high winds, heavy rain, and more flooding. another big storm is about to hit britain. getting ready for storm dennis after being flooded last weekend, warnings that a month's worth of rain is expected in some parts it's terrifying, because you see the effect. it's happened for the third time in eight years. it could be the fourth time. but the impact on the community is massive. the ground is already saturated, the rivers are high, many people living in northern england are worried about more flooding this weekend. we'll have a full forecast on what to expect this weekend. also tonight... the number of people with mumps hits a ten year high in england. many of them young people who missed out on the mmr vaccine. a man questioned by police at work after being accused of making transphobic tweets — the high court rules that the police response was unlawful.

another 200 people being held in quarantine on this ship injapan test positive for coronavirus, amid mounting disquiet about how japan is handling the situation. and moeen ali smashes england into a strong position, in their t—20 match against south africa. and in sportsday later in the hour, we report on the struggles of liverpool in the women's super league, battling relegation. a stark contrast to the men's team, in many ways. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. another storm is heading our way, bringing with it high winds, a month's worth of rain, and warnings of more flooding. the met office has raised the threat

level for storm dennis, including weather warnings in some parts of england and wales, that flooding could cause a "danger to life", as britain braces itself for a second weekend of disruption. storm dennis will sweep eastwards tomorrow across england and wales bringing very unsettled conditions with spells of heavy rain and widespread high winds, with some up to 60mph. the poor weather is expected to continue on sunday and spread to northern scotland and northern ireland, with warnings in place across the country until sunday evening. danny savage is in hebden bridge in west yorkshire for us tonight, which was flooded just a week ago. it has been a tough week for people living around here because some of them have been flooded for the third time in eight years, then the horrible task of having to clear up the flood and now there appears to bea the flood and now there appears to be a worse case scenario developing with a storm forming in the atlantic ready to sweep in across the uk, with the heaviest rain predicted around here on the heels of the

pennines, which means these people are here again are getting ready for are here again are getting ready for a flood. in the calder valley in east yorkshire, they are still clearing up from storm ciara last weekend. it's filthy work. but they are also shoring up the partially built new flood defences because there is a huge concern that storm dennis will overwhelm this village again. it's terrifying because you see the effects, third time in eight years, could be the fourth time, but the impact on the community is massive. we've lost all the shops, all the business just over your shoulder, there is barbers, hairdressers, there is a sainsbury‘s. all these places are ruined. they will be ruined for months. it's going to happen again and again. at the blue teapot cafe, there is a family effort under way to prepare. they're getting ready for the second flood in a week. people are really frightened. people are saying i've had all this stuff donated but, actually, if we flood again, that'll go as well. so we are kind of all speaking to each other and seeing how we can help and get things out

of the village. let's have a look. 0k, sure. older people are struggling, though. flooding destroyed janet's bakery business in 2015. she is waiting for family to come and move her furniture upstairs again. it's heartbreaking, really. we have got insurance but you're still having to peel money after money after money and there is no offer of any compensation from anybody. has flooding ruined your life here? yes! ina word. will it flood again, though? the environment agency is concerned it will. unfortunately, if we see some of the repeat totals we saw last weekend, in some of our more sensitive catchment areas, we could see further flooding but it is very uncertain at the moment, and we will continue to monitor that situation. across the north, this is the problem — the big rivers, like the ouse in york, are already very high. if this is the starting point before a rain storm with an amber warning attached, it is realistic to expect problems.

back in hebden bridge, they are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. we were looking to hopefully be back open tomorrow but we have put it off, we've gone let's get the defences up and wait until tuesday to see it out, and see the way it goes. flooding, power cuts and travel disruption are predicted in the worst affected areas this weekend. so, how bad is it going to be? the head of flood defence at the environment agency, john curtin, said ina environment agency, john curtin, said in a press briefing this afternoon 800 homes were flooded last weekend and his feeling is it'll be at least as bad, probably more so it'll be at least as bad, probably more so this weekend so that amber warning here in north england goes from hebden bridge, goes to another place where there was another severe flood warning, appleby, yorkshire dales, and the catchment for the river eden that flows through carlisle but they are not the only amber warning errors. the scottish

borders, central wales and parts of dartmoor, too. it is hard to predict how bad it'll be but it looks like it will be a difficult weekend. danny savage, thank you. well, storms like dennis and ciara last weekend certainly caused short term disruption but the environment agency is also warning about the long—term threat to coastal communities because of rising sea levels. research suggests that polar icecaps are melting fast and that raises the height of the oceans. our science editor david shukman reports. mountainous waves as storm ciara struck last weekend battering the coastal defences. in west sussex the barriers were overwhelmed and the sea broke through. as the world heats up, raising the level of the ocean, the threat will grow. hemsby in norfolk has no defences at all and the waves have undermined many houses over the years. lance martin now lives right on the edge.

he is doing what he can but gets no help so he worries about every storm. i look down on the beach and i think is it going to protect me? what else can i do to protect myself? because, at the moment, there is nobody else that is going to do myjob for me. like many villages, hemsby is too small to get government funding to keep the sea back but local people say they deserve it. it is a real danger to us all now. we have no protection from the sea coming into the villages and flooding all the areas. there used to be a row of houses on this sand dune but the sea kept eroding it dramatically and as climate change raises the level of the ocean, more and more stretches of coastline right around the uk will be put at risk. at the moment, only key areas will be defended. it is one of the biggest flood schemes we are currently building. just come up the gantry... up the coast, boston, with many more people,

is getting serious help. the environment agency's flood director guides me around a new tidal barrier. costing more than £100 million, this great, steel wall could be lifted up to block a storm surge. it was ordered after boston was badly hit seven years ago. 800 homes and businesses were flooded. when it is finished, the barrier should safeguard the town but with big rises in sea level coming, officials want people to realise the coastline will shift and that some areas might have to be given up. if we don't start having those conversations now, in 50—100 years, the sea will take them anyway. so now is the time to start thinking about what the future might be. do you think people will have to move? i think in some places there will be some very serious questions we will have to have. for the moment, for the people of boston, there is a feeling of comfort with the construction of their new barrier. it is quite a significant

piece of kit. and i think it'll bring a lot of security, and a lot of safety. the much bigger thames barrier often holds back storm surges to save london but in a warming world, higher seas mean painful choices for our island nation. where to save and where to retreat? a question given new focus with the next big storm this weekend. david shukman, bbc news. there were more than 5,000 cases of mumps last year in england, the highest level in a decade. the outbreaks have been largely driven by young adults in universities and colleges who did not have the mmr — measles, mumps and rubella jab — as children. public health england says the rise looks set to continue this year, and is urging people to have both parts of the mmr vaccine, for maximum protection. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports.

this is david now, and this is him when he became ill with the mumps. as the days went by, his face became more and more swollen, it started to affect his breathing. he says the pain was excruciating. it was indescribable. i kind of woke up and i couldn't do anything. it com pletely i couldn't do anything. it completely took over my body. so, you started to feel better and then you started to feel better and then you got a complication.” you started to feel better and then you got a complication. i then went into... it went into my balls. i felt like someone had kicked me in my balls. 0n felt like someone had kicked me in my balls. on my right side, it swelled up like an avocado. it was huge and really painful. mumps cases are at the highest level for a decade in england. they've dropped in northern ireland but have also risen in wales and scotland. most people get better without treatment but it can lead on to serious complications, including meningitis, deafness and infertility for men.

the mmr vaccine prevents most cases. babies have the first dose just after they turn one and it gives between 61—91% protection. a second jab before they start school boost that level to about 95%. but in 1998, a doctor, andrew wakefield, wrongly linked to the vaccine with autism. that has been totally discredited now but the effects of the controversy linger on. the increase in mumps is partly linked to outbreaks in universities and colleges and is thought some stu d e nts colleges and is thought some students now might have missed out on being immunised in the late 19905 and early 20005. even if you had the vaccine, it can become less effective over time. if you do get mumps after being vaccinated, it probably will not be as severe and you are probably will not be as severe and you a re le55 probably will not be as severe and you are less likely to have complications. the official advice i5 complications. the official advice is to make sure you are fully

protected. david found out he only had the first injection as a baby. he has had the second one now but wi5he5 he has had the second one now but wishes he hadn't mi55ed he has had the second one now but wishes he hadn't missed out all tho5e wishes he hadn't missed out all those years ago. catherine burns, bbc news. a high courtjudge has ruled that police acted unlawfully when they turned up at a man's workplace after he posted comments online about transgender people. harry miller took the humberside force to court after they recorded his tweets a5 a hate incident, despite conceding that he'd committed no crime. the judge said the force's action5 were "disproportionate" and that britain didn't have gestapo or sta5i—style police. clive coleman's been following the case. emerging victorious. former policeman harry miller, whose comments on social media about gender identity caused a trans woman to complain to his former force. he was investigated. today his tweets we re was investigated. today his tweets were found to be comfortably within the bounds of free speech. mr justice knowle5 wa5 the bounds of free speech. mr justice knowle5 was very clear, we

have never had a gestapo or stasi in great britain or the actions of the police came too close for comfort. women, comedians, 5tudents, even politicians rediscover what it is like to think, then go forth and tweet without fear. harry miller believe5 biologically a man cannot become a woman and tweeted about it sometimes using graphic language. humberside police warned him he could be prosecuted if he continued. they logged a non—hate incident which can be disclosed on certain background checks. harry miller challenged police guidance and behaviour. the guidance wa5 challenged police guidance and behaviour. the guidance was found to behaviour. the guidance was found to be lawful but the judge ruled the police acted disproportionately. he said...

many people will regard the words of mrjustice knowle5 a5 a robust, muscular defence of free speech. some will fear they will be taken as a green light by people who want to direct offensive and hurtful comments at minority groups.|j direct offensive and hurtful comments at minority groups. i think trans people will be worried that it could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for a cce pta ble define what the threshold for acceptable 5peech define what the threshold for acceptable speech was. and i think it'll reinforce an opinion that the courts don't really understand tran5—live5 courts don't really understand tra ns—lives and are courts don't really understand tran5—live5 and are not there to protect tra n5 tran5—live5 and are not there to protect trans people. harry miller's next step is to appeal the ruling the police guidance is lawful to the uk supreme court. the investigation of non—prime hate incidents face5 another legal challenge. clive coleman, bbc news. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening. preparations for high winds,

heavy rain, and more flooding, as another big storm is about to hit britain. and still to come: we'll have the full forecast, looking at where and when storm dennis is likely to hit this weekend. coming up in sport5day at 6:30pm, we are joined coming up in sport5day at 6:30pm, we arejoined by fallon coming up in sport5day at 6:30pm, we are joined by fallon sherrod, becoming the first woman to compete in the dance premier league and earning a impre55ive drawer. the death toll from coronavirus continues to rise in china, bringing the total number to almost 1400. and there's been a rise in the number of confirmed cases of the virus, that now stands at more than 5000. "60,000. the largest single outbreak of the virus outside china is on a cruise ship, docked injapan, where 218 people have become infected. more than 3,500 passengers are being held

in quarantine on board the diamond prince55. japan's government has allowed a few to leave the ship, but there is growing di5quiet at the way japan is managing the outbreak. rupert wingfield hayes reports from yokohama. for ten days now, the giant diamond prince55 has been tied up at yokohama. its 3,700 pa55enger5 shut in their cabin is allowed out to exercise only once every two days. today they finally got some good news. no new infection5 for the last 2a hours. and, this afternoon, this bus began taking some of the most elderly and frail pa55enger5 off the boat to be quarantined elsewhere. the japanese authorities are now finally allowing some people from the diamond prince55 to disembark. tho5e over the age of 80 and with underlying health conditions are being given the choice to be quarantined elsewhere. there are still many questions about how the japanese government has handled the outbreak on board this ship, not the least of which is why have they still not

tested everyone on board? from their cabin, phil and gail from florida tell me they are in good spirits. they say they are extremely frustrated the japanese government is taking so long to test everyone. we absolutely should have been tested. the test results could have been back. the people who tested immediately and were clear should have been off the boat. why couldn't we have all been tested? why couldn't we be off the boat? why couldn't we be home by now? we are the worst cluster after wuhan, china, in the world, and we have people here from every country. doesn't that call for at least testing us? public health experts agree. they say the cramped conditions on board the diamond prince55 could be allowing the virus to continue spreading. i don't think it is the best solution, for many people on the ship are affected a5 a result. if it is an airborne infection,

they might be infected via the ventilation systems. but tokyo is about to host the olympic games and japan is determined the virus will not be allowed to get loo5e on5hore. it may already be too late, though. japan has now recorded its first death from the virus and today nine new infections, including a tokyo taxi driver. all had no connection either to the diamond prince55 or to travel from china. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news in yokohama. here, health officials have contacted hundreds of people who attended a uk bus conference in london last week, after one of them was later diagnosed with coronavirus. two labour mp5 who were there said they don't have symptoms but they're cancelling public engagements for another week as a precaution. so, just how worried should we be about coronavirus here in the uk? almost 3000 people have been

tested for it but only nine have been positive. flu is still a far bigger threat here. it kills thousands of people in the uk every year. here's our medical correspondent, fergus wal5h. the new coronavirus has been described as public enemy number one by the head of the world health organisation but how much of a threat is covid—19 locally as well as globally? the epidemic is still mostly limited to mainland china, over 63,000 cases. but those tracking the disease reckoned the true total is at least ten times that figure because the vast majority have such a mild disease, they don't need treatment. so, out of probably hundreds of thousands of cases, there have been almost 11100 deaths in mainland china. el5ewhere, there have been around 600 cases 5pread to another 2a countrie5. there have been just three deaths outside mainland china, in hong kong, japan and the philippines.

cases with no link to china are concerning. singapore has the most. if the virus spreads out of control beyond china, that is when a global outbreak, a pandemic, would be inevitable. in the uk, nearly 3000 people have been tested for coronavirus and there are 5tillju5t nine positive. one has gone home and eight are isolated in hospital. so, how bad could it be if we get an epidemic of covid—19 here? well, there is still much we don't know about the virus but if we look at 5easonal flu, for which there is a vaccine, the annual number of deaths from flu complications has averaged 17,000 in england for the past five years. but it has a big impact on ho5pitals. last year, across the uk, more than 3000 patients were admitted to intensive care a5 a result of flu. so, for now, it is flu, not coronavirus, which poses by far

the biggest threat here in britain. the prime minister met his re—5haped cabinet this morning and urging ministers to repay the trust of voters by improving infrastructure, cutting crime and building more ho5pitals. at his side was the new chancellor, rishi sunak, who was appointed yesterday after the surprise resignation of sajid javid. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, reports. here they are, the team bori5johnson‘5 going to rely on to deliver his promi5e5. how many hospitals are we going to build? all: 40. they are certainly obedient. how many more buses? laughter and well—trained. how many more nurse5 are we recruiting? 50,000, exactly. the new chancellor, rishi sunak, will be keen to prove he has a mind of his own after yesterday's 5urpri5e promotion. i'm delighted to be at my fourth bromsgrove pensions fair. yesterday, he was the man preparing the budget. now backbench mp sajid javid has more time for local events like this.

he re5igned after the prime minister told him he had to sack his own advisers and rely on a joint team based in number ten. are you running number 11 as well as number ten? many see that as a power grab by the prime minister's chief adviser, dominic cummings. he wants a more coordinated approach to economic policy. i've known and worked with dominic cummings for many years on a number of projects. he's a very brilliant man. he's absolutely passionate about supporting the prime minister's vision and agenda, and i think a really great at number ten to drive that forward. there are more than 20 government departments in whitehall, thousands of civil 5erva nt5, and more than 100 advisers who work closely with cabinet mini5ters. downing street wants tighter control over the way they work, especially at the treasury. it's about discipline, about loyalty to the prime minister, but will it be more effective in terms of delivering policy? tension between prime ministers and their chancellors i5 nothing new. meeting the demand for new roads,

schools and hospitals i5 expensive, and the treasury doesn't approve of overspending, so will this reorganisation make a difference? i think, if it ends up that they have more joined up working together, as we had under cameron and 05borne, that will be a very good thing. iif it ends up in the kind of space where the treasury to some degree has been neutered, and it has a key function, of course, being the custodian of the public finances, then i think that will be more problematic. will the budget still be going ahead? politicians often complain that it's difficult to change the way things are done. decisions are made, but the machine moves too slowly. thi5 government is trying a different approach, and there are sure to be clashes along the way. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the scottish conservatives have the new leader. jack5on carlaw, who was... he received three times more votes tha n was... he received three times more votes than any other candidate. just two days ago, england's cricketer5 suffered a final ball

defeat against south africa in the first twenty20 match of their winter 5erie5. today is their chance to make amends and, half way through the match, england will certainly be feeling confident, asjoe wilson reports. spare a thought for the bowler in 2020 cricket. he knows what's going to happen. cricket‘s fascinated with new format5, basically, make the match is short and the hits big. england's plan is to win the 2020 world cup later this year. no men's tea m world cup later this year. no men's team has ever heard the 20 and 50 over world titles simultaneously. finding form in south africa is vital. it's not all about whacking the ball as hard as you can, but it is mostly. everything roy and ba i rstow is mostly. everything roy and bairstow touched turned to gold. having watched all that, you can understand the bowler‘s reaction here. he felt he probably deserved to get ba i rstow here. he felt he probably deserved to get bairstow out. 47 from ben

stokes helped england to an impressive 204. the field are giving everything and missing. when chris jordan hit this one, the fielder was there, right there. everwanted jordan hit this one, the fielder was there, right there. ever wanted an example of keeping your eye on the ball? look no further. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. it's not looking good, is it? relentless weather from the atlantic, and we are looking at another storm. we are moving down the alphabet to stone dennis, and amber warnings the alphabet to stone dennis, and amberwarnings in the alphabet to stone dennis, and amber warnings in force from the met 0ffice, emphasising the heaviness of the ring. it's worth going on the website. there are specific areas where we think there could be more than a month's worth of rainfall in a very short space of time — northern england, parts of wales, down into the south as well. some

stormy weather in the atlantic, but this developing ribbon of cloud is storm dennis, about 1000 miles away at the moment. by the early hours of sunday morning, saturday morning, sorry, sunday morning, saturday morning, sorry, we sunday morning, saturday morning, sorry, we start to see the edges of it. the weather conditions will deteriorate across western areas. at lunchtime, it will be pretty atrocious in parts of the country. there will be more rain with this storm. it will be pretty grim out there at times. southern parts of scotland, yorkshire, the welsh hills, south—western england, and eventually, come sunday, the south east in lot of rainfall. 0n eventually, come sunday, the south east in lot of rainfall. on top of that, gail is blasting through the country. i also want to make the point that this event will carry on for some three days or so. it is not likely to just pass through in the space of a day or two. some of us will have this weather on saturday, while for others, the weather will be worse the following day, sunday. that is the case for the for the

south. the thinking is that on sunday we will see a particular speu sunday we will see a particular spell of very heavy rain and severe gales in the south—east, particularly in the morning. parts of northern england and southern scotla nd of northern england and southern scotland actually get some sunshine during the course of sunday afternoon. the gales in the south could reach 70 mph. gales blowing across other parts of the country as well. that is sunday. mild, relatively speaking, with these south—westerly winds. around 14 celsius in london. then the storm is likely to have a sting in its tail by the time we get to sunday night and into monday, another belt of strong winds into parts of scotland and yorkshire. that will carry on until monday indicating that there could be disruption on monday as well, so we have got saturday, sunday and monday, such is the scale of the storm, it is just so large. so, the main points, the torrential

rain, amberwarning from so, the main points, the torrential rain, amber warning from the met 0ffice, severe gales throughout the country, and disruption and power interruptions are likely once again. another difficult weekend ahead. a reminder of our top story... preparations for rain, wind and flooding is storm dennis heads towards us. that's all from the bbc news at six , so it's goodbye from me ,

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transco big messages on social media. -- trans-phobic. what the actions of police came way too close for comfort. this is a watershed moment for liberty. the uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 18 mph. storm dennis is expected to back it or the uk this weekend. borisjohnson‘s new cabinet meat for the first time since yesterday's dramatic resignation of javid as chancellor. and the number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest. for a decade. in a moment it's going to be time tojoin sportsday, decade. in a moment it's going to be time to join sportsday, but first a quick look at what else is coming up this evening here on bbc news. in around 20 minutes, we will bring you the latest on the story of the pa rents of