tonight at 10pm... one of television's most popular presenters, caroline flack, has been found dead at her home in london. her family says the ao—year—old former host of love island took her own life. for a decade she has brought so much joy and fun and smiling happiness to screens over so many tv shows and brought so muchjoy to many people's hearts. ms flack had been due to stand trial next month for assaulting her boyfriend — allegations she denied. also tonight... the army helps prepare for the worst as storm dennis begins battering the uk. france announces the first death in europe of a victim of the coronavirus. and the trials of motherhood. the duchess of cambridge opens up about the difficulties of her first pregnancy.

good evening. the television presenter caroline flack, host of some of the biggest reality tv shows of recent times, has been found dead at her home in east london. her family says she took her own life. ms flack, who was 40, was on bail awaiting trial next month for assaulting her boyfriend, an allegation she denied. she fronted programmes that garnered many millions of viewers, including itv‘s the x factor and love island. she won strictly come dancing in 2014. here's our media correspondent, david sillito. it isa it is a return of caroline flack! love island, x factor, i'm a celebrity, caroline flack was a

presenter on some of the biggest programmes on british television. she was until a few weeks ago the face of love island — the glamorous, escapist fun. who is looking for the real thing? but everything unravelled after she was arrested and charged with the assault of her boyfriend. in court in december it was clear that she was deeply distressed. today, she was found dead at her flat. her lawyer said she had taken her own life. friends and colleagues have spoken of their shock and heartbreak at the news. love island is a show that thrives on its impact on social media and tonight thousands were expressing their grief and sympathy. but a court appearance was proof enough that she was also facing intense scrutiny. both in the press and online. on its best days of social media is a very powerful tool for these presenters because they can effortlessly a nd these presenters because they can effortlessly and immediately communicate with so many different fa ns communicate with so many different fans and really bring their own personality to the fore. the problem is that on the bad days, that

scrutiny under tension does not go away. it stays with them. her tv career went back nearly 20 years. tmi on children's bbc and in 2014 she won strictly come dancing. she spoke afterwards of her struggles with depression and then came the assault charge. she was accused of hitting her boyfriend while she slept. he stood by her but they were not allowed to communicate before her forthcoming trial. not allowed to communicate before herforthcoming trial. she not allowed to communicate before her forthcoming trial. she was also advised to stay off social media but she did post this on instagram. she thanked those who had been kind to her and added, this time of scrutiny and speculation is a lot to take for one person. another post read simply... ina one person. another post read simply... in a world where you can be anything, be kind. in death, as alive, she has generated an enormous outpouring of

love and sympathy? absolutely. there was to have been a love island programme going out this evening and instead, a statement, everyone at love island and itv are shocked and saddened by this desperately sad news, our thoughts are with her family and friends. there are hundreds and hundreds of comments tonight. 0ne hundreds and hundreds of comments tonight. one from her management tea m tonight. one from her management team expressing sadness but also a degree of anger here. an immensely talented young woman at the top of her game, loved by television viewers, she had been under huge pressure because of an ongoing case that was being pursued when it was known how vulnerable caroline was. and then this, which stood out for me, from jonathan ross... he said, i'd been in touch with her recently andi i'd been in touch with her recently and i hope she was doing better. she was talented, smart, likeable. she will be missed. david, thank you. david sillito. and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised, information and support is available from bbc action line — and there's the number for you.

a second major storm in less than a week is battering britain. storm dennis has already brought heavy rain and gale force winds, but the worst conditions are due in the next few hours. tonight there are more than 100 flood warnings in place. three of them in the scotish borders are classed as severe — meaning a threat to life. in england, the army has been mobilised to help shore up flood defences in west yorkshire, with forecasters saying a month's worth of rain could fall in some places. with more details, here's helena wilkinson. amongst the first evidence of damage by storm dennis was here in south wales. this village is where people's homes are under serious threat. a similar picture tonight in harberton in devon. dozens of flood warnings are still in place across the country as the rain continues to fall. in ilkley and calderdale in west yorkshire — areas still recovering from last week's storm — the army has been

called in to strengthen the flood defences. there are a number of places where the local resilience authorities thought they had a problem with the flood defences that are currently in place so we have been asked to support them by putting some more makeshift flood defences in in both places. some of the worst affected parts could see up to 140 millimetres of rainfall and gusts of up to 80 mph. certainly with the amount of rain that is forecast, 100 mill or one month's worth of rainfall on top of what is incredibly saturated ground, we are worried about the risk and that's why we are warning people to take action and that's why we are doing the kind of things we're doing here. not far away, in hebden bridge, there's no respite from the persistent rain. the scottish environment protection agency has issued flood warnings and advice for residents here in dumfries and galloway plus elsewhere in the borders, south lanarkshire and south ayrshire. for many, the half term getaway has ended up with a lesson

in travel disruption. easyjet have cancelled around 350 flights over the weekend. almost 100 from here at gatwick. at heathrow, 60 flights were grounded — most of them british airways. and on the roads, driving conditions were tricky. tonight, there are amber warnings for rain for most of the country, meaning flooding could cause a danger to life. communities are waiting and hoping that their preparations will be enough to protect them. helena wilkinson, bbc news. phil bodmer is in the village of mytholmroyd in west yorkshire, where they're bracing for more problems from storm dennis tonight. it is just getting grimmer where you have been throughout the day? it is just getting grimmer where you have been throughout the dawm it is just getting grimmer where you have been throughout the day? it has and tonight the rain is falling and the rivers are still rising. this is the rivers are still rising. this is the colder and you can see how quickly it is moving, you may be can see these big bags of ballast which

have been brought in to bolster the flood defences. earlier today we saw the arrival of around 100 soldiers from catterick garrison and they have been here helping to install temporary flood barriers and they are being supported by around 100 part—time soldiers from the yorkshire regiment who have been dispersed between here in the calder valley and up in ilkley where there is great concern about the falling rain. the environment agency says they are expecting peak river levels here in the river colder in the early hours of this morning between 2am and 4am but that rain is still coming down tonight and in the meantime, people living along this valley, all they can do is watch, wait and hope that we do not see a repeat of what we saw here last weekend. many thanks for that. and for the latest information on storm dennis in your area, you can find out more on your local bbc online pages or tune into your local radio station. france has announced

the first death from the coronavirus in europe. it was an 80—year—old chinese tourist who fell ill in paris last month. here, eight of the nine people being treated for symptoms have now been discharged from hospital, and on the wirral in the north west, all 94 people who've been in quarantine at arrowe park hospital after being evacuated from china are now free to leave. nick beake has more from hong kong. china has declared war on an invisible killer — sending more doctors as well as soldiers into the worst—affected area. but now the new coronavirus has claimed its first victim outside asia — an elderly chinese man who had travelled to france. translation: last night, i was informed of the death of an 80—year—old patient who had been hospitalised at the bichat hospital since the 25th of january and who was suffering from a coronavirus lung infection. back in china, all those returning to the capital beijing after what's

been an extended holiday have been told they must quarantine themselves for two weeks. passengers of many nationalities are still stuck aboard the diamond princess off the coast of japan. 285 people have now tested positive for the virus on the ship and america says it will remove all of its citizens tomorrow and fly them home. there is no such escape from wuhan, the chinese city where the outbreak began. officials have reported more than 2400 new cases there and 140 new deaths. in the rest of the world we only have 505 cases and two deaths while in china we have more than 66,000 cases. let me be clear. it is impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take. beijing claims its acted quickly and decisively to try to stop the spread, but few are willing to predict what the global impact

of this crisis will be. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, has been knocked out of the labour leadership race to succeed jeremy corbyn. she failed to receive enough support from local constituency parties. rebecca long—bailey, sir keir starmer and lisa nandy have all made it onto the final ballot, with voting open to party members injust over a week. the duchess of cambridge has been speaking about one of the most personal moments of her life — dealing with the birth of herfirst child. appearing on the happy mum, happy ba by podcast, she talks about the pregnancy and the crippling morning sickness that forced her into hospital. here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. the podcast was recorded during a visit to this south london nursery. improving the lives of families with young children is now the priority for the duchess of cambridge and dominates her royal work. with podcast host giovanna fletcher, the duchess spoke personally about everything from the value

of her own stable upbringing to the guilt that can come with motherhood. here leaving hospital after being admitted with severe morning sickness while pregnant with prince george, she also described the terrible strain of the condition. lots of people have it far worse but it was definitely a challenge, notjust for me but also for your loved ones around you and william did not feel he could do much to help and it is hard for everyone to see suffering without actually being able to do anything about it. catherine revealed she used hypno—birthing — a breathing and relaxation technique — when pregnant. and she was asked about that very public hospital departure. it was slightly terrifying, i'm not going to lie! and for us to be able to share that joy and appreciation with the public, ifelt, was really important. but equally, it was coupled with a newborn baby and sort of inexperienced parents and the uncertainty about what that held.

these insights tie in with the duchess' campaign to get more help earlier for vulnerable families. she said billions of pounds were spent fixing the problems in later life — a cost she described as crazy. daniela relph, bbc news. now, with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. it's one of the most prestigious indoor athletics meetings of the year, with a particularly impressive field as athletes prepare for the tokyo 0lympics. despite tough competition at the glasgow grand prix, laura muir and jemma reekie both won while 20—year—old armand duplantis showed why he is being tipped to be this summer's star. joe lynskey reports. they are two women from the same nation and with the same coach. but in five months' time, laura muir and jemma reekie could face each other for olympic gold. muir is already scotland's european champion and now she is setting up for the greatest stage.

she ran easily to victory in this 1000 metres — not the world record she hoped for but a foundation for what is to come. the big one is the summer, so that's me done for indoors. back in training tomorrow in the wind and rain. reekie is five years muir's junior but already has broken two of her british records. the latest win in her rapid rise came here in the 1500 metres. jemma reekie gets the win! and without usain bolt, there is a space in tokyo for a new global star. it could be this 20—year—old swede in the pole vault. has he got enough? yes, he has! unbelievable! this is armand duplantis with a new world record. a jump nearly two metres clear of a double—decker bus. he is an athlete with an edge in this, the year when it matters most. joe lynskey, bbc news. the premier league is in the middle of its first

mid—winter break but it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's results as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. liverpool have a 25 point lead at the top of the table after a 1—0 win over norwich. jurgen klopp's side need just five more wins to lift their first top flight trophy in 30 years. in the day's other game, burnley beat southampton. israel folau, the rugby union international sacked by rugby australia in may for posting homophobic comments on social media, played his first rugby league game in 10 years today. and folau scored afterjust six minutes as he made his super league debut for catalans dragons who beat castleford tigers 36 points to 18. there's more on the bbc sport website. clive. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but from me and the team — have a very good night.

hello. this is bbc news. the tv presenter and former host of "love island", caroline flack, has been found dead in herflat in london. a lawyer for her family said she had taken her own life. caroline flack, who was 40, stood down from the dating show after she was charged with assaulting her partner in december and was due to stand trial next month. earlier i spoke to the tv critic scott bryan and to the entertainmentjournalist, caroline frost who said caroline flack was integral to successful reboot of love island. she personified the charm, on that

programme's best day, it is about clamour and programme's best day, it is about clamourand fun and programme's best day, it is about clamour and fun and romance and the promise of a glittering future and she seemed to personify all of that. for the side of the contestants and effortlessly both handle the show in the format of it, but also make the co ntesta nts the format of it, but also make the contestants feel as though she was rooting for them and as our presenters talk about, that is much harder than it than it looks. it ta kes harder than it than it looks. it takes huge professionalism and also a massive dose of authenticity because i think it would be very apparent if she faked that kind of appeal. and as they said, it was not appeal. and as they said, it was not a one—off, she had been in other shows coming through that same effort. she won strictly come dancing, and her career was really on the rise and culminating as we learn today with totally, i think she could almost single—handedly ta ke she could almost single—handedly take a lot of the credit for that

incredible reboot. i mean, love island cannot be overestimated for the surprise hit factor of that because every bit of that tv show is falling by the wayside, people are going to youtube and other platforms, but love island has been that one show that is kept a crucial audience in the millions turning in the year after year. and i think that if nothing else, her legacy will show that she really was up there with the very best of primetime presenters. it's easy to do, but if you have the right programme and the right host, it can make all of the difference. you be, if you you do not have the skills of the time to cope, you will be shown up. tv is the time to cope, you will be shown up.tvisa the time to cope, you will be shown up. tv is a powerful medium and that it has an authenticity with people. you're really able to have a relationship as if that person is a friend or somebody close to them even though it may be through a different lens. but the fact that they are able to really do this is a

very difficult thing. we're going to be having a discussion as we have had many times before it even though somebody taking their own life has many complex issues surrounding that, i think that we will be having a discussion about is the care of people in the public i can get scrutiny because of their personal lives, left tabloid stories written about them, left social media with instant reaction from the public about what they are saying and what they are doing and i think people are going to be thinking very carefully about their own conduct and we are going to have a discussion about reality tv shows and their role in their lives. i think this is an important discussion of us will. yes, because this is the difficult side of fame in celebrities, being of the public eye. a social media in the newspapers for many years before, there, platforms, it has changed

everything and it is difficult to get away from it. and even at the preliminary hearing last year when caroline flack tried to leave the court was she faced that initial charge of assault, which her boyfriend said did not want to have her prosecuted for. she could barely reach the car, there was so much media interest in her. this is the other side of this double edge sword because on one hand, it looks incredibly glamourous, the kind of existence to be a presenter, she was beautiful, always smiling and she looked very glamourous, very happy, very much in control but as they said, the pressure of these figures we're learning more and more about this, this is not the first story we have tragically heard about the cost, the personal cost of people who seem to have succumbed to the bright lights in the big city and all of the temptations and treasures

that are on offer, but we do not hear so often about is that if you are a singeror hear so often about is that if you are a singer or even a dancer, many entertainment industry roles have a product that you can escape into. you can escape into training. but for maybes reality tv contestants and even the professional presenters, it is all about them in their personality and it means that they are basically offering themselves up for public inspection and increasing amounts of scrutiny. social media, yes, it is a very powerful tool of the most part it was caroline flack's friend. he saw that the post had over hundred thousand lakes for a picture of her and herdog. but thousand lakes for a picture of her and her dog. but that is a lot of scrutiny to be taking into your everyday existence you may feel that it is time for you wish that the scammers are not all there. it is very much the other side of that apparently wonderful existence that she seems to be having. two people have died at sea in kent. in the first incident a man fell

overboard from a large ship anchored off margate, a body was later recovered by lifeboat crews. in a separate incident, a body was recovered from the sea at herne bay. jon hunt reports. emergency services say they were called to the beach at 1215 today after a man had been pulled from the sea. the paramedics arrived and he was declared deceased in the next of kin are aware. i went over and i spoke to one of the people, one of the operatives and asked what was going on and they said there had been a body found on the beach and they said, that is all he wanted to know. that is awful, the parents, what they must be going through right now. police say the death is not being treated as suspicious and they do not think weather played a part. the time the body was recovered, see positions appeared calm although the winds and rain from storm dennis have now started to intensify. police have cordoned

off pa rt to intensify. police have cordoned off part of the beach and have begun an investigation. just 14 miles east, and intensive sea search had been under way. crew member on board anchored off, fell overboard just before six o'clock this morning. two helicopters and the royal navy frigate were sent to the scene, with a man's body was found in the water. see conditions were very rough and challenging and the weather is said to what's. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers penny smith and caroline frost — that's coming up after the headlines. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. storm dennis continues to better britain. very windy weather with the top gust of 90 mph recorded and in wells, it has been

windy everywhere, but also a lot of heavy rain, that rain started to cause some flooding problems as well and there are in excess of 70 flood warnings currently enforced those flood warnings continue to rise hour by hour, summer flooding flood warnings continue to rise hour by hour, summerflooding is flood warnings continue to rise hour by hour, summer flooding is likely. 0n by hour, summer flooding is likely. on top of that, we have more heavy rain to come with the amber weather warning across wells as well. this is storm dennis, the big problem is that this weather from that stress for a couple thousand miles on to the atlantic along this weather front, pulse is a very heavy rain and issues of the winds blowing parallel to the front and that means i will not move very far very fast, and the means of an night tonight, the rain if anything is going to get heavier across wells, southwest england and also the west midlands in these areas have already got some rivers already flooding a view may see things turn very nasty for a time in overnight and into sunday morning, with a significant risk of

some description here. it does stay mild ofan some description here. it does stay mild of an england and wales and there will be written in northern england but even as the rain eased at times, there is still a lot of water and actually start to the day with blustery showers and for sunday, that rain could be even slower to clear through across southern england and east anglia comes a bear that in mind. when it gets very strong with gusts reaching around 60 to 70 miles an hour here and guess around 50 or perhaps 60 miles, a very blustery conditions, showers blowing and the strength of the wind, it will feel cold here. as we had through sunday evening and sunday night, venting the winds will get even stronger across northern areas of the uk, but particularly so in scotland when across northern areas will see 70 or even 80 mph. there is a risk of transport disruption for scotland as we headed to monday morning. and that will be a day of sunny spells and blustery showers in the ones taking a long

time to calm down with temperatures falling a few degrees been feeling quite cold given the strength of the wind across northern areas and that is your weather.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. the love island presenter, caroline flack, has been found dead at her london flat. the 40—year—old had been due to stand trial next month for assault, a charge she denied. her family say she took her own life. there have been many tributes. itv‘s phillip schofield wrote: "you poor darling girl. my heart is breaking." claudia winkleman tweeted: "such heartbreaking news." the army helps prepare for the worst, as storm dennis, begins battering the uk.

france announces the first death in europe, of a victim, of the coronavirus. people returning to beijing risk punishment if they don't go into quarantine for 14 days. the duchess of cambridge says her "amazing granny" inspires her parenting, in a new podcast. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. to what the the papers will be with me are the entertainment journalist and broadcaster, caroline frost, and the broadcaster, penny smith. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. in the sunday people, caroline flack — 1979 to 2020. the love island star takes her own life, aged just