a man has been killed by a falling tree after storm ciara battered britain. there's still widespread flooding and severe travel disruption on the roads, railways and ferries, and at airports. out i'll be reporting from west yorkshire where hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded and and businesses have been flooded and a big clearup and businesses have been flooded and a big clear up operation is now under way. we'll have the latest from our correspondents around the uk. also this lunchtime. the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk doubles to eight. cheering. sinn fein celebrate as they win most first—preference votes in the irish general election. a space craft built in britain begins its mission to explore the secrets of the sun.

parasite. and it's history at the oscars — south korea's parasite becomes the first foreign language film to win best picture. and in sport, manchester city could be staring at a fixture pile—up after their game against west ham united was called off for safety reasons due to the storms. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it's emerged that a 58—year—old man was killed in hampshire by a falling tree as storm ciara battered britain yesterday. the storm is continuing to cause chaos around the uk. thousands of homes are still without power and there's still disruption on the roads,

railways and at airports. more than 100 flood warnings remain in place and there are also yellow weather warnings in some areas for snow, ice and wind. sangita myska has the latest. this is what it looks like when you are above the flood. stranded, just one resident ofjust one village almost submerged by storm ciara. badly hit the pennines and yorkshire dales, with millions of pounds spent on flood defences in the region proving useless. the couple that owned this hardware store in mikel schreuders, west yorkshire, have had enough. they have owned the shop for 30 years. i'm not going through it again. it's notjust a bit of a mess you have to clean up, it is the building itself. it's... a lot of work on it, it'sjust... no, we can't do it again. i'd like to know where the environment agency is. we

see nobody today at all, nobody has been round. and the sirens... the siren didn't golf. with 100 flood warnings in place, the government says it is taking action. there are hundreds of environment agency staff on the ground working to help make sure our flood defences are working properly and helping with the clean—up. the government obviously stands ready to support. storm ciara has caused travel chaos, gusts of up to 100 mph have toppled trees into the paths of drivers, killing at least one man in hampshire. rail routes across the north of england and scotland have been worst affected. here at euston station, train is delayed or cancelled, leaving passengers stranded. train is delayed or cancelled, leaving passengers strandedm feels like the people who are trying to put the infrastructure in place just don't seem to care about the impact it has on people. we are looking at the east coast and west coast main line is, for example, the we st coa st coast main line is, for example, the west coast main line is flooded north of carlisle. when the water is

drained away from there, then you have got to look at the points motors to make sure that they are still working. so it is notjust a case of draining the water away or removing the tree. it is looking at the potential damage that has been caused. meanwhile, 20,000 homes were left without power overnight, much of which, power companies say, has now been restored. storm ciara has hit the length and breadth of britain. this sinkhole opened up in manchester, while this one swallowed a car in essex. weather experts say the worst of the storm is now over but counting the cost will continue well into the days and weeks to come. thank myska, bbc news. —— sangita myska. in a moment we'll speak to danny savage in hebden bridge, but first, alexandra mckenzie is in glasgow. what is the travel picture there? well, their travel is the main story today because we have got yellow weather warnings in place for much

of scotla nd weather warnings in place for much of scotland until the end of wednesday. that is for snow, ice and wind. that is causing a lot of disruption, particularly here at glasgow central station. people are having to go by bus, people on the west coast main line, are having to be bused between here and carlisle because of disruption there, due to flooding. we spoke to some people who said they had been waiting for a bus for over an hour, so not a great start to their journey, bus for over an hour, so not a great start to theirjourney, where they hope they will be able to pick up the west coast mainline train to ta ke the west coast mainline train to take them between carlisle and down to london euston. there's been a lot of other travel disruptions. flights have been delayed and cancelled and caledonian macbrayne say all of their ferry routes are either disrupted or cancelled. this is likely to continue over the next couple of days. thank you for joining us. now to danny savage and hebden bridge, and people they're facing a huge clear up operation.

ben, this is the third time in seven yea rs ben, this is the third time in seven years that this part of calderdale has been flooded, and people are fed up has been flooded, and people are fed up and angry. what is going on here this lunchtime at the moment is you have west yorkshire fire and rescue service here, helping to pump out all of these businesses across the road, where the sellers were flooded. the water was quite eye yesterday and all of the businesses have had to chuck out belongings because they have been ruined by flood water. the same in this courtyard , flood water. the same in this courtyard, you can see these young people, a big family effort under way, here, people sweeping out the business where the mud got on the floor. again, this is replicated all the way up and down calderdale, a little while ago up the road, people really angry, a huge flood defence scheme has been put in place or is in the process of being built but it was totally overwhelmed yesterday and they are back to square one. you heard one business there in the report, saying it has happened so many times, they are giving up and shutting up shop. widely across

northern england, there is flooding in the flood plains, the areas you would expect but they are expecting the river is to peek through the centre of york this afternoon, appleby and cumbria is badly affected and ca rlisle appleby and cumbria is badly affected and carlisle literallyjust missed out by a few centimetres of being badly flooded again. it was touch and go in parts of carlisle last night. the watery the floodwater is going, uncertainty about snow on the heels over the next few days but a big clear up operation going on at the moment in this part of west yorkshire. danny savage, there are, in hebden bridge, and also thanks to alexandra mackenzie in glasgow. four more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk. it brings the total number of confirmed cases here to eight. the four new cases are known to have had contact with a previously confirmed patient and it's believed they contracted the virus in france. the government has now declared the virus is a "serious and imminent threat to public health", which means people who are infected can be forcibly quarantined. here's our health correspondent

sophie hutchinson. this is one of the infectious diseases centres in london where some of those newly confirmed with this coronavirus have been taken. the four people were infected during a skiing holiday. the virus seems to have been spread after a uk businessman picked it up at a conference in singapore. he then flew to a ski resort in france called les contamines—montjoie. there, the infection was known to have spread to four adults and a child, who remain in france. the businessman then returned to brighton. since then, it has been confirmed another man, and today a further four people who were all skiing with him, have the infection here. the businessman has been described as a super spreader, but the reality is the virus spreads when people are in close contact with each other. what's really important is it can transmit from one person to the other. so we know that on average, one infected person can maybe give it to another

two or three people. so this causes a lung infection and it can be spread through the respiratory tract, probably through coughing, through sneezing or even through touching your mouth or your nose on surfaces and putting that into your nose as well. here in milton keynes, several hundred people remain in quarantine in a specialist site, after flying back from china at the epicentre of the virus. others are on the wirral. one of them told the bbc they are really being looked after. yesterday, we were given a lovely sunday roast dinner. we're being given all the essentials that we need to look after our mental well—being. there are all sorts of games available. we have obviously got tvs, we have got access to the internet, netflix. so all these different things that are actually available to us, do help to make this feel not like we are stuck in quarantine. it's now estimated 1% of those infected may die from the new coronavirus. that's on a par with seasonal flu.

so until a vaccine can be found, scientists believe keeping the infection contained is the safest path. but not everyone has welcomed the idea of being quarantined. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. our medical correspondent fergus walsh is with me now. the government here says that the virus is now a serious and imminent threat to public health. what exactly threat to public health. what exa ctly d o threat to public health. what exactly do they mean by that? this is all to do with something that happened at the weekend at arrowe park hospital. one of the nearly 100 or $0 park hospital. one of the nearly 100 or so people there who had been quarantined since the 31st of january decided they wanted to leave. the nhs staff thought, well, we really don't want them to leave, and they realised that although all the people there had signed a contract agreeing to m days isolation, they did not have the legal power to detain them against their will. so at 7am, matt hancock, their will. so at 7am, matt hancock, the health secretary, signed this

legal power and regulation, that they can be forcibly detained. that person was talked out of trying to run out. they are due out on thursday anyway. but it is all to do with those legal powers. it is not to do with an increased threat risk to do with an increased threat risk to the uk. the official threat risk remains moderate. thank you for joining us. fergus walsh, there, our medical correspondence. in china, the authorities say 97 people died of the virus yesterday which is the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began. the total number of deaths in china now stands at 908, with more than 40,000 infected, but the number of newly—infected people per day has stabilised. robin brant is in shanghai. what is the latest that you are hearing from the authorities there? we are hearing from the man at the very top, president xi jinping has been seen in a visit to a community

in beijing earlier today, the first time he has been out in public since the national emergency was declared. we had at one point he said to a person on camera that they should not shake hands in what he called these special times. but he reiterated the message that he is confident china can win the battle over the virus. he also talked about the importance of making sure all patients are treated but also the propaganda effort, he wants that to focus on good stories about medics. this comes at a time when people are supposed to be getting back to work here in china, particularly in shanghai. the big plan was for lots of people to return to work today but it has been staggered. i have to say from what i have seen it is more ofa say from what i have seen it is more of a trickle of people coming back. lots of working from home going on as well. some of the heavy industry on the outskirts of the city, not the return that they hoped for. we are also seeing more restriction in place, in compounds and lanes where people live. the government has a balance. it wants to get people back to work but at the same time, it is still really very worried about the mass return of people to big cities

like this because that could bring further contamination. robin brant in shanghai, thank you. sinn fein says the irish general election has been a "revolution in the ballot box". the party won more first—choice votes than either fine gael or fianna fail, which have been the dominant forces in irish politics for almost a century. it could be weeks, if not months, before a government is formed. chris page has this report, which does contain some flash photography. applause their story of this election has been the surge of sinn fein. across the country, the party is taking seats it had never been close to winning before. its leader says there has been a momentous shift. the mood for change certainly chimed with our political platform, and with our political platform, and with our political platform, and with our approach to politics. i think the time has come now where

people are ready for sinn fein to have a chance at government. the results from the first stage of the accou nts results from the first stage of the accounts show 25% of voters gave their number one preference to sinn fein candidates. that put it ahead of the two centrist parties who have dominated for decades. three and a fail on 22% and fine gael and 21%. even sinn fein's own strategies did not expect that level of success at the ballot box —— strategists. the party run fewer candidates than its rivals which means it is unlikely to become the largest party in the irish parliament. it focused its campaign on the issue of a nationwide housing shortage, and stood on distinctly left—wing economic policies. the party also wa nts a economic policies. the party also wants a referendum on irish unity to be held within five years. sinn fein's opponents have focused on its links to the ira during the conflict in northern ireland, and argued that makes it an unsuitable party for government. the current prime minister has said he will be

sticking to that position. minister has said he will be sticking to that positionlj minister has said he will be sticking to that position. i have made my position and that of my party very clear during the campaign. we won the votes that we won on that basis in my position has not changed. fianna failwill probably win the most seats and during the campaign said it would not hold coalition talks with sinn fein but will the results change that goes before any government to sustain, there has be compatibility in the political programme put forward and wants policies and position unprincipled, does not change overnight. negotiations are not set to begin in earnest until all the seats have been counted and the way forward is unclear. but what is certain is that sinn fein has transformed irish politics. chris page, bbc news, dublin. our top story this lunchtime: storm ciara continues to cause chaos around the uk. one man has been killed by a falling tree. and the south korean government celebrate as their country gets glory at the oscars.

and coming up in the sport on bbc news, scotland against england in the women's six nations kicks off at 1:30pm behind closed doors at murrayfield, after the initial match in glasgow was postponed due to storm ciara. a european spacecraft which aims to take the closest ever pictures of the sun has been launched from cape canaveral in florida. the solar orbiter, assembled in stevenage, is carrying cameras and sensors that should provide new insights about how the sun works and how it affects technology on earth. it will take the orbiter two years to reach its destination, 26 million miles from the surface of the sun. five, four, three, two, one, zero... ..and lift—off! blasting off, a mission that's been

20 years in the making. the spacecraft solar orbiter on its way to the sun. it's jam—packed with instruments and will take images from closer to ourstarthan any spacecraft has before. but it will be operating in an extreme environment. the instruments on board the spacecraft are incredibly sensitive. and then to put it close to the sun, it's really, really difficult, and it's quite nerve—racking when you send your delicate little instrument on the top of a rocket towards the sun, and you just hope that it's going to be working. at the royal astronomical society records of our sun go back hundreds of years, charting huge solar storms. now these would have had little effect on us in the 1800s when these notes were written. today though they'd wreak havoc, knocking out communication and navigation satellites, and causing power failures. the hope is though that solar orbiter could help us to better understand and eventually predict them.

solar orbiter will give us a new view of the sun and will let us see its poles for the very first time. scientists say this could be a game changer. there's so much we don't understand about the interior of the sun, how the energy leaks out, how magnetic fields play an important role. i think there's a real chance for a breakthrough in our understanding of the sun from solar orbiter. the journey to the sun won't be easy and it will take two years for solar orbiter to get into prime position. but once it's there the secrets of our star will finally be revealed. rebecca morelle, bbc news. four more families have told bbc news their babies died because of poor care at an nhs trust which has been severely criticised for its maternity services. the families say their babies would have survived had east kent hospitals trust provided better care. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports.

the joyous scans of a growing baby, but reid shaw was stillborn last november on the day he was due, and outcome his parents say was wholly avoidable. they should have asked us to come in that night. if they'd had induced me that night, he would have been here, 100%. his parents had called at oeqm hospital in margate at 1:10am, as kirsty was in pain and their son's movements had noticeably changed. she was advised to take painkillers and go to bed. 16 hours later, she called again and was invited in this time, where staff discovered reid had died. being a first—time mum, i suppose you put too much trust in these people to advise you and get you through something as vulnerable as this and so you don't question it. east kent hospitals trust say they are investigating the case but

three other families we have spoken to have told us their babies would have survived if medics in east kent had provided better care. do you believe his death was preventable 100%. fletcher akin was born at 28 weeks. despite being premature, his parents were told he would be fine after a few weeks in hospital. but at nine days old, he started developing seizures which perplexed the medics. they googled how to stop it in front of us it's like i haven't brought my child to b&q. we are in a neonatal ward and you are googling it. i could have done that. they didn't know how to stop it. they didn't know what it was. and then it's too late. fletcher had developed a fungal infection which the hospital had failed to spot, and he died at 13 days old. the trust deny any errors were made in his care.

an external investigator is now considering the case. last month, bbc news revealed there had been at least seven preventable deaths at the trust since 2016. east kent hospitals told us they were extremely sorry for any family who had lost a child avoidably and were working to improve his maternity care. ministers are due to announce this week what action if any they intend to take at the trust. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. work is under way by government officials to look at the idea of building a bridge between scotland and northern ireland. the prime minister has described the idea of a bridge connecting the british mainland to the island of ireland as "very interesting". his spokesman says the government is looking at it as part of a series of infrastructure projects aimed at levelling up the country's economy. back now to storm ciara, and thousands of people will now be making insurance claims for damage caused by gale force winds and flooding. toby foster has met one woman

whose home near doncaster was flooded back in november. she has been waiting three months for repair work on her home. come on. this is the sound of patricia meadows, being rescued from her bungalow in tickhill near doncaster on the night of the floods. it was a scary moment for her. but one thing she thought she didn't have to worry about was insurance. we need to be quick. yeah. my friend phoned the insurance company the next morning and informed them what i am. i'm a 67—year—old woman with a brain tumour. and they said i was classed as vulnerable and a priority. so how much of a priority? in fact, it was three weeks before they even visited the property. then there were further delays when the person handling her claim took a holiday. three months on, the house stands empty as pat and the loss adjuster argue over the level and cost of repairs now needed at her property. they haven't even started.

penny—pinching to save them the money for doing this bungalow and repairing my home properly. pat's insurance company, rsa, say they're sorry for the initial delay and that they've compensated pat for any issues it's caused. they say it's taken longer than usual to start the work because they had to agree a detailed schedule of works with pat, rather than use their approved repairers. pat's condition is not life—threatening, but she had an operation planned, and she wanted her repairs done quickly so she could recuperate in her specially adapted home. she's postponed the operation. pat's not the only one with a problem claim following the floods. the government is planning a review of flood insurance. and an insurance industry body is urging customers to raise their voice and complain if they're not happy. it's really important that insurers do actually take the bad experiences very seriously and make sure they learn from them and improve for the future.

it's going to take at least six months to repair pat's home. but since the bbc got involved, her insurers have been in touch and contractors are hoping to start work on the property next week. toby foster, bbc news. and you can see more on inside out, tonight on bbc one in yorkshire and lincolnshire at 7:30pm and everywhere else on bbc iplayer. for the first time in the 92 year history of the oscars, a foreign language film has won best picture. the south korean black comedy, parasite, got a host of other awards, including best director. the top acting awards went to renee zellweger and joaquin phoenix, and the world war one drama 1917 took three prizes. david willis watched the ceremony. tonight we celebrate all the amazing talent in this room! a tribute to diversity at the start of an academy awards in which the spirit of inclusion had seemed to be sorely lacking.

happy black history month. janelle monae's rousing performance coming on a night when the acting categories were the least diverse since the fallout from oscarssowhite. that campaign pushed the academy to expand its international voting ranks, possibly paving the way to this watershed moment at the academy awards. bong joon—ho! parasite, the story of a poor south korean family insinuating itself into the life of a very rich family, swept the board, collecting oscars for best original screenplay, best international film, and best director for its creator bong joon—ho, who paid tribute to his fellow contenders. translation: when i was young and studying cinema there was a saying that i carved deep into my heart, which is, "the most personal is the most creative." that quote was from our great martin scorsese. cheering and applause.

i love you. i'm ready to drink tonight... laughter and applause ..until next morning. thank you. brad pitt. brad pitt was named best supporting actor for his role in once upon a time in hollywood. i thank my folks for taking me to the drive—in to see butch and sundance, and loading up my car and moving out here. and geena and ridley for giving me my first shot. to all the wonderful people i've met along the way to stand here now. once upon a time in hollywood, i think that's truth. laughter and it was a film about the cruelty of the old hollywood studio system that won renee zellwegger a best actress oscar for her role injudy. miss garland, you were certainly among the heroes who unite and define us. and this is certainly for you. i am so grateful. thank you so much everybody. goodnight.

laura dern was named best supporting actress for her role in marriage story, and joaquin phoenix walked off with the best actor award for his performance injoker. this belongs to a lot of people. the veteran british cinematographer roger deakins was honoured for his work on the world war one drama, 1917. and sir elton john's song from rocketman, i'm gonna love me again, was named best original song. but this was the night that parasite made history, becoming the first foreign language film in the 92 years of the academy awards to win best film. hollywood may still be grappling with the thorny issue of diversity, but parasite's victory is a symbol of a different kind of progress. a willingness to accept great films in any language and from any country, at long last some might say. david willis, bbc news, at the oscars. there's been an outpouring ofjoy in south korea following parasite's stunning success at the oscars,

with television channels interrupting programme to announce the result. the president moonjae—in said the story had moved the hearts of people around the world with a most uniquely korean story. laura bicker reports from seoul and her report does contain some flash photography. cheering. director bong joon—ho was not the only one overwhelmed by the scale of parasite's success. as he grappled with his four oscars, including one for best picture, south koreans in seoul could not hide their pride. translation: this kind of thing is a huge national celebration. i want to thank the director and all the actors and actresses. this is wonderful. parasite tells the story of a poor family living in a squalid basement flat, and a rich family who reside in a modernist mansion. while the film is a work of fiction, the apartment life is not. this man is one of thousands

who battle unbearable humidity and rapidly growing mould in these city basement flats. i'm sad about it. i heard you can survive in the desert but you couldn't survive in my house. the pizza place featured in the film is also real. it has been here for 17 years and its owner taught the cast how to fold the boxes. translation: when i saw it won today, i got emotional. it felt like i won. translation: when i heard it won four oscars i thought this was the most historic moment in korea. the closest place i could find that was related to the film was here. so i thought it was symbolic to come to this pizza shop. the president of south korea started his cabinet meeting with applause, as the country erupted in a wave of congratulatoryjoy, which included

this tweet from korean american star sandra oh. one south korean film critic described the wins as a miracle. but it's not come from nowhere. for the last decade the south korean government has ploughed money into what it calls the korean wave, k—pop, k drama and korean cinema. these wins at the oscars prove that the korean wave has come crashing down on hollywood. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. storm ciara still causing so many problems? indeed it is. we had winds of 97 mph on the isle of wight at the weekend. we also had torrential rain. that has been causing problems. we currently have 149 flood warnings in force. but the focus of the weather at the moment

is shifting more towards