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Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Four more cases of coronavirus have been reported in england bringing the total number in the uk to eight. They are all known to have come into contact with a previously confirmed uk case. Its believed to have come from a british businessman who went to a conference in singapore. From there, he went skiing in Les Contamines montjoie, in the french alps, where he came into contact with these new cases. The businessman then travelled to brighton, where he became unwell. He was transferred to london for treatment. The new cases announced this morning were also taken from brighton to london over the weekend in order to receive specialist care. This comes as the government introduces new powers to deal with the spread of coronavirus, and declares it is a serious and imminent threat to Public Health. Under new measures, the department of health says people with coronavirus can now be forcibly quarantined and will not be free to leave. Our health correspondent, philippa roxby, is here. Lots of developments, you can see a diagram on the page in front of you, linking all the different cases. Just go through the development. Until this morning, we knew what they were four new cases of coronavirus in the uk, the student in york and a relative, the chinese national. There was another man in brighton who had come via brighton, and another contact of his who had also caught it in france. This morning, we realise there is another four cases all link to the ski chalet in the alps where the men from writing was for leading for a few days, those four cases have returned to the uk, that are now eight in total. He is being dubbed a super spreader . Yes, that is a difficult turn, we dont know what that means it yet, it is certainly true that he is linked to five of these cases. Of course, he was in very close contact with people on holiday, in confined spaces. There was opportunity for cough droplets to be passed around, that is obviously how the virus affected other people. The term super spreader is unhelpful at this point because it seems to be just a highly transmissible virus and people were in close proximity to him. New powers brought in will mean that somebody suspected of potentially having lee briers will be able to be forcibly quarantined, this is because one person under quarantine decided they dont want to stay . Yes, it is reported that somebody who flew back on a flight from wuhan was not happy about being quarantined. The government have asked people to sign a contract before they got on these flights to make sure they were happy with being in isolation for m days, somebody decided they were not too happy about that. The government have had to up their powers to enforce that quarantine, a full two weeks, that is to stop the risk of the virus spreading any further. In the case of the businessmen are being treated in hospital in london indicates the chain of somebody who has the virus but may be unaware, spreading it as the go. How widespread is the quarantine in this country currently . There are two facilities being currently used where people are being quarantined. There are also specialist hospitals dotted around the uk, a couple in scotland, some in england, newcastle and london, they are specially prepared to treat people with these Infectious Diseases, they know exactly what they are doing. How many are in quarantine . Were talking several hundred gnarled, i believe, at the latest count. There will be people worried all the time, worried about their health, who will have travelled back from asia, and may have very mild symptoms,. The government are saying that the right thing to do is to be cautious, to sound nhs want want one, not to into yourgp sound nhs want want one, not to into your gp surgery, but to let somebody through one and they can be picked up. Joining me to talk about how the virus spreads is dr connor bamford, virologist at the Wellcome Wolfson Institute for experimental medicine, queens university. It is obviously being pretty carefully tracked, so what is your understanding of how it is spreading, and how serious this is . I think this virus is a very serious virus, it can infect people and cause disease, for some people, if fatal disease. It can transmit from one person to another, we know on average, one infected person can give it to another two or three people. This causes a lung infection and can be spread through coughing, sneezing, even touching your mouth or nose on surfaces, and then putting to that york now is. In terms of how deadly it is, the total number of deaths in china is now 908, there are more than 40,000 cases of the buyer globally, so the death toll is relatively low, is it still on par with the flu . Importantly, this virus can kill people. The latest figures of how many people we know have been affected and help how many people have died, it is about 1 . This is likely to be an underestimate, we dont really know about these mild cases. Influenza may be because hes deaf rate of 0. 1 , this virus would actually be ten times more than that. Importantly, it can affect a lot more people, that 1 can account for a lot of individuals. What you think about the measures . Every new measures come out, the government says it is just taken the precaution because of the fact that somebody is side they would stay in quarantine for the full 14 days. Every time any measure is taken, it leaves people thinking how serious is this, is there something we do not now . Undoubtedly, there are a lot of things we doubt now. We have known about this virus for a month or two, we are learning about it all the time, it is a constantly evolving situation. With person to person transmission, the idea that you can spread the virus when you have mild symptoms, these are things we didnt appreciate how important they might be. And because we dont have vaccines and cures, we only have prevention that is quarantine and isolation. In terms of quarantine, when we look at the businessman in singapore, five people infected in france who came into contact with him there, then another four people in this country. He has now being treated himself in hospital. As you are saying, it shows it is spreading around people, what does that say about the effectiveness of quarantine . Sorry, can you repeat that . I was asking about the effectiveness of quarantine when you have people walking around, potentially spreading it in the community as with the singapore businessman, before they then go into hospital . We know with this virus, you can spread out when you have mild symptoms, that is why people have to be aware if you have exposure in places like china and singapore, and you develop a cough or temperature, this is where you should self isolate athletic a lot of precaution to alert the authorities, do not go to your gp. We will say goodbye, thank you very much. Theres more travel disruption today as the after effects of storm ciara continue to be felt across the uk. 62,000 households are without power. More than 200 Flood Warnings remain in place, 150 of them in england. Yellow weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are also in force for large parts of the uk. Further rail disruption is expected and commuters are being urged to check their routes before travelling. And Hampshire Police havejust reported that a 58 year old man died our correspondent Jayne Mccubbin is in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire one of the affected areas. What is it likely are jane . It is terrible down here. If you look inside the shop, you see what businesses are waking up to this morning a terrible mess. This is the second time ramsey has had to deal with these flood levels. In 2015, on those boxing day floods, the water level was up to about 3. 8 metres. Yesterday, 3. 5 metres. Some flood defences have been put in, floodgates have helped businesses keep some of the water and sludge out. Look at the mess here, they have been mopping out all morning, you can see nothing fully keeps listen morning away. This is the problem this morning, the river was almost at the top of the archies yesterday. It is important to say that here in Hebden Bridge, after those famous boxing day floods, flood defence works were promised, but they were due to begin later this year. Flood defence were further up the river, they are due to come to an end this summer, but even though they are well under weight there, that village was com pletely weight there, that village was completely submerged under water so there is some scepticism about the work going on at the impact it will have. Weather presenter, elizabeth rizzini, joins me now in the studio. How unusal is this storm . It is not that unusual in that we see winter storms. This time last year, we had already got up to r e e. Year, we had already got up to r e e, so more storms. Not unusual to see pressure across the atlantic but the jet stream was very strong. What was unusual yesterday was that we seen was unusual yesterday was that we seen such strong winds over such a wide area of the uk, also the duration. You can see that Manchester Airport saw wind gusts of 86 mph, unusual for Manchester Airport saw wind gusts of 86 mph, unusualfor inland areas, also unusual to see strong gust of winds towards central and eastern areas of england. Not with scotland, Northern Ireland, not quite so unusual to see those strong gusts there. We have some more pictures showing the impact of the storm. Yes, we do, some very strong impact, not just the strength yes, we do, some very strong impact, notjust the strength of yes, we do, some very strong impact, not just the strength of the wind, but also the flooding. Plenty of flooding around, for example, in parts of cumbria, they had their february average rainfall, plus another half, during 24 hours. A lot of light rain fell in just four hours, localised flooding, and plenty of Flood Warning still active for the rest of the day. Our way over the worst of it . Yes, we are, the storm has moved across scandinavia, parts of europe are feeling it now. For us, plenty of snow showers, various met Office Warning is still valid across north west scotland, Northern Ireland, north west england. Warnings for wind and snow. Snow and ice for the north west england, and wind warning for the south coast of england, where there could be gusts of 6070 england, where there could be gusts of 60 70 mph throughout the day. The headlines on bbc news the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk has risen to eight the government has announced new powers to keep people in quarantine to stop further spread. South korean film, parasite, has won big at this years oscars, becoming the first non english language film to take the best picture prize. A historic result for sinn fein. But no party will win enough seats for an outright majority prime Minster Varadkar says Coalition Talks will be complicated. And in sport Manchester City could be looking at a potential logjam after their match with west ham fell victim to the weather, they could play two games a week until the end of the season. Sheffield united still have a lot to prove it according to manager, chris wilder. They beat bournemouth and r two points from Champions League spots. Scotland and england will be employees behind closed doors at murrayfield today after their game was cancelled yesterday. Sinn fein has described irelands general election as a big statement of change, after it made strong gains in the results declared so far. The nationalist party secured more first choice votes than either fine gael or fianna fail, which have led irish governments for decades. The Prime Minister, leo varadkar, said that once the final result was clear it could take months to negotiate a coalition. Than either fine gael or fianna fail, which have led irish our ireland correspondent chris page said everyone is still absorbing this transformation of the electoral scene. There is a lot of uncertainty, it is very unclear at the moment who eventually will move into attlee government buildings here in at the centre of dublin, the headquarters of the Prime Minister. The Coalition Building process will be very complex, but it is clear that there has been a huge shift at the irish political landscape. Sinn fein topping levis for preferential vote, 25 of voters placed their number one beside a sinn fein candidate on their ballot paper. Fianna fail coming second, fine gael on the third on 21 . Though sinn fein has won this first stage of the electoral process, it is unlikely they will run out as the Largest Party in the irish parliament, because attlee ran fewer candidates in the. At the moment, analysts think it is likely that fianna fail will end up as the Largest Party, led by the former irish minister. During the campaign, both fine gael and fianna fail side they will not doa and fianna fail side they will not do a collision with sinn fein. Last night, fine gael leader said he would stick to that. The fianna fail leader however wouldnt give a definitive answer, he said that people came out to vote in numbers and he respected there. That there we re and he respected there. That there were still big car significant differences dipping his party and sinn fein, lots to tease out over the next couple of days. The way forward is not straightforward, a lot will come down to the final numbers, counting will continue today, 160 seats in the irish parliament, have still to be filled. The track 166 seats. You can expect it to be very tight indeed. A European Spacecraft which aims to take the closest ever pictures of the sun has been launched from Cape Canaveral in florida. The solar orbiter is carrying cameras and sensors that should provide new insights on the workings of the sun and how its behaviour affects technology on earth. It will take the orbiter two years to reach its destination, 26 millions miles from the surface of the sun. To survive the extreme heat, a huge titanium shield will protect the probe. Rebecca morelle reports. Five, four, three, two, one, zero. And lift off. Blasting off a mission thats been 20 years in the making. The spacecraft, called solar orbiter, on its way to the sun. Its jam packed with instruments, and will take images from closer to our star than any spacecraft has before, but it will be operating in an extreme environment. The instruments on board the spacecraft are incredibly sensitive. And then to put it close to the sun its really, really difficult. And its quite nerve racking when you send your delicate little instrument on the top of a rocket towards the sun you just hope that its going to be working. At the Royal Astronomical society, records of our sun go back hundreds of years, charting huge solar storms. These would have had little effects on us in the 1800s when these notes were written today, though, theyd wreak havoc. Knocking out communications and navigations satellites, and causing power failures. The hope is, though, that solar orbiter can help us to better understand and eventually predict them. Solar orbiter will give us a new view of the sun, and will let us see its poles for the very first time. Scientists say this could be a game changer. Theres so much that we dont understand about the interior of the sun, how the energy leaks out, how Magnetic Fields play an important role. I think theres a real chance for a breakthrough in our understanding of the sun from solar orbiter. The journey to the sun wont be easy, and itll take two years for solar orbiter to get into prime position. But once its there, the secrets of our star will finally be revealed. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. For the first time in the 92 year history of the oscars, a Foreign Language film has won the best picture award. South korean film, parasite, beat the likes of british world war one epic, 1917 and thejoker. Our correspondent, david willis, was there. Tonight we celebrate all the amazing talent in this room a tribute to diversity at the start of an Academy Awards in which the spirit of inclusion had seemed to be sorely lacking. Happy black history month. Janelle monaes rousing performance coming on a night when the acting categories were the least diverse since the fallout from oscarssowhite. That campaign pushed the academy to expand its International Voting ranks, possibly paving the way to this watershed moment at the Academy Awards. Bong joon ho parasite, the story of a poor south korean family insinuating itself into the life of a very rich family, swept the board, collecting oscars for best original screenplay, best international film, and best director for its creator, bong joon ho, who paid tribute to his fellow contenders. Our great martin scorsese. Cheering and applause. This belongs to a lot of people. The veteran british cinematographer, roger deakins, was honoured for his work on the world war i drama, 1917. And sir elton johns song from rocketman, im gonna love me again, was named best original song. Brad pitt was named best supporting actor for his role in once upon a time in hollywood, and it was a film about about the cruelty of the old Hollywood Studio system that won Renee Zellweger a best actress oscar for her role injudy. Laura dern was named best supporting actress for her role in marriage story, and Joaquin Phoenix walked off with the best actor award for his performance injoker. Parasite. But this was the night that parasite made history becoming the first Foreign Language film to carry off oscars biggest award of the night, best picture. Hollywood may still be grappling with the thorny issue of diversity, but parasites victory is seen as a sign the academy is ready to embrace great films from any country, in any language, at last. David willis, bbc news, at the Academy Awards. Im joined by actor trevor nicholas, who you may recognise from londons west end as the genie in aladdin and George Washington in hamilton. Welcome. Were you watching . Absolutely. Last night was an incredible step for diversity on the entertainment scale. There has been so entertainment scale. There has been so much struggle for representation of tonic for people of colour in general. Last night, watching what parasite was able to do in changing the conversation and the acknowledgement of it was truly remarkable and beautiful to see in such a large scale. Joaquin phoenix in his speech spoke about diversity and the not being enough diversity, parricide crashed through in a way that nobody expected,. Parricide. How much does that translate more broadly to you . For me, it opens the conversation up, one that i think a lot of people are afraid to have. It is about sitting down and doing what were doing today, that is talking about were the dips are in diversity, where it needs to be more representation. One of the things thatJoaquin Phoenix did so well last night was covering accountability. It is not an admission of privilege, bias or guilt, it is about being able to have a conversation about it as we move forward. Do you think there is an element of guilt in this . move forward. Do you think there is an element of guilt in this . I think for some there can be, ideally, that guilt is only a light on those who have put themselves in positions that they have made decisions that a bit iffy. Last night, there was this joyous card. Janelle monet in the opening talking about being a black, clear artist. Even when chris rock came out, the acknowledgement of the issues that people were not talking about on a screen. There really was laying out and consciousness of, we know what story we are trying to tell and trying to adjust. It felt like last night was a big lean towards adjustment. In the list of nominees, across the categories, in this awards season, not a Single Person of colour was nominated at the baftas in any of the main categories, and at the oscars, only 1 categories, and at the oscars, only 1 is that disappointing . Categories, and at the oscars, only 1 is that disappointing . Yes, it is troubling, disappointing is definitely a word for it. It is a spotlight on the mindset of the art we create not always been celebrated. It is pushed, it is a profitable, it is important stories to tell, but it is not necessarily gilded in at the same way that other stories are. That is where the disappointment lies. Watching cynthia aretha to. Even when you look at women who were not nominated, there were these massive gaps where it was all men. Bong joon hos wonderfully deserved win for parasite, but there were all these women who were not even nominated. It is marginalised groups who for a long time had been overlooked by the oscars. It is very exciting that yesterday, it seems like there is consciousness and acknowledgement that things need to change. How do things change . It was 2015 that the hashtag oscars so white went so vital. A bong joon ho five years later, were still here looking at that hashtag. As an artist, it is ourjob to take the truth from our struggles. Hamilton isa truth from our struggles. Hamilton is a perfect example of that. Absolutely, it is this gorgeous story about the strength of an immigrant, really, and the strength to persevere through things. We do not necessarily always have the a nswe rs , not necessarily always have the answers, i think last night was a good step towards more equality. I think it is continuing these conversations. I think it is calling in at when it needs to be, that is not to cause a fight and conflict, it is to find High Resolution together, to avoid that lead tribalism that we have as human beings in trying to overcome our own shortcomings and coming together to Work Together and telling the stories that imitate life. Are enough of the stories being told . What we see is the end of the factory line, effectively, a celebration of what has been produced. The british Film Industry is thriving, are enough of the stories being told . Is thriving, are enough of the stories being told . I do not think enough of the stories had ever been told. How do you get to them . Ideally, it is telling them well. Have you be involved in pitching staff, finding it difficult . Off course. Part of the Entertainment Industry is getting used to a lot of nose mac and hitting the wall. Part of that, as a black man, it is a lwa ys of that, as a black man, it is always questioning, is this because of race . Is itjust based on being in the right place at the right time . The fact it is even a question is quite upsetting to stop it is important to keep listening in these conversations, and not just important to keep listening in these conversations, and notjust having one perspective, it is listening to each other, healing old wounds. U nfortu nately, each other, healing old wounds. Unfortunately, i dont think there isa unfortunately, i dont think there is a quick fix, but i think it is a continual struggle together to keep taking the steps. Len emanuel miranda, in creating hamilton, that is always that element of making your own weather if you want to tell a story in the way you want to do it. That is such a difficult thing, to be able to create something and to be able to create something and to be able to create something and to be able to get out there. To be able to create something and to be able to get out therem to be able to create something and to be able to get out there. It is difficult because the people who consume are not necessarily the people who support the creation initially. It is getting the financial and Creative Support behind new voices. When you look at queen and slim, it was overlooked, it was this a new voice of ethnic storytelling, it had no oscar nominations, a struggle to get even viewed with the golden globes. It is finding the support from the ground up finding the support from the ground up and things had been created, support from people much is going to see it, but there are people producing it, people writing these things, people who are helping to push the pr for them. It goes across all boards with that. I think it ta kes all boards with that. I think it takes time and patience and conversations and understanding. Really interesting to talk to you, thank you for coming in. Time now for a look at the weather with elizabeth. Ston cater has moved away from our shores, we are still feeling the full effect. Plenty of Flood Warnings in effect for the rest of the day. Pretty strong winds for much of the country, much colder air also. A north westerly wind, very brisk, a rash of showers tracking in on that cold north westerly wind. A lot of those showers are falling as snow, particularly in scotland, Northern Ireland and north west england. Gust of wind it was murphy scotland, up to 50 60 mph. Towards the south coast, gusting at 70 mph, showers falling as rain across the southern half of the uk, temperatures at 4 8dc. Monday into tuesday, more or less the same, still some very strong winds around, still some very strong winds around, still some very strong winds around, still some show shot snow showers, could be waking up to a dusting of snow from the midlands and upwards. Tomorrow, still these brisk winds, there are your the further south and east you are across england. Top edge top temperatures between 5 to eight celsius. For the next few days, watch out for frequent snow showers across northern hills, weather warnings in place. We could see significant accumulations, blizzard like conditions too. Things set to stay when day. A bit more detailfor things set to stay when day. A bit more detail for wednesday, High Pressure building, could be a quieter day, still some snow showers in the hills in the north. Elsewhere, winds are lighter and feeling more pleasant, still sunshine but the air is cold. Those winds mean perhaps a touch of frost for many on thursday morning. It has on thursday we see things turning on again, isub on thursday we see things turning on again, i sub are starting to squeeze, the northern extent of this now still uncertain but there could bea now still uncertain but there could be a bit of snow for northern england. For the week ahead, it will be very windy, frequent showers falling as snow or sleet northern hills, it will be feeling an awful lot colder too. Keep up to date with us lot colder too. Keep up to date with us here and on the bbc weather website. Hello, this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines the number of people infected by the ccronavirus in the uk rises to eight the government announces new powers to keep people in quarantine. A 58 year old man has died after storm ciara hits britain. More strong winds and heavy rain are forecast. Warnings remain in place. This years oscars sees the south korean film parasite become the first non english language film ever to snatch the best picture title. After sinn feins election surge, irish Prime Minister leo varadkar says Coalition Talks will be complicated. A European Spacecraft blasts off from florida on a mission to take the closest ever photos of the sun. Sport now. And for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres ben croucher. Good morning. Manchester city face a fixture congestion headache following the postponement of yesterdays premier league game with west ham, due to storm ciara. Pep guardiolas side are still involved in all competitions and could now have to play twice a week until the end of the season. Citys game was called off five hours before kick off due to safety concerns for supporters. The pitch was playable, but there was flooding around the ground. All the matches in the top flight of womens football were also postponed. And there were other sporting fixtures affected across the country, including two games in rugby leagues super league, plus two horse racing meetings. Sheffield united did manage to beat the weather and bournemouth 2 1 to maintain their chances of qualifying for europe. Chris wilders side are nowjust two points off the Champions League places afterjohn lundstram scored the winner at bramall lane. Wilder says theyre trying not to get ahead of themselves. Were not a comfortable team, im not a comfortable manager. The points total, 39 points at this stage of the season is fabulous from a promoted side, but we go again, weve got a break now. We go again and it has to be that way. We want to achieve something this season. We dont want to just take the foot off the gas. One side whose major dreams are over are the gb Womens Basketball team. Theyve missed out on qualification for tokyo 2020. Theyd fought to get this far, despite major funding problems since their last olympic outing as hosts in 2012, but couldnt get the win they needed against spain to reach this years olympics they lost 79 69. Im proud we fought every game. We played hard together and we tried. We tried, and you know, some people look at us and wouldnt think that we should be here, but we are here and we have made a statement for gb basketball and regardless of whether we got a ticket or not, i am very proud of my team. In snooker, Neil Robertson is celebrating winning his first world grand prix, beating graeme dott in the final. The australian survived a Late Comeback from dott to secure victory and add to the european masters title he won last month. Robertson is the defending champion at the welsh open, which gets underway in cardiff today. England captain eoin morgan says they must be more ruthless after stumbling to victory in the final one Day International against south africa. The hosts set england a fairly low total of 257 to win in johannesburg, captain Quinton De Kock made 69. Joe denly took england to within 25 of the target and despite a late flurry of wickets, england won by two wickets, tying the series at 1 1. The sides now begin a twenty20 series on wednesday. Meanwhile in rawalpindi, pakistan finished off the bangladesh second innings quickly this morning to complete victory by an innings and 44 runs. The teams next play, a one Day International before the second test starts on 5th april. Well return to the weather, which also affected the womens six nations. The match between scotland and england was called off while wales players had to have cold showers after their match against ireland. Both teams had to fight against the dreadful conditions in donnybrook just outside dublin. Ireland won the match 31 12, but the away side were unhappy about the lack of hot water, which was eventually restored. The hosts apologised and said the problem was caused by storm damage the previous night. Well that match between scotland and england has been rescheduled for 1 30 this afternoon at murrayfield. Its being played behind closed doors, but youll be able to keep up with the action on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. I will have more in the next hour. Thank you very much. Just some breaking news to bring you about your coronavirus, specifically the flight your coronavirus, specifically the flight that the british businessman travelling back from singapore they a france took, because easyjet are now saying that they can confirm the businessman who flew from geneva back to the uk on the 28th of january has coronavirus. Health officials are trying to trace other passengers who may be at risk. A spokesman has said that they have contacted all passengers seated in the vicinity of the passenger on flight the vicinity of the passenger on flight this the vicinity of the passenger on flight this flight. The vicinity of the passenger on flight this flight. They said the customer was not experiencing any symptoms, but the risk on board to passengers on the flight was very low. We remain in contact with the Health Authorities and will follow their guidance. The health and well being of the passengers, and crew of the airlines remain a priority. This is the 13th day of 14 days under observation. It is worth mentioning that prior to flying back to this country, the same passenger went to france and five people have been affected in france as a result of that contact, so. Those who are travelling on the flight back from geneva on the 28th of january are being contacted. It is ezs8481, that is the flight number the flight on the 28th of january. From geneva to britain and they are wanting to get in touch with people who were sitting close to that person. He is now being treated in hospital in london. We will keep you updated. A bbc news investigation has uncovered further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust, which has already been criticised for its maternity services. Four families say their babies would have survived, had east Kent Hospitals trust provided better care. The government is due to receive two reports on the trust today, before deciding whether action should be taken. Michael buchanan reports. The joyous scans of a growing baby. But reid shaw was stillborn last november on the day he was due, an outcome his parents say was wholly avoidable. They should have asked us to come in that night. If they had induced me that night, he would have been here, 100 . His parents had called the qeqm hospital in margate at 1 10am in the morning, as kirsty was in pain and her sons movements had noticeably changed. She was advised to take painkillers and go to bed. 16 hours later, she called again and was invited in this time, where staff discovered reid had died. Being a first time mum, i suppose you put too much trust in these people to advise you and get you through something as vulnerable as this, and so you dont question it. East Kent Hospitals trust say they are investigating the case, but three other families we have spoken to have told us their babies would have survived if medics in east kent had provided better care. Thats in addition to the seven preventable deaths we revealed last month. The trust have apologised in two of the new cases, and denied wrongdoing in the third. An inquest last month found harry richfords death in 2017 was wholly avoidable. Now the coroner in that case has written to the trust, demanding they make 19 improvements to ensure better Maternity Care. His parents support the conclusions, but worry they wont be implemented after the trust failed to act on previous recommendations. They had two years to address those problems before harry and they didnt. And as such, harry was born in such a Poor Condition that they had to let him go after seven days. Ministers are due to receive two reports into Maternity Care at east kent today, and decide whether to take any action. Michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. Sydney has been hit by its heaviest rain in 30 years, bringing flooding and travel chaos. About 100,000 properties have also been left without power. The authorities are warning of potentially life threatening flash floods. But the rains have also put out many of the bushfires that have torn through New South Wales in recent months. A new space probe has lifted off on its quest to study the sun from close quarters. Three, two, one, zero. And it left off the spacecraft called solar orbiter is a joint European Space agency and nasa mission. It was assembled in the uk and is being described as, the most significant uk investment in a Space Science mission for a generation. The probe protected with special heat shields will study the inner workings of the sun to help us better understand its affects here on earth. Earlier the International Director of the Uk Space Agency alice bunn told my colleague carrie graice its a really big moment for the uk. We built the overall mission, delivered in partnership with the European Space agency as it is a European Space agency as it is a European Space Agency Mission and we are part of that organisation. But also, we were the real brains behind the mission, so four out of the ten scientist behind the mission where uk scientists. And tell us more about the instruments. We got the sense that from a backer that part of the drive of this mission was to protect some of the kit that drives cons and things like that in space. Absolutely. It is incredible because the sun is a huge Energy Source and drives much of our planet, but we dont know much about it. So this mission will tell us about the sun. If you put those together, you can start to understand when and how these big eruptions happen from the suns service, so these are things that give rise to aurora, really beautiful effect, but also it can be really damaging for satellite infrastructure and indeed, seven some of the infrastructure on the ground. So this mission is so important to Space Science and two Space Missions, but it is also very important to our everyday lives. Give us a sense then, of the technical challenges involved in getting ourselves, you know, across several years getting ourselves, you know, across several yea rs into getting ourselves, you know, across several years into this precise position in relation to the sun. And so hot, and surviving that. Yeah, exactly. It is quite a long way. So nearly 1 exactly. It is quite a long way. So nearly1 million miles to get to the sun and we are going about three quarters of the way there. From that position, we think we are getting the best Vantage Point and also, whilst we still have the capability to resist some of those tremendous temperatures that will be there, so we estimate temperatures of up to about 550 degrees, so the heat shields have to be really, really specialised to be able to withstand those temperatures. Yes because otherwise all of the delicate instruments inside well what, melt . Yes, the ironic thing is on the one hand we have to have this incredible capacity for protecting instruments, but some of the insurance that are protected from the sun actually get too cold, so we have to have heaters from them as well. So it is an exquisite piece of tech that has been developed here in the uk. And you expect the results, the interesting info to start coming back when . A couple of years. It will take a couple of years for that information to come back and what we will do is combine some of the data streams from the us mission that was launched a couple of years ago and it is really by combining all of those different datasets that you are able to get the greatest picture of what is happening in the sun. In a moment well have all the Business News, but first the headlines on bbc news the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk has risen to eight the government has announced new powers to keep people in quarantine. A 58 year old man has died from a falling tree on his car storm ciara has brought disruption and chaos. Weather warnings remain in place as more strong winds and rainfall are forecast. A historic result for sinn fein Prime Minister varadkar said earlier that talks would be complicated. In the Business News non disclosure agreements should not be used to prevent someone from reporting Sexual Harassment in the workplace. The Arbitration Service, acas has published advice for firms and workers about ndas, including how to avoid their misuse. Several high profile scandals have exposed the use of ndas to silence staff. Sony and amazon are the latest Major Companies to pull out of one of the Worlds Largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus. Sony said it would no longer take part in the mobile World Congress in barcelona after monitoring the evolving situation. The organiser has said the event, which attracts 100,000 people, will go ahead. Theres a new ride hailing app in town well, in london at least. Ola an indian firm will take on uber as well as other app firms, including bolt, kapten and kabbee. Uber is currently appealing against a decision to axe its london licence. Big changes to overdrafts are due to come into force in april. The move, designed to protect vulnerable customers, could see big increases in charges for some, whilst scrapping other charges like daily fees or different fees for arranged and unarranged ove rd rafts. But the regulator is suspicious that banks have all set the same Interest Rate just under 40 and has asked them a to submit evidence of how they came up with the price. Martyn james is from the consumer complaints handling website. First complaints handling website. Of all, explain what i changing first of all, explain what is changing and then we will get on to why the regulator is a bit suspicious. The changes come into force in april and it could mean a bigjump force in april and it could mean a big jump for some people. Force in april and it could mean a big jump for some peoplem certainly will do, and in many ways this is the law of unintended consequences. The Financial Conduct Authority decided to clamp down on the banks over charging people, effectively, going beyond their agreed limit. Those charges would be between 5 £6 per day, additional interest and it was very clearly pushing people into further debt. They estimated somewhere in the region of £2. 4 billion was being charged an overdraft of these. What they did instead is they have stopped people being charged for going over that agreed overdraft limitand going over that agreed overdraft limit and now all of this will potentially be paying interest for using our agreed overdraft facility. This is being sold to us on the basis that they will effectively be paying much less, in some cases nothing. However, people using existing overdraft could be paying double what they are paying already. And the regulator is saying, hang on a second, all of you big banks have set a suspiciously similar tea and we wa nt set a suspiciously similar tea and we want to know how you have come up with it. It isjust we want to know how you have come up with it. It is just under 40 and it is asking them for evidence of how they got to that number . That is right. The regulators went into action quite quickly on this man and there are other concerns as well. Some banks have announced they are going to be charging even more money, 49. 9 is the highest i have heard. That is risk based, which we basically means it is an additional tariff for someone who is in more Financial Difficulties than another person might be. So there is a whole moral element about this as well, any sense that ill be charging people more who are struggling financially to stay within an agreed facility . And the issue of course is that all of this is designed to make things clearer, simpler for all of us to know exactly what were paying, than it sounds like it is anything but right now. And that is exactly the case. I have been doing this for many years and i have sat down and try to work out precisely how the average persons bills might be affected and let me tell you, it is very, very difficult indeed. The big concern is that if people are stuck with a 2000 or £3000 overdraft, they are doing ok but they cannot get out of that they easily. Retrospectively, they may turn that loan into an interest free one. That is not the easiest thing in the world though and some people are being told they will be defaulted, registered as not having paid, which seems terribly unfair to me. So really it is a case of how the banks going to help people who already have an overdraft limit get out of them without a penalty . Thank very much. In other business stories salmon farmers face huge unnecessary burdens and a loss of market share under uk government plans for brexit. The chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation said firms were being told to prepare for trade barriers with the eu. The industry is also warning that added red tape could see £9 million on costs and delays to the departure of fresh fish. A large number of chinas factories remain closed today even as millions of people return to work after the Lunar New Year holiday was extended due to the coronavirus. The shutdowns are having a major impact on the worlds second largest economy and Global Supply chains. Some big car makers now face the threat of a shortage of parts. Department store john lewis is to sell mens makeup in its flagship Oxford Street store and on its website after a recent trial. Sales during the experiment beat expectations by more than 50 . The full range of products will be available including foundation, concealer, bronzer, powder and applicator. I have no idea what half of those are. The ftse 100 the ftse100 is down 0. 25 . Markets connected to china are feeling the effects of that. In tokyo, that market has closed now, but it is down more than zero by 5 . The ftse 100 is really feeling that more than most, mining, energy and other stocks are all really suffering because of those coronavirus was really weighing on the market. There was some nervousness when the first outbreak began, but of course with the death toll now hitting 908, that is all chipping away at market confidence. We will keep an eye on all that for you this afternoon and see what Business Economy around the world a re see what Business Economy around the world are making of that escalating battle. More from me later. The bank of englands vaults hold £190 billion pounds worth of gold bars. If you stacked them all on top of each other, they would be the same height as 46 eiffel towers. Unsurprisingly, not many people ever get to see them, but for one day only, the safe was unlocked for our security correspondent, frank gardner. Have you ever wondered just how much gold is inside the bank of england . We have been given rare access to the banks underground gold vaults. Security is so tight here that most of what we saw, we couldnt film. I think your stat said, if you are going to do an italianjob on this place, you would need 4,000 minutes. That is right, yeah. It is incredible to look at, but it doesnt do anything. Why is it so valuable . Partly because it is rare, so it is in limited supply. You cant keep making it. The gold here is a store of value. It is globally recognised, people want gold, so it creates a market in itself. It doesnt change the value as much, for example, as currencies. This is a lot more durable than investing in chocolate or Something Like that. Gold reserves, mined from countries all over the world, are held down here for safekeeping. This is the second largest gold vault in the world. It is incredibly rare to be allowed down here and the numbers are staggering. There are over 5,000 tonnes of gold bars down here. They are worth more than £190 billion. If you stacked all of these one on top of another, they would be nine miles high. There is enough gold here to make 1 billion gold wedding rings. If you scraped all of this into gold leaf, it would be enough to cover the uk six times over. What would this be worth, roughly . £475,000 at todays market price. Right, well, that will sort the mortgage. So most bars are in this. What we think of as a trapezoid form. It makes it easier to handle. But this bar here, from the united states, is in the form of a brick. The Federal Reserve bank of new york. It is built on bedrock, so the gold can be stacked one on top of another. Here at the bank of england because it is built on clay, we have floor loam in the mix, which is why we have the gold in its own pallet. During the second world war, the vault was turned into a staff canteen, with all the gold being temporarily shipped off to canada. The area was used as an air raid shelter and it had a canteen, had a billiards table, it had beds in. And ever since the bank was founded in 1694, no one has ever stolen the gold. Frank gardner, bbc news, at the bank of england. Now, this isnt your standard four legged race. This llama race takes place at 4,000 metres above sea level in the ecuadorian andes. The jockeys are children as young as four years old. This years winner was a ten year old called daya na. She said, it gives me a lot of excitement and my heart says when i can win or not. Congratulations to her. Now its time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. We are still feeling the effects of the storm, but it has now passed off to the south east. That is where we are seeing some of the strongest gusts of wind. And across other areas of europe, but the storm itself is across parts of scandinavia at the moment. But we do still have plenty of Flood Warnings across much of the country for the rest of the day, and much colder air with a brisk north westerly wind blowing and plenty of showers falling, some of them as snow across parts of scotland, Northern Ireland and north west england as well. Some very blustery winds as well, gusting as high as up to 60 mph in the north. Towards the south just coast, some gusts up to 50 miles an hour and falling as rain the shower is mostly, but some snow. Temperatures up mostly, but some snow. Temperatures up to mostly, but some snow. Temperatures upto8 mostly, but some snow. Temperatures up to 8 degrees, but plenty of wind chill factor too. As we head through monday night, it is more the same. A bit of a squeeze on the isobars, so they winds are still strong and there will be plenty of snow showers again towards Northern Areas, some of us waking up to dusting of snow. As we head into tuesday morning, more snow showers, a bit of ice and blustery winds, blizzard like conditions possibly across some of the Western Highlands of scotland. In the south, the winds will be fairly brisk still, temperatures down to six celsius. In Northern Areas, particularly over the higher ground, we will see some frequent snow showers over the next few days and frequent blizzard like conditions, may be a bit of drifting snow as well. Do take care, and wednesday is quite a day. Much lighter winds, a brief bridge of High Pressure and it should be drier and brighter toward southern areas, particularly england and wales and also Northern Ireland looking dry. It wont feel quite as cold because we will have lost the strength of the wind, top temperatures again for 8 the wind, top temperatures again for 8 degrees, but we will see is some frost on thursday morning. As we head for wednesday, the area of High Pressure doesnt last for too long because we have got thursdays weather coming through again and they could be sent snow on this for Northern Areas and some uncertainty about the extent of the snow that is coming through. For the week ahead generally, it will stay very windy and there will be frequent showers and there will be frequent showers and some snow on the northern hills. It will certainly be feeling a lot colder to. Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its midday and these are the main stories this morning the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk rises to eight as the government announces new powers to keep people in quarantine. A 58 year old man falls victim to storm ciara when a tree falls on his car more strong winds and heavy rain are forecast. After sinn feins election surge Prime Minister varadkar says Coalition Talks would be complicated. This years oscars sees the south korean film, parasite, become the first non english language film ever to snatch the best picture title. A European Spacecraft blasts off from florida on a mission to take the closest ever photos of the sun. Good afternoon, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. Four more cases of coronavirus have been reported in england bringing the total number in the uk to eight. They are all known to have come into contact with a previously confirmed uk case. Its believed to have come from a british businessman who went to a conference in singapore. From there, he went skiing in Les Contamines montjoie in the french alps where he came into contact with these new cases. The businessman then travelled to brighton where he became unwell. He was transferred to london for treatment. The new cases announced this morning were also taken from brighton to london over the weekend in order to receive specialist care. In the past hour easyjet has announced it is trying to trace other passengers who might be at risk who flew alongside the businessman on a flight from geneva to gatwick on january 28th. All this comes as the government introduces new powers to deal with the spread of coronavirus, and declares it is a serious and imminent threat to Public Health. Under new measures, the department of health says people with coronavirus can now be forcibly quarantined and will not be free to leave. Ive been getting more details from our health correspondent, philippa roxby. Up until this morning, we knew that there were four new cases of coronavirus in the uk, the student in york and a relative, both chinese nationals. There was another man in brighton who had come via brighton, and another contact of his who had also caught it in france. This morning, we realised there is another four cases all linked to the ski chalet in the alps where the men from brighton was for a few days, those four cases have returned to the uk, there are now eight in total. He is being dubbed a super spreader . Yes, that is a difficult term, we dont know what that means it yet, it is certainly true that he is linked to five of these cases. Of course, he was in very close contact with people on holiday, in a chalet. Lots of opportunity for cough droplets to be passed around, that is obviously where the virus infected other people. The term super spreader is unhelpful at this point because it seems to be just a highly transmissible virus and people were in close proximity to him. New powers brought in will mean that somebody suspected of potentially having the virus will be able to be forcibly quarantined, this is because one person under quarantine decided they dont want to stay . Yes, it is reported that somebody who flew back on a flight from wuhan was not happy about being quarantined. The government have asked people to sign a contract before they got on these flights to make sure they were happy with being in isolation for 14 days, somebody decided they were not too happy about that. The government have had to up their powers to enforce that quarantine, a full two weeks, that is to stop the risk of the virus spreading any further. In the case of the businessmen being treated in hospital in london indicates the chain of somebody who has the virus but may be unaware, spreading it as they go. How widespread is the quarantine in this country currently . There are two facilities being currently used where people are being quarantined. There are also specialist hospitals dotted around the uk, a couple in scotland, some in england, newcastle and london, they are specially prepared to treat people with these very Infectious Diseases, they know exactly what they are doing. How many are in quarantine . Were talking several hundred now, i believe, at the latest count. There will be people worried all the time, worried about their health, who will have travelled back from asia, and may have very mild symptoms. The government are saying that the right thing to do is to be cautious, to phone nhs111, not to into your gp surgery, but to let somebody through nhs111 and they can be picked up. Lets speak now to virologist, professor George Lomonossoff who joins me from thejohn innes centre in norwich. We obviously have a really interesting case to follow, in terms of looking at the trajectory of how the virus is spread through one person, at least, this businessman who came from a single poor, went to the french alps, back to the uk, en route, five brits in france were infected. He has gone into hospital in this country, is now four or more in this country, is now four or more in this country, is now four or more in this country have been infected by ahem. Easyjet have no say theyre trying to trace passengers that he took back to this country on the 28th of january. It seems a bit odd, doesnt it, that people are only now being thrice at this stage, when it is clear that this has been spread quite extensively on the way . Yes, it isa quite extensively on the way . Yes, it is a rapidly spreading virus because it is a respiratory one. This idea of a super spreader, i think it is really to do with how close i contact you have had with others. Another way to think of it is, one of the more familiar viral diseases, things like the common cold or influenza, the more close contact cold or influenza, the more close co nta ct you cold or influenza, the more close contact you have with other individuals, the more likely you are to spread it. Obviously, being confined in things like aircraft or ski chalets is likely to increase the proximity to a number of other individuals. The easyjet statement says, as the customer was not experiencing any symptoms, the risk to others on board the flight is very low. We remain in contact with the public Health Authorities and are following their guidance. Too many mirrors are on a 14 day self monitoring period, today is the 30th day. They say Public Health england is contacting all passengers seated in the bin synergy of the customers to stick to guidelines. Do you think that is enough . They say he wasnt experiencing symptoms about the risk was allowed to others, that is quite weird considering others were affected in france. Normally, you tend to shout the virus out large quantities once you yourself are showing symptoms. In this case, this particular virus, people who are asymptomatic can actually said the riders. I think it is sensible to trace all the contact. The problem is, how far do you go when you are dealing people who do not show symptoms . You are then almost having to, possibly in everyone , then almost having to, possibly in everyone, starting to limit transport. Drastically, you begin to cause other sorts of problems, a little bit of an issue on yokohama, people are running out of other medicines when they are quarantine. You can i shall create additional medical issues by strictly controlling movement. The pictures we are looking out at the moment are those people being taken to quarantine on these buses are escorted. In terms of how the quarantine is being handled, obviously, you make the point of it you run into difficulties when you are deciding potentially how wide to spread the net. But isnt the way it is being handled at the moment, right, as far as you can see . As far asi right, as far as you can see . As far as i can see, the precautions are sensible and proportionate. It does need to be monitored closely. Unfortunately, monitoring for diagnosis sufficiently robust and accurate so that can be done. Fortunately. We have already seen that the government taking increased powers today, i think it is basically a moving tour good, it is a newy basically a moving tour good, it is a new y race with new properties, related to ones we already know about. New virus. Well have to keepa about. New virus. Well have to keep a close eye on to how it spreads. What also the severity of the disease is the outbreak continues. It has spread to a large number of countries, is there really any realistic way to top it stop it from spreading further . any realistic way to top it stop it from spreading further . I think one can contain it, the chinese have tried to do that. I think the issue about the spread is a fad that is mainly a race which had a virus and and water droplets. Mainly a respiratory virus, spread in water droplets. Fortunately, this is not like ebola, as very light or pathogenic as ebola. There seems to be one or 2 at the moment, but we do need to keep an eye on it. The old adage i was brought up with, coughs and sneezes spread diseases, to take sensible precautions if you thought you were coming down with even a cold or flu and avoid going to public places. Washing your hands, clearing surfaces to prevent the spread. Thank you forjoining us. And at 3. 30 this afternoon well be trying to get some of your questions on this story answered. Well be joined by Natalie Mcdermott whos an expert on Infectious Diseases from Kings College london. If you have a question do get in touch you can tweet via the hashtag bbc your questions or email yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk. A man has been killed as the after effects of storm ciara continue to be felt across the uk. The 58 year old man died after a tree fell on to his car while he was driving on the a33, near micheldever, in hampshire yesterday. Elsewhere in the uk, more travel disruption is expected today and 62,000 households are without power. More than 200 Flood Warnings remain in place, 150 of them in england. Yellow weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are also in force for large parts of the uk. Further rail disruption is expected and commuters are being urged to check their routes before travelling. Our correspondent, Jayne Mccubbin, is in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire one of the affected areas. Its terrible down here. Its history repeating. If you have a look inside ramsays bistro, youll see what businesses are waking up to this morning a terrible, terrible mess. This is the second time ramsay has had to deal with these flood levels. Yesterday, the flood level was up to about here. In 2015, in those famous boxing day floods, the water level was up to about 3. 8 metres. Yesterday, 3. 5 metres. Some flood defences have been put in, the floodgates there have helped businesses keep some of the water and sludge out. But look at the mess outside the rspca here, theyve been mopping out all morning. You can see nothing fully keeps this water away. This is the problem this morning, the river which is still quite high today it was almost at the top of the arches there yesterday. Its important to say that here in Hebden Bridge, after those famous boxing day floods, flood defence works were promised, but they were due to begin later this year. Flood defence work further up the river, in mytholmroyd, they are due to come to an end this summer. But even though they are well under way there, that village was completely submerged in water. So there is some scepticism about the work thats going on, and the impact it will have. More on the impact of the weather in just a few moments. Right now, we will say goodbye to you if you are watching us on bbc two. Our scotland reporter, alexandra mackenzie, is outside Glasgow Central station. How are things out there . There is a yellow wind and snow warning in place across much of scotland. That is going to be in place until wednesday at midnight. Still a couple of days to go. It was snowing here a short while ago but it has just stopped. I am here at Glasgow Central station, im not sure how much you can see behind me, but there is a very long queuejust inside the station, people have been queueing up for up to an hour. They are waiting for a bus to take them down to carlisle because there are no trains running between glasgow and carlisle no trains running between glasgow and ca rlisle because no trains running between glasgow and carlisle because of serious flooding. All the transport around carlisle is affected. Im not sure how many but they have been waiting over an hour, rather unpleasant for these people. Obviously, other modes of transport have also been affected, flights out of edinburgh and glasgow were very badly affected yesterday on the back of. They are starting to get back to normal today, although there are some cancellations. The ferries, Caledonian Macbrayne say most of their journeys are affected Caledonian Macbrayne say most of theirjourneys are affected today, either through disruption or cancellations. People are being advised, if they are travelling today, to check websites before they travel. Bbc essex showing pictures of a sinkhole after the weather caused by. As you can see, a car fell right into bat on a residential road in brentford. The drivers and passenger doors wide open. It was believed that the car was actually been driven on the road when the sinkhole opened up, although the driver is said to have escaped uninjured. If by any chance, you are watching us and you are in at that car, do get in touch. It must have been a very frightening thing, thankfully, they derive are said to have escaped uninjured. Firefighters were called to the area shortly after one 30p this morning following reports that ac were partially collapsed. The fire that crews reported that the whole had extended into the road, Six Properties were evacuated in the early hours of the morning due to u nsta ble early hours of the morning due to unstable ground. That is just another side effect of and the terrible brought with it. A month and has rainfall injust 24 hours, gusts of 90 mph across the country. The headlines on bbc news the number of confirmed coronavirus cases jumps from 4 to 8 as the government announces new powers to keep people in quarantine. A 58 year old man in hampshire falls victim to storm ciara when a tree falls on his car weather warnings remain in place. Counting is continuing in the irish general election, where sinn fein has made historic gains. Sport now, heres ben croucher. After a heavily disrupted sporting weekend Manchester City could be playing two games a week until the end of the season. The game against west ham was called off five hours before kick off due to safety concerns for supporters. Whilst the pitch was playable, flooding around the stadium was deemed unsafe. All the stadium was deemed unsafe. All the top matches in womens football we re the top matches in womens football were also postponed, as were horse race meetings and a super league games. Sheffield united managed to beat the weather and bournemouth to maintain their chances of qualifying for europe. Chris wilder . Child are now just two for europe. Chris wilder . Child are nowjust two points of for europe. Chris wilder . Child are now just two points of the for europe. Chris wilder . Child are nowjust two points of the Champions League places after their victory. One side whose major dreams are over rgb one side whose major dreams are over r gb Womens Basketball team, they have missed out on qualification for tokyo 2020. They have gotten this far despite major funding problem since the last olympics. They could not get the win they needed against spain, spain to reach this years olympics. They eventually lost 7969. I am proud. We thought every game, we played hard together, we tied. Some people look at others i dont think we should be here, but we are here. We made a statement regardless whether we got in or not. We are proud of our team. Adding to the european titles master he won at last month. He will play jimmy carter in at the opening round tomorrow evening. Scotland against england kicks off at 1 30pm behind closed doors at murrayfield. Its after their initial match in glasgow was postponed due to storm ciara yesterday. Meanwhile, wales players have had to ta ke meanwhile, wales players have had to take cold showers after their match against ireland. Those teams have had to fight against the rental conditions. Ireland won the match, but the away side were unhappy about the lack of hot water, which was eventually restored. The house apologised and said the problem was caused by storm damage the previous night. You can stay up to date with that scotland versus england game on our website. Live commentary later this afternoon, i will have more after one oclock. Sinn fein has said itll try to form a peoples government after its Strong Performance in the irish general election. The party secured the most first preference votes. However fianna fail looks set to be the Largest Party because sinn fein only fielded 42 candidates for the 160 seats being contested. Lets speak now tojonathan tonge, professor of politics at the university of liverpool. Hejoins me now from salford. This has been quite an extraordinary result for sinn fein, described by the party presently there are something of a revolution in the ballot box. Your analysis . Yes, sinn fein has smashed a duopoly that has dominated irish politics for the better pa rt dominated irish politics for the better part of a century. We have thought about the big two before, fine gael and fianna fail, well you can call it big feet now because sinn fein are not going away. The question is will sinn fein form a government . The second on beam, with . The likeness is a sinn fein fianna fail coalition. Whether sinn fein will want to play second fizzle to fianna fail is a open question, you could even have rotating Prime Ministers. Either way, you could even have rotating Prime Ministers. Eitherway, it you could even have rotating Prime Ministers. Either way, it looks certain that sinn fein will be in government, with all the implications that come up from that. This is not a Company Built on support for a united ireland, but pressure for a border paul will increase as a consequence of this victory for sinn fein. Why did sinn fein do so well . Mainly, campaigning very well and effectively on homelessness, housing, rent phrases and the retirement age. And getting rid of the old associations of sinn fein, you know, support for the ira. Mary lou mcdonald is quite a formidable debater,. That is a lot of talent within a sinn fein, particularly south of the border, perhaps. I think that was part of the reason, the others being that people do not vertically trust fianna fail because the economy crashed in ireland under a decade ago under fianna fails stewardship. And fine gael, the governing party, theyd try to make brexit a key issue, given that leo varadkar basically got what he wants from borisjohnson basically got what he wants from Boris Johnson and henschel basically got what he wants from borisjohnson and henschel brexited negotiations. But only 1 of the irish electorate made their party choice on the basis of brexits out tactic backfired. Downing street says work is under way of the possibility of a bridge being built between scotland and Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister has previously described the idea of bridge in the irish sea as very interesting. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is at westminster. What is the latest . There are no details about this whatsoever. This was a question put by one of the scottish journalist at the lobby briefing. The answer came back to say that there is work on their way bya say that there is work on their way by a range of government officials. A feasibility study, you presume, is going on. Boris johnson a feasibility study, you presume, is going on. Borisjohnson has expressed his interest and as before. During Prime Ministers questions he was asked about it in december and said watch this space, particularly, the space between the two islands. So the idea of a bridge from scotland, we presume to more than ireland. We have calculated that they shot gap between the two would be 12 miles, it could be longer than that. There are designs of much longer bridges around the world, particularly in china, one of over 100 miles. In that sense, it is possible to do it. Questions are feasibility will be around cost. We know that Boris Johnson does feasibility will be around cost. We know that borisjohnson does like these infrastructure products, he has talked about levelling up other parts of the uk, and hs2. It is not the kind of thing that the Prime Minister is interested in. The fact that its been lit up by government officials across whitehall, it sounds like she is taking this seriously. There you go, we are just looking at a map now, you mention the narrowest part, they map showing marden and portpatrick, the potential end and stop point of this bridge on each side. Is there a popular demand for a bridge in that area . That is a good question. Im not sure its something that people have looked into. That is the point here, i think, have looked into. That is the point here, ithink, the have looked into. That is the point here, i think, the idea of a big Infrastructure Project is one thing, whether it is feasible and people wonder, what it brings, is as another. It will be about regeneration, i guess, connections about different parts of the uk at a controversial time, when were talking about trading arrangements and the possibility of cheque somewhere in the irish sea with a regulatory border between Northern Ireland and the rest of great britain. Critics of borisjohnson will look at his time as london mayor. The garden bridge was something he came up with as an idea, it got to a certain level but not very far. Although it did cost more than £45 million, even though the idea was scrapped in at the end. We also now borisjohnson was talking about an airport, boris island, something that people say could never work. He is getting officials to look at whether this is feasible, how serious it will then be as impossible to say at this stage. For the first time in the 92 year history of the oscars, a Foreign Language film has won the best picture award. South korean film, parasite, beat the likes of british world war one epic, 1917, and thejoker. Our correspondent, david willis, was there. Tonight we celebrate all the amazing talent in this room a tribute to diversity at the start of an Academy Awards in which the spirit of inclusion had seemed to be sorely lacking. Janelle monaes rousing performance coming on a night when the acting categories were the least diverse since the fallout from oscarssowhite. That campaign pushed the academy to expand its International Voting ranks, possibly paving the way to this watershed moment at the Academy Awards. Bong joon ho parasite, the story of a poor south korean family insinuating itself into the life of a very rich family, swept the board, collecting oscars for best original screenplay, best international film, and best director for its creator, bong joon ho, who paid tribute to his fellow contenders. Our great martin scorsese, so. Cheering and applause. This belongs to a lot of people. The veteran british cinematographer, roger deakins, was honoured for his work on the world war i drama, 1917. And sir elton johns song from rocketman, im gonna love me again, was named best original song. Brad pitt was named best supporting actor for his role in once upon a time in hollywood, and it was a film about about the cruelty of the old Hollywood Studio system that won Renee Zellweger a best actress oscar for her role injudy. Laura dern was named best supporting actress for her role in marriage story, and Joaquin Phoenix walked off with the best actor award for his performance injoker. Parasite. But this was the night that parasite made history becoming the first Foreign Language film to carry off oscars biggest award of the night, best picture. Hollywood may still be grappling with the thorny issue of diversity, but parasites victory is seen as a sign the academy is ready to embrace great films from any country, in any language, at last. David willis, bbc news, at the Academy Awards. Talking more about the oscars in a little while. Lets catch up with the weather. We are still dealing with the weekend was much store. In the torrential rain leading to a number of Flood Warnings. It will take time for those river levels to drop away. Today, some sunshine and showers, snow over northern hills. A clump of downpours working into north wales, north west england, the Greater Manchester area. We could see some of that rain turned to snow, even at low levels, just for a time. It will still feel cool, very windy, particularly around areas. Overnight, there is a risk of icy stretches developing across northern parts of the uk as we see those snow showers moving in, and increasingly settling. The greatest risk of that will be across parts of northern england, Northern Ireland and into scotland. By the end of tuesday, some areas of scotland was a 20 centimetres of snow and the risk of some disruption. . . Hello this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk rises to eight as the government announces new powers to keep people in quarantine. A 58 year old man falls victim to storm ciara when a tree falls on his car more strong winds and heavy rain are forecast. After sinn feins election surge Prime Minister varadkar says Coalition Talks would be complicated. This years oscars sees the south korean film parasite become the first non english language film ever to snatch the best picture title. A European Spacecraft blasts off from florida on a mission to take the closest ever photos of the sun. South korean black comedy parasite made movie history at the oscars on sunday, becoming the first to win the best picture award hollywoods biggest prize of all. Joining me now is film maker be manzini, who also runs caramel film club, which promotes films made by bame filmmakers. Thank you very much for coming in. What did you think of what unfolded last night . Parasite has got the headlines, the first non english language film to get best picture but still concerned about the lack of diversity. Absolutely. It happens every year. The oscars are so white. That was five years ago, oscars are so white, it is still going. What we are seeing with the likes of parasite winning is an evolution to moving towards more diversity. The oscars were set up to spotlight the big studio films and it is still doing that. The academy is over 80 white, they are trying to diversify in terms of gender, but since 2015 they had 8 women and now 16 women. We are still dealing with small figures. There is a desire for things to change. Natalie portman, i think we can see the outfit she wore, she had embroidered. Lets move on. You canjust see wore, she had embroidered. Lets move on. You can just see one of the names up there. It is the name of eight female directors who made great movies in 2019 and none of them were in the best director category. I definitely agree in terms of the farewell, i am sure she had others in there as well. There is definitely the sense that people are using their platform and i am glad Natalie Portman has done this, using their platform to say we need a change. And a speech. He did it brilliantly. He used all of his speeches to say how conflicted he was to be a white male in this position of privilege and people just want to be recognised for their talent. There was just just want to be recognised for their talent. There wasjust one nomination in the main categories across the film awards for a person of colour, for the part in harriet. It was such a strong outing. They we re it was such a strong outing. They were so many behind her, not only because it was an exceptional performance, but if she had won one of the oscars, she would have had an emmy, grammy, tony and an oscar and one of only 15 people to do so. In 2002, with the goldberg with Pete Goldberg was the first one to achieve that. Both organisations like the oscars and baftas are looking at their voting structures and understanding the need to really move forward with the times a little bit more so they can represent what we see. There is a huge chasm between the films that are gardening lots of money in the box office and what we see in terms of nominations. Black panther was a perfect example of that. Why do you think that is . Is it of that. Why do you think that is . Isita of that. Why do you think that is . Is it a snobbishness about it . In terms of nomination, it is very much still an old boys network, the percentages of males and race as well. It is pier to pier voting. People are voting for people who look like them. It is important to spotlight there are lots of award ceremonies and although our focus is on the oscar, i am a judge of a new awards, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion. We have british independent film awards and they have unconscious bias training so the voters can look at how they can view film representation. Is getting easier to have films that do not the traditional mould that have dominated for years and to get other films made . Yes, i think things are slowly changing. When we look at the percentages and figures in terms of the money that is going behind films made by women, are people of colour, it is still much less than the usual people bc. And there was eight female directors that were on Natalie Portmans outfit made the successful films over the last year, it is ten years since Kathryn Bigelow won best director, the fact there are female directors out there making big movies last year, although they did not get recognised in the award ceremonies, it indicates, does it, the numbers are growing and the air may be getting more opportunities, as fair to say . The numbers are growing slowly. We did seea the numbers are growing slowly. We did see a director being recognised at cairns for a wonderful film. We are seeing again some change. I think that in time and the next generation will not have the experience we are having. When you think about the fact there are lots of people now behind the camera as well as in front of it who are making the movies. I think that will help within the industry, having people producing and directing rules. One of the things that is really refreshing about parasite doing so well at the oscars is that it bucked the trend of the previous award ceremonies when all of the other categories mimic each other and it can get quite similar through the process. People often see the ba ftas as the process. People often see the baftas as a prelude to the oscars so it was lovely to see that. We could see the temperature in the room, people were behind parasite. See the temperature in the room, people were behind parasitem see the temperature in the room, people were behind parasite. It was lovely to see. Do you think things have changed in hollyrood as it got closer with a support growing for parasite . I think it is a case of people seeing the film and spotlight. What normally happens is when a film is nominated, people go out to see that film. Parasite benefited from the nominations in that way. It is really great to talk to you. Thank you very much for coming in. It is 20 21. It is 20 minutes to one oclock. A bbc news investigation has uncovered further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust, which has already been criticised for its maternity services. Four families say their babies would have survived had east Kent Hospitals trust provided better care. The government is due to receive two reports on the trust today, before deciding whether action should be taken. Michael buchanan reports. The joyous scans of a growing baby. But reid shaw was stillborn last november on the day he was due, an outcome his parents say was wholly avoidable. They should have asked us to come in that night. If they had induced me that night, he would have been here, 100 . His parents had called the qeqm hospital in margate at 1 10am in the morning, as kirsty was in pain and her sons movements had noticeably changed. She was advised to take painkillers and go to bed. 16 hours later, she called again and was invited in this time, where staff discovered reid had died. Being a first time mum, i suppose you put too much trust in these people to advise you and get you through something as vulnerable as this, and so you dont question it. East Kent Hospitals trust say they are investigating the case, but three other families we have spoken to have told us their babies would have survived if medics in east kent had provided better care. Thats in addition to the seven preventable deaths we revealed last month. The trust have apologised in two of the new cases, and denied wrongdoing in the third. An inquest last month found harry richfords death in 2017 was wholly avoidable. Now the coroner in that case has written to the trust, demanding they make 19 improvements to ensure better Maternity Care. His parents support the conclusions but worry they wont be implemented after trust failed to act on previous recommendations. They had two years to address those problems before harry and they didnt. And as such, harry was born in such a Poor Condition that they had to let him go after seven days. Ministers are due to receive two reports into Maternity Care at east kent today, and decide whether to take any action. Michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. Now with all the Business News. Im ben and in the Business News. Non disclosure agreements should not be used to prevent someone from reporting Sexual Harassment in the workplace. The Arbitration Service acas has published advice for firms and workers about ndas, including how to avoid their misuse. Several high profile scandals have exposed the use of ndas to silence staff. Sony and amazon are the latest Major Companies to pull out of one of the Worlds Largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus. Sony said it would no longer take part in mobile World Congress in barcelona after monitoring the evolving situation. The organiser has said the event, which attracts 100,000 people, will go ahead theres a new ride hailing app in town well, in london at least. Ola an indian firm will take on uber as well as other app firms including bolt, kapten and kabbee. Uber is currently appealing against a decision to axe its london licence. Lets get more on those concerns over the use of non disclosure agreements and their potential misuse. Recently, a number of high profile scandals have exposed how ndas are often used to silence mainly women alleging Sexual Harassment and misconduct. Susan clews is the chief executive of acas. Give mea give me a sense of the issue here. In their traditional form, nondisclosure were used to stop Sensitive Information getting out. You are suggesting they are being misused here . You are right. There are misused here . You are right. There a re lots of misused here . You are right. There are lots of situations where non disclosure agreement or a confidentiality clause can be used legitimately. You gave an example of when that could be. We found, and we hear about it in the media co nsta ntly hear about it in the media constantly nowadays, sometimes they are misused. In particular to cover up are misused. In particular to cover up acts of wrong doing any business around things like Sexual Harassment. That is just wrong. Acas decided to write advice for employers and the workers to explain what nondisclosure agreements are and when they can and cannot be used. We want people to understand that so they do not enter into agreements in those situations. That so they do not enter into agreements in those situationsm that advice you suggest by using them inappropriately, it stops the farm tackling the underlying issues. That is right. In effect, it is sweeping the issue under the carpet by stopping the worker talking about harassment or another issue like that, you are trying to ignore that issue exists. Our advice would be face it head on. These things do crop up in organisations and you should have policies and procedures to tackle the issues and the underlying cultural issues that tend to be associated with Sexual Harassment or wrongdoing. That is the best way to protect your workers and the reputation of the company and the reputation of the company and it creates inclusive workplace cultures. It is just and it creates inclusive workplace cultures. It isjust that, isnt it, this is advice, it wont stop them being used inappropriately. This is advice, it wont stop them being used inappropriatelym this is advice, it wont stop them being used inappropriately. It will in many situations. We know acas advice is well regarded and businesses will use it. Employees are more aware of what is Good Practice and what they should not be signing and we hope it will raise awareness. We are also talking to industry groups, to trade unions, to make sure they are aware of our guidance. Quite often people would seek advice, and we would recommend that. If an individual is not sure about the nature of the agreement, did you take advice. Give yourself time to really understand what the nondisclosure agreement is about before you sign it. Susan, good advice. Thank you very much. Acas have drawn up that advice on the use of non disclosure agreements. In other business stories salmon farmers face huge unnecessary burdens and a loss of market share under uk government plans for brexit. The chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation said firms were being told to prepare for trade barriers with the eu. The industry is also warning that added red tape could see £9m on costs and delays to the departure of fresh fish. A large number of chinas factories remain closed today even as millions of people return to work after the Lunar New Year holiday was extended due to the coronavirus. The shutdowns are having a major impact on the worlds second largest economy and Global Supply chains. Some big car makers now face the threat of a shortage of parts. Department store john lewis is to sell mens makeup in its flagship Oxford Street store and on its website after a recent trial. Sales during the experiment beat expectations by more than 50 . The full range of products will be available including foundation, concealer, bronzer, powder and applicator. It depends where you put that on. Please dont put that on on the tube. A nice view of outside the building for you. Peering back some of its losses. Following that lead that was set by asia. Last week markets were quite calm about coronavirus. As the death toll continues to rise, mining, energy and stocks are suffering. People are staying home and dont have as many travel plans. Authorities confirming that death toll reaching more than 900. A lot of that creating and confidence. That is how they closed overnight. More from us a little later. See you later. Thank you. But first the headlines on bbc news. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases jumps from 4 to 8 as the government announces new powers to keep people in quarantine. A 58 year old man in hampshire falls victim to storm ciara when a tree falls on his car weather warnings remain in place. Counting is continuing in the irish general election, where sinn fein has made historic gains. Sydney has been hit by its heaviest rain in 30 years, bringing flooding and travel chaos. About 100,000 properties have also been left without power. The authorities are warning of potentially life threatening flash floods. But the rains have also put out many of the bushfires which have torn through New South Wales in recent months. A European Spacecraft which aims to take the closest ever pictures of the sun has been launched from Cape Canaveral in florida. The solar orbiter is carrying cameras and sensors that should provide new insights on the workings of the sun and how its behaviour affects technology on earth. It will take the orbiter two years to reach its destination, 26 millions miles from the surface of the sun. To survive the extreme heat, a huge titanium shield will protect the probe. Rebecca morelle reports. Five, four, three, two, one, zero. And liftoff. Blasting off. A mission that has been 20 years in the making. The spacecraft called solar orbiter on its way to the sun. Its jam packed with instruments and will take images from closer to ourstarthan any spacecraft has before, but it will be operating in an extreme environment. The instruments on boa rd the spacecraft incredibly sensitive. To put it close to the sun, its really, really difficult and its quite nerve racking when you send your delicate little instrument on the top of a rocket towards the sun and you just hope that it is going to be working. At the Royal Astronomical society, records of our sun go back hundreds of years, charting a huge solar storms. Now, these would have had little effect on us in the 1800s when these notes were written. Today, though, they would wreak havoc, knocking wreak havoc, knocking out Communications Navigation satellites and causing power failures. The hope is, though, that solar orbiter could help us better understand and eventually predict them. Solar orbiter will give us a new view of the sun and a view its pools for the very first time. Scientists say this could be a game changer. There are so much we dont understand about the interior of the sun, how the energy leaks out, how Magnetic Fields play an important role. I think there is a real chance of a breakthrough in our understanding of the sun from solar orbiter. The journey to the sun wont be easy and it will take two years for solar orbiter to get into prime position but once it is there, the secrets of our sun will finally be revealed. Well, the solar orbiter was assembled in the uk and is being described as, the most significant uk investment in a Space Science mission for a generation. Uk space Agency Director alice bunn says its a really big moment for the country. We built the overall mission, so airbus uk had the overall control over the mission, delivered in partnership with the European Space agency its a European Space Agency Mission, and we are part of that organisation. Also, we were the real brains behind the mission. Four out of the ten instruments were led by uk scientists, so we really were totally driving on the agenda here. Tell us more about the instruments then, we got the sense from rebecca that one of the drivers for this mission is to protect some of the kit that drives comms and other things in a space . Yeah, thats right. Its incredible, really, because the sun is so important, it the engine house of our whole solar system, and yet, there is so much that we still dont know about it. So this mission will give us unprecedented detail on the surface on the sun, and it will also tell us about the magnetic field. If you put those together, you can start to understand when and how these big eruptions happen from the suns surface. These are the things that give rise to aurora, a really beautiful effect. Also, it can be very, very damaging to satellite infrastructure, indeed, some of the infrastructure on the ground. This mission is so important to Space Science and to Space Missions but is also very, very important to our everyday lives. Give us a sense of the technical challenges involved in getting ourselves, across several years, into this precise position in relation to the sun. And so hot and surviving . Yeah, exactly. Its quite a long way nearly 100 million miles to get to the sun, we are going about three quarters of the way there. From that position, we think we will get the best Vantage Point. Also, whilst we still have the capability to resist some of those tremendous temperatures that will be there, we estimate temperatures of up to about 550 degrees celsius, so the heat shields how to be really, really specialised to be able to withstand thoses kind of temperatures. Otherwise, all your delicate Electronics Inside will melt . The ironical thing is, on one hand, we have to have this incredible capacity for protecting the instruments. But some of the instruments that are protected from the suns heat actually get too cold, so they have to have heaters, as well. So its a really exquisite piece of technology thats been developed, here in the uk. You expect the results, the interesting info, to start coming back when . A couple of years, it takes a couple of years for that data to come back. What we will do is combine that with some of the data streams coming from the us mission that was launched a couple of years ago. That mission is really looking at the atmosphere. Its really by combining all those different datasets that you are able to get the greatest picture of what is happening in the sun. The bank of englands vaults hold £190 billion worth of gold bars. If you stacked them all on top of each other, they would be the same height as 46 eiffel towers. Unsurprisingly, not many people ever get to see them but for one day only, the safe was unlocked for our security correspondent, frank gardner. Have you ever wondered just how much gold is inside the bank of england . We have been given rare access to the banks underground gold vaults. Security is so tight here that most of what we saw, we couldnt film. I think your stat said, if you are going to do an italianjob on this place, you would need 4,000 minutes. That is right, yeah. It is incredible to look at, but it doesnt do anything. Why is it so valuable . Partly because it is rare, so it is in limited supply. You cant keep making it. The gold here is a store of value. It is globally recognised, people want gold, so it creates a market in itself. It doesnt change the value as much, for example, as currencies. This is a lot more durable than investing in chocolate or Something Like that. Gold reserves, mined from countries all over the world, are held down here for safekeeping. This is the second largest gold vault in the world. It is incredibly rare to be allowed down here and the numbers are staggering. There are over 5,000 tonnes of gold bars down here. They are worth more than £190 billion. If you stacked all of these one on top of another, they would be nine miles high. There is enough gold here to make 1 billion gold wedding rings. If you scraped all of this into gold leaf, it would be enough to cover the uk six times over. What would this be worth, roughly . £475,000 at todays market price. Right, well, that will sort the mortgage. So most bars are in this. What we think of as a trapezoid form. It makes it easier to handle. But this bar here, from the united states, is in the form of a brick. The Federal Reserve bank of new york. It is built on bedrock, so the gold can be stacked one on top of another. Here at the bank of england because it is built on clay, we have floor loam in the mix, which is why we have the gold in its own pallet. During the second world war, the vault was turned into a staff canteen, with all the gold being temporarily shipped off to canada. The area was used as an air raid shelter and it had a canteen, had a billiards table, it had beds in. And ever since the bank was founded in 1694, no one has ever stolen the gold. Frank gardner, bbc news, at the bank of england. Ben brown is here injust a moment with the one oclock news. Now, its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Damaging gusts over the weekend reaching 97 mph on the isle of wight and we had an awful lot of rain. We are continuing to deal with that rain with more than 150 Flood Warnings in force. The focus is beginning to shift, weather wise, to the wintry showers and snow we have got to come across northern hills. Elevation is key. If you live at bay hail, settling across the north. Wintry nest for a time. We have an organised area of showers working towards manchester. There is a chance of the showers turn to snow for a time. Wendy around coastal areas. Gusts are 60 to 70 mph. Inland, blowing the showers across the skies. Plenty of showers to come across the day. Overnight tonight, snow continues to come down across the hills in northern parts. Slippery underfit. The hills in northern parts. Slippery under fit. Towns and cities getting close to freezing. In the countryside, dipping below freezing. Across the hills of Northern Ireland, scotland and england. While the towns are at risk of seeing the snow for a time, above hundred 50 metres of elevation on the hills in scotland. Snow showers continuing to pile in. With the air cold on tuesday, the snow will be affecting some areas in the north of the uk. Feeling calder as well. Wednesday, further snow, particularly across scotland. Eventually, showers will become less widespread as a ridge of High Pressure builds in. That will kill the showers are for a time. More in the way of dry weather. Chilly. Temperatures between four and eight celsius. Into thursday, low pressure moves into the cold air. Heavy snow in the north. We could see further problems over the next couple of days. A man has been killed by a falling tree after storm ciara battered britain. Theres still widespread flooding and severe travel disruption on the roads, railways and ferries, and at airports. Out 0ut ill out ill be reporting from West Yorkshire where hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded and and businesses have been flooded and a big clearup and businesses have been flooded and a big clear up operation is now under way. Well have the latest from our correspondents around the uk. Also this lunchtime. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk doubles to eight. Cheering. Sinn fein celebrate as they win most first preference votes in the irish general election. A space craft built in britain begins its mission to explore the secrets of the sun