‘that il "pit fiéiéiit it"ui‘ii mt offic— u bdmll iifi'tié: f‘“fl|5‘~‘é“ covered by that met office amber warning. it will be wetjust about wherever you are. into the start of next week, a little quieter, stays windy but not as windy, with some sunshine and showers. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 12pm... the uk braces itself for storm dennis — weather warnings are in place for many parts of the uk — and the army has been deployed in west yorkshire the army are on their way, they are going to be deployed along the valley where they are needed. so, you know, we will see when they arrive. there is lots of, there's the flood warden groups along the valley, right the way from elland all the way up to todmorden. they're going to be out all day. the storm is scuppering travel plans for many — hundreds of flights have been cancelled and train services are disrupted. manchester city say they'll appeal against their ban from european competitions for the next two seasons — after they were found to have broken financial fair play rules. the uk has held talks with china over giving beijing's state—owned railway builder a role

in constructing the hs2 rail link. from today, companies which provide phone, broadband and pay—tv services will have to alert customers when their contracts are coming to an end. in her first podcast interview — the duchess of cambridge reveals her parenting inspiration comes form her "granny" who involved her as a child in arts and crafts, gardening and cooking. and in half an hour here on bbc news, click meets former footballer rio ferdinand, who's on a mission to educate parents about the gaming habits of their children. hello, good afternoon. if you have justjoined us welcome

hello, good afternoon. if you have just joined us welcome to hello, good afternoon. if you have justjoined us welcome to bbc news. tens of thousands of air passengers are facing major disruption after their flights were cancelled overnight as storm dennis brings chaos to half term holiday plans. the met office has issued eight weather warnings covering most of the uk this weekend and a major incident has been declared in parts of west yorkshire. british airways and easyjet have cancelled flights across the country for safety reasons. easyjet have confirmed they have cancelled 234 flights in and out of the uk. wind speeds are forecast to reach 70mph along coastlines and the environment agency warns homes are at risk of flooding there are more than 170 flood warnings and alerts across the uk. the armed forces have been deployed to west yorkshire to support the ongoing recovery from last weekend's flooding and in preperation for storm dennis. jon donnison reports.

after last weekend's pummelling from storm ciara, britain is now bracing for storm dennis. in hebden bridge in west yorkshire, so often the victim of flooding, people are once again preparing for the worst. the anxiety levels are a little high. but we've left the flood defences on the back door. we'll put them on the front door tonight. and then we'lljust wait and see, and see what happens, really, slowly move any valuables and things upstairs. just down the road, in mytholmroyd, they're trying to shore up the only—part—built flood defences. it's terrifying. the impacts on the community is massive. we've lost all the shops, all the businesses. just over your shoulder, there's barbers, there's hairdressers, there's sainsbury's. all these places are ruined. they'll be ruined for months. it's going to happen again, and again. many rivers, this is the ouse in york, are already at their limits, and with some places expecting a months worth

of rain over the next 48 hours, they are unlikely to hold. if we see some of the repeat totals we saw last weekend in some of our more sensitive catchments, we could see more flooding. but we continue to monitor that situation. last weekend's storm meant a miserable time for many people travelling. this was euston station in london, after dozens of trains were cancelled. storm dennis is likely to bring the same. easy! once again, flying will not be for the faint—hearted and with potentially hundreds of cancellations, there is expected to be further disruption at the country's airports. that was quite a performance by the pilot there! gatwick airport has had to cancel 48 departure flights. our correspondent helena wilkinson sent us this update from the airport. the winds have really picked up and storm dennis of course, as we know, isn't meant to sweep

across the country until after lunch time. but the winds at gatwick have really picked up since we have been here. as you heard injon‘s report there, there is already huge disruption for people who are trying to get away on aeroplanes today. here at gatwick airport in particular, easyjet have cancelled 96 of their flights coming into and out of this airport. and don't forget, storm dennis couldn't have come at a worse time. this is the start of course for many schools for half term. many families are trying to get away for the half term holidays. across the country, easyjet says they have had to cancel more than 230 of their flights today. most of these cancellations we are seeing are later on today, so in the afternoon and evening. but if you go into the airport here, it is actually relatively calm at the moment. people have been told the obvious thing, to check with your airline before you do come to the airport. british airways as well, they are saying that they are having to consolidate their flights. that basically means that

if they have got, for example, three flights to sweden today, they will perhaps only fly one plane to sweden and try and cram as many passengers onto that flight. so a huge amount of disruption for tens of thousands of passengers today. and the issue of course is that many of these people, families who are flying today, they can't be flexible. it is half term next week and they have been told that they can either get a refund or rebook their flights but many people have been told, well, actually, there aren't going to be any flights for them until mid week, so that is going to be an issue. and of course tomorrow the storm is going to continue and we will see further disruption. so a pretty terrible time if you're trying to get a plane today. that is hell in there at gatwick airport. —— mark helena wilkinson. —— mark helena wilkinson. five years ago, catastrophic

flooding in the yorkshire village of mytholmroyd destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, causing tens of millions of pounds of damage. despite a new scheme to help protect the community, residents are facing further disruption ahead of the arrival of storm dennis. our reporter leanne brown is there and has been speaking to two of the flood wardens in the town. it'sjust, it's a problem that is never going to go away. so, you know, we need to manage the uplands. we need a catchment plan, notjust here in calderdale but around the whole of the uk. because then if we manage the flow of water off the hills, by the time it gets down here, if there is less of it, our defences simply have less work to do. but we need that catchment plan, it's imperative that we work to get that because there is lots of things you can do up in the hills. tell me what's happening this morning? because i know within the last hour we have had confirmation that the army is coming here. yeah, the army are on their way, they're going to be deployed along the valley where they are needed. so, you know, we will see when they arrive. there's lots of, there is the flood warden groups along the valley,

right the way from elland all the way up to todmorden, they're going to be out all day, all weekend, helping people. and then there is, you know, the neighbours, the people in this valleyjust help each other and there is a fantastic community. and you are never alone. you have only got to ask for help and people will help you. talking about community, let's talk to katie. katie, just tell me what you were doing last weekend. we were running about getting very wet, sandbagging properties. we were putting flood gates out, we were speaking to the community and we were just overwhelmed. it was quite traumatic, we had lots of pockets of flooding that we weren't expecting. things caught us by surprise but the community were out, as well as the wardens, clearing drains. we were stopping people from coming into the road, we were getting people out of properties and we were just making sure people were safe. it is all we could do reallyjust because of the speed of it. we were turning round and finding things happening in front of us that we haven't seen in 2015, which causes anxiety. it was upsetting to see because you are just not expecting the level that we had last week.

driving conditions are likely to be bad during the storm. i'm joined now via webcam by ryan biggerstaffe. national network manager for highways england. ryan, thank you for being with us this afternoon. you are obviously in the nerve centre as it were of the planning operation at highways england. what preparations have you been making? we have been making a lot of planning making sure our resources a re lot of planning making sure our resources are available. we have also been sending our contractor teams out to key locations where we have seen flooding in the past and seeing if we can pre—empt any disruption to our roads. when it comes, as it will in some form, what are likely to be the biggest potential dangers? well, we are seeing wind speeds at about 55 miles an hourat seeing wind speeds at about 55 miles an hour at the moment, that has led to some closures on some of our key

routes including the severn bridge. we are also expecting closures on other bridges. particular high sided vehicles and caravans, so we would ask to check before you travel today to check that your route is clear. also debris across the carriageway but we will be working as quickly as possible to clear the roads and keep them open for our customers. what kind of demands do get in an issue like this with people contacting the highways agency or presumably local authorities liaising with you about roads that are blocked in what they need to be done to clear them? yeah, we have a lot of regional centres around the uk, they have been very busy with local authorities of the last few days leading up to this. all our systems are linked into the police so we are sharing information in real—time as it happens so we can respond as quickly as possible. we also have customer helpline to offer traffic information as well. the travel picture changes quite quickly

ina travel picture changes quite quickly in a situation like this. you get at least some advance notice of where the principal problems are likely to be. what advice do you give travellers, those who have to travel, i know your best advice is stay at home if you possibly can. but what advice would you give to drivers who have to travel at this time of the weekend, given it is half term, and given the weather is going to be so atrocious? yeah, we appreciate people need to travel to get to where they need to so we need to keep the roads open. i would just ask them to check that the roads open. have a look and see what is closed and what isn't and what has got delays. if you're going to set out ina got delays. if you're going to set out in a long journey it is usual safety checks, make sure you have oil and fuel in your car, take some extra bits in case you get stuck. and alsojust extra bits in case you get stuck. and also just high sided vehicles, remember that you are more vulnerable to the wind so we would ask drivers of hgvs if they have curtains and are an empty load to keep those open if you're driving. we have an amber warning, may be

just slow down and keep a good distance from the cars in front and that will help you to get to get to where you need to go safely. thank you very much. and for the latest information on storm dennis in yourarea, you canfind more on your local bbc online pages or tune into your local radio station. premier league champions manchester city have been banned from european competition for two seasons and fined £25 million. european football's governing body uefa found the club had carried out ‘serious breaches' of its regulations. the club said it was ‘disappointed but not surprised' by the decision and said it would appeal. let's discuss this further with kieran maguire, football finance expert at the university of liverpool. kiran, we have talked about the precarious situation of clubs further down before but manchester city is clearly not one that has those kind of problems. how was it

got itself into this situation? the allegations that have been made by u efa allegations that have been made by uefa which form the basis of the ruling is that manchester city artificially inflated their commercial and sponsorship income by signing deals with parties who were friendly to the club owners. manchester city's commercial income rose in 2009 to rant about hundred and £70 million by 2016, 2017, which covers the period of the analysis. u efa ta ke covers the period of the analysis. uefa take the view that these deals would not normally have been signed if the parties had been at arms length. and therefore it allowed city on the mac to invest in players in terms of wages and transfers which otherwise they would otherwise not have been able to do so. and having done so and been found out and punished by uefa, the club says it is going to appeal. does it realistically have any hope of an appeal to the court of arbitration

of sport succeeding?” appeal to the court of arbitration of sport succeeding? i think city will employ an experienced and talented team of lawyers that will argue that they have not breached the rules on the value of the contract, and that is what it all comes down to, the value of the contract was at fair market value. if that can be proved by their team then they could expect either a reduction or a complete abolition of the punishment, which has been given by uefa. i think a few people were surprised at the severity of the punishment, in terms of the length of the ban. and that could be due to the fact that you wait for themselves and thought by giving a long ban, the court for arbitration for sport might perhaps half it and therefore that the club will still have some severe punishment. and looking ahead, what prospect if this ban remains in place that pep guardiola will decide, actually, it is not worth hanging around? well,

pep guardiola's contract expires in june 2021. i think there is already uncertainty with regards to his future. i think he is alluding to that himself. i think will be very difficult for him to want to take on a project if he knows that in 2021 there is no prospect of champions league football for at least a year. i'm sure that will be part of the decision process that he will undertake with his advisers. and also with the club itself. thanks very much for talking to is this lunchtime. the headlines on bbc news... the uk braces itself for storm dennis — weather warnings are in place for many parts of the uk — and the army has been deployed in west yorkshire. manchester city say they'll appeal against their ban from european competitions for the next two seasons — after they were found to have broken financial fair play rules. the uk has held talks with china over giving beijing's state—owned

railway builder a role in constructing the hs2 rail link. the french health minister has confirmed that an elderly chinese tourist in france has died of coronavirus, the first fatality in europe. meanwhile, health officials in china say another 143 people have died from the virus, most of them in hubei province, where the outbreak originated. it brings the total number of deaths caused by the infection in china to more than 1,500. our correspondent nick beake updated us from hong kong. when updated us from hong kong. we heard just a few d the when we heard just a few days ago in the middle of the weekjust gone that there was this huge spike over night people were alarmed not least in hong kong, mindful of what could come across from the mainland. what we have to do is we have been doing all along is take the word of the chinese authorities. they say they are now basically using a different calculation to find out who has been affected by this and they are now

including people who have been diagnosed by a doctor, as well as those who had a lab test done to confirm they have the coronavirus. i think that has eased that panic or shop has abated somewhat over the last few days and the latest figures we have got from the chinese authorities is that in hubei province itself, more people are getting this virus are more people are dying from this virus. further afield though, outside hubei province, for the past couple of weeks now we have seen the number of cases diminish and people hope that thatis cases diminish and people hope that that is a good sign. but the really significant news coming today so far is the fact that there has now been a death in europe from coronavirus. previously the only three outside mainland china were in asia. so i think a significant moment in the history of this particular virus. from today, companies which provide phone, broadband and pay—tv services will have to alert customers when their contracts are coming to an end. the media regulator, ofcom, says about 20 million people are currently out of contract — with many likely to be paying higher

prices than they need to. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent katy austin, who explained which customers would benefit from the changes. you might not realise that you are out of contract and then you might have signed up to a really good, cheap or discounted offer initially but that is no longer going to apply. you are automatically going to be jacked up to a higher standard rate. now the change that is coming in means that the provider will have to co nta ct in means that the provider will have to contact you, whether that is e—mail or text or another way, between ten and a0 days before the contract comes to an end and they will have to give you all information about how you can quit the contract, how you can sign up for a new one, what the latest deals are. all the information tailored to you. and the deal is that will help people save money. ofcom thinks that in the case of broadband alone it could help people save about £150 a year. this is something that affects a lot of people, as you say about 20

million people. and we think it every day about 25,000 people, out of co ntra ct every day about 25,000 people, out of contract so it is something to pay attention to and it is not something tojust pay attention to and it is not something to just ignore if your provider gets in touch and says hey you are out of contract, would you like to do something about it? and presumably with the amount of switching the government is trying to encourage with energy supply for example that will keep the deal is competitive. the regulator would argue here that the way you keep your provider is competitive is if they are forced to keep chasing your business. absolutely. and actually ofcom says some providers are already better than others at telling you your contract is going to end. there is sometimes concerned that if you stop people going up to the higher standard rate that will mean that they will no longer offer the very cheapest deals at the start. but ofcom says it is optimistic and it says some providers have already said that when you switch to a new deal they will offer you the cheapest deal that new customers are already getting.

the government has held talks with china over beijing's state—owned railway having a role in constructing the hs2 high—speed rail line. crcc has offered to build the entire line linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds injust five years and at a much lower price. a review into hs2 said the cost of the project could exceed £100 billion. i've been speaking to our political correspondent matt cole, and i asked how serious was the government was taking the offer from the chinese? the department for transport says there have been preliminary conversations and indeed have put out a short statement that tells us that the department for transport is a lwa ys that the department for transport is always keen to learn from the experience of others and to consider approaches that offer value for money to the taxpayer. but i think those preliminary discussions, it could just be to the extent of hello, we are the china railway construction corporation, we can build you a fast railway and the

government department for transport might have said that's very interesting, thank you very much, this is where the processes up to. but not too detailed not least because that first section from london to birmingham of the h line, the contract of line, that would be billions and billions of pounds worth of a break to bring in chinese operator. and then there are of course the questions about how you could do something so fast. this is not china, this is a country where the levels of democracy, if i can put that diplomatically, are a little higher. when you have planning rules, regulations, people appealing about the blight on their homes, things are slower for a reason. now, the bit beyond birmingham, which is not due for completion until 20a0 although boris johnson says he wanted by 2035, that potentially might be sooner. but of course where this gets interesting is the politics of a chinese company again bidding for major contracts. in this country. we have had the hoo hah over huawei. over recent times.

that is still a live issue. the angerfrom the that is still a live issue. the anger from the us that is still a live issue. the angerfrom the us and other countries, potentially australia too, over the chinese company huawei potentially been a big part of the 5g mobile phone network roll—out. these are significant issues, so when a chinese company is suggesting it is going to get involved potentially, possibly, in another big infrastructure... labour's emily thornberry is out of the party's leadership race, after falling short of enough backers to move through to the final stage of the contest. despite a desperate last minute scramble ahead of the midnight deadline, the shadow foreign secretary failed to win enough support to make it through to the final ballot. frontbenchers sir keir starmer and rebecca long—bailey, along with backbench mp lisa nandy, had already made it to the next round. a british asian singer arjun, who's had millions of views on youtube, is warning young people about heart attacks. arjun‘s wife died suddenly

and unexpectedly six months into their marriage. he's now organising a concert this weekend to raise awareness of the risk of heart disease to young people. it's the first time he's spoken about his loss to the bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood. singer arjun has have millions of views on youtube, including for his song dedicated to his wife ofjust six months. that was a first time i have been able to put my feelings on paper. i think part of my therapy was to write it down in a song. the first time i had seen our footage from the wedding was in the video weirdly enough, so that was quite painful. natasha passed away due to a sudden cardiac arrest in september 2018. she just collapsed and

obviously i called 999 and was doing cpr for a long time, that was quite harrowing. and that was it, she was declared dead on the spot. for the first time since his wife's death, adun first time since his wife's death, arjun has agreed to have a heart checkup. every week, over12 arjun has agreed to have a heart checkup. every week, over 12 young people aged under 35 in the uk die from heart —related conditions. in 80% of cases, there are no prior symptoms. and on what should have been his second wedding anniversary where he is organising a concert with a host of stars in memory of his late wife. he is hoping the show will raise money for a charity, cardiac arrest in the young, which offered screening tests to identify those at risk. the duchess of cambridge has said her parenting inspiration is her "amazing granny" who involved her in arts and crafts,

gardening and cooking as a child.in herfirst podcast interview, she said she wants to make sure she gives similar experiences to prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. catherine was speaking after lauching a major survey on childhood last month, as our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. do they like brussel sprouts too? i never knew that. the last few weeks have seen the duchess of cambridge interact with children, their parents and carers across the uk, from a children's centre in cardiff, a women's prison in surrey, a farm in belfast, and a cafe in aberdeen. hello, everybody. catherine, who has spent eight years exploring issues around children and their development, wants to spark a national conversation about the importance of the early years. but it is rare for her to speak about her own views. at this nursery in south london, she was joined by giovanna fletcher, who hosts the happy mum, happy ba by podcast. on its latest edition,

catherine talks about her childhood, and experiences she hopes to pass on to her own three children. i had an amazing granny who devoted a lot of time to playing with us, doing arts and crafts and cooking with us, and i try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she gave us at the time into the experiences that i give my children now. catherine also talked about her passion for the outdoors, where she spent much of her time as a child. that passion was clear from the child—centred garden she helped to design at last year's chelsea flower show, a garden that was enjoyed by her own three children. if you're looking for inspiration for weekend plans then this mightjust have you reaching for your skates and heading to the ice rink. meet mio. he's two—years—old and loves to play ice hockey. he's becoming a bit of a sporting prodigy in norway and he even sleeps

with his stick and gloves. in fact, mio is considered to be so good that he's started training with six—year—olds. that is good inspiration. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, there. storm dennis is bringing extremely windy weather across the uk throughout this weekend. but i think of even more concern is the rain associated with the storm. the met office amber warning in some spots are likely to see a whole months worth of rain through the weekend. that wet weather continuing to push its way eastwards through this afternoon, thoroughly soggy in many spots. very windy as well, widely we will see wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour, even inland but for some coasts in the west and also the north, gusts of 70 miles an hour or more. temperatures, yes, it is mild, ten to 1a degrees but remember with the wet and windy weather out there it is not going to feel great

at all if you are out and about. now, through this evening and tonight, this band of rain will continue its progress across england and wales, some of that torrential with some squally winds. something clearer into northern ireland and scotland, some starry skies but some showers too. a chilly night here, mild in the south. a lot of rain to start tomorrow across england and wales. something brighter in the north and it stays windy.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk braces itself for storm dennis — weather warnings are in place for many parts of the uk — and the army has been deployed in west yorkshire. the storm is scuppering travel plans for many — hundreds of flights have been cancelled and trains services are disrupted. manchester city say they'll appeal against their ban from european competitions for the next two seasons — after they were found to have broken financial fair play rules. the uk has held talks with china over giving beijing's state—owned railway builder a role in constructing the hs2 rail link. from today, companies which provide phone,

broadband and pay—tv services will have to alert customers when their contracts are coming to an end. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good afternoon. manchester city say they'll appeal what they call uefa's ‘flawed' and ‘prejudicial‘ punishment, a two year ban from european competition and a £25 million fine. the club are accused of breaking finanicial fair play rules by inflating sponsorship deals to cover the club's expenditure. it leaves questions over the immediate futures of manager pep guardiola and some of their leading players. earlier i spoke to the football finance expert dr rob wilson. manchester city might have expected what was coming, i don't think they ever really expected a two—year ban. put the fine to one side for a moment because that is a bit