this is worklife from bbc news, with ben bland and david eades. travel bans and strict health surveillance measures: china counts the cost of the coronavirus outbeak. live from london, that's our top story on monday 27th of january.

china warns that coronavirus could spread more quickly as it imposes yet more travel restrictions. also in the programme... tributes are paid to one of basketball‘s biggest stars — kobe bryant — who's died in a helicopter crash. and what needs to be done to empower more female leaders? we hear from the women at the world economic forum in davos. and we'll be getting the inside track on how social media influencers are notjust having impact on our lives, but also our shopping habits. the head of a private school in england has called for more to be done to drive boys into female—dominated professions, such as nursing, to encourage gender equality. today we want to know whether you agree with this. let us know — just use

the hashtag #bbcworklife. hello and welcome to worklife. beijing is warning that the outbreak of the coronavirus in china could spread more quickly. the world's second—biggest economy is stepping up measures to tackle the outbreak — including suspending tour groups travelling overseas and domestically. entertainment and tourist venues have been closed — and bus services into and out of beijing have also been suspended. the city of wuhan is at the centre of the outbreak — and remains in lockdown. it's china's sixth—biggest city with a population of about 11 million. it's a hub for car and machinery makers as well as the metal industry — and accounts for about 1.6% of the country's entire economy. china's economy has already been slowing — mainly because of trade tensions. s&p global ratings estimates growth

could fall by around 1.2% if there is a 10% fall in consumer spending because of the virus outbreak. and that has got financial markets spooked — as you can see here the shanghai composite index started the year steadily but has seen something off a sell off over the last week as the virus outbreak has spread. joining us now is jill starley—grainger, who's the editor of jetsetjourneys.com. thank you forjoining us. thanks for having me. we don't know the extent of the coronavirus yet, but we can draw a comparison with cyrus in particular. a lack of transparency, poor communication. —— comparison with sars. is this easier this time and how does it affect the travel industry? unfortunately the beginning of the outbreak, obviously

china was not very transparent with it. now they are saying they think they have a ways to try to control it, but i'm not sure that that message is necessarily being believed throughout the industry. it is already causing some impact and of course everybody is having to change plans if they were going to wuhan. significantly many people are suddenly getting concerned about travelling to the entire region, china or neighbouring countries or even australia. it is already causing problems. the knock is huge and financially huge but i guess also, and we don't know when people are going to be able to say, ok, you have the all clear, but there is that continuous knock—on. it takes a long time for people to regain confidence. yes, and the bigger issue right now is that china is the number one market in the world for the travel industry, which is surprising because only 9% of chinese people actually have passports, but they are responsible for 21% of the revenue outside of

china within the travel industry. so this impact, because the chinese themselves, many are already under lockdown, because they can't travel, this will have an impact through the world. it will be both ways are. so, should we expect, frankly, some tour operators probably to fold? should we expect, frankly, some tour operators probably to fold ?|j should we expect, frankly, some tour operators probably to fold? i would think, based on what happened with sars, it caused a huge recession in hong kong immediately afterwards. many businesses went bankrupt. if this is not dealt with very quickly, i would not be surprised at all if there are some tour operators that close. some of the smaller ones you may be just don't have the cushioning. how crucial is the time? this is a crucial time with that lunar new year. within china itself it is massive. there's people within china and nearby, hong kong, taiwan, the places where they will be celebrating this, they are all already thinking, oh, maybe i shouldn't go and see friends and family in other countries are. many people have been cancelling flights

and lots of the companies are allowing them to do that. it is huge. if people are planning to go and visit china or flights and holidays booked, what is the situation in terms of getting refunds under their insurance? would it normally cover something like this? if you have insurance and you we re this? if you have insurance and you were meant to go to wuhan, then yes. in most cases you are insurance will cover it because obviously you would not have known about this before it happened. what most travel agents are doing is allowing people to either cancel or just are doing is allowing people to either cancel orjust re—route around the affected area. bearing in mind how large china is, being in beijing should not affect you going to the similararea. beijing should not affect you going to the similar area. it's a pretty grim picture will stop gill, thank you nonetheless. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the us commerce secretary is warning that washington could retaliate over eu plans to impose a carbon tax. wilbur ross says the trump administration could react with punitive tariffs on eu goods if it deems the measures to be "protectionist".

the imposition of the tax is a major priority for the new european commission led by president ursula von der leyen. turkish conglomerate cengiz says it's ready to bid for british steel if a sale to china'sjingye group falls through. the chinese firm announced a provisional deal to buy british steel in november and is seeking regulatory approval. but cengiz says it's "watching developments closely" — and is ready to make a bid for the whole of british steel. uk police are struggling to cope with a surge in fraud cases, according to an official report. it found that fraud now accounts for one crime in three — but that only one fraud in fifty is prosecuted. officials blame lack of adequate equipment for officers. us basketball legend kobe bryant and his daughter gianna are among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in california. he's been credited with helping spread the popularity of basketball in asia. sharanjit leyljoins

us now from our asia business hub. so much of the popularity and the growth of the sport there was down to kobe bryant and the personality that he brought to it. absolutely. his influence was truly international and his passing today is being mourned in asia as much as it is anywhere else in the world, including his native america. it was an almost household name in china, where he travelled to market with 90, one of his sponsors. hisjersey regularly tops the nba best sellers in china. he landed chinese and endorsement deals with giants like alibaba. as well as his incredible record on the court, a 20 year career with the los angeles lakers, five championship rings, he was

also an accomplished investor. he set up kobe inc with his first investment. coca—cola went on to invest it down i —— invest in it. he also set up a capitalfund i —— invest in it. he also set up a capital fund to invest in i —— invest in it. he also set up a capitalfund to invest in media technology, data firms. when he retired in 2016 with 680 million in total earnings, it was the highest total earnings, it was the highest total ever recorded by a team athlete during their playing career. kobe bryant truly a man of many talents he will be missed by sports fa ns talents he will be missed by sports fans everywhere. thank you very much. stocks tumbled on monday in asia as investors grew increasingly anxious about the economic impact of china's spreading virus outbreak. fears over the global economic impact of the deadly coronavirus sent oil prices plunging more than 2% to extend last week's sell—off. meanwhile safe—haven assets including the yen and gold rallied. most markets in asia, including

hong kong's hang seng and mainland china's shanghai composite, were closed for the chinese new year holiday but tokyo's nikkei 225 was open and moved lower. luxury brands and travel firms' shares among the worst hit. european markets taking their cue from asia, as you can see. all in the red. it is interesting, luxury brands and travel firm shares were among the worst hit. now to the us, where goldman sachs wants more women on the boards of the companies it helps float on the stock market. michelle fleury has more. starting july the 1st, goldman sachs won't help european or north american companies go public unless they have at least one diverse board director. the cause is a worthy one, numerous academic studies have shown that board diversity improves company performance. but how much credit does the wall street giant deserve? the initiative doesn't say what its plans are in asia, latin america or the

middle east. and in california, there's already a law on the books requiring public companies to have at least one woman director by the end of the year. it's not even the first financial firm to focus on diversity. in 2017, boston—based state street campaigned on this very issue, even commissioning the fearless girl statue that now stands outside the new york stock exchange. still, goldman is a major player in the global ipo market and its efforts could put pressure on others to follow suit. bit of a theme building here because we are going to look at some of the other newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is roni savage, founder and ceo ofjomas associates, an award winning engineering and environmental consultancy. good to have you here. again. just picking up on the importance of promoting women's opportunities within business, and we have got the rbs boss, alison

rose, putting £1 billion aside forfemale entrepreneurs. absolutely. it is so welcome she has done this. the reason she has done it is to try to create 50,000 new start—ups are focusing on female entrepreneurs, which is absolutely lacking. i don't know if you are aware of the alison rose review, which was government backed last year. alison did research on female entrepreneurs and it was found that by getting white female entrepreneurs in the uk it could potentially add £250 billion to the economy. i think this is most welcome that this £1 billion funding is being offered to female entrepreneurs to try to boost and add a bit more to the economy. it's add a bit more to the economy. it's a good step, a much needed step. we we re a good step, a much needed step. we were talking earlier about howjust a quarter of those attending the world economic forum in davos where women, vastly underrepresented. the only thing is, there will be some male entrepreneurs thinking, i want a slice of that, why can't i?

laughter that is expected. if you read the alison rose review, it demonstrates that only 1p of every pound of funding at the moment goes to a female entrepreneur. that is a tiny amount of money. the rest goes to the males and that will not stop. all this is doing is trying to boost the females who would normally not started their own businesses and try to give them a step up the ladder. men are not being ignored. it is just trying to help women. interesting. another story that caught our attention, the head teacher of a primary school here in the uk saying that more should be done to encourage boys into traditionally female dominated professions, and just unpick that for us. what is the thinking? this is great because this is all around stereotypes and trying to get more women into business, trying to get boys into careers that would normally not be expected of them. i am very big on stem,

where you only have 25% of the workforce that is female. science, technology, engineering and mathematics. i'm running a campaign at the moment which is related to the alison rose review to try to find more women business owners who run businesses in the stem arena. it also links to this to try to get more boys into nursing. women can run businesses in stem and boys can be nurses. nursing. women can run businesses in stem and boys can be nurseslj nursing. women can run businesses in stem and boys can be nurses. i like the way we are both struggling to get through stem, it is always a problem. a very interesting points, a friend of my son has moved into the cosmetics world and again that is one of those industries which of course is female dominated and his perspective has been it is a very good business to be in. it is good business to get into these areas where there are not many men are. absolutely. why should anybody be in a shoe box with yellow whatever you

are a shoe box with yellow whatever you a re interested a shoe box with yellow whatever you are interested in. i run an engineering consultancy, not many women do that but i enjoy it. i think anybody should be able to pursue a career. . . think anybody should be able to pursue a career... do you think it is easierfor men pursue a career... do you think it is easier for men to step into traditionally women's field than the other way around, as an engineer?m has been tough as a female engineer, working in a male dominated environment. i suspect it is probably tough for men are stepping into women's shoes, as well. not literally. laughter whether it is easier for one or the other, obviously i can only speak to the difficulties i know i faced as a woman ina the difficulties i know i faced as a woman in a male dominated environments, but i suspect it is quite difficult which is why we need to shake things up and open up opportunities for everybody. thank you very much indeed, good to see you. pleasure. still to come... the power of social influencers. they're notjust impacting our lives but also our shopping habits. far more important! laughter

you're with worklife from bbc news. the centre for cities think tank has conducted a major study into the quality of air in the uk's largest cities and towns and found that more than one in 19 deaths in uk cities and large towns are related to long—term exposure to pollution. joining us now is andrew carter, ceo of centre for cities. this is a really interesting point. i was reading over the weekend that air pollution is so localised that it can make a big difference whether you are walking on a main road or just one street away. yes, absolutely right. we need to think about where the emissions happen stop they happen aren't many of our major roads in our city centres, but the important point to remember is essential it then dissipates and moves around the city. even if you are not particularly close, you will still be breathing in polluted air

if it has been generated.“ still be breathing in polluted air if it has been generated. if we go back 25 years or so, when lead was the big issue in the quality of our air in cities and towns, is your impression that, frankly, very little progress and improvement has been made over that time? or are we nonetheless in a much healthier environment than we were?” nonetheless in a much healthier environment than we were? i think we are making progress. go back to 1956 when we introduced the clean air act, which was the response to the pea soup days we had in london. progress has been made but some problems are partly resolved, but new problems present themselves. as a road transport, for example, has expanded considerably over the last 30 to 110 expanded considerably over the last 30 to a0 years, that presents a whole new bunch of problems. what is the one big thing that all cities and towns can do right away to try to improve things? we would want every city and large town to introduce a clean air zone based on the london model. we only have two

in operation in the uk. 0ne the london model. we only have two in operation in the uk. one in london, one in glasgow. every one of those places need to introduce that asa minimum those places need to introduce that as a minimum and need to charge all polluting vehicles not, notjust bosses. put a charge against private ca rs. bosses. put a charge against private cars. either good examples you can throw at us of cities, towns that are doing a much betterjob? despite the problems it had, actually, london is at the forefront in many respects of introducing clean air zone, scrappage incentives, they have introduced the congestion charge, they have the most progressive public transport system. london gives us a way forward. we will have to pick up on that. thank you very much indeed. you're watching worklife. a reminder of our top story: china warns that coronavirus could spread more quickly as it imposes yet more travel restrictions. now let's get the inside track on social influencers and they impact they can

have on consumers. because a recent study found that a0% of people say they have purchased a product online as a result of seeing it being used by an influencer on social media. that is a big percentage! whatever the reality might be, the nature of a social media star's fame being linked to our willingness to subscribe to their account means they are ultimately seen as "one of us". 72% of customers trust a business more after it is recommended by an influencer. gleam futures founder and ceo dom smales is with us now. thank you forjoining us. it's all about the influences. you were right place, right time. you nailed it. well, trying to! we found that in 2010 -- well, trying to! we found that in 2010 —— we were founded in 2010. that was before instagram properly was amongst us. youtube was a couple of days into its google ownership

and the word influence it didn't actually exist at that point. in that sense, i was right place, right time. you are tying influences with brands. that is part of what we do. we say we are digital first talent management company and we manage careers strategically of our roster of talent and part of that is making relationships and deals with brands for talent. but we also help consult with brands on how best to partner with brands on how best to partner with influences, as they are now known, in a kind of credible, authentic way. i dare say there will be some people shouting at their tv right now, saying, talent, what talent? all it is is putting nice photos of yourself and your life online for others to become jealous of and look at. are we seeing a change in the notion of what counts as talent? well, i think the short a nswer as talent? well, i think the short answer is no, i don't think we are seeing a change in the notion

of what counts as talent. talent has a lwa ys what counts as talent. talent has always been something that is valuable and rare and i don't think thatis valuable and rare and i don't think that is any different now. itjust means there are different platforms to distribute that talent. i guess what has happened over the last few yea rs what has happened over the last few years is that the gates have opened and there are thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people who would refer to themselves after influences online but of course a huge difference between the usual platforms that people distribute their talent on is that there are no gatekeepers to the social media platform. you guys i sat here and there are people editing, commissioning, casting, etc is that there are steps you have to go through. if you are an influencer it is just through. if you are an influencer it isjust a smartphone through. if you are an influencer it is just a smartphone and —— smartphone and internet connection. how susceptible are we to influences and buying what they are telling? we are becoming much more discerning and that is a level of education thatis and that is a level of education that is happening. 0f and that is a level of education that is happening. of the industry grows. it was an $8 billion industry in 2019, forecast to be

a $15 billion industry by 2022. i think the people who are buying that talent are becoming better at spotting what great talent is and what a good influencer is and what a one is a. how do you cope as an agency recruiting people with the impact of things like people buying followers ? impact of things like people buying followers? trying to figure out where their followers are? if i was a brand that wanted to target, say, north america, you know, i might wa nt to north america, you know, i might want to know, do these people have a significant following in north america? it can be hard to find that out, can't it? its not hard at all. there is a huge amount of data available when it comes to assessing which talent you work with on social media. that is what makes it incredibly exciting. it is also a huge challenge for the industry because the more we become obsessed by those numbers, the more people will find a way to circumnavigate the authenticity of

those numbers and people are buying followers and so on and so forth. we haven't got long left, but is there an element... this influencer sprung up out of nowhere. it is now thriving. depends possibly on economic fortunes, doesn't it, in terms of how much people are ready to support them, but is it there to stay, will it last? absolutely. i think it is a seismic shift in the way that an entire generation consume both their information and their entertainment. what we will see going into the future is a consolidation equality. yes, everybody can start an instagram account, but only the really good dedicated professional reliable safe talent will make it through to that next era of social media, i believe. practice the framing of your photos, david! that is the tip. thank you very much indeed. thank you. in a moment we'll run through some viewer responses to our twitter question. but first, leaders of the worlds of business and politics

and the odd celebrity, have been rubbing shoulders at the world economic forum in davos. the topics they discussed ranged from the world economy to climate change. but despite moves to improve gender representation, fewer than a quarter of all those attending were women. so what needs to be done to empower more female leaders? here's what some leading delegates told us. women need to be given the opportunities. their talent needs to be recognised and nurtured and companies need to provide the right environment where women can thrive. i think it's very important for organisations to truly develop the pipeline of female leadership at every level, to unearth that talent and to mentor females to be able to rise to those in leadership positions. for companies to get more women leaders to create gender parity, they need to focus on providing them with the

opportunities. there is not a shortage of capable, talented women, what the reality is, is that women need to be able to be given a seat at the table, to have the opportunity to compete and at the same time, the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the business. i think there can be institutional bias in hiring. companies need to make sure there are women and minorities in there, so they hire a more diverse workforce. what companies need to do is set an audacious, public goal and track, measure and disclose how they are faring against that goal. that's how we change this. the young girls of today are the leaders of tomorrow and corporations should embrace a mentorship programme to bring those young, female leaders to the table now. examples like greta across the world and let's put our arms around the youth of today to lead tomorrow. greta, the role model. it has been a theme for the programme. at the top of the show, we asked you whether you agree

with claims made by a headmaster in the north of england that more boys should be encouraged to pursue careers in female—dominated professions to drive geneder quality. a few of you have been in touch. let's take a look at how some viewers have responded. dan — i don't think gender should matter. people should be able to do whatever jobs they like. vanessa knipe — "how? stereotypically female jobs pay less. the way to encourage boys into female—dominated jobs would be to create pay parity." that sounds like it makes a lot of sense. thank you for watching. we will be back at the same time tomorrow. hi, there, good morning. it's been a rather chilly start to the day, particularly across scotland, northern ireland, the north—east of england, where we've had some ice this morning and also some wintry showers over the higher ground. but for many of us there will be some sunny spells at times. now low pressure is dominating the weather and that's going to bring a few

weather fronts across the uk. you notice the blues here, this is the air mass. so you can see there, quite a chilly picture for many of us, and those showers will continue to feed in. could be quite heavy, maybe even thundery across the west of scotland. one or two heavier showers towards england and wales. the north—east of england, though, perhaps just that bit drier. but over about 100, 200 metres or so, across the higher ground of scotland, we could well see maybe a few centimetres of snow falling by the end of the day. sunny spells, though, for northern ireland and, as i mentioned, the north—east of england. further south, a few bands of showers moving their way from west to east during the afternoon and some of those could be heavy, maybe even a bit wintry with some hail mixed in. maximum temperatures getting up to about five to seven celsius, maybe 10 degrees in the south—east of england. now through tonight, we'll continue with more showers for england and wales, but perhaps more significant snowfall moving its way in across central and southern areas of scotland. so, again, mainly over the higher ground, but there could be some down to low levels in the central belt into tomorrow morning.

that could cause a few problems when it will also be quite icy again as temperatures fall below freezing. further south, temperatures about three or a degrees. now, throughout tuesday, further showers in the forecast and, again, some of them could be on the heavy side with some hail, some sleet, some snow maybe over higher ground. mainly over higher ground. some brighter, some drier weather, though, for england and wales, particularly into the afternoon. further showers across scotland and northern ireland and temperatures very similar to today. by wednesday, low pressure is still there towards the north of the uk. we've got this weather system that will push its way in mainly across the north of northern ireland and eventually into scotland. that will bring some outbreaks of rain and again a bit of snow over the higher ground. further south, though, for england and wales, a quieter sort of day, really. a dry day with some sunshine. temperatures not quite as low — they'll be rising a little bit by midweek, about seven to ten, maybe 11 celsius. but the week does remain quite changeable. there will be some showers and longer spells of rain, some snow and ice, particularly for the start of the week. windy at times, but by the end

of the week it will turn a little bit milder but still quite unsettled. that's all from me — bye—bye.

you're watching bbc news at 9:00 with me, carrie gracie. the headlines: basketball legend kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash alongside his teenage daughter and seven others. there are tributes from the world of sport, politics and showbusiness as millions of fans mourn the loss of one of the sport's

greatest players. officials say the number of people in china who've died from the coronavirus has risen to 80 — more than 750 new cases have also been reported in the past day. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp. about 200 survivors have been joined by world leaders to remember more than a million prisoners who died there. at 9:15 we'll be hearing from one of the psychiatrists revealing a new drug treatment aimed at helping young children with autism. # like it like that... 18—year—old american singer, billie eilish, wins in all four major categories at the grammy awards — including best new artist and song of the year.