this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm... the number of people who have died due to the coronavirus rises to 26 and a travel restrictions are imposed across some cities. here, officials say they want to trace 2000 people who've flown into the uk from china in the last fortnight. the parents of a week old baby who died at a hospital trust in kent call for an inquiry after a coroner rules his death was wholly avoidable. words cannot 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. harry dunn's family say they'll

continue their fight after the us refuses to extradite the woman accused of causing his death. she will come back. i don't care how long it takes. justice for harry. it will not waver, our determination is probably stronger now than it was before. if that is even possible. more than 200 private patients of a suspended surgeon who worked for spire healthcare are recalled. and i knew is what we look at the output of bbc trending. in—depth report or click bait about cats and celebrities? joiners at 7:45pm. —— join us.

good evening. authorites are trying to trace 2000 people who have flown from wuhan in china into the uk in the past fortnight. it comes as the chief medical officer says that 14 people who've already been tested in the uk for coronavirus have been given the all clear. in china, travel restrictions have been widened as the death toll climbed to 26 and hundreds more were infected. people are being stopped from leaving the city of wuhan, where the virus originated, and there are also severe travel restrictions in several other cities. cases of the virus have been reported in neighbouring countries such as japan, thailand, south korea and singapore and two confirmed cases in the united states. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand—new hospital. the extraordinary pace of building —

a sign of how seriously china is taking the threat from the new coronavirus. the prefabricated building will have 1000 beds. it is urgently needed because hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed with potential cases. the symptoms include cough, fever and breathing problems. a dozen cities have now been quarantined, affecting more than 30 million people. as you see, nobody here, it is absolutely empty. this should be the busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one in wuhan is deserted. in downing street, borisjohnson hosted a reception to mark chinese new year. the government's emergency cobra committee also met to discuss the risk to the uk, which is considered low. we think that there's a fair chance we may get some cases over time.

of course, this depends on whether this continues for a long time, but i think we should definitely see this as a marathon, not a sprint. there are still some key unknowns about this virus. how contagious is it? early case reports from china suggest people with no symptoms may be able to spread the virus. how deadly is it? so far, around one in four confirmed cases is severe, and most of those recover. it seems less deadly than sars, which killed nearly 800 people worldwide. and what is the source? we're confident the virus jumped from animals to humans, but until the source is pinpointed — perhaps bats or snakes — there is a risk of completely new infections. this is the first image of the coronavirus. work is already under way to develop a vaccine. we can, potentially, move from years to up to 16 weeks

to get a vaccine developed and for very early clinical testing, as long as all goes well. for now, the world can only wait and see what impact china's control measures will have on the spread of this virus. fergus walsh, bbc news. josepjansa is the principal expert emergency preparedness and response for the european centre for disease prevention and control. great to have you with us. clearly the focus of attention is a wuhan and surrounding areas. but this is and surrounding areas. but this is an area of concern for europe as well. yes. this is a big area and there are flights back and forth, evenif there are flights back and forth, even if now the airports are being closed. this is for concern for the eu and for all over the world. how likely is it that you think we are

going to get confirmed cases over the coming days and weeks here in europe? i think this is quite likely, especially from what has already been said. this is a particular time of the year where lots of people, millions of people, are travelling back and forth to china. therefore, the likelihood of some cases being seen in eu countries has to be considered high. in terms of what governments in europe should be doing, we have seen here in the uk are government meeting and talking about contingency plans and what to do it airports. what is the right approach? i think those measures that have already been taken and what we call the preparedness plans, how much we prepare in terms of the measures to try to contain as much as possible, the potential spread of that virus, are hygienic measures,

some screenings in the airports, and also avoiding some contact with individuals that are coughing, or with respiratory diseases. i think those general measures make sense. and as far as things are moving forward , and as far as things are moving forward, the measures will be more specific also in parallel with the improvement of the knowledge of the ways of transmission, the likelihood of the virus to be transmitted from person to person, which is already there. but we still do not know the intensity or the exact mechanism of transmission. on that issue of trying to get greater knowledge of the virus, what is it that scientists will be trying with urgency to do now? they are working against the clock about the potential beginning of the outbreak, the measures, the origin, how it has

been transmitted the first cases, how the first generation of cases, the second generation of cases. there are a lot of groups of scientists investigating that and i think that very soon we will start seeing the results as are some papers have already been published. how important is cooperation and communication between countries at this stage? this is an essential point. it is not only the communication itself but how do we communicate. what kind of messages do we pass and how we manage the balance between the normal preoccupation and the normal line between this population in the situation and the politicians and the real threat itself. so it has to be to find the point, the right point, you know, to pass the message

that can help to prevent and to take a proper control and not to unnecessarily alarm when we still do not know exactly what is the impact of that epidemic. emulator that the search for balance, i do not know that in stockholm where you are, but we have had some quite lurid headlines here that may cause people to be worried. what do you think the tone should be for people in europe at the moment about the level of concern they should have? this is a very good point. i think the level of concern is that within the eu, we do not expect, and i am honest on that, i am do not expect, and i am honest on that, iam notjust do not expect, and i am honest on that, i am notjust passing a messagejust to, the population, is that it messagejust to, the population, is thatitis messagejust to, the population, is that it is of concern, but i think it is quite unlikely that there is highly widespread. we will see some cases, some transmission, but again it, in most of the eu countries, if

not all, there are measures in place, hospitals infrastructure to contain atan place, hospitals infrastructure to contain at an early stage, so i think that even if some cases identified in the coming days, we need to take that as it is, some cases and not as a big issue that we do not know how to deal with. ok, thank you very much indeed for sharing your thoughts with us. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are writer and broadcaster mihir bose and ruth lea an economic adviser for arbuthnot banking. a coronor has ruled that the death of a baby boy a week after he was delivered at a hospital in kent was wholly avoidable. harry richford died at the queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital in margate in 2017. the trust say they wholeheartedly apologise for the failings in harry's care.

it comes after the bbc revealed yesterday that there have been at least seven preventable baby deaths at the east kent nhs trust. with more, here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. a warning his report contains flashing images. we didn't get to hold harry until the day that he died. i'm so glad we got to spend those seven days with him and see him. it means he was a real, living human being for those seven days, and that means everything to us. tom and sarah should have their toddler son buzzing around them on their see sidewalk, but a catalogue of maternity —— seaside walk. but a catalogue of maternity failures are robbed at the young couple of harry within days of his birth. if harry had brain damage similar to what he had when he died, and he was under my care during those seven days, i would be held accountable for that, but nobody has at the hospital.

it all went wrong in this maternity unit, over a two hour period one november night. first, a locum doctor, described as "out of his depth", delayed delivering the baby. the coroner said he should have never been in charge that evening. he never had his cv checked by a consultant, as was the process. it doesn't feel like a very safe culture or a safe environment, if that's the case. harry was born pale and floppy, but he would've survived and been healthy if a paediatrician hadn't failed for 28 minutes to properly resuscitate him. everyone in theatre was panicking. the anaesthetist came up to me and said to me "i'm going to put you under general anaesthetic", and i was glad that he was going to do that, because i didn't want to be in that room any more. i've had to live with that for a long time, because it meant that tom had to the room, having seen harry be resuscitated, because it was not a nice atmosphere to be in, and it was panicked. it didn't feel like anybody was really in control. gravely ill, harry was transferred

to a nearby intensive care unit, but he never recovered, and his parents were advised to turn off his life support system. it is the worst week in our life, in some respect, because you don't want to make that decision for your baby, but at the same time, you don't want your baby to grow up not having a good quality of life. east kent hospital's trust today apologised for the care that was provided. they didn't address, however, why they initially recorded harry's death as expected, and had refused for months to tell the coroner of his case. both decisions would have meant they faced less scrutiny over the care they had provided, but they didn't account for the determination of harry's family to get to the truth. now personally vindicated, their focus today was to ensure other families don't suffer as they have. we don't want this to be like all other prior cases, which we heard about yesterday when the news broke, there were a number of cases which the bbc investigated and they found out all of those cases, had they learned from those cases, we wouldn't be stood

here today, because harry would still be alive and well. over 200 private patients of a suspended surgeon have been asked to return to hospital over concerns about the operations he performed. spire healthcare suspended habib rahman injanuary last year and withdrew his operating permissions in may whilst a review was carried out. the patients identified were ones who had had shoulder operations. they have been invited to see an independent specialist to ensure their care has been as expected. none of mr rahman's nhs patients have been recalled. the uk's second—largest union has backed rebecca long bailey to be the leader of the labour party. unite's general secretary len mccluskey announced that it would endorse the shadow business secretary, as well as richard burgon for deputy leader. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster for us. tell us more. this is quite important. the backing of unions is

more important than it has ever been in this particular leadership race and that is because there is a requirement to be able to get onto the final ballot that goes out to members to registered supporters. each candidate needs to get the backing from either enough unions are enough constituency labour parties to get them on that ballot. rebecca long—bailey getting the backing of unite pretty much guarantees that she is going to get onto that ballot along with lisa and andy who has already reached the required level and keir starmer who has already reached the required number. rebecca long—bailey getting the endorsement from unite is not really a surprise because she was widely expected to win it. unite's general secretary, len mccluskey, has been what corbyn's most vocal supporters and a rebecca long—bailey has been seen as the person who has the politics was close to mr corbyn. she has rejected this idea that she isa she has rejected this idea that she is a continuity corbynite.

rebecca long— bailey rebecca long—bailey is notjeremy corbyn. she is a different type of individual. she has her own visions. she was incredibly good in there. i have to say, by the way, that the contributions of all the candidates, both in terms of the leadership and the deputy leadership, was of the highest quality. it makes me very proud to know that we have such tale nt proud to know that we have such talent in the labour party, but rebecca long— bailey's talent in the labour party, but rebecca long—bailey's was very insightful, she gave a detailed account of how she would try to win back the trust of the british people and it certainly captured the views of my executives. it was overwhelming that we should support rebecca long— bailey. support rebecca long-bailey. len mccluskey there. clearly as your expert and, in terms of numbers to get yourself on the ballot, it is important to have union backing, how significant is it going forward in the contest? union members at vote in the final ballot as well, and now

you have weight, which is one of the largest unions in country and it will be recommending rebecca long—bailey to their members a —— unite. it is worth mentioning emily thornberry. she has no union backing so thornberry. she has no union backing so far, so she will have to rely on a —— below only different route if she is going to get onto that ballot. she will have to get labour constituency parties to back and thatis constituency parties to back and that is a tall order, she only has the at the moment. not impossible, but definitely a big ask. they have until february to get other requirements to make contact and expel it. we will not know until the final choice of leaders made early april. the timekeeping passed a quarter past seven. the headlines. chinese authorities confirmed that the corona death toll has climbed to 26 people. here officials tried to trace a 2000 and who had travelled

to the uk from third make the last fortnight. a coroner has said that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent was wholly avoidable. and harry done's family say they will continue their fight for justice after the us say they will continue their fight forjustice after the us rejected an extradition request by the women accused of causing his death. day four of donald trump's impeachment trial in the us senate has begun. democrat prosecutors argue that the president should be removed from office for abuse of power and for obstructing congress. they say he's used foreign policy for his own personal, political gain. trump has dismissed the trial as boring. gary 0'donoghue is in washington. what has been happening today? they are aboutan what has been happening today? they are about an hour or an narrowing quarter into their case. dashing into this day's section of the case.

they are focusing on the abuse of congress. they are going over a lot of detail they have already done in terms of the actual accusations around what was done to ukraine. but they are putting it in the light, if you like, of that second article. singh, there are all sorts of issues around not getting documents, not gating the preventers are telling us more of the story —— saying. tomorrow, the president has ‘s defence team will get their chance to begin at their chance to begin another 2a hours of putting their case at any tomorrow morning. not entirely sure that they will use all the time, if i was a betting man. on that point of them sitting tomorrow, that point of them sitting tomorrow, thatis that point of them sitting tomorrow, that is unusual for senators to be called in on a saturday. the conditions all round all of this are quite unusual. it is suggested some of the senators are breaking the rules. yes, some of them seem to be getting worse, some chatting going on. if your mother, they're not

allowed to talk, on pain of impediment. —— if you remember. —— on pain of imprisonment. they are not allowed to get up and walk around, some of them are doing that. 0ne around, some of them are doing that. one was even seen around, some of them are doing that. one was even seen reading a bit yesterday. her excuse from that is that she is a mother and can multitask. that was her response when she was asked about that. all sorts of fidgeting going on, particularly on the republican side. i think particularly on the republican side. ithinka particularly on the republican side. i think a lot of that is designed to say, we have heard all this before, you're being repetitive, you're wasting your time, let's get on with it. fidgeting senators, donald trump to scraping it himself as boring —— describing it himself is boring. how much interest is there in the minutiae of the trail itself? they are getting shut down their throat, thatis are getting shut down their throat, that is for sure. in newspapers and on television. it is all over social media, of course. —— getting shoved down their throat. there are just over half the people who believe

that the president should be removed from office as a result of this and that have very interested in this trial, no question about that. and we are in an election year, so both sides have a sort of heightened awareness of what is happening on the political stage. democrats believing that this could help them, come november. and it being a bit of a rallying cry for the present‘s supporters, saying that they are out to get him again, how to get him ever since he declared his candidacy for the republican nomination —— the president buzz ‘s supporters. and we need to use it as a motivational pitch to make sure that i turn out in november. thank you very much indeed. a reminder that you can follow president trumper‘s impeachment trial of my bunny bbc news website —— present trump's trial on the bbc news website. donald trump addressed america's biggest annual anti abortion rally, where he was hailed by campaigners as the "most

pro life president in history". standing just blocks from congress, where senators are sitting in judgment at his impeachment trial, the us president said, "every child is a precious and sacred gift from god." the planned parenthood action fund, which supports abortion rights, described trump's administration as carrying out "a full out assault on our health and our rights". from the first day in office, i have taken a historic action to support america's families and to protect the unborn. cheering. and during my first week in office, reinstated and expanded the mexico city policy and we issued a landmark pro—life rule to govern the use of title ten taxpayer funding. donald trump there. ijust want donald trump there. i just want to bring in some breaking news, an

update on the corona virus. clearly the focus of a love that has been china, but what is interesting is how that is potentially going to spread. we arejust how that is potentially going to spread. we are just hearing that france has declared their second case. this time around paris, the first case was in bordeaux. clearly, european countries, as we were hearing from a guest in stockholm earlier, taking a keen interest in all of this. france now declaring its second case of the coronavirus. hs2 is behind schedule and over budget because it's risk and complexity we re underestimated from the start according to the government's spending watchdog. the national audit office says neither the department for transport nor hs2 limited allowed for significant increases in the cost of the project which became clear when plans became more detailed and issues such as poor ground conditions emerged. a leaked review this week said it could be over a hundred billion pounds tens of billions more than original estimate.

the former deputy first minister of northern ireland, seamus mallon, has died at the age of 83. he was one of the most influential figures in the peace process and was the first person to hold the post of deputy first minister in the power sharing devolved government set up after the good friday agreement. joseph mccann who's been described as one of the country's most dangerous sex offenders was jailed last month for at least 30 years for kidnapping and raping women and children last summer. after he was caught, it emerged that when he attacked them he should have still been in prison serving time for previous violent offences but he had been released by mistake. now the first of his victims to speak publicly has told the bbc that she has never received an official apology and she believes senior figures should be held to account for probation failings. she's been speaking to our home affairs correspondent, june kelly.

held captive in this car is the first of the women joseph mccann kidnapped and raped. in the fortnight that followed, he targeted another ten victims. the youngest, boy of 11. the eldest, a woman of 71 who has now spoken to us. he said, "i've got a knife. "i've killed somebody this morning". like all rape victims, she has anonymity, but in this first interview by any of mccann's victims, she describes how he abducted her as she got into her car. i shouted "get out of my car!", and he punched me in the face and he said "i'm sorry, i'm sorry", and he shouted at me, "i wouldn't want to do that, i've got a grandma." mccann was already wanted for attacks in watford, london in lancashire when he turned up at this supermarket in greater manchester, hunting for his next victim. and it was in the car park that he punched and abducted the grandmother. he forced her to drive onto the motorway.

she was kept a prisoner in her own car for four and half hours. mccann stopped the car and raped her. he also kidnapped a 13—year—old girl off the street, forced her into the car with them and sexually assaulted her. the older victim took her chance when mccann fell asleep. she pulled off into a service station. i was working out all the time i was driving, how am i going to get out of this situation? and i knew i wouldn't outrun him, and i knew i had to get to where there would be a lot of people. so i drove right up to a group of people, just got out and ran towards them and said i've been abducted. the little girl got out as well, and he ran after me and wrenched the keys out of my hand and drove off in the car. joseph mccann was eventually found hours later, hiding up a tree. it emerged, that at the time he was roaming around the country raping women and children, he should've been in prison.

a man with a history of violence, he had wrongly released. joseph mccann's case represents a catastrophic failure by the criminaljustice system. but this victim says there's one thing she hasn't received. have you ever had an apology? i've never had an apology. it would've been nice to have had something a bit more personal, i think. for somebody to come and see me or send a letter or something, just something that recognises the victims, really, isuppose, yeah. hello? following mccann's mistaken release, two probation staff were sacked, one demoted. but all those who suffered at the hands of mccann have paid the price for a system in crisis, according to this victim. it's always the front—line workers who get disciplined, and that probation office was understaffed, it had low morale, and that was because of the changes that have been brought in by grayling. that's chris grayling ? chris grayling.

who brought... who privatised part of the probation service, and i think people who made those decisions at high levels should be brought to account. in response, chris grayling, the formerjustice secretary, who was responsible for the part privatisation stressed that mccann was under the supervision of the national probation service, which remained in the public sector, and wasn't part of any privatisation programme. he said the problems in this case were down to the operational failure of a small number of staff. when it comes to the lack of an apology, the ministry ofjustice says it recently began making contact with the victims. i'm doing this interview because i know a lot of the victims are not in any state to do it. fortunately, i am. i'm older. i've had a good life, and i'm not letting it ruin my life. they are all young women and children, they have got that for the rest of their lives.

june kelly reporting. we will see a gradual shift to more u nsettled we will see a gradual shift to more unsettled weather as we move through this weekend. 0vernight unsettled weather as we move through this weekend. overnight in it, we will hold onto plenty of cloud, mist and hills thug as well. there will be one to spots of rain or drizzle where cloud are thick enough. perhaps some feeding into the early hours into the south. it could turn chilly here. elsewhere, it looks like a fast free night. tomorrow, not a great deal of change —— a frost—free night. some mist and hill thug could beef slow to clear and potentially some shares are wetter areas, a breezy day. temperature setting at around nine celsius. the rain in the north pushes its way south east has been most recently, bringing a spell of wet and windy weather. brightening up behind it, for northern ireland and western parts of scotland, with some sunshine and one or two showers, it will turn noticeably cooler here. temperature sitting in the

mid—single figures. holding onto double figures in the south—east.

hello, you are watching bbc news with me rachel schofield, here are oui’ with me rachel schofield, here are our top stories. chinese authorities confirmed that the corona death toll has climbed to 26 people. tonight, france has confirmed two cases there. meanwhile, here officials are trying to trace 2000 visitors who have flown to the uk from wuhan in the last fortnight. a coroner has said that the death of a baby at a hospital in kent in 2017 was wholly avoidable. harry dunn because my family say they will continue theirfight because my family say they will continue their fight for justice after the us rejected an extradition request for the woman accused of causing his death. she will come back, i don't care how long it takes, ourfight will come back, i don't care how long it takes, our fight forjustice for harry will not waiver, you know,

oui’ for harry will not waiver, you know, our determination is probably, if anything, stronger now than it was before. if that's even possible. uk's second largest union, unite, has backed her back along bailey to be the leader of the labour party. tesco has removed the plastic wrap from its multi pack tends in an effort to reduce plastic. well, let's return to one of our top stories, the foreign secretary dominic raab has accused the us government of a denial ofjustice. after it refused an extradition request for the woman accused of killing teenage motorcyclist, harry done. the 19—year—old died in august after a collision with a car driven by an sacoolas. the wife of a us intelligence officer. after the accident, she left britain for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. duncan kennedy's report contained some flash photography.

it was last august harry dunn died here, and today the scene was still framed by the caring tributes of those who loved him. anne sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day, is the american woman who's been charged with causing harry's death by dangerous driving. there was no sign of her today at this house in washington dc, where she was living. she flew to america after the accident, claiming diplomatic immunity. this afternoon, harry's family gathered to give their reaction to the news that the american government has now refused to extradite mrs sacoolas to britain — a decision harry's mum says is difficult to believe or accept. what does this do to your fight to get anne sacoolas back? just gives us more determination to carry on. it's just another hurdle. we've come across lots of them since the 11th of october and it's just another one that we will get over, eventually. this is just a setback, not the end? absolutely. it certainly is. it won't be the end, it never will be the end, we're not going anywhere.

the decision to block the extradition was taken at the highest level, with mike pompeo, the secretary of state, formally telling the british government. the americans insist mrs sacoolas was covered by diplomatic immunity at the time of the accident. 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. tonight, the dunns' local mp, business secretary andrea leadsom, met the family and said they had the full support of boris johnson in their fight. the prime minister is very much on the side of the family in their desire to see justice done for harry and all of us in government are working towards that end. harry dunn's family have already started a series of protests outside the raf croughton, the american base anne sacoolas left moments before the accident.

the family say they have set aside their grieving in order to garner support for their cause — one, they say, that will not be silenced. duncan kennedy, bbc news, northamptonshire. the metropolitan police is to start using facial recognition cameras on london's streets. they will be operating for 5—6 hours at a time to identify suspects wanted for a serious and violent crimes. police say the cameras correctly identify 70% of suspects. privacy campaigners maintain they are a threat to civil liberties. thousands of people have marched on the streets of baghdad to demand that all us troops be expeued demand that all us troops be expelled from iraq. temp in the neck tensions have been heightened by the american ‘s militaries and assassination of the armenian general of sola money in baghdad. the march was called for by the influential scheer cleric, and

received support from iraqi scheer militia groups. the prince of wales has called for unity and tolerance amongst different faiths on his first formal visit to the occupied palestinian territories. during a speech in bethlehem, prince charles said he would pray for a just and lasting peace in the middle east. he's also held talks with the palestinian presence to the main president. 0ur royal correspondent, johnny dimon, has this report. a palestinian welcome for the prince. this is his first time setting foot in the occupied palestinian territories. he did not travel far, but it is a different a diplomatically delicate day started at the only mosque in the old city. charles, he wrote — once in english, then again, in arabic. after the mosque will come the church of the nativity, and it's the proximity of the two that brings charles here — part of his decades—long effort

to bring faiths together. inside the church, a first—hand of the struggle of christians in the middle east. we are doing our best to survive, to fight against every difficulty at this situation. more meetings, more greetings, and a time to express his concern for the challenges palestinians face. the prince and the spoke for a0 minutes. he spoke directly to the situation of the palestinians under israeli occupation. it is my dearest wish that the future will bring freedom, justice and equality to all palestinians will stop enabling you to thrive and to prosper. and on this first official visit to the region, a personal moment. a visit to his

grandmother's grave, princess alice asked to be buried at the mount of olives overlooking the holy city. to date, prince charles paid his respects. jonny dymond, bbc news, bethlehem. you are watching bbc news. multipack tends are a staple of most supermarket shopping, and it does mean you save a bit of money. but multipack some wrapped in plastic, and that is doing nothing to save the planet. now, tesco is to ditch all its plastic wrapping from multipack tends in an effort to eliminate an estimated 67 million pieces of plastic in the uk every year. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. multipacks — we love ‘em. buy more, save more, from baked beans and tinned tomatoes to pasta, tuna and soups. they're a big seller — we buy more than 200 million multipacks a year at our main supermarkets alone. tesco is now getting rid of this wrapping from every single tin, saving 350 tonnes of plastic waste a year.

it will require you and i to change the way we shop, because we've got used to the convenience of picking one six—pack of tuna, and now we'll have to pick up the number of tins that we want. same tuna, same value, but with no plastic. goodidea? very good idea. i really do get upset about the amount of plastic i take home. when it's as bad as that, that isjust ridiculous. it's useful when you're grabbing it, i've only got to grab one thing instead of three. but yes, it does annoy me and i suppose it's bad for the planet as well. it takes the whole supply chain for a change on this scale to happen. this is europe's largest food factory. heinz here in wigan churns out a billion tins a year, many wrapped in this non—recyclable plastic film. making the move with tesco will obviously help ensure that we are having those conversations with other retailers and that we open the doors to the possibility of eliminating shrink—wrap from all of our multipacks. getting rid of all this plastic wrapping seems such

an obvious thing to do. of course, it's just a tiny fraction of the plastic that still ends up in our shopping trolleys. but the pressure is now on to remove it. this is an easy place to start. it will happen from march, another step by our supermarkets in ditching the plastic we don't need. emma simpson, bbc news. robots could soon be taking care of more patients at the biggest hospital in western england. south meet in bristol is already thought to use the most robotics in the nhs, and now it is teaming up with the bristol robotics laboratory at the university of the west of england. matthew hale went to see how they work. those tablets should be taken on an empty stomach. meat pepper, the latest in a line of robots designed at the university of the west of england. pepper is programmed to make sure patients are taking the

right medication. with an ageing population, the gap between the care required and the carers available, it's going to get wider and wider. so that's why academics here are looking to intelligent robots like pepper, working alongside smart sensors in people's homes, even social robots to try to fill that ca re social robots to try to fill that care gap. hi, it's tim from south meet hospital, how are you today? surgeons here are now working with people on a mobile two way video screen to allow doctors to communicate with patients who have just been discharged. technology like this may allow us to monitor patients, to do some of the observational tasks. you can say some of the more mundane and menial tasks, which allows doctors, nurses, health care assistance to get on with doing what they really do well. these prototypes cost millions, and could take years before affordable technology like this can help patients live independent lives.

syste m patients live independent lives. system like this means that if you wa nt system like this means that if you want to get up and go to the toilet out want to get up and go to the toilet our practice standing and sitting four or five times a day, you are not having to wait. they have teamed up not having to wait. they have teamed up with south meet hospital to pioneer robotics in the health and ca re pioneer robotics in the health and care setting. the hospital was already ahead of the field in this area. it was designed with robots in mind, witha area. it was designed with robots in mind, with a fleet of 12 automatic guided vehicles. when it comes to surgery, guided vehicles. when it comes to surgery, it's a european leader in the use of robots to help surgeons remove prostate cancer in a minimally invasive way. the medication drawer has been open. this unique partnership between doctors and robotic engineers could also be setting the scene for how patients are cared for around the world. matthew hill, bbc news. cricket now, on the first day of the fourth test, england are 192 for fourth test, england are 192 for four against south africa in johannesburg. ben stokes was the

last week it with the england all around getting involved in expo expletive attack on someone in the crowd. joe wilson reports. 6000 feet above sea level injohannesburg, england were making good progress. through zach crowley and then don sibley. england in fact got past 100 ru ns sibley. england in fact got past 100 runs without losing a wicket. then the collapse came. a series of wickets fell, a series of wickets fell, a series of catches were taken... both openers gone, and then joe denly followed. now this time, ben stokes could not assist. he was dismissed forjust two. naturally, he would be disappointed. but after these pictures, the television coverage next showed him aggressively addressing someone in the crowd. we've bleeped out the worst of the language. now, that footage inevitably sped through social media as at the sports personality of the year

sat on the dressing room balcony. stokes knows how attention follows him. he also knows the behaviour expected of him. well, england closed the day 192—a. joe root and ollie pope survived. there is nowhere to hide in a test match and the cameras capture every emotion, as ben stokes is aware. and you can see him with the fans at the close of play here — a different interaction, all part of the same man. joe wilson, bbc news. staying with sports, japan ‘s air force are practising sky rating the 0lympic rings ahead of the tokyo games. it's six months to the day until the opening ceremony, the torch will be at the 0lympia site in greece on march the 12th. arriving injapan on the 20th. i will be back with you at eight, but now it is time for news watch, this week we ask if some stories on bbc online are ask if some stories on bbc online a re really ask if some stories on bbc online

are really news? hello and welcome to news watch with me some year are coming up on the programme, budget cuts bite at bbc news, why had the victoria derbyshire shall be the first to get the axe? and we look at the output of bbc trending will stop in—depth reports about social media, orjust click page about cats and celebrities. first, prospective candidates to be the next director general of the bbc will have a daunting pitch for the job after lord hall announced this week that he would be leaving in the summer. 0ne he would be leaving in the summer. one of the many challenges is how the corporation should deal with the declining income from licence fee revenues. the financial challenges ahead of making the over 75 to pay for their licence fees again, and the governments possible decriminalization of the refusal to pay that fee. it's been known