to have them, we may say, together, is very important, to understand the balance and to compare them and to see how they talk. to each other. five centuries on, the masterpieces are back where they belong. rivals reunited in perfect harmony. sistine chapelle. —— sistine. let us turn our attention to the weather. all the flooding jane, what weather. all the flooding jane, what we could do with is some dry weather, that so not what we are going to get. there are severe flood warnings in force and from the met office we have this new weather warning. it is yellow but for more rain. places where we really do not need it. you can see the rain on the march, here on the radar, pushing in

from the west, some of that rain turning heavy, particularly over high ground if wales and north—west england. the further east and south you are, that rain will be lighter and patchier. snow on the high ground in scotland. maybe brighten in the far south—west. temperatures of seven to 11, and it is windy in the north of the uk as well. notice the north of the uk as well. notice the way in which through tonight the rain continues to pile up on the hills in the west, and there is going to be a renewed surge of wet weather through the second half of the night. a windy and mild night, temperatures by the start of tomorrow. seven and ten degree, colder up to the north—west. that is a sign of things to co—come. as the rain works east ward it will introduce colder air. along the rain band we are likely to develop a narrow band of really intense downpour, you can pick it out here on the graphic, this line of dark blue and green. heavy downpours with briefly some squally gusty winds.

this is what we expect tomorrow lunchtime. lunchtime. through particles of wales and the west midlands, it should be drier by this stage. for northern ireland and for scotland, it's a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some wintry, yes, spells and showers. some wintry, yes , over spells and showers. some wintry, yes, over high ground in scotland but to lower levels and as the wind continues to pick up here, we are going to see blizzard conditions for some. has the rain clears away from the south—east, it is going to turn colderfor all the south—east, it is going to turn colder for all to the south—east, it is going to turn colderfor all to end the the south—east, it is going to turn colder for all to end the day. a ridge of high pressure then to take us ridge of high pressure then to take us through thursday night. so a window of dry and chilly wetter, here comes another weather system. it looks as if it will be northern parts of the uk that see the worst of the rain from this. parts of northern ireland, scotland, some getting into northern england. it is going to be a windy day on friday. the winds could cause travel disruption, after a chillier thursday afternoon a milder friday afternoon, back up into double dingics forjust afternoon, back up into double dingics for just about all of

afternoon, back up into double dingics forjust about all of us. saturday is a sunshine and showers day. windy and mild in the south. south. more rain for some on sunday. the next 2a hours, more flooding possible for some. thank you. a reminder of of our top story. low skilled or low paid migrants won't get a work visa under a new points based system from next january. that is all from the bbc news at one. goodbye from all of us here on bbc one we willjoin our news teams where ever you are. have a a hello, you're watching bbc news. the time is 1:33pm. i am at the bbc sport centre. there is still no place for finn russell in the six

nations squad after his falling out with the head coach. gregor townsend has made three changes in his 15 to face italy in rome on saturday. the scots have lost to ireland and england. the italians have also lost their first two matches, england. the italians have also lost theirfirst two matches, so england. the italians have also lost their first two matches, so this could be seen as something of a wooden spoon decider at the halfway point. chris harris, ben tillis and stuart and ellie get their first sta rts stuart and ellie get their first starts for their 2020 campaign. more details on the bass website. manchester city faced west ham in the premier league tonight, the first time they have played since they were handed a leak banner for breaking fair play rules. the club's chief executive has given an in—house interview today to the club, saying the allegations are simply not true and that the money put into the club by the owners has been properly declared. they are going to appeal against that decision at the this is the one that was postponed

to ten days ago because of the storm. leicester are third place, while west ham will look to move out of the relegation zone. las vegas is gearing up for the world heavyweight title fight between the ante wilder and mr theory. he says it is the biggest fight for 50 years. he arrived last night making another one of his big fashion statement with a jacket covered with images of his own face. both men are unbeaten, the first fight between the two endedin the first fight between the two ended in a drawer 15 months ago. i think i think this is the biggest fight for many years, and there has been a lot of media here this time. more than ever before. i will always say that the tide against vladimir was the biggest victory for me ever.

nothing can ever compete with that. but mr wilder is a big challenge and i think it will be on his mind that he got me down last time that he couldn't keep me down, so yeah, i have got you. no i never imagined going as far as this and that i am achieving. —— the things i am achieving. —— the things i am achieving. it was a simple plan for me to go into boxing and then become a journalist and just let people know that anything is possible if you believe it is. laura kenny has revealed that she refused to have an operation on a broken shoulder last month, claiming that it might jeopardise her olympic hopes in tokyo this summer. the four—time olympic champion fractured a bone after falling at the track cycling world cup, but she decided against having a procedure to take part in the world championships later this month. although she has had to opt out of the team pursuit. it was

three weeks on sunday. i have gone through ups and downs with that. i was obviously really upset the first timei was obviously really upset the first time i saw my physio because i was like, what on earth are we going to do? does this you need an operation? it didn't help that the surgeon i would so tell me that the olympics was pretty much of the cards because he thought i would need it operated on, buti he thought i would need it operated on, but i was like, no, the operation is not for me and i want to try to go to the world championships. much more on the bbc sport website. they are needed without manchester— city chief executive into the that he is given to the club, responding to that uefa champions league ban for two seasons because of financial doping. they play tonight against west ham and the spurs are also in champions league action. it is all there on the bbc sport website. we will have more for you in the next hour. see then. a very good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. i amjane hill

and we will talk a bit more about our main stories this lunchtime. migrants who are low skilled or low paid won't be able to get a work visa under the government's plans for a new points—based immigration system. the scheme will apply equally to people from inside and outside the eu, from nextjanuary — after the end of the brexit this transition period. many industries — including the care and hospitality sectors — have warned the government's points based—system could have damaging consequences for the economy. our assistant political editor, norman smith, reports from westminster. well, it seems the government's new points—based immigration system has good news and bad news for business. the good news is that recruiting skilled workers looks as if it's going to become easier. recruiting low—skilled workers is going to become nigh on impossible for many, many businesses, and it's going to pose huge problems, it seems, for those who rely heavily on recruiting low—skilled workers from the eu. the government's response is to say,

don't worry, you can now recruit british workers. i'm joined by the director—general of the cbi, carolyn fairbairn. what's wrong with that? why don't companies simply recruit from home? well, companies do recruit from home. we have record employment rates in this country at the moment, we have widespread skill shortages, so yes, i think the government has moved a long way in terms of high skilled, high paid roles, and that's very welcome, taking the cap off skilled visas, and also reducing the cap from 30,000 to more like £25,000 is very welcome. but there will be some sectors that will be worrying about how they are going to recruit at all skill levels, the care sector, the construction sector, the hospitality sector and that is a real concern. how serious are their concerns, and to what extent is this just crying wolf? well, i think you just have to look at the employment rates in this country. we've just had the latest figures,

and the economy is very, very good at creating jobs at the moment, and i think this is going to be serious for sectors where they do have a lot of lower pa id roles that are nonetheless very important to our economy. the care sector, we have a care crisis in this country, will and there are 100,000 vacancies as we speak in the care sector. those workers will no longer be eligible to enter the country from abroad. i think that is a very serious concern. i'd also cite the construction sector, where we want a construction revolution, and infrastructure revolution in this country, and many of the trades, plumbing, electricians, the core construction workers again will not be eligible. these are real concerns and, at the very least, i think what business will be hoping for is time to adapt to what is a very large change in our immigration system. the government has said they want this new system to be in force by january the ist next year. is that possible? i think that timing is very tight.

obviously, business will do what it can to help, but if you think that you are a business now wanting to recruit for this time next year, you'd be having to have your offers out byjuly. that is very, very soon. we don't know what the systems are going to be. that creates a lot of uncertainty and a lot of concern for particularly smaller businesses, who don't have the head offices and the back offices to be able to do all of this. they are extremely concerned that they won't be able to continue to operate their businesses as effectively next year. what do you say to those who might argue business have had it easy for too long, you've been able to simply rely on cheap eu labour rather than investing in workers here? the first thing i'd say is that business absolutely understands that investing in the workforce here has to go hand in hand, it is hugely important with anything around immigration internationally, but i think i would point out that the

government's own migration advisory committee has said that migration has had virtually no effect on wages in this country. actually, what we do have is skill shortages across some very key sectors for our future economic growth, from care to hospitality to construction, and building a system that builds public trust is hugely important. business completely understands that freedom of movement is ending, and supports that, but we also need to be implementing a system that works for the economy and enables us to continue to grow, hence businesses' request for time to adapt, and actually ensuring that, for smes, smaller businesses in particular, the costs are not too onerous. what do you think could be the impact on the economy if companies maybe can't expand because they can't recruit the staff they need? i think it very much depends on how this is implemented now, and i think our message to government is we understand what you are

trying to do, we really appreciate the moves that have been made on skilled people and also on lowering the cap. now let's get the implementation right. let's get this right on day one. it will be very important for our global reputation as an open economy, so get the implementation right, don't rush it, get the systems right, small firms in particular time to adapt, and pay particular attention to some of those sectors most exposed, like the care sector, like the construction sector, that are so important to our future economy. do you think you are being listened to? you've now got a system which is being introduced pretty quickly. you've also been told more broadly that we are going to face additional checks and regulations when we trade with the eu. is business actually being listened to by the government? i think the government has been thoughtful on the immigration policy, and we do see some very welcome steps that have been taken in response to requests

from business. for example, the £30,000 salary cap is now £25,600, and we have also seen a lifting of the cap on skilled visas, and a two—year post—study visa for students. these are all things that business has asked for, government has listened and government has responded. now i think what business is saying is, we understand where you are heading, we understand the points—based system, we can make it work, but allow enough time to adapt, recognise where there are going to be particular strains in the economy, some of these sectors that are so important for caring for our ageing population or building our railways and our homes, they will need special consideration. thanks very much indeed. well, the devil, as always, is going to be in the detail, and the government is stressing this is going to be a system which is going to evolve, so we shall have to see how this new points—based system does indeed evolve.

be going to be talking about this all afternoon. and if you've got question about how the new immigration rules will affect you or your business get in touch. we'll try and answer as many as we can at 3.30, when we'll bejoined by denis kierans from the migration observatory at the university of oxford. we're really keen for you to get in touch with us with your questions on twitter — using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk that is coming out atjust after 3:30pm. the green mp caroline lucas is under investigation for a possible breach of parliamentary rules. the mp is understood to have offered a ‘personal guided tour‘ of the house of commons in exchange for £150, as part of a fundraising drive during last year's general election. the mps' code of conduct states members must not offer tours of the house in raffles or auctions.

ms lucas said she was aware of the investigation, but didn't believe she had done anything wrong. the headlines on bbc news: there'll be no visas for low—skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points—based immigration system. the cruise from hell — some passengers start leaving the ship quarantined in a japanese port for more than two weeks — as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed on board. as the inquest opens into her death, caroline flack's family releases a social media post the presenter wrote, but didn't publish — saying she felt her future had been swept away. a bbc investigation has found the ministry of defence breached health and safety laws a0 times in the last two decades, and that over the same period 148

service personnel died, not on the battlefield, but in training exercises. bereaved families say that lives continue to be put at risk by repeated mistakes during training, and have made renewed calls for the military to lose its immunity from prosecution. wyre davies reports. craig roberts knew that his dream ofjoining the sas would be tough, but it was a dream that shouldn't have cost him his life. seven years ago, he was one of three recruits who collapsed and died on a special forces selection march in the brecon beacons because of the extreme heat. the inquest into the death of the three were damning of the mod. the coroner ruled that the exercise was run by people who hadn't been trained properly, and planning was poor. craig didn't have an accident. he didn't fall off a cliff. he was failed by the army, by the special forces, that day, and that shouldn't have happened. in 2016, there was another fatality.

joshua hoole collapsed and died during training, again because of heat illness. as in 2013, at least two opportunities to stop the march hadn't been taken. the mod does have specialist kit like this device, which can indicate how hot it really is. this wasn't being used properly. the mod promised to train people on it and to introduce warning labels, but as of late last year, they hadn't even done that. we haven't made it that hot, just 22 celsius, to simulate for you what's happening in the field and to show that actually it doesn't have to be extremely hot to get problems with heat illness. one expert who gave evidence at the inquest into the brecon deaths say the effects of heat are not taken seriously enough. we're talking about lives here, so it's really disheartening to see that people don't match the guidance

to what is happening in the field. mod needs to find a way to empower the people on the ground to actually act on what they see, act on these guidelines, and stop exercises, change exercises or pull individuals out of exercises if they see there's a problem. we have discovered that, over the last 20 years, the ministry of defence breached health and safety laws at least a0 times. but there had been no court cases because of its immunity from prosecution under health and safety law. solicitor hilary meredith represents families of servicemen and women who have died during training. i've seen so many families go through this, and it's traumatising. the same accident happens again and again. the only way the mod are going to learn is to have its immunity removed. the mod says the safety and well—being of its personnel remains its top priority, and that all deaths in training are investigated and reviewed. dismayed by the lack of progress since craig's death,

craig's parents now want the law changed so that the mod can face prosecution over its failures. passengers who've tested negative for the new coronavirus have started to leave a cruise ship injapan where more than 500 people have caught the disease, some of those even getting taxis. the diamond princess has been in quarantine in the port of yokohama for more than two weeks. rupert wingfield hayes spoke to professor kentaro iwata — an infectious disease specialist at kobe university hospital. he visited the diamond princess and is extremely worried about the quarantine procedures. for safety reasons, rupert conducted the interview via skype. i was surprised to see the mixture of what we call the red zone and the green zone, which is a clean zone, free of virus, because this is the the first thing we do in infection control measures everywhere in the world. you deal with ebola, you deal with sars, you have to distinguish between where

the virus doesn't exist and where the potential for the virus could exist. and i was so scared that anybody could have a virus, that everywhere could be contaminated by a virus. so i got shocked, and i was scared of having infection, and i still am scared of developing the disease in the next couple of days. how would you go about setting up a green zone and a red zone in a cruise ship? the easiest way is to put everywhere in the cruise as a red zone, so you can remove every headquarters which is inside the cruise ship right now to outside the cruise ship. there, it's a virus—free environment, so you could do any kind of work there, but they didn't do it. they just kept being inside a cruise ship and having it halfway protected and halfway are not protected, and that's the most dangerous way of dealing with an infectious disease epidemic. i was really shocked to see you saying, when you released your video, that you were more scared on that

ship then you were working on the ebola outbreak in africa. i felt much safer when i was in africa, because you know where the virus doesn't exist and you know where the patient is, and you know there is a clear distinction between the red zone and the green zone, so you have to take extra caution for fighting against ebola, but still you know what you are fighting against and where you are fighting. but inside the diamond princess, you have no idea where the virus is, so you have no way to say where you have to fight and where you don't have to fight. we are seeing people disembarking from the ship and walking out of the gate, getting on buses and going home and mixing with the general population. how concerned are you by that? very concerned, very concerned, because you have no idea whether they have got infections between may 5th until today.

if you got a viral infection yesterday, then it has to be another 1a days of isolation you have to have, including myself. the government, the health ministry would say that all of these people who are being allowed off the ship have been tested and have tested negative, so they are safe. is that not the case? that's completely a misunderstanding of the use of the test. the genetic test is not perfect, particularly when you are asymptomatic, not having symptoms at all. the viral load is small and you might have a virus lower inside the airway, then the test could be false. later on, viral infection might appear, then you might be infectious and you could be symptomatic. so the testing of asymptomatic people to guarantee absence of infection is completely wrong. it is scientifically wrong and logically wrong. and we will have more about

coronavirus after 2pm. air travel is a growing source of global emissions, but you might be surprised to hear that a huge proportion of flights taken are not people going on the big annual get—away. a national survey suggests that half of all flights taken by young men and a third of all flights taken by young women under a0 were for stag and hen dos. colletta smith has more. woo! how many of you have been abroad for a hen do? most of us have been on one. i think all of the stag dos before this one were abroad. every single flight we've been through in europe, always a stag or a hen. the most recent one was in berlin. that was a bit of fun. even for these stag and hens staying in the uk, their top priorities are cost and convenience, not the environment. has anyone ever turned one down because it was too far away, too much hassle? they are a drain on your resources.

yes, the stag wanted to go skiing, and it was going to be a grand before you add even a pint or anything to it. if we had been flying this weekend, i wouldn't have been able to come. i wasjust surprised it was in liverpool. i was waiting to hear it was going to be in spain, or something. having a swanky do closer to home is still popular, but environmental charity hubbub want more people to think of it as an option. we're not saying that nobody should ever get on a plane, but we shouldn't be booking holidays and flying because we can't think of anything else to do, and not exploring the other options that there might be close to home, which are better for the environment and will save you money. research by carbon credit capital for the same report says, if you're starting in london, swapping a return flight to las vegas for a train trip to manchester is the same as a heavy meat eater going vegan for 1.5 years, and switching a flight to amsterdam to the train to newquay is the same as giving up driving for 1.5 weeks. maybe some are heeding the warning. this uk stag and hen business is booming.

in the last couple of years, we've almost doubled the amount of bookings we've received from the uk and ireland, and we find that the quality of experiences on offer in the uk are significantly higher than the ones we see in europe. the airline industry say they have been working really hard recently to try and cut emissions forflights. but the next generation of brides and grooms are likely to be even more conscious about their environmental impact, so more likely to be having fun here in the uk instead. it is demi's turn to get married next, and there is no chance she is risking the uk weather. i'm quite a party girl. you only get married once, hopefully, so why not make the most of it and have a fab time? and sometimes, no matter the cost to your wallet or the environment, what the bride says goes. much more coming up from 2pm with

simon. now it's time for a look at the weather. with the severe flooding that continues to affect parts of the uk, the thing we could do with sm dry weather and in the short term at least that is not what we are going to get. a met office yellow weather warning has been issued covering parts of wales, south—west scotland and north—west england, covering more rain especially at the higher ground, really setting in as we go for the rest of the afternoon. eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, they way will be patchy for daylight hours, temperatures 7—10d. this evening and overnight, notice it will keep raining across these hills of southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales and by the end of the night, they will be a new surge of whether piling in, so if you places could see as much as 100 millimetres of rain on top of what we have already had. that is likely to cause further flooding. into tomorrow, the rain will be on the

move, pushing its way south—east and it looks like we are going to develop a narrow band of really intense rain, accompanied by a squalid, gusty winds. you canjust about pick it out on the graphic, this line of dark blue and green where we will see those strong winds gusting up to 30 mph or so. this is at lunchtime tomorrow. behind that, for those flood affected parts of the midlands and wales and northern england, it will dry up for a time with spells of sunshine and showers for scotland though. the showers will be wintry at the higher ground and also at lower levels. with the wind is picking up, there are going to be blizzard conditions. as the event to be blizzard conditions. as the eve nt ba n to be blizzard conditions. as the event ban continues to clear from the south—east corner, things will turn colderfor all of us the south—east corner, things will turn colder for all of us as the afternoon wears on. through thursday night, it will be chilly with this ridge of high pressure keeping it dry for ridge of high pressure keeping it dryfora time, ridge of high pressure keeping it dry for a time, but then on friday here comes another frontal system with more rain. this time particularly for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, not as much rain further south. it is going

to bea much rain further south. it is going to be a very windy day, particularly for parts of eastern england and up into scotland. we could see windy weather causing disruption to travel. temperature wise and while the day, 10—12d. it stays mild as we head on into the weekend. saturday isa head on into the weekend. saturday is a day of sunshine and showers, wind evil some of us. sunday will bring further rain. that is all from me will

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: move away from relying on cheap labour — that's the government's message to employers, as it reveals a new points—based immigration system, which means low—skilled and low—paid migrants won't get a work visa. this basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best, people with skills needed to come to the uk. the backbone of our country. we need these low skill sets, butchers, bakers, cleaners, we need all of those in order for our business to survive. the cruise from hell — some passengers start leaving the ship, that's been quarantined in a japanese port for more than two weeks, as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed on board.