good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines this morning: 2a2 people die in china in a single day from coronavirus — the deadliest day on record. 83 britons are to leave quarantine today after spending two weeks in a merseyside hospital — while the ninth case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk. good morning from a soggy downing street. i'm here on the government reshuffle day monitoring comings and goings on a day of power, patronage and personalities. murdered by her boyfriend — now the friends of ellie gould

campaign for schools to teach self—defence in her memory. they will be here to talk to us later. good morning. the government wants to ban petrol, diesel or hybrid cars as early as 2032. but are we really ready? i'll ask to the boss of one of the world's biggest car makers. good morning. late drama in south africa as england fluff their lines and lose their opening t20 international by a single run. good morning. we have a band of heavy rain moving northwards and eastwards. snow across northern england and southern scotland. that could be disruptive. behind it, some girls across southern counties and u nsettled girls across southern counties and unsettled weather right into the weekend with storm dennis. i'll have more later. good morning. it's thursday, february 13th. our top story: a further 240 people died from coronavirus in china yesterday — the deadliest day of the outbreak. there was also a big increase in the number of new cases although doctors have started using a broader definition

to diagnose people. in the uk, the number of people who've officially contracted the virus has reached nine. the first group of britons quarantined at a merseyside hospital will leave today. jon donnison reports. china's health system is in full stretch, with these figures suggesting it was the coronaviruses deadliest day. 2a2 deaths is almost the previous highest daily total. the sudden increase could partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. but such a rise challenges the assertion made in geneva just yesterday by the world health organization that infection rates may have peaked. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has stabilised over the past week. but that must be

interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile, overnight, doctors at saint thomas is hospital in london continued to treat the latest coronavirus case here in the uk, a woman who is thought to have flown into heathrow from china in the last few days but had only developed symptoms after she arrived. officials are now trying to trace everyone she may have been in contact with. elsewhere, two weeks after they were put into quarantine at arrowe park hospital on the wirral, more than 80 british patients evacuated from china will be released today. i'm very, very pleased to announce that 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. but 150 people remain in quarantine ata but 150 people remain in quarantine at a conference centre in milton

keynes after being flown back from china on the weekend. jon donnison, bbc news. in a moment, we'll speak to sam fenwick, who is outside arrowe park hospital in wirral, where 83 people are being released from quarantine later today. but first, let's speak to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in our beijing studio. stephen, what do we know about thejump in numbers in china? two major developments here today, one that the number of dead and infected has gone up considerably in hubei province especially. on the political front, the axe hubei province especially. on the politicalfront, the axe is continuing to fall with senior figures to be dismissed as a result of the poor handling of this crisis. the communist pa rty‘s of the poor handling of this crisis. the communist party's secretary for hubei province and also the communist pa rty‘s secretary hubei province and also the communist party's secretary in charge of wuhan city. let's quickly look at the numbers. the main reason for this big jump is they have changed the definition, if you like, of those who are in that definitely

infected category. people who have symptoms, which appear to be coronavirus, and also have than a ct scan showing a chest infection, they are now counted as definitely having it, even though they might not have done the most complete official test as to whether or not they have the coronavirus. so just that simple change of definition has meant both of those numbers of dead and infected have gone up quite a lot today. it is worrying, though. you wonder how many people actually have died and have been infected in hubei province, a much more worse situation than we think. stephen, thank you. in the uk, 83 british people evacuated from china were kept in quarantine in wirral. that ends today and samantha fenwick is there. good morning, samantha. lots of people were very keen to go home but also relieved they weren't diagnosed with coronavirus. yeah, i think a

lot of people will be waking up in these two apartment blocks this morning very relieved. as you say, not only they get to go home, they get to carry on with the rest of their lives from today. but also they are now clear of the coronavirus. they have been tested throughout their two week stay here at numerous points around that time and yesterday they had their final test and they all got the all clear, meaning that they could leave. earlier this week one of the patients here did threaten to leave. that led the government to beef up their laws to make sure that anyone who they thought might be a risk to public health could be quarantine. this hospital was chosen because of the accommodation that we see here, but also because it is close to royal liverpool hospital which has a specialist infectious disease units. the hospital never came into contact with the patients staying here so the hospital run as normal throughout the two week period and

we expect the patients to start living at around 10am this morning. thank you very much, samantha fenwick there for us. we'll be speaking to one of the patients who's been in quarantine there, just after 7am this morning. boris johnson is preparing for his first major government reshuffle since the general election in december. but it's thought it may not be the radical overhaul some had predicted. our political correspondent chris mason is live outside downing street for us this morning. what more can you tell us? it's a bit damp for you this morning, chris? good morning to you. the general election in december, reshuffle in february, so what is happening today? perhaps not the radical reshuffle that was talked about just a couple radical reshuffle that was talked aboutjust a couple of radical reshuffle that was talked about just a couple of weeks radical reshuffle that was talked aboutjust a couple of weeks ago, but this matters because it allows borisjohnson to but this matters because it allows boris johnson to shape but this matters because it allows borisjohnson to shape the government to his own authentic image as opposed to cobbling

together and administration in a minority government here as was the reality before the general election. so, who might we see coming up and who might we see going down? let's ta ke who might we see going down? let's take a quick look of two potential people who we are told will be promoted. oliver downton and alec sharma. there is word that dowden might replace baroness morgan. also, promoting women at the most senior and junior levels of the government. three names being named at the government, andrea trevelyan, is well above and gillian keegan, though smiles and no doubt that trio as well. but of course what also has to happen on a reasonable day is that people get fired. who could be walking out of government? with or without a sense that they have been done and injustice? well, geoffrey

cox, the attorney general, the most senior law officer. ben wallace, a potential casualty. and defence secretary, it wouldn't surprise me if he could cling on. andrea leadsom, too. i know what you are thinking. lots of faces you are barely familiar with doing jobs you are only loosely aware of as it is. but it matters because it saves the field, the sound, besides, the look of the boris johnson field, the sound, besides, the look of the borisjohnson government with a large majority very good number of yea rs. a large majority very good number of years. chris mason, thank you very much. the boss of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable baby deaths has been accused of failing to grasp the magnitude of the problem. susan acott, the chief executive of east kent hospitals trust, claimed there'd been "six or seven" avoidable deaths since 2011, even though the trust has previously accepted responsibility for at least ten. when you are looking at babies that are born very prematurely, often

have congenital issues as well, it's not always quite as clear—cut as that. the dad of harry redford, who died seven days after he was born at a camp hospital said the trust hadn't learned its lessons from past mistakes. it seems like she is incomplete denial of the scale of the problems of the trust that present. if it wasn't for us, the trust would have really failed to have learnt from harry's case and it's obvious they had failed to learn from other cases going way back as well as the report in 2015. is this failure to learn and culture of denial which is causing a real safety issue out the trust. we'll be speaking to tom at around 7:30am this morning. a 52—year—old man is expected to appear in court later charged with the murder of lyra mckee, the journalist shot dead during rioting in londonderry last april. as well as the murder charge, he is accused of possessing a firearm and membership

of an illegal organisation. at the time, the new ira claimed responsibility for the killing of the 29—year—old in derry. around 8,000 homes and businesses in cumbria are without water for a second day because of damage caused by storm ciara. united utilities has set up eight bottled water stations, and says it could be some time before a full supply is restored. police have declared it a major incident. the cost of restoring elizabeth tower, which houses big ben, has risen by more than £18 million. the increase is being put down to the discovery of asbestos, toxic lead paint and extensive bomb damage from the second world war. it means the cost could rise to almost £80 million in total. those are the main stories this morning. it is 6:11am. holly is here with sport. we are talking cricket this morning. you know that feeling when you are really, really close to winning? you can almost taste it? in this case,

just one run away against south africa. and then what? they couldn't do it. there was a dramatic finish in england's opening twenty20 against south africa, as eoin morgan's side lost byjust one run. england had looked in a good position to chase down the target of 178 but they lost several late wickets to somehow give it away. the second of the three—match series is in durban on friday. elsewhere, rangers slipped to ten points behind celtic in the scottish premiership after losing 2—1 at kilmarnock. eamonn brophy with the winning goal to put a massive dent in rangers' title ambitions. it's now six women's super league wins in a row for manchester city as they beat bristol city 1—0. they are a point clear at the top, but chelsea have a game in hand in second. and johanna konta is still waiting for her first singles win of 2020. she lost in st petersburg to a qualifier who was ranked 159 in the world.

not the best start to the year for johanna konta. losing in her opening match. there was so much optimism around her. just six months ago, loads and loads of optimism around her. i don't know. loads and loads of optimism around her. idon't know. especially loads and loads of optimism around her. i don't know. especially after the australian open and france open last year. that is the problem, when there is so much pressure and expectations. don't you think sportspeople are used to that pressure? the psychology. everyone says she has the game, it's frustrating, to make a big impact. and then it doesn't quite happen. but who knows? it's more frustrating for her, i imagine. definitely. holly, thank you. it is 6:13am. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. my my goodness, what is that behind you? some of us will be having snow. this is a picture from yesterday of

the snow in northern ireland. currently we are looking at snow falling across northern england in southern scotland with some hail snow in northern ireland. what is happening today is there yesterday evening and overnight we had this area of lupus is moving in from the south, west, moving northwards in oui’ south, west, moving northwards in our area of low pressure. strong winds affecting its exposed areas. southern scotland and travelling into the highlands, it could lead to some disruption this morning during the rush hour. if you are out and about early, bear that in mind. behind it we have some showers and gales across english coastal counties, also the english channel and also into the channel islands themselves stop these black circles you see are indicative of the wind gusts you can expect stop a cold start to the day of —10, some frost in scotland. the best of the weather will be in the north highlands.

meanwhile, we hung onto the cloud, some drizzle across south—east butland and north—east england. temperatures today, three in lerwick, ten as we push further south. showers in the south could happy with some hail, thunder and lightning —— could be heavy with some hail. as we go into thursday, there goes the high pressure. the next area of low pressure then comes oui’ next area of low pressure then comes our way, bringing rain. next area of low pressure then comes ourway, bringing rain. if you look at the isobars, it is going to be windy. it will be another cold nights and over most, —6 in the west highlands before the cloud starts coming in with the rain and strengthening winds was that you can see how the temperatures rise by the end of the night. but for the rest of us there will be some frost around, also some patchy mist and fog to watch out for, potentially there is the risk of ice as well. we start off on a brighter note across central and eastern areas tomorrow but we do have this rain and strong winds coming in from the west. they are going to be pushing steadily southwards and eastwards as we go

through the day. on the mountains of scotla nd through the day. on the mountains of scotland we are likely to see some snow, but that is going to be about it. as you know, the temperatures are up. on the opposite side of that, because the temperatures are up, we have melting snow and that could lead to issues in addition to the rain we have. the met office does have a warning for that across southern scotland. there is of course a risk of flooding. as we move from friday into the weekend, there goes our weather front pushing into the south—east before clearing. this deep area of low pressure comes oui’ this deep area of low pressure comes our way, this is storm dennis. lots of runs in it and isobars. that means we will see gales and heavy rain, nota means we will see gales and heavy rain, not a good double whammy out of. a lot of rain, still the risk of localised flooding from this. totals will be mounting up and also the wind will certainly be a future. again, where you see these black circles, that is telling you the wind gusts you can expect. 71 in cornwall for example, almost enough to bring down a tree. temperature is

six in the north to 13 in the south. temperatures are academic because of the elements coming in. it's not as if we are done with dennis during the course of saturday, dennis is going to be hanging around through sunday and some of us into monday as heavy rain and a flood risk this weekend, gales continuing into monday we think at the moment overnight on sunday into monday. squeezing those isobars and moving further north, so parts of northern scotla nd further north, so parts of northern scotland and england will have to watch out for it. lots going on with the weather in the next few days. carol, we had storm kheira last week causing us problems, storm dennis, is edward going to be a problem next week. dusan was able be a little bit more unsettled, then it is going

down towards the end of the week. it is the met office who named the storms, not us, it will be down to them. how was the weather in early may, carol? well, let's hope it has settled, charlie. that is what i'd like to know. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian warns the uk must brace itself for more coronavirus cases after the first diagnosis in london. the coronavirus also leads the metro front page. the coverage focuses on the british people who will be free to leave quarantine today after two weeks in isolation. the daily mail leads with it's interview with the duchess of cornwall who speaks of her "crusade for abused women". the duchess tells the tabloid she has friends who have suffered from domestic violence. and the bbc news website has a long read about how the government and health bodies in the uk are trying to contain the coronavirus.

so we have ben and holly to take a look at the papers. what are you looking at, then? i wanted or coronavirus from the business point of view. we have a look at the impact on the world, fears about what it could mean for economic growth. we have also seen the one casualty of it is the largest telecoms conference, it takes place in barcelona every year. more than 100,000 people go to it. 1 million people descend on barcelona for it. you may think it is a conference talking about mobile phones, but it is one of the biggest things of the year as far as tech phones and new devices are concerned. many of the big firms pulling out of it and therefore they have decided to cancel it altogether. lots of concern for people who were going though, but also the big firms that would exhibit. it is on the front page of the business section of the telegraph. bp has pledged to cut emissions to net zero x 2050. you might wonder how an oil firm

emissions to net zero x 2050. you might wonder how an oilfirm can pledged to cut its emissions to zero, this isjust its operations. it makes no claims or promises about what you do with the fuel it provides you, but it says its operations of getting that out of the ground and to you will be net zero. to be fair, that is fair, a positive move, but it can't control what we do. i suppose the argument is moving away from fossil fuel. that is community —— consumer demand. this referee, john moss, during bond with's match against sheffield united last weekend he made comments to one of the players, dan gosling, and he took exception to it, was rather insulted, he said is not my fault you are in the relegation zone, social plays out. he accused him of being quite sarcastic and disrespectful. it has led to an almost wider debate about referees and what they can say to players without them getting to insulted, to offended or upset. just stick to the game. stick to the action on the pitch, not the

politics. should they be able to have a conversation, they are encouraged to be a bit more human. so who knows? there is another woman who will probably be featuring over the next few days. she is playing in the next few days. she is playing in the darts premier league today. they have dressed her up... what have they done? what is she wearing?! what they are going for is that for one night only she will be the sheriff of nottingham. it is in nottingham. they have gone with a bow and arrow. they have gone with that. they will stop there, will i? a couple of stories involving age. this is a story about computers is no, basically, an italian man lived in london since 1966 and has gone through the process of getting citizenship all in connection with brexit. so—hee is 101 years old.

when he his details into the computer it said you need the presence of your mother and father in orderfor this presence of your mother and father in order for this application to be successful. and, apparently, he phoned up a couple of times and said how can that be? and apparently the computer didn't recognise 101 and thought he was one. the 100 just got kind of cut off. and then because it thought it was one it did not do the computer recognition. and the computer recognition. and the computer is asking a one—year—old. and he is he using the computer? -- and is he? you think he has had help from someone else. this is the world's oldest man, using think 101 is old, 112 injapan. here he is. what's his secret to success, do you think? well, it says it. he says he is asked about the secret to

longevity of anti— says" don't get angry" are you listening to this, naga? why are you asking me, that is making me mad. and he also says to keep smiling. there is another trick featured today. apparently golf. naga was to talk about this today. it can slash the risk of heart attacks for the over 65 's. this is something we have talked about before. it is kind of common sense. it isa before. it is kind of common sense. it is a little bit. shall we have the picture story. see what you can see with these two pictures. take a very close look. number one i can't see. is it a before and after? no, it is not a before and after. this isa it is not a before and after. this is a tree in canada. and there, that, you can just is a tree in canada. and there, that, you canjust see is a tree in canada. and there, that, you can just see the is a tree in canada. and there, that, you canjust see the back is a tree in canada. and there, that, you can just see the back of

the great grey owl, and there it looks like it is actually in the tree. that is camouflaged. beautiful. that's gorgeous. well done. thanks very much. we will see you later on. fly tipping is a blight on the countryside, and now, new research by the bbc shows the number of large scale incidents, where thousands of tons of rubbish are dumped at a time, has more than doubled. organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise, as our environment correspondent david gregory—kumar has been investigating. just north of birmingham, an example of large—scale fly—tipping stop lorry loads of waste dumped on parkland by a housing estate. disgusted. we have to pay a management fee to live on this estate, and get their sent us another bill this morning, but they haven't even cleared it. so why should we pay money to live here if nobody can look after the estate? experts say that this is the new

narcotics trade for criminals, because the penalties are small, but the prophets can quickly run into millions of pounds. but, believe it 01’ millions of pounds. but, believe it or not, large—scale fly—tipping like this can also happen pretty much out of sight. a short trip up the m6, fly—tipping on a scale you've never seen before. wow. that is a loss of rubbish. each black railways about a ton and there are thousands of tons of rubbish she has been illegally dumped bya of rubbish she has been illegally dumped by a criminal gang that the owners thought was a legitimate business. the landowners obviously rented this warehouse out to the people that dumped this waste here underfalse people that dumped this waste here under false pretenses, so people that dumped this waste here underfalse pretenses, so the people that came in, told the landowners they would be doing something com pletely they would be doing something completely different, and what has ended up here is an operation where they have dumped 5500 tons of waste. the site is an active investigation at the moment, so we can't tell you exactly where this warehouse is, but

it is in staffordshire. there was another staffordshire warehouse were something similar happened. that cost £400,000 something similar happened. that cost £a00,000 to clear up and there was half as much waste. the bbc has looked at large—scale fly—tipping since 2012 and is more than doubled in england. and accounts forjust over 3% of the number of incidents, it makes up more than 20% of cleanup costs, with council spending almost £60 million. but our analysis also found large—scale fly—tipping decreasing in wales. the environment agency has seized and even destroyed tipper truck 's involved in this crime, but the sheer scale of the issueis crime, but the sheer scale of the issue is leading to a totally new approach. it is involving career criminals and is becoming very complex. we are working with our partners, so other law enforcement agencies like the police, hmic, the national crime agency, we are sharing all our intelligence. and we have literally just started sharing all our intelligence. and we have literallyjust started up a joint unit of always crime. our

research shows this is a growing problem, a problem that can blight the lives of communities and cost landowners hundreds of thousands of pounds. it is something. to a limited extent you will see it everywhere. and seeing those warehouses that have been filled. and people forget the impact it has on your life. notjust everyday life when you are seeing areas useful fly—tipping, we will talk to a farmer at about 7:30am. one thing he said is he had a ca rava n one thing he said is he had a caravan dumped in one of his gateways and then set on fire. he has had to block up some access points with concrete blocks to stop fly—tippers. way it has affected his business as well. we will talk to him. if it has affected you let us know. it is one of those things you see everywhere and it is ugly and it is causing real problems. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. bicycle couriers in london say they're concerned about carrying samples that are being tested for coronavirus. public health england says the method of transport and the containers used meet all international standards. but some couriers have told bbc london they worry it won't be safe if they are involved in an accident. it's not us that should be carrying it. it is a dedicated career in a van inside a metal box. we do thousands of miles every and crashes are inevitable. i've had sample containers must before, luckily the sample was ok, but who knows what might happen with a coronavirus sample? even if the original re ce pta cle sample? even if the original receptacle of the sample was smashed, the two other containers that are surrounding it should prevent any kind of contact of what's in that original receptacle coming into contact with anyone. so there really isn't a way that that

could happen. that news comes as the first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in london. a woman who flew in from china is being treated at a specialist centre at guy's and st thomas. students at a school near king's cross are trying to help rough sleepers by handing out what they've dubbed 'smile packs'. they're filled with toiletries, dried foods and other useful products. i'd be seeing the same homeless people, you know, on the way to school and on the way back. and i'd just felt like, you know, no—one 's helping, there's adults all around andi helping, there's adults all around and i felt like even as a child still responsibility. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the overground is part suspended between south tottenham and barking while there are repairs to a damaged track. and there are severe delays on the piccadily and victoria lines. in the west end, charing cross road is closed in both directions between shaftesbury avenue and old compton street because of an accident.

wapping: a lane is closed on the highway towards tower hill for roadworks. finally — one lane is closed southbound on cricklewood broadway due to gas mains work. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. well, it won't be raining all day today but it's a very wet and really quite windy early start to the morning. the band of rain which is why it was. behind a some brighter spells, some spells of sunshine, but also native showers. the winds will is down by the time to get to the end of the day. so some pretty large puddles through the morning rush hour. the band of rain sweeps eastwards, behind at was follow one, particularly towards southern areas. but it will tend to brighten up, the cloudbreak as we have through the afternoon. the winds were light and somewhat, top damages between eight and ten sources. overnight denied its said to be dry and it will fill rather chilly, plenty of cloud, some clearer spells, and the more sheltered spots with those we will see a touch wind. a cold but bright

start of the day on friday. a quiet day in weather in comparison, but there will be read by the end of it. over the weekend it turns storming again, this time in storm dennis, very wet and very windy on saturday and for most of the day on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half—an—hour. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning to you. it's 6:31am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: cbd oils — that's the legal chemical derived from cannabis — are used for everything from pain relief to insomnia, but until now there's been no regulation. ellie gould was just 17 when she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend. one year on, we'll speak to her friends who are campaigning for self—defence lessons to be made

available in schools. and if swimmer alice dearing qualifies for tokyo this summer, she'll become the first black woman to represent team gb at the olympics. we'll ask why so few non—white children take up swimming. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: john has reviewed a huge increase in the number of people who have died ina single the number of people who have died in a single day from coronavirus. there were 2112 deaths yesterday in hubei province where the outbreak began. it also announced the number of confirmed cases has jumped to 60,000. the sudden increase can partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. such a rise challenges the assertion made by the world health organization yesterday that infection rates may have peaked. later today the first major government reshuffle since the general election will take place. but it's thought it may not be the radical overhaul some had predicted. many of those tipped

to lose theirjobs had been thought to be women. it's understood the prime minister is also likely to boost the number of women in junior ministerialjobs. the boss of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable baby deaths has been accused of failing to grasp the magnitude of the problem. susan acott, the chief executive of east kent hospitals trust, claimed there'd been "six or seven" avoidable deaths since 2011, even though the trust has previously accepted responsibility for at least ten. the dad of harry richford — who died seven days after he was born at a kent hospital — said the trust hadn't learnt its lesson from past mistakes. a 52—year—old man is expected to appear in court later charged with the murder of lyra mckee, the journalist shot dead during rioting in londonderry last april. as well as the murder charge, he is accused of possessing a firearm and membership of an illegal organisation. at the time, the new ira claimed responsibility for the killing of the 29—year—old in derry. the cost of restoring elizabeth tower, which houses

big ben, has risen by more than £18 million. the increase is being put down to the discovery of asbestos, toxic lead paint and extensive bomb damage from the second world war. it means the cost could rise to almost £80 million in total. it's 6:34am. time to sort cricket, time to talk expectations and disappointment. expectations is the right word. this is supposed to be a showing of eoin morgan's best team. to be honest, it all started a little bit of a whimper. england's cricketers threw away the chance to beat south africa in the first, dramatic, t20 international. eoin morgan's men looked like they were cruising to victory before a chaotic final over saw them lose byjust one run. joe wilson watched the action.

this is 20—20 stop hitting the ball for miles, it could be more thrilling. and the t20 cricket is built among those ups and downs. south africa finished with 177, was that enough? and who knew? jason roy can hit most targets, aiming for the grandstands here. bowlers need tricks to make that bowl slow. reweighted but could only hit it there and for 70. eoin morgan took england to the brink of victory with 52. well, keep watching for the twister. morgan was gone, he needed three of two dennis. and the super over, one they made and the second only confusing as south africa grabbed victory. there are many

cricket formats in 2020 but this was classic t20. joe wilson, bbc news. celtic are ten points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after they thrashed hearts 5—0. and rivals rangers conceded two late goals to lose 2—1 at kilmarnock. manager steven gerrard afterwards said he is being "proven wrong" in thinking his squad have the mentality to challenge for the title. in the championship, fulham missed out on the chance to move into the automatic promotion places. they were held to a 1—1 draw away at millwall although there was a strong case for the equaliser being offside. elsewhere leaders west brom won 2—1 away from home at reading. it's now six women's super league wins in a row for leaders manchester city as they beat bristol city 1—0. gemma bonner scored the only goal of the game and that was in the first two minutes. they are a point clear at the top but chelsea have a game in hand in second.

british number one johanna konta is still waiting for her first win of 2020. she was the fourth seed in st petersburg but lost in straight sets to qualifier oceane dodin who's ranked 159 in the world. konta has only had three singles matches since last september's us open due to a knee injury. ronnie o'sullivan is safely through to the third round of the welsh open. he produced a strong finish and some quality shots to beat stuart carrington by four frames to two. up next for the 'rocket‘ is anthony hamilton. ido i do enjoy the nicknames sometimes both in darts and snooker, you know? rocket is a good one. i wonder what my one would be. could i take pocket rocket? if rocket is taken? i think you need something with a little more imagination. i'll think of another one for next time. it's

6:37am. another 15,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in china overnight, bringing the total national figure to more than 60,000. in the rest of the world, more than 400 cases have been confirmed across 2a countries. the biggest cluster of cases outside china is on a cruise ship quarantined off the japanese port of yokohama, where 44 more passengers have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to 218. ourjapan correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, joins us from the port. rupert, good to see you. so, we understand more have been diagnosed. i'm supposing that isn't so surprising, is it? well, it's worrying, naga because yesterday we had 39 new cases confirmed, today we have 44 new cases. this quarantine on the ship behind me is now into its either eighth or ninth day, so by now i think officials here were hoping to start seeing a drop—off in

new infections as they carry on testing more and more of the passengers, but that hasn't happened at all. in fact today it has gone up again. so that is worrying because there is a concern that the virus is still circulating onboard the ship. people are closed up in their cabins, people are being isolated from each other, but health officials, public health experts, are concerned the virus may be still continuing to circulate around the ship and that may be accounting for some of these new cases. now i've just lost my contact with you so i can't hear your questions. i'll just continue to say they have now agreed to let some people off this ship. the japanese government today has given into some pressure and said that some people over the age of 80 who are not showing any symptoms and have tested negative, but have underlying other health problems, they will start allowing those people off this ship from tonight. we don't know how many of those

people may be and where they will be taken to to continue their quarantine, but this is the first line japan is going to allow some of those people, particularly the most vulnerable, elderly people onboard to be quarantined somewhere else. rupert, thank you. i know rupert has lost communications with us, but rupert wingfield—hayes in yokohama. we can see the diamond princess behind rupert there. we can go onboard and speak to damien and sally able. we have spoken to you once or twice in this period of time. listening to what rupert was saying a moment ago, can you tell us what is going to happen next? 0k, well, the last that we heard which was just a few hours ago from the captain, he can only inform us as passengers with the authority from the japan health department stop so

we are usually getting the news from media before we hear it from him, which is a bit frustrating. the latest is almost correct to what rupert was saying. they have started testing eight —year—olds who are confined to the cabins that don't have balconies, ok? so all eight —year—olds who don't have a balcony -- 80 —year—olds who don't have a balcony —— 80 —year—olds they are a group that were about to be tested all 80 —year—olds who have a condition, especially if it is respiratory, they are also being tested. this is why the results are coming out of the way they are, i think because of the way they are, i think because of the age group, particularly that has been chosen. and we've been given a choice. if we are negative, we can get off the ship and go to a

japanese health — hospitals or similar. or, we can remain on the ship for the duration, that is the very latest. so, sally, just explain to us. dave was saying if we are negative. have you already been tested ? negative. have you already been tested? what you know about the testing procedure? nothing, really. i think it is a throat swab that they do. all we have had is our temperature is ta ken they do. all we have had is our temperature is taken and we have been given a thermometer and we are asked to take our temperature is about four times a day. if we go over 37.5 degrees, we have the phone a number. but, so far with us, we are ok and our temperatures are all right. but it can vary day by day. i think we are going to be doing it on an age range, so think we are going to be doing it on an age range, so we think we are going to be doing it on an age range, so we might be very well the next age—group to be tested, over 70 years old. so, we

will wait and see. you don't know exactly when it will take place but clearly there is one risk attached to this which is it is possible one of you will take positive and the other will not. what happens in those circumstances? that is horrendous. if one of us is positive and the other negative, we will be separated and not looking forward to that at all. we will meet it head on, we will deal with it, but it is not something that we are looking forward to. and sally, just in terms of spirits more generally, i get the sense having seen you once or twice before, your spirits have been hired previously. i get the sense time is taking a bit of a toll on you now.|j so. taking a bit of a toll on you now.|j so. think it is a nightmare, ijust wa nt so. think it is a nightmare, ijust want to wake up from it and go home. obviously i've got to face facts and i have to do as i'm told. but then i don't want to go home, i risk my family and my friends if we aren't

sure that we are clear. well, look, we wish you well and we will no doubt find out in the next couple of days what is going to happen next. thank you for keeping in touch with us on thank you for keeping in touch with us on bbc breakfast. good to see you, thank you. thank you. that's the thing. you have to use common sense, as sally said. it isn't easy and you are missing your family and your health but it is important. they are lucky because they have a balcony. rupert was saying before those who are in those inner rooms, it is a very different situation. we will keep you up—to—date with that. we're talking about ellie gould this morning. she should have turned 18 last week but in may last year she was murdered by a former boyfriend. some of ellie's friends will be joining us after 8am, along with ellie's mum, to talk about how they've been coping and how they're keeping her memory alive. fiona lamdin sent this report.

# nice to meet you, where have you been? my life was full. she was the perfect daughter, really. ellie gould was a bright 17 —year—olds didn't who loved horseriding and dreams of a career in the police. she was studying for her a—levels last may when she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, thomas griffiths. the night before she had called off their three—month relationship to concentrate her schoolwork. she felt a bit suffocated and a bit trapped within it. and she didn't know what to do because she is really independent. the next day griffiths stabbed her repeatedly while she was studying at home alone. we trusted him. we welcomed him into our home. he celebrated her 17th birthday with us stop three months later he murdered her. it's chilling. anerley should have been

celebrating her 18th birthday last week. herfriends were celebrating her 18th birthday last week. her friends were determined she wouldn't be forgotten —— ellie. we always, our big milestone in our relationship was we would get to 18 and we would be adults together and go drinking and do everything in 18—year—old to be able to do. but obviously that has been ripped away from us and it'sjust obviously that has been ripped away from us and it's just the obviously that has been ripped away from us and it'sjust the idea obviously that has been ripped away from us and it's just the idea that they won't be able to do that with her is literally heartbreaking —— i won't. sorry. thank you. because obviously he got to have his 18th birthday and he took our ellie's away from her. we completely understand. you saw —, one of ellie's france. we will be speaking to———

ellie's france. we will be speaking to — —— friends. ellie's friends will be joining us at 8:10am. they're campaigning to have self—defence taught in all schools. they have a petition going. it has 10,000 signatures. we'll be talking to them about that and what life is after ellie. that is coming up a little later on. it is a 6:47am. let us little later on. it is a 6:47am. let us look at all the weather has in store for the next couple of days full what have you got for us may almost everything, charlie. one of our weather watchers sent in this pic area our weather watchers sent in this pic are a little bit earlier of the snow in cumbria. we have more snow falling at the moment across northern england anna across southern scotland. does moving into was the central lowlands. —— and across. look at the showers packing in presented by this beckley cloud. we will see health star in northern ireland this morning, albeit transient. if you are travelling this is no good will prove to be disruptive. and if it is not snow we have had rain moving steadily north—eastward through the course of the night, a lot of surface water on

the night, a lot of surface water on the roads. gales across southern coastal counties, including the channel islands and the english channel. a lot going on this morning. because of the strength of the wind the showers will rattle from the west for these quite quickly. some will have hail and thunder embedded in them. the rain and the snow clearing into was the north sea. they hang back of cloud across north—east scotland, south—east kelowna, north—west england, should should produce drizzle. it has been a very cold start of the day across the far north of scotland. braemar had minus ten point to last night. not quite the lowest temperature so far. it would need to get to 10.3 for that. you will see the best of the sunshine. showers and the far north of scotla nd sunshine. showers and the far north of scotland likely to be wintry northern isles. as we had on late on thursday the low pressure moves away. overnight high pressure built—in. then we have the next system moving in from the west. this is not storm dennis, you might have been hearing us talk about, storm

dennis comes later. first thing friday we are looking at a cold start, frost, the risk of highs, patchy mister fog as well. temperatures rising towards the west because the cloud is coming in. the wind is strengthening, then we will see all this rain coming our way. heavy and persistent rain moving into the west and putting it through the day. ahead of it there will be a fairend of the day. ahead of it there will be a fair end of cloud. behind its quality showers, and temperatures between five and 12. with the temperatures rising across the board any snow will be in the mountains in scotland, but there is the risk of melting snow. something to be aware of. then here is a storm dennis for the weekend. you can see how it remains across our shores right the way into monday, actually. lots of i on the charts. so telling you we are looking at gales, inland gales, 50-60 looking at gales, inland gales, 50—60 mph with exposure even more than that. we could have 70—71, that's enough to cause damage and uproot trees, for example. it's not just that. the other half of the story is the rain. heavy rain at

times. we will see the totals with the melting snow as well really add up the melting snow as well really add up so there is the risk of further flooding. and the strongest winds as we move from sunday into monday look like transferring from the south that bit further north into was a central and the north and the west so that could lead to a tricky rush hour first thing monday morning. naga and charlie. thanks very much. keep a close eye on the forecast. thank you. we talk a lot at the moment about the motor industry, the cars we drive, when we will be allowed to have ca rs drive, when we will be allowed to have cars with regular engines in them and when the rules will change. a big worry for the industry but also consumers. it is the idea of i'll be ready, all well and good setting ambitious targets to get them off the road, but is the infrastructure in place, particularly things like charging points and help by these electric ca rs can points and help by these electric cars can take us. good morning to you. the government, as you may

know, has said ambitious targets on climate change. it was the uk to omit zero covered by 2050 stop at the moment, about a third of all co2 emissions in the uk come from transport. to achieve that the government was to bandy sailor petrol, diesel, and hybrid cars. originally, it said it would be 2040 but last week it brought it forward to 2045 -- but last week it brought it forward to 2045 —— banned the sale. the judge was agreed that it could be even sooner. a ban in place by 2032 —— transport secretary bl de backer could be a big headache for consumers but also the car industry itself. we can talk to stuart rowley, president, ford of europe. good morning to you. a pretty ambitious target. they want if you can meet that deadline. the end of petrol, diesel, and hybrid sales by 2032. yes, so it is a hugely ambitious target. interestingly we are lodging today in london our first full battery electric vehicle,

the all—new mustang. we are at the start of this journey. to achieve the objectives the government shared it will require us to work together, industry, government, cities, we will have huge investment in infrastructure. we are going to have to accelerate the charging infrastructure so people can get access to these vehicles. we are looking forward to consulting with the government and understanding how we can support. that raises two issues and we will come onto that. the first one being infrastructure. all well and good you might launch an electric car or a range of electric vehicles, but this will rely on the infrastructure being in place, peoplejudging when rely on the infrastructure being in place, people judging when and where they need to. who is responsible for that, is that you or the government because elliott will require all of us because elliott will require all of us toa because elliott will require all of us to a together. we need bring the products to market. we need to work with government and consumers on what sort of technologies so we like to include hybrid technologies, plug—in hybrids in the mix. we think they will be very important. we are

electrifying industrial sites, our offices will put a thousand charging stations in place. going forward across the country will need not thousands but hundreds of thousands of charging stations if we are to achieve this ambition. that will require us all to work together. we are going to need to consult and figure out how to make it happen. people will say it is a chicken and 999 people will say it is a chicken and egg thing. do we need to buy the car to encourage the charging place put in? which comes first? it will be both of those in parallel. we are launching ourfirst both of those in parallel. we are launching our first electric vehicle today. we will start building our first fully electric vehicle in europe in 2023. we are also launching plug—in hybrids across our range. our all—new cougar will come with a plug—in hybrid and 40

kilometres of all electric range. people will want to judge those vehicles today. we do know the hybrids, as well as petrol and diesel, the government doesn't want them when uk rose by 2032 —— charge. that'll have to be part the discussion we have. we think they can be an important part of the mix as we make this transition. obviously 2035— 2032, that is some time away. between now and then we will sell over 25— 30 million cars and the uk. in that period we have to improve the efficiency of our fleet and hybrids will be an important part of that. let's talk about the implications for jobs. important part of that. let's talk about the implications forjobs. you have a big presence in the uk. of course in bridgend where you are already downsizing, 1700 jobs go there. a big operation in dagenham. if we are in a future that doesn't have natural, diesel, hybrid engines, does that mean the jobs go? your engine plant is in dagenham. our commercial vehicle business is

really important in the uk. one in three commercial vehicles in the uk area three commercial vehicles in the uk are a forward. all of our transit va ns are a forward. all of our transit vans are engineered in an engineering system in dunton and the engineering system in dunton and the engine plant in dagenham produces the diesel engines. as we think about commercial vehicles illegally talking to the government about the role clean diesel technology has to play -- role clean diesel technology has to play —— we will be talking ofjobs are an important part of the discussion. what commitment would you have four workers, i know we are talking about 12 years before the deadline comes in, but if there are workers in the factory thinking what is my future, does ford has a future in the uk as far as engine making is concerned? we are investing today in dagenham to upgrade our diesel engines. we recently installed and all engine. we will be taking the two stay seven emissions in 2025. obviously this is new news from the government on this. so we will have to work together and think through what that means and how we keep our business sustainable ok, it's good

to talk to you. thank you very much stuart rowley, president of ford europe. really important to hear from him there on the implications, because so much has to change between now and the deadline of 2032. so many people at home, all of us, thinking i want to have an electric car but it needs to work, it is to be practical. you can hear their how they are struggling with their how they are struggling with the infrastructure. both sides have to get involved with. you are not going to buy one if there's nowhere to plug it in, but they're not going to plug it in, but they're not going to provide the plug—in points if no has electric cars. and equally, the price point. stuart was saying the car they are working on, £50,000, it is not a cheap car. they need to embrace the range, create more because at a more affordable to get us because at a more affordable to get us thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. bicycle couriers in london say

they're concerned about carrying samples that are being tested for coronavirus. public health england says the method of transport and the containers used meet all international standards. but some couriers have told bbc london they worry it won't be safe if they are involved in an accident. it's not us that should be carrying it. it's a dedicated career in a van inside a metal box. we do thousands of miles every and crashes are inevitable. i've had sample containers smash before, luckily the sample was ok, but who knows what might happen with a corona sample? even if the original receptacle of the sample was smashed, the two other containers that are surrounding it should prevent any kind of contact of what's in that original receptacle coming into contact with anyone. so there really isn't a way that that could happen. that news comes as the first case of coronavirus has been

confirmed in london. a woman who flew in from china is being treated at guy's and st thomas. students at a school near king's cross are trying to help rough sleepers by handing out what they've dubbed 'smile packs'. they're filled with toiletries, dried foods, and other useful products. i'd be seeing the same homeless people, you know, on the way to school and on the way back. and ijust felt like, you know, no—one's helping, there's adults all around and i felt like even as a child there's still responsibility. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the overground is part suspended between south tottenham and barking while there are repairs to a damaged track. and there are minor delays on the piccadilly and victoria lines. on the roads, in shadwell, one lane is closed in both directions on the highway due to roadworks. wapping, a lane is closed on the highway towards tower hill for roadworks. so expect delays around there. finally, in wandsworth: roadworks are also causing issues.

that's on west hill towards wandsworth high street. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. well, it won't be raining all day today, but it's a very wet and really quite windy early start to the morning. that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. behind it, some brighter spells, some spells of sunshine, but also plenty of showers. the winds will ease down by the time to get to the end of the day. so some pretty large puddles out there through the morning rush hour. that band of rain sweeps eastwards, behind it, though, showers follow on, particularly towards southern areas. but it will tend to brighten up. the cloud will break as we head through the afternoon. the winds will lighten somewhat. top temperatures between 8 and 10 celsius. overnight tonight it's set to be dry and it will feel rather chilly too. plenty of cloud, some clearer spells, and in the more sheltered spots, with those lighter winds, then we'll see a touch of frost form into tomorrow morning. so it's a cold but a bright start to the day on friday. a quiet day of weather, really, in comparison, but there will be some rain by the end of it. over the weekend it turns stormy again, this time it's storm dennis. very wet and very windy on saturday

and for most of the day on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half—an—hour. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: 242 people die in china from coronavirus, the deadliest day on record. the first group of britons quarantined in a merseyside hospital are due to leave today, while the ninth case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk. good morning from downing street. on government reshuffle day i'm chris mason monitoring comings and goings as the parade of power, personalities and patronage gets under way. good morning. could it be the end of pasteur power?

—— pester. food giant unilever — which owns hundreds of brands like walls and dove — will stop marketing its products to children. they say it's to tackle rising obesity rates. good morning. late drama in south africa as england fluff their lines and lose their opening t20 international by a single run. we have a band of heavy rain moving northwards and eastwards at the moment. snow across northern england and southern scotland. behind it, squally showers, girls in southern counties. ahead of its on sunshine, but it will be cold. i will have more in 12 minutes. —— ahead of it, some sunshine. it's thursday, february 13th. our top story. a further 240 people died from coronavirus in china yesterday, the deadliest day of the outbreak. there was also a big increase in the number of new cases, although doctors have changed the way they diagnose people. in the uk the number of people who've officially contracted the virus has now reached nine, while the first group of britons quarantined at a merseyside

hospital will leave today. jon donnison reports. china's health system is at full stretch, with these figures suggesting it was the coronavirus' deadliest day. 242 deaths is almost the previous highest daily total. the sudden increase can partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. but such a rise challenges the assertion made in geneva just yesterday by the world health organization that infection rates may have peaked. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has stabilised over the past week. but that must be interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile, overnight, doctors at saint thomas' hospital in london continued to treat the latest coronavirus case

here in the uk, a woman who is thought to have flown into heathrow from china in the last few days but had only developed symptoms after she arrived. officials are now trying to trace everyone she may have been in contact with. elsewhere, two weeks after they were put into quarantine at arrowe park hospital on the wirral, more than 80 british patients evacuated from china will be released today. 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. but 150 people remain in quarantine at a conference centre in milton keynes after being flown back from china on the weekend. jon donnison, bbc news. let's speak to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in our beijing studio. stephen, what do we know

about thejump in numbers in china? 0k, ok, well on the face of it, a lot of people would have seen the latest numbers in hubei province alone, 15,000 and just going what is going on? the reason for this, though is there is a new way of measuring who should be placed in the definitely infected category. so it had been that you had to test positive according to a nucleic acid test. now they have decided if you have the symptoms of the coronavirus and act the symptoms of the coronavirus and a ct scan showing lung infection, well, that is good enough. this is the reason why we have had such a hugejump in the reason why we have had such a huge jump in depth the reason why we have had such a hugejump in depth and infections. soi hugejump in depth and infections. so i don't think we're going to see such a massive leap tomorrow because it is just such a massive leap tomorrow because it isjust a such a massive leap tomorrow because it is just a process of deciding who should or shouldn't be going into that category. either way, should or shouldn't be going into that category. eitherway, distress that category. eitherway, distress that theirs has come at the same time that more heads are rolling,

the top two political figures in hubei province have been dismissed. that is the communist party secretary in charge of the province, but also the communist party secretary in charge of wuhan. by removing those figures, the most senior leadership in china would be hoping that it doesn't frankly trickle up to them, because of course, asking questions what went wrong with the system here? what's not the early warning from getting out? how did we lose those precious early weeks when more needed to be done to try and control this virus? stephen, thank you very much for the moment. stephen mcdonell reporting from beijing. boris johnson is preparing for his first major government reshuffle since the general election in december. but it's thought it may not be the radical overhaul some had predicted. why not? let's ask our political correspondent chris mason. there we re correspondent chris mason. there were expectations, won't there? as the drip feed of news is coming

out about it, it doesn't seem like this will be the case? it isn't only the news that has been dripping this morning. there has been a huge amount of speculation about this reshuffle since the day after the general election. and all sorts of talk about reshaping whitehall, scrapping departments and you know what? on the day itself i suspect it will be a little quieter than that. not necessarily for those who might lose theirjobs get a promotion, but it won't be completely radical. let's talk you through a couple of the names. we know of the few people who are going to get promoted, alexander is already in the cabinet, he will get a more seniorjob than the one he has at the moment. oliver dowden also tipped for a promotion, he will become the culture secretary, replacing baroness morgan who is standing down. lots of talk about raising the profile of female ministers in the cabinet and in my junior ranks stop and read

trevelya n, junior ranks stop and read trevelyan, suella braverman, and gillian keegan. they are all in line for promotion, there has been some criticism. and a perhaps the view that that could be sexist. downing has gone out of its way to say there will be an exact same number of women in cabinet as there was. chris, we will find out more later. the boss of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable baby deaths has been accused of failing to grasp the magnitude of the problem. susan acott, the chief executive of east kent hospitals trust, claimed there'd been "six or seven" avoidable deaths since 2011, even though the trust has previously accepted responsibility for at least 10. when you are looking at babies that are born very prematurely, often have congenital issues as well, it's — it's not always quite

as clear—cut as that. the dad of harry richford — who died seven days after he was born at a kent hospital — said the trust hadn't learnt its lesson from past mistakes. it seems like she is in complete denial of the scale of the problems of the trust that present. if it wasn't for us, the trust really would have failed to have learnt from harry's case and it's obvious they had failed to learn from other cases going way back as far as the report in 2015. it's this failure to learn and culture of denial which is causing real safety issues at the trust. we'll be speaking to tom in 20 minutes. a 52—year—old man is expected to appear in court later charged with the murder of lyra mckee, the journalist shot dead during rioting in londonderry last april. as well as the murder charge, he is accused of possessing a firearm and being a member of an illegal organisation. at the time, the 'new ira' claimed responsibility for the killing of the 29—year—old in derry. around 8,000 homes and businesses in cumbria

are without water for a second day because of damage caused by storm ciara. united utilities has set up eight bottled water stations and says it could be some time before a full supply is restored. police have declared it a major incident. food giant unilever, which owns brands like walls icecream, has said it will stop marketing its products to children to tackle rising obesity rates. ben's got more on this. it's quite a big move, because remember unilever, you might not know the name of valve, unilever, but is responsible for 400 brands. everything from dove soap to sister i scream, ben and all that stuff stop they said it won't use cartoons to advertiser appeal to children, it won't use social media stars or celebrities to appeal to children and they want to do this by the end of 2020 for all of its products it is going to start with walls ice cream. all food companies underfire at the moment for potentially selling products to children, things

that appeal to them. is this going to be around the world are just the uk? this is only in the uk so far, but as a global firm we expected to roll out elsewhere. the uk already has rigid rules on what you can advertise two children. there is some part —— are advertise two children. there is some part “ are some advertise two children. there is some part —— are some parts of the world where those rules don't apply, i believe unilever will roll those out globally. it will also try to roll out more responsible products to tackle those obesity problems was that 80% of children 5—19 are overweight and they believe it is that issue of unhealthy products being available or advertised to children is making that worse. this is their own internal decision—making. tight regulations on when advertisements can be placed? this on when advertisements can be placed ? this is on when advertisements can be placed? this is about what is in the adverts, but if they are still put in front of children for example during children's tv, they will still see them. what's also

interesting about this is it beyond move that does make it beyond —— it moves beyond that idea that children watch tv at strict times. they watch it any watch tv at strict times. they watch itany time watch tv at strict times. they watch it any time they like on youtube and on social media. so adding this element of celebrities that children follow and subscribe, that will be considered as well. industries have gotten around that in the past. so i think this is them getting a handle on how they can suck without while still being a viable business. there area huge, still being a viable business. there are a huge, global conglomerate with so many products. but these, particularly starting with their ice cream brands and rolling out to others. we will watch with interest stop its others. we will watch with interest stop it's interesting talking about a scream. current is going to tell us more about the weather. good morning, but not if you are in braemar this

morning. the temperature fell two -10.2 morning. the temperature fell two —10.2 degrees. it has been wet as well, rain putting in from the south—west overnight and moving northwards. as it has engaged with the cold air across northern england, parts of central scotland, we have had snow and some sleet. you can see the rapid movement of that towards the east coast. some of that is heavy and thundery with hail, being blown along by strong winds. lots of exposure for the southern counties of england, close to the english channel and channel islands. inland these are the gifts you can expect, or gusts of wind, i should say. scotland will be largely dry for you with some sunshine but it will still feel cold and wintry show is getting in across the northern isles. through this evening and overnight we say goodbye to this area of low pressure and hello to a transient ridge of high pressure,

then low pressure with strong winds and strengthening rain. mist and fog as well on friday but temperatures rising by the end of the night as the next system comes our way, bringing strengthening winds, cloud and persistent rain. after a bright start in eastern areas the cloud will build. we will see that rain move from west to east and it will still be pretty windy. we are looking at some snow in the mountains of scotland because the higher temperatures, you don't expect it at lower levels, but where we do have snow there is the risk of that melting of course. combined with the rain, we could see some flooding. carol, thank you very much. we will speak to you later. it is 7:13am. let's go back to one of our main stories at the moment. 83 people held in quarantine in rural will be free to leave from later this morning. —— in wirral.

the group arrived back onjanuary 31st, before being moved to accommodation at arrowe park hospital in merseyside. since then, there have been nine confirmed cases in the uk, the latest was a woman returning from china to heathrow. the virus has spread to 25 countries but the vast majority of the 1,300 deaths and 60,000 cases have been in china. at a conference in geneva last night, the world health organization said that it's too early to predict an end to the outbreak. well, matt raw is one of those who'll be leaving quarantine later today. hejoins us now. matt, thank you forjoining us. you must be relieved. hello, yes. i was and after hearing that i might stop being for an extra couple of days. it's going well? that hasn't a lwa ys days. it's going well? that hasn't always been the case that treatment is so satisfactory. what is the good about the people looking at you? yeah you know, the staff, the nhs

have been wonderful. all the doctors and nurses, they have really been just ending over backwards to provide us with the best possible ca re provide us with the best possible care that they can. we have been checked on a couple of times a day. the wonderful people love wirral have been donating all sorts of things. books and games and all sorts. you know, everything has been done to keep — we aren't in prison, you know? everything has been done to keep us as comfortable as possible while we have been staying here. so it is, yeah, when you look outside and you watched the rain bouncing down. no, definitely we are looking forward to give our viewers an idea of your particular situation. you do live in

china, i think, particular situation. you do live in china, ithink, all you particular situation. you do live in china, i think, all you at least work there. you have a presence in china. will you be going back? of course, eventually. eventually we will be going back. you know, we've got a house there, a car there, a car we onlyjust got a house there, a car there, a car we only just bought got a house there, a car there, a car we onlyjust bought and had to jettison that at with an airport. i guess we will sort that one out a little bit later when the roads open up little bit later when the roads open up again. but, eventually, yeah, we will go back. but for the time being we are stopping in england now for a good few months and we willjust play it by ear. i'm extremely lucky that the work i do, night raid foreign—exchange currencies, —— night raid. so long as they have an internet connection i'm ok, i can work from anywhere. i am one of the lucky ones. what have you heard from friends and perhaps you have other

family, i know you have a wife and child as well, but has other family in china, what have they been telling you about the situation there? i think really the news that's been coming from ourfamilies is the shortage of facemasks and eve ryo ne is the shortage of facemasks and everyone is keeping themselves well quarantined at home. and it's, you know, obviously is a very sad situation where people have lost their lives. and there is a genuinely realfear over their lives. and there is a genuinely real fear over there, so the more people keep themselves quarantined at home the better, but people still have to go out and buy groceries, et cetera. and that's the only thing that anyone is leaving the house for. and, again, you've got this shortage of facemasks. because the role effectively, there are only single use masks. it is an

interesting situation. thank you very much. good luck. matt who has been quarantined at arrow park in wirral. it is a 17 minutes past seven. from capsules and lozenges to vaping liquids and even gummy sweets, there's a huge range of natural remedies on sale which contain cbd — that's the legal chemical derived from cannabis. but this morning the food standards agency announced that those products need more regulation and could even be banned. more on that in a moment but first let's hear what customers at a health food cafe, which serves cbd coffee, had to say. soi so i found that it was really good forjust calming me down, so a work ina barand forjust calming me down, so a work in a bar and it tends to be quite stressful at times. and sometimes they had just a little cbd vave and i would take a couple of puffs and it coming down a bit.|j i would take a couple of puffs and it coming down a bit. i guess them asa it coming down a bit. i guess them as a bit of an alternative medicine, i guess, or people who want something a bit more natural. a thing sometimes they can use is like this is a bit of a scapegoat is a

we're regulating it because it is nasty and bad but maybe they could focus on other areas that could do with some regulation. if people want to use it, why not? you look at the side—effects most prescription drugs have on the damage that causes to people than what cbd oil causes. it's quite obvious, really, what a better alternative. it has only come about in such a short space of time and the information and the education hasn't been alongside weather for people to get the full understanding they need it. so come here, there is definitely more education on the matter. will talk more about this. emily miles is the chief executive of the food standards agency and nikki bednall began using cbd oil after she was treated for breast cancer. theyjoin us now along with our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. a very good morning to you. do you know what, colletta, what might be helpful, we will come to you in a moment, we have some of the products here. if cbd, if that doesn't mean much to someone out there, can you give us an overview, what are we

talking about? if you haven't heard of it before it's because it's still a very new product. it is only hit the high streets in the uk over the last year or two. it has gone from zero to absolutely everywhere. it will be on the high street wherever you live at the moment. and there is a massive range of products. it is on sale from everywhere from foods superdrug rate on sale from everywhere from foods superd rug rate through on sale from everywhere from foods superdrug rate through to your local pharmacies and pound shops across the uk. some of those products are very expensive, so you can get drops that are much more concentrated and then the other end of things goes right down to sort of little bits of cbd oil or essence of cbd oil. what does it do? it is a sort of cousin of cannabis, but it doesn't crucially have the psychoactive element. it doesn't make you high. that's what medicinal cannabis would do. that is prescribing very, very rare cases here in the uk and obviously by doctors and medical professionals. these going to

products are available anywhere. you can buy them over the counter. and they do contain different levels of dosage, but it's quite difficult at the moment to work out what those doses are and to work out what the effects might be on your. that needs quite neatly into emily. the food standards agency is looking at this now. we will talk to you nikki about how you are using it, but it is a goodidea how you are using it, but it is a good idea to get an idea of the status of these. we are making two announcements today. the first is we're giving me cbd industry a deadline by which time they need to authorise these products, another —— none of them are currently authorised for sale in the uk. indistinct. we're giving a deadline to the industry with a proportional response. by the end of march next year they need to have put in applications for authorisation. year they need to have put in applications for authorisationlj don't applications for authorisation.” don't understand the difference. moment ago we were in a shop selling this product and we have them here, they're not authorised? so they are

new products which means they need to go through an authorisation process. the market has grown incredibly quickly. why are they for sale if they're not authorised? our committee of experts say there is no significant food safety risk. there is not a reason to take them off the shelves. but we also know that at high doses that can be some potential adverse health effect. so today we are saying to the industry we are giving you a deadline, and of march next year 2 get the applications in, and secondly we are saying to consumers we have advice about maximum doses if you are a healthy adult. and if you are on medication or breast—feeding or pregnant, we are saying we advise you not to take cbd. but we are living it on the shelves and that is a judgement for consumers. nikki, how do you use cbd and why do you useit? how do you use cbd and why do you use it? in march 2017! had stage three breast cancer and went through

nearly one year of breast cancer treatment. after that i was still high risk for re— occurrence, which caused a lot of anxiety. so i took cbd oil immediately after finishing breast cancer treatment just to control my anxiety... did it help because it helped a lot. and you only need a small amount. why did a lot of research and read a lot of cancer research papers. and they know it is metabolised through the cyp know it is metabolised through the cy p syste m , know it is metabolised through the cyp system, the liver, so cannabis oil 's, as well as tamoxifen. i'd ta ke oil 's, as well as tamoxifen. i'd take mine two hours after having my tamoxifen to make sure i giving my liver clearance before it goes into my digestive system stop by the food standards authority has said or advised that you should not use cbd products if you are on medication. did that worry you at all? i know you have a two hour window? this has been quite new. it will not affect what i'd do. they have been taking it now for two years while on

tamoxifen and have not had a recurrence of the breast cancer and for me, personally, i'll carry on doing what i'd do. it's my decision. emily, do you want to pick up on this. you are not a medical practitioner, so you are from the fsa, but, nonetheless, as i understand, the fsa's ruling from today that anyone taking medication should not be taking this product. what are you telling emily? that as our precautionary advice. there's not enough information we know how cbd interacts with medication. the precautionary advice we say is because we don't know enough we're advising you not take it. but also if you are a healthy adult we are setting a suggested limit to the dose on a daily basis, which is 70 mga dose on a daily basis, which is 70 mg a day. that is about 28 drops of 596 mg a day. that is about 28 drops of 5% cbd. nikki, mg a day. that is about 28 drops of 596 cbd. nikki, how much would you take? when you are taking it.”

would take probably about six drops a day. the maximum dose i was buying was the 1000 mg. i'm not exactly sure ithink was the 1000 mg. i'm not exactly sure i think it's really good that you are helping people to know exactly what they are taking. i'm assuming you had to do all your research yourself. exactly. you had to do research yourself. exactly. you had todoa research yourself. exactly. you had to do a lot of reading. and to look ata to do a lot of reading. and to look at a bunch of products and work out exactly how much cbd oil you are getting when it has had a lot of different things added to the ingredients is really hard stop and die welcome that standardisation for people knowing exactly what they are buying and exactly how many drops to ta ke buying and exactly how many drops to take —— and i really welcome that. we are saying basically think carefully before you take it. if you do have a medical condition, you are taking medication, our advice is don't, but if you decide the risk judgement is worth check with a health vessel so you understand how it is interacting with your medication. nikki made the point

about being guided and having some idea. at the moment, you going to shops, and there are some cbd shops, and you don't have any guidance. as consumer affairs correspondent you will know, what consumers want is clarity. it has been confusing for people buying the product as well as those selling it. it spoke to the national, see association who said we need guidance so we know what to tell customers when they are coming in and asking about this product. so more clarity is definitely wanted by everyone. because it's such a new product. that is the purpose of the authorisation process, if i am a. so that those producing the product 's give information on the safety, on the contents of the product, and then we can authorise it in a formal way. emily, can i check one thing, you are asking the industry to go along with you on this process. if they don't do that, if they don't give you the information or, indeed, the information that you need, if they don't do that, what then? some

of them already have started. several cbd products have started the process by putting it into the regulator. but some haven't. this market is growing very quickly. those that haven't, what you do? we're saying you need to get the application by the end of march next year and if not we we're saying take the products of the shelves. nikki, wa nt to the products of the shelves. nikki, want to ask are you will now? yes, i. -- well. it is great. thank want to ask are you will now? yes, i. —— well. it is great. thank you so much. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. bicycle couriers in london say they're concerned about carrying samples that are being tested for coronavirus. public health england says the method of transport and the containers used meet all international standards.

but some couriers have told bbc london they worry it won't be safe if they are involved in an accident. it's not us that should be carrying it. it's a dedicated career in a van inside a metal box. we do thousands of miles every and crashes are inevitable. i've had sample containers smash before, luckily the sample was ok, but who knows what might happen with a corona sample? even if the original receptacle of the sample was smashed, the two other containers that are surrounding it should prevent any kind of contact of what's in that original receptacle coming into contact with anyone. so there really isn't a way that that could happen. that news comes as the first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in london. a woman who flew in from china is being treated at guy's and st thomas. students at a school near king's cross are trying to help rough sleepers by handing out what they've dubbed 'smile packs'. they're filled with toiletries, dried foods, and other useful products. i'd be seeing the same homeless people, you know, on the way to school and on the way back. and ijust felt like, you know, no—one's helping, there's adults all around and i felt like even as a child

there's still responsibility. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the overground is part suspended between south tottenham and barking while there are repairs to a damaged track. on the roads, the m1 is closed into town from junction 2 to junction 1 after an accident. wapping, a lane is closed on the highway towards tower hill for roadworks. in southfields, there are gas mains work and temporary traffic lights on penwith road eastbound. finally, one lane is closed southbound on cricklewood broadway due to gas mains work. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. well, it won't be raining all day today, but it's a very wet and really quite windy early start to the morning. that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. behind it, some brighter spells, some spells of sunshine, but also plenty of showers.

the winds will ease down by the time to get to the end of the day. so some pretty large puddles out there through the morning rush hour. that band of rain sweeps eastwards, behind it, though, showers follow on, particularly towards southern areas. but it will tend to brighten up. the cloud will break as we head through the afternoon. the winds will lighten somewhat. top temperatures between 8 and 10 celsius. overnight tonight it's set to be dry and it will feel rather chilly too. plenty of cloud, some clearer spells, and in the more sheltered spots, with those lighter winds, then we'll see a touch of frost form into tomorrow morning. so it's a cold but a bright start to the day on friday. a quiet day of weather, really, in comparison, but there will be some rain by the end of it. over the weekend it turns stormy again, this time it's storm dennis. very wet and very windy on saturday and for most of the day on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello this is breakfast

with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it is 7:30am. let's bring you up—to—date with today's stories. china has revealed a huge increase in the number of people to have died in a single day from coronavirus. there were 242 deaths yesterday in hubei province where the outbreak began. it also announced the number of confirmed cases has jumped to 60,000. the sudden increase can partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. yesterday, the world health organization suggested that infection rates may have stabilised. later today, the first major government reshuffle since the general election will take place. but it's thought it may not be the radical overhaul some had predicted. many of those tipped to lose theirjobs had been thought to be women — but it's understood the prime minister is also likely to boost the number of women

in junior ministerialjobs. the boss of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable baby deaths has claimed the scale of maternity failings is not clearly defined. in an interview with the bbc, susan acott, the chief executive of east kent hospitals trust, claimed there'd been only "six or seven" avoidable deaths since 2011, even though the trust has previously accepted responsibility for at least ten. from about 2011 to 2020, i think there are about six or seven cases that are viewed as preventable. this is not credible. i can give you ten names now of babies who have died out 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's — it's not quite as clear—cut as that.

can you rememberwhen it's not quite as clear—cut as that. can you remember when you saw that royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists report?” royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists report? 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 report had actually been commissioned. susan acott also admitted she had not yet met a single family who had lost a baby due to the trust's for care. as chief executive i think it's really important that i learn, we learn, we all collectively learn. but 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 was 's like. i think it is

important that staff — me included — listen to families. that was the bbc‘s michael buchanan speaking to susan acott, chief executive of east kent hospitals trust. in november 2017, harry richford died seven days after his birth at kent's queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital in margate. a coroner ruled harry's death was "wholly avoidable" and was contributed to by hospital neglect. we can speak to his dad, tom. thank you for your time this morning. a lot of people will have seen some of that interview for only the first time this morning. i can only imagine what your thoughts are. what were your thoughts when you saw the chief executive of east kent hospitals trust? it was like she was in complete denial of the whole scale of the problem. i mean 6— seven baby deaths is probably realistic for half a year, is probably realistic for half a yea r, let

is probably realistic for half a year, let alone the last ten years and the freedom of information requests and the freedom of information req u ests we and the freedom of information requests we have done suggest there are about 134 baby deaths going back to 2013, and statistics from the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists suggest 70% of those would normally be avoidable, so her figure of 6— seven is completely inaccurate, i feel and as such we are calling for a public enquiry to find out the scale of the problem. once we know the scale of the problem, hopefully then people will be able to go in there and resolve the problems that are there. couple of the things she was asked about, what is a very personal thing and it is about the parents in this case, and this is you, you have lost your son harry. having someone talk to them. and that question was asked, who have you ever gone to speak to? how has that been for you and what difference does that thing may? that can be a significant difference. the people we spoke to

in our situation, the conversations we had asked them numerous questions and the answer they gave us actually there more questions and because of that we kept getting pushed up to hire people. eventually after six months after harry, we managed to speak to the medical director but we never once spoke to susan acott herself. we wrote her numerous letters in one of those letters was from december 14, 2018, and in that letter we actually highlighted that there was a significant failing in a report which was given to the trust in 2016, the rc ag report she refers to. she claims she only saw it at the mof 2019, -- to. she claims she only saw it at the mof 2019, —— at the end of 2019, but the report came out in 2018.m is possibly about them showing a gesture to you as a family that they are going to carry on and look more closely and maybe a conversation now would still be important?

absolutely. and it is about being as open and transparent as she can be. if the leader is transparent, you hope that would follow through the whole trust and make it an open and nice place. at the moment you have the leader of the souljust in denial about the scale of the problems and with that is going to lead to a lack of learning —— whole trust. i feel the country is quite u nsafe trust. i feel the country is quite unsafe with this trust at the moment. tom, thank you for speaking to us. that is tom richford, whose son harry died in 2017 at one of the trust hospitals. we will follow that and see what happens. carol will bring us the weather with storm dennis on the way this weekend. but now we will talk to holly. good morning. what's happening? cricket is happening this morning.

england are hoping to become double world cup champion after 50 overs. but england's cricketers threw away the chance to beat south africa, narrowly beaten in what was a dramatic first t20 international. the hosts were put in to bat first and got off to a fast start — temba bavuma's 43 helping them set england a target of 178 to win. and they looked to be heading to that total thanks to a brilliant 70 from jason roy and a half—century from eoin morgan. but then it all went wrong for england, they needed seven runs from the last over, and instead lost three wickets and were beaten byjust one run. and celtic are ten points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after they thrashed hearts 5—0. and rivals rangers conceded two late

goals to lose 2—1 at kilmarnock. manager steven gerrard afterwards said he is being "proven wrong" in thinking his squad have the mentality to challenge for the title. it's now six women's super league wins in a row for leaders manchester city as they beat bristol city 1—0 gemma bonner scored the only goal of the game and that was in the first two minutes. they are a point clear at the top but chelsea have a game in hand in second. british number one dan evans is into the quarter finals of the rotterdam open after beaten karen khachanov — butjohanna konta is still waiting for her first win of 2020. she was the fourth seed in st petersburg but lost in straight sets to qualifier oceane dodin who's ranked 159 in the world. konta has only had three singles matches since last september's us open due to a knee injury. so later on we are going to be hearing from the first woman to be a

man ina hearing from the first woman to be a man in a pdc world championship. she is going to be playing in the premier league, the first woman to do that. we will be hearing a bit more about her. we were chatting but nicknames earlier in snooker and darts. i wanted pocket rocket, but what about holly the hammer hamilton. and what about charlie the chopper stayt? i'm not sure about that one. i got loads more. good! but was probably the best one, though. i'm looking forward to hear them later. we'll get back to you. fly tipping is a blight on the countryside, and now, new research by the bbc shows the number of large scale incidents, where thousands of tons of rubbish are dumped at a time, has more than doubled.

organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise. this report from our environment correspondent david gregory—kumar. just north of birmingham, an example of large—scale fly—tipping. lorry loads of waste dumped on parkland by a housing estate. disgusted. we have to pay a management fee to live on this estate. and yet they've sent us another bill this morning, but they still haven't even cleared it. so why should we pay money to live here if nobody can look after the estate? experts say that this is the new narcotics trade for criminals, because the penalties are small, but the profits can quickly run into millions of pounds. but, believe it or not, large—scale fly—tipping like this can also happen pretty much out of sight. a short trip up the m6 — fly—tipping on a scale you've never seen before. wow. that is a lot of rubbish.

each black bale weighs about a ton and there are thousands of tons of rubbish that's been illegally dumped by a criminal gang that the owners thought was a legitimate business. the landowners obviously rented this warehouse out to the people that dumped this waste here under false pretences, so the people that came in, told the landowners they would be doing something completely different, and what has ended up here is an operation where they have dumped 5,500 tons of waste. well, this site is an active investigation at the moment, so we can't tell you exactly where this warehouse is, but it is in staffordshire. and there was another staffordshire warehouse were something similar happened. that cost £400,000 to clear up and there was half as much waste. the bbc has looked at large—scale fly—tipping since 2012 and it's more than doubled in england. and while it accounts forjust over 3% of the number of incidents, it makes up more than 20% of clean—up costs, with council spending almost £60 million.

but our analysis also showed large—scale fly—tipping decreasing in wales. data for scotland and northern ireland are not held publicly. the environment agency has seized and even destroyed tipper trucks involved in this crime, but the sheer scale of the issue is leading to a totally new approach. it is involving career criminals and it's becoming very complex. we are working with our partners, so other law enforcement agencies like the police, hmrc, the national crimes agency, we're sharing all our intelligence. and we've literallyjust started up a joint unit for waste crime. our research shows this is a growing problem, a problem that can blight the lives of communities and cost landowners hundreds of thousands of pounds. david gregory—kumar, bbc news, birmingham. as soon as possible i do talking about this story this morning, a lot of people got in touch, and by the way, we were talking about that on an industrial scale, criminal gangs involved. a lot of people are making

the link. gary says so much of this is going on because councils are now charging to pick up rubbish. if the picked up rubbish forfree, he says like they used to, then people wouldn't be driven towards dumping in open spaces. there is a correlation. that is the individual experience, but as you saw in that report, this is a farmer who has seen huge amounts of fly tipping on his land in essex. we can now speak to edward ford, a farmer who's seen huge amounts of fly tipping on his land in brentwood in essex. we consider the evidence right year. when did that happen? this happened a couple of weeks ago. and obviously this is on council land, it is on the side of a road. the council's responsibility to clear it up. they haven't done it yet. the surrounding fields around here are regularly getting fly—tip don. fields around here are regularly getting fly-tip don. when does that

happen and do you see who's doing it? how can prevent it? it happens sometimes in the day, sometimes at night and we never seem to be able to catch them. prevention measures, as you can see, we have a little amount we have built there to stop them coming in. up the road we have gates across fields. we are doing all we can to not have it on our land causing contamination to the land causing contamination to the land and trying to move the problem somewhere else, i guess. edward, how does it impact on your business, first of all? ultimately, you know, we are farmers, custodians of the countryside, we are there to grow food. and we should be wasting our time talking about this. we should be wasting our time combating this. so it affects us, you know, financially with the clear up 's. there is also an effect, mentally, we have to do with us every day and driving down this road every day you are presented with this. and it's not a good feeling. i can onlyjust

imagine. you are trying to get on with everyday life but every road you turn down or buy your bits of land there must be that feeling of dread, toa land there must be that feeling of dread, to a have to deal with this again today? yeah. and you never know what you are going to find. and the trouble is, rubbish creates rubbish. so someone has fly—tip this year and it will make someone else think not even twice about throwing out the window. the hedgerows are littered with various things. it puts a whole down on what we do. we a lwa ys puts a whole down on what we do. we always have to go and clear up that fly—tipping and we shouldn't have to worry about that. we should worry about producing food, looking after the environment and the countryside. and we're about this. the environment agency has said it is determined to bring waste criminals to justice. anyone found determined to bring waste criminals tojustice. anyone found guilty could face jail time or a hefty fine. in the last year 900 illegal waste sites were closed down. 113

prosecutions. i'm imagining, without putting words into your mouth, this is not enough when it comes to you and your personal experience. the environment agency are doing everything they can, but ultimately comes down to finding. that is with government, local authorities, the police, and environment agency. there are not the people on the ground to combat this. we need a joint approach from the environment agency, defra, the nfu, and the police, although together to get on top of it stop we have seen it with operation galileo. they are really making a difference with that with thejoined up making a difference with that with the joined up approach. making a difference with that with thejoined up approach. what making a difference with that with the joined up approach. what we really need is a strategy to combat this, but together. edward, i am sure many people watching today will have a lot of sympathy for you and what you are going through. thank you for being so candid about how it is affecting you. we wish you well. edward forward, a farm nsx..

graphic illustration of what they face —— essex. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. how are things? good morning, everybody. we will showers you some weather watchers pictures to showers you the contrast. this one is in west sussex. the rain has gone through as it has where edward is in essex. it is pushed northwards and eastward through the night, engaging with cold air in northern england in southern scotland. here we have some snow. further north, 15 centimetres of lying snow. also in the southern uplands. we have low pressure moving steadily north—eastward uplands. we have low pressure moving steadily north—eastwa rd through uplands. we have low pressure moving steadily north—eastward through the day. that will eventually clear. look at the squeeze on the high suppose further south. here we are looking at some gales, particularly southern coastal counties of england. so the first batch of rain has gone through. the second one, the other end of this weather front, moving northwards and eastwards in the direction of the north sea. we

will still have snow for a time. we have kelso in northern ireland. this will cause disruption first thing. fully north of scotland what you are at isa fully north of scotland what you are at is a cold start, —10 point to in braemar. wherever you are you can see in the black circles the gusts of wind. gales across southern coastal counties in the english channel and the channel islands as well. temperatures ranging from a cool to three in the north to a milder ten in the south. through the evening and overnight with say goodbye to that area of low pressure, a transient ridge high pressure, a transient ridge high pressure settle things down, before the next area of low pressure comes our way with its attendant fronts bringing and strengthening winds, more cloud, a summary. this coming night will be largely dry. there will be frost around. also some patchy mist and fog. after low temperatures in the early part of the night across the west, as the neck system comes in bringing increasing cloud and went with it, temperatures will go up in the west. first thing in the morning a dry start for many, the mist and fog lifting. then in comes the rain and

also the strong winds. this rain will be heavy and persistent as it wishes southwards and eastwards. we will see some snow tomorrow, but on the mountains of scotland, not at lower levels, because the temperature, as you can see, is arisen. the other thing is we could see snow melting, so that combination with the rain could lead to localised flooding, especially across southern scotland. heading on through the rest of friday, that weather front clears the south—east and then storm dennis puts in an appearance. this deep area of low pressure that will be with us right the way through until monday, introducing heavy rain and also gales. saturday, don't forget the strength of the wind. inland, 50—60 mile—per—hour gusts. towards the west, easily higher than that. perhaps as much as 71 across parts of the south—west of england. don't forget to factor in the rain as well. this could potentially lead to some disruption. it's notjust on saturday. storm dennis hangs around

until monday with heavy rain and that flood risk and gales. and on monday the strength of the wind will move that bit further north. it is certainly one to keep an eye on. charlie and naga. definitely worth keeping an eye on. olympic hopeful alice dearing is the only black swimmer currently competing for great britain at an international level — and if she qualifies for tokyo 2020 this summer, the 22—year—old will make history by becoming the first black woman to swim for team gb at the games. but in a sport where less than 1% of competitive swimmers identify as black or mixed race, alice says she wishes more people of colour would grab their swimsuits and dive in. our reporter rhia chohan went to meet her. i have been the only black swimmer in teamgbfor i have been the only black swimmer in teamgb for about five years now. it is to see athletes of colour like alice dearing in the pool. discrimination can play a part. alice expressed racism coming through the ranks. i have had a few

issues where a coach has called me a skinny and word. it wasn't a great experience. i was only 17 at the time. it wasn't sent directly to me, it was said to another swimmer. this isa it was said to another swimmer. this is a cota had never spoken to before. it was like a slap to the face ——i before. it was like a slap to the face —— i coach. before. it was like a slap to the face -- i coach. alice did get support but decided not to press charges. since then she has helped to set up the black swimming association, partly to combat crude racial stereotypes that are keeping black youngsters out of the all. it's just kind of ingrained within a culture that we don't swim. that's not our sport. and remember my brother came home and told me the story of a swimming teacher who said toa story of a swimming teacher who said to a black parent, oh, no wonder your child can't swim, their bones are too dense. they have had a lot of people say to me now. like black people, i'm too heavy to swim. you are not, you are really not. it is a com plete are not, you are really not. it is a complete mess. and there are practical considerations. the fact of the matter is that the water impulse more damaging to afro hair

because it commonly contains chemicals such as sodium hydrochloride, which when mixed with water forms bleach. hydrochloride, which when mixed with waterforms bleach. another barrier, but one that alice has learned to deal with. how have you manage the hairthing? deal with. how have you manage the hair thing? i'm not going to pretend it's easy managing my headache today. use loads of oil and just keep it hydrated. alice is an open water swimmer, an event that team gb has had success in before. she could get her own shot at olympic law in tokyo, but for her this is about more than medals. ifi can inspire one little black girl, one little black boy, anybody, to get any water to give it a try, i've myself proud. we're joined now by nathaniel cole, the co—founder of grassroots group swim dem crew and journalist ayo akinwolere. who are both outdoors. we like the

look of that place. it is a heated pool look of that place. it is a heated pool, isn't it? good morning, gentlemen. who has already been for a swim out of you two? neither of us. but we have done a bit of a brown wa nts us. but we have done a bit of a brown wants to see if there are any people of colour in there. two people of colour in there. two people of colour out of about 40 people. we may have to up those numbers are. to get in later. nathanial, where does this come from, where is the issue start with young black people not swimming? when does that begin?” young black people not swimming? when does that begin? i think there are a variety of factors at play with that. as alice mentioned earlier, you've got, culture, we often don't say why don't more black people run or do other sports like football, because we do do those things. i think swimming has been presented as a sport, it is as one we don't do. but actually what is missed is that it is a life skill as well, whether —— where as other sports as possible swimming will say

people. where people are told to do sports for your children and for your health, they might not navigate towards swimming. there's that, there's culture, there's there's a lot of different things. think what we need to do is change the mindset of what is and move it away from this elite sport and actually say it's a life skill and people were taken more seriously. absolutely. i know it is something that during your broadcasting and other things, your broadcasting and other things, you have done quite a bit of swimming and done it publicly, big swimming and done it publicly, big swim events. have you seen things changing? i think over time things are changing. at i think are you get change is really by changing the top, really. ithink change is really by changing the top, really. i think a lot of people with swimming are white and middle class. if you're trying to bring an audience to swimming the people of the chutney change as well. you can understand the cultural implications people from coming to the water but slowly and surely are changing. i've

created this swim challenge a few yea rs created this swim challenge a few years ago to try to break the stereotypes that people of colour can't swimming. we took a group of swimmers as well. just to show them that the environment needs to have a bit more colour in it. what was really wonderful about it, we were quite groundbreaking, and the swimming communities so accepting and vast. we just want to open it up to everyone. can't help but think, one generation is passing on a problem to the next, isn't it? presumably you have a lot of people in their 40s or 50s or whatever who didn't swimming who are not taking the kids swimming and therefore it just doesn't happen. yeah, i think that's why after doing the swim challenge, we lost our first set of lessons for adults for that same reason. so we get a lot of people that can't swimming. some people did have kids at —— swim. they wanted to learn to enjoy the pool for the

kids. those who swim teacher children, a lot of parents will take the children to lessons, so the kids don't have the same fears the parents do. but actually the kids will learn quicker if their parents swim two. and we offer adult lessons mainly for black people just because we understand that it is important to create a safe environment for people to learn where they can talk about their hair, when they can talk about their hair, when they can talk about what — — about their hair, when they can talk about what —— which products to use protect themselves, their hair and skin. they might have a shared experience of why they can't as well. so think that's really important to create those environments. when i talk about top—down change it took us six years top—down change it took us six years to create our own lessons and three years with swim challenge. well, good luck with the campaigning. it is lovely to see. it looks beautiful. our cameras won't be there to prove whether or not you do. i think you need to go for a swim. iam do. i think you need to go for a swim. i am going to trust you when you say you are going to. good to see this morning. charlie, get your

budgie smugglers on! get out here! it looks lovely. budgie smugglers. that is a phrase we haven't used for a while. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. bicycle couriers in london say they're concerned about carrying samples that are being tested for coronavirus. public health england says the method of transport and the containers used meet all international standards. but some couriers have told bbc london they worry it won't be safe if they are involved in an accident. it's not us that should be carrying it. it's a dedicated career in a van inside a metal box. we do thousands of miles every and crashes are inevitable. i've had sample containers smash before, luckily the sample was ok, but who knows what might happen with a corona sample? even if the original receptacle of the sample was smashed, the two other containers that are surrounding it should prevent any kind of contact of what's in that original receptacle coming

into contact with anyone. so there really isn't a way that that could happen. that news comes as the first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in london. a woman who flew in from china is being treated at guy's and st thomas. students at a school near king's cross are trying to help rough sleepers by handing out what they've dubbed'smile packs'. they're filled with toiletries, dried foods and other useful products. i'd be seeing the same homeless people, you know, on the way to school and on the way back. and ijust felt like, you know, no—one's helping, there's adults all around and i felt like even as a child there's still responsibility. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the overground is part suspended between south tottenham and barking while there are repairs to a damaged track.

on the roads: the m1 is closed into town from junction two to junction one after an accident. you can see the clear up there. there are severe delays from junction five, watford. in hayes: there are roadworks and temporary traffic lights on the parkway southbound at the junction with pump lane, towards the m4. finally — one lane is closed southbound on cricklewood broadway due to gas mains work. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. well, it won't be raining all day today, but it's a very wet and really quite windy early start to the morning. that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. behind it, some brighter spells, some spells of sunshine, but also plenty of showers. the winds will ease down by the time to get to the end of the day. so some pretty large puddles out there through the morning rush hour. that band of rain sweeps eastwards, behind it, though, showers follow on, particularly towards southern areas. but it will tend to brighten up. the cloud will break as we head through the afternoon. the winds will lighten somewhat. top temperatures between 8 and 10 celsius. overnight tonight it's set to be dry and it will feel rather chilly too. plenty of cloud, some clearer spells, and in the more sheltered

spots, with those lighter winds, then we'll see a touch of frost form into tomorrow morning. so it's a cold but a bright start to the day on friday. a quiet day of weather, really, in comparison, but there will be some rain by the end of it. over the weekend it turns stormy again, this time it's storm dennis. very wet and very windy on saturday and for most of the day on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: 242 people die in china from coronavirus — the deadliest day on record. the first group of britons quarantined in a merseyside hospital are due to leave today, while the 9th case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk. good morning from downing street on

government reshuffle day. i am chris mason that monitoring comings and goings as the parade of power and personalities and patronage gets under way. feeling the heat — british gas owner centrica slumps to a loss of £850 million, blaming new rules limiting what it can charge customers. i'll look at the impact. its like heirlooms of our relationship. in 2006, just started going out with paris, it was my first gold medal. meet the furies — what's life like looking after five kids and a heavyweight champion? tyson fury‘s wife paris tells us why she let the cameras in. tyson, can i take the ferrari to the hairdressers? are you trying to be posh? i wasn't trying to be posh. take the roller then. good morning. late drama in south africa as england lose their opening t20 international by a single run.

good morning, the weather remains u nsettled good morning, the weather remains unsettled for the next few days with storm dennis coming our way. today, heavy rain and some snow pushing north and east, gales in the south. details in about 12 minutes. it's thursday, february 13th. our top story. a further 240 people died from coronavirus in china yesterday — the deadliest day of the outbreak. there was also a big increase in the number of new cases, although doctors have changed the way they diagnose people. in the uk the number of people who've officially contracted the virus has now reached nine, while the first group of britons quarantined at a merseyside hospital will leave today. in a moment, we'll speak to sam fenwick, who is at arrowe park hospital. but first, let's speak to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in our beijing studio. stephen, what do we know about thejump in numbers in china? we have got the caveat in there that the way doctors are diagnosing weather summary has coronavirus has

changed, hasn't it? yeah. i'm sure people looked at the latest figures when they came out today and nearly 15,000 more cases in hubei. how is that possible? the reason is they are just changing what constitutes someone who is definitely infected. it was that you had to pass this acid test. but now you don't have to have passed that test. if you have the virus symptoms, and a ct scan showing a chest infection, now they say that is enough. it is represented a big jump is enough. it is represented a big jump in not only deaths. on the one hand i can understand why they are doing this. it makes sense. they must know what they are talking about. but in terms of the trend it has thrown everything into chaos. the figures until now, there is no way they have caught all the... but

at least they seem to show a pattern. so we can try to work out where the emergency is going. where is that the trend now? do we start all over again with a new set of figures? people scratching their heads. at least it is not as desperately bad as it would seem to suggest. thank you for bringing us up to date. in the uk, 83 british people evacuated from china were kept in quarantine in wirral. that ends today, and samantha fenwick is there. people who have followed the journeys of these 83 people with interest, we a re journeys of these 83 people with interest, we are at the closing stages. what are we being told? well, we are being told there are a lot of very relieved people in those two buildings over there. they arrived here on the 31st ofjanuary after a very long flight. they arrived into raf brize norton before they were brought here to the wirral on coaches. they came here because of the staff accommodation that they

we re of the staff accommodation that they were housed in, and also because it was very close to the royal liverpool hospital, which has a specialist infectious disease unit. as you say they have been quarantined in there for the past two weeks. nearly two weeks. they have been looked after by the staff here. they say they are quite sad to go, some of those we have been speaking to. we spoke to him a little earlier. he was just saying, as you were reflecting, the outstanding care they have had there. but notwithstanding that, this will be a group of people very relieved that in the end is nigh? i think there will be glad to get out of there. can you imagine how it must have felt to have been stuck in there for two weeks? what we understand is going to happen is thatjust beyond the two buildings there will be some

coaches brought in to take the people away some time later this morning, early afternoon. there are nine confirmed cases now in the uk of coronavirus. the latest woman who flew into london to be confirmed, flew into london to be confirmed, flew into london from china a few days ago. she is being looked after at guy's and sent to mrs hospital. 1750 people have been tested. only nine cases confirmed. the numbers are still extremely low of confirmed cases. some, thank you very much. boris johnson is preparing for his first major government reshuffle since the general election in december. but it's thought it may not be the radical overhaul some had predicted. our political correspondent, chris mason, is live outside downing street for us this morning. it looks like it is brightened up. i wonder if it is going to be bright for the futures of some particularly

junior ministers? good morning. it is one of those days when ministers dare not let their phone out of their sight for fear that they are either going to get sacked, or for some there might bea get sacked, or for some there might be a brighter future at the top table of british politics. a big moment, there is, as a borisjohnson tries to be shape his government in his own image, now in possession of a majority. let's look at some of the face as we know are going to be moving. motions for oliver dowden and alok sharma, alok sharma is already in the mud. he is getting a promotion. oliver dowden could become culture secretary. lots of talk about ensuring there is a greater representation of women in government at all levels. promotions for anne—marie trevelyan and gillian keegan among those who should be smiling by the end of the day. but of course, yes, there will also be

some sackings. i suspect what is going on down the road in the commons office around about now, before we get the parade of the successful mps, able to do the walk up successful mps, able to do the walk up the street later on, as people get called into the pm's offers in private to be fired. thank you very much. ben hasjust joined us in the studio, looking at british gas figures. yes, i have looked at these so you don't have to. the price cut hurts. this is of gem, the regulator. imposed on them la st gem, the regulator. imposed on them last year. it does this twice a year, it looks at how much the costs are, the investment needed for the energy network. it limits how much energy network. it limits how much energy firms can charge people on standard tariffs. they are limited. at the time the energy firms were not too happy with it. now we get a

sense of what it means. in the case of centrica, the onus of british gas, it costs them three of £1 million. it pushes them to a massive loss of £850 million. that is quite the reversal of the profit of more than £980 million it made in the year before. they have gone from a profit of 900 to a loss of 800. 1700. so there is 1400 that is accounted for the business, not the cap? accounted for the business, not the es, accounted for the business, not the cap? yes, there is so much else in this. the cap is the bit we are focusing on. there has also been a big issue in terms of wholesale prices. on the global markets the prices. on the global markets the price of wholesale gas has fallen. you might think that is good news because it keeps their prices down. but all their assets around the world a re but all their assets around the world are valued at a certain amount of money. they have got their own investment based on gasping it at a certain level. if it falls below

that they don't make as much money on it. the wholesale global price one of the big issues. they have got more customers but at the same time the price cap really affecting them. what are the implications for the cost of gas now? for all of us? yes. we talked about this before. the price cap penalises people, at the moment of the price cap means they have got a bit of a safety net in terms of how much they are charging those bog—standard customers that don't switch and don't move around. normally they have cross subsidised there was ones to keep their prices down by switching. what we are saying here is because they have been limited by how much they can charge these people, that is a big problem. it is bringing prices down across the board and hitting their profits. it is important. thanks very much. now the weather. looking

ahead, the next couple of days, what have you got? everything but the kitchen sink. this morning we have got a band of heavy rain moving north and east. it has cleared a lot of northern —— is learning that. as it hits the cold air in northern england and southern scotland we have seen some snow. hill is not across northern ireland too. this is what happened in the early hours of today. a lot of surface water and spray on the roads. the snow could lead to some disruption yet. also very windy across southern coastal counties, 71 mph in the isles of scilly. similar across south—west england. these gains continue for a time yet with a lot of showers packing in. some will be heavy and thundery with some hail. these are the gusts of wind as indicated by the black circles. we eventually say goodbye to the rain but we hang on to the cloud with some drizzle in south—east scotland and north—east england. temperatures, three in the north, the south. temperatures last night

in braemar fell to —10.2. your temperature is not rocketing today. you will see some drier conditions with some sunshine. this evening and overnight at the low pressure bringing this inclement weather leaves us. a ridge of high pressure dry things out and then we have the next area of low pressure coming our way introducing wet and windy conditions. a cold night, some frost, some mist and fog. the temperature rising in the west as the next system approaches. after a largely dry start, any mist and fog overnight will tear. then we have got this man of heavy rain moving from the west towards the east, accompanied by strong winds. blizzards on the tops of the mountains. temperatures getting up to 12 degrees. i will have a much longer weather forecast in about half an hour. naga and charlie. carol, thank you. we're going to talk about ellie gould now. she was a bright and popular sixth form student who should have turned 18 last week. but in may, she was murdered in her own home by a

former boyfriend. in a moment we'll speak to some of ellie's friends who are fighting to keep her memory alive, by campaigning for self—defence to be taught in all schools. ellie's mum carole is here too. before we speak to them, let's just remind ourselves of what happened. # nice to meet you, where've you been? her life was full. yeah, she was the perfect daughter, really. ellie gould was a bright 17—year—old student who loved horse riding and dreamed of a career in the police. she was studying for her a—levels last may when she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, thomas griffiths. the night before she'd called off their three—month relationship to concentrate her schoolwork. she felt a bit suffocated and a bit trapped within it. and she didn't really know what to do because she is really independent.

the next day griffiths stabbed her repeatedly while she was studying at home alone. we trusted him. we welcomed him into our home. he celebrated her 17th birthday with us. three months later he murdered her. it's chilling. ellie should have been celebrating her 18th birthday last week. her friends were determined she wouldn't be forgotten. we had always — almost like the big milestone in mine and ellie's relationship was we would get to 18 and we would be adults together and go drinking and do everything in 18—year—old should be able to do. but obviously that has been ripped away from us and it's just the idea that i won't be able to do that with her is literally heartbreaking. sorry. do you want a tissue? thank you. because obviously he got to have his 18th birthday

and he took our ellie's away from her. let's hear more now from some of the people in that film. ellie's mum carole is here, and so are her friends, harriet, ellie and tilda. good morning. it is fair to say that those were difficult moments for you watching that. but i have to say, and it's important people know this, there was laughter on the sofa among close friends. you are watching some of those pictures of times you had together. i think maybe it's quite important, it must be comforting for you seeing ellie pass my friends are still able to look at that and think, get something from those |mages? think, get something from those images? it is a comfort for me as well. when we first used to meet up it was really painful. it was an awful reminder of what we had lost.

but i see them a lot. we meet a lot. it's so much easier now. it is a real comfort. ellie would have been 18 last week. this is tough. there is purpose to what you want to say. how are you? how was it? it was difficult for all of us. wasn't it girls? myself and my husband went away for the night. we went down to the coast. being by the sea seemed to help between the tears. but it was a painful day. but these guys all got together as a group, the boys as well, and they kept sending us boys as well, and they kept sending us photographs of the day at school, the memorial at the school and their evening out. harriet, do you want to pick up on that? tell us what you did and how you have been trying to rationalise things in some way? yeah, we have tried to focus our efforts on trying to help other people. and ellie's birthday we tried to take time to celebrate her

life and to try and treat it as if she was here with us. and try to just be positive about how we did spend time with her rather than morning the fact she was no longer with us. tilde, you were upset in that film. it's very difficult. as carol said, the laughter as comforting as well. what was ellie like? what kind of friend was she?” don't have a word to describe her. she was the most amazing, bubbly, charismatic person. that is why it is so hard. she is irreplaceable. i can't think of anybody who could fill the void she has left. so what are you doing now? the circumstances surrounding her murder, with the former boyfriend, you have decided that perhaps if ellie was more forearmed, she could have defended herself more. this is an idea she —— you had that she might have escaped this death. what are you doing about

it? at the moment we have started a petition. yesterday it hit 10,000 signatures. we are hoping now that parliament will hopefully pick up on that and maybe make a change. we are just hoping that pushing for this self defence to be brought into schools will help prevent this happening to anybody else. what does that look like? why do you think you need that? for our year we are going to uni next year. it would be amazing for all of us just to know is those skills anyway. but on of course if ellie potentially new self defence she could have gotten away. it is the idea of saving anybody else. something tells me that are trying to do something is helpful in itself for all of you. it is so hard to deal with everything that has happened. actually trying to change something going forward? yes, it makes something so negative having a little light of positive in it. it

helps us get through it that little bit extra. carol, have you been able to find any of those things? yeah, i'm amazed by the girls. it gives me some strength as well that something positive can come out of this terrible tragedy. i'm concerned for them going to university, because griffiths had a soulful. nobody had any idea what a dangerous individual he was. they are going to university to different cities, halls of residence, you don't know who is amongst you. it can't be proven that if ellie had the capability to defend herself that she would have. there were marks on griffiths showing she did try to defend herself. harriet, only you can describe this, only you can explain. you are off to university soon. when something like this happens in such close proximity to your life, how do you feel now as a teenage woman? yeah. it's something that has really shakena yeah. it's something that has really shaken a lot of people. i mean, he

was in our friendship group. we saw each other every day. we were in a group of friends and we had so much fun together. even the last lunchtime we were all messing around in the study room. and if you think that someone that you would never guess could do something like this, has done something to someone so special to us. what does that do when it comes to feelings of trust? you are going to university now. tilde, when you look at france, when you are making friends, how has this affected you? it changes your complete perspective of how you see people. i would complete perspective of how you see people. iwould have complete perspective of how you see people. i would have seen myself as quite an open, trusting person before. but to think that someone who portrayed themselves as soap normal could flip like that and end up normal could flip like that and end up taking a life isjust normal could flip like that and end up taking a life is just terrifying. there is a common theme sometimes when people have been through terrible incidents. part of it is the fear you talked about, how it changes your mindset. sometimes another bit of you kicks in, the bid that goes, i will not be changed by

someone doing an evil thing. sometimes that can rise up. it's a must like an anger in a way but it isa must like an anger in a way but it is a response, you will not change me. is that part of what this is all about? it is a bit of it, yes. we don't want him to ruin anyone else's light. he has taken one lie. he can't ruin anyone's else's. it is trying to stay strong and keep on that positive line. as horrible as this has been, we need to stay positive about it. you said you meet with the girls, carol. that must offer some comfort but also some investment from you into seeing them grow and cope as well? yeah, i know how difficult the last nine months have been for them. they were caught up in the investigation on the day it happened. they have been interviewed by the police. they could have possibly been witnesses if it went to trial. it's been dreadful for

them. there are not other words to describe it. they have had to carry on with their studying and to deal with all of this. to try to find the strength to do this campaign is amazing. sometimes you look for small things out of dreadful things to cling onto. and often the kindness of strangers and those things, people who get in touch who have been affected. has that been pa rt have been affected. has that been part of what has been going on for you? we have had hundreds of letters from complete strangers, carrots wishing us well. they obviously don't have an address, they don't have —— they just don't have an address, they don't have —— theyjust have our name. they put the town where we live and the post arrives. we know how much this is a stroke a chord with the nation, this case. how does that affect you? it is lovely, the support from the nation, actually. it is really kind. and that is the message. you three particularly are

going forward. you will never lose this. that sense of loss will never go. but people are lovely, the world isa go. but people are lovely, the world is a decent place overall and that is a decent place overall and that is something to take away. on that note, what are the plans to what about the future for you guys? uni next? yeah. for most of us university is the next step. come on harriet, we have got a potential england volleyball player here! i'm on the junior women's england team for volleyball. look how excited you are about that. celebrate yourselves. celebrate your lives and enjoy them and you will never lose them. there is a plaque in the school, at the school memorial. can anyone remember the wording? yes, it says, i've lived my life full ofjoy and fun, live on now. that is what

she would want. all those words. thank you so much. we wish you all the best. thank you. we spoke about the best. thank you. we spoke about the campaign for it self defence classes the ladies are trying to do. the department for education has said there are no plans to make self—defence lessons compulsory, but that schools have the flexibility to provide them if they want to. they also said pupils will be taught how to recognise controlling, violent and criminal behaviour within relationships. let's move on entirely. scientists in south america have unearthed the fossils of a giant turtle that would have been about the same size as a car. the reptile — which is believed to have roamed the area more than 7 million years ago — was first discovered in the 19705, but many mysteries still remain about the animal. our reporter tim allman has more.

they don't make turtle shells like this any more. and they haven't for the best part of seven million years. these are the fossilised remains of stupendemys geographicus, the stupendous turtle, one of the biggest of all time. how big you may ask? perhaps this image will give you a sense of scale. and this is an artist impression of what the giant turtle may have looked like in the wild. notice what appeared to be horns at the front of its shell. scientists believe these may be used as a weapon as male turtles competed over territory and meeting rights. —— mating rights. it is thought that this stupendemys geographicus roamed late south america 7 million years ago. it lived in a giant wetland system spanning what is modern day peru, colombia, venezuela and brazil before the amazon and orinoco rivers were formed. this is what that terrain looks like today.

this dig in northern venezuela unearthing more fossils and more secrets. when the giant turtle prowled these parts it would have been a formidable sight. stupendous by name, stupendous by nature. tim allman, bbc news. fascinating story. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. the eastern side of england has a pretty wet start, and it all comes from this area of low pressure. this is not a storm and dennis. park ideas about that. it's wet enough and wintry enough to start with across some of the higher ground in central and southern scotland and the threat of snow recedes into the afternoon on the rain takes time to clear away from the eastern quarter

of scotla nd clear away from the eastern quarter of scotland but elsewhere the rain in the east of england clears away and we have blustery showers following behind the wind and at its most gusty across the western quarter but temperatures are average in the south where it remains chilly and here are some of the best bits of sunshine of the day. a ridge of high pressure from thursday into friday and it is but a brief appearance of high pressure because the next set of weather fronts are there lurking in the atlantic for us and it will be a cool start with frost around, particularly in the countryside but at least it will be a dry and fine start for many parts of the british isles but we soon put a stop to that across central and western parts of scotland, northern ireland, with the weather front working through northern and western parts of the british isles and you won't see it in the south—eastern quarter until after dark and with the wind coming in from the southern south west, relatively mild and a bit milder across the board but even

thatis bit milder across the board but even that is not storm dennis, this is and taking you from friday into the weekend, noticed a number of isobars and it will be very wet, over 100 millimetres of rain falling in a number of location, so flooding is a real risk and the windy weather continues into the start of next week. take care.

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