Good morning welcome to breakfast it i so i; r i social media was ,77; h r 1. 512; i it iii. Social media was ,77; itiiigzgfi it ii social media was ,77; with Louise Minchin but through the afternoon, some of the showers will be heavy as they and charlie stayt. Our headlines today cross england and wales. More in about ten minutes. Breaking news on the cruise ship quarantined because of the coronavirus outbreak. The last few minutes or so. Two the government says it will try good morning welcome british tourists on board the to breakfast with Louise Minchin and charlie stayt. Our headlines today to bring british passengers home. Diamond princess liner. They have a danger to life as nine severe itsjust been its just been confirmed been diagnosed with coronavirus. Flood warnings remain itsjust been confirmed that its just been confirmed that the british couple onboard the ship have in force across england and wales in the aftermath tested positive for coronavirus. David abel has just put on his of storm dennis. A danger to life as nine severe Flood Warnings remain Facebook Page, we have been proved in force across england positive and leaving for hospital and wales in the aftermath soon. Blessings all. A message lets were live in worcestershire were of storm dennis. Here in hereford, the river wye some of those Flood Warnings are in place and some roads are closed but just been posted on facebook in the overnight, the level of the river reached its highest level yesterday. Last few minutes. The Foreign Office level is dropping but the damage is is saying they are working to organise a flight home or some of still widespread. Severn has dropped. The tourists who are on board this the cruise ship quarantined because of the coronavirus outbreak. Ship. In terms of the background, the government says it will try to bring british passengers home. Your membership is at the port of social media was ,77; billies bond ambition. Yokohama and on monday, in terms of singing superstar Billie Eilishtalks exclusively to bbc breakfast the numbers, the total confirmed about fulfilling a dream. Cases on board is a5a. The largest cluster of cases outside of china. 3700 passengers and crew on board. Ido i do know that weve been wanting to make a bond song four years. This is exactly the news, david and whatever we will have to do, we will sally, we spoke to them a number of do. Its the social media times on the wrist, exactly the news sensation sweeping the world. Io second tiktok videos of people they did not want. Confirmed in the dancing at work are being viewed millions of times every day. Last few minutes, positive and david should employers set rules on whats allowed . Orjustjoin the party . Putting on facebook that they will be leaving for hospital soon. spoke to david a couple of days ago on breakfast and he said one of Manchester United are in the fight their fears that one of them tested for Champions League places. Positive for coronavirus and they they beat chelsea two nil would be separated. Dont know and are just three points off fourth place. Exactly what is going to happen to but there was plenty of var controversy. Them now but of course it will be a a chilly day, watch out for ice on untreated surfaces and we are difficult time for them and their looking forward to a day of sunny family to know they have tested positive for coronavirus. We will be spells and showers. Some of those showers will be heavy with gusts of speaking to their son who will be in wind as they move across england and here on breakfast in ten minutes wales. More in about 15 minutes. Time. At eight 10am and will be
its tuesday 18 february. Our top story. Speaking to him a little bit later. More flooding has hit towns across the uk as the impact of storm dennis continues to cause widespread damage. More than 200 Flood Warnings are in place more flooding has hit towns across the uk as the impact across england, wales and scotland, of storm dennis continues including nine severe or danger to life warnings. To cause widespread damage. Simonjones reports. more than 200 Flood Warnings are in place across england, wales and scotland, including nine severe or danger to life warnings. Among the worst affected areas are south wales, herefordshire, worcestershire and shropshire where Major Incidents were declared. Simonjones reports. Another night anxiously watching and waiting. Another night anxiously watching and the river wye in hereford has waiting. The river wye and hereford reached record levels. The force at which it is coming has reached record levels. The force through is terrifying. Ive never seen it like this. With which it is coming through is terrifying. Ive never seen it like there is a spot down here, this. There is a spot down here, a swan always nests because it never swa n always this. There is a spot down here, floods, and thats gone. Swan always nests because it never storm dennis may now have blown through but its floods and thats gone. Storm dennis effects are still being felt. May now have blown through but its effects are still being felt. This this is worcester. The warning that lives is worcester. The warning that lives would danger proved to be true. Are in danger proved to be true. Yvonne booth was swept into water yvonne booth was swept into floodwater and her family they are devastated. Into family say they devastated. And and the risks remain. The risks remain. The rate of rise has been exceptional and its a lot of water falling on saturated the rate of rise has been catchments and rivers that were exceptional and its a lot already full. This is the result of of water falling on saturated already full. This is the result of a months worth of rain falling on catchments and rivers that were already full. Just two days, with hundreds of this is the result of a months worth of rain falling in just two properties flooded across the uk, in just two days. With hundreds of Properties Emergency evacuation sadly needed, flooded across the uk, emergency evacuation sadly needed, people forced from their homes but people forced from their homes thankful to be safe. But thankful to be safe. People forced from their homes but thankfulto be safe. Look in there. Upton upon seven is the latest area where people have been advised to leave the properties. In merthyr Upton Upon Severn is the latest area where people have been advised to leave the properties. In merthyr tydfil, this tydfil, this house has been left house has been left teetering on the edge because of a teetering on the edge landslip. When the water recedes because of a landslip. Like here, the task of cleaning up when the water finally recedes and counting the cost can begin. Like here in tenbury wells, the task of cleaning up and counting the cost can begin. Despite these devastating scenes, despite these devastating scenes, the Environment Agency the Environment Agency says its says its flood defences flood defences have helped protect have helped protect 80,000 properties this winter 80,000 properties this winter but but the warning is there is more the morning is there is more heavy heavy rain on the way later this week. Rain on the way later this week. Simon jones, bbc news. Simonjones, bbc rain on the way later this week. Simon jones, bbc news. Really tough times for people. In hereford, people have been john maguire is in Upton Upon Severn rescued in boats after the river wye in worcestershire for us this morning where a severe rose to its highest level on record. Flood warning remains in place. Brea kfasts tim muffett john, whats the latest is there for us this morning with the latest. For People Living there . It is extraordinary, in a word. This you get a good sense of itjust by isa it is extraordinary, in a word. This is a community that is well used to looking at the scene. Good morning. Flooding and back to huge amount of money has been spent here in flood the centre of hereford as you can defences over recent years and see, much of it is still underwater. Perhaps this year will be the first real ultimate test of those defences. Looking at the environment here yesterday, weve never seen anything like it before. Hereford is anything like it before. Hereford is a place that sometimes does blood. Agency. Well be able to show you in october last year, there were later, rivers are extraordinary. The floods but the scale of this is level has dropped slightly. The unprecedented. Six metres, 11 centimetres. More than 20 feet and police encourage people in areas the results of that, you can see as that were at risk of flooding to you walk around the city. Some are leave their homes last night. Seek u naffected, you walk around the city. Some are unaffected, he turned the corner and shelters with friends, relatives and much of the city is underwater. A
huge clean up operation is under a Community Centre has been set up. Way. Angus i crossed that those peak so the people can go there as well. Levels on the river wye. Fingers if you can see behind me, one of the main roads into town, traffic lights are crossed that those peak levels on the river wye will not be still on, saying green for go but its impossible at the moment. The reached. There are concerns about the bridge. The city is disrupted and as we heard, many other places worst fears. Being able to count the close to here, hopefully the rains dont come as heavily as they have for the last few days. Well be keeping you up to date with all the latest cost as things stand at the moment. Information about the flooding throughout the programme this morning. There is more rain on the way later on. Were not out the woods yet. As carol another picture on the weather coming up later as well. The you say, as dawn breaks, what it looks like. Well be keeping a right breaking story on the british couple who tested positive to coronavirus up to date, latest information about injapan. We can speak to are correspondent in hong kong with the the flooding. Very latest. David and sally abel. The last 10 15 minutes. Just the the uk government says its working to organise news they didnt want, really. They a flight home for the 7a british knew they were going to get their tourists who have spent the last two tests back, they are onboard the weeks in quarantine on the diamond princess cruise ship, they now know they have tested liner, following an outbreak of the coronavirus. The Foreign Office made the announcement as the death toll in china rose positive. Thats right, and the to nearly 1900, including the head of a hospital in the city of wuhan. Couple have been keeping us the bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Nick, whats the latest . Up to date over the past few days. A pretty bleak ordeal and as you say, another confirmation that they have got this coronavirus. It was david who told us he felt forgotten, the fa ct who told us he felt forgotten, the fact the British Government hadnt yet got a flight together to take we know that the japanese authorities are based big criticism people back to the uk, off the ship for keeping everyone on board, and fly them back home. In contrast bearing in mind more than a50 people with the americans yesterday were have tested positive for this new taken off the ship and have now coronavirus. Yesterday we saw some of the americans leave, south korea arrived back in the united states. We know that other countries are says its sending its president ial doing the same. We heard from the jet to bring home its citizens and Foreign Office in london overnight in contrast, we been hearing from saying they had been in touch with some of the british people on board people onboard the ship, they hadnt saying they feel like theyve been given an exact time frame that they forgotten. But the Foreign Office in say they are urgently trying to get a Statement Today is saying it is a flight together so that people working to bring people home as soon will be taken home. Of course its
as possible. We havent got any unclear what will happen, if they detail beyond the Foreign Office is will have to spend another fortnight or so will have to spend another fortnight saying its in contact with all the orso in quarantine, will have to spend another fortnight or so in quarantine, in the centre will be able to go home but british people on board so some good news for them. In contrast, certainly for mr abel and his wife, its the worst possible news they information from the chinese have got, the fact they have both authorities have said the medical director of one of the big hospitals got coronavirus. We are sort of at the heart of this outbreak has following what david is saying on facebook literally while we are on himself died from the coronavirus us. His initial Facebook Post was and this shows once again the threat to the people in the epicentre there saying that there is going to be a trying to deal with this out break, time of quiet, we have been proved positive, leaving for hospital soon the threat to the doctors and nurses but there has been a subsequent trying to look after other people. We know 1700 doctors and nurses have Facebook Post and he is obviously 110w we know 1700 doctors and nurses have now been in fact did. If there is concerned about where they are going now. Hes worried they may be going some positive news today coming from china, the number of new debts in toa now. Hes worried they may be going to a hostel. They will now have the number of new cases looks to be genuine concerns about their own falling once again. As the top officials from the World Health Organization say, is still too early health. Absolutely, we know that for to make any sort of predictions. Other britons are being treated in japan. Clearly from that post on thank you for keeping us up to date. Facebook, looking a few moments ago, downing street has said
its adviser Andrew Sabisky has resigned, following criticism mr abel has a lack of information, of alleged past remarks on pregnancies, eugenics not being able to get wi fi. They and race. Labour had called for mr sabisky to go for reportedly saying black people had lower average iqs than white people. Are very, very far from home. Our Political CorrespondentJessica Parker is in westminster this morning. Jessica, what has caused this row . Not being able to get wi fi. They are very, very farfrom home. They have been on the ship for three weeks. People telling them look, its not a great idea to keep people ina very its not a great idea to keep people in a very confined space when you take us through step by step what got people on board who tested positive. Its by no means clear at this point what happens next to the happened. So andew sobisky is a britons either on board, whether they been tested positive for the coronavirus or not. Its very self described super forecaster and difficult times. Very difficult he was hired after Dominic Cummings put out a call last month for misfits and weirdos to join the times for them and their family. We will speak to the couples son in number ten operation but after he one hours time. It carole, can you was hired, comments apparently made by him in his name on line began to appear in the quarterly suggest tell us whats going to happen for compulsory contraception could be used to stop a permanent underclass, the areas that have been so badly hit. The Weather Forecast remains that women sport is more comparable
to the paralympics in the black u nsettled. Americans have a lower average io than white americans. The prime hit. The Weather Forecast remains unsettled. The Environment Agency minister s Deputy Spokesman was placed on this yesterday at a have several warnings. A danger to briefing for journalists life. Lots of blood warnings, over placed on this yesterday at a briefing forjournalists and refused to condemn the remarks that andew 200 at the moment. Todays forecast sobisky had support reportedly is one of blustery showers. Some of made, drawing criticism from them are wintry on Higher Ground, conservative mps and then last them are wintry on Higher Ground, the risk of ice. Its a cold david night, andew sobisky tweeted, saying as we go through the course of the the media hysteria is mad but i day, watch this line. This is a band wa nted the media hysteria is mad but i wanted to help the majestys of more organised showers, likely to government, not be a distraction. I be heavy across england and wales. Gusty wind around them with thunder decided to resign as a contractor, and lightning. In the cold air, not be in the middle of a giant character assassination. What does still some snow across scotland and this all mean . Questions going to be northern england. Through the asked about why andew sabisky was evening and overnight, there goes hired, was there any kind of vetting that line of gusty wind and rain. A process , hired, was there any kind of vetting process, why didnt the prime little ridge of High Pressure, minister distance himself. The other point is perhaps some people view things settle down. A lot of the showers will aid but there will be a this operation recently is all powerful following the general wintry element. Still the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Out election win, but it can hire and fire it wants. He said he had towards the west, the cloud will be
beckoning by the end of the night resigned but what this shows and we will see rain coming in. Overnight is this number ten operation is not immune from through the course of tomorrow and criticism or political pressure. Into thursday, the first band of rain comes in courtesy of that warm front. Courtesy of the cold front. The amazon founderjeff bezos says hes committing 10 billion to a new