hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. state of disunion — as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going — speaker nancy pelosi makes her feelings clear. today at 5pm, the government‘s cobra emergency committee is meeting now to discuss the coronavirus as chinese authorities step up their efforts to contain jobs are birmingham, incomes are the disease that has so far killed almost 500 people. soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is sick passengers are taken off cruise ships as hong kong imposes surging and our country is thriving. a mandatory 14—day quarantine china takes further steps to control the spread on arrivals from mainland china. of the coronavirus as the death toll nears 500 — while 10 people we‘ll be talking to a pandemic on a cruise ship test positive — expert about what more is needed and hundreds of other to contain the coronavirus. passengers are quarantined. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: all we have been informed is 14 days president trump likely to be acquitted tonight in his impeachment trial. quarantine on the ship, that means it comes after house speaker nancy we have no interaction with other pelosi ripped up a copy of his state

passengers, food is brought to the of the union speech. room, it is really basic food, should failing to pay your tv licence be treated as a criminal offence? nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all, it has changed so much. cruise at all, it has changed so much. at least 23 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. many of the dead are rescue workers attending the first. just because people are changing the way they pursue media, there is a much more complicated media landscape now so i think we will have to look at whether the licence fee is right for the 21st century. and we have the sport later. the weather is calm at the moment. yes,

it is but there is very stormy weather on the way over the weekend. thanks, matt. also coming up — the shocking rise in literary poverty — that's the amount of time a child who is read to or with for pleasure as it's revealed one in seven parents oi’ carers never read their child a bedtime story. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. president donald trump has hailed the "great american comeback" in his annual state of the union address — but it was a speech that exposed sharp divisions at the top of us politics. coming hours before his expected acquittal on corrumption charges in his impeachment trial — the language he used was clearly aimed to set out his case for anotherfour years in office — but it was the body language in the hall that got most attention. whilst he received several standing ovations from fellow republicans — at one point the democratic house

speaker nancy pelosi ripped up a copy of his speech — standing right behind him. ben wright reports from washington. even before president trump spoke, this felt more like a republican party rally than a solemn state of the union address. chanting: four more years! four more years, chanted republican lawmakers. while democrats looked angry and glum. in a striking snub of the most senior democrat in the chamber, president trump refused to shake nancy pelosi's hand, someone who pushed hard for his impeachment. donald trump then fired out lines that will form the crux of his re—election campaign. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring. poverty is plummeting. crime is falling. confidence is surging. and our country is thriving and highly respected again. the speech was bombastic,

boastful and partisan. the president claimed there was a blue—collar boom, and trumpeted america's buoyant economy. very incredibly, the average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any administration in the history of our country. washington's polarised politics was on stark display. donald trump didn't mention impeachment, but democrats know their efforts to remove him from office now have probably failed, so it's all about november's election and president trump is targeting a second time. our agenda is relentlessly pro—worker, profamily, pro—growth and most of all, pro—american. thank you. and then, at the end, this. nancy pelosi ripping up the president's speech in disgust. washington has rarely

looked so bitter. it was a manifesto of mistruths. and what do you think about him not shaking your hand? we always extend the hand of friendship. if he rejects it, that's up to him. were you are invited to another state of the union? hopefully not! i am expecting another president nine months from today! and the partisan divide will only deepen later today when, as everyone expects, the republican—led senate clears president trump of abusing his power and obstructing congress. in this election year the next nine months will be fiercely fought and this may not be president trump's last state of the union address. ben wright, bbc news, washington. our correspondent jane o'brien is at capitol hill in washington. she can rip as many speeches as she likes but he is on a bit of a rule that moment? yes, he is, his job approval rating is at an all—time

high, 49%, on the very day we expect the senate to acquit him. whether this will be just down party lines, republicans will acquit, democrats convicted but whether there will be democrats who want to save their own pre—election chances, whether they will cross and vote with their republicans to acquit the presidents because that would allow the republicans to claim this is a bipartisan subject. that would cat a great midweek for donald trump. he said what many expected him to see mike in their state of union address but he was aiming at a specific audience, particularly the afro—american audience out there. —— to say in the state of union address. what stood out was he was trying on the one hand to bring in a

more diverse elected while on the other, throwing the comments he knew would appeal to his base. he has been criticised for not trying to broaden his potential voting support and only focusing on his base which he can't when an election with because it is too small so last night we saw possibly a recognition that he has to say a few things. unemployment among african—americans is ata unemployment among african—americans is at a historically low level. democrats would argue aboutjobs and wages and that his economic success has been built on the economic platform that was put in place by his predecessor, barack obama. nevertheless, donald trump can claim the economy is chugging along, unemployment at an all—time low and the all—importa nt unemployment at an all—time low and the all—important approval rating, 49%. he will have a lot of democrats

scratching their heads and wondering what did they do wrong and how did it come to this and what they did —— my what they can do to stop this. there were a lot of people dressed in white, including nancy pelosi. there were a lot of people dressed in white, including nancy pelosilj was riveted by heart. i was trying to listen to donald trump but i cannot take my eyes off her. you had the speaker of the house, notjust the speaker of the house, notjust the leader of the opposition, representing the whole of congress, sitting there shaking her head, rolling her eyes and finally wrapping up donald trump's speech. i have never seen behaviour like that. it shows the stark divisions between the house, between the democrats and republicans and the breakdown of any pretence at decorum and civil behaviour what should be a pinnacle of civility in america. congress. that has gone. what that says about

the election which is already toxic, what we will experience not bat in the next nine months, goodness only knows. i look forward to talking to you about it. goodbye for now. with me is drjulie norman, teaching fellow in politics and international relations at university college london. it certainly was quite an eight. yes, divisions really out in the open and coming to the forefront the day before the impeachment result. it looked like donald trump was enjoying it. he came out with a triumphal tone, knowing that the vote was going to come through and he will be off the hook, framing himself as having a come backjust as he was trying to frame america having a comeback. hours after the chaos in iowa, you must be sensing the chance of a next term is as good

as it has ever been. for sure, that was a big disappointment for the democrats, the opening of the primary season going so drastically wrong, just before the state of the union and president trump was trying to capitalise on that. he was clearly electioneering. absolutely. he was using the state of the union as an unofficial lodge for his own 2020 campaign. there was a sense of him introducing —— he does the big suppliers, here was a husband introduced to our women, he is turning it into more of a reality tv than other presidents in the past. that is a good way of putting it. presidents often have invited guests but this was a bit over—the—top, especially giving the presidential medal of freedom to a radio host.

especially giving the presidential medal of freedom to a radio hostm is all very well nancy pelosi shaking her head but how much of what he claimed had happened during his presidency was to? there were a lot of false claims in the speech, flat—out and also a lot of framing by trump to take credit for things. what was flat—out wrong? for example, trumpets claimed many times that the us economic growth is unprecedented. —— president trump. likewise employment rates are at a low for many decades but not in all of history. likewise, different claims from president trump about immigration and crime rates which we re immigration and crime rates which were also false. the framing, as you put it, that was interesting, what to duplicate from what he was trying to duplicate from what he was trying to get away with, if you like?

to duplicate from what he was trying to get away with, if you like ?i couple of things. the economy, he is just going to keep hammering home for the election, obviously a big selling point but trying to take claim for economic progress whereas most of the policies which lead to job growth were in place under president obama and her started under the last administration but president trump is feeling the sad thing is he dead and the trade wars he has been involved with. the president did not mention the impeachment in itself but it is on his mind and within hours he will get acquitted? that is right. there was a question whether he would put it out there and he did not go there, he did not use the word impeachment in the adjust but it was on the back of everyone's mind. it shows the nature of congress right now and we will be going to the vote

later. looking at the democrats, following ior, much confusion, the only possible challenger who is not only possible challenger who is not on the ballot is mike bloomberg. we are still waiting for all the results to come then but bernie sanders look like a winner so to speak. it was a difficult night in ior but they will probably get foods that the later primaries. make bloomberg will be trying to position himself as a moderate candidate. thank you very much forjoining us. —— make bloomberg. and don't forget you can join — christian fraser and katty kay for a bbc news special this evening live from capitol hill

in washington as the impeachment trial of us president donald trump concludes with a final vote in the senate. that's live on the bbc news channel from eight thirty this evening. british citizens are once again being urged to leave wuhan — the chinese city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. the foreign secretary says a second and final flight is being chartered to help those wishing to leave. 94 uk nationals and family members have already been evacuated. the death toll has risen to 490 with over 20,000 people infected. with over 20,000 people in japan, ten people on a cruise ship have contracted the virus and in the past minutes — hong kong have announced that all visitors from mainland china will be quarantined for 14 days. let's take a closer look at the decision to instruct britons to leave china due to the spread of the virus. the foreign office estimates there are just under 30,000 britons leaving in china with 600,000 visiting each year(oov)and in nearby hong kong —— 35,000 britons each year and in nearby hong kong — 35,000 britons currently live there —

with 570,000 brits visiting each year. the hong chief executive carrie lam has confirmed this morning — there are 21 confirmed cases of coronavirus. our china correspondent robin brant reports. all on board this cruise liner injapan are now in quarantine for two weeks after ten chinese among them tested positive with a new type of coronavirus. the virus is spreading day by day, china is bearing the brunt but its neighbours are having to take increasingly severe action as well. translation: these people who tested positive disembarked with quarantine officers. with the help from the japan coast guard they are being transported to medicalfacilities in the prefecture. british tourist david abel is among them. we have got no idea when we are going to be allowed off the ship. all we have been informed is 14 days quarantine on the ship. that means we have no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room, it's really basic food. nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much.

in the capital of china, the checks, scrutiny and anxiety continues. this is a country partially shut down and still desperate to contain the outbreak. the president xi jinping has spoken tonight of a positive effect he believes the prevention and control measures are having. he said he was confident they could when what he called this war. as wuhan, the epicentre city, shut off from the rest of china lays on more temporary health care, the uk is arranging a second and final flight out. more than 100 britons want to be in the plane when it leaves on sunday morning. two we e ks two weeks of quarantine at home thesis then. how we are taking decisions of course has to be based

on the science and that has to be based on what we knew about this virus and that does have uncertainties around it because of the nature of this being a brand—new virus. as i see, the approach we are taking is to take no chances. hong kong, part of china remember, has further tightened its measures. all visitors from the mainland will face quarantine from saturday. the outbreak is putting a huge strain on companies closely linked to china. cathay pacific has asked its 25,000 plus staff to take weeks of unpaid leave because falling passenger numbers mean drastic cuts to the number of planes it is flying. 23 people have been killed following two avalanches in the eastern turkish province of van over the last 24 hours the local governor said that nine of those killed were civilians while others were members of the emergency services. thirty people have been rescued and search and rescue efforts are continuing. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. in his state of the union address president trump says his time in office has produced a great american comeback.

as the coronavirus death toll in china reaches nearly 500, sick passengers are taken off a cruise ship docked in hong kong. at least 23 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. in a mountainside in turkey. sport, super league ow| to in sport, super league owners meet to discuss the catalan signing of the controversial player israel folau. england player anthony watts will not be ready for six nations on saturday. there is concern about the coronavirus and the effect it could have on the games at the weekend. more on those stories in half on earth. a 23 year old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a pensioner in north london. dororthy woolmer was beaten to death at home in waltheof gardens north london, in august last year. reece

dempster also pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting dorothy woolmer. the jury formally found dempster guilty of the charges of murder and sexual assault on the direction of the judge. a court has heard that the brother of the manchester arena attacker was thwarted in an attempt to source an acid over fears it could make explosives. salman abedi detonated a "homemade improvised explosive device" outside an ariana grande concert on 22 may 2017 the old bailey heard. his brother hashem abedi is standing trial at the court for his role in the attack which killed 22 people. the 22—year—old denies their murders and the attempted murder of others. the government has launched a public consultation about whether failure to pay the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal offence. at the moment, anyone who watches or records live tv, streams programmes live on an online tv service, or uses iplayer, without a licence is committing a criminal offence — in 2018 more than 120,000 people were fined for licence fee evasion. if the change is approved, it could have a major impact on the bbc‘s finances. our media editor amol rajan is here.

nonpayment is a bit like failure to piano utility bill. the government have launched a public consultation but they feel their criminal sanction is on just under west of court time. the bbc responded by saying it is only .3 of court time that goes on evasion and it could cost around £200 million to the court system. they are working out exactly how much it will cost the bbc because —— is quite hard because there is a big change coming engine with a lot of pensioners stopping getting three licences. baroness morgan this morning said the changes would be put in the context of not ongoing skirmishes between the government and other media but to

revolutionise the global media landscape. there will have to be a detailed look at the whole licence fee model. the bbc has a current charter which runs till 2027. there is always a review mentally, looking at whether there should be decriminalisation of licence fee evasion but i think there will be a broader debate because people change the bdc media. there is a more complicated media landscape now and we will have to look at whether the licence fee is right for the 21st century. lots of comparisons with netflix, not clear how the bbc could become like netflix, it is a subscription service. the bbc will change from being a universal service into one which some people pgy- service into one which some people pay. we could move to a denmark model or an american model, ultimately it is for the viewers to decide what kind of media they want.

the families of severely epileptic children are beginning legal action against the nhs and nice for failing to prescribe medical cannabis. they say they still can't access it on the health service, despite it being legalised in the uk in november 2018. the department of health says two cannabis—based medicines are now available on the nhs, where clinically appropriate. the new chair of the commons health committee — the former health secretaryjeremy hunt — says the committee will look at how to change nhs culture, following the review of the malpractice by breast surgeon ian paterson. yesterday, an independent inquiry found that a culture of "avoidance and denial" allowed paterson to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women. he is serving a 20 year prison term for 17 counts of wounding with intent. our health editor hugh pym sent this from westminster. the background to this is that review fainting which there is a dysfunctional system which let patients down mike. that hearing the

inquiry saidi patients down mike. that hearing the inquiry said i take down he is not convinced that medical regulators even now could stop this thing happening again. the health secretary said this morning that the central recommendations of the report would be implemented quickly, including much better information sharing between different health authorities. his predecessorjeremy hunt who is chair of the commons health select committee told the bbc his committee will look into the whole thing. when he was in office, he pushed patient safety is one of his top priorities. he really wanted to improve things but as he told me this morning, there is clearly still a lot more work to be done. what we are looking at is how we change the culture so that doctors who see something going wrong, maybe a mistake they themselves make, how we make it easy for them to talk

about it openly so that mistake is not repeated. that is the most important thing if you are going to have a safety culture and we still don't get that right. jeremy hunt. in a separate development today police have confirmed that there was an allegation of sexual assault made against ian paterson in 2018 but they say the complainant, after talks with police decided not to pursue the complaint. that was after paterson had beenjailed. the police said there were no further safeguarding issues associated with that.

met office cover the uk and ireland. isle of man also cover what happens to them. they have their own weather warning system. as up for sunday, it could turn out to be very stormy. the main uncertainty comes as to who will see the strongest when, hence we have a widespread warning. it is everywhere! i will show you. it is going to be a widespread storm system. this will be over quite a large geographical area. the office are likely to upgrade this which is why they have named it in advance, storm keira. spelt with fc. yes, irish name. it comes to this area of cloud which is pushing through taxes and across the rockies. just the south—east of dallas as you see

through. you can see the strongest of the wind. driving all that will bea of the wind. driving all that will be a strong jet stream overhead, this strong tab will develop underneath, the wind alters in speed and it causes the air to rise and fall. it will push across the atlantic. the jet stream will reach speeds of 75 miles an hour. anyone, if you are flying back from the united states to the uk, it could be a bumpy journey and united states to the uk, it could be a bumpyjourney and very quick. when you get such a strong jet stream, little variations within that can cause exactly what is going to happen to that low pressure system building. that is where the uncertainty comes about who will see the strongest of the wind. good confidence, most computer models are showing broad areas of low pressure

just to the north of us, just to the southern edge of that you can see lots of lines right across the uk which is why the entire uk is covered by a weather warning for sunday. shall i tell you the when strengths? do i have a choice? it is the next graphic. when‘s anywhere between 60—80 miles per right across the uk. if you have travel plans, especially for sunday, check on the app and website because these will cause damage and significant travel disruption across many areas of the uk. it seems a long way off given we have had such mild weather. exactly. this was a short while ago in devon. ba rely this was a short while ago in devon. barely a breath of wind in the air, broken cloud, little bit of sunshine. not bad for some rowing on

the water. notified of the beach, are they? anyway, at the moment this isa are they? anyway, at the moment this is a candy for the weekend storm. we will continue in this vein for the next couple of days. mist and fog conditions by night. cloud will vary, high—pressure to the south. skies are clear in the south. coming ina skies are clear in the south. coming in a clockwise direction from the atlantic, a fair bit of cloud for scotla nd atlantic, a fair bit of cloud for scotland and northern ireland. these are the temperatures to finish the day. generally levels normalfor are the temperatures to finish the day. generally levels normal for the time of year. clear skies at times at night over england and wales, temperatures take more about drop in the doing island and scotland. elsewhere, close to freezing and a bit of toast. more widely across

england and wales tomorrow, there will be dense fog patches. it will ta ke will be dense fog patches. it will take awhile to move but once it does, largely dry except for some spots of inner hebrides. temperatures around for a 5 degrees. friday sees some changes, more of a breeze. mist and fog the morning. lots of sunshine in the east but in the west, the first sign of approaching weather systems, a few showers around. through friday night, the first batch of dreamworks this through, that were cleared into saturday into saturday morning. saturday into saturday morning. saturday morning looks nice for many areas, central and eastern areas looking nice. by the end of the day, western parts of scotland and northern ireland, wet and windy. through saturday night, gales will develop widely across the country, some could cause problems, travel disruptions but as we go into

sunday, this is the one we are really watching as this where system pushes through we will see wind pushing through. i have mentioned the storm, damaging when‘s across the storm, damaging when‘s across the country. travel disruption as well but we will keep you updated here. —— mike damaging winds. those weather warning rmp for you. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... in his state of the union address, mr trump set out his case

for another four years in power, but the speaker, nancy pelosi, makes her feelings clear. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving. as the coronavirus death toll in china reaches nearly 500, sick passengers are taken off a cruise ship docked in hong kong, and hundreds of others are quarantined. we have got no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room, it's really basic food, nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it's changed so much. at least 23 people have been killed, and dozens more trapped, after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. a licence to send people to prison? the government launches a consultation into whether non—payment of the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal

be a criminal offence. people are changing the way they consume media, it's more complicated, so i think we have to look at whether the model is right for the 21st—century. sport now on afternoon live with gavin, and the controversy over israel folau's super league signing is not going away, is it? absolutely,. is not going away, is it? he's one of the most controversial names in rugby. catalans coach steve mcnamara expected it to be so but decided to give the 30—year—old another opportunity in the game. folau was sacked by rugby australia for saying "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post in april last year. in salford earlier, and in the last 10 minutes we've had a statement, in from super league. the sl board accepts the legalities, around the rfl‘s decision

to register israel. the board has unaminously to put in place measure to ensure the owners came together to speak to one another after the letter from carl kr's owners warning them of potential legal action if they suffer financially as a result of signing, catalan signing israel folau. the catalan chairman was absent, and this was because israel folau was sacked by rugby australia for what they say were homophobic comments last year. he grew up playing rugby league and said he was very grateful to be at catalan was raring to get started with his new side in action against wakefield on sunday. after that six nations defeat to france on sunday, england are gearing up for the match against scotland this weekend. england winger anthony watson will miss saturday's six nations

match with scotland. the bath back trained on tuesday but suffered a recurrence of the problem and sat out wednesday's session. he was forced out of the opening defeat in paris with a calf problem but suffered a setback in training and missed today's session. they will be hoping he gets fit again as they look to get their six nations campaign back on track. former tottenham playmaker christian eriksen feels that he was blamed for their slump in recent months, and paid the price for being honest about his desire to leave the club. he told a danish newspaper last summer that he wanted a new challenge elsewhere. after being linked with real madrid and manchester united, he completed a £17 million move to inter milan at the end of the january transfer window. if you have a short contract, you will be the black sheep, and of course i did the interview. i was very honest. i felt that i had to be honest. i did not want to hide stuff

like a lot of players do. and they work in their own way, everybody is different, but i was honest — i wanted to try something new and i said that out loud. i did get the blame for a lot of stuff, for being the bad vibe. i didn't read all of the bad stuff. i did read something about being the bad person in the changing room and "ever since he said he wanted to leave he is no good." after picking up an achilles injury in training, mo farah has withdrawn from next month's london half marathon. he's won the race for the last two years but said he'll focus instead on getting fully fit for the summer. he added that he hoped to be back at the race in 2021. the international olympic committee have tried to allay fears over the coronavirus, after the organisers of the tokyo games said they were seriously concerned about its effect. the ioc said they were in contact with the world health organization and had full confidence that tokyo 2020 were in control of the situation. the organisers admitted they were worried that the outbreak

may dampen enthusiasm for the olympics and paralympics, due to be held in tokyo from july to september. there have been 20 confirmed cases of the virus injapan, with nearly 500 people killed in china, where it first emerged. translation: i am seriously worried that the spreading of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum towards the games. i hope it will be stamped out as soon as possible. the tokyo 2020 organising committee will coordinate with the ipc, ioc, japanese government at tokyo metropolitan government at tokyo metropolitan government to tackle this issue thoroughly. those running next year's women's rugby world cup say they are hoping to build on the success of the last tournament in ireland in 2017, which set records for attendance and television viewing. it comes with organisers confirming the dates and venues at an official launch in auckland.

it's the first time the event has been held in the southern hemisphere and, from the semifinals onwards, the matches will be played at the 50,000—seater eden park, which hosted the men's final in 2011. all match and training facilities and accommodation will be on parity with international men's tournaments and the 2011 event. the tournament and the 2011 event. the tournament and its associations of rugby at women's sort will take place over 30 days from september 18 october 16, 2021. more children, men and women play the game. that's the world legacy. it's a world cup, and it shouldn't be necessary to put on disdain for the females. we want to capture everybody involved in rugby. that's all the sport for now. the leaders of the three largest parties in the republic of ireland

have clashed in the final tv debate of the general election campaign. voters go to the polls on saturday to decide who should lead the government in dublin, as ireland deals with the fallout from the brexit process. chris page reports. ireland is a nation on the edge of europe and the frontline of brexit. it's the only country which has a land border with the uk. after a financial crisis a decade ago, it has recovered strongly and now has the fastest growing economy in the eu. but opposition parties are highlighting issues like housing shortages, hospital overcrowding and the cost of living. in the last major tv debate before the election, the prime minister emphasised his role in the brexit talks and claimed a change of government would be a risk. it's only half—time, brexit isn't done yet. the next big step is to negotiate a trade deal between the uk and the eu. that's absolutely essential for the 200,000 people who work in export industries in ireland, our rural economy, our agri—food

sector and our fishermen. but the leader of the main opposition party said he was up to the task because all parties had the same approach to brexit. the idea that you can't change the government because of brexit i think makes absolutely no sense. governments change all of the time in europe and there's always many key issues facing the european union and member states. both mr martin and mr varadkar‘s parties are in the political centre ground. they have dominated irish politics for many decades. but they are being challenged by a left—wing party, sinn fein, which is performing strongly in opinion polls. the theme of this election has emerged as a thirst for change. i'm very clear what that change means. everywhere that i have gone people have said to me that they recognise that fianna fail and fine gael, essentially identical parties, have had it all their own way now for almost a century. the other two leaders said they wouldn't go into a coalition with sinn fein, mainly because the party had links

to paramilitary violence during the conflict in northern ireland. sinn fein emphasises its role in the peace process. no group is expected to win an overall majority of seats in the irish parliament. complex negotiations to form a government are set to follow the general election, which will be held on saturday. chris page, bbc news. more than 340,000 primary school children are in literary poverty, research shows. that's a term used by the charity booktrust for children who are read to for less than 15 minutes a week. the study conducted by the charity reveals that 1 in 7 parents say they never read to their children before bed. the research also shows that around just! in 3 children are reading for more than one hour a week. i'm joined by the author and former children's laureate anne fine, who's written many books for young people over the past five decades.

are you as shocked as i am by those figures? i am deeply shocked, and i think one thing which has shocked me most is how much sheer pleasure is being missed here, because one of the nicest things, i thought, about having small children and grandchildren since is just cuddling up grandchildren since is just cuddling up with them and sharing picture books and books generally. the trouble is children nowadays go to bed with, well, some of them sit in bed with, well, some of them sit in bed going like this, don't they? they are, and that, i feel, bed going like this, don't they? they are, and that, ifeel, is bed going like this, don't they? they are, and that, i feel, is where pa rents they are, and that, i feel, is where parents must try and stay a step ahead because, once you have in the bedroom something which can transfer playing a game, the temptation to do that, because the games are designed to be addictive... i think the pa rent to be addictive... i think the parent needs to be a step ahead. i think it's easier to be a step ahead if the parents realise how important the reading is, because it is the

shared reading when the child is small that turns the child into liking books enough to be a reader, and children who have shared books arrive at school at least one year ahead, their vocabularies are much richer, their personalities are more resilient and, i know it sounds strange, but they have more self—knowledge, because when you are reading a story, without even realising it, you are thinking, ooh, i wouldn't have done that, i'd have told my mother sooner, so you are learning about yourself. educationally, you have already outlined it, but how crucial is it? absolutely crucial, and every study in the last 50 years has shown that, the more a child reads for pleasure, the more a child reads for pleasure, the more a child reads for pleasure, the more hours they put in, the better they do in school and exams and every academic subjects, including mathematics. when you think about it, it makes perfect

sense, because reading is a mechanical skilljust as sense, because reading is a mechanical skill just as much sense, because reading is a mechanical skilljust as much as skateboarding or football or anything like that. the more hours you put in, the better you get, the more you get out of it. and parents and carers get something out of it as well. you'd think so, and i so understand, being the age i am, five decades ago, i so understand how pa rents decades ago, i so understand how parents now, who need tojobs, sometimes more to keep the mortgage going to their heads above water, do not have the time that i as a parent had. i totally understand that. but i think, if they understood that, if you put in ten minutes even, and it's not much, it only adds up to an hour a week, if you put in ten minutes of reading to a child in the evening, you can settle them down, they go to sleep sooner, calmer, and you can save a bit of time to go down into the mobile phone calls that you would have done, and so

actually it's a good investment. my memory of it, and i'm sure you have done it, it's the moment you tend to fall asleep, halfway through the story! we have all done it. it underlines that it's an intimate moment between your children and whoever is reading to them. moment between your children and whoever is reading to themm moment between your children and whoever is reading to them. it means they can talk about things in the day. you are reading them a little picture book and their hand comes down on the page and they stop you turning over and say, why did the duck push the chicken off the table? you say, well, because... and they say, well, henry pushes me like that at nursery school, and you get to point out something about your child. conversations end up anywhere when you start with books. i think that's what booktrust is trying to do with getting all of these hundreds of schools... pyjama rama

isa hundreds of schools... pyjama rama is a day injune, the fifth this year, and you sign up if you are a school, and everybody pays £1 to come to school in their pyjamas, and it's a way of focusing on children and on parents. the absolute importance of bedtime reading, which as we can see is sliding away. the interesting thing is there is no shortage of very good children's books around. it's extraordinary, and in the last 20 years i have come across quite a few families who, because of the countries they've come to live in, don't realise what a great library system we still have,in a great library system we still have, in spite of the cuts, that books are free, that, even if your dog eats one of your books, if you go back and apologised, they will forgive you. there is more rejoicing over one sinner returned to the library than everybody who has been checking them out for years. so i think it's a constant problem,

trying to explain to people that every moment put in to books pays a thousandfold. so the challenge would be this, you are there with a child who perhaps isn't into books at all. how do you persuade them that the next five minutes, pay attention and it will be worth it? what would you do? you can't really say to a child, pay attention, because reading is one thing at school, but reading for pleasure at its home is to be a pleasure, so i suppose the secret is the right book to the right child at the right book to the right child at the right book to the right child at the right time, and that means a lot of experimentation, it means recognising when a child is reckless and doesn't like the book or is worried by the book, it means shoving a book aside and trying again, maybe trying cartoons, it may be manga, whatever them on. some childrenjust be manga, whatever them on. some children just like be manga, whatever them on. some childrenjust like to be manga, whatever them on. some children just like to reach the same

old mine cracking stuff about diamonds over and over again. i have to tell you, if i heard one more word about perfect locks when one of my daughters was eight, i could have jumped offa my daughters was eight, i could have jumped off a cliff! this has taken an unexpected twist! there is something for every child, some book that will turn it on. if you have to rate it 100 times, and everybody is tempted to drop the odd book behind the radiator because they never want to see it again, but... what is the book you remember being read to you asa book you remember being read to you as a child? i can't remember. i was born after slightly the war, but i remember a book which had a spongy texture, and it was a little mouse coming down on an umbrella, you know, floating down with an umbrella, and an airman who had been shot down coming down on a

parachute, and i thought it was great poetry. it said, there is something wrong, the airmen cried, such a splendid fellow, and down he came by parachute, but monty mouse came by parachute, but monty mouse came by parachute, but monty mouse came by brella. thank you for coming more than 40 people have been arrested in a crackdown on so—called courier fraud across england and wales. police say more than 3,000 people, most of them elderly, have been duped into withdrawing large sums of money and handing it to a fraudster who's posing as a courier or a police officer. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. early morning in central london. police are out in force for a raid on a flat in kings cross. police! it's part of an operation targeting criminal gangs involved in courierfraud. a sniffer dog is brought in to find items that might be hidden,

like mobile phone sim cards and memory sticks. carol norton was a victim of courierfraud. she was caring for her terminally ill husband when she was tricked into handing over £4,000 in cash. a man phoned her pretending to be a detective who needed help on an undercover investigation. i believed every word he said. he really sounded, he was concerned about me. he did say he was concerned about my husband. and hejust seemed a genuine police officer. when you learned that it was a scam, how did you feel? what was your reaction? ijust cried. it was awful. i really felt upset because i had let my husband down. police believe courier fraud is a growing problem across england and wales. in the past two years there have been more than 3,100 victims. £12 million has been stolen, with some people losing hundreds of thousands in pensions and savings.

courierfraud is believed to be coordinated by organised gangs who may be linked to wider networks involved in drug trafficking. it's helped by the fact that there is a degree of anonymity, when the fraudster can phone the victim. quite often we see fraudsters coming from places like london and urban locations, travelling up and down the country, using public transport and then arriving on the doorstep of the victim. in police raids since november, 44 people have been arrested including two men at the flat in london. they have since been released while investigations continue. 14 others have been charged as police continue to tackle what they say is a despicable crime. danny shaw, bbc news. in his state of the union address president trump says his time in office has produced a great american comeback

as the coronavirus death toll in china reaches nearly 500, sick passengers are taken off a cruise ship docked in hong kong. at least 23 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. hong kong's flagship airline cathay pacific has asked staff to take three weeks of unpaid leave to help it cope with the impact of the coronavirus. the airline intends to cut services by about 30% over the next two months, including a 90% reduction in flights to mainland china. passenger numbers are already down following months of anti—government protests in hong kong. the central bank person has added it is causing global doubts. and sticking with airlines, claims made by ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the uk's advertising watchdog. europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers had billed

itself as the region's "lowest emissions airline" and a "low co2 emissions airline". but it's been ruled that ryanair‘s claims could not be backed up. sign—ups for disney's new streaming service have exceeded expectations with about 28.6 million people signing up for disney plus since it started in november. the on—demand video service, which costs $6.99 per month, is an attempt to challenge industry leader netflix. we are buying fewer new cars. yes, demand fell by 7.3% last month, so says the society of motor manufacturers and traders. that means over 11,000 fewer cars were registered in january than during the same period last year. the smmt is pointing to a variety of factors. they say there was confusion among consumers about diesel and clean—air zones, and also generally weak

consumer and business confidence. zones, and also generally weak consumer and business confidencem this sales across the board? we have seen a fall in diesel and petrol, but largely the drop in diesel but there has also been a 9.5% decline in petrol. alongside this there has been an uplift in alternatively fuelled vehicles, by which i mean electric and also plug in hybrids. together, they collectively reached a record market share of nearly 12%, and the transport secretary, grant shapps, commented this morning, saying that triple the number of people bought a battery electric car compare to this time last year, with record levels of zero and low emissions vehicles on the road. good news, because it feeds into their strategy of trying to shift the uk's roads over to electric. they lose a lot of revenue on petrol, but that's another issue. spotify has just

published its results. it is thought that music streaming in major markets like the us accounts for more than 80% of all the music we listen to, and spotify is a market leader, and it's just listen to, and spotify is a market leader, and it'sjust released its latest numbers for the fourth quarter, so the last three months of the previous year, and apparently the previous year, and apparently the number of people signed up to spotify has increased by 31% from a year ago. they now have more than 271 million subscribers. interesting, because there are lots of services around them now. yes, lots of competitors in the market. michelle fleury is at the new york stock exchange. i would imagine may be, i don't know, some kind of boy band number? good news for spotify. hang on a second! motown is more myjam. what

cani second! motown is more myjam. what can i say? i like a mixed bag, you know, maybe some dance music as well. just to get you going in the morning. this is the biggest music streaming service, so, in some insta nces, streaming service, so, in some instances, you could argue it's got first mover advantage, it's bigger than apple and amazon, and you see that reflected in the progress it is making in terms of attracting people to its platform. it added 11 million new subscribers to its service in the final three months of last year, bringing the totalfor the final three months of last year, bringing the total for the year to 124 million, and that is paying school subscribers. when you are talking about the number of people who use the paid and free services, that figure was 271 million, so it's very impressive, but here is the thing, it still made an operating loss, and that really has got investors slightly anxious after it

made a profit previous year. questions about how much it is spending. it had to give a lot of free trials and promotions to attract all of this, and it also spent a lot of its money on royalties to the music artists themselves, and that is partly why it is struggling to make more money. amazing that, despite those listed numbers going up, still a big operating loss. briefly, still lots of competitors snapping at their heels. there are a lot of competitors, and i think an interesting thing spotify have said todayis interesting thing spotify have said today is that they see this as a big year to invest, and i guess, looking at their track record, they have been putting more and more focus on podcasts, and they said listening to podcasts, and they said listening to podcasts has increased 200% on their platform and service, so they have made an acquisition and don't be surprised if they make a few more in that specific area. the other

advantage of podcasts is you don't have to pay ongoing royalties, which could help them with costs going forward. the thank you, michelle. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to matt taylor. all quiet out there, but there are changes afoot, with something stormier on its way. enjoy the quiet conditions, with high pressure to the south. with the clearest of the skies, where we saw mist and fog last night, around it we have cloud in parts of northern ireland and northern and western scotland, could produce the odd spot of rain or drizzle, but for most of us at temperatures around where they should be at this stage in february. clear skies, temperatures tumbling. light winds across southern scotland, england and wales, we

could see some frost around for tomorrow morning. fairly similar to last night, with the breeze in place in lerwick and stornoway, but a wider risk of fog tomorrow morning it could lingerfor a wider risk of fog tomorrow morning it could linger for a while wider risk of fog tomorrow morning it could lingerfor a while before gradually clearing. sunshine will vary, most places will be drive it will be cool, four or 5 degrees, and changes for friday, with more of a breeze starting to develop, which means that fog is less of a risk, and more sunshine for scotland and wales, with the rain developing from the west, temperatures of nine to 11, always a bit cooler the further east you are. this is a start of the change for friday night, rain will spread east fairly erratically for it takes us into saturday which, on the face of it, isn't bad, with lots of sunny weather to begin with, lasting longer across wales, england and eastern scotland but, by the end of saturday, turning west across western scotland and northern ireland, and very windy. widespread

gales developing in the north and west, with heavy rain at times. that could cause issues but, as that clears east into sunday, things turn more stormy, linking to what is happening with this dip in the jet strea m happening with this dip in the jet stream in texas, picking up an area of low pressure already developing, and it will develop further, firing it across the atlantic on a strong jet stream, and developing into a massive, broad area of low pressure, with on the southern edge potentially straw me desperate stormy winds. the met office have normed this storm ciara, which could bring 60 to 80 mph winds. damaging winds and travel disruption certainly likely. bye—bye for now.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3... state of disunion in washington — speaker nancy pelosi makes her feelings clear as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging and our country is thriving and highly respected again. china takes further steps to control the spread of the coronavirus as the death toll nears 500, while 10 people on a cruise ship test positive and hundreds of other passengers are quarantined. that means we have no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room, it is really basic food, nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much. at least 26 people have been killed, and dozens more trapped,

after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. many of the dead are rescue workers attending the first. a licence to send people to prison? the government launches a consultation into whether non—payment of the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal offence. i do think there is going to be a broader debatejust because people are changing the way they consume media. there is a much more complicated media landscape now, and so i do think we are going to have to look at whether the licence fee model is right for the 21st century. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. the signing of israel folau triggers a super league rule change as the controversial australian's move to catalans gets the go—ahead. thanks, and now for a look at the weather. very calm, very peaceful at the moment, but very stormy weather on the way this weekend. i will have all the details in half an hour.

also coming up — the shocking rise in literary poverty — that's the amount of time a child who is read to or with for pleasure.. as it's revealed one in seven parents or carers never read their child a bedtime story hello, this is afternoon live. president donald trump has hailed the "great american comeback" in his annual state of the union address, but it was a speech that exposed sharp divisions at the top of us politics. coming hours before his expected acquittal on corruption charges in his impeachment trial, the language he used was clearly aimed to set out his case for anotherfour years in office — but it was the body—language in the hall that got most attention. whilst he received several standing ovations from fellow republicans, at one point

the democratic house speaker nancy pelosi ripped up a copy of his speech standing right behind him. ben wright reports from washington. for more years, chanted republican lawmakers while democrats looked angry and glam. any striking snub of the most senior democrat in the chamber, he refused to shake nancy pelosi's hand, someone who pushed ha rd pelosi's hand, someone who pushed hard for his impeachment. donald trump fired out lines that form the ci’ux trump fired out lines that form the crux of his election campaign. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging and oui’ falling, confidence is surging and our country is thriving and highly respected again. his speech was

bombastic, boastful and partisan. the president claimed there was a blue—collar boom and trumped said about the economy... under my administration, it is lower than any administration, it is lower than any administration in the history of our country. washington's polarised policies was on stark display. donald trump did not mention impeachment. the democrats know their efforts to remove him from office now have probably failed, so it's all about november's election, and president trump is targeting a second term. our agenda is pro—worker, profamily, pro—growth and most of all pro—american. pro—worker, profamily, pro—growth and most of all pro-american. and then at the end, this. nancy pelosi ripping up the president speech in disgust. washington has rarely looked so bitter. it was a manifesto

of mistruths. what you think of him not shaking your hand? where you are invited to another state of the union? hopefully not. i am expecting another president nine months from today. the partisan divide will only continue. in this election year, the next nine months will be fiercely fought, and this may not be president trump's last state of the union address. our correspondent jane o'brien is at capitol hill is following developments in washington. his approval rating is at an all—time high and that is on the very day that we are expecting the senate to acquit him, and what we are waiting for if this is just down

party lines, whether democrats will convicted him, and it will be aware 01’ convicted him, and it will be aware or not democrats want to save their own re—election chances because they are in highly contested seats. whether those democrats will actually cross the party isle and vote with the republicans to acquit the president because that would allow the republicans to claim this isa allow the republicans to claim this is a bipartisan acquittal and not just down the partisan lines, and that would really cap a great mid week for donald trump. he said what many expected him to say, but there was a specific audience he was aiming at. particularly the afro—american audience out there. aiming at. particularly the afro—american audience out therem was a very interesting speech on the multiple levels, but what really stood out was on the one hand, he was trying to bring in a more diverse electorate while on the other hand, he was throwing the colou ra nts other hand, he was throwing the colourants he other hand, he was throwing the coloura nts he knew other hand, he was throwing the colourants he knew it would appeal to his base. —— comments. he has

been criticised for not trying to broaden his potential voting support, and only focusing on his base which he can't win an election with because it is too small, so what we saw last night was possibly a recognition that yes he does have to say a few things and unemployment among african—americans is at a historically low level. the democrats would argue what are the jobs and what are the wages. they would also say a lot of his economic success would also say a lot of his economic su ccess was would also say a lot of his economic success was building on the success and the platform that was put in place by his predecessor barack obama, but nevertheless, donald trump can claim that during his pledge to density, the economy is chugging along and limit at an all—time low. that all—important approval rating of 49%. he is going to have a lot of democrats scratching their heads and wondering what did they do wrong, how did it come to this, and what are they going to do to stop him. among those

criticising him aware nancy pelosi. i was absolutely riveted by her. as ha rd i was absolutely riveted by her. as hard as i was trying to listen to what donald trump had to say, i could not take my hands —— eyes off her. he had the speaker of the house sitting there, shaking her head, smoking, rolling her eyes and then finally ripping up donald trump's speech. i have never seen behaviour like that, and what it showed was the stark divisions between the house, between the democrats and the com plete house, between the democrats and the complete breakdown of any pretense at decorum and civil behaviour in what should be a pinnacle of civility in america, congress, that is gone. what's to that is going to say about the election, already toxic and divided, what we're going toxic and divided, what we're going to be experience in the next nine months we cannot know.

as the former executive editor of the new york times jill abramson has had a front row seat to many state of the union speeches, and has reported on a many an election cycle. she's now a professor at harvard university and joins me live from new york. very quickly, nancy pelosi, what did you make of what she did quite?m was a very interesting election to the address and reflects the better relations between the president and the speaker, but as it is only fair to know that when he handed his speech to her before the speech, he refused to shake her hand, so he really started this discourteous behaviour which is indeed unusual in the halls of congress. the argument that he is on something of a role given the chaos from iowa, the fact he knows he is going to be acquitted

in his impeachment hearing and he was rather enjoying it all last night. he called it the great american comeback, but it is really the great trump comeback. how right was he in what he was telling the americans? the times were facts jetting the speech in —— fact checking the speech in real time and some of the things that caused nancy pelosi to roll her eyes were false in the speech, including bragging about bringing drug prices down. they have introduced a bill that has stalled that in congress because of the republican opposition, so as usual, a lot of the actual state m e nts usual, a lot of the actual statements and content of his words

we re statements and content of his words were found as i've said, you have seen many of these. what do you make of the tone of the event? it was bizarre is how i would describe it. trump at his most triumphant. he is obviously gloating about the technical screw ups in iron wire, loving the fact —— iowa, loving the fa ct loving the fact —— iowa, loving the fact that the poll numbers and up approval, so he was at his braggadocio best. where are other democrats going to look now given what happened in iowa, is there still a mr bloomberg waiting in the

wings who some saying he is now the only option? he may prove to be the only option? he may prove to be the only option? he may prove to be the only option left with enough money to challenge the president, but at some point, the democrats have to unite and have a real message of their own that voters will respond to, and at the beginning of this primary season that hasn't happened yet. just looking at what happened, the speech and the reaction to it, how do you assess where we are in america in 2020 and the state of politics there right now? we are in polarised america, more bitterly divided than ever. this has been the way things have been and it is intensifying, since election night 2016. we are hours away from an

acquittal on corruption charges at an impeachment, so the president is going to say that i am going from strength to strength. he will pronounce it as he did with the miller report, complete exoneration. another democratic witchhunt, no doubt. what is your forecast for the rest of the year? i hesitate to make a prediction as to which a democratic candidate is going to be emerging as the nominee. it isjust very much in flux right now. the conventional wisdom among political pundit classes is that trump looks more likely for re—election, but there is a tonne of time between now and november, and who knows what is

going to happen. this has been a presidency that erupts in controversy every couple of weeks. and don't forget you canjoin — christian fraser and katty kay for a bbc news special this evening live from capitol hill in washington as the impeachment trial of us president donald trump concludes with a final vote in the senate. that's live on the bbc news channel from 8.30 this evening. british citizens are once again being urged to leave wuhan — the chinese city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. the foreign secretary says a second and final flight is being chartered to help those wishing to leave. 94 uk nationals and family members have already been evacuated. the death toll has risen to 490 with over 20,000 people infected... in japan, 10 people

on a cruise ship have contracted the virus, and in the past minutes, hong kong have announced that all visitors from mainland china will be quarantined for 14 days. let's take a closer look at the decision to instruct britons to leave china due to the spread of the virus. .. the foreign office estimates there are just under 30,000 britons leaving in china with 600,000 visiting each year, and in nearby hong kong , 35,000 britons currently live there — with 570,000 brits visiting each year, the hong chief executive carrie lam has confirmed this morning, there are 21 confirmed cases of coronavirus. our china correspondent robin brant reports. all on board this cruise liner injapan are now in quarantine for two weeks after ten chinese among them tested positive with a new type of coronavirus. the virus is spreading day by day, china is bearing the brunt but its neighbours are having to take increasingly

severe action as well. translation: these people who tested positive disembarked with quarantine officers. with the help from the japan coast guard, they are being transported to medicalfacilities in the prefecture. british tourist david abel is among them. we have got no idea when we are going to be allowed off the ship. all we have been informed is 14 days quarantine on the ship. that means we have no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room, it's really basic food. nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much. in the capital of china, the checks, scrutiny and anxiety continues. this is a country partially shut down and still desperate to contain the outbreak. the president xi jinping has spoken tonight of a positive effect he believes the prevention and control measures are having. he said he was confident they could when what he called this war. as wuhan, the epicentre city,

shut off from the rest of china lays on more temporary health care, the uk is arranging a second and final flight out. more than 100 britons want to be in the plane when it leaves on sunday morning. two weeks of quarantine at home awaits them. how we are taking decisions of course has to be based on the science and that has to be based on what we knew about this virus and that does have uncertainties around it because of the nature of this being a brand—new virus. as i say, the approach we are taking is to take no chances. hong kong, part of china remember, has further tightened its measures. all visitors from the mainland will face quarantine from saturday. the outbreak is putting a huge strain on companies closely linked to china. cathay pacific has asked its 25,000 plus staff to take weeks of unpaid leave because falling passenger numbers mean drastic cuts to

the number of planes it is flying. the death toll has increased and people are advised to stay in homes. people on the cruise ship... that is the picture in turkey. more than 23 people have lost their lives in the earthquakes in turkey, including the emergency services personnel, and we will bring you more on that later on. a 23 —year—old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a pensioner in north london. dororthy woolmer was beaten to death at home in august last year.

reece dempster also pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting her. herfamily said her family said she was a beautiful, full of life woman. a court has heard that the brother of the manchester arena attacker was thwarted in an attempt to source acid overfears it could make explosives. salman abedi detonated a "homemade improvised explosive device" outside an ariana grande concert on 22 may 2017. his brother hashem abedi is standing trial at the court for his role in the attack which killed 22 people. the 22—year—old denies their murders and the attempted murder of others. the government has launched a public consultation about whether failure to pay the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal offence. at the moment, anyone who watches or records live tv, streams programmes live on an online tv service, or uses iplayer, without a licence is committing a criminal offence — in 2018 more than 120,000 people were fined for licence fee evasion. if the change is approved, it could have a major impact

on the bbc‘s finances. well, the culture secretary nicky morgan has been speaking this morning and says that people need to have an open mind about changes to the license fee model. after negotiations, they made charter review to take place between 2022 and 2024. this will look at the bbc governments and regulatory arrangements. ahead of the next to process , we arrangements. ahead of the next to process, we will undertake a detailed look at the future of the licence fee model itself. it will remain in place this charter period which ends in 20 2027. we must be open—minded about the future of the licence fee beyond this point. our media correspondent is with us now. just talk about the impact of the bbc if it was decriminalised, this licence fee.

they are looking for alternative enforcement measures, which is probably civil action, so let's explain. if you don't pay a licence fee at the moment it is a criminal act and so it is dealt with at the magistrates‘ court and you face a fine on average of £176 for non—payment of the £153 licence fee. however, £154. the alternatives, if you go back to the previous consultation a mere five years ago, they looked at alternative enforcement measures. the first one, fixed penalty notices, much as if you had a parking fine. they come through and it would happen that way. the other way would be a county courtjudgment against way. the other way would be a county court judgment against you way. the other way would be a county courtjudgment against you and goes through the settled courts. what would happen is the end is you would have a county courtjudgment against you and could impact your credit rating if you want to go for a mortgage. at the moment if you are

convicted and pay the fine, you don‘t get a terminal record. it could have a bigger impact on you if you are facing a county court judgment and don‘t pay the licence fee. however, the costs of going through the civil courts are much greater, much more cumbersome. at the moment, it is relatively cheap. probably more people will get away with not paying the licence fee with the other alternative enforcement measures. the cost that the report looked at five years ago said that probably about £200 million. it was a figure... the cost, and you realise that the news channel itself cost £50 million per year, so it‘s like for news channels would disappear if you‘re taking that money out of the bbc. it has opened a much wider debate about the funding of the bbc and the future of the licence fee itself. the view was that you had the charter review

process , that you had the charter review process, that happens now every 11 yea rs, process, that happens now every 11 years, happened back in 2017. we went through a two—year negotiation over that. many people felt that has put the issue of the licence fee to bed a part from a half charter around 2022 review over what level it should be set at, but it is said that everything is open for debate and discussion midway through the charter. i don‘t think many people in the bbc were thinking they would be in the situation. they thought they would know their funding until 2027. not an easy time for the bbc, cutting of jobs, and 2027. not an easy time for the bbc, cutting ofjobs, and the whole issue of the government and what appears to bea of the government and what appears to be a collision course set between the bbc and that. there are two things going on. the first is that is the bbc over mighty in the media landscape? free views in them online

world is unfair, so there is a big issue there about whether it is time to look at if there is too much bbc news out there and let‘s cut it back down to its core bbc tv services. the second issue is one nicky morgan was talking about this morning, the wider media landscape. how much has changed even in the last five years with streamers, netflix, amazon prime etc, so is the bbc starting to look old—fashioned prime etc, so is the bbc starting to look old —fashioned and prime etc, so is the bbc starting to look old—fashioned and out of date? all of these questions are going to be considered. many people thought the charter review was the time to do it, and we weren‘t expecting these questions until 2026 at the earlier. it looks like it is all life now. jeremy hunt says that it is looking to change nhs culture following malpractice by n paterson.

yesterday, an independent inquiry found that a culture of "avoidance and denial" allowed paterson to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women. he is serving a 20 year prison term for 17 counts of wounding with intent. our health editor hugh pym sent this from westminster. background to this is that review finding there was a dysfunctional health care system a decade ago which totally let patients down. the chair of the inquiry, bishopjones said a decade on, he is not convinced that medical regulators even now could stop this sort of thing happening again. ——bishop graham james the health secretary said this morning that the central recommendations of the report would be implemented quickly, including much better information sharing between different health authorities. his predecessorjeremy hunt who is now chair of the commons health select committee told the bbc his committee will look into the whole thing. when he was in office, he pushed patient safety as one of his top priorities. he really wanted to improve things but as he told me this morning, there is clearly still a lot more

work to be done. what we are looking at is how we change the culture so that doctors who see something going wrong, maybe a mistake they themselves make, how we make it easy for them to talk about it openly so that mistake is not repeated. that is the most important thing if you are going to have a safety culture and we still don‘t get that right. jeremy hunt. in a separate development today, police have confirmed that there was an allegation of sexual assault made against ian paterson in 2018 but they say the complainant, after talks with police, decided not to pursue the complaint. that was after paterson had beenjailed. the police said there were no further safeguarding issues associated with that. time for a look at the weather...

brace yourselves, we have some news. it's brace yourselves, we have some news. it‘s not a bunny rabbit as someone has message. this is the weather whining for sunday. given this is days in advance, it is an indication we are concerned about this as we could see stormy conditions uk wide as we finish the weekend, and the met office have already named the storm storm care. it could cause travel disruption and damage. let me show you where it is first of all, because believe it or not, what is coming our way on sunday is this area of cloud just on the south—east of texas and around the dallas area. that is producing sleet and snow. the jet stream is a ribbon of fast flowing air in the atmosphere, let‘s look at the pardon. making a lip shape. if you think of this as a

road. when you come to a bend, you tend to slow down, so the air begins to slow down, piled up and create high pressure underneath it. opposite end of the curve, you speed up opposite end of the curve, you speed up again. so then what happens? it draws airup so then what happens? it draws air up and creates low pressure, happening on theirforward side of that. the jet stream will pick it up further and ferret across the atlantic. it is blowing at speeds of around 270 mph. this is where planes fly, so anyone travelling tra ns—atla ntic from where planes fly, so anyone travelling trans—atlantic from west to east is going to get to heathrow pretty early. what it also means is revels in that because it is going so fast. back to the motorway analogy, if someone slammed the bra kes analogy, if someone slammed the brakes on, you get pile—ups, slowing down, temporary changes in the flow.

i‘m just trying to describe what the jet stream is doing. ican jet stream is doing. i can see are struggling and i‘m trying to help. that is where the rebels are occurring. it looks like either way, the computer models are in good agreement. broad area of low pressure. strong winds, stormy winds, and the big uncertainty it is going to see the strongest of the wins by the time we get to saturday, but the flavour of what is standing at the moment is wind gusts wide around 60 to 80 mph, and that is a very large area. we could see lots of travel disruption and damage, so thatis of travel disruption and damage, so that is why we are keeping a close eye on this even at this stage early on. just driving on this morning, it was a beautiful morning. com plete a beautiful morning. complete contrast to what we have. this is how it was this morning. blue skies, barely a breath of wind,

but as you mentioned, it is going to change quite rapidly. let‘s take a look the details, in the next couple of days enjoy the calm before the weekend storm, because things are going to turn very lively as we have just indicated. at the moment, high—pressure to the south of us rather than low pressure, and that is where the clearest of the skies are. bringing clouding of the atla ntic are. bringing clouding of the atlantic for scotland and northern ireland, producing a spot of light rain to finish the afternoon and into the evening, but for most of the evening, it is dry and temperatures around where they should be for the time of year. not a huge amount would change through the night, clad amounts varying, but greater frog throughout the night through southern scotland —— fog, and these are the areas prone to frost in the morning. the exception is in the north—west, fog where we get it could linger through a good pa rt get it could linger through a good part of the day tomorrow, and where it does, temperatures around three

or4 it does, temperatures around three or 4 degrees. not a dissimilar dated today. sunny spells, temperatures much like they are at the moment. into friday, touch of frost for one or two, but a start for a change. breeze picking up from a southerly direction. this breaks up the cloud, perhaps bringing more sunshine across much of england and eastern scotland. in the west, after morning sunshine, cloud increasing with more showers and temperatures picking up to ten or 11 degrees. the first batch of rain to see during the week is picking up, leading us into a saturday where it isn‘t starting off bad at all. plenty of sunshine, continuing into the afternoon across wales and england, and rain spreading into that western of scotla nd spreading into that western of scotland and northern ireland, and this is where it takes a turn down hill. when strengthening, gales into saturday night, and as i have hinted, through saturday night and into sunday is when we start to see those winds picking up further. this

could be the strongest of the winds, with storm ciara picking up, and if you have any travel plans, be prepared that there could be some disruptions. i will have more details from the quiet studio of afternoon live tomorrow. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. state of disunion in washington. speaker nancy pelosi makes her feelings clear

as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going and makes his case for a second term. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring. poverty is plummeting. crime is falling. confidence is surging. and our country is thriving. as the coronavirus death toll in china reaches nearly 500, sick passengers are taken off a cruise ship docked in hong kong — and hundreds other are quarantined. the government will hold an emergency cobra meeting in around an hour‘s time. we‘ve got no interaction with other passengers. food is brought to the room. it is really basic food. nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much. at least 38 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey a licence to send people to prison? the government launches

a consultation into whether non payment of the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal offence. i do think there is going to be a broader debate just because people change the way they use media. there is a more complicated media landscape now and we will have to look at whether the licence fee is right for the 21st century. sport now on afternoon live with gavin — and the controversy over israel folau‘s super league signing is not going away, you might remember he was sacked last year due to a social media post deemed homophobic. his signing with cata la n deemed homophobic. his signing with catalan has been registered, but the board have made changes to their bills. bringing in reels possibly to stop controversial signings like this in future. there is a warning

over legal action if they suffer financially due to the controversial nature of the signing. follow has not played a match of any kind for ten months since the post on social media. this is what super league have to stay no say on the matter. super league has clearly outlined the position on israel folau. super league board accepts fully the legalities around the decision to register follow and the board has voted unanimously to put in place measures to ensure super league has greater authority to stop controversial signings such as this in the future. as a sport, we have an impressive and enviable track re cord an impressive and enviable track record when it comes to equality. we will continue our great work in the areas of equality. folau grew up playing rugby and no —— and said he

was grateful for the signing. england winger anthony watson will miss saturday‘s six nations match with scotland — with a calf problem. the bath back trained on tuesday — but suffered a recurrence of the injury and sat out today‘s session. he was forced out of the opening defeat in paris watson has scored one try in four appearances against scotland, who also lost their opening weekend match to ireland... it‘s another blow for head coach eddiejones, who has manu tuilagi ruled out with a groin strain. sporting authorities in shanghai have recommend suspension...

meanwhile, the international olympic committee have tried to array fears over the virus after the organisers and the tokyo games said they were seriously concerned about their effect. they said they were in control of the situation. translation: i am seriously worried that the spreading of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum towards the games. i hope it will be stamped out as soon as possible. the organising committee will coordinate with the ioc etc and the tokyo metropolitan government to tackle this issue thoroughly. mo farah has withdrawn from next month‘s london half marathon. he‘s won the race for the last two

years but said he‘ll focus instead on getting fully fit for the summer. he added that he hoped to be back at the race in 2021. former tottenham playmaker christian eriksen feels that he was blamed for their slump in recent months, and paid the price for being honest about his desire to leave the club. he told a danish newspaper last summer that he wanted a new challenge elsewhere and after being linked with real madrid and manchester united, completed a 17 million pound move to inter milan at the end i was very honest. i felt they had to be honest. i didn‘t want to hide. but yeah, i was honest and i wanted to try something new. i said that i wa nted to try something new. i said that i wanted that. i did get the blame for a lot of stuff. i didn‘t read all the bad stuff though. they said, he wa nts to the bad stuff though. they said, he wants to leave, he is not good to be

here. his former club to play this evening, looking for a place in the fifth round. that is all the sports now. more now on president trump‘s state of the union address. it was his last one before november‘s election. mr trump used it to declare that the us is thriving again after what he called the great american comeback. he was speaking on the eve of his expected acquittal on corruption charges in his impeachment trial. but his political rival, the democratic house speaker nancy pelosi ripped up a copy of his speech behind him. earlier, i spoke to drjulie norman, teaching fellow in politics and international relations at university college london who gave her thoughts on trump‘s speech. he was able to come out with a triumphant kind of tone and knowing that this vote was going to come through, knowing that he would be off the hook as it were and able to frame himself as having a comeback just as he was trying to frame america having a comeback. within hours of the chaos in iowa, he must

be sensing of the towns of annex to term is as good as has ever been. —— the chance of a next term. for sure. that was obviously a big disappointment for the democrats to have the big opening primary season with iowa going so drastically wrong. especially right before the state of the union. trump was really trying to capitalise on that. he would say, this is the capable party, i am a capable candidate. he was clearly electioneering. absolutely. he went in with that. kind of using the state of the union as an unofficial launch for his own 2020 campaign. there was a sense of reality tv about it as well. he introduced a woman. he said, here comes a surprise. the husband comes out. he is turning it into more of that sort of reality tv than other presidents in the past. i will put it as gently as that. that is a good way of putting it. because, of course, in the state of the union,

presidents often do have invited guests that they point to at certain points in the talk. this was a bit over—the—top, especially giving the presidential medal of freedom to rush limbaugh. he is a conservative radio host. it is all very well nancy pelosi shaking her head and rolling her eyes, but how much of what he claimed had happened in the united states during his presidency was true? there were a lot of false claims in the speech, flat out. there were also a lot of framing by trump to try and take credit for things that maybe are true... let‘s start out with the flat out. what was flat—out wrong? for example, trump has claimed many times, not just in this speech, that the us economic growth is at unprecedented heights. the economy is growing, but definitely not at any historical rates. likewise, the employment rate is at a low for many decades, in the 19505, but certainly not all of history. we heard different kinds of claims from trump about immigration and about crime rates from immigrants, and those are also false. the framing, as you put it. that was interesting,

because what did you pick out from what he was trying to get away with, if you like? there were a couple of things. first, again, with this point of the economy, which he isjust going to keep hammering home for the election. that is a big selling point. but really trying to take claim for economic progress that the us is seeing. most of the policies that had led to thatjob growth are in place under obama and were started under the last administration. trump is really framing it as, those are things that idid. the tariffs and the trade words that he was involved with really hurt the economy and we‘re kind of lucky that it is where is. the president didn‘t mention the impeachment per se, it is obviously on his mind. within hours, he is going to get acquitted. that is right. there was a question if trump would put it out there directly. he didn‘t go there. he didn‘t use the word impeachment in the address. of course, that was in the back of everybody‘s mind. it was very evident in the very, very divided nature of the congress right now.

of course, we will be going into that vote later this afternoon in the us. let‘s quickly look at the democrats after iowa. very confusing to has emerged. the only one that people are looking to as a possible real challenger is someone who, at the moment, is not even on the ballot. that is mike bloomberg, of course. iowa, we are still waiting for all the results to come in. mayor buttigieg and bernie sanders are looking at a really looking like the winners so to speak, and biden having a very difficult night in iowa, but will most likely get some bumps in the later primaries. bloomberg, of course, will be trying to position himself as the moderate candidate that can fill that space if biden cannot. no black or minority ethnic board members. a review carried out in 2017 recommended that all boards of footsie 100 companies should have

at least one director from an ethnic minority background by next year. more than 340,000 primary school children are in ‘literary poverty‘, research shows. (tx that‘s a term used by the charity booktrust for children who are read to for less than 15 minutes a week. the study conducted by the charity reveals that 1 in 7 parents say they never read to their children before bed. the research also shows that around just1 in 3 children are reading for more than one hour a week. i spoke to the author and children‘s laureate anne fine. i am deeply shocked by them, and i think one of the things that shocked me most is how much sheer pleasure is being missed here. one of the nicest things, i thought, missed here. one of the nicest things, ithought, about missed here. one of the nicest things, i thought, about having small children and grandchildren since its cuddling up with them and sharing picture books and books in

general. children nowadays, they sit in bed and go like this, and they? pa rents in bed and go like this, and they? parents must try and stay a step ahead. once you have something that can transfer to playing a game, the temptation to do that... of course, the games are designed to be addicted. i think the parent needs to bea addicted. i think the parent needs to be a step ahead. i think it is easy to be a step ahead if the pa rents easy to be a step ahead if the parents realise how important reading is. it is the shared reading when the child is small that turns the child into liking books enough to bea the child into liking books enough to be a reader. children who have shared books arrive at school at least one year ahead. their personalities are more resilient and i know it sounds strange but they

have more self—knowledge. when you are reading a story, without even realising, you‘re thinking, i would have done that or i would have told my mother sooner. you are learning about yourself as well. it is education, but how crucial is it? about yourself as well. it is education, but how crucial is mm is absolutely crucial. every study in the last 15 years has shown that the more child pits into reading, the more child pits into reading, the better they do in school and in exams and in every academic subjects including mathematics. when you think about it, it makes perfect sense because reading is a mechanical skilljust as sense because reading is a mechanical skill just as much sense because reading is a mechanical skilljust as much as a skateboarding or football. mechanical skilljust as much as a skateboarding orfootball. the more hours you put in, the better you get. the more you put in, the more you get out of it. i so understand, being the age i am, how parents now

who need tojob, sometimes more to keep the mortgage going and to keep their heads above water, do not have their heads above water, do not have the time that i as a parent had. i totally understand that. but i think if they understood that if you put in ten minutes, and that is not much, it only adds up to about an hour a week, in the evening, you can settle them down, they can go to sleep sooner, calmer. you can save a bit of time there to go down and do the mobile phone calls that she would have done. actually, it is a good investment. my memory of it, andi good investment. my memory of it, and i assure you have done it as well, is the moment that you tend to fully seep halfway during the story. we have all done it. it does underline that it is also a very intimate moment between the people

reading. you are reading them a book, the little picture book, the little hand comes down on the page. they say, why did the duck push the chicken off the table? you say, because they say, henry pushes me at nursery school. you find out things like that. conversations end up anywhere when you start with books. we will have more on that story later on. new research suggests that the vocal patterns of penguins follows the same general principles as human language. . . ..let‘s have a listen... i think we put that on a loop.

scientists behind the study of twenty—eight african penguins say the animals follow two main laws. that more frequently used words are briefer and longer words are composed of extra but briefer syllables. they believe this is the first instance of these laws observed outside primates, suggesting an ecological pressure of brevity and efficiency in animal vocalisations. i have no clue what that means at all, but i havejust i have no clue what that means at all, but i have just read i have no clue what that means at all, but i havejust read it. alice is here to bring us the business news in a moment. state of disunion — as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going — speaker nancy pelosi makes her feelings clear. (00v)china takes further steps to control the spread china takes further steps to control the spread of the coronavirus as the death toll nears 500 — while 10 people on a cruise ship test positive —

and hundreds of other passengers are quarantined. at least 26 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey.. many of the dead are rescue workers attending the first here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. hong kong‘s flagship airline cathay pacific has asked staff to take three weeks of unpaid leave to help it cope with the impact of the coronavirus. the airline intends to cut services by about 30% over the next two months, including a 90% reduction in flights to mainland china. european central bank president christine lagarde has commented that the virus is adding to global economic doubts. and sticking with airlines — slaims made by ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the uk‘s advertising watchdog. europe‘s biggest airline by passenger numbers had billed itself as the region‘s "lowest emissions airline" and a "low co2 emissions airline".

but its been ruled that ryanair‘s claims could not be backed up. sign—ups for disney‘s new streaming service have exceeded expectations with about 28.6 million people signing up for disney plus since it started in november. the on—demand video service, which costs $6.99 per month, is an attempt to challenge industry leader netflix. that is going rather well for them. it has been cited as enormously successful. the streaming service only launched in november, and already they have many millions of people signed up to it. it is all pa rt people signed up to it. it is all part of the companies driving to beat other streaming services. we will be talking about other streaming services generally but particularly the success of disney plus. really good to talk to you. disney must be feeling very pleased

by how this has gone. there doesn‘t seem to be a great with regards to this. after a few teething difficulties at launch, it smoothed out on the technical issues. when you get a whole lot of people going on to your service at once, of course there might be technical glitches. as you said, the boss said this has exceeded our expectations. bearing in mind that these are the subscriber numbers just for the bearing in mind that these are the subscriber numbersjust for the us, canada and the netherlands. much of the international expansion strategy, in particular to the uk, is still ahead. it will be launching in the uk next month. we will all enjoy disney plus here as well eventually. how hot on the heels are theyin eventually. how hot on the heels are they in terms of catching up with netflix? i think it is sort of different for disney. they are going down lots of different avenues for

this direct consumer offering. they are not as worried about catching up with netflix as they are making the subscription business work well enough so they can cover all the revenues that i being lost right now because they are withdrawing distribution from all the usual platforms. we see disney plus is really being a complement to netflix because, as you know, disney is a very strong brand image. netflix is a broader kind of profile. this is really the sort of service that you would have with netflix, ideally. this whole discussion really brings to the four the saturation of the streaming market industry, but also its popularity. it ties in with the discussion today that the culture

secretary was talking about, in relation to the tv licence fee. where do you think that sets when we talk about the popularity of streaming services? indeed, streaming services? indeed, streaming services? indeed, streaming services are popular, but the bbc is also very popular and remains very popular. this is obviously with an older demographic. the average age of the population in the uk is over 40 now the average age of the population in the uk is over40 now and the average age of the population in the uk is over 40 now and we have this divide between one generation, totally netflix, but much of the uk population enjoys the bbc quite strenuously. alice enders is from media analysts enders analysis. despite those falling car sales that we had earlier in the morning, many

people buying fewer new cars, that has dented automobile stocks but the ftse100 has done really well all day and that is largely on the back of data that we had in the morning, which is information about our services sector, which is hugely important here in the uk. so, any sort of service industry. that is, and it is after a boost injanuary. the metropolitan police is investigating — after reports that a bodyguard for david cameron left his gun in a toilet on a transatlanticjet. it‘s claimed a passenger found the firearm and the former prime minister‘s passport and raised concerns with staff on a british airways flight from new york to london on monday. the met says the officer involved has been removed from operational duties. well, i have never

carried a gun on a plane, that is for sure, and certainly, when i was responsible, at that time, guns were normally handed over to the captain. again, each airline has a different policy but my understanding is since 9/11, that policy has been amended by the civil aviation authority and clearly now they are allowed to carry guns, and clearly the passengers would be even more upset if there had been a terrorist on—board and somehow somebody was attacking mr cameron and there was no defence mechanism. you cannot have it both ways. clearly, this was a mistake, it will be looked at, and i would be looking at who the officer was, his experience, has he got problems? all kind of manner of things would go into it before i hung him out to dry, frankly. looks like there is going to be some fairly stormy weather. at the moment, relatively calm conditions of the next few days. anticlockwise,

we are bringing cloud, which could still produce the odd spot of rain in the north and west of scotland. temperatures are generally around levels they should be at the time of year through the evening and overnight, and in eastern scotland especially, there is a great chance of seeing a frost. some places are seen temperatures drop below freezing. more of a breeze here and more clout tomorrow. elsewhere, as well as the frost, there could be some thick fog patches. where that lingers, it could be rather cold. most places will see broken cloud, sunny spells and temperatures by and large similarto and temperatures by and large similar to today. the first sign of a change comes on friday. the bees are starting to pick up. a fair bit of sunshine in central and eastern parts throughout the day. increasing cloud and showers later on. now, we

could see some gales for if you as we go through friday night particularly in the north and the west. into saturday, again, not bad for the morning. a lot of dry weather and sunny weather to come, but by the end of the day, scotland and northern ireland, some heavy rain and strengthening whence. into saturday night, dale developing fairly widely. it is the strength of the wednesday to see greatest concern. it all links to what is happening in the usa and particularly across texas. there is a stream picking up rain and snow, with pressure pushing its way across the atlantic. this will develop into a broader area of low pressure as we go into sunday. it is just the extent of that low—pressure system, the strength of the wednesday and the strength of the wednesday and the south of it, which is causing the south of it, which is causing the greatest concern. net office has issued warnings for much of the uk

at present. potentially, on sunday, we can expect damaging whence and travel disruption. —— damaging winds.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at 4... china takes further steps to control the spread of the coronavirus as the death toll nears 500, while 10 people on a cruise ship test positive and hundreds of other passengers are quarantined. we have no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room, it is really basic food, nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much. the world health organization is asking for half £1 billion in donations to fight the coronavirus in countries considered at risk.

state of disunion in washington— speaker nancy pelosi makes her feelings clear. as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going... jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging and our country is thriving and highly respected again. at least 38 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. many of the dead are rescue workers attending the first avalanche. a licence to send people to prison? the government launches a consultation into whether non payment of the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal offence. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — gavin. super league vote for greater powers to stop controversial signings in the future after israel folau joins catalans, and could the coronavirus cancel the chinese grand prix? more on that later on. thanks for that. matt has all the weather. for some, today has been a day for sunshine and barely a breeze, but could change this weekend.

potential for stormy weather heading our way. i will have all the details in the next half hour. thanks, matt. also coming up — we go nationwide and to nottingham where these parents are campaigning for medicinal cannabis prescriptions to be available on the nhs. hello, this is afternoon live. british citizens are once again being urged to leave wuhan — the chinese city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. the foreign secretary says a second and final flight is being chartered to help those wishing to leave. the government will hold an emergency cobra meeting this tea—time and 94 uk nationals and family members have already been evacuated. the death toll has now risen to 490 with over 20,000 people infected.

in japan, 10 people on a cruise ship have contracted the and hong kong have announced that all visitors from mainland china will be quarantined for 14 days. let‘s take a closer look at the decision to instruct britons to leave china due to the spread of the virus. the foreign office estimates there are just under 30,000 britons leaving in china with 600,000 visiting each year, and in nearby hong kong, 35,000 britons currently live there — with 570,000 brits visiting each year. the hong chief executive carrie lam has confirmed this morning there are 21 confirmed cases of coronavirus. our china correspondent robin brant reports. all on board this cruise liner injapan are now in quarantine for two weeks after ten chinese among them tested positive with a new type of coronavirus. the virus is spreading day by day, china is bearing the brunt but its neighbours are having to take increasingly severe action as well. translation: these people who tested

positive disembarked with quarantine officers. with the help from the japan coast guard, they are being transported to medicalfacilities in the prefecture. british tourist david abel is among them. we have got no idea when we are going to be allowed off the ship. all we have been informed is 14 days quarantine on the ship. that means we have no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room, it's really basic food. nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much. in the capital of china, the checks, scrutiny and anxiety continues. this is a country partially shut down and still desperate to contain the outbreak. the president xi jinping has spoken tonight of a positive effect he believes the prevention and control measures are having. he said he was confident they could when what he called this war.

as wuhan, the epicentre city, shut off from the rest of china lays on more temporary health care, the uk is arranging a second and final flight out. more than 100 britons want to be in the plane when it leaves on sunday morning. two weeks of quarantine at home awaits them. how we are taking decisions of course has to be based on the science and that has to be based on what we know about this virus and that does have uncertainties around it because of the nature of this being a brand—new virus. as i say, the approach we are taking is to take no chances. hong kong, part of china remember, has further tightened its measures. all visitors from the mainland will face quarantine from saturday. the outbreak is putting a huge strain on companies closely linked to china. cathay pacific has asked its 25,000 plus staff to take weeks of unpaid

leave because falling passenger numbers mean drastic cuts to the number of planes it is flying. the world health organization has been holding a news conference — it announced a strategy and response plan to contain the coronavirus we are launching a strategy and preparedness plan to support countries to prevent, detect and diagnosed onward transmission. we are requesting 675 million us dollars to fund the plan for the next three months. 60 million of thatis next three months. 60 million of that is to fund the operations, and the rest is for countries that are especially at risk and who need our support. our message to the

international community is invest today or pay more later. some breaking news we are getting from istanbul. the plane has skidded off the runway there at the airport and broken into two after landing in istanbul. this has been reported by turkish media. it is a pegasus airlines plane arriving at the airport in what was described as a wet weather. there are images of the damaged plane. it is literally split into. the front part of the plane has been brought parallel with the rear. there are reports there was a fire on board immediately after the crash. that is what we are hearing, and as soon as i crash. that is what we are hearing, and as soon as i can crash. that is what we are hearing, and as soon as i can bring you more, i will bring you some of that later. we are expecting to get some pictures of that shortly. you are watching afternoon live.

president donald trump has hailed the "great american comeback" in his annual state of the union address — but it was a speech that exposed sharp divisions at the top of us politics. coming hours before his expected acquittal on corruption charges in his impeachment trial, the language he used was clearly aimed to set out his case for another four years in office, but it was the body—language in the hall that got most attention. whilst he received several standing ovations from fellow republicans, at one point the democratic house speaker nancy pelosi ripped up a copy of his speech standing right behind him. first of all one page and then very quickly the second page. ben wright reports from washington. even before president trump spoke, this felt like more like a republican party rally rather than a solemn state of the union address. four more years, chanted republican

lawmakers while democrats looked angry and glum. in a striking of the most senior democrat in the chamber, trump refused to shake nancy pelosi‘s hand, someone who pushed hard for his impeachment. donald trump fired out lines that form the crux of his election campaign. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging and our country is thriving and highly respected again. his speech was bombastic, boastful and partisan. the president claimed there was a blue—collar boom and trumpeted america‘s buoyant economy... under my administration, it is lower than any administration in the history of our country. washington‘s polarised policies

was on stark display. donald trump did not mention impeachment. the democrats know their efforts to remove him from office now have probably failed, so it‘s all about november‘s election, and president trump is targeting a second term. our agenda is pro—worker, pro—family, pro—growth and most of all pro—american. and then at the end, this. nancy pelosi ripping up the president speech in disgust. washington has rarely looked so bitter. it was a manifesto of mistruths. what do you think of him not shaking your hand? you always extend a hand of friendship. were you invited to another state of the union? hopefully not. i am expecting another president

nine months from today. the partisan divide will only continue. when everyone expects... in this election year, the next nine months will be fiercely fought, and this may not be president trump‘s last state of the union address. our correspondent jane o‘brien is at capitol hill in washington. as far as as faras trump as far as trump is concerned, it went well. very well. he managed to tout his achievements on the economy, he is not going to be impeached, we will know that in a few hours‘ time because republicans say they do have the votes to avoid impeachment. he will be acquitted. he has some really good poll figures. he is at 49% approval rating right now, an all—time high, but if we listen to this, there is a poll out today that measures optimism, and three quarters of americans when asked about the

economy, those achievements that donald trump is touting, they say that they are optimistic that they will be better off this time next year, and 59% of americans say they already think they are better off than they were last year, so whatever donald trump is doing, whether he can take credit for it or not, americans, according to this pall, say they feel better off for those policies. a good day for him on the basis that this went well, and the electioneering in november, and the electioneering in november, and the electioneering in november, and the impeachment hearing is about to throw all the charges out. we now know the republicans say they have these numbers, and there haven‘t been surprises so far in that the vote is along party lines. we were watching to see if any moderate democrats were going to cross the aisle and side with republicans to acquit him, but doug jones, the senator for alabama, said he acquit him, but doug jones, the senatorfor alabama, said he will not do that and he will convict

donald trump when the vote comes in a few hours‘ time. we have a couple of others we are still watching, but i don‘t think this is going to be the end of the drip allegations against donald trump. even as the impeachment trial winds down, democrats are suggesting they might subpoena john bolton, former national security adviser whose book, that hasn‘t been published yet, which has already created a huge stir in washington because of the allegations it contains, they could subpoena him and wanted to hear what he has to say and then judge any incriminating evidence accordingly, so we haven‘t heard the last of the charges against donald trump. did at nancy pelosi do herself any questions? that is an interesting question, she is a shrewd operator. i would be very surprised if she has done anything, and ripping up that speech last night, if that was not premeditated.

she knew exactly what she was doing, she made the calculations, how many moderate republicans was she going to upset by doing that or would the cost be worth it because it appeals very much to her base of democrats. i think she made that calculation and decided she would be more popular with democrats if she did that then risk upsetting moderate republicans. the atmosphere in washington is very toxic. and don‘t forget you canjoin — christian fraser and katty kay for a bbc news special this evening live from capitol hill in washington as the impeachment trial of us president donald trump concludes with a final vote in the senate. that‘s live on the bbc news channel from 8.30 this evening. at least 38 people have been killed after two earthquakes hit in quick

succession in the eastern turkish province of van. rescuers had pulled out 8 people buried by the first avalanche and were searching for more when the second one struck. 33 of them were killed, most of whom were from the emergency services. 53 people have been injured. the government has launched a public consultation about whether failure to pay the tv licence fee should no longer be a criminal offence. at the moment, anyone who watches or records live tv, streams programmes live on an online tv service, or uses iplayer, without a licence is committing a criminal offence — in 2018, more than 120,000 people were fined for licence fee evasion. if the change is approved, it could have a major impact on the bbc‘s finances. launching the consultation, the culture secretary nicky morgan says people need to have an open mind about changes to the license fee model. after negotiations for the next licence fee settlement, the mid—term charter review could take place between

2022 and 2024. this will look at the bbc‘s governance and regulatory arrangements. ahead of the next charter review process, we will undertake a detailed look at the future of the tv licence model itself. the licence fee will remain in place this charter period which ends in 2027. however, we must all be open—minded about the future of the licence fee beyond this point. that was nicky morgan. the bbc‘s head of policy, clare sumner, says decriminlising the licence fee is likely to to cause more problems for those unable to pay. we have got to remember the vast majority pay for their licence fee. our audiences are supporting the bbc, and what we‘ve got to look at is the most effective way to make sure that those people who don‘t pay

our treated, and a government review looked at this in 2015 and found that actually, the current system is the most effective and fair, and alternatives like a civil system are much worse. it is important to recognise that the current system is working. the vast majority play, with only a small number of people being prosecuted, and under a civil system, more people could actually get drawn in by the net, higher fines and higher penalties, which could make it worse for people who are poorer, and peoples credit ratings could be affected. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... state of disunion — as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going — speaker nancy pelosi makes her feelings clear by ripping up his speech. china takes further steps to control the spread of the coronavirus as the death toll nears 500 — while 10 people on a cruise ship test positive — and hundreds of other

passengers are quarantined. at least 38 people have been killed and dozens more trapped after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey. many of the dead are rescue workers attending the first the board of rugby super lead vote in favour of changing the rules after israel folau joins catalan. april‘s chinese grande p is in doubt as authorities in shanghai have recommended that sporting events in the city should be suspended as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, and fora time result of the coronavirus outbreak, and for a time olympic champion has withdrawn from the london marathon after an achilles injury. more on that breaking story in istanbul is a plane skidded off the ru nway istanbul is a plane skidded off the runway and crashed. these pictures arejust coming in. we are hearing no fatalities according to the

transport minister. the plane has split into three places, one parallel to the fuel there, and some injuries. a spokesman from the airline confirmed that the crash did not provide more details. it was carrying 177 passengers and crew members from the western province of turkey. emergency response teams are working to evacuate passengers, and there were reports of a fire, and as you can see, firefighters with hoses they‘re dousing down the wing of the plane. the plane fuselage and a section of the rear tail have broken off, and passengers are being led out as the plane lay on a patch of grass near the runway. there were reports earlier that it had crashed and skidded off the runway and there

was a fire on board. terrible weather reported in the moments before the landing with heavy rain, and it is reported the plane skidded off the end of the runway and broke into three pieces. the dramatic pictures as you can see, the aftermath of that plane crash that happened in the last hour or so, and you can see that emergency workers are working under floodlights as they complete the evacuation of the plane. we will bring you more on that, but it is worth reiterating that, but it is worth reiterating that as far as we are aware, no fatalities and a number of passengers are injured. we will keep you up—to—date with that as we get it. a 23—year—old burglar has pleaded guilty to the murder of an 89—year—old pensioner in north london. dorothy woolmer was beaten to death at her home in august last year reece dempster also pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting her. he is due to be sentenced on thursday. outside court, mrs woolmer‘s family

said she was a ‘wonderful, full of life, beautiful woman.‘ a court has heard that hashem abedi, the brother of the manchester arena bomber tried to get friends to buy acid for him online in order to make explosives. salman abedi detonated a "homemade improvised explosive device" outside an ariana grande concert on 22 may 2017. his brother hashem is standing trial at the court for his role in the attack which killed 22 people. the 22—year—old denies their murders and the attempted murder of others. the new chair of the commons health committee — the former health secretaryjeremy hunt — says the committee will look at how to change nhs culture, following the review of the malpractice by breast surgeon ian paterson. yesterday, an independent inquiry found that a culture of "avoidance and denial" allowed paterson to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women. he is serving a 20 year prison term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.

our health editor hugh pym sent this from westminster. background to this is that review finding there was a dysfunctional health care system a decade ago which totally let patients down. the chair of the inquiry, bishopjones said a decade on, he is not convinced that medical regulators even now could stop this sort of thing happening again. ——bishop graham james the health secretary said this morning that the central recommendations of the report would be implemented quickly, including much better information sharing between different health authorities. his predecessorjeremy hunt who is now chair of the commons health select committee told the bbc his committee will look into the whole thing. when he was in office, he pushed patient safety as one of his top priorities. he really wanted to improve things but as he told me this morning, there is clearly still a lot more work to be done. what we are looking at is how

we change the culture so that doctors who see something going wrong, maybe a mistake they themselves make, how we make it easy for them to talk about it openly so that mistake is not repeated. that is the most important thing if you are going to have a safety culture and we still don‘t get that right. jeremy hunt. in a separate development today, police have confirmed that there was an allegation of sexual assault made against ian paterson in 2018 but they say the complainant, after talks with police, decided not to pursue the complaint. that was after paterson had beenjailed. the police said there were no further safeguarding issues associated with that.

back at the plane, we are looking at their rescue attempt, and there are still people trapped on board but there are apparently no fatalities. it came off the runway in what was reported as atrocious weather. 177 passengers on board, and it was described as a hard landing, but no casualties is what we are hearing, and what we are looking at under floodlights as it is night time in turkey, we are looking at a rescue operation to get passengers out of that plane. we will bring you more on that as we get it, but that is the latest from turkey. the united nations has called for an end to hostilities in syria, after nearly 600,000 people — most of them women and children — were displaced in the idlib region in the last two months. a renewed offensive by syrian government forces against the last major rebel enclave has seen some of the most intensive bombing of the 9 year long civil war.

our world affairs correspondent paul adams reports. this war has displaced millions and after nine long years, it is still happening. this is the last rebel stronghold, a mass of convoys. as the president‘s forces close in, whole communities are on the move. many like this family are packing their belongings in this town, they fled here from other besieged towns and provinces. they are being operated again. it is a grim, familiar routine. we were safe and happy. then the bombing took place, and we were displaced for a second, third and fourth time. the government‘s offensive is remorseless. towns pulverised by air strikes, inhabitants forced to flee north and west some places are now

ghost towns. the un says that almost 600,000 people have been forced to move in the last two months, and the process is picking up speed. they are slowly converging on the turkish border. many of the displaced have left with nothing but the close on their back and what they can pack onto ramshackle vehicles and they urgently need food, water, sanitation, emergency education and protection. turkey is building up its military presence in the region, but there have been deadly clashes between the government forces. a deal reached two years ago between turkey and the president‘s russian backers is now hanging by a thread. we hope the regime will pull back before the end of february. if they don't, turkey will be obliged to ta ke don't, turkey will be obliged to take matters into its own hand. as

always, civilians are paying the highest price. this man is struggling to come ahead what has happened to his family, he has lost his wife, daughter—in—law and children on sunday, killed when a bomb hit their house. many of syria‘s children have no nothing but war, death and displacement have stopped them wherever they go, and with this conflict‘s ninth anniversary approaching, there is clearly much more to come. just 3 percent of councils say they are happy with government progress on local finances — forcing nearly all councils to raise council tax and increase charges to make ends meet. that‘s according to an annual survey on the state of government funding by the thinktank — the local government information unit. councils say it‘s to pay for things like children‘s services and adult social care. in response to that survey, the ministry

for housing, communities and local government gave us a statement saying... "next year councils in england will have access to £49.1 billion" — which they describe as , "the biggest annual real—terms increase in spending power in a decade‘ — including an extra £1.5billion for social care. they added "the funding plans provide certainty for councils who are responsible for delivering the services their communities need." many of britain‘s biggest public companies are likely to miss a government—backed target to widen diversity at the top level of management. a progress report has found more than a third still have no black or minority ethnic board members. a review carried out in 2017 recommended that all boards of footsie 100 companies should have at least one director from an ethnic minority background by next year. prince charles has named the us pop singer katy perry as an ambassador for the british asian trust. the appointment was announced at the organisation‘s annual royal dinner at banqueting house in london. as as ambassador, katy perry will be helping to find solutions to combat child—trafficking in south asia.

but there has been some criticism over the role not being given to a public figure from a british asian background. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. another misty and fairly chilly night on the way tonight, but really the weather over the next few days is the calm before some very turbulent conditions, some fairly tough stormy conditions on the way this weekend. time to keep a close eye on the forecast, but certainly nothing stormy out there this evening as we head into the evening rush hour, partly clear skies, late sunshine through parts of england, scotland, wales. a bit more cloud to the north and the west, and not particularly chilly, but it will turn cold as we head through the night. some spots of rain and cloud in the north and west of scotland where the breeze will keep the temperatures up, but elsewhere, we should see temperatures like last night close to freezing if not below in a few spots, and particularly for england and wales, some dense mist and fog patches into tomorrow morning. tomorrow is looking dry and bright for the vast majority, with some sunny spells.

a bit more sunshine across central and eastern areas for friday but the wind will be picking up, and it is this weekend that the wind gets going good and proper. particularly into sunday, storm ciara likely to bring some damage and travel disruption. keep up with the latest on the bbc weather app and online. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. as the coronavirus death toll in china reaches nearly 500, sick passengers are taken off a cruise ship docked in hong kong — and hundreds other are quarantined. here, the government will hold an emergency cobra meeting in around an hour‘s time. we‘ve got no interaction with other passengers. food is brought to the room. it is really basic food. nothing like we have enjoyed on the cruise at all. it has changed so much. the world health organisation is asking for half a billion pounds in donations to fight coronavirus in counties considered at risk.

a passenger plane has skidded off a runway and split into three pieces the turkish transport minister says there are no fatalities. it‘s reported a fire broke out inside the pegasus plane afterwards. state of disunion in washington— speaker nancy pelosi by by whipping up a copy of his speech. makes her feelings clear as donald trump tells america how well his presidency is going and makes his case for a second term. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging and our country is thriving. at least 38 people have been killed — and dozens more trapped — after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in turkey and coming up shortly — we go around the country and to nottingham where these parents are campaigning for medicinal cannabis prescriptions

to be available on the nhs. sport now on afternoon live with gavin, and the controversy over we have been talking about this for a long time and his appointment to super league. that‘s right. he was sacked for a social media post deemed homophobic. he has been given the go—ahead to sign with catalan dragons. the board have no major changes to their rules. all members brought in... this comes after the owners of several clubs met to discuss a letter warning potential legal action if they suffer financially already controversial signing. 30—year—old follow has not played any games of any kind for ten months since that post on social media. this is what the super league had to say on the matter. the super

league has clearly and consistently outlined its position on israel folau. we now see it important to separate and off field matter, what it sees as an off field matter, to what is going on on the pitch. the board has voted unanimously to put in place measures to ensure super league has greater authority to stop controversial signings such as this in the future. as a sport, we have an impressive and enviable track record when it comes to equality, diversity and inclusion for the mac. folau said he was raring to get started. there are concerns over the

coronavirus with regards to the chinese grand prix. no this does cast further doubt on the chinese country. it is set to be on the 9th of april. it is believed that the race will have to be at least postponed from its current state. the current number of cases has jumped up significantly, with almost 500 deaths so fire. to allay fears over the virus, after the organisers of the tokyo games said they were seriously concerned about its effect. the ioc said they were in contact with the world health organisation and had full confidence that tokyo 2020....were in control of the situation. translation: i am seriously worried that the spreading of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum towards the games. i hope it will be stamped out as soon as possible. the organising committee will coordinate with the

ioc etc and the tokyo metropolitan government to tackle this issue thoroughly. england winger anthony watson will miss saturday‘s six nations match with scotland — with a calf problem. the bath back trained on tuesday — but suffered a recurrence of the injury and sat out today‘s session. he was forced out of the opening defeat in paris watson has scored one try in four appearances against scotland, who also lost their opening weekend match to ireland... it‘s another blow for head coach eddiejones, who has manu tuilagi ruled out with a groin strain. after picking up an achilles injury in training, mo farah has withdrawn from next month‘s london half marathon. he‘s won the race for the last two years but said he‘ll focus instead on getting fully fit for the summer. he added that he hoped to be back at the race in 2021. former tottenham playmaker christian eriksen feels that he was blamed for their slump in recent months, and paid the price for being honest about his desire to leave the club. he told a danish newspaper last summer

that he wanted a new challenge elsewhere and after being linked with real madrid and manchester united, completed a £17 million move to inter milan at the end of the january transfer window. if you have a short contract, you will be the black sheep, and of course i did the interview. i was very honest. i felt that i had to be honest. i did not want to hide stuff like a lot of players do. and they work in their own way, everybody is different, but i was honest — i wanted to try something new and i said that out loud. i did get the blame for a lot of stuff, i didn't read all of the bad stuff. i did read something about being the bad person in the changing room and "ever since he said he wanted to leave he is no good." in the end, you are still the same player. tottenham will play later.

that‘s all the sport for now. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to dominic heale in nottingham, where local parents have been campaigning for medical cannabis prescriptions to be available on the nhs. and harry gration is in leeds, where a group of school children have designed a new app to help prevent knife crime in the area. but first, to dominic in nottingham. it‘s being claimed that families with severely epileptic children who had their hopes of access to medical cannabis on the nhs raised when the law changed in nov it hasn‘t happened. it has cost them a lot of money. let me tell you about this. some people say that medicinal cannabis can be absolutely transformational with children with severe epilepsy. it is said that

children who take it might be able to stop suffering with... families in leicestershire who we have been to see. they are buying the drug for their daughter privately from a meadowlands clinic at a very high cost. —— in the netherlands. confusingly, some families do get it free from the nhs, but it is prescribed by doctors any private health care sector. there has not been a single nhs prescription to date. the mother says it isjust been a single nhs prescription to date. the mother says it is just not fair. why should our children be denied the quality—of—life that they deserve? there are other children that receive the same product on an nhs prescription that have intractable epilepsy. this needs to be opened up to other people.

the family say they need urgent help. they are demanding that private prescriptions are available until somebody can sort this out. they have won the backing of their local mp. clearly, there is an issue here as to why, in the private sector, they are prescribing medical cannabis for severe epilepsy and other issues, but they are not doing so on the nhs. that is why we as lawmakers must push the government to look at this again and say, look, albeit that the law was changed onlyjust over a year ago, it is imperative that my constituents in south leicestershire and across the east midlands have access on a case—by—case basis when medical experts determine that medical cannabis can assist, but through the nhs rather than having to go to the private sector.

dominic, that is why many of the families involved are lobbying their mps today. notjust that, they are packing a giant digital poster than outside the conservative party hq. that will free on a loop and video of matt hancock promising to help them ina of matt hancock promising to help them in a video last september. they said they are not going to go away, the government needs to act. what does a government have to say? to medical... the some medicines have been made available to patients with severe epilepsy. people want more evidence to support funding decisions. little bit opaque, but there does appear to be friction between the guidelines, the law and

nhs doctors anecdotally worrying about the possible long—term effects of medical cannabis. the families that we have heard from our more concerned that, in the short—term, this drug helps their children. they see it is only fair that the drug should be prescribed to those who need it. it really does cost a lot, doesn‘t it? need it. it really does cost a lot, doesn't it? we are talking about a new app. what does it do and how did it come about? it is a very interesting one and you have to applaud the four schools in bradford that have gone along with this idea in conjunction with the home office. many students are increasingly concerned about knife crime so the idea of this app is that they can use the app initially. it is for information purposes. the kind of figures that yorkshire has as far as knife crime is concerned ultimately, i think it will be developed. that,

i think, see particularly interesting aspect of this particular app. how needed is it in this particular local area? particular app. how needed is it in this particular local area ? it particular app. how needed is it in this particular local area? it is very much so, because the figures tell their own story. in yorkshire alone, 4000 knife —related crimes we re alone, 4000 knife —related crimes were reported last year. in west yorkshire, that is 2000. what the stu d e nts yorkshire, that is 2000. what the students are hoping for, and they are very enthusiastic about this, is that they will be able to use this app anonymously. that is the key. they will anonymously be able to tip of the authorities as to who is potentially using knives and potentially using knives and potentially causing serious injury as well. that is the hope and that is the development of the act in the future. we will have the full details and chats with the students on look north tonight. they are very keen and very enthusiastic about it. good to see you still up and about

after your exploits yesterday. if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can access them on the bbc iplayer. a reminder that we go nationwide every afternoon at 4:30pm. a passenger plane has skidded off a runway and split into three pieces at istanbul‘s international airport because of wet weather.the turkish transport minister says there are no fatalities. what we know is that the plane is an internal flight. it was coming into istanbul. the report says that on arrival at the airport, the plane appears to have skidded off the ru nway

appears to have skidded off the runway and, as you say, split into three pieces. there were reports of some passenger injuries but as yet, no reports of fatalities. we know that it was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members. we don‘t know their nationalities but since it was an internal flight, it their nationalities but since it was an internalflight, it is believed that they might be turkish nationals. as yet, there are no further details. the governor of istanbul said on twitter that the emergency response teams on the ground were working to evacuate passengers from the plane. some of the footage that you are seeing, that dramatic footage from turkish media, says that the brain‘s fuselage has broken out and the tail has come off. some parts to be on fire. we see images of people trying to douse flames that were remaining. it looks as the weather might have played a part. we know that during

the day it has been wet in turkey. we don‘t know the exact circumstances of how the plane came into land, and whether there was anything unless there. it appears to have skidded as it hit the runway and split into three pieces. you can see footage of passengers being led out of the plane and onto an area of grass next to the runway. we know that some of them are entered, but as we said, no fatalities being reported yet. these are live images coming in from istanbul. 177 passengers and six crew on board when it crashed at the airport. no reports at this stage of any fatalities but a number are reported injured. as you can see, rescue operation is still very much under way as nightfall arrives in turkey. we will bring you more as we hear

it. the metropolitan police is investigating — after reports that a bodyguard for david cameron left his gun it‘s claimed a passenger found the firearm and the former prime minister‘s passport and raised concerns with staff on a british airways flight from new york to london on monday. the met says the officer involved has been removed from operational duties. i have never carried a gun on a plane and when i was responsible, guns were passed over to the captain. each airline has a different policy. since 9/11, the policy has been amended by the caa and now, they are allowed to carry guns. clearly, passengers would be more upset if there was a terrorist on—board and somehow somebody was attacking mr cameron and there was no defence mechanism. you cannot haveit no defence mechanism. you cannot have it both ways. clearly, this was a mistake and would be looked at. i would be looking at who the officer

was, his experience, has he got problems? i would was, his experience, has he got problems? iwould be was, his experience, has he got problems? i would be looking at all manner of things before i hung him out to dry. china takes further steps to control the spread of the coronavirus as the death toll nears 500, while 10 people on a cruise ship test positive and hundreds of other passengers are quarantined. a passenger plane has skidded off a runway and split into three pieces at istanbul‘s international airport because of wet weather. the turkish transport minister says there are no fatalities. it‘s reported a fire broke out inside the pegasus plane afterwards. state of disunion in america. nancy policy rips up a speech

brought by the us over charges of conspiracy and fraud. he sold autonomy in 2011. the lawyers say this man vigorously rejects all the allegations. claims made by ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the uk is advertising watchdog. europe‘s biggest airline had billed itself as the regions lowest emissions airline and low co2 emissions airline, but it has been ruled that rya nair emissions airline, but it has been ruled that ryanair is claims cannot be backed up. sign—ups for disney‘s streaming service have exceeded expectations, with about 20.6 million people signing up to the service since it cited in november. coronavirus is having a huge impact

on the business world. yes, a huge impact on the business industry. hong kong‘s flagship airline came out today saying that it is encouraging staff to take three weeks unpaid leave ballot lines to grapple with the virus and the effect it is having on business. they say they want to reduce flights by 30%. airbus also says it is closely monitoring the situation. today we heard from the president of the european centre of banks saying just as the trade where between china and the us are bates, the virus adds a new layer of uncertainty to the global economy. the south korean tech firm lg is pulling out of a tech... special meeting in vienna to talk about drastic cuts to oil output as the

coronavirus continues to have a big input on demand globally, notjust in china. so, a huge impact as you say. let‘s get more now. let‘s talk to an investment director. really good to talk to you. the coronavirus affecting huge swathes of the global economy. large companies pulling various elements of the company out of china. today, we have been talking about the airline industry. where do you think this will lead? it will have an impact on growth in china. it will be to slowing growth, but the question is how long. if you go back to 2003 and the cut the size virus, that had a large impact on retail sales because people were not going out and about. growth in china fell. what is happening now is that china is far more integrated in the global economy than it was 2003. the far more knock—on effects with companies like airbus and cafe than

there would have been. it is also a much larger economy now than it was at the time of the size virus. how do you think the uk economy is going to be? in the uk, we do have large airlines that could be impacted. we have airlines that fly to china. the impact on oil could, in some ways, help us and that, because if demand for transport falls and oil is less in demand, and we have seen a full and oil this year, if there is more direct linkages, you would need... it takes time for scientists to solve these things, and we will hopefully get there. but a lot of people are raking very hard. we will have to see, want welet‘s wait and

see on that. this morning, we also had some good news here in the uk. data on the uk crucial service sector showing a bed of a boost. data on the uk crucial service sector showing a bed of a boostm was the purchasing manager who came out, which is basically when they go and and ask business sectors, are you getting more or less orders? we had the best rating we had had in six months. there are people doing more business activity, which is very important because services make up very important because services make up significant portion of the british economy. there is still uncertainty about trade deals and the government‘s negotiation strategy. it looks like having continuity in the business policies has given business leaders bet more confidence to proceed with investment plans. it quickly at the markets. the big services industry

here in the uk which she was a bit ofa here in the uk which she was a bit of a post—election boost injanuary, this has helped boost the ftse100 all day, and that is despite some other disappointing news that we had out today where we see that the sales of new cars had fallen in comparison to this time last year. that has affected stocks. you are watching afternoon life. some breaking news coming from our europe correspondent. the spanish judge overlooking the investigation of family members in a swimming pool... the drowned at a hotel. the initial police report concluded that it was a tragic accident. this has been continually disputed by the widow, who insisted that the family could

all swim. an independent investigation... thejudges office has added that the final report will be delivered once the conclusions of that investigation have been submitted. the campaign by the widow, her efforts continue and a judge has said that she can continue that investigation. more than 40 people have been arrested in a crackdown on so—called courier fraud across england and wales. police say more than 3,000 people, most of them elderly, have been duped into withdrawing large sums of money and handing it to a fraudster who‘s posing as a courier or a police officer. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. early morning in central london. police are out in force for a raid

on a flat in king‘s cross. police! it‘s part of an operation targeting criminal gangs involved in courierfraud. a sniffer dog is brought in to find items that might be hidden, like mobile phone sim cards and memory sticks. carol norton was a victim of courierfraud. she was caring for her terminally ill husband when she was tricked into handing over £4000 in cash. a man phoned her pretending to be a detective who needed help on an undercover investigation. i believed every word he said. he really sounded, he was concerned about me. he did say he was concerned about my husband. and hejust seemed a genuine police officer. when you learned that it was a scam, how did you feel? what was your reaction? ijust cried. it was awful. i really felt upset because i had let my husband down. police believe courier fraud is a growing problem across england and wales. in the past two years there have been more than 3,100 victims.

£12 million has been stolen, with some people losing hundreds of thousands in pensions and savings. courierfraud is believed to be coordinated by organised gangs who may be linked to wider networks involved in drug trafficking. it‘s helped by the fact that there is a degree of anonymity, when the fraudster can phone the victim. quite often we see fraudsters coming from places like london and urban locations, travelling up and down the country, using public transport and then arriving on the doorstep of the victim. in police raids since november, 44 people have been arrested including two men at the flat in london. they have since been released while investigations continue. 14 others have been charged as police continue to tackle what they say is a despicable crime. danny shaw, bbc news.

new research suggests that the vocal patterns of penguins follows the same general principles as human language. let‘s have a listen... scientists behind the study of twenty—eight african penguins say the animals follow two main laws. that more frequently used words are briefer and longer words are composed of extra but briefer syllables. they believe this is the first instance of these laws observed outside primates, suggesting an ecological pressure of brevity and efficiency in animal vocalisations. if you understood any of that, let me know because i have read it twice now and i am none the wiser. it is all about small talk. it is all about small talk.

another misty and fairly chilly night on the way tonight. the weather over the next few days is become before some very turbulent conditions on the way this weekend. we will have to keep a very close i only forecast. certainly nothing stormy out there this evening. some sunshine across parts of england and wales and eastern scotland. a bit more cloud in the north and the west. not particularly chilly but it will turn colder as we go through the night. a breeze will keep temperatures up. elsewhere, we could see temperatures like last night close to freezing if not below in a few spots. in england and wales, some dense patches of fog. dry and bright for the vast majority once again with some sunny spells. a bit more sunshine across central and eastern areas on friday. it is this weekend that the wind is good and proper. this time is likely to bring 02:58:55,746 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 some damage and travel disruption.