this is bbc news. the headlines at 10.00. five british people including a child have tested positive for coronavirus in france. shouting. meanwhile as the number of victims increases in china there's been growing anger at the handling of the crisis. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. this is not about money any longer. yes, of course you want to have a system that works and not to pay too much, but the truth is, security, the protection of the uk, is the absolute number one priority for any government. officials working on borisjohnson‘s pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave

the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. preparations are underway for the england—scotland and ireland—wales matches in the six nations this afternoon and in half an hour the travel show heads to the maldives to meet the people who are working to save its unique marine environment. some breaking news now. in the last half hour it's been confirmed five british people have tested positive for coronavirus in france. they were diagnosed after coming into contact with a person who had been in singapore. a british family of four have also

been admitted to hospital in majorca as a precaution after one of them came into contact with someone who had been suffering with the virus in france. 0ur correspondent andy moore is with me now. so, andy, what's the latest? this is coming from a press conference in france with the french health minister, which was ongoing just a short time ago. initially the health minister said there was one british case and then confirmed that in fact five british people have been confirmed positive with coronavirus. we understand one of them had been in singapore and then returned to france to a ski chalet in the mountains. that peasant arrived back around january 20 and then was in contact with other people in the chalet. 0ne then was in contact with other people in the chalet. one of them is a child. we understand they are not ina a child. we understand they are not in a serious condition but i understand they are being treated in hospital. rather worrying, understand they are being treated in hospital. ratherworrying, because this is another case of

communication of the disease in the community, so people who have not been to china, not even been to asia, i know getting the virus from people who have been to the region. so that is a situation in france. separately, we have four possible suspected cases in majorca, the balearic island. this is again a british family. apparently the file that there had been in contact with somebody, again in france, who had the virus. he is feeling unwell. we don't know if he has the virus or not. his family have been taken into hospital as a precaution. and of course we know it is coming up to half ten for lots of families here. people might be travelling, skiing —— half term. should people continue with plans? what is the current government advice with yellow it's a very worrying situation. it is worrying now we have this news. who would have thought the coronavirus

would have thought the coronavirus would have thought the coronavirus would have spread to a french ski resort? the advice is if you are travelling to asia, there are a few asian countries on the list you should not visit the. that is the current government advice. who knows, in the light of cases like this and may be like this, it may be that advice has to be updated. thanks very much indeed. another 86 deaths have been recorded in mainland china — the largest number in a day so far. 722 people are now known to have died in the outbreak. unverified video footage has emerged from china which appears to show officials forcibly rounding—up people suspected of having the coronavirus. more than 3a,000 people have been infected in the country. let's get the latest from stephen mcdonell in beijing. i gather that the second hospital in wuhan is going up. is it up and

running yet, what is the latest state of play in the region? wuhan, the city where this broke out, has been really stretched. i mean, in china, things are resourced pretty well, but it just china, things are resourced pretty well, but itjust shows you just how serious this problem is. hospitals in that city have been absolutely swamped. two separate new coronavirus isolation facilities have been built. the first one with 1000 beds, the second with 1300 beds. they will be run by the military, it makes sense to run them by the military because they can arrive with doctors, nurses, admin staff and start straightaway. but even with those new facilities in place, we are still hearing from officials in wuhan that they don't have enough hospital beds, equipment, and it could be that there are ten times as many people

infected in hubei province as the official figures infected in hubei province as the officialfigures might infected in hubei province as the official figures might suggest because some people are presenting with less serious symptoms. they are not going to hospital. they are still coming into contact with others and passing on the virus. we have seen also this huge level of anger and grief after death of that young who tried to warn the public. how much is that eroding trust in the government, do you think? well, i think many people would sort of applaud the efforts of the chinese government more generally on this. they are throwing everything at this problem right now. however, in the early stages, when doctor li wenliang tried to one others, in this case he posted on a chat with his classmates from university, there had been an influx of virus patients, he was hauled in by the police and told not to spread rumours. at the same time, we have the mayor of wuhan saying, oh, he's

sorry he didn't release the crucial information about this virus earlier because he didn't have clearance from above. this must be leading people to be questioning what is going wrong in china with the communist pa rty‘s going wrong in china with the communist party's command and control structure under xi jinping. if people are afraid to release crucial, important information into the community in a timely manner, forfear the community in a timely manner, for fear they will get into trouble, something has gone wrong there. party officials note this is a problem and so they are somehow trying to spin it. they have sent in a team to investigate what went wrong with doctor li wenliang, who 110w wrong with doctor li wenliang, who now come apart from trying to blow the whistle, has died himself from treating patients with this virus. the investigators have gone in their to look at this. they are almost pa rt to look at this. they are almost part of the problem because the communist pa rty‘s discipline part of the problem because the communist party's discipline and inspection structure is one of the

reasons people are afraid to speak out and why you get the police, for example, trying to silence a whistle—blower. i think critics of the chinese government would say this is not the way to be going about it, really the questions that should be asked are how is this country run and how can you change things so that when important information has to be released like this, it can be done quickly, so there is early days and weeks will not be lost like they have been in this case. thank you very much. pressure is mounting on the prime minister over his decision to allow the chinese telecoms giant huawei to be involved in the uk's 56 network. four former conservative cabinet ministers have written to tory mps asking those with concerns to speak up. yesterday the us vice—president mike pence described the decision to include huawei in the network as disappointing. the government insists the move followed a rigorous review.

i'm joined now by our political correspondent matt cole. tell us who has written this letter, iain duncan smith of course has been a very outspoken critic and he is among them. and indeed the others have spoken out on this before. this isn't the first time we have heard from them. we have the likes of 0wen paterson, bob seely, the isle of wightmp, paterson, bob seely, the isle of wight mp, tobias ellwood who chairs the defence select committee, david davis, the former brexit secretary. these are not unknown names. they have all been campaigning for some time against this decision which we should say has now happened. the government has ruled there will be a cap of 35% on huawei in terms of its involvement in the infrastructure of the sg involvement in the infrastructure of the 56 network and they say it won't be allowed to be involved in the core of the roll—out but they are in for now. david green, one of the other signatories, he asked boris johnson about this at prime

minister's questions on wednesday. i have spoken with downing street this morning and they say they have nothing to add to respond to the letter, but we fed us to the comments boris johnson gave letter, but we fed us to the comments borisjohnson gave on wednesday. i scribbled down and outs of it, in which borisjohnson said, look, we are going to be reducing below the 35% market cap, but there isa below the 35% market cap, but there is a failure of like—minded companies to produce an alternative, he says, and therefore the five g network —— the 5g market when i will have huawei. it is certain it is mitigating the risks that might be involved and we have had from security experts to that end. but for now, these mps are encouraging others tojoin them for now, these mps are encouraging others to join them in continuing their opposition and are asking in their opposition and are asking in their letter for others to have ideas as to how they might be able to have an alternative approach. let's listen to what iain duncan smith has been saying today. if they are not a trusted vendor, as

the foreign secretary said, that china is considered to be an aggressor in these matters and consta ntly aggressor in these matters and constantly attacking our systems alongside russia, they claim that russia is an aggressive but won't have anything to do with russian technology, then surely the same principle must apply to china. i think therefore we need to get the government to look to get the involvement of why wait not to 35%, but to zero. is there any mechanism to stop this going ahead? if they were a tory rebellion? it would have to be an enormous one because there is boris johnson's strength at the moment. he has just won an election with a majority of 80. even if the six who joined this letter —— wrote this letter we re joined this letter —— wrote this letter were joined by others who have expressed concern, well—known opponents. rather, the line which has been used about not wanting the fox ina has been used about not wanting the fox in a checking coop, not wanting the dragon in the nest —— fox in the

chicken coop. as things stand there are other countries using other technology. ericsson, nokia, being used in france. 0ne technology. ericsson, nokia, being used in france. one of the issues with the british nick why is it already has huawei very much in the ag already has huawei very much in the 4g network and the concern is to roll back to go forward it would be too expensive, take too long and that the country back. iain duncan smith has suggest it won't take that long. it is possible in a year or two. as things stand the garment has made its decision, it says it is trying to mitigate this but says for now huawei is in. very interesting, we will see if that changes. we will get more on this in the coming hours. thank you very much. the foreign secretary says he is seeking an ambitious trade deal with japan as britain begins free trade talks with major economies. dominic raab met with his japanese counterpart on his first overseas trip following britain's departure from the eu last month. mr raab said he wanted a trade agreement at least as good as the eu's. i have discussed how we can deliver

new bilateral arrangements at least as high a standard, if not higher, and at least as ambitious as the eu—japan economic partnership agreement, which would send a very powerful signal of our shared commitment to free and rules—based trade. minister motegi and i also discussed the uk's interest in membership of the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership and we very much welcome the advice and support from japan in that regard. concerns have been raised about the prime minister's pledge to recruit 20,000 extra police officers within three years. police and home office officials working on the move believe more than 50,000 recruits will be needed to cover the number leaving the service. let's speak tojohn apter, chair of the police federation — the staff association for police in england and wales. thanks very much forjoining us. the government say they want 20,000 new offices. why are you saying 50,000 is the actual number of recruits now

required? this is nothing new. in the prime minister announced his pledge during the leadership election, we very quickly, through our research and knowledge of police numbers, how they fluctuate, knew that if the prime minister wanted 20,000 extra, additional police officers to be recruited over at the three years, then you had to take into account over that three years the number of officers it would be leaving, whether resignation or retirement. but because of issues with pensions, more and more officers are leaving before their natural retirement. that means that in order to get 20,000 extra officers, you actually have to recruit 53,000 officers and to recruit 53,000 officers and to recruit 53,000 officers you have to have half a million applications. which is a massive mountain to climb. we've been saying this since before christmas. is it at all

likely in your view that you will get half a million applications, and if not, why not? it is a... compared to past year from if not, why not? it is a... compared to past yearfrom previous prime ministers, this is a good problem to have. i'm not going to throw it back in the face of prime minister, who wa nts to in the face of prime minister, who wants to get more police officers on the streets. let's not forget, and we can't ignore the fact that this won't even cover the number of officers we have lost over the last ten years, which is a 22,000. it will be a massive task. we have changed the way we recruit offices. it isa changed the way we recruit offices. it is a lot more complicated now, so we have to take that into account. it will be a real struggle. we have to take that into account. it will be a real strugglelj we have to take that into account. it will be a real struggle. i know you talked about, for example, pay. give me an idea of the starting salary and if the government does mean business on this, what do you think they need to do? we are currently in the process of submitting our evidence to the pei body, an independent body which looks at setting police are paid.

this is on the back of ten years of austerity, which has seen police officers' pay either frozen or cat, like many other public sector workers, at 1%. starting out on £18,500. is daly -- if workers, at 1%. starting out on £18,500. is daly —— if that stays as it is, and police officers reported to be the bravest in the world and doing fantastic, great stuff, that means these offices are on 15p more per hour than the living wage. that is completely unacceptable. we are calling for an increase on the starting pay, which would take them to £24,000, to recognise the role they carry out and the dangers they face. but also an overall pay rise of 5%. it doesn't even fill the gap in real terms up 18% drop in pay police have seen. i was is based on

evidence and we think it is realistic and the government was listen —— must listen. if they want to retain and recruit police officers, they have to pay them fairly. it is no good standing on the steps of parliament proclaiming how fantastic our police officers are when they don't get the pay they deserve. many thanks indeed for your time this morning. thank you. police believe the sudden death of a woman whose body was found in a house in staffordshire may have involved hazardous materials. emergency services were called to a property in northwood in stoke—on—trent last night. residents in neighbouring properties were evacuated and five emergency responders were taken to hospital for precautionary checks — for possible effects of the suspected materials. police are investigating an alleged assault of an elderly patient with alzheimer's by nhs staff at a hospital in kent. an investigation by the independent newspaper found that nurses and carers at the william harvey hospital in ashford were suspended after allegedly holding down the elderly man's arms, legs and face while they inserted a catheter.

the headlines on bbc news... five british people including a child have tested positive for coronavirus in france six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 5g network. 0fficials working on borisjohnson's pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good morning. it's a huge day in the six nations. first we have the reigning champions wales taking on the irish in dublin and austin is there for us. wales ran out the winners in this fixture last year. they might not be quite as co mforta ble they might not be quite as comfortable in dublin. that's right. that is the question that everyone

will be asking. can they win here in dublin? good morning from the aviva stadium. the stadium where wales have not won for eight years now in the six nations. it really is going to bea the six nations. it really is going to be a big test for them. both sets of fa ns to be a big test for them. both sets of fans will be waking up on this bright morning here in dublin, knowing that the six nations grand slam is still on the table, still a possibility for both of them after those opening winds last weekend as tabular first winds for their new head coaches in the six nations. andy farrell, the englishman, is the man taking ireland forward now after a disappointing year last year. he was the assistant coach throughout all of that, but now he is the head coach for the very first time. whether at a club or international level. it's the first time he's been in that role. a big test for him in this competition. they got off to the great start with the win against scotland, so that really was the perfect start but the challenge will step up now against wales. a welsh tea m step up now against wales. a welsh team who are filled with confidence after they thrashed italy 42—0 on

the opening weekend. what are when that was. as i mentioned, they have not won here in dublin for eight yea rs not won here in dublin for eight years so it really is a big test. wayne pivac, their head coach, says it will be the biggest test of his managerial career so far. it's building up to be a really big showdown here in dublin. it should bea showdown here in dublin. it should be a really close one, and with storm ciara set to hit the stadium around kick off, it could be an old—fashioned around kick off, it could be an old —fashioned rugby match. around kick off, it could be an old—fashioned rugby match. lots of wind and rain. a storm is coming. later on, we have the oldest contest in rugby — the calcutta cup — and today the venue is murrayfield in edinburgh. there's been the usual war of words between the two camps — and england boss eddiejones is well known for getting involved more than that, as he told sonja mclaughlan, he believes it's his duty. i think as a head coach you have got

a i think as a head coach you've got a responsibility to... like, it's easy not to say anything. sure. i understand. but i think you've got a responsibility to create the theatre of the game, to paint a picture of how you want your players to play, and sometimes paint a picture to the opposition. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. scotland have held the trophy for the past two years after beating england at murrayfield in 2018 and coming away from twickenham with a draw last year, but the players just try to keep out of the pre—match mind games. myjob is to concentrate on making sure that i'm getting my performance spot on, but also making sure that the team are switched on and we're here the right reasons. we're not listening to what everybody else has got to say, we are concentrating on what happens within the four walls of our changing room and making sure we're focused and for what's coming our way. so a great day of rugby to look forward to.

commentary on ireland against wales is on radio 5 live — kick off at 2.15 — with scotland v england live on bbc one and the bbc sport website — that's at 4.45. only two premier league matches today because of the winter break. it is scottish cup fifth round we can. heads up mental health initiative. more on that on the website. for now that is all you sport. this weekend sees the second of a four—part citizens' assembly in birmingham, where 110 members of the public will discuss how to address climate change. they will listen to evidence on how climate policy will affect the uk and offer their opinions on the best ways for britain to achieve net—zero carbon emissions by 2050. with me to discuss this more is chaitanya kumar, who's head of energy and climate change policy at the green alliance. welcome, thank you for coming in. this group of people have met already. they have had a background briefing on the science and the idea

is that they feed on their ideas to govern. governments are under no obligation to act. is there any point in this group meeting at all, given the covenant could ignore them? 110 people, a cross-section of british society, coming together in birmingham to discuss what i think is, and what a lot of people think is, and what a lot of people think is the defining issue of the century, climate change. whether policy is immediately made on the back of this is an open question, but what we know is the house of commons will debate some of the options that come out of this citizens assembly and some of the options that the 110 people discuss. they are guided by expert reviews, just to be clear. some of the key questions they will be talking about is how we travel, how we cut emissions in terms of what we buy and what we do at home, etc. give me and what we do at home, etc. give me a specific example on travel as to what they might be discussing. one of the things that will be quite interesting to talk about is flying. we have been talking about it lately, there has been a lot of

concern raised that we would have to stop flying. the reality is we won't have to stop flying, but they will be some restrictions in terms of how many flights we take. in the uk, about 15% of flyers take about 70% of the flights, meaning there is inequality in how we fly. 0ne of the flights, meaning there is inequality in how we fly. one of the proposals the advisor to the government are making is to introduce a frequent flyer levy, where if you travel a lot you end up paying a lot more for flying. if you arejust taking an paying a lot more for flying. if you are just taking an occasional holiday or a couple of holidays in the year, going somewhere in europe, thatis the year, going somewhere in europe, that is still fine, but if you are flying almost on a weekly basis or a fortnightly basis for work or otherwise, you would probably have to pay more. how much more? doesn't that unfairly penalises those who perhaps have to travel for work? this is exactly the question that will be unpacked at the assembly where the experts will present this option to the people, they will discuss the pros and cons and decide

what route to take. if they do decide that a frequent flyer levy or an air miles levy is the way to go, that will not become policy tomorrow. it will be debated in the house of commons, it will be debated and discussed. it also seems to penalise people who want to go to asia or australia or wherever their families might be. why should you just have to be penalising those who wa nt to just have to be penalising those who want to for family reasons or whatever other reasons? we should ta ke whatever other reasons? we should take a look at the numbers closely and, like i've said, not everybody ta kes and, like i've said, not everybody takes these flights frequently, but those who take those flights frequently, probably there is a case to be made for taxing those miles as opposed to if you are taking an occasional flight to europe opposed to if you are taking an occasionalflight to europe by seeing family. what about what we buy? how much we buy, whether you buy? how much we buy, whether you buy lots of clothes, lots of items, thatis buy lots of clothes, lots of items, that is already changing. what are the most radical ideas for curbing that? sustainability has become a

major thing, especially in food. something we have to grapple with and it is something these 110 people will grapple with today and tomorrow, diet, for instance. there isa tomorrow, diet, for instance. there is a case for reducing the amount of red meat we consume in this country, or in the world, but as soon as you say that there is a lot of pushback saying it is not what we want to be doing. the question is, how does government promote choice for people, incentivise alternatives, plant —based diet, for example, without necessarily saying do this or do that. basically working with people. it has shifted already a lot, not just for vegetarians, people. it has shifted already a lot, notjust forvegetarians, but for people making the choice at least to go vegetarian for part of the week. is that more amongst the young with yellow it is more amongst the young, but it is a cultural shift that will take time. you can use market leavers to encourage and incentivise people to buy

alternatives. if i go to the supermarket now, five years ago i did not have the variety i do for milk, for instance. now i have hundreds of varieties of milk options which are non—dairy and have a lower carbon footprint. there are options, solutions. the 110 citizens in this country, the cross—section of society, they will debate these questions on the defining issue of the century. some tough stories if you —— tough decisions if you want radical change, thank you very much, chaitanya kumar. hollywood is gearing up for its biggest night of the year tomorrow — the academy awards. but if you need an antidote to all that back—slapping, the nominations for the razzies have just been announced. they're the "anti—oscars" for the worst movies. and the film cats and rambo: last blood are the films leading the way for this dubious honour. i'm joined now form los angeles via webcam by sandro monetti — editor in chief of hollywood international filmmaker magazine. thanks forjoining us. this is a

rather cruel set of awards for people who are just trying their best in a tough creative world? oh, you are very generous! come on, cats was a load of old pebbles! —— hair balls. it was never going to work from the second we saw the trailer. judi dench has won so many awards in her career, but the razzie is one she doesn't want to win. she is nominated for worst supporting actress, where her competition includes rebel wilson, her cats co—star. could judi dench, queen of the oscars, to be taking home a golden raspberry award? i hope so! what a low point, i love it. howl these decided? what a low point, i love it. howl these decided ? do what a low point, i love it. howl these decided? do people even have to watch the movie to vote for these? not exactly film experts. to get membership of the academy which votes for the oscars, you have to

have a significant body of work over yea rs. to have a significant body of work over years. tojoin the have a significant body of work over years. to join the golden have a significant body of work over years. tojoin the golden raspberry academy you can send a cheque for $40. academy you can send a cheque for $40, no questions asked, and you get a voting form. that is the great decision making process there! do some of the winners actuallyjust enjoyed the tension on the grounds of any attention is good? no. laughter they avoid it like the plague, although at halle berry was a good sport and she actually turned up when she won in 2004, worst actress for catwoman. sandra bullock, when she won worst actress for all about steve, remember that? no! she won worst actress for all about steve, rememberthat? no! she turned up. i don't thinkjudi dench will make her way to the ceremony to pick up make her way to the ceremony to pick up the award for cats somehow. cats was a total disaster, it cost $95 million to make, didn't come close to making that back. and, yeah, in a

weekend where we celebrate the best of films, there is little argument that cats is the worst and i'm sure the golden raspberry awards will crown or dump it as the worst of a bad bunch. what do that lucky winners get? they get a trophy which isa winners get? they get a trophy which is a plastic raspberry on a wooden plinth and it is said to have a value of £4.50. now, let'sjust find out what the weather is doing. weather warnings have been issued across the uk this weekend with the approach of storm ciara. transport networks are expected to be disrupted and there could also be power cuts. wind speeds are forecast to reach 80mph. let's get more on that now from sarah keith—lucas. hello, we have got some fairly lively disruptive weather on the cards, in fact, through the rest of the weekend as storm ciara approaches.