this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm. whoa! oh, my... landslides in south wales — and severe flooding in many places — as more than a months worth of rain falls in two days. a major incident‘s been declared by police in south wales, as heavy rain and strong winds continue to lash large parts of the uk. as we were trying to block the front door, it was all pouring in through the back door as well, and there was nothing we could do. hundreds of flood alerts remain in place across the uk , including six severe warnings. the government says its doing all it can. we are doing more than ever before in terms of investing in flood defences, protecting more homes than we have been able to before. but we are seeing a higher

frequency of these sorts of freak weather events. itv says tonight's episode of love island won't be aired, out of respect for the family of former presenter caroline flack. the broadcaster says it's devastated by her death. thousands of passengers face major disruption at heathrow airport, after a systems failure affects all terminals. the airport says it's experiencing technical problems. now calling only those american guests from emerald deck... us citizens quarantined for days on a cruise ship injapan are leaving after america sends two planes to take them home. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the travel show goes to sri lanka, where electric tuk—tuks are taking to the road as part of measures to tackle air pollution there.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. parts of south wales and england have endured flooded homes and streets — and landslides, after storm dennis brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the uk. hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place across the country. the adverse weather has affected scotland — and parts of northern ireland too. but south wales has borne the brunt of the storm — with a major incident declared by police. hundreds of people were moved from their homes in the village of nantgarw near cardiff — from where tomos morgan sent this report. a consequence of dennis's wrath, a landslide, tylorstown, like the rest of south wales, bearing the brunt of the latest storm to hit the uk.

in nantgarw, just north of cardiff, many of the residents here will never have witnessed anything quite like this. their road has been turned into a river, cars submerged as storm dennis pours. over 100 homes have been ruined by the flooding. carolyn has lived here for years. she was rescued alongside her 96—year—old father, whose birthday it is today. the only thing i've managed to savs his medals from the war. the only thing i've managed to save is his medals from the war. ruined, everything. i've lost everything. i've got a photo here now. at the time, ijust grabbed every towel and blanket i could find and pushed it against the front door, thinking it was going to come in through the front door because we already had sandbags there. sometimes it floods a small amount with the drains.

as we were trying to block the front door, it was all pouring in through the back door as well, and there was nothing we could do. here in nantgarw, just north of cardiff, over 100 homes have been ruined by the rain. rescue services have been here since 5am, taking residents from their home to safety after storm dennis wreaked havoc across south wales. several other communities in wales, like crickhowell near brecon, have also needed emergency services to help them to safety. a0 residents in aberdulais near neath were evacuated in the early hours. this exact same street was hit in 2018 after storm callum. it was clear after the met office issued its highest red warning for rain this morning that the welsh valleys would be suffering. around lunchtime, a major incident was declared across south wales. since midnight last night, we at the south wales fire and rescue service have experienced over 1,300 calls, which is unprecedented. in that time, we've carried out 76

live rescues and we've had a large number of life—related calls as well. around a third of the flood alerts across the uk are in wales, as further warnings for rain and wind remain in place until this evening. last week, it was storm ciara. this weekend, it's dennis, and its effects have undoubtedly been worse here in south wales. tomos morgan, bbc news, nantgarw. nearly 600 flood warnings and alerts are in place in england, more than any other day on record. road, rail and air travel have been badly disrupted, with several rail lines in the south west, wales, the midlands and scotland blocked by flooding. parts of the east midlands have been particularly badly affected, and heavy rain is expected to continue through the night. jon kay sent this report from tenbury wells in worcestershire. it's a race against time in tenbury wells tonight as water

levels continue to rise. this old market town is pretty much cut off after the river team burst its banks early this morning. this old market town is pretty much cut off after the river team burst its banks early this morning. more than 100 homes have been evacuated and some roads are impassable. we still have to wade through about a couple of feet of water. ben is stuck, struggling to return to his flat and unable to leave the town. it's devastating, because you can't get out. people were stuck in their houses. the fire and rescue have been around in boats getting people out to a temporary shelter in the high school, but it's unbearable for people who can't get out. you lose your self—dependence, don't you? it's pretty bad to bear. from the river clyde in glasgow to devon and cornwall, dennis has been an unwelcome weekend guest in almost every part of the uk. vast areas overwhelmed by huge quantities of rainfall, record numbers of flood warnings,

rescue teams and the authorities stretched to the limit. we are doing more than ever before in terms of investing in flood defences, protecting more homes than we have been able to before. but we are seeing a higher frequency of these sorts of freak weather events. it hasn't been this bad in tenbury wells since 2007, and some here question if enough has been done to protect communities like this that are at risk of flooding. andy and hannah have spent the day hoping against hope that their property will stay dry this time. what's it like just watching and waiting? it's horrible. we've seen the mess before, and we know the mess it's going to leave. it's just destruction, and the town doesn't need it. but we're not the only ones. laughter. you need some wellies! she'd abandoned her car to get to herjob in a local care home. after dropping a bit this afternoon,

the water levels here in tenbury wells are now starting to rise again. it is going to be another anxious night. jon kay, bbc news, worcestershire. well in a moment we'll speak to our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie in the scottish borders, but first let's go to york and our correspondent, fiona trott. fiona that was like a river behind you, is it? believe it or not it is a car park, this would normally be busy with cars parked here from people in the city centred shopping here today. now it looks like a way, doesn't it? there are actually a couple of geese paddling here behind me. it already here in yorkshire, it comes here into the 0use the river behind me that is why the levels have been rising and it is why more flooding is expected and why the york area is a main priority for the

environment agency over the next 48 hours or so. the city's flight plan has been put into place so the gates along the river 0use or close, the foss barrier... it's used to stop water backing up into the foss. sandbags already as you know, the latest we have had from the environment agency is that from the highest level in the next 36 hours will be at 4.5 metres at 2:30pm on monday afternoon, not as high as the record levels we saw in 2000 when the levels reached about 5.4 metres. currently there are 31 flood warnings in place in north yorkshire, eight here in and around york, it was four early earlier on this afternoon. really here this evening, the environment agency is telling people to take action now to prepare for more rising levels over the coming hours to protect their

homes and monitor the situation over the next day or so. fiona think you very much with that from york. let's go over to hawick 110w from york. let's go over to hawick now and alexandra mckenzie, i have to say looks rather blustery there for you. that is exactly the word i would use. website here in the borders, three rivers reached record levels causing some serious flooding. behind me is the tv it which the levels have gone down but it is still strewn with fast and furious tonight and coming into hawick today you could see a lot of evidence of the flooding in the fields particularly, all the fields we re fields particularly, all the fields were either flooded or the ground was completely saturated. and west nine people in hawick and in the surrounding villages were affected by this flooding, many had to be evacuated from their homes and either go and stay with friends or somewhere else. we heard of one man who had to pack up his house and his

belongings and take his ten—week—old baby i to a friend's house because his house was beginning to flood. the council has set up an emergency bunker here and they have been helping people today who have been affected by the flooding. water levels have pt here, so we are not expecting to see any new flooding but the problem here is going to be wind. —— levels have peaked here. the wind is not too bad at the moment but there is a yellow wind warning across the whole of scotland tonight and into tomorrow until about 11am. so it could be a tricky commute for many in the morning. alexandra mackenzie in the scottish borders and fiona trott in york. thank you very much. and for the latest information on storm dennis in your area, just go to your local bbc 0nline pages, or tune into your bbc local radio.

and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30 and 11.30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are rob merrick, the deputy political editor at the independent, and ruth lea, who's an economics adviser for the arbuthnot banking group. itv says it has cancelled tonight's edition of love island as a mark of respect — following the death of the show‘s former host caroline flack. the 40—year—old presenter was found dead in her london flat on saturday. she had been replaced on the dating show after being charged with assault last year. this report from angus crawford contains flash photography. it's the return of the flack! love island, x factor, i'm a celebrity — caroline flack, a life which appeared successful and glamorous. let's talk love.

until december last year, when she was arrested and charged with assaulting her boyfriend. yesterday, her family confirmed she'd taken her own life. today, friend and fellow presenter laura whitmore, who replaces her on love island, could not hide her grief and anger. anyone who knew caroline knew she was vivacious, loving, and had a passion for life. to the press, the newspapers who create click—bait, who demonise and tear down success, we've had enough. you don't have to tear down someone to feel good about yourself. there have been many other tributes from friends, fans and fellow celebrities. a media scrum at her first court appearance, distressing allegations that she denied, a trial date in march and bail conditions banning any contact with her boyfriend, lewis burton. he denied being a victim and didn't

want the prosecution to go ahead. today, he posted this message... he also appeared to criticise the way the case was handled, saying... questions, too, from her management, who labelled it a "show trial". the crown prosecution service says it won't comment. as for love island, itv have dropped tonight's episode but it will be back tomorrow and include a tribute to the former presenter. weeks before her death, she wrote of the weight of media intrusion, saying... caroline flack who has died at the age of 40.

thousands of passengers are facing major disruption at heathrow airport, after a systems failure affecting all terminals. travellers described the situation as "chaos", with departure screens not working and no announcements, leaving people unsure where to go to catch their flights. the airport have said they're experiencing technical problems, and have deployed "passenger ambassadors," to show people to their gates but it's not yet known when the problems will be resolved. joining us now from heathrow is hayley williams, she's been there since about midday. yes, we arrived at 12 o'clock... yes, we arrived at 12 o'clock. .. you are ina yes, we arrived at 12 o'clock. .. you are in a secured control area, you cannot... that was hayley williams, and you can hear staff at heathrow airportjust and you can hear staff at heathrow airport just trying to and you can hear staff at heathrow

airportjust trying to clear people from an area. she is at heathrow and been there since 12 o'clock following this disruption to flights to passengers because of what the airport has described as a technical problem. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent, katy austin, who's following this story for us. information actually written out by hand boards has not been for tickly reassuring for passengers. but heathrow airport has says it has extra staff in trying help trying to wreck them to the right gate. but there has certainly been an impact, things have been working very slowly to the airport and some reports some people have missed their flights.

the british airways has also got in touch with me to say that as a result of this on top of what was already a very difficult situation because of the stormy weather, there we re because of the stormy weather, there were already do ways and cancellations because of that, as a consequence of this it problem as well, it is going to be cancelling about 20 flights this evening. there isa about 20 flights this evening. there is a short—haul flight and it says passengers will get help from ba and will get hotels where appropriate. but this will be clearly a very frustrating into the weekend for loss of passengers some of whom may have artie had disruption thanks to the weather. we have heard how all of the information is being written on whiteboards. many people looking at that will be seeking reassurance that it at that will be seeking reassurance thatitis at that will be seeking reassurance that it is not the air traffic control system that has been affected. can you just clarify exactly which systems are affected by this? i exactly which systems are affected by this? i did exactly which systems are affected by this? i did ask heathrow whether air traffic had been impacted. but they said categorically they had not been. you get all this sorts of rumours on social media but i have

been told that has not been effective. i have not had a complete list from the airport but check in is one example, some people report issues with things like credit card machines but clearly it is the technical things that keep the airport flowing getting through security quickly, getting checked in quickly, any delay at an airport especially as big and busy as heathrow will inevitably have a knock on effect and i would imagine will cause a bit of a backlog. and we don't know when this is going to be fixed. any indication from the airport themselves? the latest i heard which was not that long ago was that it was still being resolved and what they described as what is being manual contingency process being manual contingency process being in place, to you and i that means things being done by hand rather than what we're used to seeing nowadays on it screens telling us all the information. that was katy austin there. let's return to heathrow and speak to haley williams. haley has been there since midday. they queue for persevering and speaking to us this evening here

in bbc news. first offjust tell us what is happened to you. we arrived at midday for a flight for san francisco for our wedding anniversary. and we were manually checked in in the bagging area and as we came through to the main area, and our flight was as we came through to the main area, and ourflight was on as we came through to the main area, and our flight was on the board and said waiting forfurther information, i had the ba app which said waiting for further information on our paycheque that flight was delayed. we sat relaxed and then all ofa delayed. we sat relaxed and then all of a sudden on the app, it said our flight had of a sudden on the app, it said our flight had departed... there was no tan ora flight had departed... there was no tan or a announcements. so we watched overflights weed without having any excess —— anything being said.... they don't want to talk to at the moment. —— no tannoy announces at the moment. sorry. haley, that is quite all right, we

understand. that is haley williams, a customer we have been trying to speak to from heathrow to get a feel for what is happened to her following the disruption of thousands of passengers after the airport announced that their systems are suffering a technical problem. if we can speak to another passenger 01’ if we can speak to another passenger or maybe get hayley back, we will hear on bbc news. in the meantime now, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben. we can talk to you don't worry. england captain eoin morgan says coming out on top in their t20 series against south africa says a lot about his side as they won the decisive match in centurion — in style. england were set a mammoth 223 to win, with heinrich klassen top scoring with 66 offjust 33 balls for the home side. england raced out of the blocks in their reply, jos buttler and jonny bairstow both passed 50 to keep england up with the huge run rate. despite a mid innings wobble, eoin morgan equalled his england record with 50 offjust 21 balls as england reached the target with 5

balls to spare for a 5 wicket win. morgan won player of the match and the series. i am delighted with my form and this is where we managed to give ourselves some time, purely from the fact that i was able to do that and it was due to the success of ben and i got something going and on the far side, i am really happy with my form. two games in the premier league and two wins for the north london clubs. we'll start with arsenal who moved up to 10th with a 4—0 win over newcastle. nick parrott watched this one for us. mick said he wanted people who delivered passion and energy when he took charge of arsenal during the festive season. it has taken him until now for him to see it. after a half to forget against newcastle at the emirates, arsenal fans were treated

to a second half to save it. they know what to expect from top scorer and this signing nicholas pepe. they have not seen this from the highest—paid player in a long time. 0zil struggled under the former boss, his relationship with the new manager is better, for paying his confidence in the first school for ten months. the buzz boosted him as well, coming off the bench to end a nine—game goal to secure the biggest victory of the season. after the break, we started to talk to me at the close the gap and we had to put that to it and the opportunity for us. they are now five points of six place, they will be hoping to close that gap before the end of the season. spurs left it very late to grab the winner at aston villa. son heung min scored the crucial goal — his second of the match to snatch a 3—2 victory and lift jose mourinho's side to fifth in the table but villa stay one

point above the relegation zone. celtic were made to work hard for today's 2—1win over third placed aberdeen. they are still 10 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. celtic are now unbeaten in nine games in all competitons thanks to kristoffer ajer's late goal. rangers and hibs also won. just two games in the women's fa cup fifth round due to the weather. holders manchester city beat ipswich, the lowest team to make it this far, 10—0. three different players scored hattricks. birmingham beat sunderland 1—0 in the other game. bristol bears produced a fine comeback to beat northampton and move up to fourth in rugby union's premiership. bristol had been 14—0 down against the team in second place, with just half an hour to go, but scored 17 points in a 13—minute spell, going on eventually to win by 20 points to 14. shaun murphy has won his ninth career title with a crushing victory over kyren wilson in the welsh 0pen final. he took the opening six frames

in cardiff and knocked in three centuries in the final for his second title of the season. to update you for the golf, rory mcilroy is two shots off the lead at the pga event in los angeles, a triple bogey did not help in this last hole. you can find all of that on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. then, thank you very much. further restrictions have been imposed on people living in hubei province in china — the area at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. only one person from each household will be allowed out every three days. meanwhile, british passengers who've been quarantined on a cruise liner offjapan, have criticised the uk government after the us sent two aircraft to bring home american citizens. there are now 355 cases of coronavirus on the ship. from yokohama, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. now calling only those american

guests from emerald deck... for the americans, at least this is the moment that for many could not come soon enough. 0n the dockside, the buses lining up, ready to take them to tokyo airport and an evacuation flight home. in the last two days, there has been a steady stream of ambulances removing infected passengers from the diamond princess. 70 new cases were confirmed aboard the ship today alone. when i got through to americans gay and phil courter in their cabin, they were frantically packing, more than eager to get off the ship. saying from day one, i do not feel safe on this ship. i don't know how more of us who have been sitting here for 12 days aren't getting contaminated, but something is going wrong. this is a failed quarantine. it is very clear from the statement that the us government has made that it is worried the quarantine on board the ship is not working and that its citizens are in danger.

and that's why it has decided to take them off. several other governments have now followed, including canada, hong kong, and taiwan. so the pressure is really now on the british government to make a response. united kingdom... from his cabin, briton david abel has been using social media to express his feelings at the british government's perceived lack of action. it feels that we have been forgotten, that you don't really care about us and that you're actually not wanting us to come home. at tokyo's haneda airport tonight, the us chartered planes touched down. the american evacuees now face a grueling flight and another quarantine. but those we spoke to say they prefer that to spending another day on a ship where they do not feel safe. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in yokohama.

just a bit more information concerning those effective rations by the us government by the diamond princess. it was 40 americans being taken off the quarantined cruise ship diamond princess are infected with the new coronavirus. the figure was confirmed by the american national institute for infectious diseases, which added that they would be treated in hospitals injapan. dr nathalie macdermott is a clinical lecturer from king's college, told me what we can read into the drop in the number of new cases of coronavirus in china. there certainly seems over the last few days to be a consistent decrease in the daily number of new cases which is reassuring and it is substantially lower than it was a couple of weeks ago. so hopefully this is an indication that the measures the chinese authorities have put in place are actually having an effect. but what we have to be wary of is what is happening outside of china as well. there are several countries demonstrating ongoing

person—to—person transmission of the virus without any people having travelled. how would you describe the pattern of the cases we are seeing outside of china? so, in singapore and injapan for instance and injapan i am ignoring the cruise ship that is moored off the coast because it is not fair to include that in the japan case count that we are seeing cases of transmission and clusters of transmission that have started in both of those countries where the source of those clusters is unclear so it is not necessarily someone that has travelled and they are showing ongoing human to human transmission chains from those clusters. it suggests there is now a problem injapan and singapore as well. what would you expect to see happen next? i think we are hopefully going to continue seeing things decrease in china.

although it is possibly still a little bit early to tell. we may see a secondary surge. but it might be that we do see case numbers drop in china and therefore the overall total increase in daily numbers go down but we might then see a secondary surge because what we are seeing happening in other countries such as singapore and japan. what is the risk or likelihood of a coronavirus mutating to full—blown flu ? the coronavirus is a very different virus to influenza, it won't ever become influenza. but the symptoms it causes are pretty much the same as influenza only it goes on to also cause a viral pneumonia or an inflammation in the lungs in more severe cases as well. so it will not ever mutate to become influenza. it may mutate but whether it mutates or not does not necessarily

affect its function. it could do but it may not as well. in terms of the prevention measures we have seen put in place, are they enough? so, i think that the prevention measures that china have put in place are fairly dramatic and they do appear to be having an effect at the moment but time will tell as to whether the measures have been sufficient. i think what is in place here in the uk so far seems to be doing very well. we don't have any ongoing person—to—person transmission in the uk. we have had nine cases, eight of whom are now healthy and released from hospital and no longer a risk to the public. it is just a matter of us continuing to monitor anyone who travels into the uk or any cases or contacts of cases in the uk and making sure that we are able to isolate them promptly, test them, and treat them if they are unwell. that was dr nathalie macdermott.