tonight at ten p m, storm dennis forces mass evacuations as part of the uk are devastated by flooding. there are several warning still in place, some classed as severe, meaning a danger to life. the level of water we are talking about is actually quite humbling and phenomenal. 160 acres and four foot of water, its millions and millions of water, its millions and millions of tonnes. tonight, with record amounts of water thundering down the river severn, more communities are at risk of. so what is the state of the flood defences and is enough money going to the right places? also tonight, passengers quarantined ona also tonight, passengers quarantined on a cruise ship over the coronavirus will be allowed to

leave. a british couple infected are being taken for treatment. black is beautiful, black is excellent, black is pain and joy. music and politics, the brit awards get serious at the annual awards. tackling islamist extremism in malaysia but human rights groups criticise de—radicalisation programmes. and a goalfor atletico and a goal for atletico madrid and a goalfor atletico madrid in the first four minutes as they take on liverpool in the champions league. later in the hour we will have sports day on the bbc news channel with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. good evening. there are warnings tonight, that the aftermath of storm dennis, could still cause widespread damage and endanger life. evacuations are underway 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 with six of those, severe, meaning there's a danger to life. "160 —— 160 flood warnings. well, one area under threat is tewkesbury in gloucestershire, and our correspondent, jon kay is there for us tonight. the river wye should flow between those trees, but look at it now. even though this is a flood plain, it's never looked like this before. the far set of trees, you can just see a tree line, that's where the river should be at the moment. there's 60 acres between us and where the river should be. ali's family have farmed in herefordshire for generations, but now their land is under unprecedented amounts of water. it's devastating, to be honest. commercially for us it's absolutely devastating. this field of rape here is dying. the field of wheat there is dead, so it's going to cost us a lot to try and sort it out,

if we ever get a chance. i've 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 won't peak here until later tonight. downstream, worcester, a city trying to keep going despite the challenges. and further south in upton—upon—severn, the flood barriers are holding out for now, but it is still a precarious situation. we are going to see levels high again and with it being very saturated and further rainfall we really do need to keep an eye on the situation. in tewkesbury, where they've suffered so badly before, they are preparing for the worst again tonight. while in hereford, they hope the worst is behind them. all over the shop. pete is wondering when he can reopen. beer, wine and spirits destroyed by water.

itjust makes you think, well, sometimes is it worth it? you know, you live by a river, you accept the fact that it's going to flood or whatever else have you, but you don't ever believe it's going to be as bad as this. are you all right, my love? 2a hours after they were rescued by boat, ray and maureen are back to see the damage. oh, my god. nearly 90, they are trying to be strong. i've never seen anything like it. i really haven't, honestly. looks like a jumble sale. don't worry, ray, we'll get it sorted. ray is being treated for cancer, and now he faces another battle. ex military, he now faces another battle. i was nine or ten years old when the war started, and we went off to the war, so... we have this to put up with now.

is that what it feels like, a war? it feels like a war, it does feel like a war. the baby one? yeah. but in the garden, some good news. i think they're all right. maureen sobs the koi carp they've reared for 50 years have survived. i was really worried because we would have been distraught if anything had happened to them. 0ne rare moment ofjoy on another day of dread. what will tomorrow bring? jon kay, bbc news. here in tewkesbury they know all too well about the damage that can be done by flooding. nobody here will ever forget done by flooding. nobody here will everforget 2007, so done by flooding. nobody here will ever forget 2007, so they are understandably nervous tonight with all that water heading south down the river severn. we had a heavy rainstorm this evening and some roads had to be closed. you can feel the tension in the community. the police in gloucestershire have warned people not to move flood warning signs and they say there have been cases of people moving them out of the way and then

motorists ploughing into roads like this and becoming stranded. further up this and becoming stranded. further up the river severn tonight there are evacuations happening right now in bewdley in worcestershire, in shropshire, bridgnorth and ironbridge. more communities at risk and more bad weather on the way i'm afraid. jon kay in tewkesbury in gloucestershire, thank you. yet another winter of flooding, has raised questions about britain's defences, how much we spend, and whether it's in the right places. the uk and welsh governments have activated emergency money for areas affected, but what does it take to protect communities? here's our science editor, david shukman. the river wye tearing along at a record height in monmouth in wales. the torrent‘s so large, it's even overwhelmed the water treatment works. in derbyshire, the river trent has burst its banks, flooding one village after another. stephenjohns, a pub landlord, shows me his cellar, where the food and drink are now ruined.

the beer barrels are floating. they said we're going to flood, but they didn't tell us a time when it was going to flood. itjust came up from about eight o'clock in the morning yesterday, and then by nine o'clock, it was underwater. do you think you should get more help? yes, of course. 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 — and all the time, warnings from climate scientists that storms are set to become more intense. as well as homes, it's often key infrastructure that's hit by floods. five years ago, i saw how, in carlisle, the west coast main line was underwater, so was an electricity substation. experts who've 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, homes, businesses, other infrastructure, which is 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 pound 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 uplands — rather than resorting to hard concrete, using nature instead. all options are going to be needed as the climate changes. we're getting more moisture held in a warming atmosphere, so there's quite a lot of evidence to suggest that, yes, overall, we are experiencing climate change and we may expect to see more events on a par with these — or potentially even worse — into the future. back beside the river trent, the waters are receding a bit, but more rain is on the way, and with it, more pressure on the

government to offer more help. david shukman, bbc news, in derbyshire. and for the latest information on storm dennis — tune into your bbc local radio station — or visit our website... a british couple, quarantined on a cruise ship off the coast of japan, have tested positive for the coronavirus. they have been speaking regularly about their experiences on social media and are among 7a british nationals on board the ship. according to the foreign office they will be evacuated in the next few days. more than 73,000 cases have been confirmed across the globe with almost all those within china. the death toll there has reached 1874

and among the dead is the medical director of a hospital in wuhan, the city where the outbreak began. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest, from japan. 0n—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, especially, every single time there is a knock on the door, your stomach flips. yeah, and you just don't know whether they're going and say "ok, let's go, and you're 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 your mum and i have been tested positive. the words are "he's going to a hospital". i facetimed them straightaway. i haven't actually spoken to my dad or seen my dad. i've only got through to my mum, but i heard my dad in the background, you know, 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 2,000 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. 0ne 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. with the humanitarian situation getting worse in north west syria, a senior united nations official, is calling for safe corridors to be established to allow hundreds of thousands of people to escape the fighting. government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in the country, with many people trying to flee towards the turkish border. the un estimates more than 900,000 people have been displaced since the syrian government launched a major new offensive in idlib last december. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin is in turkey for us tonight with the latest.

how dire is the situation in idlib? even by the brutal standards of syria's war this is an agonising chapter and possibly the final one. president assad is talking about pushing on to complete victory. what that means on the ground is that a ferocious offensive is taking place in idlib province and civilians have been fleeing from shelling and air raids and barrel bombs. they have been dropped by the syrian regime and their russian allies. the numbers are staggering. un is talking about almost a million people on the move the 1st of december, half of those are children. in recent days they haven't been safe even as they have fled, they were shelled in areas where they were trying to find temporary shelter. tonight we haven't spoken to some new arrivals at the largest camp just across the

turkish border inside syria —— we have spoken. they say conditions are diet that the camp is overflowing and many people are sheltering under trees and if you want a tent you have to pay for it, they have no heating and no medical assistance —— they say conditions are dire. more and more people are arriving there. turkey already has 3 million syrian refugees and says it cannot afford another in —— influx, there is a terrible human cost, sub zero conditions in the last few days and aid workers have reported that children have been freezing to death. thanks forjoining us. 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. but 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 european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has insisted that britain can't have a trade deal that would be the same as canada's with the eu. his comment today follows a speech in brussels last night by his uk counterpart, david frost, who asked repeatedly for britain to be treated like the eu's other trading partners. canada enjoys mostly tariff—free trade with the eu, but with fewer constraints than brussels wants to impose on the uk. the biggest names in the music industry have gathered for the 40th brit awards ceremony this evening. lewis ca paldi, stormzy and billie eilish were among the winners, but the night will be remembered for some political performances, notably by the rapper dave. in a powerful performance of his song black he paid tribute to the grenfell tower victims, criticised the british media's treatment of the duchess of sussex and called the prime

minister a racist. david sillito reports. welcome to the brits awards 2020... welcome to the brits awards 2020... welcome to the 40th brits awards. the big winner tonight... lewis capaldi, popular, but his brief speech led to a pressing of the mute button, but others were here to be heard. such as the mercury prize—winning artist dave. in a performance that was impassioned and angry and political. the truth is our prime minister is a real racist... downing street says it will not be commentating. —— commenting. meanwhile, five years ago, he was prevented from entering

britain after what was said to be unacceptable behaviour by making state m e nts unacceptable behaviour by making statements that could foster hatred, but tonight not only was he here, he was here to make a statement. someone i hold dear to my heart who made it so i could come to this country five years ago, i know she is at home very annoyed... thank you, theresa may. the 40th anniversary showed something of a contrast to how it began with a tribute to the queen's silver jubilee. the winners in 1977 included the beatles and benjamin britten... these days the artists are rather more contemporary and increasingly speaking out. are rather more contemporary and increasingly speaking outlj are rather more contemporary and increasingly speaking out. i have felt very hated recently. 18—year—old billie eilish, with millions of followers on instagram, and her welcome here is a relief to hurt from the online hate. it

genuinely has made me want to cry andi genuinely has made me want to cry and i want to cry right now. david sillitoe, bbc news, the brits. the judge in the harvey weinstein rape case has warned the lead defence lawyer not to talk to the press, after she penned an opinion piece on saturday. writing in newsweek, donna rotunno called on jurors to "do what they know is right". mr weinstein has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting former production assistant mimi haleyi and raping former actress jessica mann. an nhs trust at the centre of concerns over failures in it's maternity unit, says it doesn't know how many deaths of babies in its care were not passed on to coroners. east kent hospitals nhs trust has acknowledged there have been at least 15 preventable baby deaths since 2012. nhs england has already ordered a review of maternity care at the trust. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has been speaking to one mother about the trauma of losing her baby.

we tried to make sure she's thought of as part of the family. i don't want it to be a dark, scary thing. helen gittos is a professor of medieval history at oxford university. in 2014, while living in canterbury, she became nervous over a second pregnancy — having nearly lost her first child due to complications in labour — but she says east kent hospitals weren't 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 how we do it, these are our policies." helen asked to give birth at this hospital in margate in a unit staffed solely by midwives but was refused. she therefore opted for a home birth but when her labour failed to progress, she was transferred to hospital where, she says, her problems began. i was eventually seen by the senior doctor and at that stage, it felt to me as if...

i knew she was dying. harriet was born in a poor condition and struggled for life, but died in august 2014, aged eight days. she looked about as unwell as a baby could look, as ill as she was. amid all the heartache, helen was left 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 it records throughout that we declined things, when we, at no stage, declined any medical intervention whatsoever. and you were effectively being told that the reason for all of this is your fault. that's extraordinary. it felt like a murder charge. "it felt like a murder charge."

for two years, she lived with the guilt until an independent review of maternity care looked at her case and found... i want herjust to be her. i suppose that's one of the things that 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 trust say they accept they could have done more to help helen gittos. michael buchanan, bbc news. the streatham terror attack earlier this month, when a man stabbed two people before being shot dead by police, raised serious questions about the reintergration back into society of islamist prisoners. sudesh amman had only been freed from jail about a week earlier, afte serving time for terror offences.

well, in south east asia, malaysia has been battling islamist extremism for many years and it's de—radicalisation programme carried out in prisons, has proved successful, with police claiming a 97% success rate. but as our correpsondent anna foster reports, the programme, is also highly controversial. moving in against islamic state... the group is malaysia's biggest threat and these anti—terror forces have foiled 25 attacks so far. many planned and organised from syria. but now police want to bring members of the failed caliphate home to keep people safe. if we abandon them in syria they will travel to other countries. what if they conduct attacks in other countries? so, for us, it is better to bring them back. at least 116 malaysians lived under the caliphate in syria and iraq, leaving destruction in their wake and terrorising their homeland from thousands of miles away.

from here, they were free to wage war, groom new members over social media and plan attacks. lydia was married to two islamic state fighters. now, she wants to return home from syria with her three children. people in malaysia would worry that if they bring somebody like you back to malaysia that they would not be safe, that you would attack them, that your boys will grow up and attack them, do you understand that? yes, i understand. there's little public sympathy for malaysians who travelled to syria. those who return home will face detention under laws which human rights groups have criticised as harsh. but the government says it has decades of experience at rehabilitating prisoners

with extreme ideologies. since 2001 only 3% of those convicted of terror crimes have returned to violence after de—radicalisation. the debate here in malaysia is the same as in countries right around the world, which is the best and safest option, to leave people in syria or bring them home and try to combat the violent ideology that sent them there? suleman recruited new members to islamic state and channelled funds to syria. now, he works as a taxi driver after spending two years in prison on the programme. this doctor worked to deradicalise suleman while he was in prison and he says continuing to monitor and support former is members after their release is necessary

to keep the country safe. in my capacity as a person involved in rehabilitation i regularly meet him and try to talk to him, is there anyway that i can help in terms of connecting him with a certain individual, agencies, finding jobs, things like this. go, go, go, go! malaysia's plan to bring people home is a bold one and not without its critics. but as police prepare to tackle the dangers that lie ahead, it proves that inaction is not the only option. anna foster, bbc news, kuala lumpur. liverpool were back in champions league action tonight as they took on atletico madrid. the european champions suffered a rare defeat 1—0. the same stadium and pretty much the same team.

ten of the liverpool xi in madrid tonight also started in the champions league final eight months ago. continuity has been key to their many victories since then, but in the first knockout tie this season they suffered an early blow. offering atletico a goal on a plate, a tap—in for saul niguez. alvaro morata, the former chelsea striker, should have doubled their lead, but alisson stood in the way. atletico's keeper was largely redundant but liverpool were getting closer. mo salah just wide with a header. jordan henderson volleyed the wrong side of the same post, but they were slipping to that rarest of results — a defeat. perhaps that explained jurgen klopp's frustrations. he was booked for dissent. the goals will probably come in the second leg at anfield, but this title defence is far from straightforward. 0lly foster, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello and welcome to sportsday. this is the goal that's done to liverpool in the first five minutes of their champion leads match. things didn't quite go to plan. a familiar name and familiar sight, holland scores twice. that's his 11th goal in just seven games. and it's fight week. the rematch of fury, to heavy talking trash. it doesn't get any

better than this. where about to have the biggest fight of the last 30 years since 1971. so let's get it on! welcome to the programme. we start with an upset in the champions league tonight with liverpool losing toa league tonight with liverpool losing to a madrid. the defending champions didn't have a shot on target and we re didn't have a shot on target and were stunned by an early goal from madrid. that was the only goal of the game. john bennett was watching. john, we're not used to seeing liverpool not firing off cylinders? that's what we got tonight which is slightly surprising because they're not the same team we've seen in the

last few seasons. it's a transitional time for them. they lost a couple players so they are rebuilding. they were fantastic in their defence. let's have a look at some of the key moments. this was the only goal, they didn't deal with that corner at all well liverpool. madrid nearly made it as well. great form, making a good save. liverpool did have some chances, not too many. this goal was offside. a very frustrating night for him. probably should've scored that. i politico madrid still looked dangerous. not far away, jordan henderson with

another great chance for liverpool. frustrating night forjuergen klopp, brillion night for diego see the only. it was amazing watching those managers. liverpool aren't out of it. we know how well they can play in champions league. madrid have a chance now. there's another match tonight. 2—1 to dortmund. working to get some analysis from john in a moment but he first hears the match. dortmund have the soul. this is one of the barriers put before the world's taught prized fronts to. to

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