good evening, and welcome to bbc news. in a moment, we'll bejoining viewers on bbc one for a full bulletin of news with clive myrie. but first, up to 500 people in salisbury, who went to the same pub and restaurant as a poisoned former russian spy and his daughter, are being advised to wash their clothes and clean any possessions they handled whilst there. england's chief medical officer, dame sally davies, stressed the risk from the nerve agent was extremely low. people who were either is zizzi's restau ra nt people who were either is zizzi's restaurant or the mill pub from 1:30pm last sunday until evening closing on monday should clean the clothes they wore and elements they handled was there. this means wash clothing you haven't already, ideally in the washing machine. any items that cannot be washed down with normally be dry cleaned should

be double bagged in plastic until further information is available. white personal item such as phones, handbags and other electronic items with baby wipes and dispose of them in plastic bands the macro banks in the bin. wash hard item such as jewellery and spectacles which cannot go in the bin with warm water and detergent. more information is now on the website of public health england and will be made available at key sites in salisbury. i want to reiterate that this is precautionary advice aimed at only those people who were at the venues between these times, which i believe to be less than 500 people. meanwhile, let me repeat that the risk to us, the general public, remains low. and i am confident that none of these customers or staff will have suffered harm. thank you. steve cooper was in the mill pub in salisbury last sunday afternoon. he gave his reaction to the advice issued by public health england.

i only became aware of it a fewer hours ago and i was wearing this watch, and these shoes, and with the same phone, and chatting to my friends who were in the pub. they can't remember what they were wearing, and we haven't taken the precaution yet. so a little outraged that we only find out now, having spoken to the police in the last few days, and to the squad yesterday, as well. soa so a little concerned that we don't know what the long—term effect is on any of us. now, the public health people today were being quite clear, saying, listen, the risk is small, we are worried about repeated contact we are worried about repeated co nta ct over we are worried about repeated contact over many months. so as long as people wash their clothes and their other items, it should be fine. are you feeling reassured by that? to be honest, not really, because you don't know what the fa cts because you don't know what the facts are, because they are saying

as far as their evidence would suggest, rather than telling us what the real term 17 effect could be, and using baby wipes to wash my phone and my watch i don't really think is going to get rid of the nerve agent. mill pub customer, steve cooper. the water regulator, ofwat, is to investigate why thousands of people suffered water shortages, after the recent cold weather. homes and businesses faced days without running water, when pipes burst during the thaw, which followed freezing weather conditions. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. jonathan lewis in balham had no water at all for three days last week. he couldn't wash himself, or his clothes. to make matters worse, he heard nothing from his water provider, thames water. there was very little information coming through from the water company. total inconvenience. you're so used to just turning on the tap, but not having water to flush the toilets, have a shower, do your washing... jonathan was one of at least 20,000 homes in london that

had no water last week. thames water apologised, and provided many customers with bottled water, after the beast from the east burst many pipes. the water watchdog, 0fwat, says its review will examine what caused the water shortages, and whether water firms had the proper contingency plans for such eventualities. after all, the icy blast had been forecast well in advance. finally, how well did companies communicate with their customers? water uk, which represents water providers, said that only i% of customers lost supply, and that teams worked around the clock to make sure that water was available as soon as possible. if the regulator finds that the companies have breached their licence, they could be fined up to 10% of their annual turnover. that is little comfort forjonathan and many others who had

no water for days, despite living in a country that has plenty of rain. joe lynam, bbc news. up to 500 people in salisbury are being advised to wash their clothes and possessions after last week's nerve agent attack on a former russian spy. as police continue their investigations, it's confirmed traces of the poison their investigations, have been found in a local pub and restaurant. wash clothing you haven't already, pub and restaurant. ideally in the washing machine. pub and restaurant. any items which cannot be washed and would normally be dry cleaned should be double bagged in plastic and would normally be dry cleaned until further information is available. but questions have been raised is available. as to why it's taken a week to issue the advice. also tonight, to issue the advice. china's parliament gives president xi the right to rule for life. at the winter paralympics, millie knight and brett wild win their second silver medal, in the women's downhill super—g for the visually impaired. in the women's downhill super—g and a symbol of defiance and pride. in the women's downhill super—g

why more people are choosing to wear afro hairstyles. good evening. there's a public health warning for hundreds of people in salisbury tonight for hundreds of people who went to the same premises for hundreds of people visited by the russian spy sergei skripal the day he came into contact with a deadly nerve agent. they're being advised to wash their clothes and possessions, after traces of the poison, were found in an italian restaurant and a pub. were found in an italian england's chief medical officer has stressed the risk is extremely low, and no one should be alarmed. stressed the risk is extremely low, but questions have been raised, as to why it's taken seven days to issue the advice.

as to why it's taken seven days our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. more surreal and extraordinary scenes in salisbury this afternoon, wearing gas masks and protective clothing, military personnel loading potentially contaminated cars onto trucks. the vehicles, some but not all of them with police markings, were being recovered from a pay—and—display car park behind a behind a church not far from the city centre. it was the attack on yulia and sergei skripal, with a with a rare and lethal nerve agent last sunday, which led to this huge operation, called 0peration morlop. today, police confirmed that traces of the nerve agent were found in the mill pub as well as the zizzi restaurant where the bbc understand that the table used by this couple was so contaminated it had to be destroyed. was so contaminated it had today the chief medical officer gave this advice to people who were in the pub and restaurant on sunday afternoon and monday.

wash clothing you haven't already, on sunday afternoon and monday. ideally, in the washing machine, any items which cannot be washed, and would normally be dry cleaned, should be double bag in plastic until further information is available. wipe personal items such as phones and handbags and other electronic items, with baby wipes, and dispose of them in plastic bags in the bin. with baby wipes, and dispose of them wash hard items such as jewellery and spectacles which cannot go in the washing machine with warm water and detergent. steve cooper was in the pub on sunday, at exactly the same time as the skripals and told me that he's getting worried. they have not revealed what the nerve agent was, and actually what the effect, long—term effect on everyone's health could be, so i would like to know more about that, i would like to know what courses i can personally take. rather than just washing my clothes. i can personally take. having potentially already been exposed, what long—term affects for me and my wife, and then using baby wipes to wash my phone and my watch... i don't really think is going to get rid of a nerve agent! so did the police and other emergency services respond fast enough to last sunday's events? emergency services respond fast are you satisfied that you escalated

this incident quickly enough at the beginning of last week? this incident quickly enough the machinery, the support, this incident quickly enough the national advice, this incident quickly enough the capability and expertise this incident quickly enough of both national and local partners was mobilised by monday. for this ancient medieval city, it has been a bizarre and at times frightening seven days. it has been a bizarre and at times the bishop of salisbury said this afternoon that what he called "the shocking attack" had violated their community. but if suspicion is proved right, what happened here, the use of a chemical weapon, a nerve agent, to attack two people, is likely to have huge implications for britain's relationship with russia. implications for britain's bring us up to date with the progress of the investigation so far. clive, one week on from this unprecedented nerve agent attack on uk soil, police clearly have made

some progress, they have identified an airof ageing some progress, they have identified an air of ageing used in the attack, though they have not made that public, they have named two public venues public, they have named two public venues where they found traces of the nerve agent, that can give us some idea that they are having some success in following the trail back to where sergei and yulia skripal may have been attacked, the amount of nerve agent found on the table where they sat suggests that by that time, they got it all over their hands, and that is obviously a useful clue. detectives have recovered the car of sergei skripal, and they have spent several days at his house, but they have not said how much progress they are making at identifying those who carried out the attack or crucially, the involvement of the russian state, if any. the national security council of ministers and officials will tomorrow be meeting, they will be giving an update on the progress in the investigation and meanwhile,

troops spending an awful amount of time recovering vehicles and other object which may have become contaminated. some objects, for instance, the table where yulia and sergei skripal sat, have been destroyed. a lot of work still going on, one of the focus is tonight is the mill pub just around the corner, a lot of work going on there this evening, we think that is likely to be decontamination work. china's parliament has voted to abolish the two—term limit for the presidency. to abolish the two—term limit the constitutional change, which was passed almost unanimously, could see the current leader, xijinping, rule for life. 0ur china correspondent, john sudworth reports from beijing. china's john sudworth reports from beijing. parliament wa hand china's parliament was preparing to hand unlimited power to its president. and there could be no doubting the outcome. should xijinping rule for life, i ask. of course, they answer. rule for life, i ask.

please rule for life, i ask. don't say that it is for life, please don't say that it is for life, it isjust that please don't say that it is for life, it is just that there life, it isjust that there is not a limit for the life, it isjust that there is not a limit forthe numberof life, it isjust that there is not a limit for the number of terms. but whatever you call it, the change means that he can rule china for as long as he wants. he was the first to cast his ballot. the applause further proof of the inevitability of the result. at almost 3000 delegates, only two voted against. past, the announcer says, and this man's hold on power now becomes both com plete man's hold on power now becomes both complete and indefinite. —— passed. the cost of opposition to the rule of xijinping can be high. i am shown papers left behind by a husband, a lawyer, who recently wrote an open letter calling for

democratic elections. he is now being detained for subversion. translation: he did everything within the boundaries of the law, and yet, it is not allowed here. now, many people are afraid of speaking up. what has been the effect on you and your 13—year—old son? my son loves his father, this situation is a huge blow for him. all public discussion of the constitutional change is being tightly controlled and censored. the 2—term limit solve a problem facing all undemocratic authoritarian states, it helped china ensure orderly and regular leadership succession is. what has happened here today is highly significant, a choreographed, compliant, rubber—stamped parliament has removed the last limitation on

sheedy peng pot power. as the delegates left, they may have glanced at this, chairman mao's portrait, a stark reminder of the risks of lifetime role. —— xi jinping. tell jinping. us what this constitutional change tell us what this constitutional change means for ordinary chinese citizens. you can sometimes tell how significant a story is in china by how little coverage it gets and that is certainly the case here, the constitutional change is being given very scant mention bike coming as controlled news sources, alongside massive and heavy censorship of social media, where china to hold the debate, they would argue that xi jinping is no chairman mao, that the country is lastly different, more sophisticated, more wealthy, and the public would never tolerate his level of terror and tyranny. critics

would point out that this is now the second largest economy in the world, governments decisions are highly complex, and the concentration of power on this scale in the hands of just one man is fraught with danger. both for the country and for him. the chancellor philip hammond, has rejected calls to announce the end of austerity. has rejected calls to announce speaking two days before he delivers his spring economic statement, he said the country was still heavily in debt, but there was "light at the end of the tunnel". heavily in debt, but there was labour has accused the government, of holding back growth. our political correspondent chris mason has more. the chancellor suggested today that after years of gloom, the public finances might, just might, be getting closer to emerging into the sunlight. just might, be getting closer there is light at the end of the tunnel, because what we're about to see, of the tunnel, is debt starting to fall of the tunnel, after it's been growing for 17 continuous years. that's a very important

moment for us. but we are still in the tunnel at the moment. we have to get debt down. the tunnel at the moment. we have all sorts of other things we want to do. we have taken a balanced approach. things we want to do. that debt the chancellor talked about looks like this, big by historic standards. about looks like this, but, forecasts suggest the amount the uk owes, relative to the size of the economy, could have peaked. labour, gathering this weekend in dundee for their scottish conference, claim there is little to celebrate, and want to turn on the spending taps. to celebrate, and want to turn lives have been destroyed and millions have been left in despair. and it is thanks to the failed economic dogma of neoliberalism and austerity. the failed economic dogma austerity, i will keep repeating time and time again, austerity was a political choice, it is not an economic necessity. we choose socialism. it is not an economic necessity. on thursday, a report highlighted the pressure on many councils in england with squeezed budgets and reduced services, after cuts in central government funding.

philip hammond is already under pressure for extra spending on defence and the health service. pressure for extra spending but, tuesday's spring statement will be a low—key affair. he won't appear on the step there for instance, brandishing his red box. there for instance, significant changes will instead be reserved for the budget in the autumn. will instead be reserved but, today's political skirmishes serve as a reminder ofjust how different instincts are of the conservatives and labour over the economy. chris mason, bbc news, in downing street. demonstrators have caused delays and serious disruption at two of britain's busiest railway stations. kings cross in london had to be closed earlier this evening, as police held back protesters, opposed to turkey's military offensives against kurds in syria. opposed to turkey's military earlier, campaigners at manchester piccadilly station made their way from the concourse on to the tracks. the station was closed for three hours, causing long delays. the liberal democrat leader vince cable

says too many older people who voted for brexit were "driven by nostalgia" for a world where "faces were white." he was speaking at his party's spring conference in southport. his comments have been criticised by, among others, the cabinet minister sajid javid, criticised by, among others, who said mr cable was "wrong and disrespectful." there've been extraordinary scenes tonight at the conclusion of the crufts dog show. shortly after the whippet, colloonney tartan tease, was named as best in show, colloonney tartan tease, a man appeared to run onto the arena floor. the show‘s organisers, the kennel club, says it can't confirm, if it was a protest of some kind but added they are, "looking into the incident". kind but added they are, with all the sport, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. in one of the great old firm matches, celtic came from behind twice against rangers and also had a man sent off before winning 3—2 at ibrox. a man sent off before

their premiership lead is now nine points. here's our scotland football correspondent chris mclaughlin. a correspondent chris mclaughlin. familiar noise anc colour a familiar noise and the usual colour but for the first time in yea rs, colour but for the first time in years, a resurgent rangers fancied their chances. with fewer than three minutes gone, they showed why, josh windass, i—0, cue the mayhem. when the equaliser came though, it was special, tom rogic with a reminder of celtic‘s quality. rangers came again, daniel candelas, 2—1, but mousa dembele cancelled it out to round off a breathless first half. was this a red card? resistant certainly felt so, simunovic off. on came the champions with a titanic struggle and they got their reward, a double fist pump, drama to come after the goal from eduard.

a double fist pump, drama to come after the goalfrom eduard. it a double fist pump, drama to come after the goal from eduard. it was not to be for the home side, and celtic edged closer to seven in aerobic. —— edouard. —— edged closer to seven in a to seven in row. there were eight goals in the premier league today, they are all on match of the day 2 after the news, but if you'd like to know the two results then here they come. tottenham are up to third in the table after they came from behind to win 4—1 at bournemouth. table after they came from behind heung—min son scored twice but harry kane was substituted with an ankle injury. but harry kane was substituted petr cech saved his first penalty for arsenal almost three years afterjoining the club and kept his 200th premier league clean sheet. they beat watford 3—0. 200th premier league clean sheet. there have been more british medals on the second day of the winter paralympics in south korea including a second silver for teenager millie knight. in south korea including a second kate grey reports from pyeongchang. in south korea including a second no in south korea including a second time to celebratt the medal, no time to celebrate yesterday's all the medal, millie knight and died we re the medal, millie knight and died were first on the slopes today, this time in the super—g, more technical

course to test them, but the standard was set, good team—mates do any better? any yesterday any they crashed any out of the downhill any but there was no sign of holding downhill but there was no sign of holding back in their favourite event, already super g world cup champions, this was their best medal chance. and they delivered, not quite enough to beat millie knight but a podium finish nonetheless. the winner of yesterday's race followed them down the hill and again outperformed the brits, so it was a silver and bronze. massive dream come true for both of us. and i am just so glad we have done it together is elsewhere on the snow, first representative in nordic skiing for 20 years, went in the 15 kilometre cross—country, a gruelling course, and he finished a long way down the field, in 17th place. with day to, done and dusted, tomorrow the attention turns to the snowboarding and for the first time ever, great britain have athletes taking part. —— day two. all three

going for gold. ireland won the six nations championship yesterday but wales are up to second in the table after a bonus point win against italy in cardiff. after a bonus point win george north scored two of their five tries in the 38—14 win. they face france on the final weekend. italy will win the wooden spoon for the third year in a row. the bbc sport website has highlights of all the weekends six nations by, but that's all the sport for now, clive. it's been a symbol of defiance and empowerment. well, now, more black people are choosing to wear afro hairstyles. people are choosing a photo exhibition of young girls in atlanta, in the united states, has attracted lots of attention, and the creative team behind the pictures, is now looking for children in the uk, to be part of their next project. our correspondent elaine dunkley has the story. it's a celebration of the beauty of black girls, the afro, a symbol of pride.

the beauty of black girls, the collection is called afro art, but it's more than that, it's about the acceptance of who you are. awesome. of who you are. chin up, there we go, perfect. of who you are. little girls who don't need to use chemical relaxers or have straightened hair chemical relaxers to feel that they too are naturally beautiful. in this time i think it is very important when you see beautiful african—american kids with natural hair and their real selves in that art, it's very inspiring to see for young kids these days, to see that they are beautiful and their natural hair is beautiful and their culture is beautiful, and they don't have to put any extra effort into being who they are. and they don't have to put any extra what's the look you are going for? and they don't have to put any extra today we are going for harlem renaissance. i love the harlem renaissance period, i think it was a period where african—americans

were really powerful. the portraits have gone viral, young black girls in classical poses, regal, elegant, depicted in the way that history often didn't allow. depicted in the way that others show the afro as futuristic, a promise of things to come. to see them with their hairstyle this way, with this type of clothing in these types of periods, it's something that hasn't been seen before, it's been a journey for society to see us as beautiful, a lot of girls in the past, they have been sent home for wearing braids or wearing their hair in an afro, and over time, we have wanted to wear our own hair that grows out of our head. the politics of black hair is deeply rooted in history. the reason for it, you might say, is like a new awareness among black people that their own natural appearances, physical appearance, is beautiful, for so many years, we were told that only white people were beautiful. we were told that only white in the 1960s, the afro emerged during the civil rights movement as a symbol of rebellion, pride and empowerment. once again, the natural hair movement is growing.

but there has been controversy, with black stars like solange having their natural hair airbrushed from the covers of magazines. portraits have stirred conversations around the world, in this salon, in lewisham, in london, the need for positive images in childhood resonates. the need for positive images where i grew up i was always the odd one out because everyone around me was white, i never saw anyone who had similar hair to mind, it was quite hard. i never saw anyone who had similar and i really hated my hair. i never saw anyone who had similar it took such a long time just to have a black disney princess, so i've never grown up seeing images like that when i was a child. once like that when i was a child. you start seeing positi images once you start seeing positive images of yourself, it will help you as you grow up to love yourself more. on social media, these youngsters have become stars, icons of the afro. doing what they do best, being themselves. that's it.

best, being themselves. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but do stay with us on bbc one, it's now time for the news where you are. hello, part two of the weekend was also quite mixed, though much of the northern half of the country was fine and settled after a chilly start with mist and fog. further south, outbreaks of rain developing across the south west but also some sunshine in between some of the showers. this area of low pressure will be a key player to our weather for the next 2a hours at least. they will slowly slide eastwards, mainly affecting england and wales, with the northern half of the country staying largely dry. overnight, much of scotla nd staying largely dry. overnight, much of scotland will stay dry, under clear skies quite chilly again with mist and fog. some may go northwards, probably far south of scotland. but south of here it will bea scotland. but south of here it will be a cloudy night with outbreaks of rain, so less cold here, chillier

further north. it does mean we start the new working week on a rather u nsettled the new working week on a rather unsettled note for many. rain slowly clearing the way through northern ireland through the morning, and southern scotland, becoming more confined to england and wales. into the afternoon, some of the rain may turn out to be heavy and persistent in places, whereas further north we should see the best of the brightness, particularly for northern ireland, the best of the sunshine through the afternoon. it will feel cooler, we may see 11 or 12 across the south and south—east. a ridge of high pressure will move into tuesday. but for wednesday of this tangle of weather fronts will arrive in from the west to bring more rain for wednesday and on into thursday. this is the picture to tuesday, that area of low pressure eventually moves away from the south—east. it might leave a legacy of cloud crossed is anglia and the south—east but a ridge of high pressure pressures in towards the rest of the country, settling things down. lighter winds, some sunshine around, still on the fairly cool side after a cool stuff, but

pleasa nt side after a cool stuff, but pleasant enough in the strong much sunshine. on into wednesday, the eastern side of the country start school, rather bread with some sunshine, but through the day cloud will increase from the west as those weather fronts begin to make inroads, with wind coming in from a southerly direction. rain will arrive across western areas by the end of the day. temperature—wise, similarto end of the day. temperature—wise, similar to tuesday, nine to ten or 11 similar to tuesday, nine to ten or ii celsius. then things turn a bit more unsettled after wednesday, we start to see more rain at times, strengthening women's too, memorise science that something a little bit cooler will start to push in from the east by the time we reached to weaken. —— the weekend.