starts people twenty second on d. w. . visited the leaders live from thousands of protesters face down sudan s military rulers crowds in khartoum resist all thought his attempts to break up demonstrations of army headquarters in their ranks are growing and demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule also on the program. the school of conditions facing palestinian refugees in jordan as the trumpet ministration cuts u.n. funding and decimate services on the ground. i m feel gail welcome to the program. sudanese protest leaders say they have blocked an attempt by the army to break up a sit in outside its headquarters more demonstrators are arriving to join the thousands calling on the country s military to hand over power to a civilian administration mass anti-government protests helped depose longtime president obama last week and then our applying pressure to the military council that replaced him. military intends to break up a protest that s lasted for days but despite army efforts to remove them this group is standing firm. we will stop here until we finish all the will we cannot leave this really is. what. they are some of the sounds in sudan s capital khartoum demanding power for the people it follows the military s decision last week to overthrow the country s unpopular leader of thirty years omar al bashir although it s what the masses wanted they re angry that the army has taken power for itself the new government a real civil government a content. people with qualifications no don t need military people better be able not only protect our country protect our government we are here to remove the entire system a system that does not does not give service equality to the people a system that leaves people under poverty a system that does not also done as a country as a rich country with a human and natural resources to act as any other country in the world the new military council held its first meeting on sunday. over the weekend it also met with sudanese opposition leaders promising to rule for a maximum of two years while democratic elections are organized. opposition forces are in charge of appointing the prime minister and his cabinet for civilian government calling on them to have united voice. but the crucial decision of who will become president is one the military council wants to keep for itself. back on the streets there are also demands that bashir is associates face justice. while the protests continue many are already painting a new picture of what life inside done could look like. for you know. whether that vision one last depends on what the military decides to do next let s get more amish from sudanese activist and. welcome to d w we ll start with this the city outside the sudanese army h.q. that s been going on for some time now for some days what are you hearing it s like this it s an x. in six of afro which is actually all of this political transformation happened because of this big amount of people up here in the city today in the morning there was attempt from the army to victory sitting but the protesters kind of close and made to percolate again as on which is successfully hold the place for for the for the purpose of the sit and which is make the army reason as a statement saying that we were not we were not attempting to say to our victim we were just coming to keep the space so basically there s kind of a victory for the for the protesters to keep on hold the space for the dog had quater no shooting and no no shooting it was like it and was a negotiation with the head of this army troops who came to take people out so this sounds like the country is actually in quite an interesting transition anyway because the fact that there was no shooting of the fact that the army sort of when set in and then retreated that s significant isn t it yeah basically that the army is like he has made many people from the old the old regime is still there on the pole and they want to keep this transformation without keeping themself inside so they wanted to start negotiation because any kind of brutal act it will lead to mass demonstration more and it could also need to end of their rule also or end of being in that war and so if we if we look at the people who are protesting that aside from regime change aside from the old president going to the to the protesters necessarily want the same things. yeah the bridge this is the kind of main concerns from the beginning when people want to streets something is called the declaration of freedom and change that made by cities professional association so made all the people came out to street and this declaration that it has to be fulfilled somehow and this demand now from the people all of them to fulfill the declaration that they have a consensus from the beginning and they also give. blood for it when they went to the street in one thousand of december and now there is kind of a political division still but there s kind of mutual agreement which is declaration of freedom of change that a civil transition or civilian authority babe s a transition for a democratic society and the army council is now in charge they say this will happen within two years do people believe this do you believe this there s old old time mistrust because the army was in the last thirty years in government governing this country and the army is is not is not any situation could be. that could be the way for for a democratic society and that was people demanding they need a civil society even in the transitional period that the army called for it now for two ears because civil paws could be the way for a democratic society and democratic transition and is a country ready for to be run like a proper civilian democracy other political parties of effective political parties yeah and in this declaration of freedom of change there s many nations from the left to conservative to liberal parties inside this and the declaration of freedom of change and the study of polity since they exist of the modern so that now and actually they are now who are demanding to to get the poet to demo or to technocrats authority that could could organize the social conflict which is lead to democratic society and that we will watch and see how this changes of the coming days and weeks but for that sank you for joining us a sudanese activist and artist i met the south think. now we ll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the international red cross has ended a media blackout to seek information about a nurse from new zealand who s been missing in syria for five years the organization said it was acting on reports that the waves of coffee may still be alive she and two syrian drivers were abducted in the northwestern city of it lived while delivering aid supplies in twenty thirteen. in japan before nuclear plants operating has begun to remove fuel rods recording paul it s a milestone in the slow process to decommission the plant which suffered a meltdown after a tsunami in twenty eleven removing the rods is crucial to avoid a further disaster if another earthquake hits. demonstrators briefly blocked to keep bridge here in berlin to demand action on global climate change it was one of the series of coordinated events to rehab begin two weeks of climate related protests around the world in london activists deface the offices of oil giant royal dutch shell and blocked roads to sections. of the middle east and the dire conditions facing palestinian refugees following a policy change in the trump white house last year the united states cut off funding to a un relief agency that provides services for about two million palestinian refugees in jordan sprawling camps including at a giraffe and. the budget cuts have had severe impacts on the refugees lives as i abraham and the app a new a mad report. twenty seven year old in this li roams the refugee camp or he was born and raised it was once his job to clean the streets here but now the garbage is left and collected he was one of around forty senate laborers employed by the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees were underway for short to keep the camp in jordan cream in twenty eighteen the trump administration and. it would seize all funding to the agency so it has had to let employees go including senate ition laborers like. the u.n. agency was able to raise new funds from some forty other countries but still needed to reduce its hold budget by ninety two million us dollars last year. my financial situation is difficult when my elderly father notes of deals were i can t give it to him anymore. my dream is to go back to work. i was self-sufficient . in the campus extremely dirty and in the coming summer months it ll only get worse. really has asked us not to reveal his identity his refugee status doesn t allow him to work outside the camp his job was his only source of income to support his family of six. there are now only ten workers left to clean a camp with a population of thirty thousand as a result the camp is experiencing a garbage crisis. of jordan s ten refugee camps for palestinians this one josh is absolute poorest an estimated fifty two percent of the residents here live under the national poverty line with the recent cuts to an era residents say conditions have reached an all time new low. camp is lacking in everything. the senator situation s very bad every day i have to clean the streets myself. we move to a different camp because it is the largest refugee camp or palestinians in jordan with a population of over one hundred thousand many families have been in the camp for generations here sanitation is not the only problem residents of houses with makeshift roofs like this one are especially vulnerable in the winter months. a father of two says he hoped would help with building expenses but they always cited a lack of funding he was forced to go into debt to pay for this. metal cover. but i m a grown up and i can handle this but i was worried for my children all night about carrying them from one room to the other so that the rain would not fall on their heads i had to put buckets all over the house i had no other solution to. get the solution he found is by no means sustainable water still gets through the house poses many health hazards and the children are at risk of electrocution from uncovered wires. says that when the summer months hit the roof will make temperatures inside the house and bearable he says he feels abandoned with no other option but to hope for a better future. today marks the thirtieth anniversary of britain s health stadium disaster in one hundred eighty nine ninety six liverpool football fans were trampled to death at a major game banners displaying images of the dead have been displayed outside the school st. george the commemorations came just two weeks after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial police much command here s a look back at the tragedy. hillsborough is the worst stadium disaster in british history ninety six liverpool football fans lost their lives falling across the sheffield venue in one thousand nine hundred nine. in the wake of the tragedy as an entire city grieved. try to falsely blame supporters for overcrowding in the standing terrorists a front page story in the sun newspaper compounded the myth. victims families have been fighting for justice ever since. kenny darvish or told you about that fateful day they were all for the go down and so what are the core of our coverage are no longer expect enough work or whatnot so you know we all really went to a football match on the road is what we will start from but in your mind never never got to. do with twenty four hours later that s just disgraceful in fact police had opened a gate to try to relieve overcrowding outside. but a crush then ensued inside an initial inquest said the deaths were accidental meaning criminal charges could not be brought but the families did not give up and kept pushing for a new inquest an independent panel was set up to review the evidence in two thousand and twelve it found police had tampered with witness statements a new inquest in two thousand and sixteen ruled the deaths to be unlawful and police match commander david duncan failed seen here in blue was charged with manslaughter a jury failed to reach a verdict and prosecutors are now seeking a retrial. liverpool s club song you ll never walk alone has never seen more apts the fans stuck together for thirty years and that fight for what they believe is justice will go on. this is datable news live from berlin still to come german prosecutors have charged former volves father and c.e.o. boston center call with fraud related to the carmakers efforts to cheat on fees and
in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at eight, now it s got the go ahead, we ll examine what hs2 can actually deliver to the north of england. at eight forty, we take a look at this evening s contemporary act auction, where this painting from british artist, david hockney, is estimated to fetch between twenty and thirty million pounds. and at ten forty and half past eleven, we ll take a first look at tomorrow s front pages with olivia utley from the sun, and the editor of labour list, sienna rodgers. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello. thanks for your company on sportsday. i m ben croucher. making the news this tuesday: 26 years since all seater stadiums became compulsory, could standing be about to return to the premier league? coxsey climbs onto the plane for tokyo 2020 as team gb names its first competitor in the olympics newest sport. jimmy anderson s staying at home though as england are travelling to sri lanka without their leading wicket taker. also coming up in the programme: we meet the man who helped danny ings rebuild his body and his career. hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. the decision by manchester united to apply to install rail seating in old trafford has been welcomed by fans both at the club and nationally. for more than 25 years, premier league club have had to be all seater, but the government now wants to work with supporters and clubs to introduce safe standing and united, along with wolves and spurs could be the first to try it out. joe lynskey reports. for more than a century at old trafford they have looked at ways for keeping up with demand. they we re for keeping up with demand. they were one of the first clubs to build a roof on a stand without pillars. now this club wants in on the latest idea. this is rail seating, a new way to watch football standing up. already it is in use across europe. dortmund get extra noise by design. but in the uk standing has a more painful history. it was one of the factors behind the hillsborough disaster and lead to football grounds in the top division is going all seater, but such is football culture that some fans continued to stand and four years ago celtic were the first british team to try out rail seats. west brom tried to be the first premier league safety standards, that idea was vetoed by ministers, but under tight regulation some clubs have made it work and other government has changed its approach. now they say football grounds that incorporate barriers can have a positive impact on support safety. everybody understands that standing behind a seat that has a high rail is a lot safer than what fans do right now, standing behind seats that come halfway up their shins. united want to increase the safety of fans already standing in some areas of the stadium. nearly 75,000 come to old trafford for home games, 1500 of those could soon watch from rail seats. united say it makes things safer in a part of the ground where they consistently stand, so was one of the world s biggest clubs look to the future football now waits to see if more will follow. peterjoins us 110w. if more will follow. peterjoins us now. why do we need safe standing? ever since the taylor report in the wa ke ever since the taylor report in the wake of hillsborough, there has been a section of football supporters who have not agreed that standing was to blame for the problems at hillsborough and that banning supporters from standing was irrational. indeed, there has been standing in this country at football games throughout that whole time. we can do safe standing in this country and we have done for many decades now, it is an artificial construct that you cannot do it in the championship or premier league, but as time has gone on fans will get used to sitting down and the opposite is true, the demand for standing is as high or even higher than ever has been. the demand might be there but is actually safer than sitting? people may still have reservations given what has happened the past. as an organisation and is a campaign, one of the things we have always asked for is for action to be taken, because people bandy around words like safe and safer and ask questions like this without really understanding the numbers behind it. so for example, there is no evidence whatsoever that at the games in england and wales that you can stand that currently the standing areas are any less safe than seated areas or indeed there is a higher propensity of injury events in standing areas than there are in seated areas. it is self evidently true that in an area that is safer standing and where there are barriers that his steward did, no fences stopping fans getting on the pictures, actually standing in many ways is safer because access is quicker and it is much easierfor emergency services to get in and out. it feels like it is something that fans want and something that the government wants, and now we are all on the same page we can start making real progress. so hopefully we will start to see some early trials in controlled environments, as early as next season, and hopefully a season or two after that it can be rolled out to everybody else. it s the newest sport in the olympics, and sport climbing is one where team gb have a realistic medal chance too. shauna coxsey has today been confirmed as team gb s first olympic athlete in the sport, heading out to tokyo later in the year to fulfil a dream she never knew could become a reality until now. stuart pollitt has more. she spent years taking her sport to new heights. today shauna coxsey meets the pinnacle. it is such an incredible privilege to be this first gb climber to go to the olympics, it s so strange to say that out loud and amazing! growing up that out loud and amazing! growing up the olympics were always out of reach for shawna. i started climbing when i was full so i would watch the olympic games. it was so inspiring but i also felt disconnected because my sport was not part of that, so to be here talking about the games in my sport which will be represented andi my sport which will be represented and i will be there too, it is so crazy! for the sport of climbing, one of five new ones in tokyo, the games represent a big opportunity. we have to wait how it is received after the games and i am always excited to see what will happen because it is so cool to watch and do. shauna coxsey claims a bronze medal. in terms of the impact she has had the gb climbing, it has been phenomenal. she has been a pioneer for the sport, leading the way for women s climbing. herjourney to japan started as a three year watching climbing at home with her dad on tv. she now lives and trains in sheffield, not for the weather, but for the sieve facilities which is using to practice for the three climbing discipline she will com plete climbing discipline she will complete in tokyo. what are your family feeling? i have a huge family and they are all incredibly supportive. how many have bought tickets? i don t know how many are coming out yet. i think there are a lot of them coming out. and her family are not the only ones who will not want to miss making history this summer. miss her. england s tour of south africa isn t over yet we ll bring you news of their first t20 in sportsday tomorrow but they re off to sri lanka next month, and the test squad has been announced. the notable omissions are james anderson, jonny bairstow and moeen ali. conditions in the subcontinent aren t friendly for fast bowlers so anderson will focus on recovering from a cracked rib and getting fit for the summer. jonny bairstow‘s poor red ball form sees him left out whilst moeen ali remains unavailable for selection. back into the fold comes keatonjennings. england seem to have a couple of reliable openers now in dom sibley, zak crawley and injured rory burns, butjennings is a good player of spin crucial in sri lanka. and after much clamour, ben foakes is recalled. he was england s leading run scorer in sri lanka last year and could well replacejos buttler a wicket keeper. here s the squad in full. joe denly keeps his place. there are three spinners dom bess, jack leach and matt parkinson. mark wood is england s quickest bowler withjofra archer injured but, in tough conditions, he knows it could be a challenge. we have a great backroom staff and management team who do little tricks with iced towels and come off the field, helping with 12 men, freshening them up. even if i do not play, they will have a key role in making sure the lads are fully prepared on the field and raring to go because it is a hot place. he talked about the rotation of fast bowlers, he would like to have three. and almost rotate test match by test match, how do you feel about that? i m fine with that if that is what the main man once. i love playing for spoons, it makes it fun for me, he isjust as mad as i am. but if that s the way it is going be, it has been well documented about my injuries. if it was may be one test where you give it your all and then rest and come back, that works for me. it is about england winning games and if that is the best way for us to win i am all for it. if that is that really the best way for you? history will probably say that is the best, but i was pleased to back it up here on this tour, two good games where i managed to produce the goods over two matches, so that s something i have not been able to do before. that was especially pleasing. but sri lanka, that might have to be the case where it can be gruelling for fast bowlers, keep each other freshen going, keep that competitive edgein freshen going, keep that competitive edge in training. so if we can keep that friendly competitiveness going, it will only benefit the team. now, he s one of the most prolific strikers in the premier league and has been tipped for an international recall, but did you know danny ings resurgence was helped by a midfielder from worthing? bear with us. let s just show you how good ings has been this season. after a couple of serious injuries, he s been banging them in for southampton 1a league goals. compare him with other english strikers and only jamie vardy has a better minutes per goal ratio than ings. jamie vardy is not available to be picked for england by gareth southgate. he s leading the line for southampton not since james beattie in the 2002/03 season has a saints striker been so prolific in the premier league. well, let s introduce you to alex parsons, then footballer turned professional trainer who s been working with ings to recover from two serious knee injuries. lewis coombes has been to meet him. while most premier league stars were resting, this summer southampton striker danny ings was being put through his paces. the man cracking the whip was alex parsons, the pair played together for bournemouth‘s academy from the age of 1a while danny ings has gone on to play at the highest level, alex was released aged 20 afterjust one year as a professional. that was really hard mentally because you see people around you who are ahead of you who have decided what they want to do, you have just dropped have decided what they want to do, you havejust dropped out have decided what they want to do, you have just dropped out of football, you are stuck knowing what to do and what to go into after that. what came next as a career helping others fulfil their physical potential, clients include liverpool and england star alex oxlade chamberlain and danny ings who after four seasons blighted oxlade chamberlain and danny ings who afterfour seasons blighted by injury is now in the form of his life and heavily tipped for an england call up. life and heavily tipped for an england call-up. he has worked harder than anyone i know in staying fit and wanting to improve himself. i see it in the lows he has been through and others through injury, then working hard to try and get back. it is phenomenal to watch and to be involved in and to see the other side of how hard they work, to get to where they want to get to. alongside the personal training, alex has refound his love for the game, currently helping to keep worthing top of the premier division. he remains passionate about not only helping professional athletes but sharing his expertise with anyone willing to work hard. everyone are not athletes but it ta kes everyone are not athletes but it takes hard work to get there so it is always myjob to try and keep the general population motivated to get to where they want to
begin in earnest. we ll have more from ben in birmingham and we will be talking to one of the leading figures who was involved in the initial review of the project. health experts have renamed the coronavirus. it is now covid i9. they say there is a realistic chance of containing it but a vaccine could ta ke of containing it but a vaccine could take 18 months to develop. ministers say that all precautions are being taken. the situation will get worse before it gets better. we will be guided by the science. being no doubt we will be doing everything thatis doubt we will be doing everything that is effective to tackle this virus and keep people safe. more whether winnings. .. virus and keep people safe. more whether winnings. later in the hour. the dangerous levels of air pollution which threatened young out athletes in many sports training grounds across england. its 5pm. our main story is that the controversial hs2 initially been between london and birmingham has been given the go ahead by the prime minister with a second phase going to manchester and leeds. boris johnson said it had been a difficult decision and announced it he was going to announce a full time minister to oversee the project. the prime minister said the scheme needed to be seen as part of the government has much wider plans for what he called a transport revolution including bus services and cycle lanes. first, let s go live to birmingham and join my collea g u es live to birmingham and join my colleagues there. whew, we are at work we are aware the station will be for the train running in and out of birmingham. high speed trains probably won t be running for a decade according to the government, and for the whole project it may not be completed until 2040. there is no doubt about it, what borisjohnson has announced today is possibly the biggest infrastructure decision in this country since the second world war. supporters of hs2 say it will provide a huge boost to the british economy, creating thousands and thousands of jobs. rebalancing economy, creating thousands and thousands ofjobs. rebalancing the economy from south to north, but opponents have it say their cost has ballooned already and could tap more than £100 billion, and that is not to mention the vast environmental cost, because hs2 will cut a swathe through some of the most beautiful parts of the english countryside. let s hear from tom burridge. from euston in central london to west london, through counties like warwickshire and up to birmingham, work to prepare the ground for the first stretch of a high speed railway has been going on for years. here in solihull, they re diverting a road over the m42 to make way for the railway. the amount of work going on here building a new bridge, diverting a road over a motorway gives you a sense of why it has always been hard to imagine that the government might scrap this project, particularly the first stretch of it, running from here in the west midlands down to london. gordon brown was in charge when the project was conceived a decade ago. the time for high speed rail has come. 0ther prime ministers have given it their backing. today, borisjohnson has, too. he s backed the whole project a y shaped railway. the latter phase, linking birmingham to manchester and leeds, will be reviewed to try and cut costs, but it will go ahead. hs2 is needed, say supporters, because our railways are overcrowded. but the high speed vision this is what they hope birmingham station will look like comes with a high price tag, which has risen and risen. as the budget has gone up, so did support for those saying the whole thing should be scrapped. but work on the first stretch of the railway is so well advanced that ultimately the government decided its best option was to keep digging. tom burridge, bbc news in the west midlands. . the government has also announced that it . the government has also announced thatitis . the government has also announced that it is going to spend something like £5 billion improving bus links and cycle links outside london. part ofa and cycle links outside london. part of a transport revolution, says the prime minister. with more on that and more reaction to that hs2 announcement here is the legate. to its supporters, it is a high speed corridor that will transport growth and prosperity from london to other parts of the uk. from london to other to its critics it is a destructive waste of tens of billions of pounds that could be better spent elsewhere. the prime minister. but it will now go ahead. today, mr speaker, the cabinet has given high speed rail the green signal. we are going to get this done. and to ensure that we do so without further blow outs on cost or schedule, we are today taking decisive action to restore discipline to the programme. once again we see the government taking ideas from the labour party. adopting our language but falling a very long way short on the substance of it. this is a government which is unwilling to make the scale of investment needed to revive parts of this country. business groups say the announcement sends out a powerful signal of intent. confidence matters, we know that we are looking to embark on a decade ofjobs and growth in this country and this is a really clear signal that not only uplevelling the country really matters, but the uk is absolutely open for business. but others think the scheme has been badly designed and will harm the local communities affected by it. does the prime minister appreciate my and my constituents concerns that this could well be an albatross around this government and the country s neck moving forward and doesn t it set the bar very low for the future delivery of infrastructure projects on time and on budget? and these travellers at manchester piccadilly had mixed feelings. linking the hs2 is valuable, it will rebalance the economy and act as a counterbalance to what goes on in london. if we can sort out the network in the north west before we think about going down into the south, because coming up here would be fine, but they can t go any further once they get into manchester then. there is transport investment needed in the country, maybe this isn t the exact one that would be best. in order to address some of the criticism it is inevitably going to get forfocusing on hs2, the government has also announced £5 billion of funding for other forms of transport. so there will be extra money for buses across england and wales, including new zero emissions models, and more money as well for hundreds of miles of new cycleways of the kind that london already has. building work on the line and the fancy new stations can now begin, but uncertainty is far from over. the government wants to review the next stage of the project, taking the line up to manchester and leeds to make it more affordable. more controversy seems inevitable. theo leggett, bbc news. well, as you were hearing there, the hs2 line will come up from london to hear, where i am in birmingham, then eventually onwards to manchester and leeds. let s go to leeds station now andjoin my leeds. let s go to leeds station now and join my colleague fiona trott for the latest reaction from there. fiona? for years, passengers here have seen twice as much spent on transport infrastructure in london than they have here in the north of england, and as you know, recently the rail company northern lost its franchise. passengers simply weren t getting the service they were paying for. but following today s announcement, better connectivity here in the north will now form part of the whole hs2 project which council leaders, business leaders here, will say is a good thing. they say that the north is more of a priority than it was before, but the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has said that more commitment is needed. in a statement he said the prime minister gave a firm timetable for hs2 from london to birmingham, but there was no such commitment for the north. we want to see the construction of northern powerhouse rail fast tracked, he said, construction of northern powerhouse railfast tracked, he said, in construction of northern powerhouse rail fast tracked, he said, in line with the commitment he made shortly after entering office. we cannot be left waiting years for this investment and the resulting jobs. so passengers we have spoken to here today in leeds say they are worn out by rail travel. there have been cancellations here today too and so they are treating the announcement with some caution. they d better do it, because there a lwa ys they d better do it, because there always missing the northern areas out, and we need it more than london. i was recently down in london. i was recently down in london for three days, and i couldn t believe how cheap it was. i kept thinking i had to put my 0yster ca rd kept thinking i had to put my 0yster card up because the costs of the travel we have, it s card up because the costs of the travel we have, its cost me ten quid to do ten miles. it may be a good thing for the future, and it probably is, but it s not for the present, and they have been dilly dallying with this for the last three or four years now.|j would rather get the infrastructure here first before we make the major line, because i won t see the of that. i will go to london once in a blue moon, or birmingham. it s the north where i travel about four work, and that s where i want to see the better trains. work, and that s where i want to see the bettertrains. because work, and that s where i want to see the better trains. because otherwise i will drive. which isn t doing the green policy any good. one report says that hs2 will boost gdp here in the leeds city area by millions and millions of pounds per year, but passengers here in leeds tonight say they just want their trains to run on time, and they want tickets that they can afford. and they say the impact of hs2 still feels very far away. fiona, many thanks indeed. so after all the years of debate and argument, the government and the prime minister have made their decision. hs2 will go ahead and work at sites like this can now really get under way in earnest. from birmingham, back to you in the studio. many thanks for the news that in birmingham, and to fiona and collea g u es birmingham, and to fiona and colleagues there. what we would like to do now is may be take a different perspective and ask to speak to lord berkeley, who is deputy chair of the official review into hs2, who has kindly joined official review into hs2, who has kindlyjoined us now official review into hs2, who has kindly joined us now from westminster. lord berkeley, thank you very much forjoining us. your first thoughts when you heard that the prime minister had said that this would now go ahead? my first thoughts were that i hope he has a very large budget ready for it, because although hs2 is going to cost 106 billion at present estimates, you need to spend another £100 billion or more on improving the local lines that so many of your vox the local lines that so many of your vox pops you have just interviewed wanted. they can come a lot sooner, and it was good that the prime minister put the two together into a kind of package for northern powerhouse, hs2 and the northern ones, but there still needs to be a commitment to spend all this money, 100 billion or so, commitment to spend all this money, 100 billion orso, on commitment to spend all this money, 100 billion or so, on local and regional services, and i can u nfortu nately regional services, and i can unfortunately see that in a few yea rs unfortunately see that in a few years time, if the finances of the uk get tight, which will get cut first. and it won t be hs2, because once you start with that, you have got to carry on with it. so i think we have got some very serious questions to ask about the commitment to the regional and local lines and services that people in manchester, leeds, sheffield and birmingham are so desperately need. it s the exact point, isn t it, lord berkeley, made by the gentleman in leeds, who said at the time when he was asked thatjust earlier today, i go to london once in a blue moon but what i m really concerned about is the fact that i m travelling around the fact that i m travelling around the region and those of the services that i want improved. that s absolutely right. when i was working with the review team, we went round many of the cities, and we got a flavour of what people wanted, mayors or leaders or business people, and it was very interesting to get the different reactions between the leaders and members of parliament and the business leaders who may be get to london once a week and would like to have a slightly faster service, but they always get a seat and they have their laptops to play with, but then you compare it with the people who commute to their businesses and offices every day, and they want a reliable service that works all the time, and it certainly isn t at the moment in the north. and it needs to. but that s where i think the investment is needed, because these businesses will then get a better source of employment, and the people will be able to look for more jobs in a wider area, and i able to look for more jobs in a widerarea, and i think able to look for more jobs in a wider area, and i think that is actually much more important. i suppose my objective would be to see the north and the midlands have a commuter service that s as good as london s. when people are listening to you today, lord berkeley, they might be drawing a conclusion that what you re drawing a conclusion that what you re really drawing a conclusion that what you re really saying is that it would be better not to spend the money on hs2 right now, better to spend it on improving the regional infrastructure before you come to something as big as hs2? infrastructure before you come to something as big as h527m infrastructure before you come to something as big as h52? it depends how much money you ve got to spend, and that is one answer but of course there is also the opportunity, as i have said to ministers, of upgrading the existing lines to london, going chiltern, west coast, midland and east coast. there is a great deal that one can do there to increase the capacity. and i think that s important as well. so it could all be done that way, but a lot of politicians, and i m not being critical of them, but they love big projects, because i thought maybe some of them would even be thinking about, well, why call it hs2, but call it somebody else s line, like the elizabeth line in london, the royalfamily is the elizabeth line in london, the royal family is all right, you the elizabeth line in london, the royalfamily is all right, you can do it, but i think people need to sit back and think, have we got this money, because the local improvements and the regional improvements and the regional improvements could be done a great deal more quickly, and there is actually capacity on the line is. just a final point, lord berkeley, because lots of the supporters of the line have been saying today, the point about this is it is a strong economic link between london and other parts of england, and beyond. and it is for that reason because it isa and it is for that reason because it is a good economic force if you like, it will benefit other reasons regardless of what other people are saying about regional infrastructure as well. so do you accept that the economic case for the line is a strong one? no, i don t, because if you look at the similar case between paris and lyon when they built the first high speed south east line, evidence we ve got from france is that actually it has caused an attraction of people from lyon to move to paris on a commuting basis, rather than the other way around, so i think it is very debatable which is the better one. it sounds good on paper, but it s a bit like, i was told that the private sector will build all these new stations, because they are so keen to have it, but when you look at where has the private sector built any station in this country? and i think the only one is a small contribution to ca nary one is a small contribution to canary wharf, which is a little bit special, so it is very easy for economists to say this, but to say that the past record supports their case is very much more difficult. lord berkeley, good to talk to you, thank you very much. lord berkeley, deputy chairman of the independent review of the hs2 project, kind of you tojoin the independent review of the hs2 project, kind of you to join us from westminster. 18 minutes past five, and let me just say at 5:30pm or thereabouts, i will be talking to andrew bridgen, conservative mp, and he is very unhappy about the hs2 project. we will also be talking to conservative peer lord heseltine, former conservative deputy prime minister, very much in favour of the project, so that is coming up in about 20 minutes. the world health organization says it is likely to be 18 months before a vaccine against the new coronavirus is available. they ve given the virus the official name covid 19. the director general of the who has also said the investment is urgently needed to stop this outbreak from escalating further. the first vaccine could be ready in 18 months. so we have to do everything to date using the available weapon to fight this virus. that was the chief executive of the world health organization. the british businessmen linked to a number of coronavirus cases in the uk has issued a statement saying that he has made a full recovery. steve walsh from hove in east sussex contracted the virus in singapore, and is believed to have infected 11 other people at a ski resort in france. he has thanked the nhs for the care he has received, and says his thoughts are with others who now have the illness. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse has this report. a small pocket of brighton against a global threat. this surgery has been closed for what is being called health and safety reasons. in short, to contain the spread of coronavirus. you can t be too safe, can you? it s a tricky balance, isn t it, against your need for an appointment against the need for this virus to be contained. it is not urgent that i see the doctor tomorrow. but we was going to put it off for a week or sojust to be on the safe side. right now there is no sign of any cleaning happening yet, but we do get a sense of the localised fight against coronavirus. there is a steady trail of patients turning up expecting to have appointments, but this isn t the only surgery that s been affected. just a mile and a half in that direction, you get the county 0ak surgery which has onlyjust opened after 24 hours. yesterday there were people in full overalls carrying out an intense clean of floors and surfaces. today, both staff and patients returned, some frustrated with the lack of information. it s hard to know how they can contain it, it seems to go so fast that you can only do what you do. there were four new cases of the virus announced yesterday. it takes the number of people infected in the uk to eight. it is concerning of course when anybody gets coronavirus and i think from the public‘s perspective it feels very worrying when one of their caregivers gets it. but we need to put this into perspective, we have only had eight cases of confirmed coronavirus in the country so far. today the person at the heart of this latest spread has been named as steve walsh, a gas salesman from nearby hove, and is thought to have infected 11 people at a ski chalet in france after travelling back from singapore. he has now fully recovered and said in a statement. authorities here are keeping a wary eye, hoping this doesn t become more. the key thing that we are trying to do at the moment is make sure we identify anybody who has been to one of the countries of concern, who has the symptoms of cough, fever or shortness of breath, get them tested. the risk to individuals is low, so say the department of health, but it nevertheless calls the virus a serious and imminent threat. james waterhouse, bbc news, in brighton. let s talk a little more with our health editor, hugh pym. we heard the health secretary in the commons earlier, hugh. just give us a sense of what the government s responses, and when people ask about the level of resources going to this, what can you tell us? well, huw, matt hancock, the health secretary, said there would be more investment and funding available for what he said would be urgent works by the nhs to invest in isolation facilities in hospitals and other facilities. invest in isolation facilities in hospitals and otherfacilities. no sum of money has been attached to that, but i m told by sources at the department this is asking hospitals and other trusts, other organisations, to come forward and say, this is what we need to finish off these pods that were first reported on last week, that is providing a facility if a patient comes in with suspected coronavirus, they can be isolated safely, and if it is proved negative, they can go on their way, and if the test is positive then obviously they will go to another specialist facility to be treated. he said the whole thing globally would get worse before it got better, which is probably in line with international thinking, but he went on to say that he thought that the uk was doing all it possibly could to protect its citizens and ensure the virus didn t get out of hand. hugh pym, many thanks. i will put some of those points to my next guest, nicola stonehouse, professor of virology at the university of leeds. first of all, what do you make of the government s response so far? and then i will ask you something about science, if that s all right, but let s start first of all with the response we have seen. the government s response of trying to identify of trying to isolate and stop spread, is exactly the right action at the moment. we have to try and contain infection and stop that spreading. so, that s the response we ve seen. lots of people are rather confused about what this virus is, what it represents. how would you describe it to people?m isa would you describe it to people?m is a respiratory infection, so that means it spreads between people through droplets of liquid as you sneeze, as you cough. also you might get that on your hands, which means then surfaces that you might touch that then other people might touch can also then spread the virus in that way. so it spreads in a very similar way as the common cold, and indeed some viruses in this sort of class, coronaviruses, do cause very mild symptoms just like the common cold. with that in mind, then, what do we make of this talk about developing a vaccine? the fact that some people are saying that could ta ke some people are saying that could take 18 months? what is the process involved in that, and i suppose you would ask why would people be focusing now on a vaccine for something in 18 months when this is a current crisis? is that a fair question? it is a very fair question. vaccines do take along time to develop. we must ensure vaccines are safe, and therefore that does take time. however, we ve had three coronavirus outbreaks in the last 20 years, we have had sars, we have had mers and we have had coronavirus, so there will be another one, and by acting now, we will be prepared for the next outbreak, rather than waiting for it to happen and then acting, which u nfortu nately to happen and then acting, which unfortunately is what often happens. when you look at the pattern of infection now, just worldwide, we have been focusing on training initially because of the numbers. what does that pattern tell you about whether we are approaching a peak or whether there is a long way to go before the peak? how would you guide us on that? obviously new data is coming out every day. it looks as though we might be hitting the peak in china. if that s the case, then obviously outside of china we might not yet have hit the peak of infections. but i think it s also very important to stress that the vast majority of people who are infected recover, just like the case that you were talking about earlier. so therefore we must always bear that in mind as well. professor stonehouse, good of you to join us. thank you very much. nicola stonehouse, professor of molecular virology at leeds, we thank you forjoining us on bbc news. 27 minutes past five. a second person has been killed in high winds following storm ciara s passage across the uk. the man in his 60s died after being hit by a fallen tree in high winds. on sunday, a man died after a tree fell on his car in hampshire. the met office has issued an amber weather warning for much of southern scotland for freezing rain and very strong winds which could lead to blizzard conditions at times. letsjoin our lead to blizzard conditions at times. lets join our correspondent james shaw who is braving the element for us at queensferry crossing on the firth of four. just a general thought from you on what conditions are like. inaudible. well, we could see him, but we can t hear him. is he coming back? don t we have him? it is 28 minutes past five, so we will update you on the weather in just a second, and we will have of course the headlines for you as well, we will have the sports headlines as well, and we will be talking about the day s business. i thinkjames is back. james, can you hear me? yes, i can. sorry, we were just trying to tip read! we can hear you loud and clear now. tell us about the conditions there. we have got this amber warning as you say, huw, across a large part of the south of scotland, and that is a real worry in rush hour. the m74 motorway in particular goes across quite high ground in that southern bit of scotland, so i think there is a real danger of problems. if the snow starts to drift and there is a lot of traffic, thatis drift and there is a lot of traffic, that is a worry and people should be really careful. also isolated communities in the southern part of scotla nd communities in the southern part of scotland could also be cut off overnight as though snow showers come down. the other thing i want to tell you about is this amazing bridge which you can see behind me, the queensferry crossing. i m just going to step out of shot so you can get a decent look at it, and the reason why this is significant is because it had to be closed on monday because chunks of ice were falling from those cables. perhaps you can see them coming down from the three towers stretching across the three towers stretching across the firth of four. some of these chunks of ice were as big as coffee tables. and they were falling onto cars, damaging them, and one in fact has his windscreen smashed. so that bridges closed at the moment. it may close, it may open tomorrow, but thatis close, it may open tomorrow, but that is yet to confirmed. and one other thing i wanted to ask you about, reports of a rescue on ben nevis in these conditions. what more can you tell us? yes, four climbers we believe were visiting from abroad got to the top of ben nevis yesterday, and when the mountain rescue yesterday, and when the mountain rescu e tea m yesterday, and when the mountain rescue team found them, they found that they were extraordinarily badly equipped. three of them just wearing trainers. they had no ice axes or crampons, the metal plates you put on your feet to get across ice fields. apparently they didn t even have a map. the only thing they did have a map. the only thing they did have was an app on their phones which enabled the mountain team to rescue them. there was even a lightning storm going on, but they did get them down from the mountain, and they were able to get them to hospital in fort william by helicopter. they had an incredibly lucky escape, people have died on ben nevis, five people died next winter, so it is a warning that if you try to get onto the mountain in those kinds of conditions, you can potentially be risking your life. james, many thanks once again. our thanks to james. the headlines in a moment, as i said, but chris has today s weather. it s time for a good update on what what is going on. to date we have seen plenty of snow showers working in across scotland. the heaviest snow has been higher levels. but as we had a moment ago, the met office have issued an amber warming warning. so we could see transport disruption but by no means is this the only place that will see snow. north of the central belt will also see some significant accumulations of snow and the risk of transport disruption and the snow will continue to come in in showers. we could see icy conditions. temperatures in the towns and cities staying above freezing but the wind will make it feel cold, and that win tomorrow will continue to drag in the snow showers across scotland. although pressure rises later on in the afternoon. the showers will tend to fade away, at least for a time, more in the way of sunshine. temperatures eight or nine in the south, only three or four for scotla nd south, only three or four for scotland with the wind making it feel colder than that. and then as we head into the weekend, another storm coming our way. more on that in the next half hour. this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister has confirmed the whole of the high speed rail plan, hs2, will go ahead despite concerns over its environmental impact and enormous cost. the cabinet has given high speed 2 the green signal. we are going to get this done. health experts have renamed the coronavirus. it s now covid 19, and they say there s a realistic chance of containing it, but a vaccine could take 18 months to develop. the british businessman linked to 11 coronavirus cases says he s now fully recovered but still in quarantine as ministers say all precautions are being taken. there are more warnings of severe weather on the way, especially in parts of scotland, where the queensferry crossing is closed because of freezing conditions. good afternoon. manchester united are the latest premier league club to look at installing safe standing. they ve asked for permission to fit 1,500 seats in the north east corner of old trafford with a view to a trial later this season. standing at matches isn t allowed currently, but fans do it anyway, so there is a move to make it safer, by installing more railed seats, wolves and tottenham already have them in their stadiums. this is one further step in the process. as we have seen with wolves and spurs, clubs are allowed to put in these seats but they are not allowed to operate those areas as formal standing areas. it s a shard at the moment and we would like to see that sharad swept away. i have been told by my experts these seats make spectators safer therefore i will allow clubs to operate area is fitted with those seats as formal standing areas. standing hasn t been allowed in england since changes were made following the hillsborough disaster, but the fa and the premier league are open to it. and the government says it will work with fans and clubs towards introducing safe standing . there s lots more on this in sportsday at 6:30. england have announced their test squad for the tour of sri lanka next month, with record wicket taker james anderson left out. that was half expected as he recovers from a cracked rib. he stays at home to focus on being fit for the english summer. the notable inclusions are opener keatonjennings and wicketkeeper ben foakes after a year out of the international scene. england will travel to sri lanka with a bit of confidence after that convincing test win in south africa but, as bowler mark wood explains, sri lanka will provide plenty of new challenges. it s not just it s notjust the it s not just the fact that your skill levels come in, it is physical and mental. for a place that is conducive to spin, even as a fast bowler, when you are on you have to be on for that short sharp bursts and make something happen. iwould imagine three orfour and make something happen. iwould imagine three or four spells would be about right because it takes a lot out of you, it is draining. manchester city s premier league game with west ham has been rearranged for the 19th february. severe weather brought about by storm ciara forced it to be postponed on sunday. manchester city have agreed anyone uinable to attend will be able to secure a refund upon the return of their original match tickets. west ham are offering free travel for all fans wishing to attend. shauna coxsey has been selected to represent team gb in sport climbing in this year s olympics. the event is making is debut in tokyo and coxsey, who won two bronze medals at the world championships last year, is the first british climber confirmed for the games. she said it was a privilege joining so many talented athletes on the team. it is so surreal, and i feel incredibly excited, but it is also strange because i am in training now, and suddenly everyone is chatting about the games again. it is really cool and nice to be thinking about that but also my thoughts on my training right now and getting fit and healthy and as possible. there s been a maximum 147 break at the welsh open snooker. it went to kyren wilson. the world number eight did it in the first frame of his match againstjackson page. it s the second time he s made a 147 break in his career. the prize for the higest break at the tournament is £5,000. he won the match by 4 3. we ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. back now to our top story, the announcement the controversial hs2 high speed rail link will be built. the prime minister borisjohnson has been speaking about the plans the plans on a visit to birmingham this afternoon. this is a fantastic project. for the country, it delivers a massive increase in capacity for rail from south to north and north to south and allows us to go forward and develop northern powerhouse rail which is exactly what is needed, we need connectivity. you cannot make sense of that without hs2. andrew bridgen is the conservative mp for north west leicestershire one of the constituences that will be affected by the project. i think it is fair to say, you have got very major concerns about the decision announced today?” got very major concerns about the decision announced today? i was the first mp to raise concerns about the cost of hs2 back in 2013 when the budget was 32 billion. i said this would cost more than 100 years later it is 106, and to think that in seven it is 106, and to think that in seve n yea rs it is 106, and to think that in seven years the budget is more than trebled yet the project will have another 20 years to run, it will not increase again, we are looking at something that will be well over £200 billion in 2011 money so huge cost of the country. in my view, it is turned into a monster getting very fat on taxpayer money, and you cannot keep feeding the monster. but the prime minister has made his decision and we have to accept that, and it is the duty of backbenchers to speak truth, and i have raised very real concerns that this project will go over budget. when the prime minister explained the decision, it was all about the economic benefits. why has he got that wrong? my constituency delivers the highest economic growth outside london and the south east. we have had the plight of hs2 already for seven yea rs, plight of hs2 already for seven years, potentially this project could blight my constituency for 27 yea rs, could blight my constituency for 27 years, holding back economic growth, and when the building goes to the middle of my constituency, the disruption to the road network locally when 40% of all the jobs in north west leicestershire are logistics and distribution related, it will be very difficult for my seat to cope with that. when you look at the arguments being made about hs2 versus investment in regional infrastructure, we heard from lord berkeley earlier, do you think there would be a case for spending £100 billion on regional railways in the north of england? absolutely, although in my seat, we have no railway station within north west leicestershire and every time i have asked the government for £100 million to reopen a line which would link burton on trent to leicester again, iam link burton on trent to leicester again, i am told we have no money. it is not even stopping in my constituency, no one in north west leicestershi re constituency, no one in north west leicestershire will travel north 20 minutes to get a train for more money to get to london 20 minutes faster. the only people who want hs2 live in london, and you get the impression that showed that when they have to travel to the midlands and the north, they can get back to london faster and spent less time in the midlands and the north! do you really think that is fair? it will benefit london. the faster you can get to london from the regions, london is a black hole which sucks in money, it is the finest city in the world but the faster you can get to london the more resources it will suck out. we need more communication to create critical mass to retain our graduates and young people who can have a strong feature in the midlands and the north and not feel that to progress their career they have to go to london. you supported the prime minister when he was running for leader. because you campaigned so prominently on this, you must have raised this with him, so was today s decision surprising? it was disappointing. i raised it with boris when he asked me to support him for leader and he delivered on that promise. what we will now have is a review of phase two. i will fight for my constituents to seek a better route through north west leicestershire and also i want protection from the environmental damage it is doing with the heart of the new national forest as well. i will continue to fight the best interests of my constituents, that is what mps are here to do. good to talk to you, thank you very much. i m joined now by lord heseltine, the former conservative deputy prime minister a supporter of hs2. do you have any sympathy for your former colleague in the commons and the fact that he thinks this is actually bad news for his constituency? he has ajob actually bad news for his constituency? he has a job to do and he does it very articulately. where i live in the midlands, there are people with similar concerns. there is disruption involved in building any major transport infrastructure project but the government has taken a very public decision. there is insufficient capacity on the main west coast line, for people living and working there they are being subjected to transportation discomfort, and economically a deterrent. this is a very clear decision to implement the devolution and rebalancing gender upon which the government was elected, and i strongly commend it to anyone interested in the decision. where does one draw the line between the projected economic benefit of the line and the cost which is ballooned significantly in the last eight or nine years? the management of this project has been a disaster from the moment when it was saving quarter of an hourtime moment when it was saving quarter of an hour time between london and birmingham. when actually it was all about regenerating the north. you cannot get to the north and as you go past birmingham. and then the cost implementations. i had the same problems with the docklands railway and the jubilee line. problems with the docklands railway and thejubilee line. that was in my view one thing to do. experts came in who sorted the problem is. if i would give advice to the government, the present management simply is not up the present management simply is not up to speed and they need to bring people in with the determination to implement this programme effectively and with proper concerns for the environmental consequences. but there are other things they could do. stations will be a major economic generator ofjobs and opportunities, they should create corporations, give it to the private sector and gain the tax benefits that will come from the incremental value of the land. those are two things that we should do straightaway, but what they are right to do is progress with the scheme itself. one view earlier from lord berkeley was that this was the wrong way round, this 100 billion or so should be spent on regenerating what is there already in the region, the regional infrastructure should be improved before this ambitious high speed line is put in. what is your answer to that? there are a lwa ys your answer to that? there are always people who say we have got it the wrong way round. the fact is, this is ready to go, it has cost a great deal of money already and it is needed. if you say to me, what about the infrastructure in the north? that is the right question that they should propose and link liverpool to hull, for example, and manchester to leeds. it is obvious there has been starvation of infrastructure. but if there is one caution i have about today s announcement it is this linking of the cycling and buses. this begins to sound to me like the government knowing best. the point of devolution is to create economic strength in communities, and just putting in packets of money for specific functions is to miss the point. it is what we have always done, but sticking plasters over isolated problems to suit the convenience of whitehall. so i very much hope this extra money for the buses and the cycles will become pa rt buses and the cycles will become part of the package of devolution cash which the maze in this area should play a decisive role in implementing. a final point made by several people today, the effective hs2 quite possibly will not be to radiate economic power from london out to the regions, it ll be to draw people from there into london, make it easierfor them, people from there into london, make it easier for them, therefore people from there into london, make it easierfor them, therefore it is the reverse effect of what you are talking about? you know the story of the isolated village who said their economic problems all about a lack of communications? they built them a road and they all called in the furniture removal vans and moved out! this is the same sort of argument. of we need to communicate andjoin up the argument. of we need to communicate and join up the whole of our national economy. the more interesting question, and i do not wa nt to interesting question, and i do not want to trespass on people s tolerance, is whether hs2 should go tolerance, is whether hs2 should go to glasgow and edinburgh. that debate is yet to come but come it will. thank you very much for joining us, good to talk to you again. it s another big day in the race for the white house, and voting has started in the new hampshire primary election. it s second of the state by state contests to find the democratic candidate to challenge donald trump in november. 0ur correspondent, chris buckler, reports. presidential hopefuls spend millions of dollars trying to win the new hampshire primary. it is still early in this series of state by state votes that are being used by the democrats to select a challenger to donald trump. but two candidates hope that here they can cement their position as a front runners. so far, vermont senator bernie sanders seems to have captured much of the progressive vote and pete buttigieg is leading among the moderates candidates. it is clear thatjoe biden s campaign sees him as a threat. the former vice president s team have released an attack ad. ..mocking mr buttigieg and his achievements as the mayor of a small city in indiana, particularly when compared to mr biden s. president trump is watching the fight and stalking his potential opponents. in new hampshire, he held a packed rally on the eve of the primary and launched his own attacks on all the democrats. my only problem is i m trying to figure out who is their weakest candidate. i think they are all weak. the presidential election is still months away, but it is clear for donald trump that the fight has already begun and that s even though the democrats are only starting the long process to select who will take him on. chris buckler, bbc news, manchester, new hampshire. four men are being questioned about the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londondery last april. the dissident republican group, the new ira, admitting shooting herr. the men have been arrested under the terrorism act. a flight deporting 17 jamaican born offenders has left the uk despite a last minute legal challenge. last night, a court ruled that 25 other detainees should not leave the country following concerns that mobile phone problems had prevented them from getting legal advice. the government has disputed that. critics say the deportations are unfairly sending offenders back to a country they haven t lived in since they were young children. the home office says it makes no apology for trying to protect the public from serious, violent and persistent foreign national offenders. the uk economy didn t grow at all in the last three months of 2019. the latest figures from the office for national statistics show growth in the services and construction sectors was offset by poor figures for manufacturing. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, has the details. this wolverhampton graphic design company makes signage for customers from premier league football clubs to cinemas and gyms. so this one will actually look the same as this. like many other businesses around the country, it struggled to grow at all amid the political upheaval of the last three months of 2019 though it s helpful things will now improve. we ve not traded as well as we ve hoped. however, a lot of people in our industry have, sadly, gone by the wayside, so we ve actually traded to a decent level. we continue to support our customers and be thousands of them. i m very confident for the future, i genuinely believe that we ve got a product which is going to take us forward. this compa ny‘s spent half a million pounds on a state of the art printing machine, confident that business will pick up in 2020. but today s figures show that overall business investment shrank at the end of 2019, one reason the economy didn t grow. activity in the services sector was up slightly, as weak consumer spending was offset by a slightly stronger housing market. construction activity was up by 0.5%, but manufacturing was hit hard, down by 1.1%. some of that was because car makers suspended production, just as they did last spring. in 2019 overall, manufacturing output fell by 1.5%, its worst performance for six years. one hope is that higher government spending may help to stimulate the broader economy, but that will take time. we know that there will be additional spending, that was laid out last year, and spending in particular on infrastructure, on investment. the issue with that is that it doesn t generally deliver growth in a hurry so, while it may be good for the long term, as sajid javid indicated, we may not see the positive impact this year. today s figures suggest that, in december, the economy did start growing again, and by more than most economists expected. businesses are now more optimistic than they were pre election, but they need that optimism to be converted into orders. andy verity, bbc news. many sports training grounds in english cities have dangerous levels of air pollution which could harm the next generation of professional athletes. a new study of more than 90 sites showed more than a quarter exceeded the recommended level for toxic particles, as our sports correspondent, joe wilson, reports. these children are exercising in the heart of britain s great sporting legacy, east london, little more than a mile from the olympic park. but what are they breathing? nearly every sports ground in london surveyed by breathe gb breached world health organization limits on air pollution. there are dangerous levels in other cities too. it is an awareness young people are growing up with. cars let out lots of pollution and like planes and stuff. when i was walking, like, once, i was breathing and then i felt like. because i was breathing normal and then something felt, like, different. to the air i was breathing in. it goes into your lungs and it s so bad for you, because it can, like, destroy your lungs and your breathing. air pollution is impacting on our children s lungs, and it especially impacts on growing lungs. children where i work have a 10% reduced lung capacity as a result of air pollution, so it seems sort of counterintuitive that we are asking our kids to go outside and exercise when we know that it might be affecting them in terms of asthma, in terms of respiratory illness and also, overall, in terms of reducing their lung capacity long term. well, last year the government announced new plans to tackle air pollution, acknowledging that it harms children and shortens lives. the government also wants to bring as many major sporting events to the uk as it can. in 2022, the commonwealth games will be staged in birmingham. well, the new report found dangerous levels of air pollution right alongside the main venue for those games. is the commitment to sport matched by a commitment to the environment? the government have been committing to meet world health organization limits on air pollution and to make those legal limits for the uk, which is great, it s what we want, but there is no target attached to that. so what we know is this is damaging children s health now, we need urgent action. so we want the government to commit to meeting world health organization limits by 2030. nobody wants to stop young people doing sport. any exercise is good exercise. and sunny february days are there to be seized. but it is equally self evident that, to make young people fit for life, their air must be fit to breathe. joe wilson, bbc news, in east london. the british artist david hockney‘s famous painting the splash is to go on auction this evening. the 1966 painting is the second in a series of three splashes and it is thought that it could go for between £20 30 million pounds more than six times the price when it was auctioned in 2006, £2.9 million. we ll be getting the latest weather in a moment ahead of that, let me just show you these amazing time lapse pictures of a snowstorm sweeping in from the black sea and hitting the town of hopa in turkey. these pictures were taken on sunday by one of the town s residents, sefa yasar. he said it was a bit scary watching the storm approach, but added that at the same time it was a natural wonder . time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. i don t think there s anything like that coming towards us? hopefully not! early this morning, we did have thunder snow in scotland, so similar conditions. let s take a look at what is going on. we have seen plenty of snow showers around once again, and the snow showers could cause a few issues. this was the staffordshi re cause a few issues. this was the staffordshire moors earlier on, the snow drifting that the strong winds, but the met office have a nampa weather warning in force across southern scotland. amber. we could see ten centimetres of snow coinciding with the rush hour hence the risk of transport disruption as though snow showers continue to pile on. with temperatures falling, it makes it more likely that the snow sticks on the ground and accumulates. it is not the only place we will see snow showers though. higher parts of northern ireland and northern england also seen snow showers and a cold night. evenif seen snow showers and a cold night. even if the thermometer does not quite get down to freezing, the winds will make it feel very cold, trust me. on wednesday, though strong north westerly winds back again soa strong north westerly winds back again so a similar forecast in some respects for scotland with further snow showers here. wintry showers for northern ireland and northern england as well but the snow potentially settling on high ground for a time potentially settling on high ground fora time and potentially settling on high ground for a time and then a ridge of high pressure m oves for a time and then a ridge of high pressure moves in from the west, tending to kill the showers of, so dry for tending to kill the showers of, so dryfora time tending to kill the showers of, so dry for a time for northern ireland, england and wales, but more on the way of sunshine. then late in the day, we see this band of cloud and rain pushing. on wednesday night that moussa north eastwards, turning to snow for a time. and maybe for a time, lower levels in scotland. and we could see localised disruption. another cold day in scotland, further south up to 9 10 to greece as we had to thursday, butjumping ahead to the weekend, another deep area of low pressure. this one is called storm denis, making its presence felt as we had to saturday. costs could reach 60 70 mph, 50 60 mass per hour inland, not as storm strong as storm keira but strong enough to bring in trees. and it is not just the strong enough to bring in trees. and it is notjust the strong wind that the storm will bring but heavy rain on saturday. we could see 30 millimetres of rain around the hills as much as 50 70 millimetres of rain is on the forecast so we could well see localised flooding issues building in as well. storm dennis bringing a combination of strong winds and heavy rain and disruption as we head into this weekend once again. the first stage to birmingham won t now be finished for about 10 years the prime minister said the decision was controversial but would bring prosperity. this revolution in transport, local and national transport, has the potential to be truly transformative for the entire country. but for those whose homes could be torn down to build the line there s despair. i ve got children. it would be nice to think that they could come into the business, but obviously, we don t know that now. what future it holds. we ll be asking how much of an impact the new rail line could have on the uk s economy once it s built. also tonight: the british businessman who s thought to have infected 11 others
with two more. soroush rafiei mated to nil. mohammad mohebi made a third later on. in that same group, al sadd came from behind with adailton putting the visitors in front. 2 to the final score. in group c, the qatari side began with a win. mario mandzukic set them on the way to victory. 2 0. fc tokyo backin the way to victory. 2 0. fc tokyo back in the champions league for the first time in four years and they shocked their opponent. they were heading for a famous when until adailton put through an own goal. i well and draw. in the day s other games, sharjah lost 1 0 at home to al taawoun in group c, and melbourne victory beat chiangrai united 1 0 in group e. the games involving beijing and shanghai shenhua were both postponed because of the coronavirus and they ve been re scheduled for april. despite big investment and a promise to make them title contenders, jurgen klinsmann has stepped down as hertha berlin s interim head coach after just ten weeks in charge. the former germany and usa coach was named manager until the end of the season, back in november. but won just three of his nine league matches in charge, they re currently 14th in the bundesliga. klinsmann‘s managerial career began back in 2004, when he took charge of the german national team. he led them to third place at the 2006 world cup. from there he spent a season as head coach of bayern munich but lasted only 43 in charge.he next job was he ad he nextjob was head coach of the usa where he won the concacaf gold cup with them in 2013. and then came herta berlin where klinsmann made a surprise return to management in november. he ll return to his previous role on the club s supervisory board. for more than 25 years, grounds in the english premier league have had to be all seater stadiums. but the uk government now wants to work with supporters and clubs, to introduce safe standing, and manchester united, along with wolves and tottenham, could be the first to try it out. the decision by manchester united to apply to install rail seating in old trafford has been welcomed by fans both at the club and nationally. joe lynskey reports. for more than a century at old trafford, they have looked for ways to keep up with demand. they were one of the first clubs to build a roof on a stand without pillars, so every united supporter had a clear view. now this club wants in on the latest idea. this is rail seating, a new way to watch football standing up. already it is in use across europe. dortmund are one team in germany who get extra noise by design. but in the uk, standing has a more painful history. it was one of the factors behind the hillsborough disaster, and led to football grounds in the top divisions going all seater but, such is football culture, some fans continue to stand, and four years ago celtic were the first british team to trial rail seats. west brom tried to be the first premier league safe standers. that idea was vetoed by ministers. but, under tight regulations, some clubs have made it work and that has led the government to change its approach. now, they say, football grounds that incorporate barriers can have a positive impact on supporter safety. i think everybody who is at or seen a rail seat understands standing behind a seat that has an integrated waste high rail is a lot safer than what a lot of fans do right now, standing behind seats that come only halfway up their shins. so what united want to do is increase the safety of fans who are already standing in some areas of the stadium. nearly 75,000 come to old trafford for home games. 1500 of those could soon watch from rail seats. united say it makes things safer in a part of the ground where they persistently stand. so, as one of the world s biggest clubs look to the future, now football waits to see if more will follow. joe lynskey, bbc news. nba legend lebronjames is in line to make a return to the us olympic team, with the prospect of winning a third gold medal. james, who missed the rio games in 2016, is one of five lakers players named in the usa s provisional squad of 44 for this year s tokyo 0lympics. he was in the american team that won gold in 2008 and 2012 and says he wants a crack at another 0lympics. my my name is in the hat, you know, it is or was predicated on one, my body. i hope to make it a long play off run. and then where my mind is and then where my family s head is. there are a lot of factors but my name is in the hat. is it cool to see you and that final space? spectacular. fantastic. we are well represented with the lake show. it isa represented with the lake show. it is a pretty cool thing. new zealand s cricketers avenged their recent 5 0 defeat in the t20 series against india by completing a 3 0 clean sweep in the 0dis. they won tuesday s final match by five wickets, and that meant a first 0ne day whitewash for india for 31 years. india batted first and kl rahul top scored with 112 as they made 296 for seven from their 50 overs. hamish bennett was the pick of the new zealand bowlers, taking 4 for 64. 0peners martin guptill and henry nicholls both made half centuries at the start of the black caps reply, and colin de grandhomme steered them to victory, with an unbeaten 58, as they reached their target with 17 balls to spare. england have announced their tesco with james anderson left out. he cracked a rib during the test series in south africa and will stay at home to focus on being fit for the english summer. 0pener quita jennings and ben faulks are in. joe denley and josh butler retain their places whilejonny bairstow is dropped. it is notjust the fact that your skill level comes in, it is physical as well and mental. how long can you stick at it and i think for a place that is obviously a tour de force spinners, for a fast bowler, you need to be on for a short, sharp overs. 3 four over spells are probably right because it is draining weather. tennis, and the number two seed stefanos tsitsipas is through to the second round of the rotterdam 0pen but he had to come from a set down against hubert hurkacz, the world number 29 from poland. tsitsipas who won the season ending atp tour finals in london in december took the deciding set 6 1 to seal his place in the last 16. the greek who made his debut on the main atp tour in his event three years ago will now play slovenia s aljaz bedene for a place in the quarterfinals. in the same half of the draw, felix auger aliassime is through to the last 16 after beating germany s jan lennard struff in three sets. the canadian took the decider 6 3, and he ll now face grigor dimitrov for a place in the quarter finals. the number five seed, the numberfive seed, fabio fognini is out beaten in straight sets. after a poor and to last year, the russian sealed his place in the second round where he will place dan evans from britain. another russian is through to. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that s bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. there really is an awful lot of weather getting thrown our way over the next few days. eventually we ll get into something milder and wetter from the atlantic. right now it s cold air and a cold wind driving across the uk and that s putting in all these shower clouds answer more to come, and that s pushing in all these shower clouds answer more to come, mainly for the northern half of the uk where, earlier on, of course, it was particularly treacherous across parts of southern scotland. now the winds are easing down a little bit, allowing temperatures to fall away close to if not below freezing. ice more likely across scotland, northern ireland, and north west england. this is where we are seeing showers continuing overnight and into the morning. and again, some snow, even to low levels for a while. gradually through the day we will see the winds easing down a bit. we will also see the showers become fewer, more places turning dry, particularly northern ireland and much of england and wales during the afternoon. some sunshine around here. temperatures similar to what we had on tuesday, but because it won t be as windy it probably won t feel as cold. now towards the south west we will see some changes later on in the day as the cloud thickens and we start to see some showers coming in here. that s ahead of this main rainband that sweeps its way eastwards, heading northwards it then meets the cold air and slows down. so we will find a mixture of rain and some snow, even to lower levels for a while overnight before lifting onto the hills as that wetter weather peters out. to the south will have some showers, gales running through the english channel, temperatures may make double figures across the southernmost parts of england. but if you are stuck under that cold, wet weather in the north east of england and temperatures only four degrees at best. it should be drying off overnight and by the time we get to early friday may well be some ice, some frost, and a few pockets of mist and fog, too. it won t be as cold though for northern ireland, because here winds will be picking up by the morning and we will have some rain, too. the stronger winds will push the rain eastward, snow more likely of the mountains of scotland this time. over the mountains of scotland this time. the rain turning lighter as it runs across england and wales. but because it s a southerly wind those temperatures will be higher. it will be turning milder everywhere. probably not much rain for eastern england until the evening is that weak weather front move through. and then we look out into the atlantic, deepening area of low pressure heading towards iceland. this is storm dennis. probably not quite as severe as storm ciara was last weekend, but this weekend we are expecting some widespread gales, the winds could be still gusting, 60 70 mph, the biggest impact is likely to be across england and wales from the strength of the wind and some more rain, which will be heavy at times, and that will lead to some more flooding. welcome to bbc news. i m katty kay, live in new hampshire, where the polls have closed in the democratic primary. with the jane 0 brien. it looks like senator burning sounders has a commanding lead. but the state is doing itsjob of winnowing the field. two candidates are out, and pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar are vying for second place. i m lewis vaughan jones in london. our other main story: a new name, but the same threat. the death toll rises from what is now the covid 19 outbreak.
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chief medical officer now says a coronavirus epidemic here in the uk is likely though not definite. chris whitty‘s comments come on the day of the biggest 24 hour rise in the number of people infected 36 new cases, two of which are in scotland and two in northern ireland. it brings the total number of people with the virus here to 87. of the new cases, three do not seem to have any connection to travel abroad that s what s called community transmission. in parliament today borisjohnson announced a change to the rule on sick pay for those who end up having to self isolate as a result of coronavirus. more on that in just a moment, but first here s our health editor hugh pym. it s in demand. some shops have run out of hand sanitiser, so this production line is running at full speed. they used to turn out 100,000 bottles a month. now they re aiming for that every day, anything to limit the virus risk as case numbers rose sharply and health chiefs warned of a wider spread. we re now getting quite a lot of cases coming into the uk, small numbers at this point in time, but we anticipate that they will continue to rise and we do expect there to be some onward transmission in the uk. at this point in time, we think it is likely, not definite, that we will move into onward transmission and an epidemic here in the uk. there has certainly been a significant increase in cases in the uk in recent days, but to put that in perspective, italy has announced more than 2,500 cases. in france, it sjust over 200. in germany, just below 200. with a warning how long the virus can survive, the government today launched a new media campaign to promote hand washing for 20 seconds as a means of reducing infection risk. i m having a significant birthday this year. i m not singing happy birthday to myself a moment before i have to! and scotland s first minister was demonstrating how to do it at a call centre with the coronavirus helpline. so how worried should people be after the latest acceleration in the number of uk cases? on an individual basis, i don t think people should be especially worried. we know that this illness is quite catching. it has a high infectivity rate, and i think we were expecting that now, over the next week or two, we would see a rapid rise in numbers of people being diagnosed with covid i9. but the big question now is when the government might move to the next phase of its strategy and introduce new measures to try to slow the spread of the virus. there was better news from a school in gloucestershire which reopened today after a deep clean, following a staff member testing positive. the school s probably the cleanest it s ever been now. they ve given it a thorough clean. it came at short notice. so, to have two of them in the house to look after for two days has been quite a handful. my son s being kept off until next week until i know full well it s clear and there s no chance of anybody catching anything. ministers gathering for another meeting of the cobra emergency committee know that further measures with a social impact, including school closures, may well be needed. hugh pym, bbc news. as the coronavirus spreads across the world, more than 70 countries have reported cases so far, we can see what measures governments are taking. in italy, with the biggest outbreak in europe, the authorities have closed all schools and universities for two weeks. it has 3,000 cases and more than 100 people have died. mark lowen reports. an early easter break for pupils across italy. every school and university will now close from tonight in a bid to halt the virus. europe s worst hit country stepping up its response. it s a problem because we have to stop the exams, we have to stop almost all the activities in the classroom. maybe we can do something from home. but it s not the same, of course. parents and children are taking in the news. for some, the disruption is a price worth paying. it s not a question of panicking, but taking necessary measures to avoid the virus spreading out. her nine year old, ernesto, says he s happy because it means no studying and no homework. italy was the first in europe to ban all flights to china, the first to cordon off whole towns, now the first to close all schools. a dramatic response to a deepening crisis. and perhaps an example of how other countries too may respond if their outbreaks continue to worsen. as cases and deaths rise, more towns in the north may be quarantined. cinemas and theatres could close. and the government is even set to advise tactile italians not to greet by kissing. so how many rooms here are occupied? no one. none of them? empty. coronavirus fear is battering italy s economy, with hotels empty. 0wner giuseppe roscioli says he s had 90% cancellations and it s the biggest crisis in his 35 years. and if this situation gets worse, what will happen? we have the key, we can close the door. italy is now facing an unprecedented challenge and a desperate search for a remedy for the virus and for this country s suffering. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. the government s response to coronavirus here will be staged, prompted by the severity of the spread. we are in what s called a containment phase right now. the next one is the delay stage when we could all face more restrictions. our home editor mark easton has been looking at the government s options. as governments around the world take increasingly draconian action to control coronavirus this is wuhan in china last month officials in whitehall are reviewing their options, should it prove impossible to contain. the government already has extraordinary and extensive powers to deal with such a serious threat to human welfare. the civil contingencies act allows any provision which the person making the regulations is satisfied is appropriate. we are still some way from seeing a state of emergency declared, but were that to happen, ministers could take virtually unlimited action to deal with the crisis. police, and potentially the army, could be used to place whole communities in lockdown with cu rfews, closures and roadblocks. those defying the rules could be jailed for three months. the very best thing you can do is explain to people what the problems are, what the issues are, and sensible measures they can take themselves. the government s considering additional powers, allowing the detention of people arriving at the uk borderfor enforced medical checks. those already in the country are covered by the public health act, which can require individuals to be tested and quarantined. can you tell me how you ve been feeling over the past few days? this nhs drill in newcastle tested the response to an outbreak of ebola. if someone refuses to cooperate, a court order can allow the authorities to detain and isolate an individualfor 28 days, force them to undergo a medical examination and reveal details of others potentially infected. the right to liberty under the convention of human rights does not apply, specifically exempting the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of infectious diseases. during the 2000 fuel crisis, petrol supplies ran low. the government has the power to ration essentials if supply chains fail. in australia, panic buying triggered by coronavirus fears has seen supermarkets ration items such as lavatory paper. the uk government is being advised by experts in behavioural science as to how to get their messaging right. i think that at the moment people are not anxious enough, certainly in terms of doing sensible precautions and behaviours. as it gets closer, we know then the uptake of preventative behaviours will increase quite exponentially. but that hasn t happened yet. we are some way from extreme control measures being introduced. but the powers and the plans are in place. the authorities say they must prepare for the worst while hoping for the best. mark easton, bbc news. government has said it may provide budgetary help for the economy to help cope with the impact of the virus. how will small businesses cope and what about people who are not covered by statutory sickness pay? let s talk to gig economy worker, greg howard, who delivers mainly for deliveroo. james greenhalgh owns flamingos coffee house in leeds. and rehana azam is the national secretary of the gmb union. thank you all forjoining us. let s get a taste for me to have you about your situation and perhaps your fears at this stage. greg, you are a gig economy worker. how might this affect you? well if it affects me andi affect you? well if it affects me and i have to self isolate i have no idea what i m going to do. currently we don t get any benefits, we don t get sick leave, we can t take a holiday because we aren t entitled to it. something needs to be done. we are talking about the coronavirus crisis here but really there is a social crisis, with people, my colleagues, millions of them across the country who are facing the same fear as me. have you raised the issue with deliveroo and if so what have they said? we constantly raise theissue have they said? we constantly raise the issue with them through the work that i do for my colleagues as part of the union i m with. we are raising these questions constantly but nothing seems to change. it needs to change. james, in leeds, once your situation and again, what fears might you face here? my concern is that the government have said they will throw whatever money is needed at the markets, helping the shareholders and the big banks again. sounds like a repeat of 2008. they are helping out some workers. i know there s more to be done. there s nothing about small businesses. i only have five staff, i m nota businesses. i only have five staff, i m not a big business but a drop in income could put us out of business and it s pathetic. we re not hearing anything from government to help small business. what is this about statutory sick pay kicking in on day one rather than dive four? what impact does that have? a fantastic announcement, i think more should be done and i think the gmb are going to talk about that. but who is paying for it? small businesses. if staff are having to self isolate there s a chance our customers are going to do the same. we are losing income. i have a tough budgetjust to get by every month. it s another cost and of course i m supportive but if the government are going to make announcements they need to back it up with cash. it s really important for us. let me come to you on the stories because people have concerns for different reasons. when you hear greg, a gig economy worker, concerned about what happens if he has to self isolate, what do you say should be happening for him? this is where we are, aren t we? yesterday prime ministerjohnson made an announcement and he set out a battle plan. part of that, he said one in five workers may need to self isolate. the five workers may need to self isolate. the gmb five workers may need to self isolate. the gmb has spent most of the union lobbying government to convert statutory sick pay into full p5y~ convert statutory sick pay into full pay. have your as your guest said, one work is not going to get any statutory sick pay because gig economy workers don t earn a minimum of £118 a week. what we say to the government is that you need to convert statutory sick pay to make sure it is available for all workers. we must look at employers who can t afford to match the pay up. that s why we need the government to take responsibility for this. right because the point you allude to might concern james, for example. if one of his workers we re for example. if one of his workers were off, he would be the one who has to fork out for sick pay. the thing is, the prime minister can make a decision. today he used his powers to convert, to change statutory sick pay from day one. so the government has an opportunity to rectify this straightaway. we are in unprecedented situations now. if one in five workers must self isolate, then we must make sure the provisions are put in place and the government need to step up. my union has been working with some big employers who are quite happy to ensure that their workers who self isolate are going to get full pay but then we ve got other employers who say that we can t afford to do that. what we say to government is that you must step in and convert statutory sick pay to full pay. we must ensure that all workers get it. you ve got 2 million workers get it. you ve got 2 million workers in the country who won t be entitled to statutory sick pay and we must make sure they are all protected. when you say converting statutory sick pay to full pay, how much of a bill are we talking about? statutory sick pay is currently £13 50a statutory sick pay is currently £13 50 a day. in terms of how much is going to cost, what is the cost to make sure everyone is protected? the government must make that risk assessment but more importantly make sure that workers are not put an impossible situation where they feel they have to come to work because they have to come to work because they can t afford to be off work. it s unprecedented and if we move into a serious situation we now need to make sure the government is going to make sure the government is going to shore it up. workers must feel assured that if they have to self isolate it isn t going to be a cost to them that they can t afford to pay their rent or put food on the table. to go back to you, james, your business, in terms of customers and numbers coming through the door. what difference if any are you seeing on that front? well, today, yesterday and monday were considerably down, among some of our worst days ever. we ve only been going for one and a half years and sometimes we get bad days but it seems to be a coincidence that we are having this national possible at epidemic and we are seeing fewer people coming through the door. we are seeing customers people coming through the door. we are seeing customers very concerned. are seeing customers very concerned. i had one customer saying they aren t going out this weekend because it is a pub and there will because it is a pub and there will bea because it is a pub and there will be a lot of people at close quarters and they don t want to do it. i ve gone to get hand sanitiser from different shops to help the customers, but i can t get it. clearly people are changing their habits and thinking, trying to keep away and trying to keep clear of any possible outbreak. greg, to you, people might imagine that your work is less affected because people might be staying at home and they might be staying at home and they might want more deliveries. how are you finding things? absolutely, we re expecting our deliveries to increase. the advice of government is that if you are self isolating, to get food to your health house and other supplies delivered to your house. a company i work with today have advised us to take extra care and precautions such as using hand sanitiser but we can t get that. who is going to provide that? it is good to hear your thoughts. thanks for taking part. and we ll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are dawn foster, who s a columnist for the guardian, and matt dathan, the deputy political editor at the sun. the headlines on bbc news. number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the ukjumps to as a number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk jumps to as a public health campaign urges people to wash their hands regularly. italy is shutting down schools and universities as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus. the ups and downs of the race to take on donald trump. the billionaire bloomberg drops out and former vice presidentjoe biden is the comeback kid. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. touching on the coronavirus outbreak in italy that the you have reported. a government decree that all major sporting events will be behind closed doors for the next month, until april the 11th at least. that s cute not just for the football matches in italy, many of which were postponed, but also for the end of the six nations, intend days time. england s campaign, when they go to rome, that will be behind close doors. the italian government saying that all sport there will be, because of the coronavirus, behind close doors for the next four weeks at least. sport around domestic leave. there are three more fa cup ties tonight, it s the last 16, with the winners booking a place in the quarterfinals. the draw is later this evening. holders manchester city are up against championship side sheffield wednesday at hillsborough. about half has been played. pep guardiola has made six changes to the side that won in the league cup at wembley on sunday against aston villa. this match is on bbc one. there s an all premier league tie between tottenham and norwich. younger tongan heading in a free kick inside 15 minutes jan vertonghen. we can go to the totte n ha m vertonghen. we can go to the tottenham stadium. this is on the red button or the bbc sport website. michel vorm playing his first game since rejoining the club. norwich on the front foot but still 1 0 to spurs. leicester against birmingham, no goals in that one. five matches in the scottish premiership. callu m callum mcgregor putting celtic 1 0 up. livingston equalising not long after through up. livingston equalising not long after throuthon up. livingston equalising not long after through jon guthrie. west bromich albion midfielderjonathan leko has criticised football s governing bodies over their response to his accusation of racism towards leeds united s kiko casilla. the goalkeeper was banned for eight matches and fined £60,000 after being found guilty of racially abusing leko in a match in september when he was on loan at charlton. he has said he had minimal contact from the professional footballers association and no contact or support at all from antiracism bodies such as kick it out and show racism the red card. in the last half an hour the pfa have apologised saying they are going to review their procedures and that they will meet with him tomorrow. the ioc president thomas bach says there has been no talk of the olympics being cancelled or postponed despite the growing impact of the coronavirus on sport. the tokyo games are due to start onjuly 24th, a number of test events have been postponed but speaking to the media after an ioc committe meeting in lausanne, bach refused to engage in the possibilty of the games not starting on time. i will not add fuel to the flame of speculation by giving a date here, fuelling more speculation. 0ur statement from yesterday is very clear, we are fully committed and we continue to work with the task force and the same is true for the organising committee. in the fa cup, stilljust one goal, to spurs, against norwich, which is great news, wouldn t you say, julian. i don t have any of you, as you know! come on! one has to remain impartial. it is good news. thank you, 0llie. former new york mayor mike bloomberg has pulled out of the race for the democratic party s presidential nomination, promising to throw his support, and his money, behind joe biden. last night the former vice president mr biden saw a huge surge in support as 1a states held primaries, on what s known as super tuesday. he emerged as the winner in nine states while the left wing senator, bernie sanders, got three. 0nly american samoa went for bloomberg. well, let s get into this some more. i m joined byjean card who is the co host of bipodisan, a podcast where the hosts discuss us politics from different sides of the spectrum. jean is on the republican side. she s also a former speech writer in the bush administration. i m alsojoined by karin robinson, democratic party activist here in the uk and host of the primarily 2020 podcast, which has been covering the democratic race for over a year. she also worked for barack 0bama. welcome to both of you, good to have you with us. as the democrat between you, what do you make of super tuesday, first of all? it s a fascinating result. it bringsjoe biden back into position of being the frontrunner, which he had been for over a year until people actually voted in iowa and then we had a few weeks of confusion and it looks like bernie signed as bernie sanders might become the presumptive frontrunner but now we are back at the beginning and biden might be stronger because there is no one else in the race apart from bernie sanders, who is a credible threat. pete buttigieg has left the race, amy klobuchar has left the race and so has mike bloomberg. a close competition between two people from different wings of the party. having a conversation about going forward. you mentioned the leading two but elizabeth warren is still there. what is she going to do? i m a huge support of her, i think she s absolutely phenomenal. it s hard to see that she has a path to winning the nomination unless something dramatically changes, although that sometimes happens. i think she. she is famously the woman with a lot of plans, she has great ideas about how to restore justice to america and american capitalism and root out corruption across the united states, and especially in the white house. i expect she will want to hear that her ideas are being taken seriously by whoever the nominee is going to be and! by whoever the nominee is going to be and i suspect she ll be having those conversations. i can t speak for her but she is impressed a lot of people and she certainly impresses me. and what is the republican view of super tuesday?” think there s a temptation to feel like this is an interesting development and it may not be good for president trump because i think there s a perception that biden is going to be tougher to beat than saunders. i don t think you re going to hear that from president trump but i think there is a feeling that it isn t good for the president s real election. he stands as good a chance as he did before but the dynamic can really change. i think biden seems to have a broad demographic coalition supporting him but bernie sanders isn t out of it. there is still potential, they could bea there is still potential, they could be a contested convention. all of that may weaken the democrat party and thus strengthen president trump is make chances of real election. people were surprised by the strength of results for biden. in some ways it is an advantage for trump but in other ways a disadvantage and we have a ways to go. your first observation is that you doubted president trump would be pleased about it. you then said that no one at the white house is ever prepared to admit that they would prefer one to the other. that s correct. there s been so much talk about burning over the last few weeks and the news changes so fast and politics changes so fast in the of trump. there s been an obsession on both sides with bernie sanders. some democrats have been worried, republicans have been gleeful saying oh my gosh, this would be great, we d love to run against an avowed socialist because we feel we can easily beat him. now you wake up today and say over, perhaps you have a moderate who might get the nomination and that would be tougher but no one in the white house is going to admit that. on the contested convention point that was made, do those who aren t aficionados of your system, that would effectively mean you reach the convention, which most people see as a moment where you crown the nominee, and you are still arguing at that point, and that won t be a good look, will it? yes, basically in order to get the nomination this summer you need to have a majority of pledged delegates. notjust a plurality but more than 50%. it s possible forjoe biden to make those numbers if he continues to see the types of gains and improvement we saw yesterday, if that carries on and next week he picks up more delegates. it s possible he can win that outright majority. 0therwise it s going to be a question of negotiation, there s going to be some horse trading. bernie sanders could be the plurality winner in which case there is still a conversation. i think it s a risk and it s a concern. i have a lot of hope that when it comes down to it, for all that there are differences among the candidates and the party has divisions a amongst itself but there is a real determination to restore american democracy and get donald trump out of the white house this year. so i think we will find that whatever the outcome of the primary, and people will talk about how to make that work best and eve ryo ne how to make that work best and everyone wants to have their moment in the sun and their moment of celebration and have their policies taken seriously, but ultimately we are laser focused on winning the presidency. i don t think anyone. a brief word from you both, what do you make of michael bloomberg s exit? i just you make of michael bloomberg s exit? ijust watched a bit of his farewell speech and he was quite emotional. i think his candidacy was interesting and i think a lot of people are going to be sorry to see him go but good for him to step down now. i respect what he s doing. this needs to be a one on one fight for the soul of the democratic party and i say good for him for stepping down even though financially he could stay as long as he wants. no question about that! are you sorry to see him go? i can t say i m terribly sorry to see him go. i don t think i ever understood the rationale for him getting into the race. i think he thought biden was going to fail. he underestimated the strength of biden as a candidate and someone strength of biden as a candidate and someone with a lot of laugh within the party amongst the voters, that perhaps bloomberg wasn t factoring into his consideration. it s extraordinary, the amount of money, the hundreds of millions of dollars that mike bloomberg spent to get virtually nothing out of it. i find it kind of interesting from a political science point of view to see a test case of the idea that you can buy your way into an election. the grassroots campaigning still matters, party building, coalitions still matter and voters can t be full with pure advertising. you have to be doing the work, which is the lesson we ve learned. thank you. now it s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. the rain across england and wales today hasn t been particularly heavy, getting about as for north as north wales towards the wash. that wetter weather will actually tend to ease away overnight, only because we ve got heavy rain coming through the english channel, affecting more southern parts of england. further north, northern england, scotland, northern ireland, clearer skies here. likely to have a frost and maybe some mist and fog. some sunshine on the way on thursday and a few showers, too. we ve got that heavier rain running through the english channel to come to rest through much of the day across the far south of england. weather improving in the south west. for many parts of england and wales, it will brighten up a bit although there are a few showers around. a stronger, cooler wind blowing around across southern england together with that rain, which will take the edge off the temperatures. that will be gone, though, very quickly in the evening. and on friday, we ll see some mist and fog patches to start with, mainly for the midlands and northern england. some showers coming from the west. for much of the day, eastern scotland and eastern england are likely to be dry. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the number of confirmed conversion of virus cases in the ukjumps the number of confirmed conversion of virus cases in the uk jumps to 87. as public health campaign increases people to wash their hands regularly. at this point in time it is likely that we will move into transmission and epidemic in the uk. italy is shutting down the schools and universities as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus. the ups and downs at the race to take on donald trump bloomberg drops out. joe biden is to comeback. the greek island that is fast becoming a migraine flashpoint. residents are not turning back. let s return now to our top story, the coronavirus outbreak, and the impact it could have on upcoming events. today, the london book fair, which was due to take place next week, has been cancelled. the dog show crufts, which starts tomorrow, is still going ahead as planned. sian lloyd reports. the show will go on for these dogs and their owners. crufts, the biggest annual event in a dog lover s calendar, will start as planned tomorrow. with dogs from across the world competing, they ve ta ken extra precautions. we ve got 3,000 additional hand sanitisers placed throughout the halls, we ve got extra hand washing stations throughout the halls, so we know that that s the government advice, people should wash their hands, take precautions. we are promoting that message that the government has asked us to promote, which of course is catch it, bin it, kill it. the london book fair, which attracts 25,000 visitors, has been called off a week before it was due to begin, the decision taken reluctantly, say its organisers, after a number of global publishers pulled out. commentator: free attack now for courtney lawes. some six nations rugby matches are postponed. england will still take on wales this weekend, and scotland s game against france is going ahead. officials are keeping sporting fixtures under review, but say it s about being sensible. if you go to a stadium of 70,000 people and you passed on the virus, it would still only be to a few people immediately around you. if you had the match cancelled, watched it, watched another match in a pub with your friends in a closed environment, that s no better. planning events is at the heart of many people s business. and with the peak wedding season just around the corner, there are questions about how big an impact the coronavirus could have. so we do over 200 weddings a year. this hotel has hosted weddings for 20 years and is preparing for another this weekend. we don t want to worry anybody about anything. so we re just going along as normal and obviously watching all the guidelines with the government and doing the best we can to make sure that they have a wonderful day and a happy day to remember. it s business as usual here. no sense of panic. the government has now made coronavirus a notifiable disease, which should make it easier for businesses to be compensated in the event of cancellations. the advice from insurers remains for clients to check their policy. sian lloyd, bbc news. joining us now from is nicolas locker, professor of virology at the university of surrey. but evening to you. we were just hearing about big events being cancelled and people questioning the rights and wrongs of large crowds gathering at the risks therein. what is the alert of that specifically?” think at that moment the situation is still unfortunately the number of cases and the uk remain relatively low. 0nly cases and the uk remain relatively low. only 87 annette confirmed cases. what we want to do is take preventative measures to contain the virus, try to contain providers while can. which is why cancellation of large gatherings which could spread the virus, is it is an additional measure. there are questions and debates as to which way you would treat the people. i think this is down to the organisers and conversation between the organisers and the authorities, to decide on whether the gathering should be cancelled. he talked about taking all measures to stop the spread at this relatively early stage. are all of that measures that could be taken, are they all happening or are things being left out at? i think at the moment, the data and acting responsibly, i think what is really important to note is that the majority of the cases that we have detected so far are from people who had returned from travelling abroad. they have been identified through their cattle history. we are trying to make sure that we find any potential impending case. this seems to be active so far. now what could be worrying cannot let needs to be monitored in the next few days. our cases of transmission, infection from people that don t display any history and travel. these would be transmission occurring in the uk from people that have not been chattering to places where we barely have a strong circulation of the virus. i think in those instances, not what is really important is that exit is the cases are diagnosed with contact those people that are being infected so that we can monitor their health and try to prevent any further spread of the virus. thank you very much for your thoughts. nicolas locker from the university of surrey. meanwhile the future of the airline flybe is in fresh doubt tonight as it struggles with a slump in flight bookings since the coronavirus outbreak began. our business editor simonjack explained. you remember back injanuary came close to collapse. it one of reprieve when the owners including vegan atlantic put in extra cash in return for the evidence lowering duties. some think that they suffer from on domestic flights. what i understand is that the government does not think i can review those passenger duty rates while the uk is still in the greek grip at the eu rules. now that may discussions about the short term loans to flabby it more difficult. if there are any concerns they were halted by the coronavirus according to the company has made a bad situation even worse. it could be the thing that kills off an airline which is already in poor financial health. that was fine in jack. we will keep you up to date with flybe as at the time are coming. the greek island of lesbos has become a flashpoint in a new migrant crisis for europe. aid agencies have complained that their staff have been assaulted and intimidated as they try to cope with refugees coming by boat from turkey. the governor of lesbos has apologised for the violent actions of some residents. hundreds of migrants have arrived on the island since friday when turkey opened its borders following an influx of refugees from syria. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie reports from lesbos. where are you from? congo. how old are you? ten. ten? these are lesbos newest arrivals, trapped on the island, now behind bars. i ve been here for three days. three days? yeah. what s it like in here? not enough food, no sleeping. we want to go to a better place, not here. the hundreds of migrants and refugees who ve made it across the sea in the past week have been kept in this holding pen. can they leave or are they detained? they are not detained. they can leave? no. no, so they are detained? for years, this island has been overcrowded. more than 20,000 refugees now live in a camp that was meant for far, farfewer, stuck here while europe struggles to agree on what to do with them. thousands make their way from the camp to the port, desperate to leave. they re pushed back by police. these flare ups have angered locals and in the past few days, that anger has turned to violence. bleep. migrants and journalists have been attacked. and an aid centre has been set on fire. some aid workers are now leaving the island. the medical clinics, which treat hundreds every day, have been closed. why are you locking up? because we have a lot of problems on the island with ngos. we are having a lot of riots with the ngos. it looks like we are dealing in a war zone and this unpredictable security situation is something that we never experienced before. it is putting our activities in a very difficult position. recent videos show the greek coastguard firing at people trying to cross the sea. we showed these to the island s governor. they have received such orders to shoot, but in the air, not on the people. look, look. that s the migrants being hit on the head by the coastguard. yes. what do you think about that? i reject. i don t like it. i don t like this behaviour. it doesn t represent me. as greece scrambles to secure its borders, european leaders have offered hundreds of millions of pounds to help. we don t want money, we want not to have a problem. the point is not to get money. the point is not to have a problem. let s spare their money. let s send the money back. a navy ship arrives to take the new arrivals to the mainland, but thousands are left behind, on this island that no longer wants them. jean mckenzie, bbc news. borisjohnson has said he is sticking by the home secretary, priti patel, who has faced allegations of bullying at at a third government department. labour s demanding an independent inquiry into what it called her shocking and unacceptable behaviour . the new claims relate to her time as the international development secretary and follow similar claims at the home office and department for work and pensions. she denies all the allegations. she has the support of the prime minister. the problem is for the home secretary, that in recent days that have been more allegations. it started with a dramatic resignation at the home office threatening to sue the government in an industrial tribunal. those allegations have come from other civil servants working at different departments where priti patel works. it was very important for her today not to be just sitting next to the prime minister and the front row beforehand to wholeheartedly support her. which is exactly what he did. the home secretary is doing an outstanding job delivering change, putting police on the street, cutting crime, and delivering a new integration system. i am sticking by her. home secretary has categorically denied and rejected all allegations that are being made against her. she put out a joint e mail yesterday, to staff and be home office. she said that she regretted the resignation she has said it was now time for the home 0ffice said it was now time for the home office to come together as one team. she said she deeply cared about the well being of civil servants and valued their professionalism. that was the only reference that has been from her expect these allegations swirling around her. it is a problem for her, but the that she is safe and thatjob would be wholehearted backing from the prime minister. down the road, there is this cabin investigation to see if she broke the ministerial code that says that staff ca n not the ministerial code that says that staff cannot be bullied. possibly this attributable could be held in public, it could be very difficult for her. so much to deal with, in terms of legislation, integration system was going on the coronavirus, all of the things you will have to deal with while all of this goes on around her. deal with while all of this goes on around her. the headlines on bbc news. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk jumps to 87, as a public health campaign urges people to wash their hands regularly. italy is shutting down schools and universities as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus. the ups and downs of the race to take on donald trump billionaire bloomberg drops out; former vice presidentjoe biden is the comeback kid. back to our main story now, the coronavirus outbreak. today, the government announced it s changing the rules so that people who self isolate will be able to claim sick pay more quickly from their employer. they ll get the statutory payment of 94 pounds a week from day one, rather than having to wait four days. here s the prime minister in the commons earlier. we in the commons earlier. are not at the point yet wi are we are not at the point yet where we are asking large numbers of people to self isolate. that of course, it may come if large numbers of people happy symptoms of coronavirus. if they stay at home, but also understand, that they are to protect all of us by slowing the spread of the virus. that is what the best scientific evidence tells us. if they stay at home and if we ask people to self isolate, they may lose out financially. today i announce that they have secretariat will bring forward as part of our emergency coronavirus legislation, measures to allow the payment of statutory fa ke measures to allow the payment of statutory fake pay from the very first day that you are sick rather for day under the current rules. i think that is the right leg forward. nobody should be penalised for doing the right thing. nobody should be penalised for doing the right thing. that was the prime minister talking about statutory sick pay, but of course those who are self employed, or freelance, aren t eligible for that payment. here with me now to discuss that is andy chamberlain from the association of independent professionals and the self employed. from your point of view is that a significant gap that the cabinet means to plug in some way?” significant gap that the cabinet means to plug in some way? ijust say self employed people did not get the benefit of this paper, or indeed more and plan because they did not have an employee. i ll be asking is to first of all issued guidance specifically for freelancers and self employed. what back the circumstances? secondly when calling on then to put in place a mitigation fund which can be accessed from self employed people whose income is likely to be affected. what an appetite and stars. but ideally it would you like that to say? we are saying freelancers should speak to their clients, and where possible should work from home. we urge contractors and real answers to do that sooner rather than later. if they can t work through sickness, their income is not protected in the same way that it is for most employees. we suggest to them, paper perhaps should self isolate early said they did not contract the infection. it s easier if there is guidance out there for the government explaining that that is what they should do. and some cannot work from home more easily than others. it depends on what you do. there are some that can t. they are likely to be impacted, notjust buy if they are unfortunate enough to contract the virus, but also because the client might close its offices. 0ur the client might close its offices. our large public events are being cancelled, which is likely to help us out and play hard. he said no statutory cover for them, which that event, but there are options for freelance people to take out some sort of policy that would protect them in the incidence of illness. there is a lot of confusion today. he had been trying to work this out. he had been trying to work this out. he had been speaking to insurers saying what would you pay out if there are instances when they aren t sick but they are self isolating or have been asked to stay at home and not worth? it is not clear. it is not worth? it is not clear. it is not clear if you took out a policy now, you have a 60 day period before you can make a claim. taking a policy now, read the fine print because it may not actually help you. you need to let in place already. the theory is that if you are well, by doing what is regarded as the right thing, that isn t necessarily covered. that is not clear. that is something to look out for stop government may have to make we expect the government to help businesses. i ll be insane to make sure self employed and did not get left behind. the mitigation fund, that could end up being quite a large pot of money? 5 million self employed people in the uk at the money. 15% of our labour market. this is not a marginal group of people. they are likely to take a branch of anything. yes it is a large pot of money that they are going to need this money. people have bills and rent to pay. so we are calling on the government, let me assurance can you give self employed people now? me assurance can you give self-employed people now? thank you very nice. you can keep up to date with all of the developments around the coronavirus and a watch out for and what it might mean for you, on the bbc news. on the bbc news app and on our website. that s bbc.co.uk/news. rock band genesis are reuniting, and have announced their first tourfor 13 years. the bandmembers, phil collins, mike rutherford and tony banks, who are all 69, will be joined by collins 18 year old son on drums. david sillito reports. # she seems to have an invisible touch, yeah. # genesis, from 70s prog rock to ‘80s and ‘90s chart success. # i can t dance # i can t talk. # they ve been around for more than 50 years. but a reunion was, according to phil collins, highly unlikely. ill health had stopped him from drumming. but in recent years he has returned to performing and his son nick can now fill in for him on drums. and so they arrived at radio 2 this morning to announce that they re going back on the road. it s been a kind of conversation that s been brewing a little bit. i think when i was out on the road showing i could still do something, i think we all felt, why not? # turn it on # turn it on, turn it on again. # it sounds a bit of a lame reason, just to say, why not? but we, you know, kind of enjoy it. # i will follow you will you follow me # all the days and nights that we know will be. . . # it s been 13 years since they last played together and their last tour was, phil collins said, a chance to say goodbye properly but the music business is full of farewells and retirements that don t last very long. it s a natural progression. phil started, then he retired but he came back touring and his son nick was drumming. it seems to be moving towards an area where it could be possible. you know, i think five years ago, or before that, would have been a big ask but it sort of happened naturally. so, a band that began in the ‘60s with a very different look and sound, has found a renewed appetite to return to the road. # turn it on, turn it on again. ..# ..and more than 50 years of hit records. david sillito, bbc news. we ll bring you more updates will relating to the coronavirus. along with the situation and status at flybe. a little bit later as well. a little bit later as well. now it s time for a look at the weather. hello again. sunshine was in shorter supply today, we have had some rain for england and wales. getting about as far north as north wales and towards the wash. and that rain and drizzle is easing off overnight but stays quite cloudy, misty in the hills. we do see some wetter weather coming in from the southwest through the english channel and affecting more southern counties of england. where we have a clearer skies northern england, scotland, northern ireland there will be a frost around, and maybe some mist and fog the first thing in the morning. some sunshine on the way on thursday. a lot more cloud as you had further south, across england and wales. that heavier rain running through the channel to sit very close to the southeast corner of england through much of the day. the weather should improve towards the southwest, there will still be quite a chilly wind, mind you, a more southern areas of england. that will take the edge off of the temperatures. many parts of england and wales brightening up, with some sunshine but still one or two to showers. the wetter, windier weather clears the southeast quickly on thursday evening. hinting perhaps at a touch of frost here and there by friday morning. there is another weather front coming in from the atlantic. this one it is very weak and it is more an area of cloud and showers moving very slowly. ahead of it, some mist and fog patches mainly through the midlands and northern england. much of the day in eastern england and particularly eastern scotland will likely to be dried with some sunshine at times. now into the weekend, things started to turn much windier and wetter as well. we have a deeper area of low pressure coming in so the winds are picking up. that first went in front, increases the amount of cloud on saturday, it lowers the cloud onto the hills of western parts of england and wales and brings some drizzle. the second weather front is much more active. that means steadier, heavier rain arriving in northern ireland and western scotland through the day. the wind strength, is more of a southerly and eventually temperatures will be in double figures. 0nly briefly mind you, because that weather front bringing the heavier rain westward will sweep across england and wales. should be clearing away very quickly by sunday morning, and it is still quite windy on sunday. but this is cooler and fresher air when it as well. still windy on sunday, it is a day and sunshine and showers, following that heavier rain overnight. a lot of showers across the western side of the uk. but no doubt given the strength at the winds, it will be blown up to the eastern side as well. this temperature is dropping away through the day to around eight or 9 degrees. still unsettled, next week. hello, i m ros atkins, this is 0utside source. italy announces a newjump in cases of coronavirus and the highest number of deaths from the disease outside china. the italian government is shutting down all schools and universities as it tries to stop the spread of the virus. after super tuesday primaries in the us, billionaire michael bloomberg drops out of the race for the democratic nomination, instead he s backing this man. we are very much alive! and make no mistake about it, this campaign will send donald trump packing. biden and bernie sanders are now vying for the right to take on donald trump in november.