this is bb new dust bbc news, i'm reeta chakra barti for some the headlines apm... torrential rains and high winds brought by storm with dennis are causing major problems in many areas. families being rescued whilst homes have been ruined. i'm in total shock. disbelief. whilst homes have been ruined. i'm in totalshock. disbelief. i whilst homes have been ruined. i'm in total shock. disbelief. i can't believe how my home has been ravaged in the last couple hours. >> two days after the death of caroline flack, itv‘s love island is back on the air tonight with a special tribute. downing street and used to be a ski has announced his resignation over controversial comments he made in the past. flying home the british passengers quarantined on a cruise ship off

japan because of coronavirus. and how birds of prey are being killed in increasing numbers, and game keepers are being blamed dutch rogue gatekeepers. good evening, welcome to bbc news. the body of a woman who went missing yesterday after being swept away by floodwaters and were sister has been found. yvonne booth, pictured here with her late husband, has —— was caught up in the waters. in a statement, herfamily caught up in the waters. in a statement, her family said they were devastated by the news. storm dennis battered uk over the weekend with wins over 90 mph and torrential rain. winds have died down but river levels are still rising and hundreds of people have been flooded out of

their homes. 0ver of people have been flooded out of their homes. over 200 flood warnings are across the uk, nine are severe, meaning a threat to life, there along the rivers of y and trent. jon kay has spent the day at harvard, where temperatures,... those people are right because the environment agency have confirmed that the river why here in hereford has never been higher in hundreds of years, more than six and a half metres, 20 feet. they've now closed the wide bridge here to traffic, they've just been telling pedestrians and cyclists, the police have been shouting at them to get off, they've been told it is not safe. this is not the only pa rt it is not safe. this is not the only part of the uk where there are real concerns. this is what a severe flood warning really looks like. straight to you. door—to—door rescues in the cathedral city of hereford, desperate residents escaping

with whatever they can save. a city under water and under threat. shirley was one of hundreds forced to leave their homes. i thought i could stay there. that's why i'm so late coming out. what do you think of these men who helped you this morning? wonderful. one of the crews will make an assessment on life risk, so immediate danger, age, and making sure they bring medication with them and all they need. some people are still trapped. across this region, vast areas have been overwhelmed. anyone for cricket? this is worcester, where the river severn has reached dangerous levels. we are monitoring things closely, especially the river severn towns, especially shrewsbury and tewkesbury, because water levels are expected to continue to rise in some of those catchments. and when the levels do drop, this is what's left behind.

the market town of tenbury wells left a muddy mess by staughton dennis. —— storm dennis. 0n the high street, we found a huge community clear—up today. almost every business here flooded at the weekend. from the bank to the barbers, even the insurance firm. mary has a letting agency. what does it mean for you? as a business, our income stops. i can't go out on appointments, our viewings are stopped. it stops dead. roger's brand—new carpet will have to go. he's been working round—the—clock to save his home. totally ruined. we've been up since 2:30am on saturday. and i'm type one diabetic as well. hey, fluffy. next door, teresa moved her most treasured possessions upstairs, but downstairs is a different story.

it makes me physically sick that we've got to put everything right now. we don't know how long it's going to take. i'm lost. i think that's the word — i'm lost. lost in your own house? yeah, lost in my own house. from the river derwent in derby to leicestershire, from leatherhead in surrey to barkham in east sussex, tonight, once again, all communities can do is watch and wait. jon kay, bbc news, hereford. in south wales, many have been left counting the cost of storm dennis. landslides and torrential rain have blocked roads and railway lines, several communities have been flooded out of their homes, and people have lost their livelihoods. tomos morgan has spent the day at

this village. it's just that everything still has water in it. the aftermath of storm dennis. we are emotionally tied to this house so we couldn't go. to try and put it back to anywhere the way it was, i don't know how long it's going to take us. 23 years of memories in nantgarw, ruined in an instant. the majority of rachel cox's possessions will need replacing. at least some of the most meaningful belongings have been saved. my eldest niece, she's got terminal cancer. we didn't find out untiljanuary that she would be well enough to have a wedding injune, and so i was making paper flowers for the wedding. i thought they were all destroyed, but we just managed to get a handful out now without being destroyed. all of the 100 or so homes here on oxford street, nantgarw, have been devastated by the flooding. as residents try and salvage whatever they can from inside their home, outside the clean—up operation continues. cars being taken away after being swept into the middle

of the road after the torrent that came down the street in the early hours of yesterday morning. a months worth of rain fell across south wales in just 48 hours, with several communities needing evacuating. unprecedented was how the authorities described the weekend weather. people is what matters in the end. the first ministerfor wales has been visiting those worst affected, taking stock before sitting down with councils to discuss what additionalfunding can be provided. this is it, yeah? that's it. her father's ashes saved, the most pressing question for rachel and her neighbours now is when on earth will they be able to call this place home again? tomos morgan, bbc news, nantgarw. with me is our weather presenter chris fox. what is the state of the weather now. what's happening? the main concern is the aftermath of storm dennis with all that rain

coming down. we had 159 mm of rain and brecon beacons, which is more than a month's and brecon beacons, which is more than a months worth of rain in two days. that's what's causing a big problem at the moment. right now, we have seven severe flood warnings in forest, they are effecting a stretch of the river severn in worcester and gloucester. we also have problems in the river why, as well as the river trent and the river look. so it's really just across the trent and the river look. so it's reallyjust across the midlands that we see the worst problems now. you might remember those shocking pictures from wales — we haven't got severe flood warnings there and there's a reason for that. the rain we re there's a reason for that. the rain were the micro waters are already edging out to sea, where is across the midlands those take a bit longer to respond. so unfortunately what that means for some communities is that means for some communities is that the flooding could get worse before it gets better. we've also got 218 flood warnings enforced, we

still have some in wales and southern scotland. you mentioned there one place getting a month's worth of rain in two days. why is it we are seeing this heavier rain that is then causing flooding? there is a link to climate change, and there is a link to natural variability of our weather. this is a type of weather system that essentially is of weather front stretching 1000 miles along the atlantic, and it had waves in it. what these waves, these ripples of energy do is they stop it moving. that was the same because from the cumbria floats that we had a few years back that devastated parts of cumbria. it's the same mechanisms, we get these every now and then, but there is a climate change angle to it as well. as the planet warms up as it is doing so, we get more evaporation. so for eve ryo ne we get more evaporation. so for everyone celsius rise in temperatures, you get 7% more water available for these weather systems. so in other words, when these extreme weather events come together

to make this rainfall, in a warmer world that we do have now compared to what we had 50—100 years ago, we get more rain. so that means if you are looking nervously, may be your neighbour's house is underwater and yours isn't, you think you got away with it - yours isn't, you think you got away with it — when we were of the climate with 7% more water, your house goes underwater in the future. what makes very sobering. many thanks, chris. for the latest information on storm dennis, tune into your local bbc news radio station, or visit our website. and we will find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are sebastian payne, whitehall correspondent for the financial times, and economists and member of labour‘s policy forum,

grace blakely. member of labour‘s policy forum, grace bla kely. a member of labour‘s policy forum, grace blakely. a newly appointed downing street adviser has announced his resignation amid criticism over controversial past comments. downing street had refused to come, or condemn comments from andrews to biscay who reportedly made controversial comments on unplanned pregnancies, eugenics and race. labour said that number ten possibly refusal to dismiss the remarks was disgusting and called on the adviser to be sacked. we speak now to jonathan blake, who is in westminster. he wasn't very long in his post, was he? not very long at all, and as soon as these comments which he made, some online very recently, some a little bit further ago, a few years ago, came to light, there is a huge amount of pressure on downing street, and it seems that the man himself over whether he was a suitable person to be employed or not. and as you say, he has tonight

resigned, posting on twitter. i'll redo some of what he's had say. "the media has hysteria around my old stuff is bad, but i wanted to help the government, so i decided to resign as a contractor." he says he hopes number ten will hire more people with good geopolitical forecasting track records, and that the media stop selectric quoting. —— selective quoting. in case you haven't seen other things he's posted online or tweeted, talking about compulsory contraception being used as a way to stop a permanent underclass. he also suggested that black americans had a lower average iq than white americans, and also talked about the benefits of a purported cognitive enhancer which could prove fatal, being" worth a

dead kid once a year". these attracted criticism from not only across the government, saying this man should not be employed, there we re man should not be employed, there were also at least two conservative mps who have today come out and tweeted their disapproval. carolyn notes, william reg both saying that he should resign or be sacked. as we are reporting this evening, andrew sabisky has resigned as adviser to the government after that criticism of his online comments. so he's gone. is there any sense that he or somebody like sabisky might be the sort of person that downing street is looking for, in terms of advisers, given that we know dominic cummings wanted to see more weirdos and misfits, as he put it in the civil service? he was apparently hired after that public call by dominic cummings, the prime

minister's senior adviser, for weirdos and misfits, in his words, to come forward and apply for positions within government. downing street have not really engaged in this case over the last 1—2 days since his comments came to light, simply saying at a briefing earlier today that the prime minister's views on a wide variety of topics we re views on a wide variety of topics were well documented. so not refusing — refusing to say whether the prime minister agreed with andrew sabisky on these various topics or not. and i think that didn't help. there was no attempt at all to distance the prime minister and downing street, and the government from these kinds of comments which mr sabisky had made online sometime ago, and others relatively recently. but because of that, we don't know the terms on which he was hired, we don't know the exact work he was being employed to do. so i think this case aside,

with that approach to hire people who don't perhaps fit the traditional mould of people who go and work in government departments and work in government departments and the civil service in general, there may well be others who have said and done things which some people find offensive. and that can lead to the kind if you are —— fiori we've seen over the last few days. we have to leave it there, jonathan blake there. time for a look at the headlines now here on bbc news. torrential rain and high winds brought by storm dennis are causing major problems in many areas. two days after the death of caroline flack, itv‘s love island is back on the air tonight with a special tribute. downing street adviser andrew sabisky has announced his resignation amongst criticism over controversial comments he made in the past.

time for the sport now, and for a full round up, here'sjean dougal. hi, rita. both chelsea and manchester united players have been paying tribute to the former united and northern ireland goalkeeper harry grey, who survived the munich air disaster. he's died at his desk today at the age of 87. players from both teams are wearing black armbands tonight. harry greg it was called the hero of munich after he went back into the wreckage of the plane twice to save many others, including a mother and her baby and a former team—mate. including a mother and her baby and a former team-mate. united were actually a broken crowd, like most people. when i say broken, i mean com pletely people. when i say broken, i mean completely and people. when i say broken, i mean com pletely a nd totally people. when i say broken, i mean completely and totally financially broken. they lost so much and so many. it's a long, long time ago and i remember telling them that i thought about all the time. in fact,

i would go and see them. i know what idid,i i would go and see them. i know what i did, i know who i saw. i remember the baby. i know when i found bob and all the rest, i know i was very fortu nate. and all the rest, i know i was very fortunate. you couldn't live with it. you couldn't live with everyday. you go totally insane. united and northern ireland goalkeeper harry greg, who's died at the age of 87. as mentioned, his former club manchester united are taking on chelsea tonight. the lead score is 0-0 chelsea tonight. the lead score is 0—0 after 17 minutes. now there are three games under way in the fifth round of the women's fa club tonight for some everton are being debacle beating bristol city 2—0. it's going to 3-0 beating bristol city 2—0. it's going to 3—0 now, it is currently 2—0 to

totte n ha m to 3—0 now, it is currently 2—0 to tottenham versus coventry united, chelsea are 1—0 up against liverpool in their rearranged match because of storm dennis. meanwhile, chelsea striker fran kirby says she is feeling 100 times better as she recovers from a viral air in this. they look forward hasn't played since a heart condition which she said she tapped her energy, causing her to sleep up to 15 hours a day. she hopes to return to training in the near future. she hopes to return to training in the nearfuture. kim clusters has lost her first match on her return to the wta tour after almost eight yea rs to the wta tour after almost eight years out. the 36—year—old had a tougher introduction to the sport, playing an australian open finalist in the... she lost the first set 6-2, but in the... she lost the first set 6—2, but fought to set it to a tie—break. however, her stamina proved to be the deciding factor and she persevered to win the match. clusters retired for a second time

in 2012. the organisers of the tokyo marathon have scaled back this yea r‘s event marathon have scaled back this year's event because of the corona virus outbreak. 0nly elite runners and wheelchair athletes will compete in the 1st of march. meaning thousands will be missing out, among those are steve dennison and jemima bert. we are very disappointed obviously, but we could see it coming with all the other events being cancelled. so i guess they pressure on the organisation was a great. we were initially sanguine about it. but at the end of the day, there's a lot... the japanese seem to have it under control, and we thought the decisions probably should be left with us. but avenues steve said, we recognise that ultimately, they felt they had to make this decision. that's all sport now, but you can find all those on the stories when chelsea gets united on the bbc sport website. bye for

now. thanks very much, jane. itv‘s love island will air for the first time since the suicide of its former presenter caroline flack. the ao—year—old was found dead in her flat in london on saturday. she was due to stand trial next month for an alleged assault of her boyfriend. lucy manning reports. caroline flack, the day before she died. a valentine's day spent with some of those who loved her. just a day later, she took her own life. friends now remembering the happier times they had with her. it's the return of the flack. the tv presenter had a job full of glamour and excitement. but in the months before, she had faced serious allegations — a court case her agent called a show trial, accused of assaulting her boyfriend, she was due back in court in a few weeks. he wasn't supporting the decision to charge her. when caroline flack appeared

here at highbury magistrates' court, the court heard that she told police when she was arrested that she wanted to kill herself. many of her close friends think this case should never have happened, one writing on social media, you were so poorly, you needed help. instead, they put you in a cell. but prosecutors believe it's important to pursue domestic abuse allegations. undoubtedly, they felt they had enough. i think they had a 999 call recorder, a body camera worn by the police. they would have had other evidence. they have to take domestic abuse seriously because we as a country have said we should take it seriously. itv had replaced caroline flack as the presenter of love island until after her trial. it said it was devastated about her death but has faced some criticism about the way it treated her. and the media has also been blamed. downing street said online companies must go further to remove u na cce pta ble content,

and there are calls for greater press regulation. i literally can't get her voice out of my head. she was just broken, helpless. she was dealing with so much. the press villainised her. you know, people were pointing fingers, jumping on the bandwagon, making a mockery of her. mental health experts say suicide is rarely down to one factor. tonight, love island will pay tribute to its presenter, caroline flack. lucy manning, bbc news. this evening, itv have released a statement confirming the after tonight's tribute programme, love island will return as normal tomorrow night. kevin longo went on tomorrow night. kevin longo went on tosay.:....

if you are affected by any of the issues in that report, recorded information and support is available from bbc action line. there's a numberfor you from bbc action line. there's a number for you on the screen right now. britain's chief brexit negotiator david frost has said britain can never commit to following european union rules. he told students in brussels that it was central to the british government's vision that it must have the ability to set laws that fit britain. he said that london might accept you supervision on what is known as a level playing field, must‘ve missed the whole point of brexit. substantive negotiations with the eu are expected to start next month. we can speak now to our correspondent adam fleming, who is in brussels. strong words from david frost, and the french are also

talking about a bruising battle ahead, so both sides are squaring 7 ahead, so both sides are squaring es, ahead, so both sides are squaring up? yes, all talk at the moment because there's no actual negotiating going on because both sides are still finalizing their detailed negotiating objectives on the eu side, calling it the mandate for their chief negotiator, michel barnier. i imagine it won't include language used by the french foreign minister yesterday, where he said that both sides would be ripping each other apart. the rhetoric was coming from david frost, not exactly a household name but i predict he will be soon. he is borisjohnson's chief adviser and will be the uk's chief adviser and will be the uk's chief negotiator. he's an adviser, not a minister. he's a political appointee, but he's not a politician. so that makes them quite different from the brexit secretaries of the past. another big question is, will he be the one that sits directly opposite michel barnier around the can negotiating table? i don't think michel barnier think those two are equals. but

eventually worked out when they arrange talks. what david frost was saying tonight at university in front of students and dip dutch double mass and officials, firstly that the government is not recycling from the position it's had for a couple months now, which is that it wa nts a couple months now, which is that it wants a canada style free trade agreement with the eu like the one the eu has with canada, similar to the eu has with canada, similar to the ones it has with japan or south korea, which means less onerous conditions being applied to the uk when it comes to things like competition, subsidies for business, environmental and social protection, then the eu is asking from the uk at then the eu is asking from the uk at the time. some people thought that was just the time. some people thought that wasjust an the time. some people thought that was just an opening position and over the weeks the rhetoric will die down, and the uk will be prepared to compromise. david frost says no compromising on that stuff. being able to divert and do things differently, and not have the supervision of brussels any more is the fundamental point of brexit. the

second piece of news is we will get a much more detailed view of the government's position for the opening of the negotiations next week. now what form that takes, he didn't say. we don't know if that will be another speech by the prime minister, a white or green paper, or another parliamentary statement. those are the two things. the government won't change its position and we will get much more detail about that position next week. has there been any eu response to david frost was my first comments? not yet. i would be surprised if there is anything dramatic or big, or official in terms of a response. this was him speaking in a lecture ata this was him speaking in a lecture at a university. they haven't even sat down to start the negotiations yet. so this was much more of a personal message from david frost rather than an official communication from the uk to the eu. it was actually very personal speech from david frost, talking about when he worked here in brussels in the past as an official for the uk government. then that was all part of this tale he was trying to weave

for people that brexit should not have come to a soup dutch as a surprise to brussel. the uk always felt uncomfortable, like a guest who had been wanting to leave the party the whole time. in the years before the whole time. in the years before the referendum in 2016, it was like the referendum in 2016, it was like the guest in the hallway with its coat on heading for the door. none of this should have surprised people in brussels, and i think you just wa nted in brussels, and i think you just wanted to reinforce to the other side of the negotiations that this is what the uk wants, it is not watching. we will only be able to tell whether the bulbs are not in nine months' time. adam, many thanks. i'm in has been charged with murdering a six—year—old boy more than 25 years ago —— a man. the body of ricky lee was found in peterborough in 1994. james watson, 38, will appearfor peterborough in 1994. james watson, 38, will appear for magistrates on thursday. the government is considering flying home 74 british

passengers and crew along a cruise liner that has been quarantined off the coast of japan because of the corona virus outbreak. 99 new cases are aboard the diamond princess, bringing the total to more than 450. the largest clusters outside of china. meanwhile the government has booked out of hell tell for anyone in heathrow thought to be at risk of infection. rupert winfield hayes reports. get going. goodbye. the moment americans cheryl and paul stepped off the diamond princess and into the welcoming arms of the us military. the plane takes you to the united states. all good with that? the 340 american evacuees are clearly relieved to be going home. they are taking the virus with them. 0nboa rd their evacuation flight a special isolation unit, and inside 14 fellow passengers

who have tested positive. and as the americans took off and headed home, another 99 new infections were confirmed aboard the giant cruise ship. for those still on board, like britton david abel, the stress is starting to take its toll. it's all getting to us now, and notjust me, other passengers as well. it's the not knowing factor that is the real challenge. the quarantine on board the diamond princess is supposed to end on wednesday, and passengers had been told that if they tested negative, they would be allowed to go home, but with 99 new viral cases confirmed the day, the overwhelming suspicion is that the quarantine is not working. —— confirmed today. and because of that, the journey home for those left on board is now looking a lot more complicated. tonight, the foreign office said it is formulating plans to get the british people on board the ship home. australia is already preparing a flight to evacuate its nationals. but when i spoke to one

of them, aun na tan, she was not enthusiastic. i am finding the thought of being put on a plane with a known... people who haven't been tested yet and potentially getting the infection right then, after we have completed two weeks of quarantine, not ideal. japan, meanwhile, is starting to feel the effects of the virus's spread. next weekend is the emperor's birthday, a celebration that usually draws huge crowds of well—wishers. today, the whole event was cancelled without warning. rupert winfield hayes, bbc news in yokohama. time for a look at the yokohama. time for a look at the weather now. wondering what's in store for tuesday? squally showers and blustery winds yet again. plenty of isobars on the charts, you can

see the showers weeding out in the atlantic. with this little weather front here, we see some activity through the afternoon. 0ut front here, we see some activity through the afternoon. out to the west, showers from the word go. some of them heavy with foot dust hail and thunder. in the afternoon, ran across the north of england and into south wales, it will be a blustery day particularly with those sharper showers. slightly milder with temperature speaking at 11 celsius with cooler conditions behind it. a speu with cooler conditions behind it. a spell of intent shower he reigned to move its way across the southeast, than a brief ridge of high pressure builds. as we go into wednesday, some of us will see a reasonable day. try, settled and sunny through central and eastern areas. clouding over from the west, yet more wet and windy weather set to arrive as we go through the day with top temperatures of 7—10dc.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... torrential rain and high winds brought by storm dennis are causing major problems in many areas. familes have been rescued after being cut off by the flooding and homes have been ruined. i'm in total shock, disbelief. i just can't believe how my home, my home, has been ravaged in the last couple of hours. two days after the death of caroline flack, itv‘s love island is back on air tonight with a special tribute. downing street adviser andrew sabisky has announced his resignation amid criticism over controversial comments he made in the past. the government says it's considering flying home the british passengers quarantined on a cruise ship offjapan because of coronavirus. and the bbc has seen evidence of what seems to be massive state monitoring of the persecuted muslim community there.

more now on our top story. the environment agency has warned that flooding from storm dennis is not yet over, with river levels on the severn and the wye expected to continue rising. using current technology, forecasters were able to predict storm dennis nearly a week before its arrival, but working out exactly which areas will be worst hit still remains a challenge. now, the met office has announced it's getting a new supercomputer which will be able to give more accurate forecasts. the project will cost £1.2 billion over the next ten years. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. there was plenty of warning about storm dennis. six days before it struck, the forecasters spotted it coming, but they couldn't tell precisely which communities would be hardest hit. at the met office, they knew the rain would be heavy, but they couldn't say exactly where it would land.

that's hard to work out. a huge computer does the calculations, but even this massive machine has limits, so now the met office is getting an even bigger supercomputer that should be far more powerful. it will enable us to deliver more accurate, more timely, more localised predictions for both weather and climate that will enable people to make better decisions, stay safe and thrive ahead of time in the case of severe weather. at the moment, forecasts are based on a digital simulation of the atmosphere, with the globe divided into squares ten kilometres across. now for the uk, there's a more detailed picture of the weather, with squares at 1.5 kilometres wide. but the ambition with the supercomputer is to try to get down to a scale ofjust100 metres to generate a really accurate understanding of local conditions. and this really matters because it's

one thing to be able to forecast that extreme weather is going to hit a particular region, far more useful to be able to tell where the heaviest rain is going to fall and then crucially try to work out which homes are at greatest risk of flooding. knowing where to install flood barriers could make all the difference, and that comes down to predicting which fields and valleys will get the downpours. but even with more accurate warnings from the new supercomputer, one flooding expert wonders how many will actually listen. i think people have got to wake up and smell the floodwater. we go on and on about flood risk, flooding, flood awareness. i spend the whole of my life talking about the effects of being flooded and i still don't think people... it's getting through to people, the devastation that floods can cause. as the world heats up, storms are likely to become more intense,

and that will add to pressure on government to try to keep more of the country safe. david shukman, bbc news. i'm joined by sarah bell, is a professor of environmental engineering at university college london. we london. don't seem to be able to deal well we don't seem to be able to deal well with flooding we experience on multiple occasions. why is that? we need to learn from past experience and we have had a series of intense floods over the past few years and yet we still seem to be seeing the same kind of experiences. these are incredibly complex issues to deal with. talking about whether systems that operate over the atlantic scale we are talking about. catchment systems operate over river scales. and those being? the land that flows

into the river. so a particular river it will drain a vast area of land and how that land is managed will influence how the flood develops. so we then end up with as we we re develops. so we then end up with as we were saying today these poor communities dealing with really tragic circumstances. and i think one of the things we need to put them at the heart of our decision—making as the people need to have all the support they can to recover from the situation. and then for them to learn and be involved in decisions about what is the best way to prepare for this in the future. so much more democratic decision—making but in terms of actually practical solutions, what needs to happen? so people who are at risk of flood as we just heard need to be aware of that and then there are things that individual householders can do to prepare their properties. we see again people who can prepare to have their

ground—floor flooded and then so we can ground—floor flooded and then so we ca n recover ground—floor flooded and then so we can recover quickly from floods and they are not such a surprise and a shock when they come. and then in terms of protection from floods, it is really difficult. there is no single solution. there is no single solution that will be the answer to prevent flooding all over the country. so it needs to be a very local solution and it needs to depend on the local environment, local land—use and also local people in terms their decisions. people talk quite freely about more flood defences but it is not always as simple as that. there are some flaws it is unrealistic to be able to defend against. and so in engineering terms we have been thinking more about how can we learn to live with this increasing risk. sol to live with this increasing risk. so i think one of the reasons why we are not prepared is we are living in are not prepared is we are living in a more complex world. we are living ina a more complex world. we are living in a world with the weather is

changing and the kinds of science and engineering that served us well for the last 50 or 100 years in protecting us from flooding no longer works. so we need this combination of helping to change the way our catchments work so planting more trees, putting rain grooves and rainwater tanks into our cities to slow the water down when it falls on the land. and then also helping to say how can we make sure that we do predict when floods are coming and that we are well—prepared people are kept safe and that they can recover quickly. some of the measures you suggest will take a long time to put in place. yes, so that is also as we say with a lot of climate change issues, if we had started ten years ago when we are talking about these issues we will be in a better position now. so absolutely we need to start doing everything we can and like i said, there is no one bullet

engineering solution. we really all do need for everyone to be involved in doing their part. 0k, we have to leave it there, thank you very much. meanwhile about 50 miles from merthyr tydfil, police are advising people in flood prone properties in upton upon severn in worcestershire to evacuate. it's thought the defences could be topped tonight our correspondent phil mackie has more. you can see that close the main room and see how high the floodwater has reached in town. people are now stranded trying to get across the road and will walk you down towards the river is cell. people here operative on that flood barrier you see in the distance with the glass panels at the top. so you can see the river through this glass panel. these flood defences were built after the record floods then in 2007. they were designed to withstand what they described as 100 year flood event. well 13 years later here we are with that 100 year

flood event reaching the levels that it reached in 2007. it has got about another foot or two to go and the warning is now there is a severe flood warning put in place by the environment agency that it could over top these defences tonight. so if you look along the street here, you can see people who are working in the pubs along here, there is the swa n in the pubs along here, there is the swan which used to flood an awful lot. so since these flood defences we re lot. so since these flood defences were built they had been protected from that but they are now having to get the sandbags out because they fear that we are going to see these flood defences overtopped at some stage overnight and into tomorrow. with the river reaching record levels. higher than in 2007 and probably higher than 1957 as well. heather shepherd is community and support officer at the national flood forum. shejoins me from bewdley in worcestershire, one of the areas worst affected by storm dennis.

you are somewhere you are somewhere nice and dry them about how badly has bewdley been affected by the storm. actually i have to visit my own home because i'm about to flood at any minute in my own area where i live so i managed to take away some time and i'm upstairs because i cannot go downstairs to the flooding. so how bad is it downstairs? we are all ready to go, we are all prepared and we are ready for the water to start coming in. so it has been very traumatic three days of putting and preparing and putting things up and getting ready for the water to inundate us. sorry to interrupt but you seem inundate us. sorry to interrupt but you seem quite philosophical as if this is inevitable. yes because i have flooded several times before andl have flooded several times before and i don't think actually it's a

case of walking up and smelling it but i think the majority who are at risk are completely aware. but sometimes there is only so much that you can do it yourself and the water that we are seeing now is coming in at great depth also. so it is not just a few inches on the floor for a lot of people particularly around the country that i have been seeing previous to my own situation that i am now in my cell. sol previous to my own situation that i am now in my cell. so i do think that we need to think of a different way of and i agree entirely with your previous speaker that we do need to look at catchments, look at better maintenance, look at hard defences, look at stopping building on flood plains and need to have a much more joined up approach that will be able to tackle this because the future looks bleak and i have been working in flood risk for over 20 years and i have not seen enough

change. as well as being somebody clearly personally affected by this, you also work for this charity national flood form which supports communities that have been hit by floods. what sort of help do you give? so i'm a recovery specialist and we go into flooded areas and support people through the long—term recovery. and we see great blue lights coming in and helping immediately but the problem is that people suffer with the effects of flooding, not just people suffer with the effects of flooding, notjust in the near future but the long future. talking on average six to 18 months to re cover on average six to 18 months to recover from a flood. that's a long time and along that journey there are very many issues and it takes people who really understand that to be able to help people move forward. because otherwise people become trapped and they don't know how to

move on, it sets in great depression and trauma and people really suffered. so what are the immediate thing people can do when their home was flooded? when your home was flooded the first thing you have to do is wring your insurance in the first thing before you flood it's a check you've got the cover of insurance. and then all you can do really is get out as much as you can at once you are sure that you are not going to flood again on the water is not going to rise again so that your property will dry out quickly. but you cannot throw anything out because the insurance company needs to see what it is that has been affected so it is a very difficult situation and all you are meant to do is repair as best you can and then brace yourself to whatever happens because it becomes out of your control. we'll have to leave it there, heather, thank fingers crossed for you that the situation is not too bad for you tonight. many thanks.

meanwhile, following storm dennis local a so—called "ghost ship" has washed up on the rocks of cork. the freighter appeared on the rocks yesterday after drifting crewless on the high seas for more than a year. the mv alta became disabled south of bermuda in 2018, prompting the us coast guard to rescue its ten—man crew. since then, it has been drifting between europe, africa and the americas. the headlines on bbc news... torrential rain and high winds brought by storm dennis are causing major problems in many areas. two days after the death of caroline flack, itv‘s love island is back on air tonight with a special tribute. downing street adviser andrew sabisky has announced his resignation amid criticism over controversial comments he made in the past. let's return now to one of our other stories this hour as love island returns to tv screens tonight after saturday and sunday's

episodes were cancelled. a special tribute will be made to the former host caroline flack who took her own life on saturday. jo stevens is a member of the digital culture media and sport committee. she was one of the mps who started an inquiry into the duty of care shown by tv shows. shejoins us now. thank you very much and you begin looking at this issue of reality tv and the duty of care. what does this tragic incident made you feel?m and the duty of care. what does this tragic incident made you feel? it is a very tragic situation. a woman has taken her own a very tragic situation. a woman has ta ken her own life a very tragic situation. a woman has taken her own life and one of the reasons why we started our inquiry with the committee last year was because there had been two people who were dispensed on love island who were dispensed on love island who were dispensed on love island who were taking their own lives and also a contestant on thejeremy kyle show. and we felt we needed to look at whether not the off calm code, the broadcasting code needed

updating to take account of the duty of care that reality tv production companies should show two precipitants both companies should show two precipita nts both prior to companies should show two precipitants both prior to joining, during the programme and after the words. we did not finish because of the interruption of the general election but i have a feeling we will return to it in the next few weeks. then of course it was about participants in reality tv shows and this is a presenter who has taken her own life. so if that inquiry does get reopened, which went to see its remit broaden equipment i think inevitably if we do reopen it will be broadened. there are a number of complex trance to the current situation, the very tragic situation so situation, the very tragic situation so obviously there was a criminal prosecution that was taking place but also the role of social media and the government at the moment is looking at potential regulation of social media platforms through the online harms white paper. and that was something that came about as a result of recommendations that we

made into of all reports last year on fake news and disinformation we put it out at great length white social media companies have failed at self—regulation over a long period of time and now is the time we think for the government to take steps and put something on a statutory footing in their idea is to broaden 0fcom profit remit and make them the regulator for social media platforms. there may have been many reasons behind her decision but some criticism has also been leveled at itv, suggestions that perhaps they did not carry out their full duty to care is a should have. they did not carry out their full duty to care is a should havem they did not carry out their full duty to care is a should have. it is difficult to know and the person sadly he what was going on about how she was feeling was caroline flack if she is no longer here so she cannot tell us. but every employer has a duty under employer liability

legislation to have a duty of care towards their employees. i don't know whether caroline flack was employed by itv or whether she was a freelance but certainly there was existing laws in place which cover employees and the role of employers and their duty of care. we looked at was differently because it is not that employer— employee relationship but it is a participant or member of the public and our concern when we did our inquiry and heard a lot of them evidence including from the production companies and from people who would been on the programmes, our concern was that many of the people especially on thejeremy kyle show are people who were vulnerable in any event and so you should be taking extra care with people who have existing vulnerabilities.” suppose it is a very difficult area because some have said that of course everybody is morning caroline flack but it is a pointed out that many people will have clicked on

stories about her arrest, about her private life and how do you essentially put the genie back in the bottle if you like? well the situation is difficult because there is legislation that covers press coverage and there has to be a public interest in writing stories about people. but the government shelved part two of the inquiry last year. matt hancock to the decision that he was not going to implement what is known as section 40 were to come out of the first part of the inquiry and he failed then to continue with part two of the acquirers was going to look at the role of the press in relation to their relationship with the police. but also sir brian himself said he fundamentally disagreed with the move by the government not to go through with part two of his inquiry because that would have set some new

boundaries and set a framework to cover the sort of click bait stories that are effectively a bit of a monster online. so the more people clicked, went to look at our own roles and this and will be click on the stories, the more revenue is made through advertising for the online platforms and the more stories they are going to write so it is self—perpetuating. stories they are going to write so it is self-perpetuating. 0k, stories they are going to write so it is self-perpetuating. ok, with the leave it there, thank you for your time. and as we mentioned earlier, there's help and support on the bbc‘s actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. documents that appear to give an unprecedented insight into how china monitors thousands of uighur muslims who've been held in a network of internment camps have been seen by the bbc. personal aspects of the daily life of individuals have been listed

in painstaking detail — such as how often they pray, whether they wear a veil or how their family members behave. critics say the documents are evidence of a systematic witchhunt against the uighurs based in the far western xinjiang region, but china has always denied any religious crackdown and says the measures are aimed at preventing terrorism. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for two years now, the bbc has reported on camps like these in western china. a vast network of high—security facilities where about 1 million uighurs and other minorities have been detained without trial. now we can report in more detail than ever on how and why they are detained. the chinese authorities call the camps "vocational educational centres", where uighurs are brought to learn chinese party doctrine, supposedly a way of preventing extremist terrorism. but a leaked document suggests these camps are part of a huge crackdown

on religious practice. the 137—page spreadsheet sets out in huge detail why more than 300 uighurs from one particular county in xinjiang province were considered for detention. some were detained because they had applied for a passport, had relatives abroad or even because they had unintentionally landed on a foreign website while searching the internet. others were held because they used to grow a long beard or used to wear a veil. others because they had a "minor religious infection". the document was passed on to this woman, an uighurexile living in amsterdam, who decided to make it public. translation: of course i am worried about the safety of my relatives and friends, but if everyone keeps silent because they want to protect themselves and their families,

we will never prevent these crimes being committed. the document is hard to verify 100%, but experts who have examined it told me they believe it is genuine. the entire internment campaign and the reasoning behind it reveals a very detailed and in itself internally consistent worldview, one which we might liken to the ideology of a medieval witch hunt which is highly fearful of anything religious. but china insists these are what they call "vocational education centres". in a statement, the country's embassy in london said they were designed to tackle terrorism and religious extremism, and the only trainees were those convicted of unlawful or criminal acts. james landale, bbc news. new figures from the rspb show that 2018 was the worst year in over a decade for the persecution of birds of prey in england. the data, which has been shared with the bbc, shows that birds from 22 species — including hen harriers, buzzards and red

kites — were killed. wildlife groups say they are targeted by game keepers to stop them eating grouse bred for shooting. gareth barlow reports. we're out here this afternoon looking for hen harriers. these birds are extremely vulnerable to illegal persecution. a stake—out. wildlife activists working in the middle of winter to protect one of britain's rarest birds of prey. this is the main way of targeting hen harriers outside the breeding season, knowing where they roost and then going in to kill them when they go in to roost. i've been given the latest figures looking at the number of recorded incidents of harm to birds of prey over the past 12 years, and they make horrifying reading. the rspb has recorded more than 1200 cases across the uk. that includes almost 500 shooting incidents, around the same number of poisonings and almost 200 trappings. 22 species, including buzzards, red kites and goshawks, have been killed. the main group of people are gamekeepers.

we've got very good evidence. we've got video footage. they've gone out there, they know where the nest is on the moor, they've walked up to the nest and they blasted the chicks and killed them at close range. we've got evidence of that. that is indisputable that that is going on. wildlife organisations and the police say the conflict between shooting estates and birds of prey, which can feed on young game birds like pheasant and grouse before they are shot for sport, is the primary driver behind raptor persecutions and killings. there is a problem with, i would say, a small section of gamekeepers that have a disproportionate impact on those birds of prey, but also the reputation of their own profession. a study last year showed hen harriers, which feed on young grouse, were ten times more likely to die or disappear over land associated with grouse moors. shooting organisations say they are appalled by people who target birds of prey, and they are determined to eradicate wildlife crime. we believe that all employment contracts, any shoot tenancies, any

documents to do with the shooting, should affirm the laws to protect birds of prey. we want to consign it to history. we must do more. protection schemes are being trialled. a natural england—backed pilot raised and redistributed hen harriers to reduce concentrations on commercial grouse moors. the rspb have launched a legal challenge, arguing the project doesn't address the core issue — the illegal killing of protected species. one thing is abundantly clear: the persecution of england's birds of prey is as severe as ever. gareth barlow, bbc news. wondering what is in store for tuesday. squally showers and blustery winds yet again and in fact isobars on the chart and you can see showers in the atlantic. this affront here enhancing some of that shower activity as we go through the

afternoon. so to the west showers from the word go and some heavy with hailand from the word go and some heavy with hail and thunder and snow to higher ground. in the afternoon, ran across the north of england, the midlands and south wales is going to be blustery particularly with no sharper showers and head of it slightly milder with temperatures peaking at 11 degrees and behind it cooler conditions. so a spell of intense shower it rained to move its way through the southeast and then a brief ridge of high pressure builds an effect as we go through wednesday some of us will see a reasonable day. dry, settled and sunny through central and eastern areas and clouding over from the west with yet more wet and windy weather set to arrive as we go through the date with top temperatures of 7—10.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. you know all about this boat — quarantined injapan, hundreds of cases of coronavirus, thousands on board — and all using a tactic some doctors are calling an unprecedented failure. rupert wingfield hayes is there. passengers had been told if they tested negative, they would then be allowed to go home. but with 99 new viral cases confirmed today, the overwhelming suspicion is the quarantine is not working. meanwhile in hubei in china — you have to get your temperature ta ken before getting a food delivery. and this footage from social media appears to give us an idea of the pressure on hospitals there. full coronavirus update in a moment. i'll play a new bbc report on new evidence on china's crackdown on muslim minorities. it suggests some people were held in detention camps for having beards or wearing veils.