Police dealt with a complaint about allegedly transfer pick tweets was too heavy handed and could have a chilling effect on freedom of speech there's been a sharp rise in the number of cases of mumps in England most of them young adults who didn't have the m.m.r. Vaccination a woman has been told that her Islamic wedding ceremony is not recognised in law and that she is therefore not entitled to a divorce settlement from a strange part of Manchester City football club have been banned from European competition for the next 2 seasons after being found to have committed serious breaches of u.a.e. For financial fair play regulations the reigning Premier League champions have also been fined 20 $5000000.00 pounds the club said they were disappointed and would appeal against the outcome of what it called a prejudicial process sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports the financial fair play rules are designed to level football's funding playing field to ensure that success is not simply bought with the prize is always going to the richest owners sponsorship is a legitimate source of income and Manchester City have benefited greatly from the sponsorship of Eddie had airlines the company is owned by the Abu Dhabi ruling family which also owns Manchester City you waver decided that most of that sponsorship money was in effect direct funding from the owners and thus its financial rules have been broken Bunning Manchester City from European club football is the biggest blow imaginable to their status and ambitions the club sole motivation is to become the best in Europe by Jess's city have questioned the independence of the investigation and say they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the earliest opportunity. Dr Daniel Plumlee a football finance expert from Sheffield Hallam University says Manchester City will have carefully prepared their defense and will be ready to challenge the ban no doubt in my mind they will have been ready in themselves for this worst case scenario the statement is bullish That's absolutely right they're going to fight this they don't think they have broken the regulations to this extent you know there's been calls for you a for to to really enforce the regulations home and I think some people will be saying this is what you a should have been doing from the start with financial fair play and and it will be interesting now to see how this pans out speaking on 5 Live The former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown said he believed the club would continue to be successful despite the threat of penalties will the recruitment be a little bit harder yes it will with any club any ole miss can take this on and I think it's Manchester City we've seen what type of ability they have people still want to sign the munches to city they'll know that the club will come back jumpers they will will be bought a club at the top of the Premier League is a huge attraction. The shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry appears to fail to win enough support to go through to the final round of the Labor leadership contest pounded that out until midnight to secure the backing of 33 party constituencies but barring last minute nominations the indications are that she's fallen just short of the threshold is our political correspondent Jessica Parker Emily film became very close spot in the end it appears it wasn't to be the front bench I had pitched herself as someone who could take on Boris Johnson having shadowed him when he was foreign secretary but inability to perform in the chamber didn't translate to grassroots support amongst members or trades unions she previously said that she was being squeezed by bigger campaigns was conceding that her own efforts got off to a late start bar any unexpected nominations emerging at the very last minute those efforts tonight ended 3 have made it through to the final stage of the contest Rebecca Baillie kissed Omma and Lisa Nnamdi had already secured their place on the ballot 5 contenders will slug it out for the job of deputy leader voting by party members and supporters is due to a been in just over a week's time with the results set to be announced at a special conference on April the 4th. A High Court judge has ruled that Humberside Police sang to disproportionately when they went to a man's workplace over a series of trans phobic social media post offices told Harry Miller whose 54 that was his tweets about transgender people were not a crime they were a hate incident they will say warned him about making further posts in the same vein in court Mr Justice Julian knows said that the effect of the police turning up at a place of work because of a person's political opinions was chilling and must not be underestimated his our legal correspondent Clive Coleman Harry Miller believes that biologically a man can't become a woman in January 29th teen a transgender woman complained about his social media comments sometimes he used graphic language one referring to parents of trans children chopping off their bullocks Humberside Police went to his place of work he was questioned told he could be prosecuted if he continued a known crime hate incident was recorded that could later be revealed if a potential employer working with young rebel groups carried out a detailed background check Mr Miller argued the police guidance breach free speech and required no evidence of hate nor a specific victim Mr Justice Judean olds ruled that the guidance was lawful but the way it was applied by homicide police the disproportionately interfered with Mr Miller's right to free speech referring to the secret police forces of totalitarian regimes he said in this country we've never had a Checa a good stop 0 or Starsky we've never lived in an Orwellian society he added outside court Harry Miller was triumphant we stand here today between the twin dragons of liberty and law. A new police stand behind a chocolate fireguard called the College of policing guidelines it will not shield you you will get. The police guidance was developed after the murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993 Its aim is to deal with hate incidents before they escalate into hate crimes each year more than 25000 hate incidents a logged by u.k. Police while many feel the judge has robustly defended free speech others will fear his words are a green light for those wanting to direct hurtful and offensive comments at minority groups Helen Belcher is from the organization trans media watch I think Chance people being worried that. It could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for acceptable speech was and I think it would just reinforce an opinion that the courts don't really understand trans lives are not there to protect chance people Harry Miller is appealing the ruling that the police guidance is lawful to the u.k. Supreme Court the investigation of non-crime hate incidents faces another legal challenge. Following the ruling the college of policing said that while it didn't always get things right the main focus of its guidelines for dealing with hate crime was always to protect people from harm home editor Mark Easton considers the political and social context in which this judgment has been delivered and the implications for the police trans gender politics is proving a progressive mine field cutting across the liberal consensus dividing the feminist movement angering lesbian and gay activists and sparking furious debates within left of center politics Labor leadership candidates Rebecca long Bailey and Lisa Nandy of cold for those with trans phobic views to be expelled from the party as a kiss dhamma and Emily Thornberry have not done so yet by law employers are legally bound not to discriminate on the grounds of gender reassignment but some have faced a backlash from women employees who females reassigned as females will access their Safe Spaces government proposals to allow people to self identify the gender of their choice have been kicked into the long grass small wonder that the police a feeling their way and how to approach this hostile environment particularly online policing social media has become a huge part of forces workload in the last year in England and Wales there were 206000 offenses of malicious communication a violent crime that seen a 19 percent increase in just 12 months texts messages on whatsapp posts on Twitter and Facebook these are now potential crime scenes requiring police investigation While some argue this can be interference in matters which should not be criminal private documents or simply free speech the psychological impact of online comments can be deeply harmful and even life changing some of it is certainly against the law the issue of trans phobia is a new and highly disputed area that Chief Constables and the courts are going to have to navigate with great care. Boris Johnson's new cabinet has held its 1st meeting since those days reshuffle which was overshadowed by the shock resignation of the chancellor Sajid Javid as he gathered his ministers together Mr Johnson congratulated those who'd survived the changes and those who'd been promoted while them to deliver on what he called the people's priorities at the Prime Minister's side was Mr Javid success so richly soon he's been elevated to one of the most powerful positions in government after just 5 years as an m.p. Our political correspondent there nothing has been following developments Ok Well good morning everybody good morning everybody it's great to see you all here and congratulations to all to you warm achieving your or indeed retaining the great offices of state that you that you own that is no mean feat and it's no mean feat said the prime minister to have a seat at the Cabinet table Boris Johnson rewarded loyalty in yesterday's reshuffle and now with a tight grip on his top team was able to elicit this response when he asked them to recall key manifesto commitments at the start of the meeting we're going to tackle waiting lists in our n.h.s. And how many hospitals are we going to bill you also how many more police officers are we recruiting was that's right how many nurses Wallace we recruited $50000.00 Exactly one year more buses. Would have. Downing Street said the cabinet agreed to implement a points based immigration system that wouldn't discriminate between countries and which would come into operation on January the 1st next year by stunts and told his ministers the government had to get on with the agenda of uniting and levelling up how to pay for all the promises will be top on the list of priorities for the new chancellor or she soon as he reminded his colleagues that they must each find savings of 5 percent in their departments number 10 has now extended its reach into the Treasury with a new combined team of advisors the change that prompted Sajid Javid to resign it will be at the next budget that the impact of this new dynamic on economic policy becomes apparent but today Downing Street couldn't confirm that the new chancellor has big day in the spotlight would definitely be going ahead as planned on the 11th of March saying only that preparations are continuing apace. Health officials have contacted more than 200 people who took part in a conference in London after it emerged one of their fellow attendees was later diagnosed with Corona virus the person who's not been identified was at the u.k. Bus summit last week 2 M.P.'s who were also at the conference said they were well but canceling public engagements as a precaution health correspondent Fergus wash has the latest Public Health England has advised those who attended the u.k. Bus summit that no action is needed if they feel well but if they develop symptoms such as a fever or cough they should stay indoors avoid contact with others and call n.h.s. 111 but 2 Labor M.P.'s who attended have cancelled all public engagements as a precaution until the 20th of February in contrast with the buses minister Lady Vere who spoke at the event who is following the official advice to date nearly 3000 people in the u.k. Have been tested for the new coronavirus with only 9 being positive Jennifer Rone a cell biologist at University College London says it's important people here aren't scared about Corona virus it is human nature to fear contagion and it is a sensible thing that and been coded into our d.n.a. But at the same time at the mo We only have these 9 confirmed cases they're being very well contained and I don't think people need to panic we don't panic about another virus flu but for a small minority it can be deadly last winter more than 3000 people mostly over 65 were admitted to intensive care in the u.k. As a result of flu and in England alone deaths from flu complications average $17000.00 per year. The largest single outbreak of the corona virus outside China is on the cruise ship currently being held in quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama so far $218.00 cases of coded 19 as the disease it causes is called have been confirmed on board the giant Diamond Princess Japan's government has allowed a small number of passengers to leave the ship but there's growing disquiet at the way it's managing the outbreak how Thanks bird say a ship is completely inappropriate to quarantine so many people with what appears to be a highly contagious virus on board from Yokohama Wingfield Hayes reports for the 3700 people stuck on board the Diamond Princess there was some good news today no new infections have been found on the ship in the last 24 hours the Japanese government is also finally letting some of the most frail passengers get off this afternoon 11 people all over the age of 80 were driven away in a bus to continue their quarantine elsewhere more elderly passengers may follow but for everyone else the waiting continues in their cabin fillin gay quarter from Florida are in good spirits but they told me they are extremely frustrated that the Japanese government is taking so long to test everybody we absolutely should have been tested cast results back. Tast immediately and were clear should have done all that's what they. Were in the stack of Russia. China. Doesn't that. Aspect the Us public health experts agree they say the cramped conditions on board the huge ship could be allowing the virus to continue spreading but Tokyo is about to host the Summer Olympic Games and Japan is determined the virus will not be allowed to get loose on shore that may already be too late last night Japan recorded its 1st death from the code 900 virus and 9 new infections including a Tokyo taxi driver all with no connection either to the Diamond Princess or to travelers from China. Health officials are urging people to have the m.m.r. Vaccine after cases of mumps in England reached their highest level for a decade more than 5000 people developed the viral lesson in 20194 times the number of the year before the rise in cases is mainly being seen in outbreaks in universities and colleges and Public Health England has put the increase down to people not receiving the vaccine as children when it was incorrectly linked to autism Health Correspondent Catherine Burns reports for David o. What the 1st sign of mumps was a lump on his neck it soon spread his face became so swollen he was unrecognizable it's affected his breathing and he says the pain was excruciating just when he thought he was getting better he developed a complication swollen testicles I just felt like I had this summer to kick me in the polls and that sort of like pain in Upton and on my right side it just swelled up like of a car. It was a really painful mumps cases in England are at the highest level for a decade they've also risen in Wales and Scotland but dropped in Northern Ireland most people get better without treatments but it can sometimes lead to serious complications including meningitis deafness and rarely male infertility it's largely preventable with the m.m.r. Vaccine babies have the 1st dose just after they turn one it gives between 61 and 91 percent protection a 2nd job before they start school boost that level to about 95 percent but in 1998 Dr Andrew Wakefield wrongly linked to the vaccine with autism his claims have been totally discredited but now outbreaks in universities are thought to be the result of some students missing out on immunization joining the Wakefield contriver say Dr Vanessa labor of Public Health England is urging people to make. They're fully protected if you're not sure of how to doze a vaccine call your g.p. And get caught up it's free on the n.h.s. There is no upper age limits and everyone can get their Tuto says currently 86 percent of children in England have had both doses that is well below the 95 percent target the chief herd immunity which stops illnesses spreading for. Experts are warning that heavy rain and strong winds forecast for this weekend could cause greater damage than that inflicted by storm Keera last week Storm Dennis is expected to batter large areas of the u.k. And cause flooding in some places already solving from last weekend's downpours and melting snow our correspondent Danny Savidge has been to a village in West Yorkshire where people are bracing themselves for the worst. In my them in the steep sided deep valley of Calderdale they're still clearing up from Storm Kira last weekend it's filthy work engineers are also shoring up the partially built new flood defenses here John bags of ballast are being used to plug gaps and make flood walls higher there's huge concern that storm Dennis will overwhelm this village again Graham Woodward has lived here for more than 30 years it's terrifying because you see the effect this happens to 3rd 3rd time in 8 years it could be the 4th time. This impasse in the communities massive business her dresses this in prison all these places where really the billing for months is going to happen again and again a skit full of ruined furniture and food stands outside the blue teapot cafe the owner Lisa Thwaites is busy getting ready for potentially the 2nd flood in a week people are really frightened tapes are saying about all the stuff donated but actual a official again was well so they kind of all speaking to each other and saying how we can help and get things out of the village across the north big rivers like the issues in New York are already very high if that is the starting point before a rainstorm with an warning attached that it's realistic to expect problems Adrian Gill is from the Environment Agency Unfortunately if we see some repeat totals we saw last weekend in some of our more sensitive catchments we could see further flooding but it's very uncertain moment and we'll continue to monitor that situation flooding power cuts and travel disruption a predicted in the worst affected areas this weekend the authorities fear it may be worse than last week because the ground is already saturated. The Court of Appeal has ruled that in a strange Muslim couple who'd gone through an Islamic wedding ceremony and had 4 children cannot legally divorce because their marriage was not recognized in law and then only a ruling accepted that their religious ceremony had created a similar expectation to that of the British marriage contract but senior judges said on holding that decision would greatly diminish the value of the system of registration of marriages our correspondent John tantrums has been following the case Nazarene act argued that for 18 years she and Muhammad Shahbaz can work to all intents and purposes married there was a religious ceremony called a nikka in 1908 and they referred to each other as husband and wife they had intended to formalize their relationship with a civil ceremony so it would be recognized under English law but never did Mr act argued the faith marriage was valid in law and therefore when it broke down could be de