this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at eight. the university of york says risk of infection is low, after it revealed one of its students is one of two people in the uk to test positive for coronavirus i want to reassure our students, staff and the wider community that we are working closely with the lead agency, public health england, and other agency, to manage this situation. public health england says 203 people have now been tested — with no additional positive cases. the uk enacts its most profound strategic change in a generation — leaving the european union, after nearly half a century. the acquittal of president trump becomes all but certain, as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial.

a 19—year—old man dies and a 22—year—old woman is seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshire. and in half an hour, bbc wales investigates one of the biggest scandals to plague the welsh nhs nhs officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with two chinese nationals, diagnosed with the coronavirus. the two are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. one is a student at york university. elsewhere, 83 british nationals — evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday — are spending two weeks in quarantine at a hospital on the wirral. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz reports.

life on campus at york university has carried on as normal today, but among the 18,000 students here, some are worried that one of their peers has tested positive for coronavirus. can you tell me why you are wearing a mask? are you worried to wear the mask? a little, a little nervous. because of this. when did you start wearing it here? today. i am not terribly bothered because i feel like, given that a number of students at university, i feel like it might not even spread. i don't think there's many students compared to bigger universities. the student was taken ill, along with one of their relatives, while staying at this hotel in york. the university says they didn't come into contact with anyone on campus while they had symptoms, but investigations are ongoing.

we understand this will cause concern and anxiety, but i want to reassure our students, staff and the wider community, that we are working closely with the lead agency, public health england, and other agencies to manage this situation. the university campus is operating as normal, but extra measures have been put in place, like more hand sanitisers in buildings here, and a hotline which has been set up so that students can ring in, if they have any questions or concerns. the two patients continue to be treated at this hospital in newcastle. today, public health england said it was making good progress in tracing people who have been in contact with them, and there have been no more confirmed case of the virus, with 201 people tested negative. we are being looked after to the absolute... meanwhile, at arrowe park hospital in wirral, 83 people have spent their first day of 1a in quarantine, in apartments

normally used to house nurses, who have been moved to local hotels. as far as we know, we are all both tickety and boo. 12,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed in china, and around 100 elsewhere. public health officials say the threat in the uk is moderate. earlier i spoke to paul hunter — a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. he said cases of the virus were always likely to emerge in the uk.(tx i think it was almost inevitable certainly, nothing in life is ever totally ineverable but this was pretty much certain going to happen. we were certainly not one of temperatures first western countries to have cases, so, yeah, it was going to happen and it did. could you explain to us a little bit about what the public health england is

doing, in terms of it's approach with regard to containment? yes, as it stands at the moment, with just two cases, the important thing is to make sure that the current cases are nursed in their environment, where they will not be any risk to others, and the unit they are based in, is very capable of dealing with patients with this sort of disease. we have certainly within the uk, we have dealt with cases of saracens and middle eastern respinnerty symptom for over 20 years so the uk is able to nurse these people effectively and safely. the issue about more community contacts is more difficult. ideally, i think the public health england's criteria of 15 minutes within two minutes,

within two metres is correct, it is right, and raise thraiz will undoubtedly capture most of the people who would need to be concerned is. the issue is how do you go about finding them, they will have been doing extended interviews with the two case, to find out what they were doing, since they became ill and they were doing, since they became illand in the they were doing, since they became ill and in the day or so before they became ill, and try to identify those people. it is never 100% exact science, and so people need to actually still ensure that they are following good advice about washing their hands properlyer, and if they think they might they became ill, and try to identify those people. it is never 100% exact science, and so people need to actually still ensure that they are following good advice about washing their hands properlyer, and if they think they might have been and we'll find out how this story —

and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are dawn foster, a journalist for the guardian, and mo hussein, former chief press officer at downing street. the united kingdom is today beginning a new era outside the european union. at 11 o'clock last night, the legal ties which have bound britain to its european neighbours for almost five decades were cut. in a message released by downing street, borisjohnson said he wanted to unite the country, and expressed the hope that brexit would mark a moment of national renewal. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. a winter's afternoon like any other, and yet symbolically, legally, psychologically, everything has changed. for the first full day in 47 years, the uk isn't part of the club of our nearest neighbours, a triumph for those who partied here last night. we should celebrate the fact that, freed from the constraints of the european union, we once again will be able to find our place in the world. but look at this.

the european flag still flying outside the scottish parliament. those wanting scottish independence claim brexit proves why breaking away from the uk is necessary. we can look the people of scotland in the eye and say, look, we really did try to turn this around, but because the people of scotland aren't in charge of events, we are suffering the loss of our european status, and what comes next is going to be the challenge, but today is just a sad day. in bristol, those hoping to be labour's next leader also expressed their regret, but the shadow brexit secretary said brexit taught him that... we need to bring about fundamental change in this country, and shift in power, in wealth and resources, so we need to look forward, leave remain as divide is over. from paris today, a letter.

but, he added, ease of access to the eu's markets would depend on how many of its rules the uk accepted. i think in a way, none of us are able to take onboard the enormity of what has happened, and the words can't describe the uncertainty of the future for both ourselves and the european union, and indeed in the united kingdom. and for that reason, the scaffolding needed to create that new long—term relationship will soon be as visible as the real thing here. donald trump is a step closer to being acquitted in the presidential impeachment trial, after the senate voted against calling witnesses. he has been accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. 0ne senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a presidential cover—up. from washington, ben wright reports. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote?

if not, the yeas are a9, the nays are 51. and with that vote, the beginning of the end of president trump's impeachment trial. just two republican senators broke ranks with their partners and joined ranks with their party and joined democrats demanding more evidence. it was their last chance to try and trip up a president who left the white house for florida last night more confident than ever that the senate will acquit him of obstructing congress and abusing his power. democrats had been desperate to hear testimony from this man. donald trump's former national security advisorjohn bolton. according to the new york times, mr bolton writes in a forthcoming book that president trump instructed him to withhold military aid from ukraine, in exchange for dirt on democratic rivals. if the president is acquitted with no witnesses, no documents, the acquittal will have no value.

but white house lawyers insist their transcript of phone calls between the president and ukraine's leader, president zelensky, show the president did nothing wrong. let me read you what our ukrainian allies said. it was normal. we spoke about many things. ithink, and you read it, that nobody pushed me. only the thing presidential impeachment trial in us history will wrap up next week with closing arguments starting on monday and a final vote on wednesday. the republican led senate is virtually certain the republican—led senate is virtually certain to acquit president trump, who will try and frame this bitterly partisan saga as a washington witch hunt as he revs up his re—election campaign. this is our moment in history. but democrats campaigning in iowa ahead of monday's caucus, the first poll in this election season, hope voters will pass a different verdict on president trump's fitness for office, come november. that was ben wright reporting — and a little earlier ben told me

that it had been unclear as to whether witnesses would be there was a question mark through much of this week about whether or not the vote on whether to call witnesses would go the democrats way, that was a straight up and down vote that required a majority, it needed four republicans to break ra nks needed four republicans to break ranks and side with the democrats, for that vote to carry and for new witnesses to be called. 0pening for that vote to carry and for new witnesses to be called. opening up a whole new chapter in this trial. in the end, only two did that, susan collins from maine and mitt romney from utah. 0thers decided it was far too politically dangerous for them and they decided not to, and it does accelerate the end of this impeachment trial. but you are right, the actual verdict at the end of this, the vote that will be had on wednesday has never been in doubtment for president trump to be convicted and thrown out of office requires a two thirds imagine any the senate. the senate is held by

the senate. the senate is held by the republicans, and there simply have never been the numbers thereer for a conviction. the way the trial has progressed, and the twist and turnsit has progressed, and the twist and turns it could have taken, there has been a question mark round that but that question mark because of the that question mark because of the that vote last night is removed. what is this likely to do for president trump's support base? he will feel it galvanises his support base and throughout this trial, he has been on twitter, in front testify microphones, describing this all as a sideshow, and a witch hunt, all as a sideshow, and a witch hunt, a democrat obsession that didn't amendment to anything. there was a big distraction from what voters cared about. that the is the message he will take on from this into the next nine months of election nearing, for the deputy speaker, they feel even though they were never going to get the conviction, the sort of issues and evidence this has revealed about president trump's character, and his judgment, has revealed about president trump's character, and hisjudgment, will, they feel, give them strong

ammunitioner, heading into the november elections. i also spoke to frank bowman — professor of law at the university of missouri — who said the decision not to allow evidence to be brought against the president was predictable. there was a glimmer of doubt for a while, because the, from a point of view of logic, from the point of view of logic, from the point of view of logic, from the point of view of ordinary process, for the point of view of simple fairness, it was always clear that the witnesses that the democrats were asking for should have been called, after all, pa rt should have been called, after all, part of the president's defence was you guys can't prove that i directly ordered an interview to be with held from the ukraine. the way, the reason that there wasn't actual proof of him saying that was the people to whom he had said it had been held by the white house. it a lwa ys been held by the white house. it always made no logical sense, to allow him to prevent that testimony, on the other hand from a political

point of view republican senators who knew they would vote to acquit him, didn't want to be in a situation of having to hear more evidence that made their ultimate vote nearly incomprehensible from a logical point of view. it so made perfect sense, and more importantly, what we see here, what the impeachment proceedings and the sub trial have demonstrated, which presents real dangerous for the american system of government going forward , american system of government going forward, is that one of great american party, the republicans has bound itself to a single man. and in his service, they have repeatedly declared there they are not interested in the discovery of fa cts , interested in the discovery of facts, not merely that they will, wauns the facts are known, perhaps construe them differently than democrat, but they don't want to hear the facts. why would anyone be surprised if they are intent on keeping him in power come the next

election. i am surprised because we here in the united states have some history on this, we have precedent for example, nixon impeachment case and the clinton impeachment case. members of the president, you were at the least insistent tent on hearing theing facts, once the facts we re hearing theing facts, once the facts were out, they often disagreed about the meaning of those facts and whether or not they rose to the level of imimpeachmentable crimes, the republicans have taken this to a new and frightening level. they don't want to know facts that are inconvenient and one hates to say this, they not all republicans, not all republicans in congress but of them have been prepared to stand up and lie about what the facts show. that is really unprecedented in an american history and it is deeply frightening. no democratic government can function if one of

its parties has declared their geeians to one monday, that more important that knowing the facts on which sensible governmental choices have to the headlines on bbc news. the university of york says risk of infection is low, after it revealed one of its students is one of the two people in the uk to test positive for coronavirus. the uk enacts its most profound strategic change in a generation, leaving the european union, after nearly half a century. us president donald trump looks set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial — after senators vote against calling witnesses or admitting new evidence. sport now from the bbc sport centre. good evening. it's the return of rugby union's six

nation's championship this weekend and wales have opened the defence of their title with a big win over italy in cardiff. after 12 years under warren gatland this was wayne pivac‘s first match as wales head—coach and it couldn't have gone much better. they won 42—0 for the bonus point win. josh adams, who was top try—scorer at the world cup last year, went over for a hat—trick of tries. but the new man in charge reckons there's still room for improvement. we have plenty to work on, it was farfrom we have plenty to work on, it was far from pereffects. we have plenty to work on, it was farfrom pereffects. there is a lot of work we can do at the break down, i thought at times defensively we held at times, defensively, we held too much as opposed to, held defensively, we held too much as opposed to, you know, putting a lot more pressure on them, on the man on the ball, when we had the numbers. so, there are plenty of things to work on. the set piece at times were good but in the scrummaging i think both teams played a part in the referee. at the end of the day,

we had too many resits, i thought, but it is something to work on. ireland beat scotland in dublin. in his first game as captain, jonny sexton got ireland off to a great start, scoring the only try of the game inside the opening ten minutes. ireland stretched their lead to seven points in the second half stuart hogg really should have got scotland back into the game. fect. there is a lot of work we can do at the break down, i thought at times defensively we held hogg, also on his debut as captain, inexplicably dropped the ball. sexton kept the scoreboard ticking over for ireland though. he scored all their points in a 19—12 victory. andy farrell's reign as ireland coach is off to a winning start. everything today was about the result. we would like to play better we had grated chances to score and we had grated chances to score and we didn't quite take them. we made a couple of line breaks, so, but everything was about the result and iam happy everything was about the result and i am happy with how we stuck in and fought back at times, and we gist cone get that lead, if we got that sort of two score leaders, we could have opened up, we couldn't get it. scotla nd have opened up, we couldn't get it. scotland put it up to us.

liverpool are 22 points clear at the top of the premier league after they beat southampton 4—0 at anfield a;ll the goals came in the second half, alex 0xlade—chamberlain and captain jordan henderson on target before mo salah struck twice, and now only arsenal's invicibles have a longer unbeaten run than liverpool's 42 matches. two days afterjoining the club, bruno fernandes was unable to inspire manchester united to victory on his debut. it was goaless at old trafford against wolves. the £a7million pound portuguese midfielder played from the start and had the most shots on goal in a scrappy game. the rest of the day's action was very much focused on the lower half of the table. everton came from two goals down to win at watford. theo walcott got their winner in the ninetieth minute. the 3—2 victory m,oves

them up to 9th. west ham also blew a two goal lead. they were three—one up at brighton but allowed the seagulls to get a draw. it leaves the hammers in the relegation zone whilst brighton stay 15th. bournemouth were the big beneficiaries. they held on to win 2—1 at home to aston villa and move out of the bottom three. sheffield united are fifth after a 1—0 win at palace, and newcastle were held to a gaolless drew by bottom side norwich. hibs—st mirren finished 2—2. kilmarnock beat ross county and stjohnstone — hearts was a three all draw. american sofia kenin has won the australian open beating garbine muguruza. the first set went to the spaniard 6—4. but kenin fought back to take

the next two sets 6—2. at 21 years old kenin is the youngest to win the australian open in 12 years. jamie murray missed out on his 8th grand slam title, losing in the mixed doubles final. murray and tennis partner bethanie mattek—sands were beaten in a third set match tie break by the croatian—czech pairing nikola mektic and barbora krejcikova. tomorrow britain'sjoe salisbury is in the men's doubles final. that's all the sport for now. a 19—year—old man has died and a woman is seriously ill in hospital, after they are believed to have taken the drug mdma. a number of others have also been admitted to hospital, after suffering ‘adverse effects‘ at a nightclub in leamington spa. lindsay doyle has been there today. the investigation is being co—ordinated at warwickshire police headquarters here in llek wootton. it was early this afternoon that reports came through, that tragically a 19—year—old man

had died, and a 22—year—old woman is seriously ill in hospital, after taking the illegal drug mdma. now, we know that they were attending a student event at the assembly in leamington spa. the police are stressing they don't know if the drug was purchased in the assembly or whether it was bought outside, but there are deep concerns that there may be other young people who have bought the drug, have taken the drug, and the police are asking them to please seek help if they are feeling unwell. we are working with partners to try and identify if there have been any other users of this drug last nights. what i would say if anybody has purchased this drug and they have it in their possession, they haven't taken it, please destroy it as soon as possible. obviously we don't know what we are dealing with at the moment, the necessary is being taken into account in relation to toxicology, etc but that is i don't know going, so please just be careful and mindful of what you might be taking, if you have this drug in your possession. as the investigations continue,

the police are offering their deepest sympathies to the family of the young man. the concern, though, as the inspector said is if some of that mdma is still around the leamington area. anyone who is feeling unwell, is urged to contact their gp immediately, or to go to a&e, and anyone with any information about where the drug circulated from, is asked to contact warwickshire police on 101. residents to the south of australia's capital, canberra, have been put on alert over fears that bushfires may spread. a state of emergency was declared yesterday, the first in the area since deadly fires there in 2003. shaimaa khalil reports. back at times, and the bush fire south of canberra in the national park has been burning for more than a week now, today was meant to be the worst day. it is already ravaged through 115,000 hectares, about 15% or more of the

australian capital. the head of the emergency services here has said there is no immediate danger to suburbs in canberra but said the situation could change for areas south of the capital. so in the suburb here, people have been told to keep a close eye on fire activity. you have the combination of sweltering heat. today has been a really hot day. the wind picking up and tinder dry landscape. that is how things can get worse. the fire itself has been been behaving erratically, spreading in all directions, there are the ember, theyjump directions, there are the ember, they jump way ahead directions, there are the ember, theyjump way ahead of the main front causing fire, we understand that embers from this blaze have caused spot fires in new south wales. that is what worries people, in the southern suburb, the damage that embers can cause. something else has been weighing heavily on people hand is memory of a devastating fire of 2003, when four people were killed, and 500 homes we re people were killed, and 500 homes were destroyed. that is why the

authorities are not taking any chances. a state of emergency has been called, there are constant warnings, we have seen aircraft fly over the blaze dumping water, the military has been knocking on some doors, advising them on the want to doors, advising them on the want to do the case of evacuation, everybody is watching closely and waiting to see how the fire is going to behave. 2019 brought another year of record—breaking temperatures, rising sea levels and melting ice caps. to know the true extent of the climate crisis, scientists have to put up with some pretty extreme conditions. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been on a tour of the most remote campsite on earth. right, so up here we have the massive thwaites glacier. the work these scientists are doing should help us all, giving us a much clearer understanding of how sea level could rise worldwide and that is why we are camping here. this is the residential area, this is where we sleep. these are scott tents,

after captain scott. james. how are you? can we see inside? by all means, be my guest. check out his crib. you've got everything you're going to need to be in the tent for a long time. so we've got a light source that also is a heater. we've got a stove... scott himself could have used this. i think he actually used this one. so the idea is that you could get stuck in a tent like this for days and you'd be able to survive for days. we normally have a 20—day food box outside so, if it's a really big blow, you have everything you need to be self—sufficient for a long time. now, we come to the delicate subject of the antarctic toilet. and you have choices here. you've got the pee stick here or the toilet tent. ok, so what you've got is a big hole in the snow and then this like throne which for some reason — no—one can explain why — is called a johnson box.

one more lunch, do you think? yeah. so this is a water treatment plant. the purest water in the world. fresh, glacial water. turn on the furnace. let's get it in. it's pretty basic, we start with a little bit of water to make melting easier and it's fresh antarctic snow, fresh to drink. sausages and grape seed oil. sausages and rape seed oil. you get them out in the frying pan and, oh, beautiful. spam. this is tinned cheese. slightly processed, slightly plasticky, melt it out, you get a cheese fondu, you get your biscuits in there — oh, it is perfect. special antarctic recipe. the best thing about antarctic camping, the tents? the white and blue colour scheme, i think that's really beautiful. and i decorate my own home with that. the friends you make, while you're out here struggling. also the sun dogs, the bright crystals that you get in the air, sparkling everywhere and what it does to the sky and the ground.

it's just a sense of quietness and peace and it is absolutely beautiful. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafenaker. we have rain on the way, it is dry out there for most of us, right now, but by the time we get to midnight, certainly some rain into south—west parts of the uk, and through the early hours that rain will spread to other part of the country. not reaching scotland, here it will be cold, temperatures there round zero in aberdeen, but 11 in the south—west of england first thing on sunday. you can see how that rain moves northwards through the day into scotland, by late morning, the rest of the country further south tends to dry out. really, i think sunday's a mix of a day, you have the showers in temperature northern half of the uk then it stays fine in the south and very mild, 1a degrees expected in london, and notice how the showers continue through the course of sunday evening, across the north as well. one thing worthy of

mention is the strength of the wind, they are going to increase considerably through the course of monday into tuesday, really stormy across parts of scotland for the start hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the university of york says risk of infection is low after it revealed one of the two people in the uk to test positive for coronavirus is one of its students. the uk enacts its most profound strategic change in a generation, leaving the european union after nearly half a century. us president donald trump looks set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial after senators vote against calling witnesses or admitting new evidence. a 19—year—old man dies and a 22—year—old woman is seriously ill after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshire.