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 all the sport with jane.

upset at the australian open an upset at the australian open. shocks at the aussie open as 15—year—old coco gough put the defending champion out. plus serena williams will not equal that an slam record after losing to a 27 seed. thanks jane and ben has all the weather — changeable over weekend. things are set to change. that might come as good news for those who have had enough of the mist and back and brain. we will be looking forward to the forecast but we will also be looking back 30 years to the storm of 1990. just before 2:30pm. thanks, ben. also coming up... every little helps — tesco scraps the plastic packaging on its multipacks of tins.

this hello everyone — this is afternoon live — this i'm martine croxall. the government's cobra emergency committee has met this lunchtime to discuss the outbreak of the coronavirus. 1a people have been tested for the disease in the uk though there are no confirmed cases here at the moment. the virus originates in china, china where 26 people have died so far and hundreds more have been infected. people are being stopped from leaving the city of wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, and there are also severe travel restrictions in several other cities. but cases of the virus have already been reported in neighbouring countries such as japan, thailand, south korea and singapore, as well as one case in the united states. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing. the chinese government is throwing massive resources into finding this virus. it seems it is learned the lessons of 2002 when a cover—up of

the sars outbreak led to more than 600 deaths. this time the information is flowing much more freely as it takes ever more drastic steps. you can't move around china at the moment without being aware of this crisis. health screening is in place and transport hubs across the country. public celebrations marking the lunar new year had been cancelled and the inconveniences in considerable. most people are welcoming decisive action from the government. china is a very strong country. it can definitely control the virus. also, a vaccine will be developed. very confident.” the virus. also, a vaccine will be developed. very confident. i think this thing will almost certainly go away in the near future, like sars in 2003. now the government because myjob is to prevent the spread. i think it will disappear by itself. in wuhan where the outbreak started hospitals are stretched to the

limit. the stress on the system is starting to take its toll.” limit. the stress on the system is starting to take its toll. i have a fever and a cop so i'm worried i am infected. i don't know the result but i am concerned. i am a bit nervous i have the virus. wuhan is a very large city with a large population. the medical capacity of wuhan alone cannot withstand the outbreak of the virus. it needs the support of the whole country. the chinese government has released footage of a new quarantine facility under construction at a frantic pace. they say it will be used to cope with an ever—growing number of patients infected with the coronavirus. china's new year's eve is much more quiet this year than it normally would be. in most cities there are very few people on the street. it seems a lot of people don't want to leave their homes for fear of catching the coronavirus. instead of a mood of celebration, it is one of trepidation. many are

wondering just how bad this problem is going to become. the potentially deadly coronavirus is thought to have spread from animals into humans ata have spread from animals into humans at a live produce market in wuhan. 0fficials at a live produce market in wuhan. officials have but lockdown the city to try and slow the disease spreading. if we all work as one we can contain the virus in wuhan and exported no more cases from here. we can stop the virus from spreading nationwide. for many, the chinese new year is pretty weak. if they can get through it without them or their loved ones falling ill, they will be pretty happy. i think that chinese officials are very aware they owe it to the rest of the world to keep the situation under control. medical teams here have mapped the sequence of that virus, said that information to teens in other countries so they

can effectively test people there. the world health organization has said it fully understands why china is effectively locking down the cities as it tries to stop this problem from becoming much more worse than it already is. let's get more on this from our medical correspondent fergus walsh. how much of an unknown quantity is the coronavirus? there are lots of things we really need to know and know soon. key among them is, when do people who get the virus, when do they become infectious, how long into that incubation period? if, like flu, they are infectious before they develop symptoms, that will make it harder to contain. we also don't know how deadly it is. it seems, thankfully, to be less lethal than the sars outbreak. that originated in china in 2002, killed

nearly 800 people worldwide. around one infourof nearly 800 people worldwide. around one in four of imported cases is serious. those who have died, adults, have tended to have underlying health problems anyway. i don't think we have had anybody hospitalised under age of 13 but children could be spreading the disease. so we need to knowjust how widespread the viruses. the 850 cases is properly a wild underestimate, ape mathematical biologist who models outbreaks reckons it is maybe five or ten times that number. in terms of the uk, i think while we haven't had a case here yet. it is quite likely we will. but the risk within that uk is still low. what is happening around the world amongst the various public health authorities, the world health organization in particular, to try and piece this all together and

containing? firstly, local health officials are open mouthed with what the chinese are doing. because nobody would recommend that you quarantine ten chinese cities, including wuhan, which is the 42nd biggest city in the world, 11 million people. most people would never of heard of it before last week. what the chinese are doing is simply extraordinary. pretty tough and the people who live in those cities. so that it is the first thing. the chinese has been extraordinary. there is talk of them building a hospital over the next week for 1000 patients. this so that it the first thing. the second thing, the chinese have been sharing from a very early stage the genetic material of this virus, they have been sharing information as much as

a covered up sars, they are being incredibly open. that is helpful. there are teams in the uk, there are teams all over the world who are looking at this virus. there are teams working on a vaccine and that could come, potentially, with testing in a year or so, where as it could have taken more than a decade with things like ebola, to start developing vaccines. things are moving quickly. there are unknowns. we need to know what animal it came from. they talk about snakes, bats and linked to this food market where wild animals were sold. and this obsession, this determination of people in southeast asia to buy their food from live food markets and to have wild animals and have them slaughtered in front of them, that poses an ongoing threat to global public health. it has done since the days of bird flu 20 years

ago. and they try to encourage people to buy their food like they do in the west, in a supermarket, wrapped in plastic, but people prefer wrapped in plastic, but people p refer to wrapped in plastic, but people prefer to buy things from live food markets. and if you have very good hygiene control in those markets, that poses a risk. thank you very much fergus walsh. thank you very much fergus walsh. well as we heard the government's cobra committee has met to discuss the outbreak. our political correspondent jessica parker is in downing street. what news from that meeting, jessica? short while ago the health secretary matt hancock emerge from the meeting and we will hear what he has to say in a few moments but cobra meetings, emergency meetings are convened where the government thinks it needs to get key officials, key ministers around the table together to coordinate ligament response. we have been hearing from downing street as well this morning. still no confirmed cases of the virus in the uk. but

there is clearly concerned. let's listen to what matt hancock had to say as he left the cobra meeting a short while ago. we just held a cobra meeting on the coronavirus. as a make clear to the house yesterday, the clinical advice is that the risk to the public remains low and the chief medical officer will be making a full statement later today. but the officials who attended that meeting include those from the foreign & commonwealth office, the department for transport, passengers returning from china to the uk have been offered information as they arrive in the uk on the virus. the department for education attended the meeting as well. one of the reasons for that is that many chinese students may have returned to china to celebrate chinese new year and to china to celebrate chinese new yearand on to china to celebrate chinese new year and on their return the department for education with universities to make them prepared.

it is being celebrated here in downing street today. borisjohnson was holding a reception on downing street, not attending the cobra meeting himself, buti street, not attending the cobra meeting himself, but i think that the fact that the meeting has been convened is a sign that there is heightened concern about the crisis. a coroner has found that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent was wholly avoidable. harry richford died a week after he was born at the queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital in margate. the coroner said neglect contributed to his death. significant concerns have been raised about maternity care at the east kent hospitals nhs trust after a bbc investigation revealed seven preventable baby deaths had occurred since 2016. michael buchanan reports. tom and sarah didn't get to hold their first child until the day he died.

just a week old, harry was failed repeatedly by the medics responsible for ensuring his safe entry into the world. it has tested us, it has tested family relationships, it has tested our ability to work, to live a normal life and it shouldn't have happened in the first place. today a coroner agreed, finding neglect by east kent hospitalhospital contributed to the newborn‘s death. there were a series of failings in harry's care, says the coroner. a junior doctor described as being out of his depth delayed delivering the baby and was born pale and fluffy. but he would have survived and been healthy if a paediatrician then hadn't failed for 28 minutes to properly resuscitate harry. it is a nice vindication, in some respects, that we didn't do anything wrong. there is nothing more we could have done differently. because i thought it was very easy

and early on it was very easy for sarah, in particular, to try and blame herself. what about this, what about that? but now we don't blame ourselves, necessarily, we blame the systems in place at the trust. harry's case is one of seven preventable deaths at east kent hospital's trust since 2016. this morning they said they were deeply sorry and wholeheartedly apologised for the failings in harry's care. but for the young couple, those catastrophic errors will linger for a lifetime. harry was perfect when we saw him and to have to withdraw the care from your baby and to live with that afterwards and... it's a whirlwind of negative emotions to try and cope in everyday life. the family's determination to uncover the truth in the face of resistance from the trust has ensured justice for harry. in the last half hour, harry richford's parents, sarah and tom richford, have spoken on the steps of

maidstone coroner's court. today the coroner reached a conclusion that our son harry died because of a number of serious and preve nta ble because of a number of serious and preventable failures in his medical ca re preventable failures in his medical care and which amounted to neglect. whilst in the care of east kent hospitals trust. this is also the case that the coroner has found that article two of the european convention of human rights, the right to life, was engaged as a result of systemic and structural failings at the trust. sarah had a textbook pregnancy and harry was born with no abnormalities but due to failures in both the delivery and resuscitation of harry, he died seven days later. since then the trust is try to avoid outside scrutiny and failed to learn. they refuse to call the coroner despite being asked numerous times. they

filled out the statutory notification form to say that harry's death was expected. this system is specifically designed to aid national burning. accidents happen every day but failing to learn from them appears to have become part of the culture of this nhs trust. when harry was born on november the 2nd at east kent hospital, they already knew there was an extreme risk to pregnant women and neonatal is in their care and this was written in their own reports. this risk was present at least as far back to 2014 when the number of serious incidents in maternity were highlighted. as a result in 2015 east kent were... this was carried out in november 2015. it was damning in many areas, particularly... the trust knew this risk at board of director level and

has been accepted during this inquest that the trust failed to mitigate the risk. as a result, the same issues that were reported in a 2015 report were repeated and have been noted today to have caused harry's death. we had read about morecambe bay and shrewsbury and telford and find similarities. we are calling for the secretary of state to arrange an independent investigation or enquiry into harry's debt and maternity services at east kent. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. 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 dominc raab criticises the us for failing to extradite anne sacoolas who is to be charged with causing the death of teenager harry dunn. big shocks in the tennis as a 15—year—old coco gough takes just over an hour to knock out the defending champion. former number one serena williams is also out. roger federer has survived an almighty scare to win and reach round four. and england make a good start to the fourth and final test against south africa. i will be back with more on all those stories after have passed. the foreign secretary has accused the us government of a ‘denail ofjustice' after it refused an extradition request for the woman accused of killing teenage motorcyclist harry dunn.

the 19—year—old died after a collision in northamptonshire in august with a car driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us intelligence officer. after the accident she left britain for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. duncan kennedy reports. harry dunn was a teenager with the ability to enjoy life and spread fun. but last august he was killed here in northamptonshire after his motorbike collided with a car. anne sacoolas, here on her wedding day, has since been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. she left the uk two weeks after the accident, claiming diplomatic immunity and was staying at this house near washington dc. she has refused to return to britain. but no harry's family have heard that the american government has formally turned down a request to extradite anne sacoolas. this morning, harry's mum gave her reaction. we are quite happy to continue our fight. nothing is going to stop us. nothing is going to make us go away. it doesn't matter how long it takes, if it means we have got to wait

until the next administration in four and a half, five years' time then we will. it was mike pompeo, the american secretary of state who e—mailed british and with the news that the extradition was being blocked stop in its legally dense message the state department said... but that prompted this reply from the foreign secretary, now the american government has

stepped in, they do see that as a setback and take their fight will go on. harry done's family already started a series of protests outside the american base anne sacoolas left moments before the accident. the prime minister's official spokesman said today the government would carefully consider what future action can be taken and is urgently considering options. an update on the cobra meeting in the light of the coronavirus outbreak which began in china. the health secretary matt hancock has said that the risk to the public here remained low but we are to expect that the chief medical officer will make a statement later today. those conversations being had in this country and other places as

the authorities tried to assess the extent of the level of risk and to find out more about how the coronavirus is spread. we will bring you more and take that statement when it comes in. german media are reporting a shooting in the town of rot am see a suspect has been detained by the authorities. local media say that suspect is a man in his 30s. local media say that suspect is a man in his 30s. a man who struck a police officer with a machete during a traffic stop has been jailed for 16 years. muhammad rodwan attacked pc stuart outten after he was pulled over in leyton, east london, last august. this despite his injuries, the pc managed to taser rodwan twice, subduing him. upon sentencing him — the judge said rodwan had shown "not a shred of remorse or insight".

the government's spending watchdog says the risk and complexity of building the hs2 rail line were underestimated from the start. the national audit office says it can't estimate the overall cost of the project but a leaked review this week said it could be over a £100 billion, tens of billions more than original estimate. ministers will make their final decision on the project in the coming weeks and say they are already acting on many of the report's recommendations. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. today, a critical report on hs2, as work to build a new high—speed line goes on in birmingham. clearance for a new station here has revealed the remains of the old one. archaeologists now need to look at the foundations of the old station and work out if any of it needs to be preserved before this entire site can be cleared to make way for the new station. it is another indication of the complexities of this

entire project, which, according to today's report, hs2 and the government underestimated. and that is one of the reasons why the budget has ballooned. this, the vision for that site. once the station is built. the national audit office says risks and uncertainty weren't properly managed but says the budget for phase one of hs2 is now robust. they have done an awful lot of work to understand the cost and they now have a better estimate of how much it will cost and how long it will take to build the railway between london and birmingham. that said, the programme as a whole is at a very early stage and risks remain. the first stretch of the railway links london and birmingham. the second phase, linking birmingham to manchester and leeds, is at a much earlier phase. costings on that are so uncertain that the overall budget of hs2 is hard to predict. some conservatives have urged

the prime minister to rethink. but other senior figures in the party say hs2 has to go ahead. this part of the country, the north, turned decisively to the conservative party. the prime minister has talked about levelling up. this is literally the investment which will level up the economy. lots of what you see on the skyline here didn't exist four years ago. hs2 has already driven the economy in the west midlands and that is why i say it would be unthinkable that my party would turn its back on this investment. today's report warned that if the construction work on the railway doesn't begin here by march, there will be further delays. in our birmingham studio is paul radcliffe, chief executive i speak to the chief executive of the birmingham chamber of commerce. what are the benefits of hs2.

the birmingham chamber of commerce. what are the benefits of h52. the benefits of hs2 for birmingham and not just west midlands benefits of hs2 for birmingham and notjust west midlands but benefits of hs2 for birmingham and not just west midlands but the whole country are significant. we have been involved with hs2 for almost a decade here in birmingham, nearly £9 billion has already been spent. thousands of people are already employed. it is not what is going to comic, it is what has been happening. anyone who has been into the birmingham city centre for the last four or five years has seen transformation. we talk about a renaissance in birmingham and all of that has been underpinned by work done on hs2 and also the promise of what hs2 is going to bring when the grey away is completed. what is it going to bring? you have said there will be many benefits, but what exactly a re will be many benefits, but what exactly are they? if you have managed... what it has done is act asa managed... what it has done is act as a catalyst for investment into the region. it has brought a huge number ofjobs, the region. it has brought a huge number of jobs, companies are relocating. bt will be bringing

close to 5000 newjobs into central birmingham. hsbc uk have relocated the national headquarters here to birmingham. the whole city centre has been regenerated. what is that... what is is doing is rippling out. it is revitalising birmingham in the west midlands. hs2 has underpinned that and we will see more of that coming in the years ahead. it is notjust about a quicker railway between birmingham and london, it is also about the wider economic regeneration. it is also adding brand new capacity to our rail network. it is a new line and the rail network drastically needs art. in 2015 h52 was due to cost £56 billion. —— it could be almost double left. at what point does the government and the

a ccou nta nts does the government and the accou nta nts have to does the government and the accountants have to say, enough is enough, we are not going to carry on. report such as the report today are looking at the cost but also the benefits. both the report and the oak of the report, which has been leaked, but they all say is that hs2 continues to provide value for money. so it is an investment. yes, the numbers are very large. it is an incredibly complex and ambitious project. the largest infrastructure project. the largest infrastructure project in europe at present. i think it is something we should be welcoming. the numbers are big but the value it brings is even bigger. you would always do the analysis and obviously there is a limit but you don't want the cost of spiral to a point where it is not adding value for money but at the moment that is not the case. for all of the scrutiny in the report into hs2, the underlying conclusion is that it needs to continue. actually, what we

needs to continue. actually, what we need now is a green light for government to get on with it and remove the uncertainty that we have been living with for the past four or five been living with for the past four orfive months, giving the green light and let's get hs2 done. chief executive of the greater birmingham chamber of commerce. thanks for talking to us. time to look at the weather forecast. 30 years ago tomorrow, the 25th of january 1990, in what became known as the burns night storm. that is a misnomer, it is the burns de storm. it caused huge amounts of devastation across the uk and there will be some memories of people watching the eggs being jog. this is some scaffolding that fell on a van, completely crushing it. at kew gardens this tree, 100 years old, and it was

felled by those strong winds which particularly affected the south of england. coastal areas had gusts of 100 mph. these scenes were pretty widespread across particularly southern parts of the uk. what was a weather system that brought it? southern parts of the uk. what was a weather system that brought mm was a really deep area of low pressure. i will show you it. this chart is a little hard to decipher but i will help you out. you can see the low pressure here. this is a hand drawn weather chart. this takes me back to weather forecasting school where they made us draw these charts and it is a hard thing to do. a chart where you have so many lines like this. the isobars really paint the picture and it is a southern flank of the uk that had that squeeze have very strong winds. 47 people lost their lives in the uk in that storm but staggering. also in the republic of ireland, the

netherlands, denmark there were by by1990, by 1990, weather forecasts were starting to advance a bit better and a bit quickly is not, so the difference here is the met office did see this coming and warnings we re did see this coming and warnings were issued, so a bit more awareness. because it came in the middle of the day, i think that is one of the reasons why we saw so much disruption and so much loss of life, unfortunately. nothing like that heading our way tomorrow? no, much calmer and more stagnant. you will know that because of the all the mist and cloud that has been plaguing us. this was over cumbria, but it is not like that everywhere. have a look at the scene injersey. just a bit of blue sky emerging here, andi just a bit of blue sky emerging here, and i will show you the satellite picture. you can see

looking atjersey that it cloud are starting to break up here, and a view glimmers of sunshine and a lovely hole in the cloud over parts of yorkshire. it will be lovely and clear here, and the north—east of scotla nd clear here, and the north—east of scotland is not doing too badly either. elsewhere, cloudy, damp and drizzly, quite misty and murky folsom coasts and hills. as we go through this evening and into the night, it is more the same, more cloudy and damp and drizzly weather, but some breaks in the cloud here and there. some breaks pushing in from the channel islands and it is more the same, more cloudy and damp and drizzly weather, but some breaks in the cloud here and there. some brea ks in the cloud here and there. some breaks putting in from the channel islands and into southern england lead to any night, and mightjust get a bit chilly. for the majority, up get a bit chilly. for the majority, up to get a bit chilly. for the majority, upto7 get a bit chilly. for the majority, up to 7 degrees. the we can start with high pressure just up to 7 degrees. the we can start with high pressurejust about in charge, the centre at the high just off the screen over the near continent, but low pressure waiting in the wings and that is going to be moving towards us. the front of the system will eventually bring some outbreaks of rain. for most of us tomorrow, it is one of those cloudy, misty, murky and damp days. some

brea ks misty, murky and damp days. some breaks and that, over north—east scotland, the cloud breaking up nicely as the wind starts to pick up. temperatures at eight or 9 degrees. as a going to the second heartedly of the weekend, this is where things start to change. this waterfront here is a cold front, and it will push its way eastwards on sunday, bringing rainfor it will push its way eastwards on sunday, bringing rain forjust about all of us, but behind it a change to some colder conditions. it's so full here, some outbreaks are fairly heavy rain pushing eastwards through sunday, and i had is that a mix of cloud and drizzle. behind the main barn,it cloud and drizzle. behind the main barn, it will brighten up. quite a windy day on sunday, but notice how the temperatures start to drop away from the north—west, five in stornoway and six in glasgow as we finish sunday afternoon. we are keeping a close eye on things on sunday night. this little weather some frontal system here doesn't look like much, but it is cold and could give us some snow, northern england, scotland. if you have travel plans on monday morning, that

is one thing to bear in mind. as we go into monday and tuesday, we will see more showers. quite windy at times, and noticeably colder as well. single—digit temperatures for all of us, but nothing nearly as disruptive as we saw 13 years ago. as the clock ticks down to our exit from the eu, we will be broadcasting live. stay with us as we bring you every development in every angle as it happens here on the bbc news channel. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people, as the city of wuhan remains effectively locked down.

translation: if we all work has won, we can contain the direct in the city and export no more cases from here. then 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‘. this afternoon harry‘s parents gave a reaction outside the court. words can‘t do itjustice, but we have suffered a lot over the last couple of years, and we hope that todayis couple of years, and we hope that today is the start of a new beginning for us. ‘a denial ofjustice‘ — britain condemns the united states for refusing to extradite the woman accused of killing teenager harry dunn. police confirm six people have been killed in a shooting in south western germany. a suspect has been detained and police say the incident appears to be linked to a personal relationship.

sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. it‘s been a day of shocks in the women‘s draw at the australian open? in the women‘s draw yes, in the women‘s draw we knew she was good, but 15—year—old yes, we knew she was good, but 15—year—old coco gough has shown she has got the potential to be wannabe great big game. she caused the biggest upset of the day in women‘s draw, knocking out the defending champion overnight. the american teenager took just 16 champion overnight. the american teenager tookjust 16 minutes to beat naomi osaka in straight sets, vastly different to the time the pair last met, when the teenager won just three games against osaka. this time round, she was rock solid and took advantage of quite a few errors from the defending champion, to when 6-3, 6-4. lots from the defending champion, to when 6—3, 6—4. lots of potentialfrom such a young player here. speaking of u nforced such a young player here. speaking of unforced errors and a big non—exiting the tournament, form a numb world number one serena williams has been knocked out. she

was a seven time winner here at melbourne, and had been looking to equal the biggest number of grand slam titles, and her last title win was at the australian open when she was at the australian open when she was pregnant. she lost to china‘s player, and her performance was full of errors. 56 and. errors, in fact, calling her performance, unprofessional. so serena williams out, but to koko gough will play either china‘s player or fellow american, sofia cannon in the fourth round for. and there was almost another surprise result involving roger federer? yes, such a hard fought match between local aussie hopejohn millman and roger federer. this match lasted for hours and itjust demonstrated what a champion of roger federer is. when the chips are

down, a champion just roger federer is. when the chips are down, a championjust keeps fighting back. millman took the first set, much to the delight of the australian crowd, but the former world number one, roger federer came back to take the next two sets and millman won the fourth, which took it to millman won the fourth, which took ittoa millman won the fourth, which took it to a decider. their set was incredibly tense and itjust kept going on sale until it got to a tie—break. then millman was 7—4 up ina tie—break. then millman was 7—4 up in a tie—break before federer won six point in a row to go on to win by two clear points. amazing achievement from him. now england opener has scored a... in johannesburg. after performing a bully and opening stand, callie was eventually dismissed just a few moments ago for 66. england are currently 119—2 as they look to wrap up currently 119—2 as they look to wrap upa currently 119—2 as they look to wrap up a series win. part of the tickets

social team there is always going to be questions and about whether he can contribute. i think slowly and gradually, he is putting his stamp on the team and growing in stature and becoming a better captain. i think it is his team down. he has got four or five youngsters any team who have contributed and done a billionjob, so he is the senior guy as well and he can push the team forward. manchester united have been fined £20,000 for failing to "ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion" during the defeat to liverpool at anfield on sunday. several united players surrounded referee craig pawson after roberto firmino‘s goal was initially allowed to stand, before being ruled out by the video assistant referee. meanwhile, united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says he remains confident the club see him

as the right man to take them forwards following back to back defeats. iam going i am going to stick to what i have been trusted to do by the club, and hopefully, that will be good enough and they can see what we‘re doing is rightand... i and they can see what we‘re doing is right and... i have and they can see what we‘re doing is rightand... i havejust and they can see what we‘re doing is right and... i havejust got and they can see what we‘re doing is right and... i have just got to keep on doing it... you know, it is one of these jobs that you... you know how football is nowadays, all my conversations with the club has been bothered positive. and there‘ll be record prize money on offer for players on the ladies european tour this season. it‘s among a number of changes which have been announced. players will now compete for more than £15—million in prize money, that‘s up by almost £4—million from last year and a record for the women‘s european tour. there‘ll be more tournaments on the calendar this year too — seven more in fac, making a total of 24 in 2020. that‘s up from just 15 in 2018. hat‘s all the sport for now. tesco has become the first

major retailer to promise to remove plastic wrapping from multi—packs of tins. the uk‘s biggest supermarket is working with the likes of heinz and green giant to replace plastic—wrapped multipacks with multi—buy deals. environmental groups have welcomed the move, which it‘s thought could cut plastic waste by 350 tonnes a year, but have called for the industry to go further. emma simpson reports. multipacks. we love them. a buy more, save more. baked beans tinned tomatoes pasta, tuna and sauce. they are a big seller. we buy more than 200 million multipacks here a year at our main supermarkets alone. tesco‘s is now getting rid of this wrapping from every single tin, saving 350 tons of plastic waste a year. it is what we think is the right thing to do. also it is what our customers want us to do on their behalf.

they challenge us to say if plastic is necessary. sometimes it is and where necessary we need to reduce it to a minimum, recover it and recycle it. but where it is not necessary or cannot be recycled we need to remove it from business entirely. and that means getting big suppliers on board. this is the largest food factory in europe, heinz in wigan where they make a billion tins a year. and 40% are multipacks. the plastic film is nonrecyclable. they are ditching it for tesco‘s but they would like to go further. we are making the first move, but it is also the largest move. this is a third of the total shrinkwrap and what we expect is that consumers will learn how to shop in a slightly different way and hopefully we can eliminate shrink wraps. getting rid of all this plastic wrapping seems such an obvious thing to do. of course it is just a tiny fraction of the plastic that still ends up in a shopping trolley. but the pressure is on to remove it,

especially from young people. dear tesco, we are concerned about plastic packaging. these primary school children in kent have just recorded an open letter to all supermarkets to do more. we look forward to your reply. they have a mountain to climb. but there is a lot going on and waitrose is trialling bring your own containers and plastic—free fruit and vegetable is available at morrison‘s. sainsbury‘s have reusable grocery bags. i really do get upset about the amount of plastic i take home when i have been out shopping. when it is as bad as that, that is just ridiculous. not for much longer. tesco says the price at the till will not change but the real deal will be doing away with pointless packaging.

i‘m joined by emma priestland from the global campaign group break free from plastic. thank you very much for coming in. how significant is this change that tesco had announced ? how significant is this change that tesco had announced? this is a really important move, mainly because it is great to see retailers working together with brands to find out how they can reduce unnecessary plastic. that we really have to see this in perspective. this isjust one type of product and one supermarket chain in one country. but it signals, surely, a shift in approach that other supermarkets would probably have to follow, won‘t they? certainly, we need to see all supermarkets doing this and the brands that tesco are working with should make these changes make a difference across all their product lines. at the moment, tesco is using 18 billion individual pieces of plastic each year, so this is a just a drop in the ocean. what you tesco and other supermarkets need to do to get on top of this? well, what break

free from plastic is campaigning for its reuse options. in packaging three as well. in the past, we had retail, and we had bulk stores. any dry goods don‘t need to be packaged in plastic, and the same to our fruits and vegetables. in many cases, packaging three is the solution. what about the consumer though, who maybe doesn‘t have a car? having to drag your shopping home on the bus, and you have got all that extra comes in weight of tens that are going to roll around in your bags? how do they cope? how do you sell this idea to them? i am home hoping on this particular case, consumers won‘t really notice because you‘re going to have the same weight of product. you have still got four cans in your bag, it is just that they are not held together any more. tesco has any really good job here in making sure the consumer will not be too inconvenienced. that is really key when we are looking at packaging three and reusable solutions. we need to make sure that it doesn‘t

make people‘s lives harder. need to make sure that it doesn‘t make people's lives harder. how critical consumers in all this? if we say, i don‘t want to buy all this packaging in with my weekly shop, how do we go about sending that message? consumers have a really important role to play, but we don‘t think that they are the ones who have to push these changes along. we have to push these changes along. we have to push these changes along. we have to see brands and retailers stepping forward, as invented the this kind of packaging and they are because of this pollution, said they are the ones who have to deal with it. they do it for a reason, don't they? it is for ease and particularly food foodies travelling for some distance. i realise that is another issue, an environmental concern. how likely is it that, if packaging is a way of keeping the cost of transportation down, are we likely to see things go up in price? i can‘t say about the price. i think it is important for any retailer that they have to deliver products similar prices to what it is now. what we need to see if the entire system behind food delivery changed. so at the moment, the logistic

systems that supermarkets rely on are very long. they have centralised distribution, they are bringing food from around the world. if we change this, if we take it back to more localised systems, we eat any more seasonal way, then we can have our food without having plastic on it. but will people want to get at the avocado the practice? well, i can't a nswer to avocado the practice? well, i can't answer to that. i really hope people are able to consider whether or not we should be eating avocados all year round. emma, it is good to have you here. thank you very much. emma priestland from break free from plastic. the un is appealing for international help after east african countries experienced the biggest locust invasion in decades. huge swarms have invaded about a dozen countries on both sides of the red sea between africa and the arabian peninsula, threatening food security in the entire region. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. from a distance, it looks like northern kenya is burning. but these are swarms of desert locusts, spreading like wildfire

across the horn of africa. just one swarm can have more than 200 million insects. these are tiny creatures flying above me. they look harmless, but if you consider that hundreds of millions of them are flying at the same time, the amount of destruction they can cause is unimaginable. ali bila waqo tells me this is the second invasion of locusts he‘s witnessed in about 60 years. this time he‘s lost nearly all his maize and bean crops. translation: it's painful. we had no rain for several years. when it did finally rain last year we were so happy, but then these insects have come and destroyed our crop. we‘ve incurred huge losses. he says he brought dozens of people here to help ward off the invasion. elsewhere, gunshots,

tear gas and whistles. people and governments across the region are desperate to save plants from being devoured. conservation groups are helping track the movement of the swarms. the kenyan and ethiopian governments are using aerial spraying to try and kill the insects. but with little success. a region devastated by years of drought seemed to have recovered when it received unusually heavy rains. but that has now brought this misery, leaving communities on the edge. anne soy, bbc news, moyale. in a moment, our reporter is going to bring us the latest business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live: 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". harry dunn‘s family say they‘ll continue their fight for justice — after america rejected an extradition request for the woman accused of causing his death in a road crash in northamptonshire. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says it‘s a "denial ofjustice." here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: we‘ve had a positive snapshot this morning about the health of the uk economy. the uk private sector returned to growth for the first time in five months injanuary, as business confidence was boosted by borisjohnson‘s election win, new data has revealed. the early readings of the ihs markit/cips uk purchasing managers‘ index also showed a downturn in manufacturing eased. shares injust eat have sunk nearly 3% following the news that its proposed merger with takeaway.com will be investigated by the competition

and markets authority. in an update this morning, the dutch giant takeaway.com said it expected the deal which saw it offer £5.9 billion forjust eat, would be delayed by about one week. chinese firm, jingye, which came forward to rescue british steel, says it intends to reduce the headcount at the business. up to 500 jobs could be at risk according to joint statement from trade unions including gmb, community and unite the union. they said discussions with the chinese industrial firm had been "extremely challenging", but acknowledged that "if the business is to survive, change is required". also, you are looking at news that tinder is putting a panic button on the app. yes, this is one of a range of safety features that the dating app, tinder, is introducing. when a tinder user heads out on a date, they will be able to log information such as the time and location.

if they feel threatened by the person they‘ve met up with, then they can trigger an alert that sends these details to the authorities. users will be able to add a badge to their tinder profile that lets others know they are using the security feature. you are some people say this will act as a deterrent. also, there‘s going to be additional photo verification — how will that work? the app‘s new photo verification feature will help users avoid so—called "catfishing", when someone uses a fake identity online. it will employ human—assisted artificial intelligence to check that profile pictures uploaded to the app, with users asked to verify their identity by taking several real—time

it is not the first time this has been introduced? interesting what the ceo of tinder‘s parent company match group — mandy ginsberg said when she announced the news — ‘you should run a dating business as if you are a mom,‘ and the group —— many people... perhaps tender thinks it has really got to make these changes to try and clamp down and keep people safe. you are also looking at the increasingly cashless nature society and plans to rein it in? yes, when i don't know when the

last time you used cash was, but there are quite a steal establishments around the country is still only offer cash and then don‘t ta ke still only offer cash and then don‘t take anything else, but they are a dying breed because many retailers are only accepting digital payments. but the backlash has begun and it has really ta ken but the backlash has begun and it has really taken off in the united states. let‘s cross to our reporter at the unite new york state stock exchange. what is happening in new york? local legislators here have basically proposed a bill that it still has to be approved and go through various processes, but it does look like new york is moving towards this idea of banning restau ra nts towards this idea of banning restaurants for not accepting cash, and part of the reason for this is to try to address the problem of those who don‘t necessarily have bank accounts, who aren‘t so reliant on smartphones or a card to carry

out transactions. the good idea is that they don‘t get left out, and you may think that in a place like new york city, which, you know, the image of it being a very wealthy and well—to—do city, that is not necessarily the case. one in ten of the population don‘t actually have a bank account, and the figure rises to about one in five in terms of people who don‘t rely on traditional banking things, so this is really aimed at helping them. what is the reaction be like from retailers? they are bucking the trend concerning cashless payments and the likes of sweden, which is that chile become a cashless society now. yeah, when i was looking at some of the statistics and the number or proportion of transactions that take place now without cash and the trend has been rising steadily, but the research also showed it tended to apply to people who had incomes of the $75,000 a year. and so, that accou nts the $75,000 a year. and so, that accounts for this problem. and with retailers, certainly if you look at

restau ra nts, retailers, certainly if you look at restaurants, they have been saying it helps us deal with problems of theft, not having cash lying around, and also it allows us to process transactions faster. you know, you don‘t have this problem of trying to count out the cash, so to think about your lunch hour when you go to about your lunch hour when you go to a very crowded place, these cashless payments, it is just a tap of the ca rd payments, it is just a tap of the card and burn, you can serve more people. that has been the argument from the restaurant industry. so far, they don‘t seem to be paying too much attention to that argument. whether this bill goes through or not, we will have to see. new york isn‘t the only city, philadelphia and newjersey are among those who have been looking into this or introducing new laws like this. thank you very much for that update on the new york stock exchange. that is all the business news for me for now. see you at 3:45pm. now it‘s time for a look at the weather.

yes, it brings us set to change over the weekend, though it has been a really quiet one. some beautiful skies overhead, but look at exeter. lots of cloud, a bit misty and murky. you can see that lovely hole in the cloud across york and other parts of north—east england. a few brea ks parts of north—east england. a few breaks across north—east scotland, which is also brightening up at the moment and down towards the channel islands, than generally speaking most of this and in the outing with cloud, it‘s a mess and health and some meaningful rain in the west of scotland. temperatures generally between seven and 11 degrees. as we go through this evening and overnight, we stick with that cloudy theme, things not moving quickly, some holes in the cloud coming and going. if we do see breaks in southern england later any night, that could allow temperatures to get low enough for a touch of frost. most of us will hold between four and 7 degrees. enter tomorrow, more the same. high pressure stilljust about in charge, but it‘s great is

listening and low pressure is starting to move onto the scene and a frontal system approaching for the north—west. for most of us, for the first half of the weekend, we will stick with that cloudy, dank and murky weather. some breaks in the cloud, may be from north wales, and north—east scotland should do well for sunshine. an increasing breeze here tending to break that cloud. equally for north—west scotland, at weather front that i showed you will start to bring some outbreaks of rain. temperatures for 8 degrees. for the second have the weekend of car, this is where the changes start to ta ke car, this is where the changes start to take place. behind this this weather front and a big heavy band of rain in some cold outcomes. this heavy rain staggers across the country from the east. behind it, something brighter. quite a windy day on sunday, but you will start to notice temperatures dipping away from the north—west. east anglia and the south—east are up to 10 degrees,

but for the afternoon lots of scotla nd but for the afternoon lots of scotland will be dropping down to four or scotland will be dropping down to fouror5 scotland will be dropping down to four or 5 degrees. this weather frontal system here could cause one or two headaches in front sunday night into monday morning, could bring some snow, even on relatively low areas into northern england, and northern scotland. for monday and tuesday, it is a mix of sunshine and showers, often windy and it is going to start to feel chilly. some changes to come this weekend.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. today at 3pm. chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people as the city of wuhan remains effectively locked down. 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‘. the parents of harry richford hope they can now move forward words can‘t do itjustice, but 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. thousands march in anti—american protests in baghdad — demanding us forces leave iraq. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane.

upset at the australian open. a big shock as a 15—year—old coco gough put the defending champion naomi osaka out. serena williams won‘t equal her grand slam record after losing to a 27 seed. losing to thanks jane, and ben has all the weather. a bit unsettled ? a bit unsettled? changing through the weekend. it starts off more of the weekend. it starts off more of the same. cloudy, dank and murky. more rain on sunday then it turns colder. we will look ahead to the forecast but also look back 30 years to the burns day storm of. thanks, ben. also coming up — every little helps tesco scraps the plastic packaging on its multipacks of tins.

this hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. the government‘s cobra emergency committee has met to discuss the outbreak of the coronavirus. fourteen people have been tested for the disease in the uk though there are no confirmed cases here at the moment. the virus originates in china, where 26 people have died so far and hundreds more have been infected. people are being stopped from leaving the city of wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, and there are also severe travel restrictions in several other cities. but cases of the virus have already been reported in neighbouring countries such asjapan, thailand, south korea and singapore, as well as the united states. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing. the chinese government is throwing massive resources into fighting this virus. it seems it has learned the lessons of 2002 when a cover—up of the sars outbreak led to more than 600 deaths. this time the information is flowing much more freely as it takes

ever more drastic steps. you can‘t move around china at the moment without being aware of this crisis. health screening is in place at transport hubs across the country. public celebrations marking the lunar new year are being cancelled and the inconveniences in considerable. but most people are welcoming decisive action from the government. china is a very strong country. it can definitely control the virus. also, a vaccine will be developed. we are very confident. i think this thing will almost certainly go away in the near future, like sars in 2003. now the government's job is to prevent the spread. i think it will disappear by itself. in wuhan where the outbreak started, hospitals are stretched to the limit. the stress on the system

is starting to take its toll. i have a fever and a cough so i‘m worried i am infected. i don‘t know the results but i am concerned. i am a bit nervous i have the virus. wuhan is a very large city with a large population. the medical capacity of wuhan alone cannot withstand the outbreak of the virus. it needs the support of the whole country. the chinese government has released footage of a new quarantine facility under construction at a frantic pace. they say it will be used to cope with an ever—growing number of patients infected with the coronavirus. china‘s new year‘s eve is much more quiet this year than it normally would be. in most cities there are very few people on the street. it seems a lot of people don‘t want to leave their homes for fear of catching the coronavirus. instead of a mood of celebration, it is one of trepidation. many are wondering just how bad this problem is going to become.

the potentially deadly coronavirus is thought to have spread from animals into humans at a live produce market in wuhan. officials have all but locked down the city to try and slow the disease spreading. if we all work as one we can contain the virus in wuhan and export no more cases from here. we can stop the virus from spreading nationwide. if they can get through it without them or their loved ones falling ill, they will be pretty happy. i think that chinese officials are very aware they owe it to the rest of the world to keep the situation under control. medical teams here have mapped the sequence of the virus, sent that information to teams

in other countries so they can effectively test people there. the world health organization has said it fully understands why china is effectively locking down the cities as it tries to stop this problem from becoming much more worse than it already is. breaking news. the chief medical officer chris whitty has said all 14 people in the uk who have been tested so far fought corona virus have been shown to be negative but there are tests on some other people being protest and we await those results. all 14 people tested so far are negative. we are nowjoined by a professor. she is a professor at the chinese university of hong kong. thank you for coming in. what are the parallels as far as you can see so far between this outbreak that

the authorities are dealing with and sad? sars was a big problem for hong kongin sad? sars was a big problem for hong kong in 2003 and there are a lot of lessons that were learned from the south enquiry which i think have been taken heed of in the years since we did the enquiry. sad was a new disease and it took a long time to find out what it was. it took a long time to find out there was a lot of cases in china. this time we know as soon as the cases appeared. we have had very rapid diagnosis of the corona virus and a lot of information has been shared internationally. it is very different in that there is a freer flow of information in the scientific, political communities and to the public. there is more information and much more... much more preparedness. we have got

excellent preparedness plans. they have been worked on, trials and put into place now. we are calling it the corona virus but that is a catch name. coronavirus, the stars virus was a “— name. coronavirus, the stars virus was a —— the sars virus was a coronavirus. it has a particular genetic make—up that possibly from snakes or other animals in the wet market and spread between humans. how important is it to know which animal it came from? it will be important in time but that is not theissue important in time but that is not the issue of importance of the current time. we need to stop the spread because it is a virus so there is no actual treatment so stopping the spread is a most important thing. how do we do that? in china, as you have been reporting, there has been lockdown

of the cities so people are not travelling because looking at people stopping the spread, which is part of whites has spread so quickly, travel, so that is one thing. another way of stopping the spread is for people to take precautions themselves and make sure their hand hygiene is good, hand washing is very simple but effective. if you look at who died from sars, many of the people died from sars were either elderly or immunocompromised and from reading about the cases in china it seems that also many of the deaths, as sad as they are, are also of older people. how surprised are you at the action of the chinese authorities have taken. effectively corralling tens of millions of people? yes, i think they have been very brave but they learned from sars. in sars the hong kong

government did something fairly similar. residents were moved out into the countryside. this is a hugely different scale, but at a time of new year there is enormous risk and in order to diminish the risk and in order to diminish the risk they are not going to contain the disease, they will mitigate it. they are doing what they can to make it less likely to spread even more widely then it has already spread. ami widely then it has already spread. am i right in saying that sars doesn‘t affect humans any more? am i right in saying that sars doesn't affect humans any more7m is change. no, it is really interesting. a lot of the genetic sequencing work that was done that genetic sequencing of the virus, it changed and i think changed its effectivity and impact on humans went away. when you look at the epidemic curve, how it piques and goes down, when you‘ve look at that force out it was really interesting. it peaked and then it went away into

the community. it was pure epidemic. it was contained partly by the measures that were taken and the isolation in hospital, the treatment of atypical pneumonia is, it was partly due to that but also partly due to the fact that the virus change. we haven‘t seen sal since 2003. this is a coronavirus also, of a type. it could have a similar pattern. that is why everyone is monitoring the number so carefully and spread. one of the things about the sars virus that was very interesting and i still don‘t think i‘ve been properly explain is that there are certain patients who were super spreaders. a professor on the south enquiry is also advising the chinese government at the current time. i have seen reported that he says there are also super spreaders. it isa says there are also super spreaders. it is a patient who infects a large number of people and... they have

the symptoms but is very infective and that patient person can infect a large number of people very thickly whereas other people with the disease don‘t necessarily. we didn‘t understand it which is why you take precautionary measures. that is not a label you would want, is it? precautionary measures. that is not a labelyou would want, is it? not really a label that you would want but it was one in the sars epidemic. for example at the prince of wales hospital there was a patient on the pod who was a super spreader and that was how the medical staff were alerted to the fact that sars had spread through this patient into the health care staff. these are historic lessons where we can say, what did we learn and what do we need to do differently? isolation of that patient. that patient was on an open board. medical students there,

looking at the heart science, people we re looking at the heart science, people were crowded round and he was a patient who spread the disease very effectively, unfortunately. so we wa nt to effectively, unfortunately. so we want to look out for those but at the moment we don‘t have any cases. chris witty says there are no confirmed cases in the uk. there are a few more to be tested. who is most effective? older people, immunocompromised people. we have to think what we can do to protect ourselves. one of those things is making sure hand hygiene is good and looking after yourself. you will be pleased to know that i made sure phil, who is the floor manager, disinfected everything. that is a

difference since sad. it is more a cce pta ble difference since sad. it is more acceptable to be going around with a hand sanitiser or being careful when you cough. we need one fixed on the outside of the studio, i reckon. fascinating. thank you very much. the chief medical officer said 14 people in this country have been tested in this country and they are all negative. we are waiting for further test results. he has gone on to say that attempts are being made to say that attempts are being made to trace all visitors who have arrived in the uk from wuhan in the last 14 days. border force and other officials were trying to contact visitors to check whether they have experienced any of the symptoms of coronavirus and inform them of where to get medical advice. that tracing process is now up and running as well. the time is almost a quarter past three. you are watching afternoon life.

a coroner has found that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent was ‘wholly avoidable‘. harry richford died a week after he was born at the queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital in margate — in 2017. the coroner said neglect contributed to his death. significant concerns have been raised about maternity care at the east kent hospitals nhs trust — after a bbc investigation revealed seven preventable baby deaths had occurred since 2016. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. tom and sarah didn‘t get to hold their first child until the day he died. just a week old, harry was failed repeatedly by the medics responsible for ensuring his safe entry into the world. it has tested us, it has tested family relationships, it has tested our ability to work, to live a normal life and it shouldn‘t have happened in the first place.

today a coroner agreed, finding neglect by east kent hospitalhospital contributed to the newborn‘s death. there were a series of failings in harry‘s care, says the coroner. a junior doctor described as being out of his depth delayed delivering the baby and was born pale and floppy. but he would have survived and been healthy if a paediatrician then hadn‘t failed for 28 minutes to properly necessitate harry. it is a nice vindication, in some respects, that we didn't do anything wrong. there is nothing more we could have done differently. because i thought it was very easy and early on it was very easy for sarah, in particular, to try and blame herself. what about this, what about that? but now we don't blame ourselves necessarily, we blame the systems in place at the trust. harry‘s case is one of several preventable deaths at east kent hospital‘s trust since 2016. this morning they said they were deeply sorry and wholeheartedly apologised for the failings in harry‘s care.

but for the young couple, those catastrophic errors will linger for a lifetime. harry was perfect when we saw him and to have to withdraw the care from your baby and to live with that afterwards and... it a whirlwind of negative emotions to try and cope in everyday life. the family‘s determination to uncover the truth in the face of resistance from the trust has ensured justice for harry. well, earlier this afternoon, harry richford‘s parents, sarah and tom, spoke on the steps of maidstone coroner‘s court. today the coroner had reached a conclusion that our son harry died because of a number of serious and preventable failures in the medical care and treatment that he and my wife sarah received and which amounted to neglect whilst in the care of east kent hospital‘s trust. this is also a case where the coroner has found that article

two of the european convention of human rights, the right to life, was engaged as a result of systemic structural failings at the trust. sarah had a textbook pregnancy and harry was born on his due day with no abnormalities but due to failures in both the delivery and resuscitation of harry, he died seven days later. since then the trust has tried to avoid outside scrutiny and failed to learn from this and previous similar cases. they refused to call the coroner, despite being asked numerous times. they filled out the statutory child death notification form to say that harry‘s death was expected and completed the embrace uk form incorrectly to say that there were no delivery complications. this system is specifically designed to aid national national learning of infant deaths. accidents happen every day but failing to learn from them appears to have become part of the culture of this nhs trust. when harry was born on november

the 2nd in east kent hospital, they already knew there was an extreme risk to pregnant women and neonatals in their care and this was written in their own board report. this risk was present from at least as far back as 2014 when the number of serious incidents in maternity were highlighted. as a result, in 2015 east kent were told to arrange a full audit of their maternity services. this was carried out in november 2015 by the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists. it was damning in many areas, particularly of the qe qm site. the trust knew this risk at a board of director level and it has been accepted during this inquest that the trust failed to mitigate the risk, despite that risk being a real risk to life. asa as a result, the same issues were repeated and have been noted today to have cost harry‘s death. we have read about morecambe bay and shrewsbury and telford and find the similarity is frightening. we are calling for the secretary of state

to arrange an independent investigation or enquiry into harry‘s death. investigation or enquiry into harry's death. tom richard speaking earlier this afternoon in maidstone. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people and there are more than 800 confirmed infections worldwide. here, 14 people have been tested for the virus. here, 14 people have been tested for the virus. a coroner has said that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent in 2017 was "wholly avoidable". harry dunn‘s family say they‘ll continue their fight for justice — after america rejected an extradition request for the woman accused of causing his death in a road crash in northamptonshire. the foreign secretary dominic raab says it‘s a "denial ofjustice." and in sport: big shocks in the tennis as 15—year—old coco gauff takes just over an hour to knock out the defending champion naomi osaka. former world number one

serena williams is out too. while roger federer survives an almighty scare amd five sets to beatjohn millman and reach round four. zack crawley‘s passed his half century, as england make a decent start to the first day of their fourth and final test against south africa. i‘ll be back with more on those stories later. this the foreign secretary has accused the us government of a ‘denial ofjustice‘ after it refused an extradition request for the woman accused of killing teenage motorcyclist harry dunn. the 19—year—old died after a collision in northamptonshire in august with a car driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us intelligence officer. after the accident she left the uk for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. duncan kennedy reports. harry dunn was a teenager with the ability to enjoy life and spread fun. but last august he was killed

here in northamptonshire after his motorbike collided with a car. anne sacoolas, here on her wedding day, has since been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. she left the uk two weeks after the accident, claiming diplomatic immunity and was staying at this house near washington, dc. she has refused to return to britain. but now harry‘s family have heard that the american government has formally turned down a request to extradite anne sacoolas. this morning, harry‘s mum gave her reaction. we are quite happy to continue our fight. nothing is going to stop us. nothing is going to make us go away. it doesn‘t matter how long it takes, if it means we have got to wait until the next administration in four and a half, five years‘ time then we will. it was mike pompeo, the american secretary of state who e—mailed the british government

with the news that extradition was being blocked stop in its legally dense message that the state department said... but that prompted this reply from the foreign secretary, dominic rob, who said... dominic raab, who said... it is now nearly five months since harry died here and his parents had been expecting that it would be for the american courts to decide whether to extradite anne sacoolas. now that the american government has stepped in, they do see that as a setback but say their fight will go on. harry dunn‘s family have already started a series of protests outside the american base anne sacoolas left moments before the accident. the prime minister‘s official spokesman said today that the government would carefully consider what future action can be

taken and is urgently considering options. a man who struck a police officer with a machete during a traffic stop has been jailed for 16 years. muhammad rodwan attacked pc stuart outten after he was pulled over in east london, last august. despite his injuries, the officer managed to taser rodwan twice, subduing him. sentencing him — thejudge said rodwan had shown "not a shred of remorse or insight". six people have been shot dead in what appears to be a personal dispute in the german town of rot am see, north east of stuttgart. it‘s thought all the victims are from the same family. police say a suspect has been detained and no—one else is being sought. local media say the suspect is a man in his 30s. huge anti—american demonstrations have taken place on the streets of baghdad, demanding the expulsion

of us forces from iraq. protests were called by the radical shia cleric moqtada al sadr — a powerful figure who has long demanded all foreign influence — including iran — is removed from iraq. martin patience reports from baghdad. in iraq control of the street is a critical part of the country‘s politics. this demonstration was a stark warning to america that it can take nothing for granted. the us assassination of iran‘s top military commander suleimani changed the dynamics here, dangerously so. iraq now finds itself centre stage, caught in the struggle between the us and iran and the protesters want the american military out. the people want the occupation to be out. the people don‘t want the occupation. all the iraqi people under the leadership of muqtada al—sadr

are condemning the ominous american presence in iraq. we are asking america to leave peacefully through the parliamentary and political efforts. but the last option will be military resistance. if it is not done in agreement, america will be out with force. there is a carnival—like atmosphere here but this is a serious political event. the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr is a man who can draw his supporters out onto the street and with this march he is showing his political hand. he wants all american forces to leave iraq. this protest was peaceful but those loyal to muqtada al—sadr have fought american forces in the past. the tensions are building in iraq and that almost always ends in violence. despite the carnival—like atmosphere, this remains not only a dangerous moment for the country

but for the region as well. time for a look at the weather... we are looking back 30 years to the burns night storm. it actually struck during the daytime. some of the impacts were pretty atrocious. this is what happened when some scaffolding fell on top of a van at kew gardens. there was a tree that was 100 years old and that was felled in the winter. many trees down. 47 people in the uk lost their lives in this storm back in 1990, a staggering number. it is pretty unbelievable for a weather event. it caused loss of life in the republic of ireland, the netherlands, denmark as well. this was a pretty severe

storm. comparisons drawn between this and 1987. you were saying that you didn‘t really remember this 1991. no, i remember the 1987 storm, but not this one. i think that is because the 1987 storm has kind of stuck in the weather forecasting memory because it was badly broken. it was predicted to go further south had not strike the uk in the way it did. by this point forecasting technology had moved on such that it was better forecasts, warnings were issued, people were more prepared. what was a weather system that brawn the burns night storm?|j what was a weather system that brawn the burns night storm? i will show you a busy weather chart. it is a little bit tricky to decipher. what we had here was a area of low pressure. whenever we... we are looking to how close these isobars are. on the southern flank of this low you can‘t make the british isles

out, you had a swathe of strong winds. 100 out, you had a swathe of strong winds.100 mph. hurricane force in some places. that caused huge amounts of damage and disruption. to go back to the 1987 storm, the way technology moved on, in 1987 some of the devices that measure wind speed, they actually broke during the storm. they stopped recording for reasons like they lost power and the physical equipment broke. by 1990 the meteorological community had better equipment and was able to more accurately measure these wind speeds. a time of great change and better forecasting. still, a huge storm. i remember doing where that map test and having to write things like that with a black pen. anything like that with a black pen. anything like that with a black pen. anything like that coming this weekend is much calmer? low pressure will take charge but nothing quite as remarkable as that one. at the moment it has been very stagnant. really quiet week. quite cloudy at

times. that is how it looked in cumbria. let me show you the scene injersey. some cumbria. let me show you the scene in jersey. some blue cumbria. let me show you the scene injersey. some blue skies overhead. we haven‘t seen much of that lately. this is how it looks from space. you can see the extensive cloud. there is cumbria. rather cloudy. jersey, the cloud is breaking up across the channel islands. we have seen some sunshine. yorkshire, doing quite well this afternoon. many of us, we end the day with that cloudy, dank, drizzly, murky weather with hill fog, persistent rain across parts of western scotland. as we go through this evening and tonight, more of the same. more cloud, more damp, drizzly weather. some breaks but there is a chance we could see cloud breaking up across southern part of england. if that happens temperatures will drop and there might bea temperatures will drop and there might be a touch of frost in some locations. the most of us, between four and locations. the most of us, between fourand 7 locations. the most of us, between four and 7 degrees. we start off the weekend with high pressure in charge but there is low—pressure to the

north—west and this approaching frontal system which is going to change things. saturday morning, as you work. it will be grey, damp, drizzly. some fog sitting on the hills. equally, breaks in the cloud. north wales, the midlands, north—east scotland should do well for some time because the breeze we are picking up will break the highs of eight to 10 degrees. as this weather front pushes its way eastwards, it will bring some heavy rainfor eastwards, it will bring some heavy rain for the day on sunday. behind it there, it is going to be turning colder. here is a rain band are staggering its way eastward through sunday. i had a bit, more that great and murky weather, and behind it things will brighten up. quite a windy day on sunday, but ahead of this weather system, more rain generally. the temperatures will be heading down as the day goes on, six

in belfast and in glasgow, parts of east anglia and the south—east are scraping upa east anglia and the south—east are scraping up a bit higher. into monday, there is little weather front here could be quite troublesome. it could bring some snow, even to low levels across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. icy conditions too, so we re and scotland. icy conditions too, so were staying in touch with a forecast if you‘re travelling on monday morning. for the start of the week, sunshine and showers, but feeling colder and it will be windy, but nothing as windy as we had 30 yea rs but nothing as windy as we had 30 years ago. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has

climbed to 26 people, as the city of wuhan remains effectively locked down. here, the government‘s emergency committee, cobra, has met to discuss the virus. 14 people have tested negative for the virus in the uk — tests for others are still being processed. a coroner says the death of this baby at a maternity unit in kent was ‘wholly avoidable‘. this afternoon harry‘s parents gave a reaction outside the court. words can‘t do itjustice, but 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. thousands march in anti—american protests in baghdad, demanding us forces leave iraq. a powerful shia cleric called for a million people to march close to the us embassy. this follows the us killing of a top iranian military commander. sport now on afternoon live, with jane dougall.

it‘s been a day of shocks in the women‘s draw at the australian open? we knew she was good, but 15—year—old coco gauff has shown us she‘s got the potential to be one of the greats. she caused the biggest shock of the day in the women‘s draw, knocking out the defending champion naomi osaka at rod laver arena. the american teenager took just 67 minutes to beat osaka in straight sets. vastly different to the last time the pair met at a grand slam, which was at last year‘s us open when gauff won just three games against osaka. this time around, she was rock solid and took advantage of quite a few errors from the defending champion to win 6—3, 6—4. lots of potential here from such a young player. speaking of unforced errors and a big name exiting the tournament, former world number one, serena williams, has been knocked out. she is a seven time winner in melbourne and had been looking to equal the record

of 24 grand slam titles. if you remember, she hasn‘t won a grand slam in three years — her last one was when she was pregnant, playing the australian open. she lost to china‘s wang qiang in her earliest exit in melbourne since 2006. full of errors — 56 unforced errors. she called her performance "unprofessional". serena out, but coco gauff will play either china‘s zhang shaui or fellow american sofia kenin in the fourth round. and there was almost another surprise result involving roger federer? such a hard fought battle in the match between roger federer and local aussie hope, john millman. this match lasted four hours and just demonstrated what a champion federer is. it was his 100th match win at melbourne park and he didn‘t want to disappoint — when the chips are down, a champion keeps fighting back. millman took the first set —

much to the delight of the australian crowd — but the former world number one federer came back to take the next two. millman won the fourth, which took it to a decider. the fifth was incredibly tense — it kept going with serve until it got to a tie break and then millman was 7—4 up before federer won six points in a row to go on to win by two clear points. england opener zack crawley has scored his maiden test 50 on day one of the fourth test against south africa injohannesburg. afer forging a solid opening stand with dom sibley — crawley was eventually dismissed for 66. joe denly has since gone for 27 and stokes for just 2. england are 172 for 4 as they look to wrap up a 3—1 series win.

--179-4. the former england bowler ryan sidebottom is part of the cricket social team on the bbc sport website and app, he believes there are promising signs forjoe root‘s side. there is always going to be questions about whether he can contribute. can then go vote to put his stamp on the team? —— can he put his stamp on the team? —— can he put his stamp on the team. i think slowly and gradually, he is putting his stamp on the team and growing in stature and becoming a better captain. i think it is his team now. he has got four or five youngsters on the team who have contributed and done a brilliantjob, so he is the senior guy as well and he can push the team forward. and there‘ll be record prize money on offer for players on the ladies european tour this season. it‘s among a number of changes which have been announced. players will now compete for more than £15—million in prize money, that‘s up by almost £4—million from last year

and a record for the women‘s european tour. there‘ll be more tournaments on the calendar this year too — seven more in fact, making a total of 24 in 2020. that‘s up from just 15 in 2018. some incredible pictures to show you now, they‘re from the monte carlo rally where the world rally champion ott tanak has walked away without any injuries after a dramatic crash. the estonian driver lost control of his car and careered off the road through a section where speeds can get up to 110 miles per hour. miraculously, ta nak and his co—driver escaped from the wreckage without injury — even more remarkable when you see footage from inside the car showing it flipping over several times. fantastic to see that he walked away from that injury free. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour.

now it‘s time for your questions answered with martine croxall and tulip mazumdar. with me is our global health correspondent, tulip mazumdar. also, i‘mjoined by dr. timothy shea han, professor of virology at gillings school of global public health, in north carolina. what i must say before we take the questions is that the chief medical officer, professor chris, has been talking about the coronavirus in the last three minutes. information that has come out at the world health organization, we are looking at that and start reviewing our own preparedness, so that if we do get some cases in the uk, and we may get some cases in the uk, and we may get some cases in the uk, and we may get some cases at some point, that we are ready to look after them properly anyway that is good for them but also helps protect staff

and the public. how likely is an outbreak in the uk? we think there isafair outbreak in the uk? we think there is a fair chance we may get some cases over time. of course, this depends on whether this continues over a long time or whether this turns out to be something that is brought under control relatively quickly by the considerable efforts of the chinese government. but i think we should definitely see this asa think we should definitely see this as a marathon, not a sprint, and we need to have our entire response based on that principle. and can you just give us an update on the numbers of tests? in the uk at the moment, we have had 14 tests done, all of which were negative. some other people who had some milder symptoms were assessed and it didn‘t need testing, but to be clear, that is because we don‘t expect to get very high positive rates. the great majority of people who have come, even try to, and have respiratory symptoms, will not have this virus. just to be clear, there are no more

tests ongoing at the moment? what we are trying to avoid it having a running commentary on the number of tests. we expect a test to happen from time to time throughout the week, and what we are intending to do is keep people regularly updated. of course we will let people know whether any positive cases. chief medical officer chris whitty speaking there. the questions people have been sending in rvs. this first question is from dawn. is the virus airborne? can it be picked up from surfaces? that is a great question. thank you for having me. the virus does indeed seem to be airborne, meaning that it can be transmitted by coughing or sneezing or by contact with nasal secretion, it's not basically. so if i sneeze into my hand and one touch a door knob after and then someone comes and touches the door knob

after me and then touches their eye or something like that, they could acquire the virus in that way. so it is important that we remain vigilant about hygiene, hand washing and that kind of thing. abdul asks, regardless of human to human transmission, are there other ways of spreading the coronavirus? thatis that is an excellent question. at this time, we don't really know how much where it came from. it is believed that the virus came from an animal virus and jumped into humans, so animal virus and jumped into humans, so there is still the potential for these wild animals to be exceeding cases. in addition to the potential for the virus to be spread any human any human to human transmission, so really, it only takes one sick person to get on the aeroplane to send that virus throughout the globe. so i think the best place for

spread right now is spread via sick people and their movement around china or elsewhere. yes, and there isa china or elsewhere. yes, and there is a lot of that, as we know. tulip is a lot of that, as we know. tulip is asking how do i know i have it? one of the things we have found from wuhan in the last couple of weeks is if you haven‘t been there all been hanging out with the people who have been there, the chances are you don‘t have it. but the symptoms you should be looking out for is feeling quite sick, having a cough, cold, if either. in more serious cases, you can get difficulty with your breathing. some people can catch pneumonia. in the very, very serious cases, where we have seen people die, it is organ failure that can cause death as well. but i should say that it is very unlikely that

this person is in the uk. there have been no cases here, so it is very unlikely that you would see somebody from here catch it. the rest, as public health england and others have said, is low at the moment here. dan asks, do we need to wear masks? not in this country. some people do because i think they need you to feel good about it. you need to cover your face and mouth, you to feel good about it. you need to cover yourface and mouth, some people think and that is why people often wear masks. is someone else‘s coughing and sputtering and you are right up against them in a bus, he probably just want to go right up against them in a bus, he probablyjust want to go back a little bit and that is just a good advice for not catching viruses in general. people, the advice on masks is they can be helpful, but the best thing is tojust is they can be helpful, but the best thing is to just watch out the people sputtering and cutting coughing. another person asks,

should we avoid airports? international travel is a thing that will spread this virus. there has been one case in the united states thus far, on the west coast in seattle, and this person apparently travelled before becoming symptomatic, from wuhan, and they ended up at an airport that's the gdc had not set up their screening procedures at. sol gdc had not set up their screening procedures at. so i think that would bea procedures at. so i think that would be a worry for me. that you have people potentially getting sick in asia and then returning home and taking the virus with them, but not appearing to be sick when they get back home. so we are relying on the authority is trying to trace people properly? yet. i think, authority is trying to trace people properly? yet. ithink, making authority is trying to trace people properly? yet. i think, making the public aware of the fact that there isa

public aware of the fact that there is a potential that if they do travel to asia and come back sick, they must immediately tell the public authorities that they can be quarantined and it can be treated properly. what is the uk doing to stop it is coming to this country? so most of the things that are being put in place for the stopping the spread outside of china is happening within china, so flights out of wuhan have been cancelled, the uk had set up some increased monitoring of light coming in from wuhan, but those fights are no longer coming in. they have informed health officials. there are people at airports who will be looking at a little bit more for their swan flights coming from china. and they are also, as the professor mentioned there, really this is about educating people and letting people know that if you have been to this area, namely china, but even some of the other affected countries, know what to look out for and know what to do if you do become sick. that is contact your local health facility,

let them know your travel history and then they can advise on what to do next. another person asks, is it safe to visit the chinese new year festival in london, as there will lot of people from china? what precautions should be taken? there is no reason not to go to the new year celebrations. i‘m sure it will be lots of fun. there are no restrictions on movement or any additional advice here in the uk, so they precautions you should be taking just so that you don‘t catch anything in general are cover your mouth, wash your hands often and if people are cutting or spluttering around, keep your distance. and the final question, is it possible that a treatment will be made available? a new drug or some sort of medicine ora a new drug or some sort of medicine or a vaccine? right now, there are no approved drugs for any human coronavirus, so there isn't anything ona coronavirus, so there isn't anything on a shelf waiting for you to take if you do become sick. we are working on a drug here, which is a broad—spectrum antiviral that has

been deemed safe in humans. it has been deemed safe in humans. it has been used for people with ebola in we st been used for people with ebola in west africa. this is something that could immediately be deployed, if needed, if things get out of control. but as of now, there's nothing really for you to do, other than seek treatment from a hospital and see what they can do. professor, and see what they can do. professor, and global health reporter, thank you very much forjoining us.

they are a big seller, we buy more than 200 million packs of plastic packaging a year. we are saving 350 tonnes of plastic waste a year. it is what we think is the right thing to do and also what customers want us to do on their behalf. in some cases, we need to reduce packaging to an absolute minimum and cover it. where it is not necessary, we need to take it out of the business completely. and that means getting big suppliers on board. this is europe‘s largest food factory, heinz, where they churn out billions of cans a year. 40% are not

multipacks. heinz is ditching it for tesco, but would like to go further. we are making the first move, but it is also the largest move. this presents about a third of the total shrink wrapped in the industry and what we expect is that consumers will learn how to shop in a slightly different way, and then hopefully we can eliminate shrink wrap from other retailers are going forwards. getting rid of all this plastic wrapping seems such an obvious thing to do. of course, it is just a tiny fraction of the plastic that still ends up in our shopping trolleys, but the pressure is now on to me that. especially from young people. we are writing to you because we have a great concern about pollution from plastic. these primary schoolchildren from kent have just recorded an open letter to all the supermarkets to do more. we look forward to your reply reply. wheat

they have got a mountain to climb, but there is lots going on. from waitrose trialling bring your own containers to plastic three fruit and veg at morrisons and reusable bags at sainsbury‘s. consumers notice. i really do get upset about the amount of plastic and take them when i have been out shopping. when it is as bad as that, that isjust ridiculous. not much longer. tesco says the price at the tail won‘t change. the real deal will be doing away with pointless packaging. in a moment, our reporter is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people and there are more than 800 confirmed infections worldwide. here in the uk, 14 people have tested negative for the virus — tests on other people are still being processed. a coroner has said that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent in 2017 was "wholly avoidable".

harry dunn‘s family say they‘ll continue their fight for justice — after america rejected an extradition request for the woman accused of causing his death in a road crash in northamptonshire. the foreign secretary dominic raab says it‘s a "denial ofjustice." here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: we‘ve had a positive snapshot today about the health of the uk economy. the services sector returned to growth for the first time in five months injanuary as business confidence was boosted following the general election, new data has revealed. the early readings of the purchasing managers‘ index by ins markit cips also showed a downturn in manufacturing eased. shares injust eat have fallen following the news that its proposed merger with takeaway.com will be investigated by the competition and markets authority. the dutch giant offered £5.9 billion forjust eat. takeaway.com said today it expected the deal to be delayed by around a week.

chinese firm jingye, which came forward to rescue british steel, says it intends to reduce the headcount at the business. up to 500 jobs could be at risk according to joint statement from trade unions including gmb, community and unite the union.they said discussions with the chinese industrial firm had been "extremely challenging", but acknowledged that "if the business is to survive, change is required". so we‘re focusing on waste at supermarkets today — we‘ve been talking about plastic use — but you‘ve been looking at overall food waste. well according to the recycling charity wrap the amount of food we are wasting per person has fallen by 7% over the last three years. it claims reducing food waste has also saved people more than £1 billion a year in total compared to 2015.its report also shows that households and businesses are now tackling the problem at an accelerated rate.

helen white is from the recycling charity. what methodology did used to come to this that i? it is a really interesting way that we used to come to this figure. we get lots of different audit data, we crunch the numbers and then we come up with these estimates. what it has shown is that household waste, so the stuff that arises from our homes for the likes of you and me, is now 6.6 million tonnes per year. that is a 400,000 tonne reduction, which is about eight albert hall is‘s worth. so we are making really good progress, but there is a lot more to do. where do we need to work hard when reducing waste further? what types of products do we have far too much of and should just —— we just leave to what in the cupboard? welt 70% of household food waste actually comes from our homes, so it is from households, so there is a lot that

we can do to get waist down. in most wasted product in the uk is actually the humble potato. we waste 710,000 tonnes of potatoes every single year. so some things that we could do to get that number down is maybe not by as many as if we don‘t get through them in time, or certainly do things like making better use of our freezes at home, so you might wa nt to our freezes at home, so you might want to mash them and then pop them into the freezer so you have them for another day. do you think the rise in apps that alert people to food that is available down the road have helped in this production? so there is a lot going on, certainly better awareness of food waste and better awareness of food waste and better awareness of the campaigns, apps like this. indeed, the other day i saw in our village somebody had said that they had a sourdough loaf that they weren‘t going to get through and my husband went round and got it. so there is loads of activity going on and those are exactly the kind of tools and resources we can use to reduce home

waste. thank you very much. i can't believe that about potatoes. i never have enough in my house. travel industries are exposed to the coronavirus and effects of that. share prices have fallen, and also with just eat as it share prices have fallen, and also withjust eat as it has been investigated. but it has clawed back some of their share prices. time for a it has been overly quiet, if not cloudy week of weather. a stewardess

had a chance to see sunshine earlier on, but this was exeter. a lot of cloud, some mist and might and that has been the story for many of us. you can see yorke sitting in his lovely hole in the class, so it‘s a lovely hole in the class, so it‘s a lovely sunshine here. some sunshine across the channel islands as well, that generally speaking a lot of cloud to close out the day with the odd spot of drizzle. some slightly more meaningful rain across western parts of scotland. through this evening and overnight, there is at rates will drift north through the scotland. some brakes potentially pushing into parts of england, which could allow for the odd touch of frost or maybe the odd frog patch. for most of us, we will stay frost—free with temperatures of 7 degrees. we will start the weekend with the high pressurejust degrees. we will start the weekend with the high pressure just about in charge, but this is where the front will eventually change things when the north—west. as we start off the weekend, a mixture of cloud, whole

fog and the odd bit ofjizz all around, particularly in the north—west of scotland. this band of patchy rain will arrive later in the day and the winds will start to pick up, day and the winds will start to pick helping day and the winds will start to pick up, helping to break up the cloud and 80 places. may the north of england and the north—east of scotla nd england and the north—east of scotland seeing a bit of sunshine, temperatures between eight and 10 degrees. as we move into the second half they return, we see this frontal system pushing south—east, bringing rain. behind it, a change in the appeal of the weather. we are going to get into some significantly colder air, so sunday will probably be the wetter day the weekend for most. these outbreaks of rain will be staggering is close, some of the rain on the heavy side. i that, murky and drizzly. behind it, quite a windy day, and ahead of doing bad as well. temperatures coming down from the north—west may be just five or6 from the north—west may be just five or 6 degrees in the north—west of scotland, but still up to ten or 11 degrees in parts of the south—east. three sunday night, we are watching this weather feature here closely because across the northern half of the uk it has the potential to bring

snow, even on fairly low levels, and may be some icy conditions as well. whether staying tuned to the forecast if you are travelling early on monday morning. the start of next week will be colder, with sunshine and showers and windy.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. today at 4pm... chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus death toll has climbed to 26 people — as the city of wuhan remains effectively locked down. here, the government emergency committee, cobra, meets to discuss its reaction to the virus. 14 people in the uk tested for the virus have come back as negative. a coroner says the death of this baby at a maternity unit in kent was ‘wholly avoidable‘. the parents of harry richford hope they can now move forward. words cannot do itjustice but 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. thousands march in anti—american protests in baghdad —

demanding us forces leave iraq. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane. ben stokes in a set to with a cricket fan in south africa? yes, thatis cricket fan in south africa? yes, that is what it looks like. ben stokes could be in trouble after appearing to verbally abuse a fan in johannesburg as he walked off the pitch. johannesburg as he walked off the pitch. ben rich has all the weather. there are changes in the forecast this weekend. we start off with cloud, mystical merck and little but by the end of the week and we will see more meaningful rain and it will start to turn colder. all the details on all the the way. thanks, ben. also coming up — find out why this derbyshire high street has been voted britain‘s best. that‘s coming up on news nationwide.

this hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. within the last hour, it‘s been announced that all 14 people tested for coronavirus so far in the uk have been shown to be negative. but there are tests on some other people still being processed.the government‘s cobra emergency committee has met to discuss the outbreak. the virus originates in china, china where 26 people have died so far and hundreds more have been infected. people are being stopped from leaving the city of wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, and there are also severe travel restrictions in several other cities. but cases of the virus have already been reported in neighbouring countries such as japan, thailand, south korea and singapore, as well as the united states. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing. the chinese government is throwing massive resources into finding this virus. it seems it has learned the lessons

of 2002 when a cover—up of the sars outbreak led to more than 600 deaths. this time the information is flowing much more freely as it takes ever more drastic steps. you can‘t move around china at the moment without being aware of this crisis. health screening is in place and transport hubs across the country. public celebrations marking the lunar new year are being cancelled and the inconveniences in considerable. most people are welcoming decisive action from the government. china is a very strong country. it can definitely control the virus. also, a vaccine will be developed. wea re very confident. i think this thing will almost certainly go away in the near future, like sars in 2003. now the government's job is to prevent the spread. i think it will disappear by itself. in wuhan where the outbreak

started hospitals are stretched to the limit. the stress on the system is starting to take its toll. i have a fever and a cop so i‘m worried i am infected. i don‘t know the results yet but i am concerned. i am a bit nervous i have the virus. wuhan is a very large city with a large population. the medical capacity of wuhan alone cannot withstand the outbreak of the virus. it needs the support of the whole country. the chinese government has released footage of a new quarantine facility under construction at a frantic pace. they say it will be used to cope with an ever—growing number of patients infected with the coronavirus. china‘s new year‘s eve is much more quiet this year than it normally would be. in most cities there are very few people on the street. it seems a lot of people don‘t want to leave their homes for fear of catching the coronavirus. instead of a mood of celebration, it is one of trepidation.

many are wondering just how bad this problem is going to become. the potentially deadly coronavirus is thought to have spread from animals into humans at a live produce market in wuhan. officials have all but locked down the city to try and slow the disease spreading. if we all work as one we can contain the virus in wuhan and export no more cases from here. we can stop the virus from spreading nationwide. for many, the chinese new year is pretty bleak. if they can get through it without them or their loved ones falling ill, they will be pretty happy. i think that chinese officials are very aware they owe it to the rest of the world to keep the situation under control. medical teams here have mapped

the sequence of the virus, sent that information to teams in other countries so they can effectively test people there. the world health organization has said it fully understands why china is effectively locking down the cities as it tries to stop this problem from becoming much more worse than it already is. breaking news. officials here in the uk are going to try and trace 2000 visitors who have flown into the country from wuhan over the last two weeks. the aim is to try and find these people who have then flown on to other destinations and attempt to check on the health of others in case they may be carrying or exhibiting signs of the coronavirus. let‘s talk now to melanie saville, director of vaccine research and development at the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations. thanks for coming in. how helpful is it that we know that the coronavirus is part of that family when you want to be thinking about developing a

vaccine? it is actually very important because what we can do in terms of developing a vaccine is built on what is known from the sars virus. in the past when sars came along, many researchers tried to look to find a vaccine and some vaccines were developed and so a lot was known about sars and we can certainly use that as a good starting point to develop a vaccine against this new coronavirus. bearing in mind, you are talking to those of us who are not familiar with this process. what do you have to do in simple terms to get from knowing what the viruses to having a vaccine you can roll out? the starting point is the sequence of the virus. knowing exactly what the genetic code is. and the approach thatis genetic code is. and the approach that is being taken is using a rapid response platform. a platform where you can put in that sequence and grow up the vaccine and develop it

and start testing it in humans. when you say a rapid response platform, is that all lab work? it is all related to lab work. classically, classical vaccines take a long time to develop but new, more innovative technology in terms of a rapid response platform can cut that time down significantly to develop the vaccine by 25:75" work you vaccine by the laboratory work you do. how long are we talking from start to finish in the development ofa start to finish in the development of a vaccine to it being available ona of a vaccine to it being available on a mass scale? vaccines take a long time to develop but the advantage of using a rapid response platform is that we can potentially cut down their work needed in terms of the time considerably. so we would be aiming with these platforms to get from a sequence to doing all of the development work to at least getting to first testing into humans

evenin getting to first testing into humans even in as little as 16 weeks. how much of an international effort is needed? it is a global effort. the world health organization is coordinating the effort and the coalition is focusing on vaccine development. but we are f‘" all gthe; nkld given