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former world number one caroline wozniacki losing to onsjabeur in herfinal match before retiring. she ended it being embraced on court by her father. "if you have a dream and work hard," she later said, "anything is possible." andy swiss, bbc news. in cricket, england have made a good start to the 4th test against south africa in johannesburg. start to the 4th test against south africa injohannesburg. after a delay for rain, joe root won the toss and batted. a short time ago, they were 88 without loss, england leading the series 2—1. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy martin. good afternoon, the weather has been stuck in somewhat of a rut for the last few days. for the lucky few, it has meant blue skies. this picture sentin has meant blue skies. this picture sent in by a weather watcher in north yorkshire. for the majority, it has been cloudy and grey and murky. this photo sent in from the isle of wight. today and start the
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weekend, high—pressure hot sun, and that means more of the same, but change is coming. this cold front pushes its way south east bringing a speu pushes its way south east bringing a spell of wet and windy weather into the weekend and heralding a change to something more unsettled. first, this is the picture from earlier. plenty of cloud around. a few breaks to the east of higher ground. and more of the same this afternoon. lots of cloud around, patchy rain pushing north out of western scotland. the best of the breaks to be found to the east of high ground. cloud can be thick enough for a spot of drizzle anywhere and temperatures around nine, 10 celsius. the maximum. this evening and overnight, the patchy rain careers north. we hold on to a fair amount of cloud, submerged and hill fog and the cloud could be picking up a patchy rain or drizzle. for most, looking fairly mild and frost free. towards the south, we could see clear spells breaking through in the early hours and it could turn locally chilly. so, saturday, high—pressure still
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holding on. this cold front starts to edge on, making its influence known, and that is important through the weekend as that brings the change. a greater chance of brighter spells coming up from the south as we move through the day, but still very cloudy day. some drizzle again and a few showers for western areas and a few showers for western areas and this rain pushes into the far north west later. the breeze picking up north west later. the breeze picking up as well. temperatures to today. and as we go through overnight into sunday, that cold front starts to shift south east bringing a spell of wet and windy weather and introduces that blue colour, that fresher air mass, so that blue colour, that fresher air mass, so a that blue colour, that fresher air mass, so a noticeable dip in temperatures. on sunday, a wet start in western areas. the of that rain, mostly dry, the rainjust in western areas. the of that rain, mostly dry, the rain just east. behind it, brighter spells for northern ireland, west of scotland and wintry showers as well for parts of scotland. a blustery day as well with a south—westerly wind and temperatures ahead of the front staying in double figures. behind
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it, cooler, only five orsix celsius. and that is helping stay into the start of next week. a much cooler field to things and it will be unsettled with a chance of some snow as well. in the north. lucy, thank you very much. a reminder of our top story... the death toll in china from the coronavirus rises to 26, with hundreds more people infected. people in ten chinese cities are being stopped from travelling, but the virus has spread to other countries like japan and the united states. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. a good afternoon. it is 1:30pm, i have your latest sports news. cricket and england opener sir crawley scored
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his maiden test 50 on day one of the fourth test against south africa in janice burke as part of another good stand with john sibley, janice burke as part of another good stand withjohn sibley, england 89 without loss. ryan sidebottom, the former england bowler, joins me now. what impact does it have on the rest of the team to see their openers digging in like this? notoriously england are slow starters in a test series, they have been absolutely brilliant, grown in confidence throughout the test series and you have lots of young men making their way to toe through the side who are determined and driven and this opening partnership is outstanding. —— making their way through to the cytologic tenant and driven. we wondered whetherjofra archer would start, he seems to be feeling and elbow injury. how will he be
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feeling? you have the togetherness and the team spirit and the site will be disappointed that he has missed out. immense and marwood were building some serious pace in practice yesterday and you just thought straightaway that he would play in this match —— he and mark woods were building some serious pace. it was not to be that you crack on, he will be disappointed that he has a long career ahead of him in terms of international. that he has a long career ahead of him in terms of internationalm looks very good for england at the moment to get the job done, when this first test series, how much pressure will that take off due route in particular? —— offjoe root? there will always be analysis, can he contribute, canjoe root put his stamp on the team? slowly and gradually he is growing in stature, becoming a more mature captain and i think it is his team now. he has
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four and five youngsters contributing and they have done a great job, contributing and they have done a greatjob, he is the senior guy and he can push this team forward. they have done fantastic, grown in confidence, four orfive have done fantastic, grown in confidence, four or five young have done fantastic, grown in confidence, four orfive young men are making their way into international cricket council in a very finejob. international cricket council in a very fine job. looking very good for this young team. thank you. it has been a day of shocks in the women's singles at the australian open, with 15—year—old coco gauff knocking out defending champion naomi osaka in their third—round match on the rudd labour arena. the american teenager took just 67 minutes labour arena. the american teenager tookjust 67 minutes to see off osaka with a straight sets win. seven time champion serena williams is also out, beaten by a chinese player. roger federer is involved in a real battle againstjohn millman at the moment, their match is currently six games all in the
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deciding set. manchester united have been fined £20,000 for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during their premier league defeat to liverpool at anfield on sunday. several united players surrounded the referee after roberto firmino's gold was initially allowed to stand before ruled out by the video assistant referee. we will have more sporty for you in the next hour, but from the and the team, goodbye for now. “— from the and the team, goodbye for now. —— we will have more sporty for you in the next hour, but from me and the team. now it's time for your questions answered with carrie gracie and tulip mazumdar. well, as we've reported this morning, chinese authorities are continuing to step up efforts to stop the spread of a respiratory virus that's killed 26 people. nine patients in the uk are awaiting the results of tests for suspected coronavirus. you've been sending us your
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questions about the virus, and here to answer them is our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar. lovely to see you. we have one from linda, if we live in london suburbs, would it be advisable, if possible, to avoid travelling into the city and using the central public transport network until we know more? we are absolutely not at that stage yet, there are no known cases in the uk, people are being tested, that is a good thing, it means people have their ears and eyes open and know to come forward and be tested, that is a good thing. there is nothing we need to do differently. if you have travelled to china, particularly the wuhan city, where this seems to be originating from, then you really need to be looking after yourself, checking for symptoms. if anything comes up, contact authorities. but for normal people going about their normal business throughout the country, you can continue doing that with no issue.
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jason says how deadly is this virus likely to be? would generally well and healthy people be likely to recover from infection? we are still at a relatively early stage of the outbreak, it has only been a few weeks so scientists do not know how deadly this new coronavirus is. at this stage it seems it is not very deadly. there have been more than 800 cases now and 26 deaths, of course that is too many but in terms of how many infections we know of, that is a relatively low death rate. in context, the last new coronavirus, it was called middle east respiratory syndrome and started in saudi arabia, that killed around a third of the people that were infected. the sars virus in china about 20 years ago killed around one in ten. for this virus we are looking at 3% to 4%. this may change in the future,
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it is a concerning virus and we need to find out more about it, but it does not seem very deadly at this stage. julie ann wants to know if a passenger arrives — she probably means an air passenger — showing symptoms of the virus, what will happen to them? here in england, public health england are at airports, people are well informed, health officials are well informed about the virus, they know what they are looking for. there was increased monitoring for flight specifically from wuhan that were coming in, that only lasted about a day or so because wuhan stopped flights coming out. there is certainly a heightened sense of awareness from people working in these airports to pick up on these things. i think it somebody becomes sick, they themselves will need to contact health facilities, let them know their travel history, where they have been,
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how they are feeling, they may well be seen in a health facility but they will be isolated. if there is a confirmed case in this country, there are several specialist centres all around the country that would deal with those cases. i have been to one, they are completely isolated, in this country we have some of the best care possible for these sorts of mysterious viruses, little known viruses, so people would be in very good hands. sonam asks if there is a vaccination for the virus? not yet, the world health organization yesterday called for scientists, organisations and governments to put money and time into developing the new vaccine, but there is not one at the moment and that will take time. normally to get it into human tests, it can take one or two years
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after identifying the virus, and to get lots of vaccines and know they definitely work in people can take years and years and years. this is an interesting one, i do not suppose it will apply to many people, this viewer says i have students and a teacher from china staying with me next week, i am not sure which city they are from, should i cancel them? you probably need to speak to them and find out which city they are from. if they are from wuhan or have hanging out with lots of friends from wuhan, you may want to think about your options. i think the best thing is to talk to those people, ask them how they are feeling about it, i am sure they have it as well, get a picture before making the decision. that sounds like good advice.
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barbara asks, what is the incubation period for the disease? when does a person become contagious? we don't officially know, we think it is around five days, could be slightly more or less, based on previous coronaviruses. it is very important because what we are unclear of is if people are not showing symptoms, are they still infections, will they still infect other people? this is very new information but we know an infected person is currently infecting between 1.4 and 2.5 people, so we are getting little bits of information. these numbers will probably change as the picture becomes clearer, but finding out how contagious this is and how long the incubation period is is a priority. and esteban asks what is the age range of the people who have passed away as a result of the virus? it has generally been older people with underlying health problems, heart problems, diabetes, people whose immune systems are already compromised, but have,
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sadly, died from this virus. i think it is between late 40s to well into the 805, it does not seem to be younger, healthier people or children at this point. tulip, that was very helpful. you gave us a lot of information. thank you for coming in and taking questions from the audience, we will speak to you again soon. that was carrie gracie with our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar. the headlines on bbc news... chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people and there are more than 800 confirmed infections worldwide. a coroner has said that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent in 2017 was "wholly avoidable." "a denial ofjustice" — foreign secretary dominic raab criticises the us for failing to extradite anne sacoolas who is to be charged with causing the death of teenager harry dunn.
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the dunn family says they'll fight. just days before the second phase of the grenfell tower inquiry gets under way, the bbc has learned that councils still don't know the full extent of dangerous cladding in the uk. figures are published for the type of cladding used on grenfell, but local authorities weren't able to provide a clear picture for other types of dangerous materials — including the cladding which caught fire at a student block in bolton last year. graham satchell reports. at the base of grenfell tower, the writing on the wall is a call forjustice. for many here, there are still questions to be answered. it's why for survivors like tiago alves, resumption of this inquiry is critical. the second phase of this inquiry is probably most important part, get to the bottom of why this fire happened in the first place,
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get into the minds of the people who allowed something like this to happen and hopefully we will get to the bottom of this and bring the people who need to be brought to justice, to justice. the next part of the inquiry is vital because of the number of people now affected by cladding on high—rise blocks. the latest government figures for england show there are 265 residential tower blocks that still have acm cladding, the type on grenfell. in wales, 11 blocks. there are two in scotland and none in northern ireland, but there are other types of cladding. at this fire in bolton last year, it was hpl, or high—pressure laminated, cladding that caught fire. every tower block in the country is being tested but the government hasn't published figures on buildings with hpl cladding. so we did a freedom of information request to all local authorities across the country asking about different forms of cladding. 209 local authorities responded and what we now know is that one in three high—rise residential
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blocks have some form of cladding. 99 are covered in hpl cladding, although the final figure will be much higher. we also asked nhs trusts about hospitals. 75 hospital buildings have acm cladding and 50 have hpl, but that is by no means the full story because a number of trusts and councils wouldn't give us the information. here in tower hamlets, for example, which has 700 tower blocks, they said it is too early to know how many buildings are covered in hpl cladding, and enfield council said to tell us the information would constitute an endangerment to the mental health of the residents in the blocks. we showed our findings to tiago. this really is a scandal that needs to be taken very, very seriously. someone needs to address this because, and if someone doesn't, there will be more lives lost in the future. what started as a tragedy at grenfell has now spread across the whole country. this is leeds.
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we bought this place only in 2017, so only three years ago. we were excited, it was our first home buy, i suppose. we always worked very hard to get what we've got so it's an achievement. last october, abby got a letter saying her building was missing fire breaks and had flammable hpl cladding. it's one of 13 high—rise blocks and leads the fire service says is unsafe. we are facing bills of £25,000-30,000 for the remedial works. it's outrageous. it's shocking. how does the building, freeholder, the head leaseholder, responsible person, expect us to pay? we wanted to start a family but we can't start a family. we are trapped in this situation, we live in an unsafe building and we can't pay to fix it.
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what are we expected to do? we're just left here to suffer on oui’ own. at a cafe in manchester, we meet a group called cladiators who now represent thousands of residents in 33 different buildings, all now identified with unsafe cladding. we are trapped physically as we cannot sell. we are trapped mentally with the stress and anxiety and we are trapped financially as well, and that is an ever—increasing picture we are seeing at the moment. the stories here are depressingly similar. lives on hold facing crippling costs to repair something that isn't their fault. so why are these developers, these builders, they are allowed to build these properties, cut corners, sell them on for big profits and in my case, they declare themselves bankrupt, so the original developer doesn't exist, so we can't chase them, so where do we go?
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we've got a government in power now who could make changes to the law and do that quickly and it doesn't feel like they are. it doesn't feel like anyone is really listening so yeah, it's heartbreaking, to be honest. the government told us it's committed to bringing about the biggest change in building safety for a generation and will start naming and shaming building owners who haven't started remedial work, but more than 2.5 years after the fire at grenfell tower, there are still thousands of people living in hundreds of tower blocks that are unsafe. graham satchell, bbc news. italy's far right leader, matteo salvini, is hoping to cause a political shock on sunday by winning control of emilia romagna, the stronghold of the left since the second world war. if his league party wrests control of the region, it could prompt the italian government to fall and elections which polls say mr salvini, a populist known for his anti—migrant policies, would almost certainly win.
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our italy correspondent mark lowen reports. security, migration, urban decay. a city's challenges become political tools when elections loom. in ferrara, stronghold of italy's left since the second world war, it is the key to the far—right league party winning the mayorship last year. the deputy mayor has just told me that people here are dealing drugs. and they've just gone into the building. they've gone away. and they've gone.
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for migrants living here, the new hard—line administration is sowing fear. it makes me feel intimidated. maybe they don't want the foreigners. sometimes my child used to ask me, mummy, why is it that the police always come? i say i don't know. the league is hoping success in ferrara will spur victory in the regional election on sunday, wresting control from the left after 75 years. that could topple the government and sweep the populist far—right matteo salvini to power. campaigning nearby, the rock star of italian politics drives home his message. if the far—right wins here, in this area, it's a complete political earthquake. it means, if he wins here, he could win anywhere in italy.
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loved, but feared too, in a region where some feel the echoes of past battles against fascism. what he stands for, like hate and discrimination, it's not what we want. we passed this, these kind of thoughts, 70 years ago when the war ended. this is one of italy's richest regions, but stagnant growth and an ageing population has fed hungerfor change. played out here is the fight for italy's, for europe's,
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i willjust i will just take i willjust take you to a news conference in kent, concerning the death of a baby who died, harry richard, who died seven days after birth and a hospital in margate. let's listen to his parents. the church knew this risk a border director level and it has been accepted during this inquest that they failed to mitigate the risk, despite it being a real risk to life. so the same issues reported on the 2015 report were repeated and have been noted today to have caused harry's death. we have read about morecambe bay, shrewsbury and telford and find the similarities to harry because my case frightening. we are calling for the secretary of state to arrange an independent investigation or inquiry into harry's def and maternity services in east kent. we would like to thank oui’ in east kent. we would like to thank our legal team, who have all worked tirelessly and on a pro bono basis for us. we would like to thank
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another organisation which has given us another organisation which has given us help and support from the start. reporter: (inaudible) ? we will have to wait—and—see. maybe this is the turning point. reporter: are you happy that the hospital has the resources in place today to try to prevent any more deaths?” the resources in place today to try to prevent any more deaths? i am not convinced at present that they have the resources and systems in place to prevent it. i hope this case can bea to prevent it. i hope this case can be a turning point to ensure this does not happen to anybody else. reporter: we have watched you (inaudible) i (inaudible) , how do you describe the emotional impact on you and your family? significant, words cannot do it justice, we have suffered a lot over the last couple of years and we hope that today is the start of a new beginning for us. reporter: if you could directly address the
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management of the trust, what would your message be? we spoke to them in court and asked them if this was any of yourfamily court and asked them if this was any of your family members, would this be acceptable? i think they all agreed it was massively unacceptable and we want them to turn this interchange. we don't want it to be like one of the prior cases we heard about yesterday when the news broke, the bbc investigated a number of cases, had they learned from those cases, had they learned from those cases, we would not be stayed here today, harry would be alive and well. we want this to be the turning point so it does not happen to other families going forwards. reporter: should there be resignations within the trust? i don't think we would be able to answer that. thank you very much, everybody. go thinking. sarah and tom, the parents of harry
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richford, talking after the coroner in maidstone concluded that the death of their babyjust a week after his emergency delivery was wholly avoidable and contributed to by neglect. that is the latest live from maidstone coroner's court. more on that throughout the afternoon with martine croxall and the other stories, but now lucy martin has the weather. for many, today's weather looks quite similar to what we saw yesterday and the day before. but we have got a change on the way. high pressure that has been keeping things settled will start to pull away towards the south—east as we move towards the weekend, and there will be all eyes on this cold front, which will bring a cold spell of wet weather. more on that in a moment, then. here is a picture from earlier. you can see a good deal of cloud for much of the uk. some brightness, the best of which will be confined to the east and high ground. we are going to see more of the same through this afternoon. some patchy rain moving out of northern ireland into western scotland as we continue through this afternoon. a few breaks in the cloud in eastern scotland. north—east england and elsewhere is generally cloudy with some mist
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and fog, with the cloud thick enough to offer some drizzle. as we go through tonight, that rain pushes a little bit further north, but for most, not a great deal of change to come. there will be plenty of cloud around, some mist, some hill fog. temperatures, in the most part, not falling too far, so for most, it will be a frost—free night. but into the early hours, we start to see some clear spells further south, but here the temperatures could locally dip away. into the weekend, and high pressure starts to pull away. this cold front starts to make inroads and make its influence felt. so, for saturday, there is a fair amount of cloud around. there are brighter spells across the south and will gradually work their way north, so a greater chance of seeing some sunshine tomorrow, but still predominantly cloudy skies. a few showers in the west, and also that rain pushing into the far north—west of scotland later. the temperatures are similar to what we will see today, but then it is all change as we move into sunday. that cold front eventually works its way to the south and east. so there will be rain
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for western areas first thing. ahead of it, some dry weather but that rain gradually working its way east. behind that front, we will start to see some sunny spells coming through. northern ireland and western parts of scotland, north—west england, one or two showers which could be wintry over higher ground and parts of scotland. it will be a blustery day for everybody with the winds picking up. temperatures staying in the double figures but a noticeably fresher feel behind it. temperatures here are five or six celsius. that takes us into the start of next week where it will turn colder and more unsettled with some wet and windy weather.
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hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm. chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people — as the city of wuhan remains effectively locked down. if we all work is one we can contain virus in wuhan and exported no more cases from here. we can stop the virus from spreading nationwide. we can stop the virus from spreading nationwide. here, the uk government's emergency committee, cobra , meets to discuss its reaction to the virus. a coroner says the death of this baby at a maternity unit in kent was ‘wholly avoidable' ‘a denial ofjustice' — britain condemns the united states for refusing to extradite the woman accused of killing teenager harry dunn. coming up on afternoon live
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