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this is bbc news. the headlines. a woman who flew from china to london has tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of uk cases to nine. it's understood that she is being treated at st thomas‘s hospital in the capital. police in northern ireland have charged a 52—year—old man with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee. the chief executive of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns over the preventable deaths of babies has played down the scale of the failings. a 26—year—old woman has been jailed for two years after she tried to open the door ofa plane, midway through a flight.
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in the us the veteran left wing senator bernie sanders narrowly wins the new hampshire primary a key stage of the contest to choose the democrats‘ presidential candidate. and later in the hour, we'll hear from the photographer who snapped the award winning image of two mice fighting over food, at a london tube station. another person has tested positive for the coronavirus in the uk bringing the total to nine. a woman who flew into to london from china is being treated at st thomas‘ hospital which has a specialist unit dealing
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with infectious diseases. our health editor hugh pym gave us the latest. it seems that she flew in a few weeks ago, did not have any symptoms at the time, went to heathrow where we understand the plane landed. they're handing we understand the plane landed. they‘ re handing out leaflets we understand the plane landed. they're handing out leaflets saying that if do not feel well, this is what you do, you ring nhs, it seems like she did develop symptoms, subsequent to arriving at heathrow. did the right thing according to one source, ring that help line. she was immediately tested, tested positive and now she is other on her way to oi’ and now she is other on her way to or has arrived at st. thomas hospital in central london, where the specialist centres in the uk they can provide isolation facilities to tackle these highly infectious diseases stop given what we know over the case is the last few days, what will happen now? the
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man who flew back from singapore, none of the contacts that are releva nt none of the contacts that are relevant but contact tracing is what england does and they know how to do it in england does and they know how to do itina england does and they know how to do it in a pretty effective added. i imagine that there may be a little bit of tracing around people who we re bit of tracing around people who were on the same flight immediately in front or behind, it is a two metre thing and absolutely does not involve the whole flight in any other context. but i am told that they don't seem to be very much contacts and she has arrived so maybe it is something they can do very quickly and using flight information, information that she has given, they will get on with that and there will already be under way looking for those contacts. meanwhile, 83 britons who were flown out of wuhan and placed in quarantine on the wirral have been told they don't have coronavirus and can leave tomorrow. the businessman at the centre of the uk outbreak of coronavirus has also been allowed home from hospital and is no longer contagious. steve walsh, who's from hove in east sussex, was being treated at
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a specialist unit at guy‘s and st thomas‘ hospital in london. happy to be home, the message from steve walsh after a full recovery from the virus and no longer contagious according to the nhs. he had contracted it in singapore and is thought to have infected 11 others. one of them is a gp who work two days at worthing hospital last week. that doctor is being treated in isolation elsewhere and the hospital is still running but patients are concerned. my husband took my son over to amd on sunday night and i want to check my son didn‘t come into contact with the health worker because, obviously, you just never know, do you? i think everyone is panicking and i think there needs to be in the media, more in the media, to say don‘t panic. it is serious but we are dealing with it. some parents are worried after hearing about local cases. the children are panicking about it. no one wants to send their kids
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to school, that‘s the other thing. it is getting a bit scary now. i asked public health england if they could reassure people in brighton and worthing. there is not a general risk to people either in schools or any other kind of facilities just because there happens to have been somebody with this infection in that area so i can reassure on that point. if children need to be out of school, that is because we have told them, they‘ve been contacted and they‘ve been advised on the actions that need to be taken. with another 39 people on a quarantined cruise ship off the coast of japan testing positive for the virus, the question is how much it will spread beyond a share. health officials here say that is still uncertain but they expect to see more people with the virus. it is highly likely we will see some more cases based on people coming into the uk from one of the countries of concern. what we are trying to do in this phase of response is to make sure we pick up any
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of those very quickly. meanwhile, people quarantined at arrow park hospital in wirral will complete their 14 day isolation tomorrow. i‘m pleased to announce each and every one of us, the 83 people on that first evacuation flight from wuhan, have tested negative for coronavirus. so, we are coming home! government sources say there is no reason for public concern about people leaving quarantine and have appealed for their privacy to be respected. with me now is dr peter holden, lead gp on emergency preparedness for the british medical association what is your assessment on where we stand this evening? i think the ukaseis stand this evening? i think the ukase is prepared as it can be considerably know only so much about
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this. the answer is, emergency planning in this country has its spaces. when you see the shape of the beast we have to deal with. so i think we are in a good position without being complacent. do you think that but we understand this evening in terms of the case that we just read about this evening from china, goes on the belief that says phone 111 as we understand it, does that and it is to st. thomas. this that and it is to st. thomas. this that some of things proceeding as they should. that if the system working as it should but that is not all of the cases. there is no surprise that we are mercantile and commercial nation, we cannot close the down. tell us about the service at the moment stop are you co mforta ble at the moment stop are you comfortable that even if it did not immediately find the place, that it has now find the place. been a lot of cage rattling where we‘re at. a
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lot of the iii of cage rattling where we‘re at. a lot of the 111 services, they‘re all franchised out it is a different one for each part of the country. some are not doing travel history and not recording it. so some do not have that, and at the moment, without the discriminator. when you say that was the discriminator? it is winter. there is no end of people feeling a bit off with various respiratory illnesses. it was a crucial question to ask? that was the crucial question. in the instance of this happening in our country we have secured that now and 25% of gp points can be booked on mine and somebody decided not to follow advice, booked online, turned up at the gp surgery, resort, gp surgery close for a couple of days and for a
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fortnight, that‘s down to two by someone fortnight, that‘s down to two by someone being selfish about convenience. please say that what you mean is presumably, the advice that they should have followed, that they should have phoned and should have been triaged effectively. and instead they simply booked an appointment on mind and we ask the government to reduce and remove that from the gp contract temporarily. the gp independent have care due to the staff as well as the patients and they will doubt safety before convenience and i think most gp online appointments will go down tomorrow and those appointments will be done through triage. they would not reduce the availabilities, you just want to have the convenience. does that mean they‘ll have to have more administrative... this is not making our lives easier, that means my suggestion receptionist will have
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more phone calls. but we have to put the security of the estates or does not get contaminated first and i‘ll have to put my step and the other patients in the waiting room for us. it is safety first and that is the principal. and referring to the big picture that we have from the who and from the chinese authorities that the numbers of infections look hopefully as if they are stabilising in china. i do not suppose that means it will stabilise immediately elsewhere? they attend a bell curve graph and at the acceleration point how high that will go, none of us know and that is the big pondering. what we do know is that we know that the incubation period and we do know about 2% mortality but that is about all we know that kind of front. let us all we know that kind of front. let us leave it there for now, thank you so us leave it there for now, thank you so for coming in.
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possession of a firearm in relation to the death of lura mckee. the 29—year—old journalist was shot during the rioting in london during april last year. our irish correspondent gives us the subject. a major impact here, described as a rising star in northern ireland and she was shot by terrorists, say police during rioting last year in londonderry. now at 52—year—old man from derry who was arrested on tuesday has not been charged with murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and professing membership to an organisation. you‘ll be in court tomorrow. widespread condemnation of the violence after their mckees death in the british and irish authorities attended her funeral. police in northern ireland have already said that they believe a number of people were involved in
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the night of her death and that the quest for evidence to bring the gun into justice remains ongoing. the head of a major nhs trust at the centre of a scandal about preventible baby deaths has spoken publicly about it for the first time. east kent hospitals trust has previously accepted responsibility after at least ten babies died since 2011. some were stillborn, some were brain damaged during labour and didn‘t survive others contracted infections. but in an interview with the bbc, the trust‘s chief executive susan acott said the cause of some of the deaths was not clear cut and the scale of the failings was not clearly defined. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. no one spotted what was going on. they could have saved him. some days do i want to go outside and face the big wide world? no. our son, harry, died because of a number of serious and preventable failures
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in the medical care and treatment he and my wife sarah received. over the past month east kent hospitals has accepted that since 2011 at least ten babies have died after bad errors, some of them stillborn but in a first interview, the trust‘s chief executive, susan acott, said there were fewer. from about 2011 to about 2020, there are six or seven cases that are viewed likely is preventable. this is not credible. i can give you ten names now of babies who have died at this trust that this trust has accepted responsibility for, for their preventable deaths. when you are looking at babies who are born very prematurely, often have congenital issues as well, it is not always quite as clear—cut as that.
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in 2015, an independent report commissioned by the trust uncovered numerous maternity problems. among theirfindings were significant concerns about the failure of consultants to conduct ward rounds, review women and attend out of hours. despite being in post since october 2017, susan acott said she hadn‘t even read the crucial report for more than two years. can you remember when you saw that royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists report which preceded your time here but highlighted the issues? can you tell me when you saw it? at the end of 2019. at the end of 2019? yes. why did it take you so long to see that report? i wasn‘t aware that report had actually been commissioned.
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harry richford‘s wholly of avoidable death in 2017 highlighted systemic problems with the trust and susan acott apologised for his death but she had admitted she hadn‘t yet met a single family who had lost a baby due to the trust‘s poor care. as chief executive, i think it is very important that i learn and we all collectively learn... unless you sit down face—to—face in the same room as the people who have lost their children, you can‘t know, you can‘t even begin to know what it is like. i think it is important that staff, me included, stuff as well, listen to families. we do do that. my concern, my focus needs to be to make sure that, going forward, we are doing all the right things and that, today, everything that would be expected of us is being done. a woman who flew from china
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to london has tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of uk cases to nine. it‘s understood that she is being treated at st thomas‘s hospital in the capital. the chief executive of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns over the preventable deaths of babies has played down the scale of the failings. the media watchdog ofcom is to be given new powers to force social media firms to remove harmful content. sport now. good evening. we will start with cricket because south africa have beaten england byjust one run in a dramatic international. south africa report to bette and got off toa south africa report to bette and got off to a really fast start, quentin with a rapid fire 31 and then the star man for the host city in east
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london. his 43 helping them set england a target of 178 to when they‘re looking to be heading to that total comfortably thanks to a brilliant 70 from jason and 52 from owen morgan, but then, it all went horribly wrong for england. they needed seven runs from the last over and instead they lost three wickets and instead they lost three wickets and were beaten byjust a single run. now it is another big night in the championship moving into the automatic promotion patients that will take over leads unite with the wind away from them tonight and alexander with a goal afterjust three minutes, but they are since equal. scoring another goal, they appeared to be offside when they scored it. and also missed the penalty as well. losing away at reading, you can keep across all of
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pictures on the website. these are the latest scores, leaders celtic are one up we the latest scores, leaders celtic are one up we bottom side heart and also goalless between kilmarnock and rangers right now. ranchers of discord as well. the chinese grand prix has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak they‘re supposed to be held on the 19th of april in shanghai which is 500 miles from wuhan to the outbreak started. adam wilde reports. it is not a decision taken lightly, but given the scale of the outbreak, it will not surprise many. the chinese grand prix postponed is the coronavirus continues to spread. the shanghai track is less than 500 miles from wuhan for the virus first to court because of that, because of fears across the globe about the speed and severity of the outbreak, organisers we re severity of the outbreak, organisers were left with little choice. we have seen lots of other sporting
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activities cancelled, the national football league is been postponed, the world indoor athletic championships postponed and also formula e race postponed, so it was the only thing that could happen i suppose. pointing to efforts to the safety a nd suppose. pointing to efforts to the safety and health of the travelling staff and travelling championships there remains a primary concern. it goes on to say that they will. .. but that may prove problematic with 22 races on this year‘s calendar. finding space for a rescheduled race will not be easy. it is absolutely jam—packed. will not be easy. it is absolutely jam-packed. where they will post it is anybody's guess. i guess, it is all well and good having the talk now, but i think eventually it will just end up being cancelled. but with shanghai off for now, but about
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the other‘s cosmetic concerns have been raised about the vietnamese race due to take place at the beginning of april. a lot of that remains an unaffected, but will continue to pay close attention. life snooker on bbc. day three of the welsh open with a five termer championships. ronnie o‘sullivan is playing right now, you can see that of the bbc sport website and 3—2 up against, let mejust of the bbc sport website and 3—2 up against, let me just see, john carrington, the other english player, they are all ready through today. and that is all your support from now and will have more at half past ten. a woman who attempted to open the door of a passenger plane midway through a flight has been jailed for two years. chelmsford crown court heard how chloe haines who‘s twenty six and from high wycombe mixed alcohol with medication on her trip to turkey lastjune.
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richard daniel has the details. kicking and screaming while being restrained by flight crew and passengers stopped momentarily as she tried to open up a door on the way to sta nsted she tried to open up a door on the way to stansted to she tried to open up a door on the way to sta nsted to turkey. she tried to open up a door on the way to stansted to turkey. the 26—year—old senior wearing sunglasses, arrived at the court for sentencing. it was the 22nd of last year that it broke out on the fly with over 200 passengers on board and she was seen swigging gin from a bottle. drunk, she swore repeatedly and became more and more disruptive. the court heard cabin staff tried repeatedly to intervene before she lunged towards a cabin door, try to open it and screamed i‘m going to kill you all. she was on the flight. their kids in front of us and an
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elderly couple, they got up and they we re elderly couple, they got up and they were crying, they started running down to the other end of the plane and there were people behind of the plane screaming, crying. think for the safety of his aircraft, he returned to sta nsted, the safety of his aircraft, he returned to stansted, fighterjets we re returned to stansted, fighterjets were scrambled to escorted. following her arrest, the centre of bill for £85,000, stating that she had to face up to the consequences of her actions. today in her defence, the two of the court that she has a history of drinking and poor mental health. this and she was appalled, ashamed and disgusted of her and is not drinking alcohol since. sentencing her to two years in prison, they told her what she did left some passengers fearing for their lives, they say people who recklessly endanger aircraft must be punished to deter others. the media watchdog ofcom is to be given new powers to punish social media firms who fail to act over harmful content. until now, platforms like facebook, tiktok, youtube, snapchat and twitter have largely been self regulating. it‘s not yet been decided what penalties ofcom would be able to impose on those who fail to comply.
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until now, platforms like facebook, tiktok, youtube, snapchat and twitter have largely been self regulating. it‘s not yet been decided what penalties ofcom would be able to impose on those who fail to comply. our media editor, amol rajan, has this report. it would be better if social media apps like instagram and twitter improved their blocking and reporting system. it is automatically public and i think they should change that to private when you are signing up for things. i feel safe, like, it depends which people i follow. do you sometimes find you have to explain things to adults? yeah! for a generation who have never known life before the internet, the online world is an addiction which evolves every week. but new rules for keeping them safe are still short on detail. for years, ministers have promised the strictest internet laws in the world but the competition is tough. in germany, platforms with more than 2 million german users have 2a hours to remove illegal content. they can be fined up to £112 million if they don‘t. and in australia, tech executives can be jailed for three years with financial penalties worth up to 10% of a company‘s
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global turnover. we will ask the question about exactly what the enforcement mechanism should be. should there be fines, some other kind of liability? i don‘t think it will be criminal sanctions but i do think it will be things that will concentrate the minds of the platforms. at this stage, we don‘t know what the sanctions are going to be? no, we are going to obviously... the announcement about ofcom today being the regulator we are minded to appoint, obviously we want to speak to them but also to the many other interested parties. many charities welcome the direction of travel. ten, 11, 12, 13 self regulatory attempts to keep children safe online have all failed. statutory regulation is essential and we are delighted that that is now going to happen. regulating the internet is fiendishly difficult. there is no universally agreed model or definition of online harm. with 500 hours of footage uploaded onto youtube alone every single minute, the sheer scale is extremely hard and expensive to police and if,
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if there are no criminal sanctions, will any penalties actually be tough enough to really hurt companies who sometimes earn tens of billions of pounds every year? mix all that with the fact that ofcom got a new chief executive today, and that later this week we will probably have the ninth culture secretary in just eight years, and these proposals are very much a work in progress. i think some of these schools should at least dedicate some lesson time to focus on, ok, so how is an appropriate way for you to use the internet? she‘s right. for all the efforts of governments, regulators and companies, the best solutions probably lie closer to home. in the us, the veteran left wing senator bernie sanders has narrowly won the new hampshire primary the latest stage in the contest to choose a democratic party candidate to take on donald trump in november‘s presidential election. two other more centrist
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contenders pete buttigieg and senator amy klobushar did well, finishing a close second and third. but the former vice president, joe biden, a one time front runner, performed poorly, finishing fifth. chris buckler reports. cheering. bernie sanders is the political polar opposite to donald trump. but he inspires the same sort of devotion among his supporters, and in new hampshire, it helped him win the biggest share of the vote, in this, the second stage of the contest, to find a challenger to the president. thank you! and let me say tonight that this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. cheering. but this primary turned out to be a three—way fight, with the former mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg, cementing his reputation as a front—runner.
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and amy klobuchar surging up the field to stand out from the pack. chanting: "amy, amy amy!" amy klobuchar‘s campaign seems to have caught fire. after an impressive performance on the debate stage last week, all of a sudden, the minnesota senator looks and sounds like a contender. we are going to south carolina. cheering. and we are taking this message of unity to the country. hello, new hampshire! cheering. to take third place, senator klobuchar leapfrogged elizabeth warren, who in a speech paid tribute to her rival‘s success, saying the pundits were wrong to count a woman out. and also i congratulate my friend and colleague, amy klobuchar, for showing just how wrong the pundits can be when they count a woman out. cheering. we just heard from the first two of the 50 states.
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and she also beatjoe biden, the former us vice president who left the state rather than stay to see the results. that appears to be an obvious acknowledgement that mr biden‘s campaign is flagging, despite his fame and experience. the vote in new hampshire has helped to whittle down the field. the entrepreneur andrew yang and the colorado senator michael bennet have both dropped out. but there are many states to go, and despite their individual successes, there are several candidates still in with a chance of challenging mr trump. well we can speak now to the former democratic senator for ohio, capri cafaro. she joins us live from new york. semi interesting lines, i do not know which one start on. big news of the evening really is the poor performance of joe the evening really is the poor
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performance ofjoe biden. some bleeding of the pulse from us in a year, the international pulse was the front runner for a very long time as someone who was assumed to be the quote unquote most electable democrat in the field and one that a lot of folks saw as the best possible rival to president trump as people thought that joe possible rival to president trump as people thought thatjoe biden was someone people thought thatjoe biden was someone who could connect with donald trump. particularly in the midwest places like ohio. joe biden has certainly not been performing very well and i think that is going to have a direct impact on his ability to raise money, for example. and work easier, you‘ll be saying, it is just iowa and new and work easier, you‘ll be saying, it isjust iowa and new hampshire, these are not average states and there‘s a lot more to go. you are from ohio, how do you read the mood among democratic voters? interestingly enough, and my home state of ohio, mike bloomberg someone state of ohio, mike bloomberg someone who has really been an
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unconventional candidate due to his limitless personal financial resources has really been gaining a lot of traction in my home state of ohio as there are a number of democrats and independents and centrist leading republicans that are looking for an alternative to donald trump as well as the current democratic field. mike bloomberg has been spending a lot of money on ads but also a lot of money on staff and infrastructure on the ground. so we, one thing that i can say that vice president biden is correct, we are still very early in this race but two of the big names, joe biden and elizabeth warren came out of new hampshire with no delicates and that‘s how we end up nominating our choice for president of the democratic and republican parties and through that delegate allegation and through that delegate allegation and if they come up with no delicates in the first primary of the season. dealing with the others,
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was on the report, amy, elizabeth warren had that backhanded compliment to her rival who leapfrogged her, compliment to her rival who lea pfrogged her, saying compliment to her rival who leapfrogged her, saying do not underestimate the women kind of thing. she has proven to be not only slow and steady wins the race here so slow and steady wins the race here so to speak, but has really benefited from very strong debate performances there is a debate in new hampshire where she performed very well and was able to raise $3 million overnight due to her strong performance i think that again, there is a desire among many democrats and independent—minded voters trying to find someone who was more of its interest that can unite the vote and is a viable alternative to the more progressive party which is really being led right now by bernie sanders and as bernie sanders has searched, elizabeth warren, and have the same
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ideological progressive lane and is benefiting from individuals that are seeking that more centrist pragmatic alternative and has to work very ha rd to alternative and has to work very hard to keep infrastructure up and running and frankly they don‘t think she was going to make it that far. and this obviously, potentially goes all the way to july and and this obviously, potentially goes all the way tojuly and for and this obviously, potentially goes all the way to july and for those that are not into american politics, i want to give —— i want you to give me 01 word answer for this. who i want to give —— i want you to give me 01 word answerfor this. who is going to win? my assumption, i'm going to win? my assumption, i'm going to win? my assumption, i'm going to put my money on bloomberg and that may be risky, but if you wa nt and that may be risky, but if you want one word, that is what i‘m giving you stop by thanks for giving mea giving you stop by thanks for giving me a clear answer and will have you backin me a clear answer and will have you back injuly to see if you got it right. now with the weather. storm dennis
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is up this weekend and looks like it will cause some problems in the uk. even before we get there, the weather could cause a few issues. overnights never the ridge of high pressure pushing eastwards with clear skies for a time in scotland in northern england. it gets cold and frosty here where stress the southwest, we have mild air thanks to this cloud, wind and rain. i‘ll continue to persuade north woodson eastwards. as it does so during the early hours of thursday morning the rain tensed the —— turns to snow and for levels of the time in scotland on thursday morning. the rest for some disruption due to the snow. the hail snow and some disruption due to the snow. the hailsnow and rain, will some disruption due to the snow. the hail snow and rain, will be with a lot of rain, quite windy around coastal counties with a few showers across england and then skipping ahead to the weekend, with storm dennis on the way which will bring in disruptive gusts of rain this could cause some flooding.
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hello this is bbc news. the headlines: i will who flew from china to let had tested positive for karen it gave a total of uk cases, 29. she is being treated at st. thomas hospital. place in northern ireland had a charged a 52—year—old man with a murderer and a generalist. chief executive the other in trust at the centre of concerns over the preve nta ble centre of concerns over the preventable deaths at the babies. it has played down the scale of the failings. a26 woman beenjailed has played down the scale of the failings. a26 woman been jailed for ten yea rs failings. a26 woman been jailed for ten years after she tried to open the door and a plane at midway to the door and a plane at midway to the flight. nb ufc veteran senator bernie sanders narrowly wins the
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primary. thousands of days in cumbria after a main pipe was a bandage on sunday. major incident was declared after the payment plan to threaten supplies at found 8000 properties. united utilities is that many people would consider to be without water despite millions of litres being pumped into the system. out guest reports now from the cambrian village. some of my cares and has to help with a flat and a trap within just a few days. first storms keira deleted his farm. what be the baptist faith and i have known. where‘s the investment. water was
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flooded the yard but it flooded back into the shed here. it filled the with water. then the water subsided and he lost your water supplies. i supplies pipe was damaged and threatening thousands of properties. how much deal counts drink. we had about 85 cows. that is a lot of water. if you miles away on the sheep here are getting thirsty as well. all of the sheep here are pregnant years, there needed to stay out of the better. we have no water in the sheds, you can see over here where they are looking for water. the trough is empty. they have had to resort to fetching water from a nearby river. frank and sending a job in which they appreciate any help that they can get. the water
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problems have been a double whammy for some. he also has the public in the centre of the time. this applied bear was off, then on, but undrinkable for a time. other properties have dirty water, water back case of chlorine, we have just a little confused i think. the situation has affected the local hospital as well they could not see patients today. people who need prescriptions can still come here. and at the local village hall people are still coming from far and wide to pick up a bottled water supplied by united utilities. we have no water at that moment, that we have now so water at that moment, that we have now so this weekend. it will be interesting. 12 mile round-trip to get this. yet then not without water for three days now? we have unusable water. weather here has been at
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tough all week. he had been working around the clock to fix the problem pipe. it's not like electricity, we have to fill up all of the pipes and there is a massive anti—pipes leading to be filled. we hope that water back on tonight and people start thinking what are we turning over the next few days. it is a really ha rd to over the next few days. it is a really hard to say exactly when it will be back on. cunningham, said in an effort to people here in the surrounding areas. councils in england will no longer allowed to place vulnerable children under the age of 16 and care homes. they are not expected my regulator. that is under new government plans. last year bbc news revealed children as young as 11 and were living in unregulated accommodation at more than a dozen cases of organised that p linked to the sector. ed thomas reports. just a house where people profit
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from young, vulnerable children. children neglected... i never really had any support. all i had was basically a bed. ..exploited. .. everyone that was involved, whoever did what they did... ..and abused. ..someone needs to pay a price for the pain. for a year, bbc news has been investigating failures inside unregulated accommodation for children in care. that house was basically just a drug deal house. i had to live there because i couldn‘t go nowhere else. now the government plans to act. the bbc highlighted something that just needed to be changed. what we are announcing today is the end of unregulated children's homes for those under 16. our reports revealed more than a dozen cases of organised abuse linked to unregulated homes and we learnt that children as young as 11 have also been placed by councils in unregulated homes. your reports expose their children that are being placed in that type of care. that is not something we are going to allow to continue to go forward. so, if a local authority thinks
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they can continue to place children in those types of environments, quite simply they will have their powers withdrawn in order to be able to continue to look after children's services. we also revealed that some children in care had been placed in caravans, narrow boats and holiday homes. there are hundreds of children under the age of 16, there are thousands of children who are 16, 17. why is their vulnerability assessed differently? so, this is an important point. we are setting a minimum set of standards for every single care home. how will that be inspected, regulated? that is going to be inspected and regulated by ofsted to make sure that they have the right set of standards. ofsted are already stretched, though, aren‘t they? so will there be more resources for ofsted to do this? and what you have seen over the last sort of the few months, we have put extra resources into ofsted. we discovered ofsted has not prosecuted a single providerfor running an illegal, unregistered home. the secretary of state wants
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to give them more powers. can you guarantee that this will be tough enough and make sure no child is abused in an unregulated home? we are making a significant change in terms of the regulatory regime and what is expected of every single council. if it's not safeguarding children in the way that you and i would expect them to do, we will be coming back to this and looking at what further steps can be taken. the consultation will run for eight weeks, before new legislation is brought in to safeguard some of our most vulnerable children. ed thomas, bbc news. children and screen time it‘s one of the headaches of parenting nowadays. according to new research half of all parents are concerned about the amount of time their children spend on screens. part of the problem is keeping up with the technology and understanding what kids are doing online as well as getting to grips with what‘s appropriate for them. bbc click reporter marc chislak looks at a campaign fronted
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by the footballer rio ferdinand which is trying to help parents get to grips with it all. father of three and manchester united in england footballer is fronting a campaign to encourage pa rents to fronting a campaign to encourage parents to learn about the parental controls they think is that children‘s to games. controls they think is that children's to games. i was someone who has been a fairly involved in gaining from my hall and belt arrive. my children play and we thought it get in the back house eating a school he did chores, and the balance in between the game and then being outside. by having an understanding of what your children are actually doing i thought was so valuable for me to understand what i can actually deal in terms of controlling what type of games that they are on. they get smart about gameplay is a part of the trade body, providing online guides and now parental controls, consuls and
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computers, controls the catalytic play time and prevent children spending at real world of money on virtual items. researchers suggest that after 99% of children in the uk age between eight and 15, play video games regularly. compare this to out by bms ppc, which found that only 90% 19% by bms ppc, which found that only 90%19% between five and 15 actually use parental controls on devices which connected to the internet. some parents think that the games industry should bear a greater responsibility. i did trying to empower parents or passing the buck? they have a purpose and a report responsibility to actually protect to be mental well well—being of our children. features and games like little boxes, randomised virtual items to be to with real—world cash then compared to gambling. it led to increased scrutiny and industry. does it need to clean up a packed?
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we have businesses they decent pa rental controls we have businesses they decent parental controls and family controls are important because you can‘t turn off and day and day and spending. that is like a conversation is really important, a shared responsibility. while learning about parental controls and proves that digital literacy and perhaps some parents to play games with their parents might enjoy the experience as well. a woman flying has landed has flown into the lighted to cases after nine. she is being achieved at st. thomas is hospital and the capital. chief test test at the centre of concerns of concerns of the preventable gaps at the babies, has played down the scale of the failures. in media watchdog ofcom is to begin a new powers to force social media firms to re m ove powers to force social media firms to remove harmful content.
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universities across a using orders to that link is to educate about the bbc says at third and its institutions have used that my displeasure agreements to resolve grievances in the past four years. he came representing colleges says the mbas should not be used to stop stu d e nts the mbas should not be used to stop students for speaking out. . but as have something to hide? our investigation has found widespread use of gagging causes across the uk. stu d e nts use of gagging causes across the uk. students are signing nondisclosure decrease to screen next to stay silent on serious issues, like sexual assault. that‘s what libby, not her real life, says happened to her when she sped to university staff. they told me not to tell my pa rents, staff. they told me not to tell my parents, my friends, to basically be
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quiet about it. she reported being raped by another student on campus. harry university asked her to sign a contract that said she would be expeued contract that said she would be expelled that she does public. contract that said she would be expelled that she does publicm felt like something to be ashamed of, something that i could not talk to anyone about. and i could not raise issues about. the play stopped her case saying it would be hard to put it in case. her university will not investigate. i wake up multiple times to make sure my doors are locked and i am still having nightmares. nearly a third if universities have used the nba‘s from resolving student complaints. paying out more than £1.3 million since 2016. i fear they treated me like dirt. like an inconvenience. somebody to get rid of. this farmer accepted university student has broken her and began at the risk of being stated. she was paid off after making concerned about the treatment of suicidal students. there were a
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numberof of suicidal students. there were a number of students, who we knew were suicidal. i saw no responsibility, or nail care of students well—being. he think it is important to speak out? i have witnessed and experienced so many problems and if people did not seek out things will never change. oxford university says it does not comment on individual cases but confirmed it did carry out wreath you interested in it and left after the complaint. it provides high level supports to students. our investigation also found that not all students at a pant. olivia did not. she signed the nda, said that neither her or the city did she accuse could contact each other. basically to stay safe and had to promise never to tell anyone, or face expulsion. they should acknowledge the problem and tried to ta ke ste ps acknowledge the problem and tried to take steps to tablet. the government has told the bbc that the use of
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nba's has told the bbc that the use of nba‘s is unacceptable. it is clamping down on the practice. often universities and even gave agreements to protect their reputations. students wonder, he was protecting them? reputations. students wonder, he was protecting them ? bbc reputations. students wonder, he was protecting them? bbc news. three sportsmen, one fight. the opponent? motor neurone disease. doddie weir, rob burrow and stephen darby are all living with mnd an illness with no cure. for the first time the three men have spoken with each other about the impact of their diagnosis, and their determination to keep fighting. breakfast‘s sally nugent reports. mnd is a part of our life, but i don‘t want mnd to take over our lives. the average life expectancy is between one and three years. i'm here overthat, still living, still smiling. i'm not giving in till my last breath. too many reasons to live. i know this is a club that you didn‘t ever want
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tojoin, and a team that you didn‘t ever want to be on, how much does it help to sit here and to be able to talk to each other today? it‘s through unfortunate circumstances that we‘ve come together but it‘s something which we need to turn into a positive, and i think, just by being here today and talking about what we are going through and talking about mnd, and how devastating a disease it is, it‘s important that we raise that awareness and get that message out there. you are all at different stages of life, aren‘t you? not long married, you‘ve got children who are a little bit older. rob, i know, your kids are very, very young. what‘s it been like talking to your families about the diagnosis? telling your wife, your mum and dad, family, friends, that‘s the most difficult thing. it's probably harder for them. it's very difficult. my wife's been on the journey with me as well. she was there when the professor said you've got mnd.
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she burst into tears but i was rugby—resilient. i knew what i'd had, knew what the issue was, so when they said to me, "0h, right, you've got this, we are going to try and fight that." then i did the dreaded google. "what have i got? what's going on? " then it came up the dreaded mnd. uh—oh. rob, i know one of the things you want to do is you want your children to remember how you speak. yeah. you think, when your voice is gone, you want them to know what it was like. you have taken practical steps about that, haven‘t you? yeah, i‘m pretty keen to record my voice. unfortunately, i can‘t really speak. this is nothing like my voice was. but, hopefully, through lots of interviews and audio, i can tell the kids off and still do that, you know, and tell them i love them. and for my voice to say that is important for them, so
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hopefully i can communicate on many levels. rob, this is your chance. any voice accent you want. this is your time to be scottish. not scottish. broad yorkshire, like, iam, yeah. now doddie, you‘ve mentioned a couple of times this morning, i think you said twice, i‘m further down the road than these two. you were diagnosed a longer time ago, you‘ve been diagnosed longer than these two have. what do you say to them about how to think about what‘s coming? they've got a very fantastic attitude, a great family. that inspires you to keep going. not only to the three of us but to everyone else with mnd. 2020 is going to be quite a special year because there are things on the table
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for us, so keep working. let‘s stop for a minute. do you want a drink? i won't give up. you said, "accept the diagnosis, fight the prognosis." what are the things that you want to do? the main thing for me is normality. i don‘t want people feeling sorry for me. i want to get on with life, take the kids to school. for me, the immediate future is normality. a very good point there. i am further down the line, maybe live for the day and the weeks and months will look after themselves. being here with these boys, and meeting your good self is a very special day. don't take anything for granted and realise it doesn't really take a lot to be happy. so just enjoy today and do what makes you happy. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. thank you. no, thank you.
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see brave men bear. i was very proud of them. talking to sally meetings. just coming up to nine that they at the letter i just just coming up to nine that they at the letter ijust want just coming up to nine that they at the letter i just want a just coming up to nine that they at the letter ijust want a rather strange, it‘s interesting photograph story, a photograph of two mice fighting over a scrap of food at a london tube station has won the people‘s vote at the wildlife photographer of the year awards. sam rowley‘s photo called station squabble was one of 25 shortlisted for the competition which will be displayed in an exhibition at the natural history museum. sam told my college he will advise how that photo came about.|j sam told my college he will advise how that photo came about. i was off ona how that photo came about. i was off on a project that i wanted to carry out and landed in it that way, and i
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got a text message in the middle of the night from a mate, who is on about at night now and i did. she took a photo and send maoists —— mice on the platform. the exact time that i was looking for a project. the penny dropped and i knew what i needed to do. and i did it. the penny dropped and i knew what i needed to do. and i did itm the penny dropped and i knew what i needed to do. and i did it. it was an experience. so we‘re looking at this which is such a strong and memorable image, what were you looking for them if it wasn‘t something like that will be looking? i was wanting to use flash, wide—angle lenses, more of the mouse in the foreground. i did not want that to disappear into the background. i got quite lucky with a silhouette. you can pick out quite easily stealth. trying to work out with a station is. you and i cannot tell me how you could tell that it isa tell me how you could tell that it is a secret. we were having a guess maybe it is the northern line, or
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that neither northern line in embankment. you have to believe what you‘re going to play. i saw the flicker. a second there. the energy is amazing. just the way that this was constructed, with a bench and all of the rest, when get to the edge, you already said what you did not think hey presto this is at. unicef had some sense of how to ca ptu re unicef had some sense of how to capture something pretty good. something that could have happily print potential to be good. something that could have happily print potential to be goodlj something that could have happily print potential to be good. i don't know what i was thinking about these things have very subjective. have been going on that night and talking to my brother, who was still up for some reason, and i say it may 20 think it may 20 think that‘s? i don‘t know how i feel about it. it is not your best. had hinted blame really. just that was now that you had no stranger to photography. now i had to photography. now i have been getting it for a while now. for 15 years or so. maybe in london. my best bet is on it from my bed. i have been around the world though.
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what a like the underground, with all of the things we had some more images here. are the ones also that strong and back. as a place where photographer, is it uniquely challenging? or doesn‘t offer the lighting that we can see here that you witness a number natalie elsewhere a photo i after for that relatability. that people can connect to. most of the world now lives in urban areas and they did not get to go to the far reaches of thejungle. this not get to go to the far reaches of the jungle. this is not get to go to the far reaches of thejungle. this is the kind of thing that people know best. i think that that strikes a chord with people more settled then they would otherwise. that is the kind of projects that i like to undertake. i was besides that melody need to. we‘re going to say many of us. thank you and well done. we will underground as well. sandra lee. we then admitted to those that travel
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on public transport that a lot of mice have over. hello this time dennis is on the way. disruptive weather this weekend but before we get back, i think they know to enjoy some beautiful snow—covered landscapes and highlands of scotland. she has been a stunning day here with a bit more in that way and sunshine. overnight you can see a few more problems weather—wise. they can see a few more problems weather—wise. they deprive patient living a spread across the country but never the pressure is pushing cloud cannot win, and praying and bringing allow the air. in transfer northern england and scotland felt a sharp rise in northern scotland. to the church that —9, —10 celsius for a time. during the early hours at 30 stately seat as a band of rain that remains to be called turning to snow across the hills of northern england and scotland. potentially low—rent levels in scotland. this means that we could see some disruption to transport as we start thursday morning across these areas. to the best that their stay, the house now
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and rain so they pulls away from scotland, but we had left with quite a lot of cloud and it will stay calm. temperatures just 4 degrees. milder and a sound. 10 degrees. when being in the best that their state, beheld snow and rain so they pulls away from scotland, but we are left with quite a lot of cloud and it will stay calm. temperatures just 4 degrees. milder and a sound. 10 degrees. milder and a sound. 10 degrees. when being a coastal area has showers across recent days. the weather we can set that reaches a certain glands are not much —— too much in the way of rain. enter the weekend and all about storm dennis. notjust weekend and all about storm dennis. not just that reaches weekend and all about storm dennis. notjust that reaches a certain glands are not much too much —— too much in the way of rain. enter the weekend and it is all about storm dennis. notjust a weekend and it is all about storm dennis. notjusta uk weekend and it is all about storm dennis. notjust a uk from saturday to monday. also rain will be happy and after cause flooding issues. on saturday, based on its winds will across western areas but as well as my comments expensive rain, particularly having across whereas in southern england. then we had another dollop of rain networking into these already soggy areas on sunday. look how wet it is a classic
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sound. the risk of flooding increases on sunday. not the same time would need to resend the same time would need to resend the same time when be through seminar channel —— english channel because. a land areas that set at 50 or 60 miles an hour. sunday and could get even when they a time across scotland that northern england. when that northern england. winds at times strong and asked to bring down trees, hence the risk of disruption.
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i‘m ros atkins. this is outside source. outside china, the most coronavirus cases are onthis cruise ship. it quarantined in yokohoma — 175 on board have been infected. and no—one ‘s getting off. now the rate of new infections in china is falling — but before we draw any conclusions — this is the who on that. that must be interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. in the race to take on president trump — joe biden has been heading polls for months. but he came fifth in the democratic primary in new hampshire bernie sanders is now the candidate to beat. after he came out on top. joe biden now looks to south carolina to try and stay in the race.
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there‘s been quite a twist for matteo salvini.

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