this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister confirms the whole of the high speed rail plan, hsz, will go ahead, despite concerns over its environmental impact and spiralling costs. we begin tonight's show in new hampshire on the day of america's first primary contest — bernie sanders is convincingly ahead in the polls. this is a fantastic project for the if the polls are to believed joe biden could be country. we will deliver massive fighting forfourth place — with big doubts now hanging over increase in capacity for rails from the former frontrunner‘s campaign north to south, south to north and it allows us to go forward and we'll have the latest develop northern powerhouse rail. on the coronavirus — more than 1000 people have now died but for those whose — the world health organisation homes could be torn down to build the line is calling it a very grave threat. — there's despair. i've got children and i was thinking if this virus makes it to a weaker they could come into the business, health system, it will create havoc. but we do not know that now. we do not know what future holds. the british businessman who's

thought to have infected 11 others the last rebel stronghold with coronovirus says he's fully in syria is under intense recovered and thanks nhs staff. bombardment from government forces. we've a new report as quentin last minute protests fail to stop sommerville follows families fleeing the fighting. a home office plane taking off among them, this is as a group ofjamaican—born offenders are deported from the uk. and making a splash — this painting by british artist, david hockney is sold for more than twenty million pounds at auction. welcome to bbc news. the hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham, leeds and manchester — will go ahead — despite already being behind schedule and over budget.

the first phase of the line connecting london to birmingham — with an additonal part up to crewe — was due to open at the end of 2026 but the trains may not now run on the route until some time between 2028 and 2031. the next stage of the project — up to manchester and leeds — is not now for completion until sometime between 2035 and 2040. and then there's the cost — the rail line was supposed to cost under 56 billion pounds — that was the estimate five years ago. but a recent review said it could now be more than £100bn. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is in birmingham for us this evening. countryside cut up. buildings demolished. after months of uncertainty, it's on. so, today, mr speaker, the cabinet has given high speed rail the green signal. we are going to get this done. for those living along the route, the fight is over. sandra's family was forced to sell

nearly half of their farm. customers at their stables driven away. it's been in the family for about 90 years. it's turned their way of life upside down. what it's doing to your health, the worry of it all, the worry on my side and my health, my family, i've got children, it would be nice to think that they could come into the business, but obviously, we don't know that now whether... what future it holds. but the new railway has already transformed the skyline in birmingham. transport links attract investment. hs2 will connect london euston to west london. the station here will interchange with crossrail, another late and over budget new railway. then the high—speed route moves north, through buckinghamshire and up through warwickshire. there'll be a tunnel here and at several other

sites along the route. at solihull, there'll be an interchange station with links to birmingham airport. the railway then divides at birmingham and onto crewe. the latter phases of the project, linking crewe to manchester and birmingham to leeds, via towns like mexborough, will be reviewed. the route could change to save money and to link it up more with other railways. this is what birmingham's main station will look like. well we ll over well over budget. it could waste all the money that could go to the regions. this is what birmingham's main station will look like. hs2 will reduce journey times to london by half an hour. and to leeds from birmingham by an hour. these apprentices already working on the project happy it's going ahead. we need more infrastructure to match the growing countries like germany, china. to be able to say on my cv that i worked on hsz is kind

of going to set me up for life, really. hs2 was a real dilemma for his government, because the price tag ballooned. his pledge to cut the cost won't be easy, but he believes a transport revolution in britain will only be possible with a new high—speed railway. with me now is professor tony travers from the london school of economics who sat on the panel for the 0akervee review of hs2. and in our leeds newsroom isjudith blake, the labour leader of leeds city council. let me come to you first. you're obviously pleased this is going ahead, given that you've been so supportive of the need for investment in rail. is there a little bit of a sting in the tilt of the government said that we're going to pass to the northern leadership the decisions of how this is

delivered in a precise timetable. we are giving them the go—ahead, but love the difficult political flack is going to go to you guys. this is actually something that we have been arguing forfor actually something that we have been arguing for for sometimes. we believe that hs to coming north from birmingham up to manchester and leeds should be fully integrated into northern powerhouse rail, which is the high—speed line that we envisage going rate from hole to manchester and a new line through bradford and leeds out through drop toehold, linking up to the northeast and we have seen over the past two yea rs and we have seen over the past two years is that the rail industry is com pletely years is that the rail industry is completely fragmented and all of the problems of come with that. actually, sitting up high—speed north project managing it in the north project managing it in the north actually looking at how we can

face it and how we can do the engineering and much more efficient and effective way is something that we have been arguing for for some time and so we welcome the proposal coming forward. for too long, questions about transport have been made coming out of whitehall and that has to change. you have over many years argued the case for the creation of a mayor of london and the devolution of power. is the message of what happened in london and like the rest of the area spent on infrastructure rather than if you give some kind of ownership of project, you will get a much more productive outlook stopping there is no question that the evolution, is the parallel of the future of the ra i lwa ys the parallel of the future of the railways in the mittens in the north, this is a good opportunity to give counsel leaders an opportunity

to ta ke give counsel leaders an opportunity to take more control asjudith just said, but of the things i think the prime minister and everyone could agree on is that they have not been that great. but how much of that is done to the treasury trying to control the street. if the money is still being raised from the taxpayer nationally, you will always be at the beck and call of the chancellor. not spending on the first day, to not evolving to some degree about the northern parts of the project to leaders there and interestingly, if the costs were to escalate further, who then pays that will be an intriguing question as to move forward. let me ask you this question about money, because i look

to quite a lot of stuff online about the campaigners of the rail, ra i lwa ys the campaigners of the rail, railways issue. that delian figure isa railways issue. that delian figure is a mythicalfigure. no one really knows how much these projects cost. there was an original projection, a projection that estimated up to a0%, which may have been very pessimistic but another projection was built that the industry could find an efficiency of up to 20% construction and then they found out they could not come up with that efficiency and all these figures are built on assumptions and in truth, no one can ever know until they get the final bill. i think we can all honestly say that this project has been managed and begs a lot of questions and it seems to me that for some reason, this country has lost the

ability to deliver large infrastructure projects in a way that we would be able to do and actually look around europe and around the world to see the infrastructure that they are delivering it does beg the question as to why we are lacking so far behind. what we know is that the infrastructure spent and the north in particular has fallen way behind and it is time that we got together sensibly to redress that balance because what we know is that if we get investment and productivity moving forward, the real investment coming in to the north, we can really start to rebalance the economy of this country and we are ready to step up to the plate and make the contribution that we know we can make. but we have now got this decision and it is time that we get our heads together and work out

how we can sensibly move forward and deliver high—speed rail in this country there will be transformational. you have described yourself as an agnostic on the review. what do you remain unconvinced of. what is that still need they'll give you reassurance that you are going to the right conclusion? i think they did a remarkable job but i think it was not a report for everybody signed up everything. he issued a dissenting report. i think the challenge here is, and we have touched on this, how to ensure that not only that north of birmingham, but actually all the other areas between and in the cities will bring this up to scratch in cities which are undoubtedly leeds, birmingham, manchester, behind their analogues in other parts of the world, some are cities elsewhere. the question is, how do

the northern leaders work with central government that is going to pay for all of this to get what they wa nt pay for all of this to get what they want faster. because remember high—speed won't get to manchester and leeds until the 20 30s 2040 and more needs to be done and there were more needs to be done and there were more announcements about buses and cycling priorities in addition to show that the government, how do we get improvements faster to big cities transport than waiting for 20 years potentially. there are parts of the uk which will see and watch this and say what about us? whether it is the east of england or that this is no benefit to us and yet we are paying for it? it is difficult for centralised government like the uk to concentrate on more than two places at once. the other get not enough notice in this or wells, they're talking about a bridge from scotland to northern ireland further

into the future. a centralised government finds it very hard to be everywhere at once. thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — joining me tonight are 0livia utley, deputy leader writer at the sun, and the editor of labour list, sienna rodgers. the british businessman who's thought to have infected 11 people with the coronavirus says he has fully recovered and that his thoughts are with those he infected. 53—year—old steve walsh from hove in east sussex remains in hospital. in china — where the outbreak started — the number of deaths has now passed the 1000 mark. the world health organization says the disease will now be called covid—i9, and warned it could be 18 months before the first vaccine becomes available. catherine burns reports from brighton. steve walsh is still in hospital, but says it's just a precaution now. but brighton is dealing with the after—effects of his infection, with two gp surgeries being closed to patients. today, mr walsh has been named and has explained that he followed official advice.

he says at first he self isolated at home, and then was taken but in the roughly two weeks between being infected and diagnosed, it was life as normal, including a trip to the pub. it's still open. five staff have gone into isolation. but the pub says it's worked with public health england, and that there is a minimal ongoing risk of infection. the virus now has an official name, covid—i9. the government rates the risk level for the public as moderate. the situation will get worse before it gets better. we will be guided by the science. be in no doubt, we will do everything that is effective to tackle this virus and keep people safe. mr walsh picked up the coronavirus

at a conference in singapore. on his way back to the uk, he stopped off for several days at a ski chalet in france, where he passed the virus on to 11 other people. five of those infected remain in france, and one man returned to majorca. mr walsh and the other five british people came back to the uk. two of them are gps, and two surgeries have been temporarily closed. mr walsh's neighbours are baffled by all the attention. his wife's told me on the phone that really he is not that ill. she thinks it's a complete, basically a load of rubbish, and that it's no worse than flu, probably not as bad. but health experts are taking this seriously. this gp surgery has been closed for two days now for what they are calling extensive cleaning. down the road, another surgery‘s been closed, too. we know that one of the infected gps, katrina greenwood, used to work here, and there

are other precautions in this town, like the nursing home that's closed its doors to visitors. it's just five days now since steve walsh was officially diagnosed, and he says he's well recovered. doctor caitlin rivers is an assistant professor atjohns hopkins centre for health security, in the united states. she specialises in outbreak science, epidemiology and health security. shejoins us now. thank you she joins us now. thank you for being with us on bbc news. it seems what they're saying, because for cautious relief that the spread in china is slowing, but concerned nonetheless about the way it is spreading outside of china. do you talk us through that? in the past few days we have seen that smaller

numbers of new cases have been diagnosed in the most heavily hit areas of china. it is a trend we hope to continue seeing but we know that there is some other countries where there is limited spread in the community from people who have not had a travel history to china doesn't do development that very closely because we see more community cases, they'll make us more concerned that there's an even larger burden of disease that we are not seeing. and a lot of the problems are about detection. we talked about like africa were there been no reported cases but there are issues about testing facilities and a number of people are being isolated as a precautionary measure because of potential fear of the outbreak. there are two issues to consider, there are a lot of places in the role that do not have any testing capabilities or a scaling capabilities but there is a question of where we are looking for cases here in the united states for a

focus primarily on people with severe disease or people who have either returned from china or had contact with someone with confirmed disease. the testing policy is similarto disease. the testing policy is similar to other regions in the world and it brings up the question of whether there are people with mild illness we may not be catching. more people have died in this situation than sars, but the later fatalities seem to be, it seems less severe, if you're already vulnerable, if your elderly are ever weaker immune system, if it spreading more widely in the community, it is an acting, some may admitted ib is impactful some may fear. it is mostly the elderly people, those of underlying health conditions that may experience more severe disease we are very concerned about protecting those people because they are members of our

community as well and we want to be able to keep them safe. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister confirms the whole of the high speed rail plan — hs2 — will go ahead, despite concerns over its environmental impact and spiralling costs. the british businessman who's thought to have infected 11 others with coronavirus says he's fully recovered and thanks nhs staff. last minute protests fail to stop a home office plane taking off as a group ofjamaican—born offenders are deported from the uk sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre it'a s big night at the top of the championship as second—placed leeds travel to fifth placed brentford. these are two sides on completely different runs of form. leeds were ten points clear of third in december —

but they've taken just nine points from a possible 30 since then. brenford meanwhile are on the up. if they win tonight they'll go above leeds in the table, and they've taken the lead through said benrama. around half an hour gone, it's 1—0 at griffin park. five other games going on in the championship tonight. nottingham forest who are sandwiched between leeds and brentford in fourth host charlton. it's 1—0 to charlton at the moment. you can follow all the scores on the bbc sport website, along with hamilton against aberdeen in the scottish premiership. manchester united have become the latest premier league club to try and bring safe standing to their stadium. they've asked for permission to install 1500 rail seats in the north east corner of old trafford, and want to trial it later this season. tottenham and wolves already have rail seating sections in their stadiums, and the move towards safe standing at the top level of english football now seems inevitable, asjoe lynskey reports.

for more than a century, the of look for ways to keep up with demand. they won the first clubs to build a roof on a stand without pillars. so every united supporter had a clear view. now this cloud once in on the latest idea. this is real seating, a new way to watch football standing up. already it is in use across europe and one team in germany that get extra by design. but in the uk standing has a more painful history. it was on the factors behind the disaster and let to football grounds the top divisions going all seater. but such is football culture continues, the first british team to try real seats. they tried to be the first premier league save standards,

that was vetoed by ministers. but in tight regulations, club submitted work and that is what the government to change its approach. now they say football grounds that incorporate barriers can have positive impact on supporter safety. another we have seen a real cv understand that it is integrated rail that is a lot safer than the ones the fans do right now, standing by seats that are legal half after the oceans. so we want to do is increase the safety of fans who are already standing in some areas of the stadium. of the 75,000 come to trafford for home games, 15005 come to trafford for home games, 1500s of those could soon watch from real seats. united say they make things safer and a part of the ground with a persistently stand and so, is one of the worlds biggest clu bs loo ks so, is one of the worlds biggest clubs looks to the future, now football waits to see if more will follow.

england have announced their test squad for the tour of sri lanka next month, with record wicket taker james anderson left out. that was half expected as he recovers from a cracked rib. he will stay at home to focus on being fit for the english summer. the notable inclusions are opener keatonjennings and wicketkeeper, ben foakes after a year out of the international scene. and, there's been a maximum 147 break at the welsh 0pen snooker. it went to kyren wilson. the world number eight did it in the first frame of his match againstjackson page. it's the second time he's made a 147 break in his career. the prize for the higest break at the tournament is £5,000. wilson won the match by 4 frames to 3. and these are live pictures from cardiff, as reigning champion neil robertson plays jamie clarke. you can watch live coverage on the red button and bbc sport website.

that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. voting is under way in the latest stage of the contest to pick a candidate to take on donald trump in the us presidential election later this year. this time it's the turn of democrats in the state of new hampshire, in the north—east of the country, to choose their favourite. the party will be hoping to avoid the chaos that surrounded the caucuses in the state of iowa last week, when the results were held up by technical problems. let's speak to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue, who is in nashua, new hampshire for us. from one week to the next, you are in different parts of the united states. beginning in february, you're in new hampshire. can you

explain to people who do not understand or baffle from the outside, but the intentions that these two states, not terribly represented in the rest of the us? yet, if you think in the uk, three week election campaign feels long, these should trade the united states because this wasn't really kind of kicks off in august or september of last year and will go through to november the 3rd of this year. what happens if each party, their two parties in the us and they have to pick a candidate for president and the republicans already have their candidate in the shape of donald trump and he is running for a second term the democrats are going through what they call a primary approach where they do a general election. and it is historical that the states vote, new hampshire have come first for a very period of time and you are right, they are not

demographically representative of the democratic party for a start or for the country in new hampshire is older than the average age in the country and it is a pretty small state talked up in the continental united states. as you know, retail politics, they get to very up close to these candidates and they hear them multiple times, they invest a lot of time, they see it as a bit of a vetting process for the rest of the country and they get to see theirfaults and the country and they get to see their faults and their strengths, i spoke to one person to voted here a moment ago and this elementary school and they said that there will be really great if we could just ta ke be really great if we could just take a bit of all the candidates make one perfect candidate come up with to choose in the end. 11 and the race still at the stage, we just saw bernie sanders, he did

brilliantly in new hampshire, did not mean he got the nomination. hillary clinton still got the nomination. how frustrating is it for the candidate to campaign privately that they have to go through this process in order to still be standing maybe in april when the real decision is up?m depends on who you ask. if you're a candidate that is on the up that is not very well known, if you're like these are the sorts of things doing well and i were in new hampshire, if you are in an enormous boost because they're easy to manage in some ways, they're easy to manage in some ways, they are reasonably small states to find your way around, they do not cost as much is the bigger states in the campaign and you get a lot of free media in the bargain. it depends on who you ask and certainly iowa has been fantastic and he looks to do pretty well here as well later on tonight and then we will move on to the other states, particularly

south carolina and nevada which are more diverse states, if you like, or people like joe biden more diverse states, if you like, or people likejoe biden that is been performing very badly is hoping to do better. surely, he is so unbothered are so bothered you might call it about new hampshire because he is leaving early. he seven hanging around for his after result parties tonight. that has been forgotten, basically as polls go here. there must be a design that is not expected to win. thank you very much, it will be fascinating to see who does emerge on top, even if ultimately it does not change the calculations that the party has to make. the met office has warned the uk will be hit by another storm this weekend — which could delay transport services and interrupt power supplies. it says storm dennis won't be as extreme as storm ciara, but will bring widespread strong winds and heavy rain. meanwhile, there's been a second fatality from storm ciara.

a man was killed by a falling tree branch in liverpool this morning. and four tourists were rescued from near the summit of britain's highest peak — ben nevis in the scottish highlands. ian macinnes was at the scene earlier — he gave us more details. the rescue team got the call mid afternoon yesterday, to reports of four men in difficulties near the summit of ben nevis. now, they sent 22 members of their team up the hill, in what they described as "horrendous conditions." and they were given some air support by the local coast guard helicopter, but blizzards and strong winds meant that was quite restricted. the four men were eventually found in a steep, icy area, near the summit of ben nevis known as carn dearg. rescuers today have been reflecting on what was quite a lucky escape. yesterday, the conditions were as bad as a lot of the guys have experienced on the mountain in some years. they weren't prepared for the scottish mountains at this time of the year, and i think that's what was the particular issue, and maybe we have to have a little

bit more information out there for members of the general public who walk up ben nevis or any mountain in scotland at this time of year is a serious undertaking. the men were taken to the belford hospital here in fort william last night for checks, but we understand them to be foreign nationals, who were wholly unprepared for taking on the uk's highest peak. remember that this came in the middle of multiple storm warnings, and right at the peak of storm ciara. rescuers say that things could've turned very differently. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've got more heavy snow to come tonight, particularly across parts of scotland. could see as much as 10cm building in here. so there is a risk of some transport disruption. also snow showers across higher parts of northern ireland, northern england, could cause a few issues. certainly turning icy in places, although, many of the larger towns and cities just about staying frost free. it's going to feel cold, given the strength of the wind. now looking at the weather

charts for wednesday, those brisk northwesterly winds back bringing showers initially, before this ridge of high pressure moves in later in the day. what that means weather—wise is we're going to see further showers. scotland falling as snow, even to low levels, and also snow showers, particularly across the hills of northern ireland, northern england. although, through the afternoon, at least for a time, northern ireland, england and wales should become dry, with a little bit more in the way of sunshine. temperature wise, we're looking at highs reaching around about 8—9d in the south, but only 3—4 in scotland, given the strength of the wind here, that will make it feel really quite cold. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... the prime minister has confirmed the whole of the high speed rail plan — hs2 — will go ahead, despite concerns over its environmental impact and spiralling costs. this is a fantastic project for the country. we will deliver massive increase in capacity for rails from north to south,

south to north and it allows us to go forward and develop northern powerhouse rail. health experts have renamed the coronavirus — it's now co—vid 19 — and they say there's a realistic chance of containing it, but a vaccine could take 18 months to develop. the british businessman who's thought to have infected 11 others after a trip to singapore says he's fully recovered and thanks nhs staff. last minute protests fail to stop a home office plane taking off as a group ofjamaican—born offenders are deported from the uk more now on the government giving the green light to a number of major transport infrastructure projects. borisjohnson has pledged to boost spending £5 billion over the next five years to improve bus and cycling services across england. the five—year—plan will provide more frequent services and more affordable fares. labour says the measures won't be enough to reverse years

of conservative cuts which caused thousands of routes to be axed. 0ur north of england correspondent danny savage reports. darlington at lunchtime today. an abundance of bus services covering the town at many places beyond. where we live, there's a bus about every ten minutes into town, and a way of coming back, yes. it's excellent. so, frequent and reasonably priced? i would say so. smashing, no problems. i'll go and catch this one. head out of darlington to barnard castle, and again, there is a decent, regular service linking this rural community to its bigger neighbour. but getting elsewhere is problematic. so if i wanted to get a bus over to kirkby stephen, which isn't too far away, there is one at three o'clock, that's all right, but there is a c next to it, which is... 0h, wednesdays only. we head over the snowy tops into the neighbouring county. welcome to cumbria, where a rural bus services

in some parts of the county are virtually nonexistent. many services have been axed over the last few years as the county council withdrew funding due to budget cuts. this bus from kirkby stephen to penrith and back is tuesdays only. the operator says it's a private company providing a public service. we don't make money off the bus services. we make our money from our private hire. the bus services, it covers the cost for a bus and it covers the cost for an employee. it doesn't make a profit. we do it as a community service. they also do it to tackle isolation. teenagers here are jealous of their peers in big towns and cities. they're very lucky to live somewhere where they can do stuff and they can get to places a lot easier. they can go shopping, you know. just do what they want, really. you can rely on your mum and dad to a certain point, but then there is other people in the car, obviously.

you don't have that same reliability with the parents. a report last year into bus services in england tells the wider story. bus funding is almost £400 million a year lower than it was ten years ago. more than 3000 local authority supported services have been lost or reduced, and 243 have gone in the past year. the government is pledging money for hundreds of miles of new cycle lanes too. a decade ago, cumbria county council spent nearly £2 million a year on subsidising buses. now they spend nothing. will today's announcement mean that such cutbacks will be at least partially reversed ? danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. let's pose that question to claire walters, who is the chief executive of bus users — which campaign for better buses. shejoins us from south london. thank you for being with us, you heard the question there, will it reverse the problems that have been

experienced over the last ten years? well, clearly, it's experienced over the last ten years? well, clearly, its welcome to do anything to the cuts, but it's not going to be enough in and of itself immediately, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't welcome a bit of a sea change in the political place on the political agenda. so that's good to see a bit of attention being paid to buses. in terms of how the services are provided at the moment, and the decisions that are made, about, for example, which services should survive, what are the calculations that counsellors are making? is it a straightforward cost calculation, or is it effectively saying that, actually, this is so vital, that we have to keep this one going. these other services are nice to have, but given the choice, they will have to 90, given the choice, they will have to go, so that we can keep these critical services in place? well, that can —— without going into too much legal detail, there is no legal requirement for councils to provide social necessary services. the people who wrote the legislation use the word power instead of the word

duty in the particular clause we have in mind. and if that were changed, than all local authorities would have the requirement to look at who needs what in their counties. they would then say they don't have sufficient money, and then maybe some of this money could be put to use. what we really need is the people who are most needing bus services to have some money thrown at those, rather than simply improving the general picture across the country. so, coastal towns, rural areas, there are people who simply cannot get out unless wednesday is the right day. well, if you are a youngster trying to get a start upjob you are a youngster trying to get a start up job or you you are a youngster trying to get a start upjob or you are you are a youngster trying to get a start up job or you are somebody trying to get to church, or you or somebody trying to go out and spend money in the local market, wednesday is not much good to you, especially if it only gives you an hour. so those kinds of services are what is going to be needed as a priority. some of those, like community

transports, if some of the money goes their way, but, again, transports, if some of the money goes theirway, but, again, it's transports, if some of the money goes their way, but, again, it's not really foreseen as far as i can see that community transport would be pa rt that community transport would be part of that picture. that makes no sense. clearly, one of the difficulties here is this partly political announcement in order to deal with the concerns about hs two, this is kind of a balancing offer to other parts of the country, but it's actually how the money is used and what kind of restrictions are used on how the money is spent that will determine how effective it is, in terms of providing new or restoring services. absolutely. and people need to ask their local people where they live, those that they serve, what they think is the most important. that's what counsel should not be getting up to do, and that way, they will try and make sure that the money is spent in the most cost—effective way that im proves most cost—effective way that improves lives, rather than just guessing what people want, because that's what tends to happen. claire

chief executive of bus users, thank you very much for being with us this evening. let's return now to the coronavirus outbreak. 118 people are now in quarantine in milton keynes after being flown to britain from wuhan —— the source of the disease —— in china. tomorrow, those new arrivals are due to find out if they have the virus. lavender 0 was on an evacuation flight on sunday. she's being monitored at kent hill for 14 days. tonight she exclusively spoke to the bbc about what conditions are like inside the medical centre. she also reported what she described "virus—related racism" being experienced by her parents, and the wider chinese community in the uk. sam read reports. inside milton keynes, coronavirus isolation centre. through the blinds come you can make out the sky. this is the home for at least two weeks for british technology journalist, least two weeks for british technologyjournalist, lavender oh, who spoke to us online. so, we can't leave our rooms for the first 48 hours. because they are doing tests. they are treating us really well, they are very nice. we

can call and request things. lavender says she supports the quarantining. i think people are glad to be here and back in the uk. i mean, ithink my parents were probably more worried than i was, and so i am glad that i can tell them that i'm safe. lavender has been living in beijing forfour lavender has been living in beijing for four years, but was visiting a friend in the source region when the lockdown started. sunday, she boarded a uk government flight before being brought to milton keynes. no one inside year has shown any symptoms of coronavirus, but health officials are keen to stress that people who live nearby, are at no greater risk of catching the virus than anyone in the uk. yesterday, the government did enact special powers, which means if anyone tried to leave year, they could be stopped from doing so by police. there is no sign of that power being used. according to the boss of milton keynes hospital, who isjointly running boss of milton keynes hospital, who is jointly running the centre. the additional powers that were

announced yesterday, we don't believe we are going to have to use. 0ur believe we are going to have to use. our guests have been very compliant. they are very grateful for the support and for everything that people are doing here. they understand that this is a precautionary measure. lavender, who is hauled up inside this room, is actually thinking about her parents, who live in london. 0ne who live in london. one of the most upsetting things is the virus —related racism. for instance, my mum was almost spat on in chinatown, some of ourfamily friends, they go on the tube in london, and people just, friends, they go on the tube in london, and peoplejust, you know thomas take a seat far away from them or their children are being mocked at school do you know, people kind of running up to them and coughing and running away. some of these things are small, but they are still pretty hurtful. everyone here will be hoping test results expected tomorrow will come back negative. i have heard it can lay dormant, but i'm optimistic about my chances.

health officials are also optimistic about all the people here that say a cautious approach is vital. sam read reporting there. a home office flight deporting convicted offenders to jamaica has left the uk, despite a last—minute legal challenge. 17 people were deported but 25 others were stopped by a court ruling, amid concerns that some detainees hadn't had access to legal advice. the government said all those being deported were jamaican nationals who'd been convicted of criminal offences and given prison sentences of 12 months or more. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. brick house near gatwick airport, where some criminals were held before today's plan deportation flights. the government hasn't them or said where flew from.

the government hasn't named them or said where they flew from. among the 25 granted a last—minute reprieve is this woman's husband, who was convicted of drug offences in 2012 and spent two years in prison. they have three young children together. she was on the phone to him as he was moved, late last night. all i heard was banging. bang, bang, bang, lots of rustling around, screaming, shouting, and that's it, silence. the phone went dead. the stress and the strain that is put on people with immigration and home office matters is just unbearable. you don't know whether you're coming or going, you can't plan in your life, you can't plan in your future, you don't know whether you're going to become a single mother overnight, it's just awful. and there were also final our protests outside and there were also final hour protests outside downing street last night. where campaigners, families, and lawyers were determined to put more pressure on the government, as a last—minute legal challenges were under way. the court case from last night shows that there are also many individuals who have a claim to remain in the uk, particularly people who came as young children, who... where the offending has been part

of forced criminality. more than 5000 offenders were removed from the uk in total according to the latest figures. of those, over 1600 were from countries outside the eu and around 3600 were eu nationals, that's two thirds of the total. but there is a crucial difference between the two groups. for eu nationals, the home secretary has to comply with eu law about a person's conduct and the level of threat they pose. so, it's effectively tougher for the government to remove eu nationals. but the timing of this flight has raised even more concerns. less than two years since the windrush scandal came to light. but the government has defended its action. these people on this flight, they are all foreign national offenders, not a single one of them are british, not a single one of them are members of the windrush generation, and it is absolutely right, if someone has committed a serious offence in our country

and they are a foreign national, that when they complete their sentence, that we deport them. it's still unclear where today's flight has landed injamaica, causing more distress for the families they've left behind. adina campbell, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister confirms the whole of the high speed rail plan — hs2 — will go ahead, despite concerns over its environmental impact and spiralling costs. the british businessman who's thought to have infected 11 others with coronavirus says he's fully recovered and thanks nhs staff. last minute protests fail to stop a home office plane taking off as a group ofjamaican—born offenders are deported from the uk a key piece of work by the artist david hockney has sold for more than £23 million at auction tonight in london.

"the splash" was painted by the bradford—born artist in california in 1966, and immortalises a fleeting moment just seconds after a diver has broken the calm surface of a swimming pool. with me is our arts correspondent, david sillito. david, it's an unusual painting, because people know its name, they don'tjust because people know its name, they don't just know it, because people know its name, they don'tjust know it, but they can identify it. sadly in these days, that's still quite unusual, isn't it? their two classes of paintings, paintings by artist, and paintings that people know the name of. the mona lisa, sunflowers on woods, they are trophies, and for the billionaires who are wanting to say i own billionaires who are wanting to say iowna billionaires who are wanting to say i own a painting that everyone knows, so that was why there was a bit of expectation in the auction room tonight. somewhere between 20-30,000,000 was the room tonight. somewhere between 20—30,000,000 was the estimate. however, the last time one of these big paintings with over two figures came up, it sold for 90 million. it

broke all the records for a living artist. so people were wondering what is the possibility that someone might get carried away in the auction room? however, sanity seems to have prevailed, a mere 23 million, but given that it sold for 2.90 2006 as an eightfold increase in13 years, quite 2.90 2006 as an eightfold increase in 13 years, quite hard to achieve. that explains a great deal of what's happening in the art market. if you area happening in the art market. if you are a billionaire, where you put your money? you are going to put it in the bank, you are going to get an interest rate of almost nothing. there is no point in doing that. so art is probably a great place if you have a few spare tens of millions, and it's well known, its name, it's a painting that's well known, these are little moments where... so known, these are little moments where. .. so everyone known, these are little moments where... so everyone was holding their breath, but in the end, well, they were a bit disappointed by 23 millions, which seems extraordinary, given how much more it was. hockney doesn't get the money, this is someone who sold the painting that

they bought of it, he painted it 50 plus years ago. with an artist like david hockney, how resilient is he, their artists were fashionable and who go through a phase of being hugely popular, someone like hockney seems to almost defy fashion. almost extraordinary. he once described himself, he said, i was one of the few stu d e nts himself, he said, i was one of the few students who actually managed to sell some paintings. by the 1962, he said he made £300, and he could go to america with that. it would last them for three months, and he said he was doing fine with that. that's where he first encountered california, and encountered los angeles and said, oh, no one else is painting this, i will have a go at this. if you compare bradford in the 50s and early 60s with los angeles, you can see where this came from. a young gay man suddenly sees beautiful people, wealth, unbelievable. he wouldn't have even seen water like that. you know, the son has really got to shine to get all of that. and he became really

famous, well known in the 60s. it's absolutely extraordinary that he has again and again and again pushed himself forward, rediscovering photography and at the polaroids in that moment there, right through. and then that extraordinary exhibition only a few years ago at the royal academy of his paintings of east yorkshire, the beautiful trees, the spring, all of this. a man who is constantly working out, "how do you caption —— capture things with paint? " the best way to ca ptu re a things with paint? " the best way to capture a fitting momentjust as it was with a splash, just as it was with the yorkshire spring, it's a paintbrush. and he is still going strong. david stiletto, thank you very much. the first same—sex marriage in northern ireland took place today. robyn peoples from belfast, and sharni edwards from brighton tied the knot at a ceremony in county antrim. mps in westminster voted to change the law last year, in the absence of a functioning stormont executive. a warning first though that maria mccann's report contains flash photography.

it isa it is a wedding. not only have they tied the knot, but they've also made history. northern ireland's first ever same sex marriage has taken place in carrickfergus. we are equal to a man and a woman. our love is just the same, it's no different. sometimes, like, people make fun and say it's not. our love is the exact same... as everyone else's. ..and this means everything to us. just to be married, you know, now we have an opportunity to say, "this is my wife". i can finally say she is my wife, and we have actually had our marriage. it has been a controversial issue in northern ireland, but in the end, same—sex marriage was legalized by mps in westminster, while power sharing here was collapsed. campaigners say today is a landmark moment. it's definitely a surreal experience to see the couple get married today. there have been so many blockages and barricades to equality for lgbt people for so long. for eight years, we have been

taking a copy through the northern ireland assembly and then through westminster, and for sure, there were times where we thought it would never happen. so to see it happen today, it'sjust an incredible feeling, and i'm sure it won't feel real or for another couple of days. robyn and sharni have been together for six years and didn't expect to be the first same—sex couple to wed here. their family say they are proud to be part of the big day. for them to be able to be on tv and express that they love each other, that they can get married being same—sex, it's, you know, it's amazing. i'm proud to be in the same family as they are, to be fair. we fought so long and hard for this opportunity to be seen as equal, and now we're here, and it's just amazing. it really is. we're living the dream, it's incredible. it's a day that not only this couple will remember, but one of the wider significance two. maria mccann, bbc news line, carrickfergus. trade talks with the eu get underway next month — and there's not a lot of time to sort out the crucial deals. the transition period runs out

at the end of december. agriculture and farming will be high on the agenda — negotiatiors will be looking to make sure that what's imported into the uk remains at a high standard. they'll also want to ensure that what we export isn't hit by unfair restrictions. if a deal‘s not reached, farmers could be facing huge tariffs on what they produce. 0ur rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. this lamb is only half a day old. born in the early hours of the morning, michael weaver was here in the lambing shed to make sure it survived. what's up with you? the rules that govern its life will soon be debated at the highest levels. a large proportion of uk lamb is sold to europe. if trade negotiations with the eu fail, he could face a 40% drop in the price he gets. i would certainly have to reconsider my sheep price. it's as simple as that. lambing at the moment, i've been lambing a month, doing 20 hours

a day, i honestly wouldn't see the point in getting that through the fla m point in getting that through the flam checks as necessary stop when there is also the crucial issue of post breaks imported checks, which the government has now set are inevitable. they could create real problems for producers. well, they are absolutely fundamentally need a free and frictionless trading relationship with europe. it will only add costs to farmers here and costs to consumers to farmers here and costs to consumers if we don't have that free and for frictionless trade. many farming businesses are looking for a larger slice of the international market. this is a single gloucester being crafted in the heart of gloucestershire. the team of cheesemakers is led by daniela, originally from bulgaria, she started working here 17 years ago. we make i believe people will make more effort now to sell our cheese and to go abroad and look for new places to sell it. so, for me, this is only positive. for the last four

decades, rules made in brussels have shaped this landscape, now that ground is shifting, and the decisions farmers take will change, and this country side will start to look different. that's it. the trade deal haggling officially starts in less than a month. the hope is that a deal will help the british farming industry to thrive. claire marshall, bbc news, gloucestershire. many sports training grounds in english cities have dangerous levels of air pollution, which could harm the next generation of professional athletes. a new study of more than 90 sites showed more than a quarter exceeded the recommended level for toxic particles, as our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. these children are exercising in the

heart of britain's great sporting legacy, east london, little more than a mile from the olympic park. but what are they breathing? nearly every sports ground in london surveyed by breathe gb breached world health organization limits on air pollution. there are dangerous levels in other cities too. it is an awareness young people are growing up with. cars let out lots of pollution and, like planes and stuff. when i was walking, like, once, i was breathing and then i felt like... because i was breathing normal and then something felt, like, different. the air i was breathing in. it goes into your lungs and it's so bad for you, because it can, like, destroy your lungs and your breathing. air pollution is impacting on our children's lungs, and it especially impacts on growing lungs. children where i work have a 10% reduced lung capacity as a result of air pollution, so it seems sort of counterintuitive that we are asking our kids to go outside and exercise when we know that it might be affecting them in terms of asthma, in terms of respiratory illness and also, overall, in terms of reducing their lung capacity long—term. well, last year the government announced new plans to tackle air pollution, acknowledging that it harms children and shortens lives. the government also wants

to bring as many major sporting events to the uk as it can. in 2022, the commonwealth games will be staged in birmingham. well, the new report found dangerous levels of air pollution right alongside the main venue for those games. is the commitment to sport matched by a commitment to the environment? the government have been committing to meet world health organization limits on air pollution and to make those legal limits for the uk, which is great, it's what we want, but there is no target attached to that. so what we know is this is damaging children's health now, we need urgent action. so we want the government to commit to meeting world health organization limits by 2030. nobody wants to stop young people doing sport. any exercise is good exercise. and sunny february days are there to be seized. but it is equally self—evident that to make young people fit for life, their air must be fit to breathe. joe wilson, bbc news,

in east london. we'll be getting the latest weather in a moment — ahead of that, let me just show you these amazing time—lapse pictures of a snowstorm, sweeping in from the black sea and hitting the town of hopa in turkey. these pictures were taken on sunday by one of the town's residents, sefa yasar. he said it was "a bit scary" watching the storm approach, but added that "at the same time it was a natural wonder". now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. that's it. the trade deal haggling officially starts in less more heavy snow tonight particularly across parts of scotland come as much is ten cm building in here, so a risk of some transport disruption. also snow showers across higher

parts of northern ireland, northern england, could cause a few issues, certainly turning icy in places, although, in many of the british farming industry to thrive. claire marshall, bbc news, gloucestershire. more heavy snow tonight particular across parts of scotland come as much as ten cm building in here, so a risk of some transport disruption. also snow showers across higher parts of northern ireland, northern england, could cause a few issues, certainly turning icy in places, although, in many of the larger towns and cities just about staying frost free, it will feel cold given the strength of the wind. looking at whether transfer wednesday, those brisk northwesterly winds bringing showers initially before this ridge of high pressure moves in later in the day. what that means weather—wise as we are going to see further showers, scotland falling as snow, even to low levels, and also snow, even to low levels, and also snow showers particularly across the hills of northern ireland and northern england, although, through the afternoon, at least to a time, northern ireland, england and wales should become dry with a little bit more in the way of sunshine. temperature wise, looking at highs reaching around 8—9d in the south, but only three have been for scotland, given the strength of the wind here, that will make you feel 00:58:43,351 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 really quite cold.