this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight: shockwaves at westminster as sajid javid resigns as chancellor — after refusing an order by the prime minister to sack his team of advisers. these are people who have worked incredibly hard on behalf of not just the government, the whole country, did a fantasticjob. i was unable to accept those conditions. i did not believe any self—respecting minister would accept this condition so therefore i thought the best thing to do was to go. he's been replaced by 39—year—old rishi sunak — until recently, a relative unknown. how do you feel about taking over in these circumstances? delighted to be appointed, lots to get on with, thanks very much. are you going to be the prime minister's puppet?

world health leaders say there's no new cause for alarm, despite a steep rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus in china. ministers announce an external inquiry into baby deaths at an nhs trust in east kent, after officials give conflicting figures. protesters scuffle with police outside a court in londonderry as a man appears charged with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee. and remembering dresden — 75 years after britain started an aerial attack that devastated the east german city. good evening.

there was shock in westminster and beyond today, as sajid javid resigned as chancellor over an order by the prime minister to fire his entire team of advisers. borisjohnson was carrying out a reshuffle of his cabinet, but mrjavid said "no self—respecting minister" could accept such a condition. he walked out of his job just four weeks before delivering what would have been his first budget. thatjob now goes to 39—year—old rishi sunak, the new chancellor who's had a meteoric rise. among those sacked by borisjohnson today were the northern ireland secretary julian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government in stormont, after it had been suspended for three years. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. how tight is number ten‘s grip?

the reshuffle bill, officials huddling to make sure it's all in order. sajid javid expected to keep his number 11, but then... he had to replace his whole team of advisers. for a moment, it wasn't quite clear what was going on. what do you make of the chancellor having to resign? number ten had demanded he had to sack his own team. in return for keeping hisjob... a loss of influence, he would not wear. to the man who'd been the second most important person in the government return home to west london with a rucksack. the conditions that were attached was a requirement i replace all my advisers. they have worked very hard on behalf

of the whole country. i was unable to accept those conditions. i don't believe any self—respecting minister would accept such conditions and so therefore, i felt the best thing to do was to go. they were requested by the prime minister. my successor has my full support. walking in in his place, a rising star. are you inspecting a promotion today? i have no idea. rishi sunak unaware first thing this morning is how high he was about to soar. emerging as the brand—new chancellor. but has number 11 become an annex of the prime minister? the start of the day followed a more predictable script.

the prime minister was there to do the firings before the hirings. andrea ledsom tight—lipped after losing the cabinet seat she held for years. mystic mcveigh slipped in early to be booted from housing. —— mystic mcveigh. julian smith got the government in northern ireland back up and running was axed. it's up to the prime minister. it's his call. we should enjoy the nice weather we have today. jacob rees—mogg hung on as leader of the house along with plenty other serving ministers. anne—marie trevelyan, former defence minister, becomes the minister for international development. oliver dowden, the new culture secretary who had been at the cabinet office. six entrants to the cabinet got newjobs today, but the trouble between numbers ten and ii is still the biggest

headline of all. this was meant to be a moderate, move along reshuffle. not a bit of it. the department of the chancellor is a huge moment for any government but this time it represents something else, a sign of a number ten that want total dominance to be in complete control. borisjohnson‘s team is adamant this is no power grab, they just want less friction at the top. this is a downing street operation that will not hesitate to clip almost anyone's wings. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. we can cross to our correspondent nick eardley, who is in westminster. a change of chancellor, that no one saw coming. unless of course boris johnson did all along. what is your ta ke johnson did all along. what is your take which ella looked, there is speculation about that. maybe if borisjohnson speculation about that. maybe if boris johnson knew all along that speculation about that. maybe if borisjohnson knew all along that he was. making too many demands of sajid javid in this made easier to put somebody new into the job. maybe he wanted him the whole time. the

truth is we will never know for sure. sometimes these machiavellian things do go on in westminster. speaking to number ten last night, and into this morning, when i woke up and into this morning, when i woke up this morning, we all expected this to be fairly modest. a fairly dull reshuffle where some of the ministers that may be some of us have heard of or some we haven't would be moved around like chess pieces and also an ever so slightly but this wouldn't be a massive change to how government works. the chancellor resigning because he cannot accept something that the prime minister is attaching as a condition to hisjob is prime minister is attaching as a condition to his job is a prime minister is attaching as a condition to hisjob is a massive thing. a huge moment and really is a comparable resignation like this. continue go back to the 1980s. —— there really isn't a comparable. it isa there really isn't a comparable. it is a huge moment and goes to show that all those boris johnson is a huge moment and goes to show that all those borisjohnson has that all those borisjohnson has that big majority, not everything will be simple for this government. and there will be these rocky

moments along the road. also worth pointing out what he is saying tonight. in that clip you saw also a resignation letter he released on twitter centre borisjohnson, he is kind of warning of the impact of some of the things borisjohnson is doing to him about the impact of that consolidation of power. by saying firstly, that no self respecting minister will take those sorts of restraints, but in his resignation letter, also say that you need advisers advising ministers, sometimes of things they don't want to hear, to keep the machinery of government working properly. to make sure that the top people are on their toes. that is a coded warning. notjust to his successoi’, coded warning. notjust to his successor, but to everybody in cabinet that you need to be your own man as well as loyal to the prime minister. you talk about impact, nick, what impact will restructuring that we see in the economic advisers

that we see in the economic advisers that will be answerable to number ten and boris johnson, that will be answerable to number ten and borisjohnson, what impact will that have on the way that we are all governed do you think?m will that have on the way that we are all governed do you think? it is important to say it is not totally clear because we don't know exactly how this is going to work at the moment. we do know that the special adviser pool will be pulled between number ten and number adviser pool will be pulled between numberten and number”. basically working in the same advisers who talk to them about things like policy, and how they speak to journalists like us. the bigger question i suppose is whether that means that both teams essentially follow the exact same policy and there isn't as much challenging of what is going on between number ten and number”. what is going on between number ten and number 11. chancellors love to be able to say to the prime minister i hear what you want to do, but we cannot quite afford it so we need to figure out something a bit smaller scale. the fear that some have come borisjohnson will be able to go now i want to do this and make it happen

in the chancellor essentially has to find a way of doing it rather than being able to say potentially that is too expensive. i think we will start to see in the next few days exactly who will be in this team of pulled advisers between ten and ii. and a lot of folk will be looking to see the role dominic cumming has. a lot of speculation that he will essentially be in charge of this and if that is the case, somewhat worried that his influence is extending even further. another interesting day at westminster. thank you for that. so who is the new chancellor of the exchequer, and what kind ofjob does he have on his hands with the budget just a few weeks away? here's our economics editor, faisal islam. it is only two days since the prime minister and his then chancellorjoined forces in birmingham. sajid javid's job had been guaranteed but he didn't look too comfortable as the relationship between number 10 and ii was coming off the track,

partly because number 10 once other partly because number 10 wants other hard hat hi viz big spend moments like this beginning at the budget in a month. this is a chancellor, famously the son of a bus driver, though one who never got to use his budget read books. to use his budget red box. speaking about how a stalling economy would be boosted by spending. you have got this probitis government investing in infrastructure which is what businesses want to see. but how much investment is the issue. sajid javid's new rules on borrowing have meant the treasury having to consider tax rises to fund some of the extra spend. there is nothing abnormal about the treasury having a tense relationship with other parts of government. it is the job of this institution to say no even to the prime minister and his aides on issues of finance so it is impossible not to see today's extraordinary developments

in the context of number 10 exerting itself over number 11 when it wants to spend and borrow more and that raises key questions of credibility for the newly promoted chancellor. who is rishi sunak? he is 39 are married to the daughter of an indian it billionaire. he made a fortune of his own before going into politics. he got his firstjob two years ago as a junior minister before moving to the treasury. he is now chancellor in charge of the nation's finances and second only to the pm who chose him in last year's tv debates. the then chancellor shared a trip to see the new star wars film with his deputy and nile replacement. sajid javid won some top battles and today number 10 strikes back.

with the smiths are protracted talks which lead to unionists and other nationalist. the other notable move in today's cabinet reshuffle was the sacking ofjulian smith, who's been widely acclaimed for his work as northern ireland secretary. mr smith oversaw protracted talks which led to unionists and nationalists agreeing to restore a power—sharing government at stormont — after 3 years of deadlock. he will be replaced by the former security minister brandon lewis. our ireland correspondent chris page's report contains flashing images. this report contains flashing images. the man who saved stormont could not save his own job. just five weeks agojulian smith challenged politicians to bring back devolved government. we have never ignored the issues are difficult and that reaching agreement would be easy, but now it's decision time. that characteristically straight talking worked. the northern ireland parties returned to the power—sharing table. when borisjohnson visited a few days later he congratulated his minister.

he has done a great job and he certainly has a bright future. but mr smith had differences with the prime minister, not least over brexit. this morning he was trying to hold on. i have enjoyed serving the people of northern ireland. there is a lot more to do. there has been unusual praise for the former northern ireland secretary after his sacking. holders of the job do not tend to be popular but julian smith has generated real respect for what he has achieved here. the stormont first minister arlene foster of the democratic unionist party said his dedication to the role was incredible. the irish prime minister described mr smith as one of britain's finest politicians of our time. child abuse victims thanked him for setting up a compensation scheme they had waited years for it. it is outrageous actually. we are very angry that such a man of his integrity could be put out of his job, northern ireland

took him as one of our own. now this man has taken charge of the northern ireland office. one of the many sensitive issues brandon lewis will face is how the question of how unsolved killings from the trouble should be investigated. plenty of more on that star in this hour and looking at how the story and many others are covered into my apartment front pages. —— plenty more on the story later in the hour. our guest joining more on the story later in the hour. our guestjoining me tonight more on the story later in the hour. our guest joining me tonight jack black charred competitor of the political london playbook and an isaac reporter at the wall street journal. —— editor act. isaac reporter at the wall street journal. —— editoract. let's isaac reporter at the wall street journal. —— editor act. let's update you with the headlines. the headlines on bbc news... the chancellor sajid javid has resigned, in a shock move during the prime minister's government reshuffle — he said he was left "with no other option" after he was required to replace all of his political advisers. out too are theresa villiers, andrea leadsom, esther mcvey,

and the northern ireland secretary julian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government at stormont. world health leaders say there's no new cause for alarm, despite a steep rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus in china — yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak so far. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here is ben. good evening. good evening to you. the catalans dragons head coach steve told the bbc that israel deserves a second chance is the australian gears up for his super league debut this weekend. while i was sacked by rugby australia lecture after homophobic comments posted on social media. these were given the opportunity to continue his career in europe starting against castle fred on saturday. they say a fresh start is

deserved. >> we researched him as a person. my decision was based around his ability, his ability to add positivity to the dressing room. to really increase our opportunities of winning. and it was based around that and being a good person, over a number of occasions, i felt it was right and number of occasions, i felt it was rightandi number of occasions, i felt it was right and i felt he deserved the opportunity. it shouldn't be a life sentence what he was given and he gets an opportunity here in the south of france. the hong kong and singapore rugby sevens have become the latest events to be postponed as a result of the coronavirus. they are being moved from april to october while rugby said the health oi’ october while rugby said the health or safety of everyone at their event is their highest priority. organises of the tokyo olympics have insisted they will go ahead as scheduled in any postponement was not being

considered. he has been turning away from the arrest of the manchester united squat over the slim chance as he could have the virus having recently joined from shanghai he could have the virus having recentlyjoined from shanghai —— while the former wife are struck or moved on deadline day and missed united proximate trip to spain. —— the former striker. he is expected to be available at chelsea on monday. one chelsea player to look out for some it will be the marach and wenger z x. the club have agreed to deal with high acts are believed to deal with high acts are believed to be in the region of £33 million. he was a target for frank during the january transfer window and the subject of personal terms should com plete subject of personal terms should complete a move to use stamford bridge in the summer. more premier league official bobby has think referee boxes for allowing him to return in england. he was sacked under two years ago after sending a video to a friend marking a disabled person. he will return to the lower legs initially before coming back to the leaguei legs initially before coming back to the league i and two years ago after sending a video to a friend marking

a disabled person. he will return to the lower legs initially before coming back to llais gwynedd to from next season. he has also agreed to attend an fa discrimination workshop. when matching the women's super league tonight between liverpool and arsenal. it has been a really good game so far. currently tied up in the second half. all of the goals coming before the interval. liverpool took an early lead and hit back with two goals in two minutes. they went in front at one of those came from the england midfielder. the riposte equaliser came from the stroke of half—time from rachel furness. roy mcelroy has many promising start to the pga tour in california. sing nine of the top ten players taking part. mcelroy back on top. —— rory mcilroy. for the first time in five years back on top. four shots off of the lead. 68, included two eagles, this one being on the second of them. the american mass culture currently out in front on seven under par. “— mass culture currently out in front on seven under par. —— matt culture. sullivan has breathe through to the quarterfinals of the welsh open. he

won for neil including a break of 131 in frame three. another big name tonight in action including judge trump and the defending champion neil roberts. on our website, bbc website, check out more snooker and more for you rebecca at half past ten in sportsday. see you then. thank you. more now on the cabinet reshuffle. although several ministers have kept theirjobs, a number of their special advisers have been sacked as part of what is rumoured to be a plan for number ten's chief of staff, dominic cummings, to "regain control" over the cabinet. one of those to lose theirjobs is peter cardwell, who was special adviser to thejustice secretary robert buckland — hejoins us now in our westminster studio. commiseration is first of all. how did you hear you like yourjob? thank you for the commiseration. i factory and a half years as a

special adviser committed to last forever. it is one of the strange job within government has many people have today thatjust do not last forever. i was told by robert buckland and then i had a meeting with lee kane, the director of communications for number ten and he told me that i'm afraid that is it. but we fight on an as you have been hearing, roy mcelroy has come back to the top after five years and i imaginei to the top after five years and i imagine i will plot a course back to anotherjob at imagine i will plot a course back to another job at some imagine i will plot a course back to anotherjob at some stage. —— rory mcilroy. i imagine we have seen that sajid javid resigned because he didn't want to lose its advisers. i suppose my question is, robert buckland could've done what sajid javid done? have you been the sacrificial lamb because he decided to stay in hisjob? sacrificial lamb because he decided to stay in his job? no, i would characterize it that way. robert has had to advisers. only me who was wa nted had to advisers. only me who was wanted to go asked to leave and

slightly different situation to sajid javid. i have nothing but respect for robert buckland and think he is a great lord chancellor and implement it fantastic and very well needed reforms especially after the terror attacks within the last few weeks. i know he will go one to a great career, not only is lord chancellor, but i imagine an even higher office. interesting you say you have great respect for him because of course sajid javid said he didn't think any self—respecting minister could agree to get rid of his advisers. so you still have that self—respect for your old bosque? yes indeed. and for domine coming. the thing about government is that when you go into it as a special adviser, but piers morgan once called the vile little creatures who are the bad carriers and advisers, you are a friend as well as a an employee. —— back carriers. —— dominic coming. and with the cases and what i have been for the last three and half years for four separate secretaries of state is job

andi separate secretaries of state is job and i think the contract essentially is that they can go at any time. just as if you were a member of the cabinet you can lose yourjob, similarata cabinet you can lose yourjob, similar at a special adviser you can too. something like 105 special advisers in government, only ten of them until very recently had more than two years experience. so it is a short shelf life and i'm just very grateful for the opportunity to have served both the conservative party and the government and i suppose by extension my country for the laughter and half years if that is not too grandiose. you said at the beginning you're one of special advisers. —— the last three and a half years. advisers. —— the last three and a half yea rs. of advisers. —— the last three and a half years. of those 105 advisers who left herjob, how many have gone today? i don't know the exact number. what happens if that your job in most cases is directly tied to your secretary of state. theresa villiers for example has gone today in andrea leadsom has gone in her special advisers, both of those women, the minute they are at office they lose their jobs women, the minute they are at office they lose theirjobs and you quite literally have to leave your desk

very quickly. the new secretary of state is about the coming and he or she may will have their own people so she may will have their own people so it is very quick, some was a brew to come but also the game we are in. i knew that is what will be the case when i signed up for this game but i've had a great brand, have been very privileged to work with robert and amber rudd in the eye man i consider one of my best friends in the whole world, james brokenshire, who absolutely i'm delighted to see back of the home office this evening. i will actually raise different question. clearly somebody somewhere wasn't happy with what you are doing. do you think that was borisjohnson or do you think it was the ultimate special adviser, dominic cummings? what do you think it is you have done? i'm not sure borisjohnson has it is you have done? i'm not sure boris johnson has any it is you have done? i'm not sure borisjohnson has any great knowledge of wisdom about the way i operate. i wouldn't take myself that seriously. i think it is interesting with the special advisers, you need to approvals from the secretary of state and downing street. look to

him asi state and downing street. look to him as i said, i've had over three yea rs, him as i said, i've had over three years, i'm a creature of the mayhem. fiona hill, iwill years, i'm a creature of the mayhem. fiona hill, i will be gratefulfor her, the former chief of staff, mrs may brought me into the job her, the former chief of staff, mrs may brought me into thejob in her, the former chief of staff, mrs may brought me into the job in the first place. i was to be honest, slightly surprised to be kept on when the change of administration happen and mrjohnson became prime minister so if anything i've had an extra six months of a bonus time really and i'm just glad to have had the time but someone, i don't know if it was dominic cummings or whoever, decided i it was time to go and they must run the government and the way they want to, and the way that they want to do it in that is their prerogative. for me to say anything else would be churlish and actually better and i don't want to go down that road because i don't feel that way. i've had a great privilege. —— actually better. it's been a great ride. i sat at the famous black tape it with michel barnier estate if embassies admit members of the royal family. barnier estate if embassies admit members of the royalfamily. i've beenin members of the royalfamily. i've been ina members of the royalfamily. i've been in a bulletproof car. that's a

famous glass table. it's been incredible. thank you. we wish you luck for the next chapter. let's catch up with the weather now. good afternoon. things will turn settled. the next name storm arriving. before that point, this ridge of high pressure will build behind their estate area of high pressure, and it will settle things out overnight, like their wings, clear skies, but things out overnight, like their wings, clearskies, but that things out overnight, like their wings, clear skies, but that will be a perfect recipe for returning called across the north and scotland. where there is like snow. hard frost here and elsewhere icy patches around, also mist and fog to greet us first thing on friday. already it will be turning what and randy across the north and west at this next area of low pressure sweep again through the day. what weather routeing centre areas but not the southeast until after dark. it will be windy with scales and further heavy blustery showers in the northwest. into the weekend, storm

dennis will arrive and we will see very heavy rain across southern and western parts of britain and the warnings in force for this but a number of warnings in force for storm dennis this weekend. head online to check out all of those in detail.

hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines... the chancellor sajid javid has resigned, in a shock move during the prime minister's government reshuffle. the former chancellor has said he was left "with no other option" after he was required to replace all of his political advisers. these are people who have worked incredibly hard on behalf of not just the government, the whole country, did a fantasticjob. i was unable to accept those conditions. i did not believe any self—respecting minister would accept this condition so therefore i thought the best thing to do was to go.

out too are theresa villiers, andrea leadsom, esther mcvey, and the northern ireland secretary julian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government at stormont. world health leaders say there's no new cause for alarm, despite a steep rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus in china. yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak so far. more than 80 people quarantined on the wirral are allowed to leave, following 1a days in isolation after flying back from wuhan in china, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. ministers announce an independent inquiry into maternity services at an nhs trust in east kent after the deaths of a number of babies there. also coming up: commemorations to mark 75 years since the destruction of dresden in world war ii — one of the most controversial bombing campaigns in military history.

yesterday, the worst day of the outbreak with beijing announcing more than 240 deaths in the who of a province, bringing the country's death toll to almost 1400. the total number with the virus also saw to almost 60,000, that's because of changes in the way officials there are diagnosing people. here in the uk, and night the case has been confirmed, and health officials are attempting to retrace anyone who might have been in contact with them. for the very latest, john said with has this report from beijing. china is at war with this virus, flying in extra supplies and a reinforcement of 2600 extra

troops. but there is still deep confusion about the enemy they are fighting, how many it's infected, and how many it's killing. until now, only those with a positive lab test were counted as confirmed cases. but lab tests take time. now patients confirmed by a much quicker ct scans are being included. it's slightly less reliable, but it means the number of cases have rocketed. what's far more worrying is the big lea p what's far more worrying is the big leap in deaths. the sudden increase is made up of those patients who only had ct scans, not counted before. but are those extra deaths added from across the past three weeks, or are they a new daily count pointing to a hidden number of similar daily deaths? china hasn't told us. it has been focused on m essa 9 es told us. it has been focused on m essa g es of told us. it has been focused on messages of loyalty. these patients are being sworn into a communist

committee. and it has been so literally dust settling political scores, removing this man as the boss of the province where the outbreak started. meanwhile, ordinary people are coping with a much change reality. this shop giving a see if different, her distance from customers. china is now portraying this as a patriotic fight involving the masses, the enforcement of strict quarantine measures, and the mandatory wearing of face masks. but of course, viruses don't listen to propaganda, they are best beaten with good data and an open, transparent public health policy. there is no shortage of fighting spirit, but there is so much we still don't know about how this is going to end. john sudderth, bbc news, beijing. —— sought worth. the british construction eqipment manufacturerjcb, is set to reduce production levels in uk factories because of problems

caused by the coronavirius. the move will mean a shorter working week for around 4,000 jcb and agency shop floor employees. here'sjcb's chief executive graeme macdonald on the problem. the supply institution is... there isa the supply institution is... there is a supply chain between here in china. but we've taken the date to make a decision today to have a controlled slowdown in production. on the shop floor, we will go to a 34 hour working week — typically we work 40—43 hours per week. demand for the products are still very strong, that's a very frustrating thing right now. so the teams in the shop will be working 44 hours, they'll get paid 39 hours... we are hoping when the supply chain stabilises, will be ramping up the hot very high levels of production again. i'm joined now by diana choyleva — a consultant economist who has been analysing china, its economy, politics and its impact on the world for almost 20 years.

so you're very well—placed to tell us so you're very well—placed to tell usa so you're very well—placed to tell us a little bit about the economic impact that coronavirus is having on china, which is of course the world's second largest economy? china, which is of course the world's second largest economy7m is huge. think about it — we have a city, wuhan, the size of london, and a province the size of sweden being on total lockdown. and it is not actually at this point in time clear for how long that will continue. other parts of china's economy have also been on partial lockdown, people are returning to work in some parts, but this is not yet clear at all how long it will continue, and it isa all how long it will continue, and it is a shock that comes at the very bad time for china's economy. why is that? it was already struggling with much weaker growth and a huge debt overhang. the chinese authorities had a big structural change that

they needed to push through and sort out that problem over the course of this year and next year in order to boost productivity growth and return china on a more sustainable growth path. and instead, they have an extremely debilitating virus that will have massive repercussions. the longer it lasts, i will also start worrying we more about the political repercussions it will have. what do you mean by that? what i mean is that, take for example the cuvee province has 30% of the production of fertilisers in china. in the longer it goes on, the less likely that these fertilisers will reach other parts, and china could have a full security problem. a lot of the

statistics on the stocks of grains and various agricultural commodities are not to be believed. so this could transform itself in a very difficult domestic situation the longer it continues. so there are clearly specific symptoms that are particularly vulnerable dashed sectors. what else? tourism seems to be an obvious one, tourism and travel. of course. you have to think that actually, the province is a major transport hub. so the industrial energy sector, the industrial energy sector, the industrial sector are heavily affected. there is also a concentration in the manufacturing sector. so in particular, on producing the screens for the iphone. .. that's what i was going to ask you, because china is essential to global supply chains. so what

other countries could this have a knock on effect on? it is global. we now have much more integrated global supply chains. china has become the manufacturing hub of the world, and it is very different to when china was hit by sars in 2003 when the integration wasn't as big. and the other extremely important point is that this is coming at a time when we are observing what i call the great... this all—encompassing geopolitical confrontation between the existing superpower, the us, and the existing superpower, the us, and the aspiring one, china. and what is transpiring, because the aspiring one, china. and what is tra nspiring, because of the aspiring one, china. and what is transpiring, because of the virus, as well, is that there is a total lack of trust between china and the rest of the world. you paint a very interesting picture, really grateful for your thoughts and insights, thank you.

there's to be an independent review into maternity care at east kent nhs trust following concerns and confusion about the number of preventable deaths of babies. in a bbc interview yesterday, the trust's chief executive said there had been "six or seven" avoidable deaths since 2011, but today a board meeting heard there were possibly 15 deaths. from kent our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan reports. we didn't get to hold harry until the day that he died. i am so glad we got to spend those seven days a with him and see him. he was a real living human being for seven days and that means everything to us. our son harry died because of a number of serious failures in the treatment that he and my wife received and which amounted to neglect. since his wholly avoidable death in 2017 his family have fought

to reveal the feeling that caused his death than that of other babies in east kent. today the campaign has taken a huge step forward when the government announced maternity care that their trust will be scrutinised. nhs england and nhs improvements will be commissioning an independent inquiry. that has been decided this morning. the inquiry will look back at preventable deaths or injuries at the trust over a number of years, and will be chaired by the man who investigated the morecambe bay maternity scandal. the announcement was made as the trust board were meeting in there. for ten, maybe 15 minutes they had no idea what the minister had said and it certainly was not what they were expecting. the trust say tonight they welcome the inquiry but harry's father gave his qualified support. what they need to do is let all of the skeletons out of the closet, under the carpet,

everything that has been buried for a number of years has to come out and hopefully that is what this investigation can do and then they can rebuild trust from the very bottom and make sure it is a safe and secure place. the trust said they now believe there have been 15 preventable baby deaths since 2012, having yesterday told us it was 6—7. but they still deny they were at fault over the death of fletcher aitken who died in 2017 from a fungal infection. his mother sees the inquiry has a chance for justice. he was treated for every other infection other than what he actually had. this is the opportunity for you to get to the truth. absolutely. for me, for my family and for fletcher. he was a loving person. —— living person. i held him, he looked at me, he was a living baby. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. scuffles broke out outside

a courthouse in londonderry, as a man appeared inside charged with the murder of journalist lyra mckee. paul mcintyre, who's 52 and comes from derry, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm and membership of a proscribed organisation, the ira. lyra mckee was shot dead during riots in the city last april. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. lyra mckee's death has led to heightened tensions in derry. members of the group police say are the political voice of the new ira clashed with officers outside court. paul mcintyre, a 52—year—old man from the city, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm and membership of the ira. it gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better. lyra mckee, a writer and gay rights activist, stood next to a police land rover during rioting in the city in april last year. a gunman was seen on mobile phone

footage, stepping out and firing towards police. the dissident republican group, known as the new ira, later claimed it was behind the shooting. the violence was widely condemned, bringing back memories of northern ireland's troubled past. today, the vast majority of those who live in derry do not support dissident republican groups. paul mcintyre, a man well—known locally, was greeted at court by a group of his supporters who held a protest through the hearing. inside court, paul mcintyre spoke only to confirm his name and address. his defence solicitor said he was accused of standing behind the man who'd fired the weapon, and was later seen picking up casings that had come out of the gun. lyra mckee's partner, her family and friends attended court wearing t—shirts saying, "speak out for lyra." police say the search for evidence to try to bring the gunman tojustice will go on.

emma vardy, bbc news, derry. germany has been marking the 75th anniversary of the destruction of dresden by british and american bombers during the second world war. between 13—15 february 1945, thousands of tonnes of bombs and incendaries were dropped on a city famous for its beauty and architecture. tens of thousands of civilians were killed — many dying in firestorms. the assault was highly controversial — the war against nazi germany was nearly over, and many felt the attack was notjustified. jenny hill reports from dresden. dresden has risen from the ashes, but its dead are not forgotten. the city still a symbol of the horror unleashed by war. it is 75 years since allied forces dropped bomb after bomb on the city — an attack which even at the time

ignited controversy. underneath their bombardment, civilians suffocated and burned — their city destroyed. ursula was 14. she recalls a firestorm so intense that she clung a lamp post to avoid being sucked into the flames. translation: we stood clinging to the lamp post, then we saw our house collapsed. first the facade crashed down and the bricks rolled up to ourfeet, and my mother said, "now we have lost everything. now we are homeless." commemorations today in a city so famed for its culture and beauty that its people thought no one would attack it. translation: we recall both the suffering of people in german cities and the suffering that germans inflicted on others. we do not forget it was germans

who started this cruel war. this is, for germany, a highly symbolic day. for many it's about memory, reconciliation. for others though it's about defiance too. the far right is once again making its presence felt in this country, seeking to redefine germany's second world war history. there are few survivors left to tell the tale of dresden, but by honouring its dead, the city intends to keep the memory alive. jenny hill, bbc news, dresden. and this evening in dresden, people were invited to form a human chain as a sign of peace and tolerance. hundreds linked hands around the city including the german president, frank—walter steinmeier. the headlines on bbc news... the chancellor sajid javid has resigned, in a shock move

during the prime minister's government reshuffle — he said he was left "with no other option" after he was required to replace all of his political advisers. out too are theresa villiers, andrea leadsom, esther mcvey, and the northern ireland secretary julian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government at stormont. world health leaders say there's no new cause for alarm, despite a steep rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus in china. yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak so far. more now on the cabinet reshuffle so here's a quick look at who's out and who is in. the other significant casualty was the northern ireland secretary julian smith, sacked after delivering what had seemed impossible — getting devolution restored. he is replaced by brandon lewis.

the defence secretary ben wallace was forced to come back to london from a nato meeting in brussels earlier today. but he survives. as does the health secretary matt hancock and the transport secretary grant schapps. dominic raab, foreign secretary, and priti patel, home secretary, remain in place. which means the big four offices of state are occupied by committed brexiteers. michael gove stays as cabinet secretary with new powers. george eustice, a fruit farmer, has been promoted from minister to secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs. and suela braverman is the new attorney general who just last week, criticised judges for overreach. joining me now is jack blanchard, the editor of politico's london playbook morning newsletter. lots and lots for us to discuss. let's start with his departure. is

this a government in disarray, or is this a government in disarray, or is this borisjohnson asserting his authority? it's a bit of both, to be honest. this is not how the government wanted to go today, this was not the plan. borisjohnson had this idea he wants to assert his control over his minister, particularly the treasury which is the most powerful department and government, by choosing who the political advisers are in these department. and although the people don't see that's the public don't see these people, they're important and how the government works and how policies are delivered. so to have downing street controlling all of them is quite a big deal. now he thought sajid javid would go along with that if it meant keeping his job. do you really think he did? i do, they knew there was a chance this might happen, but they didn't wa nt to this might happen, but they didn't want to lose their chancellor a month before the budget day. a few months into this government, it's not a good look. borisjohnson and sajid javid were quite close on most things, they didn't 5. disagree

things, they didn't really disagree on matters of policy. by all accou nts on matters of policy. by all accounts they got along well and work together very well. so i think borisjohnson is work together very well. so i think boris johnson is not work together very well. so i think borisjohnson is not happy this has happened. but when sajid javid put his foot down and said he wanted his independence, borisjohnson was faced with a choice. did he stick with his chancellor, or did he listen to what his own chief adviser was saying, dominic cummings, this is important to? and in the end borisjohnson is important to? and in the end boris johnson held his is important to? and in the end borisjohnson held his ground, met just went with his own man and sajid javid is gone. to be replaced... he's had this meteoric rise, hasn't he? now sajid javid said no self—respecting minister would accept the parameters that boris johnson was putting around him and telling him to get rid of his minister. so are we to think of his replacement as not a very self—respecting public? replacement as not a very self-respecting public? it is too early to say that. it is a meteoric rise for a young mp who has never runa rise for a young mp who has never run a department before, he's never

beenin run a department before, he's never been ina run a department before, he's never been in a cabinet before, and suddenly he has the biggest drop in the lot after the prime minister. so it is too early to tell whether he will assert his authority or not. clearly he has accepted these terms of having downing street officials working all around him, trying to push them in certain directions. having said that, there is another point of view that borisjohnson having said that, there is another point of view that boris johnson has lost one chancellor, he can't afford to lose another one this year. so in a sense this guy is on stackable. so if he decides he wants to start pushing the boundaries in asserting his own authority, it will be very ha rd his own authority, it will be very hard for number ten to stop him doing that. now we don't know, we will have to see. you may answer the next question in exactly the same way, i'm wondering traditionally, it has perhaps been thejob way, i'm wondering traditionally, it has perhaps been the job of way, i'm wondering traditionally, it has perhaps been thejob of number 11 to say number ten that you might wa nt to 11 to say number ten that you might want to do this, but how can we afford it? so are we to think in these both will be run by the same teams surrounded by yes men and women? that is how number ten wanted

to operate. although it sounds archaic for people at home, this is archaic for people at home, this is a really big change in the way britain functions since the war. there's always been these conflicts between number ten and number 11. with you and thatcher's day, we saw with blair and brown, mae and hammond, and it's always been there. the reason is that the treasury sees its role to calm down some of the wacky spending ideas that come out of advisers and downing street and point out how big the national debt is, we need to manage this carefully. now if that roadblock of the treasury is swept away in the sort of backroom reforms that we are hearing about, then that could be a big change. we could suddenly see the government doing all sorts of things and acting in a more radical way then perhaps we would've seen in the past. do you think we could see changes to the way we are being governed? i think a lot of it will be backroom stuff, you won't notice it when you walk down the street. but the government has physical rules about how much it will spend, which is not very much. they were

sajid javid rules, they were rules the treasury dreamed up. number ten doesn't like them very much, and if they sweep them away we could see they sweep them away we could see the spending types turned on this yearin the spending types turned on this year ina the spending types turned on this year in a way we didn't expect. lots of focus on the treasury and the sacking of the northern ireland secretary. but i wanted to ask you about the new attorney general? because that announcement has been made relatively late in the day. tell us a bit more about her and the implications? i think this is one to watch in the weeks ahead. the attorney general is a relatively low— key attorney general is a relatively low—key post, the government's most senior lawyer has beenjeffrey cox for the last while. and he was a very independent minded, quite a striking character, a long serving barrister who supported brexit but very much was a man of his own mind. he's been fired today, replaced with us he's been fired today, replaced with us to well man, a younger, last experienced minister. only in the

last few weeks has been saying strong things about reforming the judiciary, taking away some of the power of the courts. some of the things we know borisjohnson and his advisers want to do, and we suspect thatjeffrey cox as a long serving barrister would have had concerns about some of these reforms. but on the other hand she doesn't have them as much. so don't be surprised if you see the government turned its attention to the legal system and the court systems to try to clip the wings of the power over the courts to stop the government doing what it wa nts to to stop the government doing what it wants to do. no doubt all of us will be on the front pages. ijust had a new idea — why don't you come back and have a look at them with us?“ you'll have me, i'll be back. thank you'll have me, i'll be back. thank you very much. borisjohnson has been asked to clarify who paid for his new year holiday in the caribbean, after confusion over whether a conservative party donor funded the trip. the prime minister and his girlfriend carrie symonds accepted accommodation valued at 15,000 pounds. the register of mps' interests says

it was paid for by the co—founder of carphone warehouse david ross. mr ross initially said he had not paid for the holiday but this afternoon said he had, in his words, "facilitated accommodation". a strangely—shaped object spotted by a nasa probe in a far flung corner of the solar system has overturned the longstanding theory about how planets are formed. a new study out today has found the process can be less violent than scientists originally believed, with matter gently clumping together to form planets. so rather than a big bang, it was more of a gentle merging. this report by our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. billions of years ago, the planets in our own solar system formed. it was a violent process of rocks crashing together and merging until they became worlds which included our own earth.

or so we thought. today at a news conference in seattle, nasa scientists said that the theory held for the best part of 60 years was completely wrong. it is a wonderful scientific present and the results have just been described to you are in my view watershed. this is how planetesimals formation took place across the asteroid belt and possibly the solar system. the sun is right in the middle of the solar system. closest to it are the four small rocky planets, including the earth. then further out are four much larger planets, the most famous of which is saturn. then at the edge is tiny pluto, three billion miles away. just one of thousands of rock and ice in an outer zone called the kuiper belt. these are unused building blocks left over from the creation of the planets four—and—a—half

billion years ago. nasa's new horizon spacecraft reached one of these objects, named arrokoth, last year. it is only now that scientists have been able to study it in detail. it consists of two boulders fused together. look closely at the join and there is no evidence of a violent impact, no cracks, rather a slow coming together, notjust of these two boulders but a gradual accumulation of all the ice and rocks that built the planets we know today. objects in the kuiper belt are of great significant for us. they sit a long way from planet earth but they are significant because these were formed at the very birth of the solar system. they sit a long way from the stone, so they aren't corrupted by their sun's radiation. there like a time capsule. lots of prevailing theories about how the solar system was formed, these are proof that they didn't class but came together.

textbooks about the origin of the solar system will now have to be rewritten. the scientists say in the journal science, "instead of the violent start, its beginnings were more tranquil and peaceful." pallab ghosh, bbc news, seattle. an off—the—shoulder dress worn by tracy brabin in the house of commons has raised more than 20,000 pounds for girlguiding uk. the labour frontbencher was forced to defend her attire last week after the dress slipped off her shoulder when she leaned on the despatch box due to a broken ankle. the final bid for the controversial dress came in seconds before the auction ended tonight, with the winning bidder paying £20,200 plus £3.48 for postage. tracy brabin wrote on twitter...

the theme song for the 25th james bond 007 film will be released tonight at midnight. written and performed by billie eilish — who, at 18, is the youngest artist in history to write and record the bond theme — the track will feature on daniel craig's fifth bond film. no time to die will be released in cinemas worldwide in april 2020. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. things are said to turn much more unsettled this weekend with the next storm, named storm arriving on saturday. before we reach that point, this ridge of high pressure will continue to build in behind there's area of low pressure. it will settle things down overnight, later wins, clear skies, but there will be a perfect recipe for turning colder, particularly across the north across scotland where there is lying snow. so hard

for us here, else where there will be pat dutch icy patches around and mist and fog to greet us first thing on friday. wet and windy across the north and west, this next area of low pressure sweeping and through the day. went and we knew whether it reaching central areas but not the southeast until after dark. that's wet and windy weather. full of blustery showers in the northwest. into the weekend, storm dennis will arrive with heavy rain across southern and western parts of the britain, and the warnings enforced for this. but there are number of warnings and forest this weekend. head online to check all those in detail. —— warnings enforced.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the coronavirus crisis deepens in china. this is hubei province, the centre of the outbreak — and the death toll is up — and officials are being sacked. boris johnson's finance minister sajid javid has resigned after refusing to sack his advisers. here's his account. i was unable to accept those conditions. i don't believe any self—respecting minister would accept such conditions. so therefore i felt the best thing to do was to go. and mike bloomberg's turning to memes to get him to the white house. the idea is to reach votes regular ads don't touch. anthony zurcher will assess the new tactic. and the big bang is probably not what you think it is. scientists have a new theory of how the planets in our solar system formed.