sunday. no sign of the rain on sunday. no sign of the weather settling. nationwide. in shropshire residents are told they could endanger themselves and the emergency serivces if they stay in their homes in their homes. the aftermath of storm dennis is taking its toll on businesses. some farmers face a catastrophic spring season. the level of water we are talking about is actually quite humbling. it's quite phenomenal. i mean, 160 acres, by four foot of water, it's millions and millions of tonnes. in tewkesbury, they know all about the damage flooding can do, and tonight there on tenterhooks yet again. also tonight — more pressure on the government to bring back the british nationals stuck on a cruise ship

stricken with the coronavirus. more than 500 passengers on board have now tested positive for the disease — among them dave and sally abel. a bbc undercover investigation in leeds reveals how it's quicker to order drugs than have your takeaway delivered. doing battle for the top prizes at the brit awards, lewis capaldi. coming up on bbc news, holders liverpool returned to the scene where they lifted the champions league trophy, as they prepare to face atletico madrid in the last 16 tonight.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the emergency services are warning that the aftermath of storm dennis still has the capacity to cause damage and endanger life. evacuations are under way in towns along the river severn in shropshire with parts of south wales, herefordshire and worcestershire also under water. across the country there are around 170 flood warnings still in place, requiring immediate action. six of those are severe flood warnings, meaning there's a danger to life. our correspondentjon kay is in tewkesbury for us now. once again, warnings have been issued. people here and all of the river severn have been receiving those alerts on their mobile phones. in the last hour or so we had another deluge. water levels have risen. we've seen the authorities closing roads in and out of this town. authorities trying to keep ahead of things, trying to pre—empt,

to plan, to keep people safe and people in their homes are hoping against hope that is not as bad as there is floods here back in 2007, but it is notjust here. the river wye should flow between those trees, but look at it now. even though this is a flood plain, it has never looked like this before. the fast set of trees, you can see a tree line, that's where the river should be. there are 60 acres between us and where the river should be. this man's family have farmed in herefordshire for generations but now the land is under unprecedented amounts of water. is devastating, commercially devastating. this field is dying, this field of wheat is dead. it's going to cost a lot to sort out if we ever get a chance. i have never known a year where the entire country has been impacted quite so badly. in shropshire, 500 tonnes of water has been flowing beneath the

famous ironbridge every second and the river severn will not peak here until later tonight. downstream, worcester, a city trying to keep going despite the challenges. and further south in upton upon severn, comedy flood barriers are holding out, for now, but it is still a precarious situation. advice is still heed warnings, still make preparations and forjourneys, plan journeys, don't drive into flooded rivers. in tewkesbury, where they have suffered so badly before, they are preparing for the worst again tonight. in hereford, they hope the worst is behind them. all over the shop. pete is wondering where he can reopen. beer, wine and spirits destroyed by water. itjust makes you think, sometimes, is it worth it? you live by a river, you accept the fact it is going to flood or

whatever else, but you don't ever believe it is going to be as bad as this. 24 hours after they were rescued by boat, ray and maureen are back to see the damage. 0h, rescued by boat, ray and maureen are back to see the damage. oh, my god! nearly 90, they are trying to be strong. i have never seen anything like it, i really haven't. it looks like it, i really haven't. it looks like ajumble like it, i really haven't. it looks like a jumble sale. ray has been treated for cancer, and now he faces another battle. i was nine, ten—year—old when the war started, and now we have got this to put up with now. is that what it feels like a? it does, it feels like a war. but in the garden, a baby one —— in some good news. i think they are right, a baby one. the koi carp they have reared for years have survived. i

was really worried, because we would have been distraught if anything had happened to them. a rare moment of joy, happened to them. a rare moment of joy, as another storm comes in. jon kay, bbc news. yet another winter of flooding has raised questions about britain's defences — notjust about how much we spend but whether that money is allocated to the right places. under current plans a third of the £5 billion budgeted for flood defences over the next six years is to be spent in london and the south east. here's our science editor david shukman on what it takes to protect places at risk. the river wye, tearing along at a record high in monmouth, in wales. with torrents so large it has overwhelmed the water treatment works. in derbyshire, the river trent has burst its banks, flooding one village after another. stephen jones, a pub landlord, showed me his cellar, ready food and drink are now

ruined. the brute barrels are floating. they said we are going to flood, but they didn't say when we we re flood, but they didn't say when we were going to flood. itjust came up from about eight o'clock in the morning yesterday and by nine o'clock was underwater. yet again, the country faces the difficult challenge of how to stay safe from flooding, how much public money to invest and, crucially, where to spend it while all the time there are warnings from climate scientists that storms are set to become more intense. as well as homes, it is often key infrastructure that is hit by floods. five years ago, i saw how, in carlisle, the west coast main line was underwater. so it was an electricity substation. experts who have studied the threat say it needs to be taken far more seriously. not only do we have power plants in flood plains but we then have all of the other things, people, flood plains but we then have all of the otherthings, people, homes, businesses, other infrastructure

connected to that. so this represents a real potential systemic risk which we need to get a grip on. at the moment the government is providing £2.6 billion over a six—year period. for every £1 spent, the treasury expects an economic benefit of at least £8. a system which favours cities. but flooding across the uk is estimated to cost £1.1 billion every year. one idea is to try to hold water back in the absence. rather than resorting to ha rd absence. rather than resorting to hard concrete, using nature instead. all options are going to be needed, as the climate changes. we are getting more moisture held in a warming atmosphere, so there is evidence to suggest that yes, overall, we are experiencing climate change and we can expect to see more events change and we can expect to see more eve nts o n change and we can expect to see more events on a par with these potentially worse into the future. back beside the river trent, the waters are receding, a bit, and more

rain is on the way. and with it, more pressure on the government to offer more help. a british couple stranded injapan on the cruise ship, diamond princess, say they've tested positive for the coronavirus. sally and david abel have been talking regularly about their experiences on social media. they are among the 74 british nationals on board the ship. according to the foreign office they will be evacuated in the next few days. 88 new infections were reported onboard today, bringing the total number to 542 — the largest cluster outside china. more than 73,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide with almost all of those within china. the death toll there has reached 1,874. among the dead is the medical director of a hospital in wuhan, the city where the outbreak began. from japan, rupert wingfield—hayes reports.

on—board the diamond princess, they're getting very close to the end. for those out strolling on the sun deck today, there are less than 24 hours to go until the quarantine is supposed to end. but the ambulances parked next to the ship tell a different story. all day, they've been removing more passengers infected with the coronavirus. 88 new cases today alone. this afternoon, the news that britain's david and wendy abel are among them. in this video posted this morning, they spoke of their growing anxiety. and now, every single time there is a knock on the door, your stomach flips. yeah, and you just don't know whether they are going and say ok, let's go. and we are going to be taken off to a medical centre. hours later, that's exactly what happened. their son managed to contact them as they were preparing to leave. i got an e—mailfrom my dad saying both mum and i have been tested positive.

the words are "he's going to a hospital". i facetimed them straightaway. i haven't spoken to my dad or seen my dad. i've only got through to my mum, but i heard my dad in the background, not sounding too great. for the britons still on board tonight there is better news. from tomorrow lunchtime, the quarantine will officially end, and the 2000 or more passengers still on board, who have tested negative, will be allowed to start leaving the ship, they can walk out of this gate, hail a cab, get on a bus. what happens then is much less clear. the british government says it is sending a plane to pick up the british passengers. but it hasn't yet said when, or whether they may face further quarantine when they get back to britain. one japanese expert today told me he thinks they should be because the quarantine on board the diamond princess has clearly not worked. almost forgotten in the concern for all the passengers, the crew.

they've continued to work throughout this quarantine and somehow maintain a sense of humour. their future is now very uncertain. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, yokohama. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar is here. i suppose there are questions now about whether keeping people on board the ship has worked. some serious questions will be asked about that strategy. it's important to remember that cute cruise ships can be prone to outbreaks of infectious diseases like the nora virus, the vomiting blood, lots of people in close proximity, eating and socialising together for days, sometimes weeks on end. the challenge from a public health perspective in this unprecedented outbreak is finding the balance between protecting the health of people on land and the people on the ship. what you don't want is lots of people who could have been exposed to the virus we have not been tested yet going off to their home

countries around the world and potentially sparking outbreaks there, but the fact that there have been hundreds of people who have been hundreds of people who have been infected on this boat will create some major concerns at this stage. the chinese authorities have done a detailed study about what they know about the disease. they have, the most detailed study so far, confirming some of the things we already knew. around 80% of people infected have very mild symptoms and make a good recovery. around 2% of people sadly do die, and it tends to be most fatal for people who are much older, over 80. and does this tell us what we might expect going forward? it's very difficult to predict. as things stand, it looks like there has been a slowing of the outbreak. we don't know where it will go next, the who has said it is keeping all scenarios on the table.

an nhs trust at the centre of concerns over maternity failings says it doesn't know how many cases of baby deaths were not passed on to coroners. east kent hospitals nhs trust has acknowledged there have been at least 15 preventable baby deaths since 2012. last week nhs england ordered a review of maternity care there. our correspondent, michael buchanan has been speaking to one mother who lost her baby in 2014. you may find some of the details distressing. we try to make sure she is thought of as part of the family. i don't want it to be a dark, scary thing. helen is a professor of medieval history at oxford university. in 2014 well living in canterbury she became nervous of a second pregnancy having nearly lost her first second pregnancy having nearly lost herfirst child due second pregnancy having nearly lost her first child due to complications in labour but she says that east kent hospitals nhs trust were not interested in her concerns. there

was little desire to talk with me about what would make me feel safe. i was just told, this is about what would make me feel safe. i wasjust told, this is how about what would make me feel safe. i was just told, this is how we do it, these are our policies. she asked to give birth in the midwife led unit in margate and was refused so opted for up home birth within minutes of the hospital. when labour failed to progress she was transferred to the maternity unit.|j was eventually seen by the senior doctor. at that stage it felt to me as if...i doctor. at that stage it felt to me as if... i knew she was dying. harriet was born in a poor condition and needed immediate life support. but she died in august 2014, aged just eight days. she looked about as u nwell just eight days. she looked about as unwell as a baby could look. amid all of the heartache, helen was left to feel as though she was to blame for harriet‘s death.

to feel as though she was to blame for harriet's death. that was the single most shocking moment for me of all of it, because the calls throughout, that we decline things, when we, at no stage declined any medical intervention whatsoever. you we re medical intervention whatsoever. you were effectively being told that the reason for all of this is your fault. that is extraordinary. it felt like a murder charge. for two yea rs felt like a murder charge. for two years she lived with the guilt until an independent review of maternity ca re an independent review of maternity care looked at her case and felt that in the opinion of the assessor, had a woman located...” that in the opinion of the assessor, had a woman located... i want her just to be her. that's one of the things i've always felt is that without a better understanding of what happened, it's very hard just to think about her. east kent hospitals nhs trust say they

accepted they could have done more to help helen. michael buchanan, bbc news. the time is 6:16pm. our top story this evening. new flood warnings for towns and villages across the country. in shropshire residents are told they could endanger themselves if they stay in their homes we are live on the red carpet, and here is stormzy, a double winner two yea rs here is stormzy, a double winner two years ago. more in a few minutes. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. head coach phil neville names his england team for the shebelieves cup in the us next month. drugs delivered to your door quicker than it takes to order a takeaway. drugs charities say the ease with which people now have access to drugs makes it increasingly difficult to break the cycle of addiction. home office figures show that 53% of young people say they could get

illegal drugs within 24 hours. an undercover bbc investigation found that dealers in some parts of the country are now handing out business cards to attract new customers, with deliveries made in under seven minutes. alasdair gill reports. people willjust pull over in cars and you expect tinted windows, they roll down their windows and you say something like, do you guys do coke, do you guys do weed? and if you say yes, they will give you a card. that's a business card from a drug dealer. in leeds, students say they get given them all the time and using hidden cameras, so did we.

bud is cannabis, md is mdma,better known as ecstasy, and a class a drug. i've been given loads of these now, all apparently from different dealers and all offering everything from cannabis to cocaine, delivered wherever you want it. this is drug dealing for the on—demand generation. they never say drugs, it always says whatever you need, or it advertises something that you know what it means. cards like these are notjust being handed out in leeds. there's reports of them in manchester, london and liverpool as well. according to the home office, more than half of 16 to 24—year—olds say they would find it easy to obtain illegal drugs within 24 hours. what we've discovered is that you can get mdma and cocaine even quicker than that. we texted the dealer in the white

car at half seven one night. 20 minutes later, he replied and then this. so that was incredibly fast. from getting the first message from the dealer to getting these in my hands tookjust seven minutes. lab tests of both substances confirmed they were cocaine and mdma. young people are getting to a point where they see buying drugs is not very different to buying anything else you would buy in the street. when you see a lovely, shiny business card, it's quite easy to forget that you are actually buying something that can potentially be risky and do you harm. young people have always found ways to get a hold of drugs. what's changed is how easy it's become and how fast you can do it. alisdair gill, bbc news, leeds.

average weekly wages in the uk have reached their highest levels since before the financial crisis in 2008. weekly pay reached £511 in the three months to december. although wages have gone up, the rise is very small. against last year's prices, average pay has only risen by 65p per week in the last 12 years. the un has said its "horrified" by the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in north—western syria, where fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. the un has called for the creation of humanitarian corridors as the syrian government steps up its offensive to capture the last city still in rebel hands. since december, almost a million civilians have fled their homes to escape the fighting. europe's biggest bank, hsbc, has announced plans to cut 35,000 jobs worldwide after profits fell by a third last year. it plans to cut operations

across europe and the us to save £3 billion in costs. so what could it mean for the tens of thousands of hsbc staff here in the uk? our global trade correspondent dharshini david explains. what's gone wrong? well, ever since it was started in 1865 to facilitate trade between europe and asia, hsbc has had bases here in london. today, it operates in 64 countries with 235,000 employees. once, the european operation was a source of great pride. now, it's among the weaker parts of the business. instead, most profits are made in asia. so hsbc is shifting its focus there, returning to its roots. despite the short—term disruption from coronavirus, it thinks it's the best long—term bet. what does it mean forjobs? well, up to one in seven of the global workforce could be affected.

at the moment, there's little word on where the axe might fall, but those working in branches in america are more likely to be affected than the 41,000 people working for hsbc here in the uk — many at its 621 branches on high streets. in fact, hsbc today reiterated its commitment to the uk retail bank. so what happens next? well, it's those here in hsbc‘s investment banking division could see the worst cuts. their budgets are set to fall 25%. hsbc is embarking on its third restructuring in a decade, hoping to put the financial crisis, a money laundering scandal and overexpansion in the past. now, 25,000 workers leave every year of their own accord, so the compulsory cuts may not be as bad as the headlines suggest. but the unions want urgent clarification. and with global growth slowing, the coronavirus impact

and unresolved trade tensions, the move east could bring its own challenges. dharshini david, bbc news. stars of the music industry have been arriving for tonight's brits. it's the 40th awards ceremony and set to be a good night for singer lewis capaldi and rapper dave. stormzy, lizzo, billie eilish and sir rod stewart are all due to perform. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is on the red carpet at the o2 in east london. hello, yes, lots of stars already arriving. there is the rock band nominated for a group of the year up against coldplay and it is the 40th brit awards and its the mistakes people have enjoyed, like when jarvis cocker invaded the stage when michaeljackson was performing under mick fleetwood and samantha fox as presenters and madonna being pulled down the stairs due to

malfunctioning cape. whatever organisers say, we hope something makes headlines tonight. is what could happen. the brit awards have thrown up many memorable moments and showcase some of the biggest names in british music, from the spice girls. # no, no, no to amy winehouse and stormzy calling prime minister theresa may a criminal on live tv. hey, theresa may, where is the money for grenville? tv viewing figures might not be what they were in the 80s or 90s, but those on the red carpet insist this is a hugely important night for the music industry in britain. internationally, it does massive things in terms of getting you different festivals and opportunities on tv and all those kinds of things, so it's done massive wonders for my career, so

very fortunate. lewis capaldi and dave lead the way with the most nominations, four, and the ceremony has undergone a revamp as the number of awards has been cut from 13 down to nine to a lifetime for more live performances, including one for billie eilish, who will play her bond theme for the first time. billie eilish, who will play her bond theme for the first timelj billie eilish, who will play her bond theme for the first time. i am nervous to hit the note, the high note, i'm terrified. first time ever, so, please take it easy on me. i'm scared. yes, it is british music's big night, but the organisers will be hoping that once again something goes wrong in spectacularfashion so again something goes wrong in spectacular fashion so another moment of pop history is created. it is the reunited jls behind moment of pop history is created. it is the reunitedjls behind us, and we will be bringing you news of who has won this year in the ten o'clock news. colin, thank you very much. time for a look at the weather.

here's nick miller. storm dennis has not finished with us. i would love to say we are done with the rain but there is more rain in the rain but there is more rain in the forecast on top of what we have had and we have had so much. just in february a selection of places, compared with the average february rainfall, are at or more than double than what we would expect in some places and in this areas where there are met office yellow warnings, more rain coming and in northern england there could be further flooding, but they are not the only places that will see rain in the forecast over the next few days, notjust rain, there is a bit of snow out there and more than we expected at this time of year running through the high ground of scotland and heavy showers in south—east england clear later this evening and we might see many turn dry over night as the showers paid, frosty in places, i see where you see the showers and many will start dry tomorrow but it won't last as there are more rain bearing weather fronts coming our way and at

the end of the night increasing cloud in south—west england, wales and northern ireland as the rain moves in and all of this will push east across the uk tomorrow and into the afternoon the rain will be heaviest and most persistent across western scotland, north—west england and wales, especially the hills of the north—west although it will be more patchy in nature the further east you are. six to 10 degrees, more rain in many of the same areas overnight and into thursday but then on thursday it does clear southwards but there is a area of heavy rain with gusty winds, and on thursday it does brighten up but there will be further showers and strong to gale force winds in scotland as it turns colder, but there will be more rain at times on friday and into the weekend. details of flood warnings and weather warnings on the website. that's all from the news at six, goodbye from me and on bbc one, we canjoin the bbc news teams where you are.

hello, this is bbc news four. headlines. severe flood lines and evacuations as river levels rise in england and wales. an english couple ordered on a cruise ship injapan have tested positive for coronavirus. the foreign office say they are working to get orbits back to the uk. 35,000 jobs are due to go at hsbc after their profits fell by at hsbc after their profits fell by a third. thejury has begun deliberating on the trial of harvey weinstein. he is facing charges of rape and sexual assault.