you're watching bbc news at 9:00 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: british airways suspends all but essential flights to and from mainland china following advice from the foreign office — coronavirus has now killed at least 132 people. the uk government is working hard about bringing british nationals home and they should watch the foreign office website for more information on that. reports that prince andrew is ‘angry and bewildered' at claims he's refusing to co—operate with the fbi's inquiry into jeffrey epstein. after years of delays and cancellations, a decision is expected over the future of the northern railfranchise.

it's late every day. half of them don't turn up. some days you just can't get on and it's shocking and when it comes to summer, people are feinting on the trains as well because it's overcrowded and hot. at 9:20 we'll be looking into the news that more than 4,000 emergency ambulance calls in england each week result in waits of more than an hour. as we learn of scientists‘ fears of a glacier melting in the antarctic — we look at what it takes to do research in such a hostile and remote place. and later we'll be live in melborne as the quarter finals of the australian open take place today. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00: british airways has suspended all direct flights

to and from mainland china because of the coronavirus outbreak. it comes after the foreign office here advised against all but essential travel to the country. meanwhile australian scientists have recreated the new coronovirus in a melbourne laboratory and say it is a significant breakthrough in the quest for a vaccine. china has also agreed to share information with the world health organization with the hope it will help lead to treatments for the virus. let's have a look at some of the other latest developments. the coronavirus death toll has risen to 132 — with all those deaths recorded in china. the number of individuals suspected of being infected now atjust under 6,000. the number of countries the virus is now confirmed in has risen to 16. the british government is one of many with plans to repatriate citizens. 300 will be evacuated from hubei province. japan, the united states

and a host of other eu countries have similar plans to bring their citzens home. australia, meanwhile, will quarantine 600 of its citizens returning from the region on christmas island — 1,200 miles off the mainland. as well as ba, many of the world's biggest airlines including united, air canada and cathay pacific have also canclled flights in and out of china. the government minister nicky morgan says the decision made by ba is understandable. well, the foreign office has advised against all but essential travel and i think it's an understandable decision that british airways have taken. it's obviously a very worrying situation and ijust heard the last interview that you were doing with the lady who is in wuhan and also the uk government is working very hard on measures

about bringing uk nationals home. again, people should watch the foreign office website for further details of that. our correspondent andy moore has sent this update on the efforts by countries around the world to bring their citizens home from china. i'm sorry, we don't seem to have that report. yes, we do have this report. as the first japanese nationals return home to tokyo from wuhan, the foreign office in london said it was working urgently on similar evacuation plans. they are believed to be about 300 uk nationals in hubei province with about 200 wanting to return home. as the japanese plane parked at the gate, a number of ambulances, together with white suited figures could be seen. authorities said anyone displaying symptoms of the illness it will be taken to hospital immediately. everyone else will be tested for the virus and asked to quarantine themselves until the results are

known. some passengers on board spoke to the media. this man said nobody could move around the city freely and the restrictions were so tight. it was impossible to continue his work. a plane chartered by the us department has also left wuhan. in australia the prime minister confirmed an evacuation of its nationals with passengers heading to an island best known for a controversial immigration detention centre. they will be transported to christmas island where we will also be putting in place a team which will be travelling to provide the medical support and that will be supplemented as is necessary by other defence support. in china, will hunt itself looks like a ghost town, with hardly any movements on the streets in a city bigger than london. andy moore, bbc news. in a moment will talk to shaima khalil in sydney but first let's get the latest from robin brant in shanghai. hello to you. as we mentioned in the

introduction, the chinese now sharing information with the world health organization in the hope that it will lead to treatments for the coronavirus. but authorities saying it could be ten days until this virus peaks. it could be ten days until this virus pea ks. give it could be ten days until this virus peaks. give us more detail on that? yes, the efforts to stop the spread and develop some kind of vaccination is an international development. we have heard developments about the lab in australia and it is an international effort. but at the same time we have an international reaction where countries are taking their people out from wuhan. you have detailed that in that report earlier and we have companies like british airways who are now suspending flights in and out of this country with immediate effect. i suspect we will see a domino effect on that. we have heard the president of china using their words, this is a devil. i

think there are some people who would call their transparency into question. we have had senior communist party officials in wuhan, admitting they did not do enough early on in terms of diverging information. the world health organization, charged with the effort of trying to stop the spread are optimistic. one official said yesterday he believes the peak could be in ten days. obviously, everyone, including people here, wish it was the case. there is international opinion that doesn't concur with that. there is talk from some officials in hong kong about it peaking in april. we have two different views about what might happen in the weeks and months ahead. that is very interesting, thank you very much. let's talk more ona thank you very much. let's talk more on a vaccine for this because they have managed to isolate and recreate

this virus in australia, what do they hope to do with that and how quickly do you think a treatment can be made? they are very excited, they say it could be a game changer. one which is crucial in the current circumstances with people potentially coming back, early diagnosis is being able to detect the virus when the person is not showing symptoms. so an incubation period. this will be crucial and that we are hearing people are coming back and people who have come back and did not show symptoms on arrival when they are checked and then they show symptoms later on. the other thing the researchers in that specialist lab in melbourne said, it is going to help them test the effectiveness of any potential vaccine. so essentially, with that copy material and the regrown virus in the lab, you can try any potential vaccine and see if it works or not. timing, they have not give usa works or not. timing, they have not give us a timeframe, it is still going to take a while to see how effective these things can be. but

they did say they are going to share this with the who in the hope that they are going to reach, or at least try and reach a potential vaccine in the coming days and weeks. talk to us the coming days and weeks. talk to us about christmas island, the island 1200 miles off the australian mainland, at which returning citizens will be held in quarantine, normally used in immigration cases, i understand. different countries, taking different approaches but what has been the reaction to that particular plan? it has been quite controversial. christmas island, as mentioned, is about 2000 kilometres. it is closer to indonesia than it is to mainland australia. historically it has been used as a detention centre for asylum seekers. it is well known recently, as a reopened detention centre and has been criticised for conditions and violations of rights. this centre once housed a sri lankan family of

four and it will be the quarantine zone. questions are being asked why 600 australians including 100 children who travelled with their family to celebrate the lunar new year, are coming back, not to mainland australia but to a detention centre. are they going to be adequate medical facilities? these are still unanswered questions but the mention of christmas island in itself, with its problematic history, has been quite controversial. we had from local media that the authorities and christmas island have not had the plans. they had from the media when we heard it when the prime minister announced it. it is quite problematic and that is not to say logistically we still don't know, given the travel restrictions in wuhan itself, how the federal government will be able to evacuate the australians in china. so yes, it is welcome news there are plans to evacuate chinese citizens in wuhan and in hubei province, but the place

they are going to is quite problematic. 0k, thank you very much for that. let's talk to dr peter holden, he's the lead emergency preparedness gp at the british medical association and joins me now from central london. thank you for your time today. obviously, different countries are taking different approaches to citizens returning from china. some are saying to your citizens, you must self quarantine, if you like, self isolate. but if you look at the australian approach, quarantining those people in christmas island, does that sound extreme, given what we know about this virus? it is up to each nation to do what it wants to each nation to do what it wants to do. it is a sovereign issue and thatis to do. it is a sovereign issue and that is not to be complacent about this. we are a small, crowded island and i'm not sure we have islands to put people on in the way the

australians do, that would have a cce pta ble australians do, that would have acceptable access to facilities. i think much more exciting is what is going on in sydney with the research to try and identify people who may be incubating the virus but not yet know it. because that surely is the way to do it. all you have done by doing other methods is, you will cause public panic. it is actually necessary. i had somebody on the bbc talk about this deadly coronavirus. can we please remember that out of a billion people in china, or whatever it is, we have had 3% mortality. i suspect when the full analysis is done, those are people, in any winter probably would have died anyway. these are people who are very seriously ill to start with and are compromised. i think it is time

we we re are compromised. i think it is time we were confident, we are calm and not complacent. yes, it is a good news story, but the reason ba have ceased their flights, can you get travel insurance when the foreign office have told you not to go? no, they have done it for commercial reasons. we are talking to you today to try to get perspective on this. you have put the numbers of deaths recorded so far in the context of the size of the population in china. how does this virus compared to say the sars outbreak? i wonder do you feel the chinese and the action they are taking and what other countries are taking and what other countries are taking, are using this almost as are taking, are using this almost as a way to prepare themselves for potentially other outbreaks that might be more deadly than this coronavirus has proved to be so far? when you look at any form of emergency preparedness, you try to learn from previous incidents. that is very much what is happening in this country. the truth is, when you

do the planning for this kind of thing, since you never know from where the threat is going to come, how quick it will come, how long it will stay, whether it recedes quickly, whether you get a second phase, as you tend to get with infection, nobody knows. so what you have to do, is it you plan for all eventualities and work it around there. you cannot plan for everything, you have got to plant on all contingencies basis. so you have all contingencies basis. so you have a skeleton of what you do. yes, obviously we are drawing on the lessons that were learned from pandemic flu, sars, a bowler and there are a number of us around who have handled all three of those problems. it isn't as though we have no preparations, we have a lot of preparations. it is how each country can execute those preparations. china has chosen to do it one way, scientifically very interesting. but there are civil liberty issues there

and it is for each sovereign country to do what it wants to do. as to whether we can do that, i don't think we could. we are a mercantile nation on a small island, people coming and going all the time. very good to get your thoughts on that today. thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news... british airways suspends all but essential flights to and from mainland china following advice from the foreign office — coronavirus has now killed at least 132 people. reports that prince andrew is ‘angry and bewildered' at claims he's refusing to co—operate with the fbi‘s inquiry into jeffrey epstein. after years of delays and cancellations, a decision is expected over the future of the northern railfranchise.

good morning, in sport... world number one rafael nadal is on court against dominic thiem, playing for a place in the semi—finals of the australian open. it‘s all square in the opening set. cheshire police are investigating after the home of manchester united‘s executive vice—chairman ed woodward was attacked by a group chanting that he was "going to die". fans threw flares at the property. woodward and his family were not there at time. united play manchester city tonight for a place in the league cup final against aston villa, who beat leicester 3—2 thanks to an injury—time winner from trezeguet. i‘ll be back with more on those stories later. a decision on the future of the north of england‘s biggest rail operator northern is expected to be made today. the government could nationalise the network — after it‘s struggled to provide a reliable service for passengers. tim muffett reports delays, overcrowding and cancellations. it is a joke.

northern is one of the biggest rail franchises in britain. but it‘s been in trouble for some time. chanting: no more northern! this lack of service is not acceptable. this is 0748 service. it is unbelievable. it is late every day. half of them don‘t turn up. sometimes you can't get on and it is shocking. in summer, some people are fainting on the trains because it is so overcrowded and hot. this line is on one of the worst performing of the northern network. almost two—thirds of services run late according to the most recent statistics. earlier this month, the transport secretary warned northern its service was unacceptable and that it could lose its franchise. a further announcement on northern‘s the future is believed to be imminent. the trains are frequently late and overcrowded, there are cancellations at the last minute, they need improvement.

it is poor, it is. will anybody else do any better? god knows. the franchise covers a huge commuter network from the midlands to northumberland, from lancashire to east yorkshire. more than 100 million journeys were made last year. northern says many of its problems have been beyond its control such as delays of the electrification of track. but a new timetable introduction in may 2018 went badly. since december of that year, only around a half of the northern trains arrived on time. for many commuters, changes to the way these services are run cannot come soon enough. ijust fine i work from home, just to avoid the commute. for many commuters, changes

to the way these trains are run can‘t come soon enough. i‘m joined now by cat hobbs, who leads the group we own it which is in favour of rail nationalisation. he would be surprised if northern rail wasn‘t put back into public ownership? yes we would be because we are pleased because people who are suffering with northern rail have been having a terrible time and if grant shapps decides to nationalise northern rail, it would bea nationalise northern rail, it would be a fantastic decision, supported by 64% of the population. be a fantastic decision, supported by 6496 of the population. it is a broad move for a conservative government? it is, so what this shows is public ownership of the railway is more efficient, it makes more sense and we can‘t have the situation where private companies are putting their profits first instead of passengers first and passengers are suffering. they cannot get to work or make the journey is they need to. it is a pragmatic decision about putting passengers before profit. pragmatic decision about putting passengers before profitm pragmatic decision about putting passengers before profit. it is quite a change when we think back two decades ago when many of the train lines were in public ownership, were nationalise. just interested now in 2020, had publicly

owned rail services rate and how they operate in other countries? the best railway in europe is the swiss railway which is in public ownership. lots of the state owned rail companies from other countries run our railways and profit from our ra i lwa ys run our railways and profit from our railways and return those profits to their own countries. we have seen with the east coast line, that has been brought into public hands because the private company failed and that has failed again and again. do you think the government will be looking at more examples like the swiss, publicly owned rail company and how it is rated with the public when making this decision today? yes, i think they should be. this is the chance to improve the service for passengers who are suffering, but the chance to take the whole railway into public ownership and that will be more efficient to run it as an integrated network that really works for people. how is a publicly owned railway going to be paid for? there is an obvious answer

to that question, but how are those vast sums of money going to be found when budgets are tight and is there going to be enough public money to make it work properly to get rid of some of those problems that you have been talking about the passengers complain about? the great thing about bringing the railway into public ownership as it needn‘t cost us public ownership as it needn‘t cost usa public ownership as it needn‘t cost us a penny. when the franchises come up us a penny. when the franchises come upfor us a penny. when the franchises come up for renewal and when there are issues like there are a northern rail we issues like there are a northern railwe can issues like there are a northern rail we can bring it back into public ownership and we don‘t need to compensate shareholders. but there are costs in running it? we are not sending profits to shareholders and it is more efficient and less fragmentation in the railway if we have it as a publicly owned, integrated network. there is a lot to prove though isn‘t there? yes, but i think it is a good opportunity. we need a railway that works for society and get people to works for society and get people to work on time and also offers an alternative to driving and flying and helps us meet our climate

targets. i think public ownership is a great chance to do that and if we can a great chance to do that and if we ca n start a great chance to do that and if we can start by taking back northern rail, it is a really good start. 0k, thank you very much. yesterday at around this time, we heard about the giant glacier in the middle of the west antarctic ice sheet that scientists fear could be beginnig a process of catastrophic collapse. this collapse could be enough to swamp many of the great cities of the world. as part of the bbc‘s ‘our planet matters‘ series, our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has been travelling with a team of scientists who are part of a $50 million joint us—uk project which involves the biggest and most complex scientific field survey in antarctic history. but what does it take to do science in a place as hostile and remote as antarctica? antarctica is the stormiest continent on earth, and west antarctica is the most remote and stormy part of it all. so we‘ve been out here for like, i don‘t know, an hour and a half, and this is the result, and it gives you an idea of why

it is so difficult to operate here. all the planes are grounded. they are saying we won‘t fly anywhere for at least three days. this is what happened next. got to get in. so we just got in from filming, and this is the result. check the snotsicles on this. i know — disgusting. but it does show why doing scientific research here is so challenging. it has taken years of preparation to get the scientists out here. last year, two ice—strengthened british ships brought hundreds of tonnes of fuel and cargo to a remote ice shelf. then a team of specialist snow vehicles dragged it 1,000 miles over the ice, across some of the toughest terrain and toughest weather imaginable, and all at a maximum speed ofjust ten mph.

six people can‘t do a huge amount, but we just truck along, day through day. nobody really knows where we are, and then we suddenlyjust turn up, delivering a bounty. the us provided air muscle, flying in the scientists and their equipment, and ferrying everything down to the camps at the front of the glacier. then the really hard work began, digging snow, and lots of it. the scientists need ten tonnes of the stuff to fill this, a water container the size of a small swimming pool. this will be the most southerly jacuzzi in the world. a bank of boilers heats the water to just below boiling point. it is sprayed onto the ice to melt a hole almost half a mile down, to where the ocean water meets the glacier. only now can the scientists deploy their instruments. the whole of this region is below sea level, which is why the so—called doomsday glacier is so vulnerable.

the water can just keep on melting it. only by taking measurements here can we hope to get accurate predictions of how sea level is going to rise in future, even if it means arousing the curiosity of some of the creatures that live here. this year‘s work has confirmed the scientists‘ fears. warm sea is melting the ice of west antarctica increasingly rapidly, raising sea levels worldwide. the challenge now is for the rest of us — reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and preparing for the rising oceans we will face in the decades to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. prince andrew is said to have hit back at claims that he is refusing to assist us law enforcers in their investigation into the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. sources close to the prince are quoted in a number of newspapers

suggesting the duke of york was "angry and bewildered " after claims that he had provided "zero cooperation" to investigators. a bbc investigation has found that every week thousands of emergency calls are taking ambulance crews over an hour to reach. the delays affect one in 16 calls in england for conditions such as strokes, heart attacks and fits — and are putting lives at risk, experts say. we been speaking to mark mitchell whose partner collapsed and died before an ambulance arrived an hour after he called 999. he told us it has left him wondering whether the delays cost derrin his life. nobody will ever know whether an ambulance arriving eight minutes or 18 or 38 minutes later, derrin would have still have been alive. but the fact we don‘t know the answer to that doesn‘t mean there shouldn‘t be accountability somewhere to say, when we don‘t meet these targets, people die. let‘s get more on this then.

joining me live in the studio is siva anandaciva who is the chief analyst at the think tank the king‘s fund. that question of course is the question anyone who has made a call to an ambulance and there has been a delay in that ambulance getting to their loved one, the question is, if their loved one, the question is, if the ambulance had got there soon, the ambulance had got there soon, the outcome could have been different? i think that is one of the things that makes these figures so deeply worrying. conditions like heart attacks, strokes, fits, serious burns, these are conditions that show delays matter and every minute matters. not only to experience, the anxiety you feel waiting for them to arrive, but your recovery time and your survival. these are serious conditions waiting longerfor an these are serious conditions waiting longer for an ambulance response. these are serious conditions waiting longer for an ambulance responselj am longer for an ambulance response.” am guessing you are not surprised by these figures, because if we look at these figures, because if we look at the waiting times, the difficulties in other parts of the health service it is only logical that those

difficulties will spread through every pa rt difficulties will spread through every part of the health service? you are absolutely right. there are a few things in here that surprised me. for instance, the level of stress the ambulance service is under. over a relatively mild winter, it hasn‘t been that bad so far, but the service is under so much brighter. but you are right, it would be easy to look at these figures and think about we are talking about an ambulance service problem. but these long delays are a feature of the staffing, funding operational pressures, that the whole system is under. there isn't a lack of ideas on how to sort this? no, people point to the same sorts of issues, funding. we are coming out of the endless period of sustained austerity in nhs funding and before that period, the standards were routinely met. but the staffing crisis facing the nhs, we won‘t see waiting times improved

and also adult social care. hospitals are full up and down the country, ambulances are queueing outside hospitals. until you solve aduu outside hospitals. until you solve adult social care, waiting times in the nhs won‘t improve either. adult social care, waiting times in the nhs won't improve either. the challenge for the government has listened to what the experts in the field are saying needs to be done to sort this out and sort out every pa rt sort this out and sort out every part of the health service. an interesting point you have been making is everyone is missing targets, it is hard to keep a sense that targets are important at all? absolutely. i remember when these targets were being set up, there was a stigma over whether you are hitting the target or not and by how much you are missing it. and for every ambulance service, it was a pointless winter when no a&e department met the standards for every patient. it is hard to keep people motivated to hit the target. it is not for a lack of trying, it is because you don‘t have the staff of the resources you need to meet

these targets. it does leave you trapped, in some ways, in a vicious cycle. thank you very much. in a moment the weather but first let‘s here‘s victoria derbyshire with what she‘s got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. controversial new proposals seen by this programme reveal that women as young as 18 could be targeted by facebook and instagram ads encouraging them to become surrogate mums. we‘ll hear from two women who have carried a baby for someone else. people give to people all of the time. i see it no different. from dropping a pound in a beggar‘s tin on the street, to giving somebody, you know, the gift of life — if you can help somebody, why wouldn‘t you do it? every surrogate hopes, after they've gone through this, they can give birth, hand the babies over, and get on with their lives. but instead i was left to relive the traumatic birth over and over again for two years, and it was just awful. right now, the law in this country

bans surrogacy advertising, and the new proposals have prompted a warning from the government‘s own fertility regulator. what do you think? join us live for the full story at 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with carol. good morning. good morning to you. for many of us we started on a sunny note, drying out with one or two showers. it‘s been pretty cold with some frost and some icy patches. all this dry and bright weather we currently have is going to be replaced by some rain coming in across northern ireland, scotland and northern england and thicker cloud coming in later across wales and south—west england. we start on and south—west england. we start on a sunny note. the sunshine turns hazy through the day with the cloud thinking up across wales for a drizzle and we will see some rain moving across the north of northern ireland, northern england and scotla nd ireland, northern england and scotland with snow on its leading edge of about 300 metres. —— over

300 metres. some of this rain will be heavy. through this evening and overnight, that band of rain continues to push steadily northwards. behind it, a lot of cloud, some showers and a change as we seek murky conditions coming into the south—west. and also some coastal and hill fog and mist and that will be with us, moving across southern counties tomorrow. england and wales are fairly cloudy, scotla nd and wales are fairly cloudy, scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing and showers in its wake.

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. british airways suspends all but essentialflights british airways suspends all but essential flights to and from mainland china following advice from the foreign office — coronavirus has now killed at least 132 people. reports that prince andrew is "angry and bewildered" at claims he‘s refusing to co—operate with the fbi‘s inquiry into jeffrey epstein. after years of delays and cancellations, a decision is expected over the future

of the northern railfranchise. more than 4,000 emergency ambulance calls in england each week result in waits of more than an hour. as we learn of scientists‘ fears of a glacier melting in the antarctic — we look at what it takes to do research in such a hostile and remote place. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. we‘ll start with a run through the morning papers. the telegraph leads on boris johnson‘s promise to end reliance on huawei, the prime minister saying he‘ll let the chinese firm into the uk‘s 5g network, but telling the us he‘ll look for an alternative. leading the mirror, an interview with the son of the nanny killed by lord lucan — who canished in 1974. he says he‘s tracked lord lucan down to australia. that story very popular, trending on twitter this morning.

in the mail, danger on the roads — smart motorway death traps. the head of the police federation says roll—out of the controversial project should be halted immediately. and in the guardian, trump‘s plan for peace in the middle east widely condemned — the palestinian president, saying saying "our rights atre not for sale". let‘s look at some of the stories trending on social media today, edward woodward — the manchester united vice—chairman whose house was attacked by fans chanting he was "going to die" — that‘s trending on twitter, one of the top stories, also one of the most popular searched stories on google trends, with more than 20,000 searches — you can see that on the top left there. the fans apparently threw a red flare over his gate. alleged fans. there is widespread condemnation of that incidence. one of the tweets we‘ve seen today is pundit and former man united

player rio ferdinand. he said: "woke up to see the news that ed woodward‘s home had been attacked last night by a small group of so—called united fans! whatever your thoughts on the running of the club, etc, this is out of order!" another fan — from an account called the man united way — says... another popular story on social media today is trains, plenty of people talking about that decision on whether to strip northern rail of it‘s franchise, expected today. bbc breakfast spoke to a few commuters travelling on the network this morning. this train is usually like this. it gets better in time, but usually it

isa gets better in time, but usually it is a standing room only by now.” just think, tidy up northern.” visit friends in the south around london and the train quality there is so much better. so many more carriages and up north at the train syste m carriages and up north at the train system is so poor compared to down south. that was commuters travelling to manchester this morning. we also spoke to henri murison, the director of the northern powerhouse partnership. because of indecision by the government, various bits of upgraded infrastructure isn‘t there, and so the services that were promised to commuters just can‘t be run. and so i think the real challenge is that whoever runs the trains, i‘m not sure without that infrastructure investment that, actually, things are going to get any better. and in fact, the chaos of bringing in a new management team, etc, could actually make things worse. let‘s look at what you are watching and reading on the bbc news app. number one is the top story to day

that ba has suspended flights to and from mainland china as the number of deaths there from the coronavirus grows. the number of people infected is going up, as well. related to that at number three is the news that at number three is the news that at number three is the news that a breakthrough, as it‘s being called, coronavirus, a copy of the virus has been grown in australia. obviously medics there are hoping that that can help to lead to treatments for the virus. there are none at the moment. looking down at the most watched, it is a story we have been telling you about. the fantastic investigation and report by our chief environment correspondent, who has spent quite a number of weeks in antarctica reporting on the melting of the huge dacia. the slightly more light—hearted look at what it takes to do that. snotcicles, which isn‘t a word i get to say very often on the news! and climate science, what

it takes to bring a report like that. that is number one on the most watched. that‘s it for today‘s morning briefing. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here‘s sally. lots of tweets about that ed woodward story, the attack on his home. i know you are not starting there, but that is an awful incident. and do you know what? it has been building over the last few weeks. we heard a terrible chants from the fans at games over the last couple of weeks. it is something we have been aware of but cheshire police are now investigating what happened. more on that in a moment. let‘s start in melbourne, where world number one rafael nadal is bidding to take the last of the semifinal places. he‘s up against dominic thiem, a tricky customer. we can talk tojohn watson now. how‘s it going, john? how tricky is he? they are very

familiar opponents so they are used to playing each other but that is usually on clay. this is a repeat of the french open final last year which raff i am the doubt one. 13 times i have played each other. 12 appearances have been on clay —— rafa nadal. that was at the us open a couple of years ago and 25 sets. i do —— arguably the match at the tournament. rafa nadal came out on top that day. you wonder whether number five seed can get the better of him now. it was rafa nadal who gotan of him now. it was rafa nadal who got an early break in the opening set, but thiem has hit back and that his opening set on serve. we know that thiem is one of the younger players coming through. the plan being to obviously try and certainly arrest the dominance of the big three of the men‘s game which includes rafa nadal, one of only two players under the age of 28 who have actually made a grand slam final. we wait to see what he can produce

against rafa nadal on the main show court. awaiting the winner in the semifinal will be the german player, another youngster who has been in the top ten for a long time. set to rival the big three in men‘s tennis. he has been criticised for his lack of ability at grand slams. he is into the semifinals, beating the formic grand slam champion stan wawrinka. a lovely moment out in court at the end. after his opening round match he said he would donate his winnings if he won to the bushfire relief effort. that is well over £2 million and when you consider he has already donated £5,000 for every match he has won this year, that could come on top of the 25 thousand he has already donated. he says he doesn‘t play for

money, other people need it more than he does. those people trying to rebuild their lives, they need it more than he does and he said if he winds the tournament he will donate that winner‘s check to the relief effort. what a lovely gesture. in the meantime, the women‘s semifinal line—up is complete. who is through? yes, we know ashleigh barty was already there. joining the semifinals is the simona halep of romania, the reigning wimbledon champion. she came through her match in straight sets. she won come to be 6-1, 6-1. in straight sets. she won come to be 6—1, 6—1. really dominant performance from simona halep and playing like that at this stage in the tournament, you wonder whether she will win the tournament this year. her opponent came through with a comfortable win despite the fact she has been struggling with illness at the start of this year‘s tournament. she will face simona halep in the semifinals to come

tomorrow and we wait to see who will com plete tomorrow and we wait to see who will complete that semifinal line—up with rafa nadal up against dominic tom won “— rafa nadal up against dominic tom won —— dominic thiem. rafa nadal up against dominic tom won -- dominic thiem. you can watch highlights from nadal‘s match and all the action over night on bbc two. there is a commentary on 5 live sports extra through the day. cheshire police are investigating after the home of manchester united‘s executive vice—chairman ed woodward was attacked by a group chanting that he was "going to die". woodward and his family were not in the propery at the time. he‘s been the target of growing supporter discontent at united in recent weeks and the club said anyone committing a criminal offence would be banned for life. united are playing tonight — against manchester city, for a place in the league cup final. waiting for them are aston villa, who beat leicester 3—2 with a very late winner. penalties were looming but trezeguet scored in the 93rd minute to take them through.

villa were last in the final 10 years ago, when they lost — to manchester united. turning to morning‘s back pages, and that incident involving ed woodward is reported in the sun, along with the news that manchester united have signed bruno fernandez from sporting lisbon, despite barcelona trying to tempt him away. the express go with "heroes and villans", after that late winner from trezeguet gave aston villa a trip to wembley for the league cup final. and that‘s the main feature in the guardian, who report that malcolm arnold, uk athletics‘ former performance director, says the legacy of london 2012 has been squandered and athletics in this country is in a dreadful state. an online petition to honour kobe bryant is really taking off. it‘s calling for the logo of the nba — the basketball league in the united states — to be changed to feature an outline of bryant. the petition has been signed over 2.5 million times.

that‘s all from me but don‘t forget sportsday here on bbc news at 6.30 for a full round—up of the day‘s events. hope you can join us then, but for now, it‘s back to you. thank but for now, it‘s back to you. you. the headlines on bbc news. british airways suspends all but essential flights to and from mainland china following advice from the foreign office — coronavirus has now killed at least 132 people. reports that prince andrew is "angry and bewildered" at claims he‘s refusing to co—operate with the fbi‘s inquiry into jeffrey epstein. after years of delays and cancellations, a decision is expected over the future of the northern railfranchise. the european parliament is set to approve the terms of the uk‘s departure from the european union in an historic vote later. the 751 representatives in brussels are expected overwhelmingly to back ratification of the withdrawal agreement, paving the way for the uk to leave with a deal in place on friday.

meps from the uk are already clearing their offices and packing to leave, as adam fleming reports. the work goes on in the european parliament, as thrilling as ever, but look at those empty seats. the brits are checking out already. i never really unpacked because i never knew if we were leaving or staying or what we were doing. dr david bowl is brexiting from an office, a job, a lifestyle. this is the piece de resistance, my brexit hat. look back six months ago, we thought this was really a lost cause because there was an extension, another extension, we thought there would be another one and then things have finally come to fruition back and if you think what we've really achieved, it's extraordinary and i know

we are leaving because they've changed the date on my badge. have they, what does it say? it used to say until 2024. brexit will mean changes here in the european parliament. some of the empty british seats have been saved up for new countries thatjoin. 27 of them are being reallocated to existing member states, and they will go to people elected in the european parliament elections last may, who have been waiting months and months and months for the brits to finally leave. what‘s that? this, we bought it at the beginning, but it stopped over a year ago, so it‘s been in a box. metaphor! as the clock ticks on the next phase of negotiations, this labour mep says we will have to pay more attention to this place when we are out than we did when we were in. we‘ve totally underestimated the power of this parliament. unfortunately, that is to our cost. we are going to learn the hard way. because we still have to pay attention to what happens here?

either way, we move from being a rule maker to a rule taker. companies in the uk who want to trade with our biggest neighbour will be complying with the rules made in this house. they will probably be spending a lot of money trying to lobby those rules from outside. so how will the momentous moment be marked? it's a specially designed football scarf i had made. others have organised farewell events. i‘ve heard rumours of bagpipes. but the rest of the eu is keeping it low—key. not even a little whisky at midnight on the 31st? you mean to celebrate? to mark it. i don‘t belong to the people who celebrate sad things. i celebrate things that cheer me up and this is not going to cheer me up. i wonder what i'll be doing on february ist and it is the morning after the night before where we will be aware it's happened and how we move on.

and everyone wants to know what will happen to the british flag that flutters outside. it will be lowered on brexit night and put into a museum. the uk... history. adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. in northern ireland, there was much opposition to brexit from all political sides. nationalists and cross—community parties disliked it altogether, while unionists opposed checks on goods coming into northern ireland from the rest of the uk. our ireland correspondent chris page has been hearing about the issues affecting people in the south of county down as brexit approaches this place is a picture of calmness and natural beauty, and yet it‘s been on the front line of a fierce debate and an often fraught process. soon one side of the lock will be in the eu, the other won‘t. the question of how to keep the border open has been a huge diplomatic

problem. but in the next phase of brexit, other complex issues will come up brexit, other complex issues will come up nor. brexit, other complex issues will come up nor. take a look at that. citizenship, national identity. previously a lot of the discussion around brexit focused on trade, finance, business arrangements, but now people i started to feel the effects. it has opened up much greater conversation, particularly in northern ireland where we already know people have the option to identify as irish, british, or both. it is easy to drive between the two states, but sometimes the shortest journey from north to south is across water. somewhere underneath here is the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. it has been the focused of so much negotiation efforts during the brexit process. over the next 12 months, we can expect the tension —— attention to turn more to what you newest perceive to be economic frontier. out there in the irish sea. because northern ireland will continue to follow some eu rules, there is a prospect of checks on

goods coming from the rest of the uk. afew goods coming from the rest of the uk. a few miles from the ferry terminal is the fishing port of kilkeel, where people will take an interest in the brexit trade talks. this local union is to leave the eu, but doesn‘t like the terms as they stand. i'm not happy with their withdrawal agreement in its form. i‘m not, but i‘m very optimistic that we can go and get a free trade agreement that will eliminate these customs and tariffs and they will not be any word of this border in the irish sea and we can get out as quickly as we can, make the best of brexit and be the best united kingdom we can, one united kingdom leaving together. also along this borderland coastline, there is a reconciliation centre where international visitors share experiences of healing after conflict stop they believe brexit may have deepened divisions.” conflict stop they believe brexit may have deepened divisions. i hope that we look back on this time and 90, that we look back on this time and go, we managed at that crossroads in history to build a better future

regardless of the politics going on. we found a way to build bridges. i think that is the big question. will we regret, will we go back? the journey to brexit might in one sense be over, but in this part of the uk, there will still be a particularly challenging path to navigate. the stars came out for the national television awards in london last night with mrs brown‘s boys beating fleabag to the comedy prize. and some familiar winners back on stage — ant and dec were crowned best presenters for the 19th year in a row, as voted by audiences around the uk. despite the iconic duo not hosting their own show, saturday night takeaway, in 2019, ant and dec still proved to be the crowd favourites. we had our chat, as we normally do, about this being the year we don‘t win it, and we were like, look, it‘s been a great run, we are very lucky to do what we do. and then you go and do this again!

thank you. cheering. we are more grateful and more humble as the years go on. our arts correspondent colin patterson was at the awards last night. that is a phenomenal record.” that is a phenomenal record. i love bradley walsh‘s a fake outrage. to put this in context, the last person to win that award before them is michael barrymore in 2004 at kids say the funniest things. i used to catch up with them backstage. what is interesting is it still seems to matter to them. it's getting silly. it's unbelievable. it's quite mind—blowing, i have to be honest. i said it earlier — every year the palms get sweatier, the heart rate goes up a little bit more, you feel like you're going to vomit just that little bit more intensely. the nerves every year get more and more and then when they open that envelope and say your name, it's a huge relief. and then you just feel so grateful to everybody to have actually taken the time to vote for you. you are more grateful now —

as you get older, the more grateful you are to get these awards because it's voted for by the viewers. because we've been around for so long and, you know, we're still up there, they're still voting for us, we're very thankful. got through a couple of difficult years, as well. yeah, we have! we've had ups and downs and they've stuck with us. you know, our viewers have stuck with us and they're still voting for us, and for that we will be eternally grateful. their view is make them so they seem to appreciate it. and the award for best factual programme went to someone very famous for her music, but with less telvision experience, an emotionaljesy nelson won the award for best factual programme for odd one out, her documentary about cyber bullying. i‘m just so, so grateful that such a positive — such a negative experience in my life turned into such a positive one and that‘s all thanks to you guys. thank you so much. cheering and applause you spoke tojesy backstage, what else did she say? this is a documentary about the cyber bullying she faced after she won the x factor

in 2011 as part of little mix. this meant so much to her. she spoke about how members of the public had contacted her and expressed how much the documentary had helped them. so many positive, like, messages and so many parents and teachers saying they've played it in their schools and they wanted to make it part of the curriculum, which isjust incredible and i never expected that either. i think the nicest thing is, yeah, when parents come and say how much it's helped their son or their daughter and, yeah, it's just amazing. i don't think anyone realises how much this is actually affecting people. people say comments online to joke around with their friends or do it to get a reaction. i don't think anyone actually realises what it's doing to people's mental health and that's what you are so important for me to make this documentary to really make people aware, and i feel like it's done that so i'm just really happy. let‘s talk about... i noticed on twitter last night that a lot of people are surprised that mrs brown‘s boys beat fleabag and other

programmes normally ricky gervais only turns up to and watch out like this if he knows he knows he‘s one. he didn‘t win, and fleabag has dominated this awards show season. it has won the golden gloves, emmys, critics choice. a come back to london with the public vote and they say, no, we don‘t like fleabag, we prefer mrs brown‘s oh boys. phoebe waller—bridge got to write the bond film, so maybe he would like to write the next one. and i think bond would have to say feck a few more times. that would be interesting! let‘s talk about michael paling. times. that would be interesting! let's talk about michael paling. so michael paling winning the lifetime achievement. he used his whole a cce pta nce achievement. he used his whole

acceptance speech dedicated to his monty patterson colleague who died last week, terryjones. he spoke about him for about three minutes. very classy. thank you very much. to remind you today we are expecting an announcement on the northern rail franchise. whether that will be put back into public ownership after so many complaints from commuters on that line for quite a number of yea rs that line for quite a number of years about delays and other issues with the service. also we will bring you the latest on the coronavirus with the news that australia has recreated the virus to try to work towards a treatment with deaths now standing at at least 132 in china and the number of people who are infected with it as well going up. that number. victoria derbyshire will be talking about surrogacy in a few moments but right now it is time for a look at the weather forecast. what have you got for us? hello. it

is not too bad today, rather chilly start. we had a bit of ice and frost first thing this morning but for most of us, we woke up to a fairly nice sunrise. it has been a fairly pleasa nt start nice sunrise. it has been a fairly pleasant start to the day although it will change gradually as the day goes on because we will see mcleod moving in across many areas by this afternoon. this is the scene in cornwall, a bit of cloud but the thickest of the cloud is across scotland, northern ireland and some outbreaks of rain moving its way in. we could see some snow over the highlands but just over the we could see some snow over the highlands butjust over the higher ground. the far north of scotland, one or two showers. rain moving into north—west england but further south staying largely dry. there will be sunny spells. temperatures will be a bit higher than yesterday, not quite as cold, accept the far north of scotland. one rain band there is a way, another moves in. lots of cloud for many, it could turn misty and foggy in places. look at the temperatures, they stay at about six to8 temperatures, they stay at about six to 8 degrees. frost and ice free to ta ke to 8 degrees. frost and ice free to take us into thursday. that will bring us a bit of rain across

southern areas initially. it will clear away. there will be more rain across the far north and west of scotland. lots of us staying cloudy through thursday but look at the temperatures. it will be quite a mild day with highs around 11 to 14 degrees. bye—bye.

hello. it‘s wednesday, it‘s 10:00, i‘m victoria derbyshire and we‘re live from new broadcasting house. british airways has suspended all direct flights to and from china, because of the coronavirus. but this brit who‘s got a place on an evacuation flight from wuhan to the uk says he‘s not taking a seat on the plane, because the british government isn‘t planning to quarantine uk nationals. we have had a debate among the british community about how stupid and ludicrous it is compared to what other governments are doing, like the us. they are quarantining the citizens in alaska for 14 days. australia are planning to quarantine

their citizens on christmas island