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This is bbc news. The headlines at 11am. If five british people including a child have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france meanwhile, as the number of victims has increased in china, theres been growing anger at the handling of the crisis. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. This is not about money any longer. Yes, of course you want to have a system that works and not to pay too much, but the truth is, security, the protection of the uk, is the absolute number one priority for any government. Officials working on borisjohnsons pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave. The met Office IssuesSevere Weathe ....
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. A gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus. The number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. Storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain, with severe travel and power disruption one man has been killed by a falling tree. Id like to know where the Environment Agency is. We have seen nobody today at all. Nobodys been round. A bbc investigation uncovers further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougal. Hello. Storm ciara has impacted sport too. The postponed scotland against england womens six nations
match is under way now, after extreme weather in glasgow meant it couldnt go ahead over the weekend. Thanks,jane, and nick miller has the weather. So much weather disruption, simon. Storm ciara may be moving away but the d ....
A man has been killed by a falling tree after storm ciara battered britain. Theres still widespread flooding and severe travel disruption on the roads, railways and ferries, and at airports. Out ill be reporting from West Yorkshire where hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded and and businesses have been flooded and a big clearup and businesses have been flooded and a big clear up operation is now under way. Well have the latest from our correspondents around the uk. Also this lunchtime. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk doubles to eight. Cheering. Sinn fein celebrate as they win most first preference votes in the irish general election. A space craft built in britain begins its mission to explore the secrets of the sun. Parasite. And its history at the oscars south koreas parasite becomes the first Foreign Language film to win best picture. ....
Chaos across the uk its emerged a 58 year old man was killed yesterday by a falling tree in hampshire. Sinn fein hails the irish general election result as a revolution in the ballot box after winning most first preference votes. And the oscar goes to. Parasite. And the south korean film parasite makes history at the oscars, becoming the first non english language film to take the top prize. Its five oclock our main story is that a doctors surgery in brighton has been closed after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus. Four more people in the uk have the virus, two of them health care workers. It brings the number of confirmed cases across the country to eight. Globally, there have been more than 40,000 cases with a death toll of more than 900. Here the government has declared the virus a serious and imminent threat to Public Health which means people who are infected can be forcibly quarantined. Heres our correspondent ....
Of coronavirus cases. French officials said a british man came to a chalet in Contamines Montjoie after visiting singapore. He then infected at least five other people, including a child. A total of 11 people are in hospital, but theyre not said to be in a serious condition. Translation there are five new cases in a group, all catching it from one infected person. In a separate case in mallorca, a british family of four, including two girls, is in hospital as a precaution after one of them came in contact with a coronavirus case in france. Translation this morning, we took samples. We have to prepare and protect them under secure biological conditions in the lab, to be sent to the centre in madrid. On a cruise liner quarantined off the coast of japan, 64 people have now tested positive for coronavirus. They have been taken off the ship to hospital. One of them is british. Alan steele from walsall was celebrating his honeymoon ....