good afternoon. the five mps who want to replace jeremy corbyn as labour leader have been taking questions from party members in liverpool. it's the first of a series of events around the country which will culminate in a new leader being selected at

the start of april. here's our political correspondent susana mendonca with the latest. cheering heading in to face party members for this, the first hustings in labour's leadership contest. the opening question — how to bring a divided party together after its general election defeat. the whole point of the labour party was that it was established to bring together all views across the centre left of politics to become a credible force to keep the tories out of power. and yes, we will disagree, but we have those disagreements in private. rebecca long—bailey is seen as the closest candidate to outgoing leaderjeremy corbyn. the other front is sir keir starmer, who also called for unity. we have had far too much division. i think the whole of the party wants to be united. they want to come together, so we have to end factionalism. stop asking the question, which part of the party are you from, and start

saying, what are you saying? what i saw in the election... i went to 44 constituencies in the election and i saw big teams of labour supporters out there, drawing together, putting their differences aside. the candidates were also quizzed on their position on brexit, which is seen by some as a reason why labour lost many of its northern seats. the wigan mp lisa nandy, who opposed another referendum, said the party had airbrushed complexities about brexit. my leave—voting constituents are no more racist little englanders that my friends who voted remain are liberal elitists. we should never allow the tories to divide us, young against old. birmingham's jess phillips also said the party needed to bring together the north and the south. our coalition of labour voters and labour members has two very big hearts in this game. we have got to send that fight to boris johnson to make sure that in grimsby, he is delivering exactly what he promised on the side of a bus at the same time as making sure that in our london seats,

people feel we are not going to turn away from europe. show me what democracy looks like! this is what democracy looks like! the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry campaigned for another referendum and said labour had to unite now against the conservatives. we may well end up facing a no—deal brexit and we have to take the fight to that because in the end, what unites all of us is that we have to look afterjobs and the economy because that is what we are about. as labour looks for its new leader, the candidates will be vying for the support they will need to make it to the final round of voting. susana mendonca, bbc news. the chancellor, sajid javid, has warned manufacturers that there will not be alignment with eu rules in all areas after brexit and said firms would have to adjust. speaking to the financial times he admitted that not all businesses would benefit, but he didn't spell out which regulations would be abandoned. our business correspondent katy austin is at the treasury. katy what's the reaction

been to his warning? a mixture of concern and acceptance that a clear direction of travel has been set here, and they will need to repaira been set here, and they will need to repair a it. the chancellor did not go into the specifics of which eu regulations he wanted to depart from but the message was that businesses should expect for trade arrangements to look very different in future with no alignment and that he believed the economy would still flourish. keep manufacturing sectors see alignment is very important for jobs and competitiveness and they worry about any future trade barriers. today, the food and drink federation said it saw the chancellor's comments as the death kneu chancellor's comments as the death knell for frictionless trade and warned prices could increase as a result, while the smmt, the uk's car industry automotive industry association said it wanted to work with the government to come up with an arrangement that safeguarded uk manufacturing by enabling trade in

vehicles without expensive additional requirements. boris johnson had already signalled that he didn't want to stay close to the eu's rule book after brexit which the bloc would like but these comments restate that commitment, that direction of travel with eu trade talks looming on the horizon. thank you very much. heavy rain and thunderstorms have caused flash floods in parts of south—east australia, which have been badly affected by wildfires. there have been downpours in victoria, new south wales and queensland, dousing some of the blazes. fires have been raging in australia since september, killing at least 28 people, destroying thousands of homes and scorching millions of acres of land. a law has been passed banning pub crawls and happy hours in three popular spanish tourist destinations in a bid to crack down on alcohol—fuelled holidays. restrictions apply to the tourist hotspots in majorca and ibiza. the regional government says it's the first legislation of its kind in europe.

scientists say the number of people infected by the new respiratory virus that is emerging out of china is likely to be far higher than official figures suggest. chinese official say around 45 people have been exposed — but british experts estimate that the number is nearer to 1,700. it's prompted screening at airports across asia and in the us. gareth barlow reports. this is wuhan, the chinese city where the mystery virus was first identified. an outbreak that has since turned deadly. scores of infections have been confirmed but now a team at imperial college in london estimates the true figure is around 1,700 cases. while the outbreak is centred in china, there have been two cases in thailand and one injapan. we are not able to...to prohibit people from travelling so what we can do is detecting and bring any suspected to receive treatment from our service facility.

airports in asia and the united states have begun screening travellers arriving from wuhan. the uk team behind the study said that, while they're concerned, it was too early to be alarmist. the virus is similar to sars, which killed almost 800 people and infected over 8,000 in 2002. it looks like the virus is closely related to sars, which emerged previously. since sars emerged, people have been developing vaccines and drugs to see if they work against sars. the problem is this virus is different. we don't know yet if those drugs and those vaccines work. chinese scientists says there has been no cases of the virus spreading between humans and that it came from infected animals at a seafood and wildlife market. but the team at imperial college argues the possibility of substantial human—to—human transmission should be considered more seriously.

identifying how the virus is spread will be crucial to understanding its threat and how best to react. gareth barlow, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. holly. hi. it's been a great morning for dom bess in the third test between england and south africa. he's added three wickets to the two he took yesterday. dean elgar was the first to fall, expertly caught by ollie pope. let's see that again. he got a century. bess then removed south african captain faf du plessis, again caught by pope. and he completed his first test five—for, by bowling rassie van der dussen. south africa were 113—5 when rain stopped play, still 386 runs behind england. the first of the day's premier league games is under way — it's still goalless so far at vicarage road. these two sides have

contrasting form — watford are one point outside the relegation zone, but they've won their last three games. tottenham haven't won a league match since boxing day. roger federer has defended himself against criticism from several lower—ranked players, that the top stars could have done more to support them when poor air quality affected qualifying for the australian open. smoke from the bushfires caused breathing problems for some players — but federer says he did try to intervene. what can i do? i can go to the office, i go and speak to them, and i went to them the first day when it was bad on tuesday and the next day on wednesday when it was still bad andi on wednesday when it was still bad and i told them, look, i think communication is key for all of us, for everybody, and we just need to do more because i feel like i haven't gotten enough information. so, cani haven't gotten enough information. so, can i go on court and say, "everybody stopped play." i can try but i don't think that's going to do

much. 16—year—old mani cooper is making history at the winter youth olympic games in lausanne. she's become the first british woman to compete in an olympic nordic combined event, which involves two completely different sports — ski jumping and cross—country skiing. 0ur reporter nick hope met up with her in switzerland. there are thrill seekers. then there are ski jumpers, and 16—year—old mani cooper is the first british woman to ever attempt this challenge at an 0lympics. things can go wrong. it is quite scary, but then you do have jumps where it really lifts you out and then you have a smile on yourface when you land, like "yes!" but one sport isn't enough for the kettering born teenager. combining the two is very special. ski jumping, you have to be explosive when you're jumping out. you have to be concentrated as well because for country skiing, you need endurance, sprint and pace so you can keep up. when you push yourself, afterwards, you feel so good. it's like, "yes, i did it!"

it went well. it's just the next step. now, think of ski jumping and you'll probably picture eddie "the eagle" edwards and his iconic appearance at the 1988 calgary winter olympics. the sport may have moved on a fair bit in the last 32 years, but he still follows it closely and he had this little message for mani cooper ahead of her own historic ski jumping bid here at the youth 0lympics. hello, everyone, eddie the eagle here and i've just heard through the grapevine mani cooper is taking part in the nordic combined for great britain. have fun! enjoy it from the moment it starts to the moment it finishes. jump well, good luck, hope you do well. that's amazing! that's really cool. really nice guy to chat to. i did jump further than him, though, on my home hill, which was quite cool. he kind of helped put the sport on the map all those years back. how much do you want to do that now, and also for women in the uk? i want to inspire little kids to start nordic combined.

i want it to get bigger and improve and then i can get goals to go to the bigger competitions, continental cup, world cup and then the next 0lympics. nick hope, bbc news, at the youth winter olympics. you can follow all the action from lausanne on the bbc sport website. but for the moment, it is back to you. that's it. te next news on bbc one is at 6:10pm — bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with geeta guru—murthy. more now on the news that british scientists say the number of people infected by a potentially deadly virus emerging in china may be much higher than official figures suggest. there are nearly 50 confirmed cases, but experts from imperial college london believe the realfigure is closer to 1700. earlier i spoke to professorjohn

oxford is a virologist at queen mary, university of london. he says a lot is known about the coronavirus family which could help halt its spread out of china. we know a lot about the family and that gives a lot of information. one thing we know about the coronavirus family they are not global, they‘ re not pandemic. if anyone thinks this is going to develop into a bass pandemic, sweep around the world and affect millions of people, that is a wrong interpretation. these viruses don't act like this, they're much more circumspect. as you said, the sars outbreak, the biggest very bright tarmac ——biggest outbreak we have had, there is only eight thousandths... 8000 in the world. we don't want that but we are dealing with one here that is not hugely global. we may get one coming to england on a plane,

or a couple of cases, that is what's happening around the world. a case here and there. based on the knowledge of the family from the past, we can project this virus can be contained without vaccines and without antiviral drugs. but we are seeing it already spread outside china. and the numbers of those infected does not seem certain yet, does it? no, it doesn't. this is a mathematical analysis coming out and that is fair enough, it's a bit of a guess. i know everyone thinks the maths is very precise, if you bring up the figure 1700 it is going to mean something, but i think it is guessing myself, with a little bit of extra stuck on it. i think personally there will be more than a0. there must be because i think one of the persons arriving in thailand had not been to the marketplace. so where did they get the virus from? possibly from a person who had been. nevertheless, i don't think the insinuation from some people that the chinese are covering up... i don't see that at all.

i see science these days in china, high—quality science, interacting well with the world health organization, and have done ever since the sars outbreak. it is not a bad place to be working with at all. a pretty high—powered scientific community. fair enough they are in a bit of a scramble and we are all in a scramble and we are all inevitably in a scramble, but nevertheless, i don't see this virus developing to anything huge, but it still needs attention at this stage. better to give attention at this stage while the numbers are exceedingly low and to just wait around for them to increase. the head of nato, jens stoltenberg, has welcomed the arrival of the military alliance‘s new high tech drones at a military base in sicily. based on the us global hawk, the drone can carry out surveillance of an area the size of poland injust one trip. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has been given an exclusive look at the new drones

at their italian base. donald trump says he wants the nato alliance to do more. this is one way they can do that. these are the first nato—owned and operated unmanned surveillance drones. the global hawk, based here in sicily, can travel halfway around the world on one tank of fuel. it can stay up in the air for more than 30 hours carrying out surveillance. and here, believe it or not, is the cockpit on the ground at sigonella airbase in a side room with a sensor operator sitting here and over here, the pilot flying the aircraft with just the click of a mouse. how do you fly?

based on the ip system. we don't have any control sticks. it's a pretty big leap forward to have our own organic intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance aircraft that we don't have to rely on getting time from somebody else. it's ours so we can task it the way we want to task it. intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance is also about understanding what is going on coastal waters. and we have seen the significant russian military build—up over the last years. we saw how russia used force against the crimea illegally annexing crimea.

if you had the capability like that in 2014, we would have been able to understand much earlier and better what was happening in crimea. but this drone is not armed. it is still primarily a military tool. and these unmanned systems are not without controversy, not least because they can make warfare seem more remote. they can also become a target. in fact, one of these, a us1, was shot down last year by iran and more than $100 million each. they don't come cheap. some breaking news coming in on that ukrainian airliner that came down after the iranians mistakenly attacked it. it has been announced from an iranian news agency, according to reuters, that the black boxes of the crashed ukrainian airliner will be sent to ukraine. we have seen apologies come out of iran

for that tragic accident, in which eve ryo ne for that tragic accident, in which everyone on board was killed. a six—year—old boy has been found safe — nine hours after he went missing at a motorway stop. he was found at newport pagnell services on the m1 near milton keynes in the early hours of this morning after a huge police operation. it included a police helicopter, officers on the ground, fire service staff and members of the public. the boy's father has praised everyone who helped in the search for his son, saying he is thankful to all who took part. free sanitary products are to be made available to all schools and colleges in england, to support students who struggle to afford them. the government—funded scheme starts on monday and has been welcomed by campaigners. 0ur education and family correspondent, frankie mccamley reports. just over two years ago, outside downing street, campaigners gather, calling for an end to so—called period poverty. the shame of our periods needs to go. everyone's got them! not the first time concerns have

been raised about the affordability of sanitary products, specifically for girls from lower income families. research has found nearly a third of teenage girls in school or college have or know someone who has been impacted by poverty, ——period poverty, with more than half admitting they have missed lessons due to periods, because of things like cramps, embarrassment or affordability. ultimately, if you are facing impossible decisions, struggling to make ends meet, trying to decide whether to pay your rent or heat your house, then actually, the question of buying menstrual products, although they are completely essential, actually really becomes a second—tier priority. from monday, all primary schools, secondary schools and colleges in england will be provided with free period products for their students. the move follows scotland's announcement last year to spend £4 million on a similar initiative and in wales, just over £3 million was announced earlier this month to supply girls in primary

and secondary schools with sanitary products. frankie mccamley, bbc news. earlier i spoke to emma holtam from the phs group — specialists in health care hygiene. they are providing the sanitary products that are going to go into schools. i asked her how the scheme will work. all schools on monday will receive an email from phs. all they need to do is click on the link in the email, takes them to a really simple online portal, online shopping, add what they want to that card from a really wide range of products. we have a brand new warehouse in the west midlands stacked to the rafters with millions of period products and they add what they want. we will then deliver them directly to the school site within five working days and when on the school site it's about making them readily available for the pupils when they need them.

and it's not necessarily your responsibility, but have you been working with schools on how to distribute these products so that, you know, girls are not worried? absolutely. we've been working in partnership with the department for education. we'll be sending some guidance to schools about the best way to make the products available to to the girls when they're in the school. and it's about making them available in a number of places. so it's the easiest way possible for a girl to access it without causing a big deal about it. so presumably in girls‘ loos? yeah and some of them put them in the nurse's office, in the offices, sometimes in the in the classroom and under the desk or in a drawer. so it's just about making sure this is less of a big deal. these products are available, which is really, really important for tackling the issue of period equality and making sure girls

can go to school, even if they have got their period. it shouldn't really matter, should make a difference. people might be surprised that given these products individually are not that expensive to buy, that people in this country can't afford them. it is a real issue. absolutely, that is the case. there are many families in the uk where they have a choice of either putting food on the table or buying period products. sadly, that is the issue that some people face. and imagine if you are a girl in a family... and for so many days out of every month, you can't go to school because you have got your period. sadiq khan says he wants put london on a par with scandinavian capitals by making it a carbon—neutral city by 2030, if he is re—elected as mayor of the capital later this year. mr khan's strategy to go carbon—neutral forms part of what he calls "green new deal" for london, which he would roll out during a second term. speaking earlier sadiq khan said london needs be ambitous in order to make the city greener.

we face in london, across our country and around the world a climate emergency. we've seen in london the consequences of the air quality crisis and we need to take action that's ambitious. what i've announced today is a new green deal for london with a plan to get us to carbon neutral by 2030, using the power of city hall, the dynamism of the private sector and the voluntary groups to work together. to meet this target. the alternative is not worth thinking about. it's very ambitious, though, that date. how will that be achieved? just think of all we've achieved over the last three and a half years in london. people thought i couldn't bring in the ultra low emission zone. we've done it and we've seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide, but also in particular matter. people said we can stop buying diesel double double decker buses. we've done it on electric buses and on the hydrogen buses, a hybrid.

we've started only given licenses to zero emission capital taxis, electric taxes. people said i couldn't do it. we've started in london encouraging even more people to walk, cycle, use, public transport or retrofitting buildings. we this week launched a new power company, london power, 100% renewable energy. look, it's gonna be hard. i'm hoping the government will work with us to make sure it's a success but it's in on all of our interests. both our generation, the next generation. people across the globe. it's time for the government to wake up. i intend to be well on that to be the greenest city going forward and the greenest ever. i need londoners support. help me lobby the government to do their part as well. what impact could this have on the heathrow? i think a new runway at heathrow airport is catastrophic. it is catastrophic for air quality, for noise pollution doesn't make economic sense, let alone environmental sense. the prime minister promised that he would lie in front of a bulldozer to

prevent a third runway. he's a man who doesn't break promises, so i'm sure it won't happen. a law has been passed banning pub crawls and happy hours in three popular spanish tourist destinations in a bid to crack down on alcohol—fuelled holidays. restrictions apply to the tourist hotspots of playa de palma and magaluf in majorca and san antonio in ibiza. the regional government says it's the first legislation of its kind in europe. earlier i spoke tojonathan smith from abta— which represents travel agents and tour operators, who told me what's planned. so the local authorities have decided to put in some restrictions on these areas which relate to party boats, pub crawls, the errors whereby drinks can be sold. to crackdown on anti—social behaviour in those times. do you welcome in? we welcome certain aspects of it. we have been calling for steps to encourage irresponsible drinking for many years, and we've been working with the foreign office on balcony safety, for exa m ple. with the foreign office on balcony safety, for example. i think there may be some unintended consequences for some holiday makers, couples and

families for example, who may be staying in hotels that may be affected by this too. surely it is just common sense to try and limit too much alcohol consumption? well, we'd always promote responsible drinking. ithink we'd always promote responsible drinking. i think one of the things is, when people go abroad, especially if they are young, they might not be used to what to expect. quite a lot of the time the measures of drinks are sold in the sort of resorts are quite a lot larger than here, so it is quite a difficult situation and i think this will affect local businesses, it will affect local businesses, it will affect travel agents and tour operators in the uk that sell holidays out there. so you think people will presumably want to go somewhere else that does not have the sort of bang? i think if people are looking for that kind of holiday when they go abroad, they may well look for other destinations and resorts, and that will harm local businesses. although, if this ban are businesses. although, if this ban a re successful, businesses. although, if this ban are successful, it could be extended, i guess? it could be. it

isa extended, i guess? it could be. it is a five year trial and i'm sure there are other places and destinations that will be looking at how successful this is. how many of the tours that go to these areas are british? certainly san antonio and magaluf are very popular for brits. these steps aren't specifically aimed at brits at all, they are aimed at brits at all, they are aimed at brits at all, they are aimed at all holiday—makers that visit these islands. and in terms of the level of alcohol consumption, why are the authorities saying that this is actually really necessary because mac is it of damage to properties or watches that they are trying to stop? i think the people that live in these areas have been pushing on the local authorities to ta ke ste ps. pushing on the local authorities to take steps. tourism is an extremely important part of the local economy, though, so this will affect other people that live there that run businesses in these resorts. a bike thief in barnsley got more than he bargained for when he was tackled by a 72—year—old great grandmother. mari parker wrestled the stolen mountain bike from the six—foot—tall thief,

who was forced to flee empty—handed. 0livia richwald reports. this is the moment great—grandmother mari parker tussled with a 6—foot man who tried to sell her a stolen bike. 72 years old and five foot three, mari fought with him for 60 seconds. we got right out into the road, halfway up the road and he was still hanging onto it, so was i. the bike, with over £1000 had been stolen from a 13—year—old boy. it was spur of the moment, knowing the young boy was coming back for his bike. so i was thinking that i will not let go because he is on his way to collect his bike. mari has worked at her son daniel's antique shop for four years. she suspected the bike was stolen and quickly checked on a local facebook site. mother and son then showed the man the website and told him the bike

was being confiscated. but when daniel left the shop a short time later, the man returned to retrieve the bike. but thanks to marie's courage, it was eventually returned to its rightful owner. you are being called a hero. how does that make you feel? i don't think i am. i just don't like the thought of somebody stealing, especially from a 12—year—old boy, by force, taking his bicycle, his pride and joy, that in my eyes was just so wrong. the boy's grandfather says the family was relieved to get the bike back. he was absolutely over the moon. he did not expect to see it again. he just thought that that was it. that it was gone. what a wonderful woman. the bravery. she has really gone out on a limb. a 23—year—old doncaster man was arrested in connection to this matter no charges were brought. mari has continued her crime—fighting crusade and has since apprehended other shoplifters,

proving she will not give up