hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm... a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus. the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain, with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. i'd like to know where the environment agency is. we have seen nobody today at all. nobody‘s been round. a bbc investigation uncovers further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougal. hello. storm ciara has impacted sport too. the postponed scotland against england women's six nations

match is under way now, after extreme weather in glasgow meant it couldn't go ahead over the weekend. thanks,jane, and nick miller has the weather. so much weather disruption, simon. storm ciara may be moving away but the disruption continues. more on the disruption continues. more on the way possibly, still windy this week, more of us seeing a bit of show week, more of us seeing a bit of snow falling as well. we will look at all the forecasts, plus how something really strange —— how something really strange —— how something really strange weather connected happened over the weekend in the atlantic. intriguing. thank you very much. also coming up... parasite! ..and it's history at the oscars — south korea's ‘parasite' becomes the first foreign language film to win best picture.

a gp practice in brighton has been temporarily closed, after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. patients at the county oak medical centre have been advised to contact the nhs 111 phone service if they have concerns. three other people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk — bringing the total number of confirmed cases here to eight. our correspondent mark norman is in brighton now (0s our health correspondent mark norman is in brighton. you can see the surgery close behind me, the pharmacy also shut. there are two notices on the doors, one describing operational difficulties is the reason it has closed, the other one advising patients if they are concerned to ring nhs iii. other one advising patients if they are concerned to ring nhs 111. it is my understanding it was a doctor at the surgery who has tested positive for coronavirus, but it is important to say, i'm told, they were not,

repeat not examining patients today. what is also interesting is that inside the building at the moment a cleaning company are undergoing a deep clean of the building, presumably to open it up as soon as possible. now all four cases are related to the ski chalet in chamonix in france and this trip that the third patient to be positively tested for, he was there between 24th and 28th of january, making his way back from a conference in singapore, where he a p pa re ntly conference in singapore, where he apparently contracted the virus. now, the department of health today would not talk to me about this specific case. they referred me to the chief medical officer's press statement, which came out this morning, confirming those four cases, and he then goes on to say he believes the nhs... excuse me, the wind is blowing fairly high down here in brighton, the nhs is extremely well prepared to manage these cases and treat them and we are working quickly to identify any further contacts that these patients may have had. but for now, this practice behind me remains closed,

patients are turning up, reading those notices and turning around and going away again. i've also heard of the last few minutes that a community centre just on my way to the left in brighton, has also are some of its members to self isolate. we don't yet know the reasons behind that, and we have a pub, the grenadier down in hove, which is a way over to my right in the city where staff are also self isolating as the ramifications of these patients who are testing positive come forward and progress through the city. but this practice for the time being closed. that will be the worry, because we are talking about agp worry, because we are talking about a gp practice, and we don't know about the incubation period of this virus. all very well to save the doctor was not examining patients today but people will be very about this. of course they are, absolutely, wouldn't you be? people have been asking us what exactly is going on. i found have been asking us what exactly is going on. ifound it quite frustrating not to have been given much detail by the nhs. all regional

nhs communications teams, the sorts of people i speak to on a daily basis, are referring me to the department of health. i pushed them pretty ha rd department of health. i pushed them pretty hard today to come in and talk to us. they haven't been able to do that. my dad said look, there isagp to do that. my dad said look, there is a gp practice closed, patients wa nt to is a gp practice closed, patients want to know what on earth is going on, you need to be offering them some advice but they are insisting they are not able to talk about individual cases. i think we hear about the connections with flu, and people have the same sorts of concerns, but they should also take the same sorts of precautions and there is in fact an nhs poster around the coronavirus, which says people should be sneezing and coughing into tissues, disposing of it and washing their hands properly. that is the advice we are being given, but clearly, when there are deep clean is going on in gp practices it will be concerning to the people here and for people to hear this news this afternoon. someone behind you hasjust discovered it is closed as well. mark norman, thank you. earlier, the government

declared that 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 while 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's been confirmed another man, and today, a further four people who were all skiing with him, have the infection here. the businessman‘s 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 that it can transmit from one person to another, so we know that on average the one infected person can maybe give it to another two or three infected people, so this causes a lung

infection, and it can be spread through the respiratory tract, but that's through, probably through coughing, through sneezing, or even through touching your mouth or your nose on surfaces and then putting that to your nose as well. here in milton keynes, several hundred people remain in quarantine in a specialist site afterflying back from china, 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, you know, we've been given all the essentials that we need to look after our mental well— being, so there are all sorts of games available, we've obviously got tvs, we've 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're stuck in quarantine. it's now estimated that i% 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 health reporter michelle roberts — who's also a gp — is here. keeping the virus contain. we now have eight confirmed cases in the uk. is it now spreading? well, these cases, these new ones today, the extra four, they were caught in france, so there is no evidence that it is actually circulating and spreading in the uk, although we now have eight cases, which is concerning, and health officials are keeping a close eye on them, also trying to trace any people they have come into contact with. we are hearing about this gp practice in brighton. we don't know what member of staff that was, whether it was a gp or whether it was one of the nurses or one of the receptionists, we don't know how close contact they

had with patients. it is going to be pretty close, isn't it, whoever was working on the surgery, there tend to be closer than most. what we know about the virus is you need to be really quite close, so it is coughs, big droplets. it is also when, isn't it? if it is within the last couple of weeks, people who have been to that gp surgery will naturally be concerned. and there will be measures in place to contact those people, already they are saying contact nhs iii people, already they are saying contact nhs 111 if you are concerned, if you have recently visited that practice and you feel unwell. obviously, the important thing is to try and trace any people who may have been put at risk. thing is to try and trace any people who may have been put at riskm thing is to try and trace any people who may have been put at risk. it is the fear factor as who may have been put at risk. it is the fearfactor as much who may have been put at risk. it is the fear factor as much as anything else. we said people are going to be concerned, and it may be totally baseless but that is the worry about a virus spread like this. and it is difficult to know how far it might spread. we had a working estimate that may be one infected person might pass it from one or two or

three other people, but from what we have heard from this most recent case that some people are calling a super spreader, it seems that has spread to more people than the two oi’ spread to more people than the two or three we are talking more than a handful. the worrying aspect of that, by definition, those who are in the later stages of development, thatis in the later stages of development, that is when they can become a super spreader. it pushes itself out more brilliantly, if you like. someone who is coughing a lot, high temperature, they certainly would be shedding this virus but equally there could be people who have silent symptoms. you wouldn't know they are poorly, they wouldn't know, and if they are going out and about with it, they could potentially spread it to others. so at the moment the messages stay calm, this is being dealt with? absolutely. normal measures of wash your hands, cough into a tissue, dispose of it afterwards, the virus can live on surfaces for a little while so it is good to keep washing your hand, if

you have been on public transport, thatis you have been on public transport, that is a any good advice for any virus, be it flu, and obviously those people that may have had close contact with some body, or travel to somewhere where it is more prevalent, they should be watching out for symptoms and call nhs iii. don't go to an a&e department, stay at home, call and seek help. with your doctor's hat on, if you haven't had a flu your doctor's hat on, if you haven't had aflu jab, your doctor's hat on, if you haven't had a flu jab, it is worth thinking about? it is still worthwhile, we are not out of the flu season yet. people who are most at risk of complications of flu also appear to be slightly more vulnerable potentially to this virus as well. it is always good practice to go and get your free flu jab if you can and equally if you are not eligible for a free one, they are quite cheap to buy at supermarkets. and at 3.30 this afternoon — we'll be trying to get

some of your questions on this story answered. we'll be joined by natalie mcdermott who's an expert on infectious diseases from kings college london. if you have a question do get in touch — you can tweet via the hashtag bbc your questions or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. it's emerged that a 58—year—old man was killed in hampshire by a falling tree as storm kiera 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 of one village almost submerged by storm ciara. badly hit, the pennines and yorkshire dales, where millions of pounds spent on flood defences in

the region have proved useless. the couple that owned this hardware store in west yorkshire, have had enough. they have owned the shop for 30 years. i'm not going through it again. it's notjust a little 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've seen nobody today at all, nobody has been round. and the sirens. .. the siren didn't go off. 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, trains delayed or cancelled, leaving passengers stranded. it feels like the people who are trying to put the infrastructure in placejust don't seem to care about the impact it has on people. we are looking at the east coast and west coast main lines, 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. last night, 20,000 homes were left without power overnight, much of which, power companies say they have 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. sangita myska, bbc news. our scotland reporter, alexandra mackenzie is outside glasgow central station. and on top of the wind, there is now wintry weather, so what is that doing to travel? yes, there is a yellow weather warning for much of scotla nd yellow weather warning for much of scotland for the next couple of days, for wind and snow initially and then ice is going to be added on top of that as well. now i'm at central station, it is just beginning to snow again, it is rather sleety and jerry kyd here. —— and dreek. the problem has been with the west coast main line, because of that flooding in carlisle. the section of that track usually goes from here to glasgow central down to euston, is a section between here

and carlisle, euston, is a section between here and ca rlisle, where euston, is a section between here and carlisle, where the flooding is. we have been watching the replacement buses, people looked very cold, very tired after that lengthy journey, and then very cold, very tired after that lengthyjourney, and then people leaving here on buses to carlisle, not a great start to that journey. across the weekend with storm ciara, we have also seen disruption to flights. that has improved a little bit today but the ferries have been disrupted all weekend, when the caledonian macbrayne is have said thatis caledonian macbrayne is have said that is continuing today, likely to continue tomorrow, most if not all of their roots to the islands are either disrupted or cancelled. now, police scotland have warned people about the roads, they have warned there could be lizard conditions on some roads, so they have asked drivers to be especially careful and to think twice about doing that journey if it is not absolutely necessary. so we may have a tricky couple of days to follow with those yellow warning is continuing. with

the high tides and the rain, there are several flood warnings out as well. yes, that's right, many flood warnings was that the last time i looked, there were 37 flood warnings across scotland, many of them seem to be in the northern isles and down the east coast, but also some on the central belt as well, many flood warnings across scotland as this rain continues, and as you say, yes, the high tides. dreek, indeed. we will speak later. thank you very much. hundreds of flights have been grounded in northwest europe, as storm ciara swept in with wind speeds of up to 110 miles an hour. these were the pictures from earlier in northern france. one man died and another was reported missing in southern sweden when their boat capsized. three people have been seriously injured in germany by falling trees and branches. in northern france, 130,000 homes had their electricity cut off. you're watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus , the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara — continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. a bbc investigation uncovers further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust. storm ciara has impacted sport — the postphoned scotland against england women's six nations match is under way now, after extreme weather in glasgow meant it couldn't go ahead yesterday. manchester city could be looking at a potential fixture logjam after their premier league match with west ham fell victim to the weather too. they could be playing two games per week until the end of the season. and in formula 1 as well, toto wolff says he wa nts to wants to hang on to lewis hamilton

for next season. that is it, i will be back with more on all of those stories after half past. be back with more on all of those 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 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 counts 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. fianne 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. so 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 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. 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 and my position has not changed. fianna fail will 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? for any government to sustain, there has be compatibility in the political programme put forward and one's 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. an update on the coronavirus situation. four new cases or link to a british man who courted at a conference in singapore, then travel toa conference in singapore, then travel to a ski resort in france will stop he was diagnosed in brighton, being

treated at saint thomas public hospital in london. we put a statement from that conference in singapore. servo mix. they confirm a limited number of its employees different countries have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and have been treated. we are working closely and follow their advice to make sure the welfare of our people and the wider community, so we have no further comment to make at this time. that is servo mix confirming more on that through the afternoon. 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. how to stop a neonatal seizure, on the computer screen on the wall. it's like i haven't brought my child to b&q. we are in a neonatal ward, one of the best in the country, i'm told, 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 maternity care. if any, they intend to take at the trust. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. 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 it's destination, 26 million miles from the surface of the sun. rebecca morelle reports. 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 ourunderstanding 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. the only time we will see the sun for a while i think. nick miller. you will tell me about the jet nick miller. you will tell me about thejet i guess. nick miller. you will tell me about the jet i guess. absolutely, last week we were talking about how

powerful the jet stream was going to be in pushing storm ciara towards the uk. all the elements of that. but something else about the jet stream which happened over the weekend, which carried storm ciara. a lot of people yesterday and into today have been dealing with journeys which have lasted longer than usual or perhaps not happened at all because of storm ciara. the jet stream here, this is the image as it was on sunday morning, particularly powerful now. normally you can get wind speeds along the jet stream, flowing around 200 mph or so, six or jet stream, flowing around 200 mph of so, six or seven jet stream, flowing around 200 mph or so, six or seven miles up in the atmosphere. it looks as if families are estimates based on computer models that it was running about 260 mph. from west to east towards the across the atlantic, which you only get may be a couple of times a decade and that produce something really unusual. if you think the jet stream, jet planes fly along that, and if you are going wrong that was something blowing in your behind that fast, it is going to increase your forward motion, this is what

happened to british airways plane, flying from jfk to heathrow on sunday morning. it was flight ba 112. it is difficult to totally substantiate the record but it looks as if experts were suggesting this is the quickest the plane has done that journey, is the quickest the plane has done thatjourney, under five is the quickest the plane has done that journey, under five hours. is the quickest the plane has done thatjourney, underfive hours. four hours 56 minutes, about 80 minutes ahead of schedule, landing in heathrow on sunday morning. quite remarkable really, with that following wind. 825 mph. yes, not breaking the sound barrier, because of course the supersonic record, thatis of course the supersonic record, that is that bottom statistic, for concorde, which did do that, under three hours for that. this is a subsonic passenger jet that three hours for that. this is a subsonic passengerjet that did this, and this new record, looks like it took about ten minutes of the previous record as well. what about going the other way? as you might imagine it was rather longer. i don't have any particular figures about that but you are right. the flip side of all of that, if you are flying across the atlantic in this

sort of situation, you are going into an oncoming headwind which will slow you down and add a lot of time to the journey stop this was a perfect situation in the sense you have the jet stream in the right position, because it can be very strong at other times, the jet stream, but in the right position for the planes that wanted to make that journey from the usa to the uk. what on earth is going on in australia? australia? a four—day deluge, really. 400 mil metres of rain in sydney, the wettest for 30 years. one has had four months worth of rain. it has caused some problems, when you get that much rain in a short space of time, with flooding. particular when you have had dryer period. exactly. that is in contrast to the fires. about ten of those have been put out in new south wales. you can look at some of the deluge. this was the forecast rainfall over the

weekend. the greens that have eased away a little bit. in terms of the wildfires, putting those out, but a lot of people are dealing with flooding. there is more rain in the forecast this week but nothing so extreme. you had better tell us what we can expect for the next couple of days. there is so much going on. the storm has moved away but as we know a continuing... there is flooding in places, windy out there, and more of us are places, windy out there, and more of us are seeing places, windy out there, and more of us are seeing snow as places, windy out there, and more of us are seeing snow as it has turned cold as well. a photo colder has come in behind the storm as it has moved away. we are getting lots of showers now, which are snow showers in places. still windy enough to bring disruption at times, with snow over the hills. a modest elevation. it is feeling cold in the winter. i will show you the rain picture for the last two hours. we will see a

few centimetres, really all the way down to the low levels out of that. some slushy snow in places. when we look at the forecast, plenty of showers pushing into scotland, northern ireland and northern england. over the hills of with a strong wind, blizzard conditions around, with the higher roots being pummelled by the snow. gusts around southern and western coasts of 60 or 70 mph this afternoon. as for the temperatures, they will come down a little bit further over the next couple of days. running through tonight, they showers coming, plenty falling as snow onto the hills. adding to the accumulations we have got here already. ice could be an issue on untreated services, more or less anywhere you have had a shower. temperatures outside the towns and cities, it will be colder than this. sunshine occasionally, not many

showers around for the east and south—east. blustery showers over the hills for northern ireland, northern england and scotland in particular. the winds are down a notch tomorrow, but still very windy out there. the wind—chill, it will feel colder. across the northern half of the uk, in the showers and gusty winds, just a couple of grease above freezing. a low wednesday night into thursday, another weather front coming away for friday. it looks like there will be more wet and windy weather on the way in the weekend. plenty of weather warnings out there from the met office. flood warnings from the environment agency is more details available on our website.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines. a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus. the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. a bbc investigation uncovers further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust. four families said their babies would have survived had east kent hospitals nhs trust provided better care. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. we could be doing the weather forecast, couldn't we? because that has even dominated the sport. loads of matches and racing cancelled over the weekend because of the high winds and flooding. the women's six nations match between scotland and england

was supposed to take place at scotstoun in glasgow, but with winds of 70 miles an hour, the sru took the decision to postphone it for the safety of both fans and players. so, it's taking place now in edinburgh at murrayfield. it's had to be played behind closed doors, unfortunately, just not enough time to get stewards organised to cope with fans, etc. watching some of the match, the conditions still aren't great — a bit of snow — but it's not as windy as it was yesterday. second half has just got under way, it's 22—0 to england. england are the holders of the six nations title, and they are the heavy favourites to win this match — they haven't lost to scotland this century. it's only 2020, but all right. it was a weird atmosphere there without a crowd, wasn't it? iimagine it a crowd, wasn't it? i imagine it would be. it is what

has had to happen. also it is at murrayfield, it would have been great to have crowds of people watching for the women's game. i am just watching now because they are about to try and convert the dry, which would take them to 29—0. yeah, it has gone over. oh, no, it has gone short, so she has missed it. it is 27-0 to has gone short, so she has missed it. it is 27—0 to england. that was worth waiting for! it is not just rugby affected that was worth waiting for! it is notjust rugby affected by that was worth waiting for! it is not just rugby affected by the weather this weekend? switching to football, but staying with the women's game — all the fixtures in the top tier of the women's superleague had to be postphoned yesterday because of the weather, including the first merseyside derby due to have been played at goodison. and in the premier league, manchester city's game against west ham was postponed, mainly because of flooding around the etihad stadium as opposed to pitch problems, so it was to protect fans. as city are still in the league cup,

the fa cup and the champions league, this fixture still to be re—arranged could mean that they'll be looking at playing two games a week until the end of the season. the tottenham and england midfielder dele alli has apologised for making a joke about cornoavirus. in a video posted on social media, the 23—year—old joked about the outbreak and appeared to mock an asian man. he's since deleted the snapchat post, and says he's let himself and his club down. meanwhile the everton goalkeeper jordan pickford says that playing for england means that "everyone hates you". pickford was at fault for a goal in everton's 3—1win over crystal palce on saturday. he says the criticism is unfair, but something he has to live with. mercedes f1 boss toto wolff has reiterated his desire to keep six time world champion lewis hamilton with the team. he's out of contract at the end of the season and, although mercedes is the most likely option for him, he has been linked with a move to ferrari next year.

wolff said keeping hamilton with mercedes was the obvious pairing, and says he'll start talks when the season is under way. lots of uncertainty surrounding the future of british women's basketball after they failed to qualify for the olympics. they lost their final qualifer to spain, when a win would have seen them get through for the first time. i'm proud we fought every game. we played hard together and we tried. we tried, and you know, some people look at us and wouldn't think that we should be here, but we are here and we have made a statement for gb basketball and regardless of whether we got a ticket or not, i am very proud of my team. it's the first day of the welsh open snooker in cardiff today and there's already been a surprise as world number 12 david gilbert was beaten in the opening round by matthew stevens. the welshman had a break of 139 on his way to a 4—2 win in cardiff. and coverage of the afternoon session can be

found right now on bbc two wales, red button and the bbc sport website. three—time world champion mark williams is playing oliver lines right now. williams is leading three frames to one and it's 6—9 in this frame. -- it is 53-37 —— it is 53—37 in this frame as well. lines took an error strewn opening frame. whoever wins this one will win the match. we will keep you updated on that, and also their updates on the bbc sport website as well. that's all the sport for now. 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.

much has been said about the lack of diversity. bafta is tackling this issue head on and running a number of schemes to nurture talent and promote different faces on screen. tim hunter is bafta's director of learning and new talent and actor rhonda ofori attah, is part of bafta's 2019 elevate programme and theyjoin me now. last night, hugh step forward? yes, i think it's surprised quite a few people. it is a good move, but i would warn against complacency. things can change from year to year. there is nothing to be complacent about at the moment, is there? no, we have got to take these things seriously. the wonderful thing about ba fta seriously. the wonderful thing about bafta is they want to be at the forefront of change, and they realise there are specific issues and they want to do something about it. so what is bafta doing about it? we have a number of initiatives across different age groups, and

elevate came about on the back of some research we did a few years ago about diversity in the industry and asking people from underrepresented groups how they would attributed their success, what they would attributed their success too. so we can replicate that for other people. one of the key things from that report is this notion of risk, which comes from people who are not from traditional backgrounds and how that notion can hang on people's heads and prevent them from bringing other people forward. we wanted to do something that identified people that might have established careers but were hitting some kind of glass ceiling. we focused on female directors because the statistics around women going on to direct their second feature are really quite dramatic, there is a big drop off from women directing first feature to the second. we wanted to do something that would help the

transition. the frustration is the talent is there, the female directors are there, the films are there, they are just not getting the nominations. that would suggest there is a problem with those deciding who goes forward. there is that. there's also a lack of opportunity, sometimes the work isn't there, people are not given their voices. isn't that changing? slowly but surely, it is changing. for example, personally as an actress, i have seen a change in casting breakdowns, they are bringing ina casting breakdowns, they are bringing in a range of people roles, which is wonderful. you look at the personal history of david copperfield, there was something wonderful there. you turn on your tv screens, wonderful there. you turn on your tv screens, something like silent witness, the producer is doing a fantasticjob with casting. you see a pregnant woman, disabled actors, actors of all age ranges, regional

actors, so it is happening slowly but surely, but you need to remind people, i think, but surely, but you need to remind people, ithink, and initiatives like this are a good reminder, but they are also giving us pathways and opportunities at opening doors for us opportunities at opening doors for us for people that will eventually give us work. is this more a time like issue, that the work is already under way and the talent is coming through, but we are are needing to wait another few years? how long will it take? there is that, and i think we wanted to create elevate because a lot of schemes wanted to focus on new entrants, and there are issues throughout people's careers. at the moment, we are really listening and we want to take people's points of view about where they think the issues are see if there is more we can do. of the basta judges responsible for the award, how many from ethnic minority groups? i don't know the exact

figures, we did do a membership drive a couple of years ago to increase the number, particularfrom bame and disabled by crowns. increase the number, particularfrom bame and disabled by crownsm increase the number, particularfrom bame and disabled by crowns. it is pretty damning to have the president saying you have a with it. —— you have a problem with it. we celebrate talent, but we highlight some of the issues that are in the industry. for me, it is an opportunity for the public of the industry to reflect on where the industry is, and to hold the industry accountable. it seems odd that everybody seems to accept there is this problem, even the president of bafta, saying, there is a problem, and yet we go through this year after year. what is at the heart of this? i do think it is about opportunity. it is about people taking risks. there are wonderful... why is it a risk? as

human beings, we like to tell stories we are familiar with. it is about time that people take on stories that are not familiar. that is how we become a better society. i think as an art medium, bafta recognises for the future of the uk industry inclusivity and diversity is key. when they get up on stage and say, look, we still have this problem, the message will eventually get through? i think so. and bafta are doing something about it. they really are a forefront of change. how do you judge success? that is also part of the issue, and is a loaded question. sorry! i do think thatis loaded question. sorry! i do think that is something we also need to look at in this period of review,

what is an award where film, and peoplejudged on what is an award where film, and people judged on an even level playing field when it comes to that, 01’ playing field when it comes to that, or other basis stacked towards certain types of films and roles? that is what we're looking at the moment because we really do this issue seriously and we want to be at the forefront of change. thank you for coming to talk about it. good luck with the initiative, it clearly is having results. thank you very much put up great to see you both. the bank of england's vaults hold £190 billion pounds worth of gold bars. if you stacked them all on top of each other, they would be the same height as 46 eiffel towers. unsurprisingly, not many people ever get to see them — but for one day only, the safe was unlocked for our security correspondent, frank gardner. have you ever wondered just how much gold is inside the bank of england?

we have been given rare access to the bank's underground gold vaults. security is so tight here that most of what we saw, we couldn't film. i think your stats said, if you are going to do an italianjob on this place, you would need 4,000 minutes. that is right, yeah. it is incredible to look at, but it doesn't do anything. why is it so valuable? partly because it is rare, so it is in limited supply. you can't keep making it. the gold here is a store of value. it is globally recognised, people want gold, so it creates a market in itself. it doesn't change the value as much, for example, as currencies. this is a lot more durable than investing in chocolate or something like that. gold reserves, mined from countries all over the world, are held down here for safekeeping. this is the second—largest gold vault in the world. it is incredibly rare to be allowed down here and the numbers are staggering. there are over 5,000 tonnes of gold bars down here. they are worth more than £190 billion.

if you stacked all of these one on top of another, they would be nine miles high. there is enough gold here to make 1 billion gold wedding rings. if you scraped all of this into gold leaf, it would be enough to cover the uk six times over. what would this be worth, roughly? £475,000 at today's market price. right, well, that will sort the mortgage. so most bars are in this... what we think of as a trapezoid form. it makes it easier to handle. but this bar here, from the united states, is in the form of a brick. the federal reserve bank of new york... it is built on bedrock, so the gold can be stacked one on top of another. here at the bank of england because it is built on clay, we have floor loam in the mix, which is why we have the gold in its own pallet. during the second world war, the vault was turned into a staff canteen, with all the gold being temporarily shipped off to canada. the area was used as an air raid

shelter and it had a canteen, had a billiards table, it had beds in. and ever since the bank was founded in 1694, no one has ever stolen the gold. frank gardner, bbc news, at the bank of england. in a moment, the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus —— the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. a bbc investigation uncovers further claims of preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust. here's your business headlines on afternoon live.

non—disclosure agreements should not be used to prevent someone from reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. the arbitration service acas has published advice for firms and workers about ndas, including how to avoid their misuse. several high—profile scandals have exposed the use of ndas to silence staff. sony and amazon are the latest major companies to pull out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus. sony said it would no longer take part in mobile world congress in barcelona after "monitoring the evolving situation". the organiser has said the event, which attracts 100,000 people, will go ahead there's a new ride—hailing app in town — well, in london at least. ola, an indian firm will take on uber as well as other app firms including bolt, kapten and kabbee. uber is currently appealing against a decision to axe its london licence.

sony and amazon have pulled out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of worries over coronavirus. there are questions about whether it can still go ahead. it is a mobile world congress, taking place in barcelona every year. already we know that lg, the big tech giant, have pulled out. eriksson pulled out. nvidia have pulled out. so amazon and sunni are the latest. the number of exhibitors is shrinking by the day. the organisers have said it will still go ahead. it starts this weekend. the number of people flying in from all over the world, given the dangers and risks associated with the spread of coronavirus, whether it will be safer to not have that at all. we will keep an ion that because it is interesting. a lot of news has come out of it, including 5g. we are speaking some headlines there. it

may indeed turn out that it is safer to cancel it. donald trump is about to layout his financial plans for the year. remember, in an election year, there will be things we are keeping a close eye on. there may be cuts to things like foreign aid, and this will be about use boosting the us economy, rather than supporting overseas companies. we can go live to the new york stock exchange to speak to michelle. this will be watched very closely. may be protecting domestic industry at the expense of foreign aid. we are inspecting a couple of hours from now, the trump administration will put forward a proposal of $4.8 trillion which increases the spending on the military, part of this is not a surprise given the past of the trump administration and

their priorities. they will perhaps put money towards a space for speakers that was something that donald trump made clear was his priority during the state of the union speech. one of the things where we expect to see cuts is non—defence areas, including foreign aid, as you mentioned. that has got some in the security industry concerned, that it is not a time to cut aid but to increase it. one person mentioned to me the idea of the china initiative, investing hopefully ever cease when the us is proposing to spend less abroad. here at home, there are talks about cuts to entitlement programmes, things like medicare and medicaid and social security of the kinder kind of programmes that americans rely on, and it could be something that could give some help to the

democrats, who may be able to use that to campaign against. it is worth pointing out that this is just a proposal, it has to be approved by congress. with the democrats controlling the house, that is unlikely to happen. it should be a list of a priorities as seen by the trump administration as it tries to appeal to its base was top want to ask you something entirely different because there is a story in the uk, withjohn because there is a story in the uk, with john lewis because there is a story in the uk, withjohn lewis launching a full—time make up range for men. you are in new york, meant that take their appearance seriously. have you seen many men on the subway wearing make up? i didn't see anyone on the subway wearing make up. it is not unusual to see people in the local nail salon getting their nails done perhaps a facial, but i did ask a trader here on the floor about the idea of wearing make up and his draw jaw pretty much at the floor. there could be a long line of men to sign up could be a long line of men to sign upfor could be a long line of men to sign up for the unrealistic pressure put on women to look great, we will have

to wait and see. thank you for it is notjust women! increasingly men, it's true. hence john lewis launching a make up line. exactly. thank you. yes, this is an interesting one. that's not you, is it? it's not, i think that's from the 1970s. john lewis had a trial of it, it beat expectations, so they are launching a full time range. in that range, there will be foundation, concealer, bronzer, applicator... i don't even know what that is. i know what some of them because thatis i know what some of them because that is how we look so good everyday. go away with that close—up! that's not what we need. good luck

to them. now it's time for a look at the weather. all about storm ciara. we note the news is full of the disruption and problems it has caused. it is heading out of the way, but we still have a lot of weather following on behind, increasingly so fulsome of us behind, increasingly so fulsome of us today. in the past couple of hours, we have seen snow moving into the midlands. ten won is now in scandinavia. there are still tightly packed isobars, we are in the blue area as well, so the temperatures have dropped down. more of us are seeing the snow showers. we can expect after storm ciara that it will stay very windy. some of these showers are thundery but wintry,

with snow particular for northern hills, but not just with snow particular for northern hills, but notjust there as we have seen, idid hills, but notjust there as we have seen, i did feels cold especially in the winter. there is some wet snow associated with it going from the midlands into east anglia. some blizzards on the higher hills of scotland. some gas on the southern coast around 60 or 70 miles an hour, so very dusty as the showers move through. cold and the wind, and some of those showers are thundery as well. there could be some hail stopped they could continue overnight particular through northern ireland and northern england and scotland. we will add to the accumulations we get on the hills here and is tempted to put away, it could be icy on untreated surfaces, just about anywhere we have had the showers. they are most frequent across the northern half of the uk. temperatures not farfrom freezing for many. there will be a

bit of sunshine around and tomorrow not many showers reaching towards the east and south—east of england. still coming through. by the end of tomorrow higher parts of scotland could get 20 centimetres or so of accumulation. still some gusty winds, but not as bad a wind strength as it has been recently. temperatures down a few degrees, so perhaps even colder. barely above freezing over the hills was not more hill snow coming away. this area of pressure feeding another weather front into us on friday, and there will be more wet and 20 weather heading our way into the weekend as well. the details about owl of the warnings for weather and flooding are available on our website.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm... a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronavirus, the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. i'd like to know where the environment agency is. we've seen nobody today at all, nobody‘s been round. parasite. cheering a historic night, as south korea's ‘pa rasite' takes hollywood's top prize. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport... storm ciara has also impacted sport. the postpone scotland against

england women's six nations match is under way now, after extreme weather in glasgow yesterday meant it couldn't go ahead. we stay with the theme. nick miller has the forecast. yes, storm ciara heading out of the way but still plenty of disruption. it is cold enough for some snow at places at the moment as well first up places at the moment as well first up we take a look at what else is ahead, plus more stormy weather but this time in australia. but via relief there. i have got all the details. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. a gp practice in brighton has been temporarily closed, after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. patients at the county oak medical centre have been advised to contact the nhs111 phone service if they have concerns. three other people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk — bringing the total number of confirmed confirmed cases here to eight.

our correspondent mark norman has been in brighton outside that surgery. you can see the surgery closed behind me. the pharmacy also shut. there are two notices on the doors, one describing operational difficulties is the reason it is closed. the other one advising patients if they are concerned to bring nhs111. it is my understanding it was a doctor at the surgery who has tested positive for coronavirus, but it is important to say, i'm told, they were not, repeat not, examining patients today. what is also interesting is that inside the building at the moment, a cleaning company are undergoing a deep clean of the building, presumably in order to open it up as soon as possible. now, all four cases are related to the ski chalet in chamonix in france, and this trip that the third patient to be positively tested for, he was there between the 24th and 28th of

january, making his way back from a conference in singapore, where he a p pa re ntly conference in singapore, where he apparently contracted the virus. the department of health today would not talk to me about this specific case. they referred me to the chief medical officer's press statement, which came out this morning, confirming those four cases, and he then goes on to say that he believes then goes on to say that he believes the nhs... then goes on to say that he believes the nhs. .. excuse then goes on to say that he believes the nhs... excuse me, the wind is blowing fairly hard in brighton. the nhs is extremely well prepared to manage these cases and treat them, and we are working quickly to identify any further contact these patients may have had. but for now, this practice behind me remains closed. patients are turning up, reading those notices and turning around and going away again. i have also heard in the last few minutes that a community centre just a way to my left here in the city of brighton has also asked some of its staff members to self isolate. we don't yet know the reasons behind that. and we have a pub, the grenadier down in hove, way over to my right in the city, where staff are also self isolating as the

ramifications of these patients who are testing positive come forward and progress through the city. but this practice for the time being will be closed. that will be the worry, because we are talking about agp worry, because we are talking about a gp practice and we don't know about the incubation period of this virus. all very well saying the doctor was not examining patients today but people will be very worried about this. of course they are, absolutely, wouldn't you be here? people have been turning up here, they have been asking us what exactly is going on. ifound it quite frustrating not to have been given much detail by the nhs. all regional nhs communications teams, the sorts of people i speak to on a daily basis, referring me to the department of health. now, i push them pretty hard today to come in and talk to us. they haven't been able to do that, and i've said, let, there is a gp practice closed, patients want to know what on earth is going on, you need to be offering them some advice, but they have insisted they are not able to talk about individual cases. we hear about individual cases. we hear about the connections with the flu, and people have the same sorts of

concerns, but they should also take the same sorts of precautions, and there is in fact an nhs poster around coronavirus, which says people should be a sneezing for example and coughing into tissues, disposing of it and washing their hands properly. that is the advice we are being given, but clearly when there are deep clean is going on in gp practices it will be concerning to the people here, and to those who hear the news this afternoon. mark norman reporting there. earlier, the government declared that 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 while 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's been confirmed another man, and today, a further four people who were all skiing with him, have the infection here. the businessman's 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 that it can transmit from one person to another, so we know that on average the one infected person can maybe give it to another two or three infected people, so this causes a lung infection, and it can be spread through the respiratory tract, but that's through, probably through coughing, through sneezing, or even through touching your mouth or your nose on surfaces and then putting that to your nose as well. here in milton keynes, several hundred people remain in quarantine in a specialist site afterflying back from china, 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, you know, we've been given all the essentials

that we need to look after our mental well— being, so there are all sorts of games available, we've obviously got tvs, we've 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're stuck in quarantine. it's now estimated that 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. and at 3.30 this afternoon — we'll be trying to get some of your questions on this story answered. we'll be joined by our health correspondent michelle roberts — and natalie mcdermott, who's an expert on infectious

diseases from kings college london. if you have a question do get in touch — you can tweet via the hashtag bbc your questions or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. 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 of one village almost submerged by storm ciara. badly hit, the pennines and yorkshire dales, where millions of pounds spent on flood defences in the region have proved useless. the couple that owned this hardware store in west yorkshire, have had enough. they have owned the shop for 30 years. i'm not going through it again. it's notjust a little bit of a mess you have to clean up, it is the building itself needs...

..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've seen nobody today at all, nobody has been round. and the sirens... the siren didn't go off. 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. 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, trains delayed or cancelled, leaving passengers stranded. it feels like the people who are trying to put the infrastructure in placejust

don't seem to care about the impact it has on people. we are looking at the east coast and west coast main lines, 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. last night, 20,000 homes were left without power overnight, much of which power companies say they have 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. sangita myska, bbc news.

karl boggis is the chair of the facebook group — mytholmroyd flood wardens and also a school governor at burnley road academy, which has been flooded. is that still the case? it has had a close, has it? we have closed, yes, u nfortu nately. close, has it? we have closed, yes, unfortunately. the flood water was throughout a foot about much of the building, unfortunately very reminiscent of 2014. less water but just as devastating. what measures we re just as devastating. what measures were put into place after that flood that you hope wouldn't have to happen again? the amount of work going on through the village we hoped would save us from a similar fate. u nfortu nately hoped would save us from a similar fate. unfortunately with the work is taking the time they have taken, we had temporary defences in place which unfortunately failed very early on. which meant the amount of water that came through and into the village has left things devastated once again. i suspect the word frustrating doesn't do it. frustrating is a long way short, i

think anger is back on the cards, and rightly so. we were told early on they could probably never stopped the lights of boxing day 2015 but this is very close, and very, very soon, yes, far too soon after the original event. what effect will this have on the people, because having been through it once, you begin to wonder, i guess, when it hits you again. you do very much so. i know at the time there were a small amount of businesses on the main stretch, the village, and u nfortu nately we main stretch, the village, and unfortunately we find ourselves, we need to speak with those people and see what can be done for them, and see what can be done for them, and see if they will reopen. see what can be done for them, and see if they will reopenlj see what can be done for them, and see if they will reopen. i am going to stick with it. we seem to have turned you on your head sort of thing. there you go, you are back! but for the school, this could mean,

what, months of closure? it could. we were closed for months before. it is down to the insurance company and their assessors to work outjust what damage needs to be sorted. but yes, we what damage needs to be sorted. but yes , we we re what damage needs to be sorted. but yes, we were out for a long time. we got some good help from a local authority at the time and other schools in the area, but we can only hope we get the same level of support again. it will be hard. it is more frustrating for the children, having that break in their education once is enough, but for some of them it will be twice now. and presumably there are some people who have only just and presumably there are some people who have onlyjust got their lives together after the last one? you are right there and unfortunately for ourselves, we sold our house on the 18th of december, and the people who bought it knew just 18th of december, and the people who bought it knewjust what had happened to us in 2015, and came very well armed with the information and knew what had happened, and within two months unfortunately they have suffered the same fate. and

where are you now? presumably somewhere higher up. we are, we are still in my dorm lloyd but we are higherup, still in my dorm lloyd but we are higher up, yes. sojust still in my dorm lloyd but we are higher up, yes. so just walking around the town, is it that sort of resigned sense of well, this is what happens, or is it that anger? there isa happens, or is it that anger? there is a very strange swingometer going on, it is from the anger of it happening again through to the, i wouldn't say elation, but the joy that it wouldn't say elation, but the joy thatitis wouldn't say elation, but the joy that it is as bad. but you soon swing back to the negative and the bad that, what have we done to deserve this? why hasn't the work been done quicker? none of us are engineers to the degree that some of the people are, but when you have people who have lived in this village for a long time and we are talking 60 or 70 years. we know the issues, we have lived here a long time and i'm not telling them that they don't know what they are doing,

but they need to bring this back to the board. there needs to be greater discretion with other groups. the heavy works that they are doing have a place, but they have got to be alongside natural flood management. the people who house from you, will you the people who house from you, will y°u p0p the people who house from you, will you pop in and see how they are or will you still steer well clear?|j am not going to steer well clear but when i pluck up the courage i will go round to see them. really get a you tojoin us, we wish go round to see them. really get a you to join us, we wish everybody the best possible outcome in what is a dire time. thank you forjoining us. thanks for the opportunity, goodbye. hundreds of flights have been grounded in northwest europe, as storm ciara swept in with wind speeds of up to 110 miles an hour. these were the pictures from earlier in northern france. one man died and another was reported missing in southern sweden when their boat capsized. three people have been seriously injured in germany

by falling trees and branches. in northern france, 130,000 homes had their electricity cut off. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus , the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara — continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. a historic night as south korea's ‘parasite' takes title of best picture at the oscars — the first non—english language film ever to do so. and in sport, the postponed scotland against england women's six nations match is under way now in edinburgh. it couldn't go ahead yesterday in glasgow because of extreme weather conditions. england are currently leading 51—0. dele alli has

apologised after making a joke about coronavirus on a video posted on social media and appeared to mock an asian man. and mercedes f1 boss toto wolff says he won six time world champion lewis hamilton to stay with the team. he is out of contract at the team. he is out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with ferrari for the year 2021. i will be back with more on all of those stories after half past. sinn fein says the irish general election has been a ‘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. the 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 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 counts 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. fianna 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. so the party ran 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 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. i made my position and that of my party very clear during the election campaign. we won the votes that we won on that basis and my position has not changed. fianna fail will 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? for any government to sustain, there has be compatibility in the political programme and also one's policies and positions and principles, 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. an islamist extremist, who boasted that he had lied to a jury, which cleared him of plotting a terror attack outside buckingham palace, has been found guilty in a new trial of planning another attack at a high profile target. musa chowdhury, a former uber driverfrom luton, was secretly recorded by police, bragging that he had deceived the jury at his first trial. he was arrested days before the capital's gay pride parade last summer, because it was feared he was going to strike there. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports asummer a summer evening and a security alert right outside buckingham palace. close to the palace perimeter, musa chowdury has stopped his car. he is armed with a sword and there is a struggle with the police. he injures two officers,

shouting arler akbar. one of them seizes the sword and examines his wound. at his trial, choudhury claimed this was a suicide attempt. he said he wanted the police to kill him. he was found not guilty of planning a terror attack. musa chowdury lived here in luton with his family forced stop within days of being cleared by a jury over what happened at buckingham palace, he was on the internet and social media, showing an extremist mindset. he quickly became the target of an undercover operation, involving the police and the security service, mi5. police and the security service, m15. listening devices were planted in his home and in his car. over a six—month operation, officers were wired and secretly recording chowdury. they had gone into the ta keaway chowdury. they had gone into the takeaway where he worked, posing as customers, and befriended him. they even prayed with him at his local

mosque. he divulged to them how he had lied to the jury at his first trial, and was trying to carry out a terror attack at buckingham palace, and he outlined his plans to do it again. he talked of a van attack at the gay pride parade in london. his other potential targets were tourist attractions in the capital, including madame tussauds. he said he had dreams about boarding a london tour bus armed with weapons, and then dying himself in an attack. musa chowdury is an exceptionally dangerous individual. the evidence of this trial demonstrated his clear intention to murder as many people as he could, and potentially to die in that attempt. he found himself with a replica glock pistol he bought, and he looked at getting a real gun, and learning how to use it. he had made a list of his priorities for his life after death in paradise. at number seven was meeting allah. number two was

meeting allah. number two was meeting all the wives and naming and choosing the main two. he had posted this image of a woman with a sword, highlighting what he was looking for ina highlighting what he was looking for in a wife. so anything you want to ask, answer it honestly. was arrested a few days before the pride parade because it was feared he would attack it. because there is no attack plan at all. i have only been in prison. i don't want to go back there. i know what i did was wrong, yeah, initially, so i don't want anything to do with it. my name was even clear during the first trial. i was found not guilty by 12 members ofajury was found not guilty by 12 members of a jury full stop but when told he had been secretly recorded, the cockiness vanished. did you hear your voice in there? no comment. police are suggesting that is your voice, you are hearing, they refer to you as musa chowdury, but as you they are talking about. no comment. at his home, police found a knife under his mattress will stop he had

slashed a canvas wardrobe, practising with it. there were also two training swords, which had been bought from the bank account of his younger sister. and it was recorded telling her he needs to practice decapitation techniques. she has now been found guilty of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. two and a half years on, the officers who first confronted chowdury outside buckingham palace have seen him convicted by a court. musa chowdury, the extremist who bragged about beating the system, has now been brought to justice. bragged about beating the system, has now been brought tojustice. so too has his sister, who did nothing too has his sister, who did nothing to stop his murderous plan. june kelly, bbc news at woolwich crown court. 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. this was the reaction

from scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon speaking at an event in brussels. but i do think there are big, practical questions over the feasibility and deliverability of this, not just the feasibility and deliverability of this, notjust the distance, but the depth of the water. there is an old munitions dump underneath it. you know, we will see where it goes. i certainly don't close my eyes or close my mind to suggestions like this, but i suspect from boris johnson it is more a diversionary tactic to have people talking about that, rather than some of the real issues we are grappling with in both scotla nd issues we are grappling with in both scotland and ireland. so i would say if he has got £20 billion or whatever it might take to build such a bridge during sparejust now, i'm sure both the scottish government and the northern ireland executive could find lots of ways to spend it on possibly more important priorities. that was nicola sturgeon.

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. i'm joined by entertainment journalist — al horner. it was, and unpredictably, parasite's night. yes, a massive shock. 1917, sam mendes's war drama was widely expected to sweep the board. it dad done well at the ba ftas, board. it dad done well at the baftas, collected board. it dad done well at the ba ftas, collected awards board. it dad done well at the baftas, collected awards elsewhere, left right and centre, it was very much expected to take top prize, and if not the joker much expected to take top prize, and if not thejoker probably much expected to take top prize, and if not the joker probably was the film most likely to cause an upset. that is not how it went on the night. instead we had a film that is a surprising, twisty social thriller with a lot to say about inequality. it won best picture against the odds. and what was interesting was

the huge wave of support from the audience when it was announced. it was a very audience when it was announced. it was a very popular win. yeah, well, it has enormously universal themes. it isa it has enormously universal themes. it is a film about inequality, without giving too much away, because it opens this week in the uk, it is a film about a family from a lower caste community who infiltrate the lives of a wealthy family, and the story that plays out in all these dramatic twists and turns is one that speaks to a wider sense, and inequality across the world. the director has made a couple of english—language films in the past but he went back to south korea to make this film, and he thought when i spoke to him in november. because you have done a biography of him. that's right. i met him in november in los angeles. he was saying he went and he thought he was making a film about south

korea, a very local film about local problems in the local inequality is theirfull problems in the local inequality is their full stop but actually as the film first was a hit on the festival circuit, and then country by country, wherever it opened, ended up country, wherever it opened, ended up being this resounding smash, he realised that actually there are a lot of universal themes and it was actually a story in his words about capitalism. one of the popular aspect of this, the first foreign language film, as i was saying, given the issue of diversity and others that have surrounded the ceremony, the baftas of course, but all ceremonies in recent years, do you sense there was a feeling of relief that here was a sign of progress, in some way? in some ways, yes. it doesn't paper over the cracks entirely. there still exists a problem with diversity in the industry, reflected on the night of the nominations, but it certainly was a really encouraging message to send to the film going public, because this is a subtitled film. as you mention, it is the first foreign

language film that has won best picture, and i think the message it sendsis picture, and i think the message it sends is that subtitled films are not to be filmed and there —— not to be feared. there are a wealth of amazing stories to be uncovered and enjoy it if you explore beyond hollywood and beyond american and british borders. the interesting aspect of it too, some of the award winners, watching phoenix particularly, used their speeches once again to make a very strong message to those others in the room about the issues they all face. yes, joaquin phoenix has been using his platform at all the award ceremonies to speak about problems he sees in the industry and in the wider world. that the baftas, he spoke really passionately about the problem of diversity in the film industry, and how we can all be doing more. last night wasn't quite, it was a very impassioned speech. he lost it at one point, didn't he?

yeah. last night he was speaking more about animal cruelty and what our reliance on animal products means for the climate and all sorts. i don't think it will generate the same sort of debate and conversation that the bafta speech did, which was a huge conversation starter, but certainly his message will have been heard. and looking at the awards generally, no huge surprises, great night for renee and brad pitt was a popular winner as well. yes, that was always expected really. most of the awards with the exception of parasite's surged to victory in all these categories, they were kind of predicted and this is how we thought it was shake—out. yes, on the whole, it was shake—out. yes, on the whole, it was shake—out. yes, on the whole, it was a pretty positive night. there was a lot of debate last year as to how relevant the oscars are and how ensuring they are with filmgoers and how in tune they are with what actually are the best films and the best performances. i would say on the whole they got it more right than they got it wrong

this year, though there were still a lot of incredible films that were overlooked. as you say, parasite not open here yet, but this will really boost it won't it? that is what really excites me the most. bong joon—ho has described at the one inch barrier of subtitles. mainstream audiences have historically had this aversion to reading along, to understand a film, andi reading along, to understand a film, and i think the message, as i mentioned, when you give a film like parasite best picture, it is a seal of approvalfor a parasite best picture, it is a seal of approval for a lot of audience who would not have considered a subtitled film, now they will think, 0k, subtitled film, now they will think, ok, maybe, i am subtitled film, now they will think, ok, maybe, iam missing out if subtitled film, now they will think, ok, maybe, i am missing out if i don't watch this. you obviously like to? yes. i re-watched 1917 over the weekend, to? yes. i re-watched1917 over the weekend, anticipating having to talk and write about that as a journalist, but yes, the news that parasite won, just think it is phenomenal story, bong joon—ho is an

incredible film maker with almost spielberg levels of adoration, both in cult film communities but also in south korea he is a hero. they have been reports that they had to interrupt originally scheduled programming to announce the news and new customers were beaming with elation and they were so happy to bring the news to the world. yes, it is like a moment, i think his producer described it as a huge moment, like an historic moment and i don't think that is overstating it. he wasn't expecting it, because he wasn't expected to be back up quite so quickly. he said! so quickly. he said i would be drinking until tomorrow morning, which is probably fair. thank you. 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. rebecca morelle reports. five, four, three, two, one, zero... ..and lift—off! blasting off, a mission that's been 20 years in the making. the spacecraft, called 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. time for a look at the weather. it has been quite a 48—hour is, and we are not through it yet. what has been going on? a fantastic storm came, and we have had lots of disruption. it was carried along the jet stream and you can see the arrows, these represent the wind six or seven years into the atmosphere. it was particular strong atmosphere. it was particular strong at the weekend, and especially on sunday morning, when there was a british airways flight from jfk airport, new york to london's heathrow airport, pretty much like this one, a boeing 47, i am led to believe. —— a boeing 747. it came across in under five believe. —— a boeing 747. it came across in underfive hours. if anybody has done thatjourney before, it is incredibly unusual. it looks like a record, that crossing,

beating the previous record by about ten minutes. thejet stream beating the previous record by about ten minutes. the jet stream was flowing at an incredibly strong speed postop you have the plane and that speed all going along the same sort of path, reaching speeds of around 825 mph. that is incredible. it is incredible, but there was a plain the other way which wasn't so lucky. if you think of the plane arriving about 80 minutes early in these conditions, going the other way, it would have taken about two hours more. it looks like a record crossing. shall we look at what is happening in australia? incredible scenes, because it has been heat, dry and fire, and now so much rain in the sydney area, about 400 millimetres in four days, the wettest in 30 years, some spots have had months worth of rain in a few

days. there is some flooding as a result of that, but has dampened down a lot of the fires over the weekend. some short—term issues, but great news. you better tell us what is in store for us in the next couple of days. storm ciara may have gone out of the way, but there is plenty of weather behind it. let's take a look at some of the snow. it shows how things have changed since the departure. it has turned wintry for some of us. it is now into scandinavia, the float still coming from the atlantic with tightly packed isoba rs, still coming from the atlantic with tightly packed isobars, so strong winds out there. we are in the blue as colder winds coming, bringing snow showers to quite low levels. what is in store this week is another windy week, maybe still disruptive at times. thunder, lightning, hail, some snow, particularly to northern hills, and

it feels cold in the winter. the radar picture for the last few hours, rain and snow. north wales, across the north woodlands and towards norfolk, a few centimetres towards norfolk, a few centimetres to quite low levels. blizzard conditions here in the wind to the north. frequent showers coming into the north and west of the uk in particular, some brighter spells here and there is well, a batch of wet weather clays away from east anglia into this evening. still some gusts around 60 or 70 mph. inland, 45 to 55 mph. still double figures for some of us towards the south of the uk. the temperatures come down tomorrow a bit more. showers moving into night, really focused particular towards northern ireland and northern england and scotland. you get the snow accumulating to higher ground. you get strong winds

and blizzards. isis also has it going into the morning because temperatures will be lower than this in rural spots, ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow doesn't look different, more towards the north, rain sleet, hail, snow, thunder and lightning. fewer showers in england and wales. still very gusty at there, temperatures down a little bit, so it feels colder. sickly across the northern half of the uk, in the frequent showers, you are barely above freezing. for the rest of the week, a low on wednesday, more weather coming in on thursday with hill snow, another weather front into friday and then at the weekend it looks like more wet and with the weather is setting away. plenty of weather warnings and flood warnings which can be found on our website.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines: a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus. the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. an islamist extremist, who boasted that he had lied to a jury which cleared him of plotting a terror attack outside buckingham palace, has been found guilty in a new trial of planning another attack at a high—profile target. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain, with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. that weather has been affecting the sport as well, hasn't it? yes. loads of matches and racing cancelled over the weekend because of the high winds and flooding. the women's six nations match between scotland and england was supposed to take place at scotstoun in glasgow, but with winds of 70 miles an hour,

the sru took the decision to postphone it for the safety of both fans and players. so, it's just finished after taking place in edinburgh at murrayfield. it's had to be played behind closed doors, unfortunately — just not enough time to get stewards organised to cope with fans, etc. it's finished 53—0 to england. england are the holders of the six nations title, and they were the heavy favourites to win this match — they haven't lost to scotland this century. still tough conditions they had to deal with, snow on the pitch, driving into their faces, deal with, snow on the pitch, driving into theirfaces, but deal with, snow on the pitch, driving into their faces, but not as windy as yesterday. more bad news for scotland, for their men's side — jonny gray has been ruled out of the rest of the six nations with injury. and, jane, it hasn'tjust been rugby that's been affected? switching to football, but staying with the women's game — all the fixtures in the top tier of the women's super league had to be postphoned yesterday because of the weather, including the first merseyside derby

due to have been played at goodison. and in the premier league, manchester city's game against west ham was postponed, mainly because of flooding around the etihad stadium as opposed to pitch problems, so it was to protect fans. as city are still in the league cup, the fa cup and the champions league, this fixture still to be re—arranged could mean that they'll be looking at playing two games a week until the end of the season. the tottenham and england midfielder dele alli has apologised for making a joke about cornoavirus. in a video posted on social media, the 23—year—old joked about the outbreak and appeared to mock an asian man. he's since deleted the snapchat post, and says he's let himself and his club down. meanwhile, the everton goalkeeper jordan pickford says that playing for england means that "everyone hates you". pickford was at fault for a goal

in everton's 3—1win over crystal palce on saturday. he says the criticism is unfair, but something he has to live with. mercedes f1 boss toto wolff has reiterated his desire to keep six—time world champion lewis hamilton with the team. he's out of contract at the end of the season and, although mercedes is the most likely option for him, he has been linked with a move to ferrari next year. wolff said keeping hamilton with mercedes was the obvious pairing, and says he'll start talks when the season is underway. it's the first day of the welsh open snooker in cardiff today and there's already been a surprise as world number 12 david gilbert was beaten in the opening round by matthew stevens. the welshman had a break of 139 on his way to a 4—2 win in cardiff. live coverage is on the bbc sport website and the red button. that's all the sport for now.

i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. back to our top story now, a gp practice in brighton has been temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. patients at the county oak medical centre have been advised to contact the nhs111 phone service if they have concerns. three other people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk, bringing the total number of confirmed confirmed cases here to eight. we've been asking you for your questions on the virus, and i've got two peoplejoining me now to answer them — dr michelle roberts, our health reporter, who is also a gp, and dr nathalie macdermott, who's an expert on infectious diseases from kings college london. quite a number of questions coming in. this one from sarah says, why do people need to be quarantined if there is a test for the virus? what we know about the virus is that some people have obvious symptoms, but other people might be without symptoms, they might not have a

fever and coughing, so it is important to quarantine, because even though you were doing tests, you don't know if you have got eve ryo ne you don't know if you have got everyone with it. you might have low levels of the virus so you might have a test that doesn't come back positive. that is pretty much what i would say. the test for the virus looks specifically at the rna in the virus. that is the make up of the virus, the genetic code. it is a single strand of dna. another question says, i am 68 years old and have asthma, would i be more likely to die if i contracted coronaviruses? what we know is that people in older age, above 60, are more likely to suffer a serious disease if they are infected. people

with asthma do tend to have worse influencers during flu season, and thatis influencers during flu season, and that is why we recommend they get the influenza vaccine. it is more likely to mean you will get a more severe infection, but it does not mean you are more likely to die. the vulnerable, the old and young, are more likely to be susceptible anyway. from the cases we have seen, it is these people with pre—existing health conditions and as we spoke about earlier, if you can do anything to protect yourself against viruses in general, it is a good idea. a lot of people are asking about packages and services. one says, am i at risk from packages that are sent from china? how does this thing spread? we need to nail this thing spread? we need to nail this one, don't we? it spreads into ways, really. one is people sneeze and cough and those droplets come

into co nta ct and cough and those droplets come into contact with another person and they can get infected by them, breathing those droplets in, or by them hitting their eyes or something like that. the other way is that people might cough and sneeze into the hand, touch a surface and then someone else might touch the surface was not if they didn't wash their hands but put them in their eyes or mouth, they could infect themselves. how long will that stay infectious? we don't know exactly how long, but it is ours rather than days. if something is sent from china that is a solid item, it is very unlikely to pose any risk to anyone because it will have taken several days to arrive. but common sense says, if you feel concerned, wash your hands will stop yes, antibacterial wipes. by will stop yes, antibacterial wipes. by the time it has gone through the post, it is unlikely to be infectious. let's move on. we have this one from simon who has a similar question, can we get the virus from imported food which murk

the same argument, really. if you cook food well and wash your hands after handling it, it's not a risk. linda says, if someone has the virus and...i linda says, if someone has the virus and... ican't linda says, if someone has the virus and... i can't read my writing. and they recover, could they be a carrier? if someone has been unwell with a virus and then shown they have completely recovered, and have been without any symptoms for a number of days, it is safe to issue they are now immune to the virus and they are now immune to the virus and they are now immune to the virus and they are probably not carrying it. sometimes people have very mild symptoms that we mentioned before, so might be unclear when the infection started and ended. they might still be infectious to people. it isa might still be infectious to people. it is a matter of, if people have been released from isolation by public health england, you can be reassured they are not carrying the virus and not risk to the public. they will be trying to get a vaccine for this, aren't they? that is one

route, the other is something called a serum. people produce antibodies against the virus, it can use those and turn those into a treatment... that is something people always ask, how long before there is a vaccine? we don't know yet. no, there are some candidates available, but it will be months before they pass safety tests. i have had an e-mail, from a couple who are due to fly to minorca, they are fit and healthy and they want to know if they should expose themselves to the risk of flying. obviously, any travel is a personal choice. there is no restriction at the moment of travel to places like majorca. we have heard of some cases there, but there is no reason not to visit this area.

it's entirely up to them, really. it is worth checking the fco website to see what the advices for other countries was certainly anyone who has travelled back from places where it is widespread, so china, thailand, if they feel sick and develop any symptoms within14 days of returning, they should self isolate, they should contact the nhs and explained they have had this travel history and they feel unwell. we are running out of time, but i wa nt to we are running out of time, but i want to go to the last question, asking, how long is an area, doors and seats, that has been in contact with the virus, still infectious? it goes back to what we were saying earlier. people will be concerned. we don't know exactly at the moment, but we can say a number of hours. that is why it is important, if people have been shaking hands with people, if they have been on public transport and touching surfaces that someone who is unwell might have touched, they wash their hands or

use sanitiser gel. just take it easy and be sensible is the answer, really, isn't it? thank you. there was a leaked draft into the windrush scandal, saying the government should hold the deportation of defenders who came to the country as miners. in light of the scandal of people who arrived in this country as children, how can he guarantee the house that there are not people on those flights who are actually british is? in the wake of the leak, where wendy williams herself says that you should not be deporting people under the age of 30, can he

confirm there are people on that flight confirm there are people on that flight arrived in this country aged two, three, five, 11. when he relies a ncestor two, three, five, 11. when he relies ancestor the house that all of them, or gives the impression they are murderers and rapists, he knows that there are many what their for non—violent offences? we cannot at the same time in this house condemn cou nty the same time in this house condemn county lines and those who would young black children in this country and sent those same children back to jamaica for such drug offences. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. first the headlines.

a doctors surgery is closed in brighton after a staff member tests positive for coronavirus. storm ciara continues to cause chaos with severe travel and power disruption. one man has been killed bya disruption. one man has been killed by a falling tree. a historic night as south korea's parasite winds the best film oscar the first non—english land which film to do so. right, we are talking about banking. is that the best picture you could get? that is a good bank there. we are talking about a bank branch opening, this is the newcastle building society opening.

you said bank, but it is a building society? there are differences in what it is able to offer because it is a building society. i was explaining that we normally talk about bank branch closures. we will talk about that now. andrew haigh is the chief executive of newcastle building society — he's in our newcastle studio. tell me about the branch, because as we touched on, we are normally used to talking about them closing, but you have made an unusual decision to open this branch. it is one you hope the community will welcome. open this branch. it is one you hope the community will welcomem open this branch. it is one you hope the community will welcome. it is a full branch insomuch as what we are doing is offering every service that we do through all of our branches, but we think something has to change, it can't be thatjust because the model doesn't work for the banks we will ship out and about

in our towns and high streets. we have been trying to find a way to bring branches back to the high streets that have been abandoned postop we are doing that by working with the community, and in this case we have discovered a wonderful, vibrant, inspiring community you we re vibrant, inspiring community you were just not taking withdrawal of services lying down. we have gone into the community hub which already has the post office and the library, and they run the bus service from there, and now they have a fully operational newcastle building society branch that has all of the services we offer elsewhere. the reason i suggested it wasn't a full branch is because it shares the premises with the post office and the community facilities. it is the eighth of the size of a normal branch. you don't offer things like a cash machine or current accounts stop explained that. we don't offer accou nts stop explained that. we don't offer accounts as a business, and there is still a cash machine in the town. we

also speak and asked something you —— something in another community in northumberland, and we have gone into their information centre and library, and we have put in a small branch, put it into their footprint, smaller than a normal branch again, but bringing financial services back onto the high street. in both locations, we offer financial planning and we have financial advisers, so the community is getting access to some of the key things, particularly when they want to talk to another human, we are therefore them and we have a long—term commitment in these two micro—communities. long—term commitment in these two micro-communities. i wanted to ask you about that and you touched on it. that idea of debate and conversation and those people coming

in wanting that advice was top it is good to talk to you. thank you so much. you were quite right to point out that it you were quite right to point out thatitis you were quite right to point out that it is a building society. earlier today, the ftse100 was down about 0.5%. was some nervousness about 0.5%. was some nervousness about the spread of coronavirus, that eased off last week as the businesses said they would get through it. the thing is, if factories remain closed in china, there are worries about car manufacturer's not being able to get parts, which is why the ftse100 is falling. we will look at how that closed in the neck sour. a good afternoon to you.

now for eight look at the forecast. hello. storm ciara may be moving away, but still some disruption. it is staying windy out there and there are plenty of showers as well. strong, gusty winds this afternoon and showers tracking from west to east, delivering snow to relatively low levels, from wales and the midlands northwards. these are the gusts, 60 or 70 miles power on the south coast, not quite as strong as we have seen, but disruptive in places. further snow showers coming in overnight, over higher roots, i see in places as well. close to freezing in towns and cities, colder than that in the countryside. a cold start to tuesday, some sunshine, further showers and particular for

the north of the country, falling as snow over higher ground. they colder feeling day tomorrow, especially in the gusty wind.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 4pm... an islamist extremist who was cleared of a sword attack outside buckingham palace has been found guilty of another high—profile target planning. musa chowdury clearly wa nted target planning. musa chowdury clearly wanted to murder as many people as he potentially could and potentially to die in that attempt. a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily, after a staff member tests positive for coronavirus — the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. a european spacecraft blasts off from florida on a mission to take the closest ever photos of the sun. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport.

storm ciara has also impacted sport, the scotland against england's woman six nations match had to take place today in edinburgh after extreme weather in glasgow meant it couldn't go ahead yesterday. and with the weather, nick miller. storm ciara may be moving away about the weather in its wake still capable of producing further disruption at times was top this week it is staying very windy, it is colder, and more of us will see snow out of the shower is coming in. i have the full fore ca st the shower is coming in. i have the full forecast later on. also coming up. also coming up — we'll be in yorkshire and lancashire — some of the areas worst hit. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy.

an islamist extremist, who boasted that he had lied to a jury which cleared him of plotting a terror attack outside buckingham palace, has been found guilty in a new trial of planning another attack at a high profile target. musa chowdhury, a former uber driverfrom luton, was secretly recorded by police bragging that he had deceived the jury at his first trial. he was arrested days before the capital's gay pride parade last summer because it was feared he was going to strike there. our home affairs correspondentjune kelly is at woolwich crown court. simon, when it comes to the terror threat facing this country, there are thousands of people on the radar of the police and the security service, m15. those that are considered the most dangerous are subject to round—the—clock monitoring, and there are about ten to 15 operations of this kind going on atany to 15 operations of this kind going on at any one time. moussa choudary was in that top ten, considered that dangerous full stop —— musa

chowdury. this is a man who not once but twice it has become clear plans to carry out a terror attack at high—profile targets in the uk. a summer evening and a security alert right outside buckingham palace. close to the palace perimeter, musa chowdury has stopped his car. he is armed with a sword and there is a struggle with the police. he injures two officers, shouting allah akbar. one of them seizes the sword and examines his wound. at his trial, choudury claimed this was a suicide attempt. he said he wanted the police to kill him. he was found not guilty of planning a terror attack. chowdury lived here in luton with his family. within days of being cleared by a jury over what had happened at buckingham palace, he was on the internet and social media, showing an extremist mindset.

he quickly became the target of an undercover operation, involving the police and the security service, m15. listening devices were planted in his home and in his car. over a six—month operation, officers were wired and secretly recording chowdury. they had gone into the takeaway where he worked, posing as customers, and befriended him. they even prayed with him at his local mosque. he divulged to them how he had lied to the jury at his first trial, and was trying to carry out a terror attack at buckingham palace, and he outlined his plans to do it again. he talked of a van attack at the gay pride parade in london. his other potential targets were tourist attractions in the capital, including madame tussauds. he said he had dreams about boarding a london tour bus armed with weapons, and then dying himself in an attack. musa chowdury is an exceptionally

dangerous individual. the evidence of this trial demonstrated his clear intention to murder as many people as he could, and potentially to die in that attempt. he filmed himself with a replica glock pistol he bought, and he looked at getting a real gun, and learning how to use it. he had made a list of his priorities for his life after death in paradise. at number seven was meeting allah. number two was meeting all the wives and naming and choosing the main two. he had posted this image of a woman with a sword, highlighting what he was looking for in a wife. so anything you want to ask, i can answer it honestly. he was arrested a few days before the pride parade because it was feared he would attack it. because there is no attack planning at all. i have already been in prison. i don't want to go back there. i know what i did was wrong, yeah, initially, so i don't want

anything to do with it. my name was even cleared the first time during the first trial. i was found not guilty by 12 members of a jury. but when told he had been secretly recorded, the cockiness vanished. did you hear your voice in there? no comment. police are suggesting that is your voice, you are hearing, they refer to you as musa, that is you they are talking about. no comment. at his home, police found a knife under his mattress. he had slashed a canvas wardrobe, practising with it. there were also two training swords, which had been bought from the bank account of his younger sister. he was recorded telling her he needs to practice decapitation techniques. she has now been found guilty of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. two and a half years on, the officers who first confronted chowdury outside buckingham palace have seen him convicted by a court. musa chowdury, the extremist who bragged about beating the system, has now been brought tojustice. so too has his sister, who did nothing to stop his murderous plan. june kelly, bbc news

at woolwich crown court. what was the reaction in court to the verdict? sneya chowdury was crying. there was no reaction from musa chowdury. it is a brother and sister who had a very close relationship, sneya chowdury has been on bail during this month long trial but what became clear was how close they were and what the jury have now found is that she had information, she could have told the police, and stopped her brother but she chose not to. she was facing two cou nts she chose not to. she was facing two counts of failing to disclose information about terrorist acts, she has only

there will be sentencing next month. he is looking at a very long sentence. what is extraordinary in this case is that this was a man who faced trial once before for attack planning, was cleared by a jury at the old bailey but within days was displaying an extremist mindset as detectives would say. it was an undercover operation, he was arrested six months later and brought to stand trial here at woolwich. this is a man they would say is extremely dangerous, and there will be relief in security circles this evening he has now been convicted. a gp practice in brighton has been temporarily closed, after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. patients at the county oak medical centre have been advised to contact the nhs111 phone service if they have concerns. three other people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk — bringing the total number of confirmed confirmed

cases here to eight. our correspondent mark norman has been in brighton outside that surgery. you can see the surgery closed behind me. the pharmacy also shut. there are two notices on the doors, one describing operational difficulties is the reason it is closed. the other one advising patients if they are concerned to bring nhs111. it is my understanding it was a doctor at the surgery who has tested positive for coronavirus, but it is important to say, i'm told, they were not, repeat not, examining patients today. what is also interesting is that inside the building at the moment, a cleaning company are undergoing a deep clean of the building, presumably in order to open it up as soon as possible. now, all four cases are related to the ski chalet in chamonix in france, and this trip that the third patient to be positively tested for, he was there between the 24th and 28th of january, making his way back from a conference in singapore, where he apparently contracted the virus.

the department of health today would not talk to me about this specific case. they referred me to the chief medical officer's press statement, which came out this morning, confirming those four cases, and he then goes on to say that he believes the nhs... excuse me, the wind is blowing fairly hard in brighton. ..the nhs is extremely well prepared to manage these cases and treat them, and we are working quickly to identify any further contact these patients may have had. but for now, this practice behind me remains closed. patients are turning up, reading those notices and turning around and going away again. i have also heard in the last few minutes that a community centre just a way to my left here in the city of brighton has also asked some of its staff members to self isolate. we don't yet know the reasons behind that. and we have a pub, the grenadier down in hove, way over to my right in the city, where staff are also self isolating as the ramifications of these patients who are testing positive come forward and progress through the city. but this practice for the time

being will be closed. that will be the worry, because we are talking about a gp practice and we don't know about the incubation period of this virus. all very well saying the doctor was not examining patients today but people will be very worried about this. of course they are, absolutely, wouldn't you be? people have been turning up here, they have been asking us what exactly is going on. i've found it quite frustrating not to have been given much detail by the nhs. all regional nhs communications teams, the sorts of people i speak to on a daily basis, referring me to the department of health. now, i pushed them pretty hard today to come in and talk to us. they haven't been able to do that, and i've said, let, there is a gp practice closed, patients want to know what on earth is going on, you need to be offering them some advice, but they have insisted they are not able to talk about individual cases. we hear about the connections with the flu, and people have the same sorts of concerns, but they should also take the same sorts of precautions,

and there is in fact an nhs poster around coronavirus, which says people should be a sneezing for example and coughing into tissues, disposing of it and washing their hands properly. that is the advice we are being given, but clearly when there are deep cleans going on in gp practices it will be concerning to the people here, and to those who hear the news this afternoon. mark norman reporting there. earlier the government declared that 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 while 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's been confirmed another man, and today, a further four people who were all skiing with him, have the infection here. the businessman's 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 that it can transmit from one person to another, so we know that on average the one infected person can maybe give it to another two or three infected people, so this causes a lung infection, and it can be spread through the respiratory tract, but that's through, probably through coughing, through sneezing, or even through touching your mouth or your nose on surfaces and then putting that to your nose as well. here in milton keynes, several hundred people remain in quarantine in a specialist site afterflying back from china, 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, you know, we've been given all the essentials that we need to look after our mental well— being,

so there are all sorts of games available, we've obviously got tvs, we've 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're stuck in quarantine. it's now estimated that 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. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines an islamist extremist, who boasted that he had lied to a jury which cleared him of plotting a terror attack outside buckingham palace, has been found guilty in a new trial of planning another attack at a high—profile target. a gp practice in brighton is shut

temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus , the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption — one man has been killed by a falling tree. in sport, storm ciara has also interrupted play. this woman six nations rugby match between england and scotland could not take place yesterday. england micro wind 53—0. totte n ha m yesterday. england micro wind 53—0. tottenham and england midfielder dele alli has apologised after posting a video on social media about the coronavirus, appearing to mark an asian man. and toto wolff says he won six time world champion lewis hamilton to stay with the team. he is out of contract and has been linked with ferrari for 2021.

more on all of those stories after half past. it's emerged that a 58 year old man was killed in hampshire by a falling tree as storm kiera 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 of one village almost submerged by storm ciara. badly hit, the pennines and yorkshire dales, where millions of pounds spent on flood defences in the region have proved useless. the couple that own this hardware store in west yorkshire, have had enough. they have owned the shop for 30 years. i'm not going through it again. it's notjust a little bit of a mess you have to clean up, it is the building itself needs... ..oh, 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've seen nobody today at all, nobody has been round. and the sirens... and the siren didn't go off. 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 help with the clean—up. 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, trains delayed or cancelled, leaving passengers stranded. it feels like the people who are trying to put the infrastructure in placejust don't seem to care about the impact it has on people.

we are looking at the east coast and west coast main lines, 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. last night, 20,000 homes were left without power overnight, much of which power companies say they have 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. sangita myska, bbc news. our scotland reporter, alexandra mackenzie is outside glasgow central station.

you used the word dreek earlier and there is no change by the lack of it. still incredibly dreek, that horrible sleet is know that we had earlier has dried up a little bit but still very dreek, as people make their way home from work. it has got a bit busier here as people head home in this dreek as you call it weather. the main problem here at glasgow central has been the train between here and london. all the other services seem to be running fine today but that service has been cancelled for most of the day between glasgow and carlisle. we have just been hearing about that flooding in carlisle. we have seen two bus—loads of people being dropped off herejust in two bus—loads of people being dropped off here just in the last five minutes. dropped off their train in carlisle. they were feeling very cold and tired after a journey that was even longer than it usually is. we looked at people inside and a train is due hopefully to leave, it

will go all the way through to london in the next hopefully ten minutes or so. so hopefully people won't have to get on the buses here. but also travel disruption has not just been happening on the trains here. we have seen a lot of cancellations with flights particularly over the weekend. it has been a little bit better today but still some cancellation and delay is. most of the pharaohs were either cancelled or disrupted over the weekend and that has continued today and is likely to continue tomorrow, and possibly into tuesday. police scotland are warning drivers out on the road they have warned of blizzard conditions and ask drivers to think about whether that journey is absolutely necessary, and some bridges in scotland have been closed to high sided vehicles. a very tricky journey home to high sided vehicles. a very trickyjourney home tonight and over the next couple of days. alexandra, thank you very much in glasgow.

hundreds of flights have been grounded in northwest europe, as storm ciara swept in with wind speeds of up to 110 miles an hour. these were the pictures from earlier in northern france. one man died and another was reported missing in southern sweden when their boat capsized. three people have been seriously injured in germany by falling trees and branches. in northern france, 130,000 homes had their electricity cut off. the trial of the brother of the manchester arena bomber has been continuing at the old bailey today — hashem abedi is accused of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion in relation to the 2017 attack, which killed 22 people leaving an ariana grande concert. hashem has denied assisting and encouraging his brother salman. today, the abedis‘ uncle gave evidence to the court. our news correspondent danjohnson is at the old bailey. yes. today we have heard from the first witnesses in this case, although we are already into the second week. it has taken this long

to get to that stage of the trial where we actually get witnesses giving evidence, and the first was the brothers‘s uncle. he was a barber shop owner in manchester. he said he used to see his two nephews, salaman and hashem abedi, they used to come to his shop quite often, he said, and he talked about another man they met there, a man who was convicted last year of terrorism offences, somebody that salaman and hashem abedi are believed to have had hashem abedi are believed to have ha d co nta ct hashem abedi are believed to have had contact with, somebody who may have been a part of radicalising them. the uncle said i told my own sons i did not want him to come back to the shop, i didn't want them to mingle with him when my son had told them this man had an isis way of thinking. he said that the brothers‘s parents had been back to the uk. they had moved to libya by early 2017, just before the bombing, but they came back to the uk because

their sons hashim and salman had started to have unacceptable behaviour. he said they started to behaviour. he said they started to be radicalised, they were into drugs and they left their education. that is as far as i know. so it seems like he had seen some signs they had been radicalised. so they started going to a different mask. he was concerned about this man who did have terror connections and we heard that salaman abeid he had made arrangements to go and visit this man, even after he had been convicted and imprisoned but didn't actually carry out those visits. this is all a part of building a picture of what the prosecution says was hashem abedi's collusion, conspiracy, assistance, and his brother's plot to detonate that bomb in may 2017. while their cousin has been giving evidence here as well, talking about how hashim approached him in the months before the bombing and asked him to buy sulphuric acid.

he said he did that, he helped them but he thought he needed that to top up but he thought he needed that to top upa car but he thought he needed that to top up a car battery. one other thing that has emerged is how the brothers had that has emerged is how the brothers ha d a ccess that has emerged is how the brothers had access to their mother's bank account even after she'd left the country and gone to live in libya, and that bank account, as well as being used to buy some of the components, some of the tools and the battery they used to build the bomb, it was also an account that was having benefits and tax credits paid into it at a rate of more than £500 a month, so it is not clear exactly which funds were used by the brothers, but certainly they had access to their mother's account, which was receiving child benefit and tax credits and it is some of that money they used to gather the equipment and the components needed to build the bomb. hashem abedi denies all the charges against him in the witness evidence will continue through the week. thank you very much. sinn fein says the irish general election has been a ‘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. the 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 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 counts 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. fianna fail on 22% and fine gael on 21%. even sinn fein's own strategies did not expect that level of success at the ballot box.

so the party ran 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 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. i made my position and that of my party very clear during the election campaign. we won the votes that we won on that basis and my position has not changed. fianna fail will 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? for any government to sustain, there has be compatibility

in the political programme and also one's policies and positions and principles, 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. 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 think of 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 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, ain't that the 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. a willingness to accept films from any language, and any country. at long last, some may think. some more on the coronavirus. two of the four new outbreaks have involved

health care workers. we know about one of them in brighton, where a gp practice has been temporarily closed. it appears that one other person, also a health care worker, we have no more details at this stage. anyone with concerns about that should contact nhs111 if they have any concerns. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller hello, storm ciara may be moving away, but more disruption on the way. it is staying windy out there and there are plenty of showers as well. strong gusty winds this afternoon, areas of showers tracking from west to east, tracking snow to relatively low levels. these are the gusts this afternoon, 60 or 70 miles per hour. still some disruptive

winds in places, and further snow showers coming in, particular in the northern half of the uk. some snow on higher roots, icy in places as well, temperatures close to freezing in towns and cities, colder than that in the countryside. particular for the north of the country, showers falling as snow over the hills, elsewhere hail and ponder as possible. they colder feeling hills, elsewhere hail and ponder as possible. they colderfeeling day tomorrow, especially in the gusty wind. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: four new cases of coronovirus in the uk — two of them are health care workers the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. agp a gp practice in brighton has closed temporarily after a tested positive. an islamist extremist, who was cleared of a sword attack

on police outside buckingham palace, has been found guilty of planning another attack on a high—profile target. storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption. one man has been killed by a falling tree. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. the with jane dougall. weather has affected many of tr sport the weather has affected many of the sport fixtures this weekend? loads of matches and racing cancelled over the weekend because of the high winds and flooding. the women's six nations match between scotland and england was supposed to take place at scotstoun in glasgow, but with winds of 70 miles an hour, the sru took the decision to postphone it for the safety of both fans and players. so, it's just finished after taking place in edinburgh at murrayfield. it's had to be played behind closed doors, unfortunately — just not enough time to get stewards organised to cope with fans, etc. both sides also have to recover for next weekend's match. it finished

53-0 next weekend's match. it finished 53—0 four england. england are the holders of the six nations title, and they were the heavy favourites to win this match — they haven't lost to scotland this century. still pretty tough conditions throughout the match with snow covering the pitch and driving into the faces of the players. still not as windy as it was yesterday. more bad news for scotland, for their men's side — jonny gray has been ruled out for the rest of the six nations with injury. it wasn't just rugby that was affected by the weather this weekend? switching to football, but staying with the women's game — all the fixtures in the top tier of the women's super league had to be postphoned yesterday because of the weather, including the first merseyside derby due to have been played at goodison. and in the premier league, manchester city's game against west ham was postponed, mainly because of flooding around the etihad stadium as opposed to pitch problems, so it was to protect fans.

as city are still in the league cup, the fa cup and the champions league, this fixture still to be re—arranged could mean that they'll be looking at playing two games a week until the end of the season. the tottenham and england midfielder dele alli has apologised for making a joke about cornoavirus. in a video posted on social media, the 23—year—old joked about the outbreak and appeared to mock an asian man. he's since deleted the snapchat post, and says he's let himself and his club down. meanwhile, the everton goalkeeper jordan pickford says that playing for england means that "everyone hates you". pickford was at fault for a goal in everton's 3—1win over crystal palce on saturday. he says the criticism is unfair, but something he has to live with. mercedes f1 boss toto wolff has reiterated his desire to keep six—time world champion lewis hamilton with the team.

he's out of contract at the end of the season and, although mercedes is the most likely option for him, he has been linked with a move to ferrari next year. wolff said keeping hamilton with mercedes was the obvious pairing, and says he'll start talks when the season is underway. there will be no british basketball team at the olympics in tokyo this summer after the women's side lost their final qualifer to spain. british basketball lost its funding after the 2012 games because of a lack of medal winning potential. they did get £75,000 from uk sport last year to help them towards olympic qualfication, and captain chantelle handy says her side have over—performed to get so close. i'm proud we fought every game. we played hard together and we tried. we tried, and you know, some people look at us and wouldn't think that we should be here, but we are here and we have made a statement for gb basketball

and regardless of whether we got a ticket or not, i am very proud of my team. it's the first day of the welsh open snooker in cardiff today and there's already been a surprise as world number 12 david gilbert was beaten in the opening round by matthew stevens. the welshman had a break of 139 on his way to a 4—2 win in cardiff. live coverage now on the bbc sport webiste and red button. 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. given the weather, we do have some signal problems. look north's harry gration is in hebden bridge in yorkshire this afternoon, and he's been speaking to residents who are recovering from storm ciara. how bad is it? there is a real sense

of anger here in the colder valley, they must confess i feel it as well. this is the third... was the rom is the flood barriers would help and then businesses real and it has done it again. i want to show you some pictures of inside the albert hotel here in the middle of hebden bridge. this was the albert at its worst, underwater, maybe a metre of water at one stage. then there is the problem it creates when it goes downstairs into the cellar. there was probably in the region of £10,000 worth of stock that has been lost. debbie, you are going through it again. tellers about how this hit you again. it has left us numb. nothing seems to have been done for hebden bridge, to help us in anyway.

today, the team in the town has rallied around again. i don't think we would be anywhere without them. itjust inspires us. but there are businesses now that are not going to survive this. the last flooding, i think we lost 13 businesses. there are businesses which will not survive. the great thing about this community spirit you talked about is all of the locals have done well already. coffee, sandwiches for everybody, and all i can do is praise them. it is a fabulous community. we hope you rebuild here. somebody he was pretty angry is barry greenwood. we have heard there that certain businesses now are really struggling. you must be angry because you have been rattling cages for some years now. i certainly have. i have been rattling cages

since 2012. we cannot go on like this. this is it. we have got to make a decision, what do they want to do? do they want to drown the valley? do they want to eliminate all the businesses throughout this valley? it's absolutely horrible. when you look at the people in this valley, i have lost businesses, my cousin closed his business down, which had been there for 50 odd years. i have just heard this morning that the hardware place is giving up, he's had enough. you can see the west yorkshire fire service working like trojans, as we have been doing so all day. how concerned are you that nobody will listen to what you are saying yet again? they

won't. we throw all this money, we get them coming up and saying they will throw another 10 million in mind all we get is the environment agency saying, that's nice, put it in my back pocket, that's great. to hell with the people and the valley. that's not it. we need action now, we need a local community action group. i think you have got your point over. thank you very much. you have got an indication there ofjust how angry people are hearing hebden bridge, not to mention down the road. there is a lot to do here, and a lot of hope that businesses will not go under as a result of it.|j will let you get into the drive. 20 more on look north tonight. i think we should just say we dissociate ourselves from barry's comments there.

and rogerjohnson is in whalley where residents have been rescued in inflatable boats over the last 24 hours as the village flooded. we are further down the valley here, it has been a phenomenal effort today from the local community to help people like helen and chris, whose house this is. it was beautifully fitted with carpet this time yesterday, or certainly saturday. but now everything has been stripped out, the carpets are gone also the whole way here. the laminate floor has been ripped up, stu d e nts laminate floor has been ripped up, students from the local college were helping earlier. my cameraman is carefully backing out. there is a skippy, their life is entirely in the skip. the same for all of the houses on both sides of the roads. that is the famous viaduct that ta kes that is the famous viaduct that takes the railway across this part

of lancashire. many of the houses here have floodgates fitted to the front because they had a flood here in 2015, they knew it was likely to happen again, but what they were told is it was once in 30 or 40 yea rs, told is it was once in 30 or 40 years, and it has happened again in four years. there is a worry it will become even more frequent. a lot of people are getting in touch with their insurance companies, try to sort out their insurance. there're some people who not insured. one man's accesses £8,500, saying it is not worth it because the excess is so high. there is a real sense of anger here, as in hebden bridge, the fa ct anger here, as in hebden bridge, the fact is the environment agency says they have these portable barriers that can get to places that need them to protect them, they didn't bring them here or other parts of lancashire where they also saw flooding. there is a real sense of

angeragain, flooding. there is a real sense of anger again, but these people are left in a real state, with their homes and belongings in skips and having to start again with goodness knows how many weeks of drying the homes out, getting them back into habitable state so they can eventually try to move back in. there are some people here at this time ona there are some people here at this time on a monday evening, but many are trying to find temporary accommodation or staying with friends and family while they sort their lives out. it is a fairly sad state of affairs. anger and helplessness because it was only a few years ago they were doing the same? exactly. it was boxing day 2015 that the river burst its banks. it was all flooded then. they are so angry that it has happened again. a sense of resignation. one lady who lives over there said to me earlier, the thing is, it puts a strain on your

relationships, puts a strain on your marriage, it puts a strain on you emotionally and physically, and it also breaks up your community because lots of people who find themselves flooded think, i will have to take a hit on the value of my house but i cannot deal with this, i don't got to have this again, iwill this, i don't got to have this again, i will move. so lots of people moved out after the last floods, the community has started to fracture and lots of people feel very sad that that is the way it is happening again. thank you for that update. many more updates in your region tonight. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the iplayer, and a reminder that we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. 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 the qeqm 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? yeah. 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. how to stop a neonatal seizure, on the computer screen on the wall. it's like, i haven't brought my son to b&q. we are in a neonatal ward, one of the best in the country, i'm told, 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 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. more on the coronavirus outbreak. a gp practice in brighton has been temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for the

virus. the medical director has been giving more details and says two of those four new cases are health care workers, so when we know about, and one other is a health care worker. they were advised to self isolate in order to keep patient contacts to a minimum. they are now working urgently minimum. they are now working urge ntly to minimum. they are now working urgently to keep all patients and health care workers who may have come into contact safe. they have in 20 take steps to reduce the risk to the general public. in a moment, the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: an islamist extremist, who was cleared of a sword attack on police outside buckingham palace, has been found guilty of planning another attack on a high—profile target. a gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus — the number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight.

storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain with severe travel and power disruption. one man has been killed by a falling tree. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. non—disclosure agreements should not be used to prevent someone from reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. the arbitration service acas has published advice for firms and workers about ndas, including how to avoid their misuse. several high—profile scandals have exposed the use of ndas to silence staff. sony and amazon are the latest major companies to pull out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus. sony said it would no longer take part in mobile world congress in barcelona after "monitoring the evolving situation". the organiser has said the event, which attracts 100,000 people, will go ahead.

there's a new ride—hailing app in town — well, in london at least. ola, an indianfirm, will take on uber as well as other app firms including bolt, kapten and kabbee. uber is currently appealing against a decision to axe its london licence. markets are feeling nervous again about the impact of coronavirus. as we've been hearing, four more people in the uk have been diagnosed with coronavirus and it's causing a lot of concern for markets across the world, including here in the uk. in london, the ftse100 is down. shares that are connected to china are under pressure. mining, energy as well as travel stocks are in the red. as you can see, the us affected too —

although the dow is up. and the pound to the dollar see—sawing there, with a lot of uncertainty around brexit negotions here in the uk and a boost in ecomomy in the us. chinese authorities have confirmed the death toll has overtaken that of the sars outbreak in the early 2000's - all that chipping away at market confidence. fiona cincotta is a senior market analyst at city index. thank you forjoining us. more concern today for companies as death tolls rise, and factories in china remain closed. what sort of impact is this going to have on global supply chains? the problem is it is very difficult to gauge right now exactly what the impact is going to be. today's the day that many factory workers were meant to return to their positions, to theirjobs, after the extended holiday for the chinese new year.

many factories have remained closed. this is fuelling concerns over disruption to the global supply chain, particularly, for example, the mobile phone and smartphone industry, expectancy huge decline in production this quarter. the question is weather this will be a temporary shock to supply chains or weather it will be something much more prolonged, and that does depend on how quickly successfully the coronavirus is contained. you mentioned the smartphone industry, a major supplier to apple is yet to reopen its largest chinese factory. how long can these companies realistically keep their doors closed? that's a good question. it also doesn't depend on them, because it is the chinese authorities who are insisting on these factories remain closed. obviously the impact will be

large. they expect 810% decline in smartphone production this quarter. so the impact could be quite large and that could have a serious impact on the companies' bottom lines when they report. on also an impact on central bank surround the world. that's right. we will see general pal, the federal reserve chairman, speaking later this week as he gives his semiannual testimony in front of congress. at the moment, the recent data from the us has been pointing toafirming data from the us has been pointing to a firming position, but if it proves to be nervous over the impact of coronavirus, they could be rate cuts picking up again. going back to that travel app, it expects to be picking up for next year. with uber

challenging the banning of its licence, how credible is that? there is a level of realism. it is great for the consumer and the rider because they can nowjump across various platforms to find the better price. but whether they will be able to reach those targets so quickly is questionable. given that there is so much competition now filling that space. thank you. that's all the business news. 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.

rebecca morelle reports. five, four, three, two, one, zero. and lift—off. .. blasting off — a mission that's been 20 years in the making. the spacecraft, called solar orbiter, on its way to the sun. it's jam—packed with instruments, and will take images from closer to our star than 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! 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.

these would have had little effects on us in the 1800s — when these notes were written — today, though, they'd wreak havoc. knocking out communications and navigations satellites, and causing power failures. the hope is, though, that solar orbiter can 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 that 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'll 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller.

storm ciara may be moving away, but still some weather disruption on the way in the next few days. it is staying with the out there and there are plenty of showers as well. so strong and gusty winds this afternoon. areas of showers tracking from west to east, delivering snow to relatively low areas in the north of the country. gusts of 60 or 70 mph on the south coast, not as strong as we have seen, but still disruptive. further snow showers coming in across the northern half of the uk, so some snow on higher roots, i see in places as well, temperatures for towns and cities close to freezing, colder than that in the countryside. a cold start to tuesday, some sunshine, further showers and, particular for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, heavy snow showers. also

gusty winds.

today at five: a gp practice in brighton is closed after a member of staff tests positive for the coronovirus. workers in protective suits have spent the day deep cleaning the surgery — patients are advised to phone nhs 111 service if they're worried. eight people in the uk have now been infected. ministers have activated powers to forcibily quarantine people. we'll be assessing the spread of the virus, and asking a virologist of the threat of so—called super—spreaders... the other main stories on bbc news at five: an islamist extremist who had been cleared of plotting a sword attack on police officers is now convicted of planning to target london tourist hotspots. storm ciara continues to cause

chaos across the uk —