The two new patients in england confirmed with having the coronavirus are being treated here at the Royal Free Hospital in london. Both contracted the virus in iran. This morning, wales confirmed
its first case. The patient, a man from swansea, had returned from northern italy. We were expecting to see these cases. When we saw the rise in cases in northern italy it became inevitable we would start to see cases in the uk and that is what we are now seeing. See cases in the uk and that is what we are now seeing. Northern ireland also has its first case. It is understand the patient is a woman who was travelling with her child from northern italy via dublin. The child is being tested. In tenerife a small group of guests were allowed to leave the coronavirus hit hotel. The airlinejet to leave the coronavirus hit hotel. The airline jet two has told british holiday makers who are stuck there they will not fly them home unless they will not fly them home unless they have tested negative for the virus. I spoke to jet2 yesterday after the hotel confirmed to me that they believed we would be leaving on they believed we would be leaving on the 9th of march. Jet2 came back and said we would be leaving on the 10th of march, that they would be flying
us of march, that they would be flying us home, however i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety, given we have remained in isolation, and there have been passengers not following the protocol. Elsewhere nigeria has reported its first case. The patient is an italian citizen who flew into lagos from milan. The former Health Secretary says it will be a concern to officials. While a lot of our attention has been on italy and japan, what happens in iran and africa is probably more significant in terms of the risks of this turning into a pandemic and having it spread across borders are not possible to contain. In switzerland they have banned all public gatherings of more than 1000 people to try to control the virus spreading. As a result the Geneva Motor Show is the latest big event to be cancelled. Back in the uk, the
government Emergency Committee cobra will meet again on monday. In the early hours of this morning the Prime Minister visited a hospital in kettering to discuss nhs preparations with doctors. With more and more cases being confirmed around the world, there is huge uncertainty about just how around the world, there is huge uncertainty aboutjust how much further this virus will spread. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym is here 19 confirmed cases now in the uk whats your assessment on the spread of this virus . 0ne leading International Health experts said last night this was an unprecedented global challenge, meaning the human cost, the fatalities, the spread of the virus, all these cases, but also the financial cost, with markets tumbling, and really Concerted International Action was needed. Health officials here in the uk still out of the uk that this could
be contained, in other words that the number of cases in countries like the uk might be in the dozens, but they are quite open with the fa ct but they are quite open with the fact that they think its possible that things could get worse and you will end up with hundreds of cases more. Yesterday the chief medical 0fficerfor england more. Yesterday the chief medical officer for england said that measures like closing schools and mass crowd participation events would be actively considered in these circumstances and today we heard from jeremy hunt saying this was a Tipping Point, and he thinks the government here must start preparing people for the social cost if the number of cases accelerates around the uk, meaning possibly closures of schools. In china are holstered to an urban region was closed down and that is not possible ina closed down and that is not possible in a country like the uk or the democracies but certain measures they are actively thinking about but at the moment they think containment isa at the moment they think containment is a possibility still. Well, a state of emergency has been declared in northern japan because of the coronavirus. Jenny hill is in tokyo. Yes, the number of cases here in japan continues to climb, and the governor of the worst affected parts of the country declared a state of emergency requesting People Living there stay at home over the weekend. Cases are climbing. We have heard today the ninth and tenth deaths have occurred injapan. The government here knows it has got to get a handle on this outbreak because in just five get a handle on this outbreak because injust five months get a handle on this outbreak because in just five months tokyo is due to host the 2020 olympics which is why we have seen for example the Prime Minister request that all schools be closed as of monday. 0fficially schools be closed as of monday. Officially the government here says those tokyo games will go ahead. The International OlympicCommittee Says the same thing but of course there
is concern. Injust the same thing but of course there is concern. In just a few weeks the 0lympic is concern. In just a few weeks the Olympic Torch Relay is due to start here and that will be carried all over this country and already the organisers are saying they need need to scale down some of those events. Cases are continuing to rise in other parts of the region like hong kong but the realfocus other parts of the region like hong kong but the real focus continues to be on south korea where the number of infections and deaths continues to soar. Quite apart from the human cost, in a way an illustration of the measure of how this is impacting on the Global Economy, we saw that heidi learned i had to partially close a huge plant in the south of the country after a worker they are tested positive for the virus. Jenny hill, thank you very much indeed. Jenny with the latest from tokyo. Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus have brought big falls in stockmarkets around the world. 0ur economics correspondent Dharshini David is here. The markets are pretty spooked by this outbreak . They do. We were looking at the figures earlier. If you have a pension fund, and i other products that invest in the ftse 100 it is worth no more than it was in 2016. That is how bad the false have been over the last week or so. It is a similar story if you are living in tokyo or new york and you have investments they because the markets have woken up as those outbreaks have woken up as those outbreaks have spread around the world to the fa ct have spread around the world to the fact that the economic fallout is notjust limited to fact that the economic fallout is not just limited to china. Fact that the economic fallout is notjust limited to china. It is not just car makers but it impacts around the world and on demand because containment efforts mean people are not going out to restaurants, bars, not going shopping, all of that has an impact on Economic Growth. We have heard this morning from the governor of the bank of england warning about the bank of england warning about the impact on growth around the world. In isolation, we would expect that world growth would be lower than it otherwise would be,
and that has a knock on effect on the uk. We are not picking it up yet at all in the uk Economic Indicators the survey indicators of other things but if the world is slower than it otherwise would be the uks very open economy has an impact, but the most important thing is to make sure the system is functioning. We are very confident about that and we are on top of that. That is the reassuring news, that policymakers are ready to help out the Global Economy. Like the rest of us the Global Economy. Like the rest of us they do not know how long this impact will go on for or how widely spread. As we were hearing from jenny earlier it is the disruption thatis jenny earlier it is the disruption that is because when factories have to be closed down and work places because that is the main impact. The greater the containment efforts the greater the containment efforts the greater the containment efforts the greater the short Term Economic disruption could be. How much this will add up to we do not know. Thank
you very much indeed. 0ur will add up to we do not know. Thank you very much indeed. Our global trade correspondent. For some manufacturers here in the uk, the business paralysis in china is actually proving good news as retailers return to british factories for products they havent bought in decades. Heres our Business Reporter simon browning. A window of opportunity in a crisis. Uk textile factories are winning new orders because of coronavirus. Just check weve got a good seal around there. This specialised canvas and plastics business in chesterfield is the only maker of Infection Control chambers in the uk. Unsurprisingly, orders are really picking up. Primarily we serve the uk government via a supply chain. But weve been getting third party enquiries from a variety of commercial and other National Governments as well. Its orders for these Medical Transport chambers, used during the Ebola Outbreak by the raf, ministry of defence and nhs, which are really filling the order book. Down in leicester, the knitting machines are working at a higher speed. Complex supply chains stitched together over decades are broken, as no goods come in, unexpected opportunities have appeared. These brothers run this knitwear factory with their parents, who started it in 1987. They lost legions of customers when china boomed. For decades, british retailers turned their backs on factories like this, instead preferring the cheaper production in china. But, as those factories remain closed, those retailers need to start ordering new stock and they are finding factories like this arent so costly, they can order less and the delivery times are much faster. Its had a positive impact from an order point of view and a lot more kind of new enquiries coming through. But there is a bit of concern about the kind of earlier supply chain and getting the Raw Materials in and making sure were not going to run out of any of them. But its those materials,
yarns like some of these from northern italy, which could limit more potential growth. The italian factories theyre from are closed as they fight coronavirus too. I think a lot of the retailers are worried that theyre going to have no stock in store soon because so much comes from the far east now. We are coming into the season for swimwear and thats nearly all made in china and youre going to start seeing a lack of those products in store. The spread of coronavirus has revealed how fragile International Supply chains are when exposed to shock. But these sudden changes to the fabric of the Global Economy are bringing unexpected opportunities much closer to home. Simon browning, bbc news. You can keep up with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, the symptoms to watch out for, how to guard against the virus and what it means for you, on the bbc news app and on our website. Greta thunberg the teenage climate activist has led a protest march and strike by School Children in bristol. Thousands braved rainy conditions to urge World Leaders to take more immediate action in tackling Climate Change, asjon donnison reports. A wet, wintry day but a warm west country welcome for the teenager who has become the face of the fight against Climate Change. Greater. The 17 year old swede in defiant mood. |j will not be silent while the world is on fire. Will you . Adamant how movement can make a difference. Is on fire. Will you . Adamant how movement can make a differencem enough people are pushing for change then change will come and we are those people, and every Single Person counts. A crowd of thousands
braved the mud, many skipping school to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue thanjust to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue than just going to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue thanjust going to to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue than just going to school. I know gcses are around the corner but this is so much more important. She speaks her word and she speaks to our future. We could be in school studying for things we can do in the future but this is more important. Pa rents future but this is more important. Parents rejected criticism that was responsible to take their kids out of school. It is the exact opposite, it is the responsible thing to do which we should all be doing and it is crazy we are not doing more than we are already doing. This is a small thing we can do to stand out in the rain and show our support. She is an amazing, she has an icon, lam going she is an amazing, she has an icon, i am going to get emotional. Many children came with the backing of their teachers. This is a chance for them not only to be educated on the
issues which will shape the world they grew up in, it is also to help them feel empowered. The feeling of powerlessness can lead to Mental Health problems, anxiety, all sorts of issues, and we want children to feel that they will be heard and taken feel that they will be heard and ta ken seriously. Feel that they will be heard and taken seriously. What do those who organised the days event want . |j taken seriously. What do those who organised the days event want . I am hoping this will give government the push they need to reach the goal is to set things in place. Maybe the rest of the uk will follow. This afternoon, greta led a march around the centre of bristol. When she started her campaign she was alone and no around the world her supporters can be counted in millions. Government plans to spend nearly £29 billion on new roads have been thrown into doubt because of concerns they breach the uks laws on Climate Change. Campaigners are considering legal action after their victory at the appeal court yesterday, blocking the expansion of heathrow airport. Heres our environment analyst roger harrabin. Scenes ofjubilation yesterday when green groups won their case against the government. No third runway. The judges said heathrow expansion did not take into account the uk commitment to cut the emissions that are heating the climate. The head of British Airways today said he now doubts the expansion will happen. I think the likelihood of the third runway at heathrow has significantly diminished, given the decision in the courts today. I think the environmental hurdles have significantly increased and i cant see the current management of heathrow being in a position to address the concerns that people have. Now the Road Builders are in the green group sights. The government promised a massive programme of roads spending as part of its infrastructure plans. Details will be announced next month. The tunnel near stonehenge could be
among the schemes approved. Drivers groups say many other places need a bypass to keep through traffic out of villages. But theres a problem with the roads programme. Bbc news has learned that the officials who decide if specific road schemes are value for money, have failed to take into account the uks latest laws on Climate Change emissions. The government says it does regularly update guidance but any schemes proposed under the old rules could face a legal challenge, just what happened over heathrow. The plan to build a motorway between oxford and cambridge, 0xford cambridge expressway which i know has a lot of people at the oxford end who are resisting this, i think 0xford, the local authorities dont like it either. And the potential for a similar kind of challenge on that to what we saw yesterday on heathrow is, i think, very large. The 19905 saw huge protests against road building, like here at the newbury bypass. Campaigners won some of their battles, but lost a lot. This time they hope will be different. There are some Key Opportunities there for the government to walk the walk and to cancel and scrap some 20th century, outdated, zombie road schemes. What do we want . Climate justice. When do we want it . Now. Yesterdays Court Decision against heathrow was so critical it surprised even some protesters. No more runways. Ministers will be anxious to avoid a repeat verdict over their flagship roads programme. Roger harrabin, bbc news. The time is 19 minutes past one. Our top story this lunchtime. Three new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk, bringing the total to 19. They include the first in wales a patient who had recently
been in northern italy. And still to come, the last thing that your current needs at the moment is more rain but thats what its getting at the moment and bore is forecast at the weekend. We have the latest on the floods here. And in the sport on bbc news, chris froome is amongst a number of riders being tested for coronavirus at the uae tour. The race has been cancelled after two italian Staff Members tested positive. The conflict between turkey and Syrian Government forces has escalated in the province of idlib. 33 turkish soldiers were killed in air strikes yesterday. Turkey has responded with ground and air attacks on syrian targets. 0ur diplamtic correspondent James Landale reports. If you thought the war in syria was coming to an end, think again. This was the scene this morning in idlib province
in the north west of the country. Turkish forces bombarded Syrian Government positions on the ground and from the air. This was retaliation by turkey after 33 of its soldiers were killed in an air strike, the largest death toll suffered by the Turkish Military in single attacks since the 1990s. Turkey blamed the attack on syria, even though russian warplanes have been active in the region. Russias defence minister claimed turkish troops were in the wrong area and had not informed them of their location, something turkey denied. Translation this attack was carried out even though the locations of our troops were previously coordinated with Russian Troops on the ground. Idlib province is a last remaining stronghold of rebel forces including some jihadi groups. Turkey came to their aid after syrian and Russian Forces launched a new offensive in december. Almost a Million People have left their homes, creating what the un says could be the worst humanitarian crisis
since the war began. The fear now is that the conflict could escalate and this morning nato ambassadors met and condemned the syrian and russian offensive. I call on them to stop their offensive, to respect International Law and to back un efforts for a peaceful solution. The problem is that its not the United Nations that holds the cards in this conflict, its russia. And in recent months there have been growing tensions between moscow and ankara. This morning, president putin and president erdogan of turkey, seen here last year, spoke on the phone in an attempt to calm the situation. But if there is no peaceful solution then this could be a consequence. Refugees arriving on the greek island of lesbos this morning. There are already more than 3 million syrian and other refugees in turkey. And hundreds are now heading to the border with greece and bulgaria,
after turkish government officials suggested they may have to open the border if the fighting continues. James landale, bbc news. Three former barclays executives have been acquitted of charges of fraud in the only criminal trial of senior bankers in the uk for events in the 2008 crisis. 0ur correspondent andy verity has been following the case and is outside the old bailey. This case was unique, really, it goes back to 12 years, events and the financial crisis, the investigation has been going for eight years, the prosecution process for three years, this trial for a year but it took the jury is five and a half hours to acquit the defendants on all counts. The interesting thing is no facts were really in dispute in this trial, backin really in dispute in this trial, back in 2008, barclays escaped nationalisation by raising £12 billion from sovereign wealth funds including the gulf state of qatar,
carter demanded double the normal fees that other people were being paid to fees that other people were being pa id to invest fees that other people were being paid to invest in barclays did not wa nt to paid to invest in barclays did not want to pay the same higher fees to eve ryo ne want to pay the same higher fees to everyone so they found a mechanism to pay them, Advisory Services agreements to get them £322 million and we heard hours of confidential audio conversations from within the crisis which you would have thought might help the prosecutors to make their case with the defendants said no, this was signed off at the top of the bank and approved by the banks lawyers. And they asked whether they were the right people to blame, clearly thejury whether they were the right people to blame, clearly the jury thought they werent which raises questions, for example, why did the courts let the bank itself off when it looked like the board and the lawyers had approved what happened back then . Andy, thank you. Flood hit communities across england and wales are preparing for another weekend of bad weather, this time from storm jorge. In east yorkshire more than 60 homes were evacuated in the town of snaith. 0ur correspondent danny savage is in the nearby village of east cowick
where residents have been warned disruption could last for days. This is becoming an increasingly familiar to you this is becoming an increasingly familiarto you in this is becoming an increasingly familiar to you in parts of yorkshire, flooded homes and streets, and the rain that caused this flooding fell about a week ago now, filtering down through the system, filled up the flood plains and wash lens, now starting to get into the villages and towns around here, causing a fresh round of misery. In the flood plain, close to the river ayr in east yorkshire, the rising water from last weeks rain has finally overwhelmed villages. In east cowick near snaith they were wading back to their homes this morning to the great concern of others living here. Its absolutely terrifying. People desperately want to get back to their houses. I completely understand that. Ive just run down to the town council to try to get some rescue people up here because im terrified
of them falling down. The manholes will be up. So hopefully somebody will be here to help them. Why have they flooded us . Why havent they done something about it . Further along the lane, jan bray cant believe whats happened to her home. Im absolute devastated. Devastated. Weve been here 20 years. Weve got a beautiful home and just look at it. The emotional impact is far worse than the actual impacts of the work that youve got to do. They knew it was going to be bad when rescuers evacuated people from their homes here last night. And this is why. The flood plains of the river 0use and ayr stretch for miles now. One area is the size of windermere in the lake district. But the problem now is that these areas are brimming. Its now running off into villages and homes that these washlands are supposed to protect. The last thing they need here is more rain. But they are getting more rain at the moment and more forecast for the weekend, not necessarily to fall here in east yorkshire but further west, up on the pennines and the hills and this is where all the water comes from, eventually. It filters down through the rivers from the Yorkshire Dales into this part of the country. This really needs some respite around here but there doesnt look like they are going to get it. Danny, thank you. England have cruised to a 42 run victory over pakistan in the womens t20 world cup cricket, boosting their chances of a place in the semi finals. From canberra, jo currie reports. Its perfectly planned. From its streets and buildings, down to its parks. Canberra was constructed as a compromise to become australias capital rather than melbourne or sydney. One win and one defeat, not exactly where england planned to be at this stage of the tournament against todays opposition pakistan, there can be no compromise but win that and then
england will be well on the road to the semifinals. Having lost the toss england were put into bat by pakistan and from there, it was a similar performance to their first two games in this world cup with openers amyjones and then dani wyatt dismissed cheaply. Got her. It was left to the trusted partnership of nat sciver and Heather Knight to put runs on the board, sciver made 36 whilst captain knight brought up a half century. Thats all the way. To help guide england to a total of 158 7. Englands bowlers were not to be outdone, spinner sarah glenn picking up three wickets, riaz was pakistans top scorer but Anya Shrubsole picked up another three wickets to make her the competitions now all time leading wicket taker as england bowled pakistan out for 116. England now move on to sydney knowing a win against the west indies will guarantee them a spot in the semifinals. Jo currie, bbc news, canberra. Prince harry has metjon bonjovi
to hear about a Charity Single the rock star is recording for the Invictus Games foundation. unbroken is being produced in the abbey road studios in london where the beatles recorded many of their albums. 0ur royal correspondent Nick Witchell reports. Hes packing as much as possible into these remaining days when hes on royal duty, this morning harry was at the abbey road studios in london to see the recording of an anthem for his creation, the Invictus Games. All the usual paraphernalia of a royal visit there and grateful post waiting on the doorstep, in this case singerjon bonjovi doorstep, in this case singerjon bon jovi and not far away, doorstep, in this case singerjon bonjovi and not far away, as is customary, harry s security detail, the metropolitan Police Protection officers who are a necessary but discrete part of the lives of all the senior members of the royal family. Cheering. For harry, theyve a lwa ys family. Cheering. For harry, theyve always been there, the watchful presence in the background, here on the first public that harry and
meghan did together shortly after their engagement. But how things have changed. Harry is walking away from royal duties and walking away toa from royal duties and walking away to a very large extent from britain. It is canada that he and megan now seem to regard as home but the government ofjustin trudeau has said that once the couple step back from the royal role, canada will no longerfund the from the royal role, canada will no longer fund the cost of their protection. That poses a problem, if the canadians wont pay for their security that leaves either the british taxpayer or of course the couple themselves. The sums involved wont be small, almost certainly more than year and there are other issues, British Police officers arent normally permitted to carry firearms outside the uk. They are all questions to be resolved. For harry this morning, at the abbey road studios, the focus was on the Invictus Games, an anthem called unbroken and an opportunity to sing
withjon bon unbroken and an opportunity to sing with jon bon jovi. But unbroken and an opportunity to sing withjon bonjovi. But there is