this is bbc news. i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 11pm: 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‘ 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. police in northern ireland have charged a 52—year—old man with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee. screaming. a 26—year—old woman has been jailed for two years after she tried to open the door of a plane midway through a flight.

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 at 11:30pm, we'll be taking a second in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers lord digby jones and henry bonsu. so do stay with us for that. good evening. a ninth person has tested positive for coronavirus in the uk. the woman flew into london from china and was tested after developing symptoms. the man at the centre of the main outbreak in the uk — steve walsh — a businessman from east sussex, has now been discharged from hospital

after being given the all—clear. he'd caught the virus on a business trip to singapore. the world health organization says the number of new infections in china is stabilising, but that it's too early to say if the epidemic has passed its peak. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. tonight at st thomas‘ hospital in central london, the ninth patient with the coronavirus in the uk is being treated — a woman who flew into heathrow from china recently. she didn‘t have any symptoms when she arrived. another patient, meanwhile, was leaving the same hospital — steve walsh — after a full recovery from the virus, and no longer contagious, according to the nhs. he‘d contracted in singapore and then unwittingly infected 11 others. one of them is a gp who worked two days last week at worthing hospital. that doctor is now being treated in isolation elsewhere. the hospital is still running,

but some patients are concerned. my husband took my son over to a&e on friday 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‘s panicking and i think there needs to be more in the media, to say, "don‘t panic, it‘s serious but we are dealing with it." some local parents have asked to take their children out of school. 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‘s because we‘ve told them. the latest case means there are nine in the uk, while more than 1,700 people have tested negative here. there are more than 44,500 confirmed cases in china, and around 1,100 deaths. at the moment, it‘s still entirely

possible that we may be in a position where the chinese authorities manage to get on top of this infection. the biggest risk to us is actually if the efforts in mainland china don‘t succeed in maintaining the infection and restricting it to china, and if many other countries then have widespread outbreaks of infection. meanwhile, people quarantined at arrowe park hospital in wirral will tomorrow complete their 14—day isolation. i‘m very, very pleased to announce that each and every one of us, the 83 people that were on that first evacuation flight from wuhan, have tested negative for coronavirus. so, we‘re 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. hugh pym, bbc news. dr peter holden is the lead gp on emergency preparedness for the british medical association. he told me how important it is for people who suspect

they may have coronavirus to follow the nhs‘s advice. at the moment 25% of gp appointments can be booked online. somebody decided not to follow the advice, booked online, turned up at the gp surgery. booked online, turned up at the gp surgery. the result of the gp surgery was surgery. the result of the gp surgery was what is the cleaning and the gp in quarantine for a fortnight. that is a50 gp appointments down that you buy someone appointments down that you buy someone being selfish about convenience. when you say that, what you mean is presumably advised that they should have followed is that they should have followed is that they should have phoned so they could be triaged on the phone. they simply booked an appointment online. we have asked the government to reduce, remove that from the gp contract temporarily. gps have a duty of care to their staff as well as to patients and they will dou btless as to patients and they will doubtless put safety before convenience. and i think most gp online appointments will go down

tomorrow. those will be done through triage. it won‘t reduce availability, it will just triage. it won‘t reduce availability, it willjust be a bit less convenient. it means they will have more admin work? my receptionist will have a third more phone calls to handle but we have to put safety first. we have two put the security of the state so it doesn‘t get contaminated first. we have to put the other staff and patients in a waiting room first. it is safety first and that is the principal. going back to the big picture, we hearfrom the who and chinese authorities that numbers of infections look hopefully like they are stabilising in china. but i guess that doesn‘t necessarily mean they will stabilise immediately elsewhere. no, these things tend to follow a bell curve and i think we are on the acceleration point, how high that graaf will go none of us

know. —— graph. what we do know is the incubation period, and we do know about 2% mortality. but that is about all we know on that front. doctor peter holden. and we will find out how the coronavirus and many others are covered in via papers tonight at 11:30pm —— the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the former trade minister lord digbyjones and broadcaster henry bonsu. the head of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable deaths of babies has claimed that the extent of the failings is not clear. susan acott, is chief executive of east kent hospitals trust, she now says there have been "six or seven" avoidable deaths at the trust since 2011. the trust has previously accepted responsibility for at least ten deaths but ms acott is now saying the causes of some of those deaths are "not as clear—cut". ms acott has yet to meet any

of the families involved. she‘s been questioned by our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. no—one spotted what was going on. and they could have saved him. some days do i want to go outside and face the big wide world? nah, no. our son, harry, died because of a number of serious and preventable failures in the medical care and treatment that 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 her first interview, the trust‘s chief executive, susan acott, the trust‘s chief executive, said there should had been fewer. from about 2011 to 2020, there are six or seven cases that are viewed likely as 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 that are born very prematurely, often have congenital issues as well, it is not always quite as clear—cut as that. 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? i saw that 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 that report had actually been commissioned. harry richford‘s wholly avoidable death in 2017 highlighted systemic problems with the trust, and ms 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. it seems that she is in denial about the scale of the problem of the trust at present, if it wasn‘t for us, it would have failed to learn from his case, and it is obvious it failed to learn from other cases going way back. susan also said she hadn‘t met a single family who had lost a baby as a result of the trust was macbook air. —— trust‘s bora care —— 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, staff as well, listen to families. we do do that. my concern and 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. susan acott ending that report. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan explained the significance of the chief executive‘s comments. there are many calls for a public enquiry into what happened at this trust and i think her comments will only add to that. some of the family that we have been speaking to of the past few weeks, they are extremely disappointed. some of them absolutely furious. and it isn‘t

simply the fact that she has downplayed, but perhaps what may have happened at the trust but she couldn‘t give a clear answer as to why clinicians at the trust weren‘t selling coroners for years about some deaths of babies. —— telling. that just doesn‘t some deaths of babies. —— telling. thatjust doesn‘t beg the question of good the trust that means good nosed by an outside agency much earlier, it means that many families may well never have got the answers to the questions that they had been holding onto as to what exactly happened in their baby‘s case. susan acott has been in the post since 2017, committees told me she has a new leadership around her, seeking to remain in the post was that they believe they are now working towards improvements. but ministers over the past couple of days, if you days, have received two reports about maternity care at this trust. they will make announcements about what action they plan to take tomorrow. susan acott will face the public and ina susan acott will face the public and in a sense it will be a board meeting down in cannes. i think there will be a lot of questions for

her. —— in kent. michael buchanan. a 52—year—old man from northern ireland has been charged with the murder of lyra mckee. the 29—year—old journalist was observing riots in londonderry when she was shot dead in april last year. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy gave us the latest from derry. well, lyra mckee‘s death was felt very deeply here in derry. she was a writer, a gay rights activist and described as a rising star in northern ireland. she was shot by terrorists, police say, during in the city‘s ragan estate last year. after that, the group known as the new ira claimed it was behind the shooting. a52—year—old man from derry have now been charged with murder and possession of a firearm and membership of a prescribed organisation. he will appear in a magistrates court tomorrow. the violence that led to their key‘s death was widely condemned,

something many people hope was consigned to the history book in northern ireland. both british and irish ministers attended the funeral. police say this is a significant step but they believe a number of people were involved in the event last —— that night and that the search for justice continues. senior ministers are bracing themselves for boris johnson‘s first major cabinet reshuffle since the conservatives‘ general election victory. the prime minister will make a number of changes over the next 2a hours although it is unclear how wide—ranging they will be. i‘m a political correspondent is nick eardley. next, how brutal? he was up, he was down? it might not be as brutal as some have been speculating towards the end of last year. there was chat about this being a massacre of borisjohnson‘s cabinet, lots of changes in government after brexit being delivered. i don‘t think that will

be the case. i think most of the top jobs will stay the same, so that his chancellor, foreign secretary, the home secretary, potentially the defence secretary, ben wallace as well, it might keep hisjob despite there being a lot of speculation. that hasn‘t been confirmed yet but i‘m hearing that it is more likely than not that he will keep his post. there are obviously going to be some ministers who lose theirjobs and we will find out early tomorrow morning who they will be. there is a lot of concern in the conservative party that a lot of those who may get moved out of the cabinet are going to be women. people like andrea leadsom, a lot of speculation she may go, the business secretary, the environment secretary might end up out of herjob as well. so there is speculation on that front. i think borisjohnson is speculation on that front. i think boris johnson is going speculation on that front. i think borisjohnson is going to get on the front foot with that. the briefing from number ten overnight is that there will be the same number of

women in cabinet as now, there won‘t bea women in cabinet as now, there won‘t be a reduction and they want to bring more women intojunior ministerial roles. that is part of the story of tomorrow, i think. rather than this radical reshape of their cabinet and government, there will be a few minor tweaks here and there from boris johnson will be a few minor tweaks here and there from borisjohnson but a lot of people brought intojuniorjobs with an eye to bring them further up the ranks later. so, some new faces in there, not necessarily big jobs, but basically being groomed for those jobs. cani can i ask a stupid question, which is why is this necessary at all? he came into power six months ago, there was a huge massacre ben, 17 replacements, why do you need to reshuffle this now? these are big jobs we‘re talking about. reshuffle this now? these are big jobs we're talking about. a lot of people around westminster have been asking this. my guess is when boris

johnson put that cabinet together when he took over the tory leadership and in number 10, it was all about delivering brexit so he wa nted all about delivering brexit so he wanted people who were 100% behind what he was going to do over the next few months. and remember that this place, westminster, went through a rollercoaster when it came to whether there would be a no—deal brexit, would boris johnson to whether there would be a no—deal brexit, would borisjohnson try to brogue parliament —— when boris johnson tried to corrode parliament, when he tried to bypass parliament to go ahead with brexit on the 31st of october. it largely failed. now he has a big majority he has time to think about broader policies. think about what he actually wants to do with the majority he has. and because of that i suspect a lot of the faces you will see tomorrow, yes, a lot of them will be about brexit, delivering those trade deals with europe, the united states, other countries, but also about domestic policies and maybe some of

those people he brought into fight for his brexit vision aren‘t needed anymore. well, get yourself to bed, it will be another feverish day tomorrow. thanks for that, nick. see you tomorrow. the headlines on bbc news: 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. 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. police in northern ireland have charged a 52—year—old man with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee. thousands of homes and businesses in cumbria are facing days without water after a mains pipe was damaged during storm ciara on sunday. a major incident was declared after the damaged pipe near kendal threatened supplies to around 8,000 properties. united utilities said many people would continue to be without water, despite millions of litres being

pumped into the damaged system. a ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars could bejust 12 years away. the transport secretary, grant shapps, said there would be a consultation on when the ban should come in, but it would include 2032 as a possible cut—off date three years earlier than was announced last week. the motor industry has expressed concern about the timescale for the change. the media watchdog 0fcom is to be given new powers to punish social media firms who fail to act over harmful content published online. until now, platforms like facebook, tiktok, youtube, snapchat, and twitter have largely been self—regulating. it‘s not yet been decided what penalties 0fcom would be able to impose on those who fail to comply.

the battle to win the democratic nomination for the us presidency has intensified after the veteran left—wing senator bernie sanders narrowly won the new hampshire primary election and declared it "the beginning of the end" for president trump. but the man once considered the runaway favourite to take on donald trump in november, the former vice presidentjoe biden, had a terrible night and finished in fifth place. here‘s our north america editorjon sopel. he‘s left—wing, 78 years old, had a heart attack last october, and is on fire. the favourite for the democratic nomination. no matter who wins, and we certainly hope it‘s going to be us, we are going to unite together. we are going to unite together and defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country.

a win is a win is a win, and bernie sanders‘ supporters are celebrating their victory tonight. but he hasn‘t smashed it like he did four years ago in new hampshire, and that will be a source of considerable relief to a lot of centrist democrats who feared he might become an unstoppable train. his nearest rival is also the youngest person in the field — the centrist, telegenic, gay former mayor from south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg. the politics of "my way or the highway" is a road to re—electing donald trump. vulnerable americans do not have the luxury of pursuing ideological purity over an inclusive victory. but the former vice presidentjoe biden, tipped as the prizefighter who would knock out all challengers, is looking punch—drunk, slumped on the ropes — he came a dismal fifth last night and scarpered out of new hampshire

before the results were declared. so here are all these pundits and experts, cable—tv talkers, talking about the race. tell them, it ain‘t over, man, we‘re just getting started. 0ne centrist candidate who exceeded expectations was the senator from minnesota, amy klobuchar. she is tough and has staying power. but if you are donald trump, who held his own spoiler rally in the state this week, and you see the democrats engaged in a protracted battle, where they‘re all waging war against each other, then life looks pretty peachy. jon sopel, bbc news, new hampshire. we come to politics back home now. with a month to go until the budget, and two months since borisjohnson secured victory at the general election, the government‘s critics say it‘s time for the prime minister to demonstrate what he meant when he said that he wanted

to ‘unite and level up‘ the uk with his significant majority in the house of commons. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been to redcar, one of the places to elect a conservative for the first time, to find out what people there expect. the seaside town of redcar is home to a community built on steel. when the plant here closed five years ago, it left thousands out of work. you used to come out of school and go straight to british steel or ici, and you were there for life. that‘s how it was when i was a kid. and of course, suddenly, that was gone. julie‘s husband is one of those who lost his job. everything just went downhill, really, there was nojobs, everybody was despairing. it felt awful. it‘s a familiar story at this community hub in the heart of the borough built to house steelworkers. it offers skills, training and support for families who struggled — services some say should come from the government. everybody promises something till they get in, and then nothing‘s done. london gets a lot more help, and a lot more financial help

than the north. in the north, we feel like we are being forgotten. this town has long been a labour stronghold, but it voted conservative last year — in part brexit, in part the promise of investment in transport, high streets, business. it isjust rough, like it‘s horrible trying to find a job around here. do you believe the government when they say they will invest in this area, make a big difference? not really. i don‘t have a lot of faith in the government. i hope so. i voted tory so...! we will wait and see in a year's time if anything has improved. if not, i dare say there will be a labour government back again. what we firstly need to see is that completely demolished... the tees valley mayor, himself a tory, knows there‘s pressure to deliver. he wants to redevelop the steelworks, create jobs in green technology. the government has put money into the project but there is a very long way to go. we can‘t have that sat on our horizon for the next five, ten, 15 years, with that ghost looking over our shoulder of what used to be. we need to move forward, we need more investment, and we need government now

to step up to the mark. they made a lot of promises during the election, we‘ve got a lot more conservative mps in the region, and the local people are now saying, "well, here‘s your opportunity, you either deliver, or you‘re probably going to be out on your ear in the next five years." nicky knows first—hand how the right support can turn things around. he was a steelworker. when he lost hisjob, he got a government grant and used it to start a boxing business. he‘s hopeful of such opportunity for others. some people seem to think they‘ve been forgotten about down this neck of the woods. do you get the sense that things are changing? i hope so. i think the way the election went, i think what people want is to see a bit of change. but the people here have heard promises in the past. this community will stay sceptical until things look very different. alex forsyth, bbc news, redcar. vulnerable children under the age of 16 will no longer be placed in care homes which aren‘t inspected by the regulator 0fsted. last year, investigations by bbc news revealed that children as young as 11 were living in unregulated accommodation.

our special correspondent ed thomas has been talking to the education secretary about the proposed changes. just a house where people profit 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. 0ur 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 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‘re 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 0fsted to make sure that they have the right set of standards.

0fsted are already stretched, though, aren‘t they? so will there be more resources for 0fsted to do this? and what you have seen over the last sort of the few months, we have put extra resources into 0fsted. we discovered 0fsted has not prosecuted a single provider for running an illegal, unregistered home. the secretary of state wants 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‘re 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. and we‘ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers

lord digbyjones and henry bonsu. that‘s coming up after the headlines. now it‘s time for the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. storm dennis is on its way this weekend. it is said to bring further disruptive whether to the uk. but even before we get to dennis‘s disruptive whether you could see some problems of the next couple of days. goldarjust another day, scotland, england, was ross brown. into that colder pushes a band of rain. and it looks quite likely that that will don‘t is known for die across the hills of northern england, southern scotland, and maybe down to lower levels in scotla nd maybe down to lower levels in scotland as well. so we could see some disruption from snowfall first thing thursday morning. but after that the hill snow and rain will ease from scotland. a lot of cloud left over. it stays cold. template is around four degrees. further south, we are getting into mild air.

although it brightens up their will be showers around, regularly across eastern areas. traders is another band of rain moving. as one could bring localised flooding with snow melts combined with every rain across southern scotland. the weather has been very wet over recent days. that could tip us over into having some flooding issues. the weather front weakens as it reaches eastern england. last weekend we set a new transatlantic record for subsonic flights with ba flight 112 record for subsonic flights with ba flight 112 taking five hours to cross the atlantic. it was an incredible record, but it is under threat friday and saturday because we are going to get an incredibly strong jet stream moving across the atlantic. the peak winds in this piece, up to 275 mph. that will not only propel planes very quickly across the atlantic, it will gouge ata across the atlantic, it will gouge at a very deep area of low pressure and that is storm dennis. storm dennis will be loitering around

through