today at five... workers judged to below skilled and low paid won't get a visa to enter the uk under government plans for a post—brexit immigration system the new points—based scheme will apply to people in and outside the eu from nextjanuary. this basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best people with skills need to come to the uk. part of the problem is that they confuse salary levels with the value of the job. businesses warn the changes will make it harder to recruit staff, but ministers say employers must move away from relying on cheap european labour. we need these low skill bakers and cleaners and we need all of those in order for our business to survive. we'll analyse how this

scheme will work. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... new details on the future status of prince harry and meghan. the couple will return to the uk to carry out six official engagements next month. the family of caroline flack releases an unpublished social media post she wrote days before she died, saying herfuture had been ‘swept away‘. hundreds of passengers are released from a cruise ship quarantined off japan for over two weeks as more people on board test positive for coronavirus. and 500 years since the death of the artist, raphael. we'll have exclusive access to the sistine chapel as it prepares for a hanging of his tapestries.

it's five o'clock, our main story. people who want to come to the uk 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 transition period. many industries, including the care and hospitality sectors, have warned the plans could have damaging consequences for the economy. our political correspondent jessica parker reports. hello. hi, how are you doing? hi. introducing herself and a new immigration system. at a high—tech laboratory — the home secretary's proclaimed vision to attract the brightest and best. this is a radical sha ke—up, completely. this is the first time in nearly a0 years where the british government will be in control and will

determine its own immigration policy, and will also be able to determine the type of system that it will be in control of. a key change: those who want to come and work in the uk will be treated the same — whether they are from the eu or not. people will need at least 70 points to apply, so, what's the breakdown? most will need a job offer. that earns 20 points. it will need to be at an appropriate skill level, for a further 20 points. an additional 20 points will be awarded for a salary of over £25,600 orfor a job in a sector where there's a labour shortage, and speaking english will be a requirement. that earns 10 points. but there'll be no entry to the uk for most people doing what's classed as lower skilled work — in restaurants, food processing plants and care homes. bad for the economy, says labour — an accusation, too, that the government's mislabelling important work that might be low—paid as low skilled.

they confuse salary levels with the value of a job and the importance of a job. it's going to make it really hard to recruit social care workers, particularly in london and the south—east. and businesses who rely on the kind of workers who'll no longer be able to get a visa are being told to improve productivity, invest in technology and do more to retain existing staff. but there are claims the new restrictions will be devastating for parts of the uk. we have onlyjust become a country that has net inward migration and a growing population, and that's entirely thanks to freedom of movement, which is coming to an end, so the real risk for scotland now is that our population as a whole, and our working age population in particular, goes into decline. the government sees this as a key part of delivering on brexit — taking back control. control may be one thing, time another. this is a major overhaul of a vast system, and they've now gotjust

over ten months to make it happen. ministers plan to bring numbers down overall, nothing more specific. conservative governments have been stung before by missing their own targets. proof that mapping out an immigration system can be easier than making it happen. jessica parker, bbc news. and our political correspondent leila nathoo joins us now from westminster. picking up on that last point, this isa picking up on that last point, this is a major overhaul of the system and one that could be economically receding. it has to be done in a very short time. it's about to kick in and a little over a year and businesses have to adjust, according to the government. the government has made a distinction between a skilled worker and what they call lower skilled workers and they have prioritised skilled workers so there is no special permission for lower skilled workers. the definition of skilled workers. the definition of skill has been slightly altered, and

expanded. the salary threshold has come down and the government is keen to stress who they deem skilled workers are welcome to come. the routes for lower skilled workers have been entirely closed off on most. organisations are saying they are going to be short of workers. they are going to adapt to the very short time. the government has put the business owners to say, this is up the business owners to say, this is up to you to make technological advances, to train your staff, pay them more, there was a suggestion of recruiting from the economically inactive uk population. certainly this is a big change for businesses and they are going to have difficulties adjusting to these new thresholds. how it plays out, we will have to see. the government has said they intend to reduce overall levels of migration, but really what

they are doing with this new policy is changing the composition of migrants who come to the uk. many thanks. organisations which represent farming, catering and nursing are warning it will be hard to recruit staff under the new immigration system. but ministers insist businesses must stop relying on cheap labourfrom europe, as colletta smith reports. officially classed as low skilled, these bakers are making sure they get a high—rise on today's —— with many coming from europe, they be un—likely to hit the 70 point mark on the new immigration stores. getting even more bakers at this deli could prove tricky. the backbone of our country, we need these low skill bakers and cleaners and we need all of those in order to

keep our business surviving. and we need all of those in order to keep our business survivingm and we need all of those in order to keep our business surviving. is not just the food industry who have been frustrated. it feels like social ca re frustrated. it feels like social care has been totally labelled as one of the sectors with special exemptions from this. those lower skilled workers are really important. for the tech sector, there excited and expecting more higher skilled workers being allowed into the uk. getting high skilled workers in from outside the eu is it easy at the moment. we have record employment rates in this country at the moment and we have widespread skilled coric so yes the government has moved a long way and that's very welcome taking the cap off skilled user. back at the deli, it's another headache to deal with. our meats are

from spain and germany and italy and the prices are just going through the prices are just going through the roof. wages are going up through the roof. wages are going up through the roof. wages are going up through the roof. it's definitely a difficult time and we're doing actually everything we can to keep going. colette smith, bbc news, manchester. new details have emerged about the duke and duchess of sussex's future. the couple will officially step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family on 31st march. harry and meghan will no longer have an office at buckingham palace. our correspondent charlotte rose is here. what else does the statement say? we know that whatever happens, there's going to be a 12 month review period to see how this all works out because it really is quite a major step for a couple to leave the royal family. it's never really been done before. we don't have a template for how it's going to work. what we heard today is because the couple are no longer carrying out duties on behalf of the queen, they won't need

an office at buckingham palace and so an office at buckingham palace and so all of their work will go through their uk foundation. prince harry is going to retain his titles of squadron leader, but he will lose his honourary degree of petitions —— positions. they are going to keep their titles but will not use them officially so they won't be expected to be addressed in the same way as other members of the royal family. what's interesting is that the use of the word royal is under discussion. that's significant because when they announced they we re because when they announced they were going to forge a progressive role in the royalfamily, they did so as role in the royalfamily, they did so as part of their website which was branded royal sussex. if they are no longer able to use the word royal, all of that is going to change. some people might think that's quite a technical thing, but actually the branding is really, really important and you can tell that harry and meghan care a lot about it because the designers of

their personal website and the same people that meghan used to design her blog site when she was an actress. they clearly care about what their new role is, how they're going to present themselves, so we're expecting details later on whether they can continue to call themselves the sussex royals. we know they will still be in the uk regularly. we're told after the end of march they will attend six of events. will have to leave that they are. many thanks. passengers have begun leaving a cruise ship that's been quarantined in japan for more than two weeks because of coronavirus. more than 70 britons were on board the diamond princess. four have tested positive for the illness. our correspondent laura bicker reports from yokohama. it's all over, at least for some. the lucky few shuffled through reporters eager for details after an outbreak of coronavirus

turned a dream asian cruise into a floating prison. how do you feel? i'm ok, says this relieved passenger, but as those left behind waved them off, there are fears that they might not be ok. although they are getting to go home, concerns are beginning to grow. over the last two weeks, one in every seven passengers have contracted coronavirus which, critics say, proves that the japanese health authorities‘ quarantine measures have been wholly inadequate. now, japan says these rates of infection predate the quarantine. one expert in infectious diseases says who visited the ship believes everyone on board is at risk. everyone was shocked and scared of having infections and are still scared of developing the disease in the next couple of days. those stuck in the cabins have documented the fear and confusion,

including this british couple who were diagnosed with the virus overnight. we are going to a hostel, because there isn't a hospital bed anywhere, four hours. 0k? so, we are going to a hostel and, in four or five days, we will be removed from the hostel and put into a hospital where we will receive treatment, so i can't see that there's going to be any way we are going to be on that flight to the uk. even when they are free of the ship and three of the virus, many countries, including the uk, have said all passengers must spend another 14 days in quarantine. meanwhile in china more than 2000 people have now died after contracting coronavirus. most of the deaths were in hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak. chinese officials say the number of reported cases is falling, but case numbers aboard the diamond princess continue to rise. there are passengers from more than 50 countries here.

as they head home, it raises the possibility of this ship could be the source of a fresh wave of global infections. laura baker, bbc news, yokohama. let‘s speak now to lawyer roojin habibi who specialises in global health law. she joins us via webcam from geneva. good afternoon. thanks so much for joining us on bbc news. what‘s your view about the way this core and the was undertaken —— quarantine? view about the way this core and the was undertaken -- quarantine? the only was undertaken -- quarantine? the o nly syste m was undertaken -- quarantine? the only system that we have is a legally binding measure after govern. what we know is that when there is an infection or a public disease, countries can adapt additional health measures like quarantine and travel restriction if they need measures through criteria

‘s. those criteria ‘s have to be evidence—based, they have to be proportionate to the risk the public health crisis. they have to be aligned with interactional human rights offer two obligations. —— human rights obligations. the director general had advised countries if they need to resort to quarantines, to minimise the risk and from international law per perspective,. you think the regulations have been broken here?|j think regulations have been broken here?” think there‘s a strong argument that can be made that they weren‘t followed. . what could they have

done? what should they have done that would have been better? the international health regulations also inform countries that they should take measures, additional health measures that are the least restrictive and intrusive possible. and that the measures choose the appropriate health protection. in this situation, over 600 people on board have been infected. the appropriate health protection does not seem to have been achieved in this case. mental health and distress has come to the passengers on the ship. what could have been done differently, there are more individualized solutions. we know for example that it impacts those are vulnerable, the elderly, and putting 3700 people on a quarantine

without really separating the healthy from the infected would have been warranted here. what do you think we can learn about how this has been managed in terms of possible outbreaks of similar types of viruses in the future? absolutely. i think with every outbreak we‘ve seen in recent history, there have been very protective health measures. out of fear, out of precaution, and i need to show political action being taken on the issue. —— a need. we know the travel restriction only minimizes spread of infection by a few days at best. this will also be a case in

history to review. . many thanks for joining us. the headlines on bbc news... visas won‘t be allowed for low skilled workers entering the uk under government plans for a points—based immigration system. buckingham palace issues new details on the future status of prince harry and meghan. the couple will return to the uk to carry out six official engagements next month. as the inquest opens into her death, the family of caroline flack releases an unpubished social media post she wrote days before she died, saying her future had been ‘swept away‘. manchester city have issued another denial of wrongdoing after they are banned from the champions league. speaking to the clubs and house website, their chief executive said

they were not guilty. tyson made his arrival at the grand hotel in las vegas ahead of the heavyweight title rematch. he says he‘s the biggest heavyweight fight in the last 50 yea rs. heavyweight fight in the last 50 years. scotland have made three changes to their team post italy and the six nations but there‘s still no place forfan the six nations but there‘s still no place for fan russell after that public fallout with his coach. i‘ll be back with more on all of those stories. the inquest into the death of the tv presenter caroline flack has opened. her family have shared a previously unpublished social media post that she wrote shortly before she died. richard galpin was in court. we‘ve had some important details about what happened on saturday. we

been told of vehicle was flagged down and the officers in the car we re down and the officers in the car were asked to come to a flat in north london. inside the flat, they found a woman lying on the floor. a p pa re ntly found a woman lying on the floor. apparently there had been a haying. the police tried to resuscitate her. —— hanging. they were not successful. paramedics came in and they tried to do the same thing but we re they tried to do the same thing but were also unsuccessful. carolines lacked was pronounced to be dead. —— caroline flack. her sister identified her. we‘ve also had this announcement by the family, releasing a social media post caroline flack had written back in january. she had never published it and the family were very keen to have this published because they wa nt have this published because they want people to read about it and it isa

want people to read about it and it is a very emotional piece which caroline flack had written. for example, she said there was a lot of focus on the fact she had been arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend which he denied and she was saying that within 2a hours of the arrest, her whole world and future were swept away from under her feet. all the walls future were swept away from under herfeet. all the walls had future were swept away from under her feet. all the walls had taken so long to build along the collapse. she was denied, saying it was an accident and a result of the argument. she also talked about her mental health. she said she‘d been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a long time. real insight into what she was feeling at

the time and obviously, all the traumas that she had felt. she said also she felt with the past ten yea rs, also she felt with the past ten years, she‘d been the victim of abusive messaging. more heavy rain is forecast for communities already experiencing some of the worst flooding they‘ve seen for over a decade. areas of wales, scotland and the north of england have all received yellow warnings from the met office, meaning severe weather is predicted in the next few days. phil mackie reports from the river severn in worcestershire. in some places, this is still the only way to get around. tony and helen cox need to row into and out of their home. in flood—hit communities like this in worcestershire, it‘s becoming an all too frequent occurrence. they are hoping that flood defences will be built soon. the environment agency are working with us in the village to build them, but we need to have the planning permission from the local authority which, subject to that happening, would lead to the flood defences being built in the next 12 months.

but the bureaucracy of getting that far is just taking forever. and is that a frustration for the villagers? yes, yes. it‘s been going round in circles. we are making progress, but it takes a very long time to get anywhere. this is the village of severn stoke in worcestershire. the river severn is about a mile that way, but the floodwater has repeatedly hit the village since 2000. when it gets really bad, it crosses the road and hits those properties over there, and it‘s done that again this time. severn stoke will be getting flood defences. they‘ve begun the process, but it won‘t be for at least another 12 months. further north in bewdley, the environment agency spent the night reinforcing flood defences which held, despite fears they would be over—topped. the people on the ground have worked incredibly hard getting all the barriers up and keeping people informed, evacuating the area, as i say. in monmouth, where the river wye reached its highest ever levels, they are bracing themselves for more bad weather, with heavy rain forecast for wales. it‘s notjust homeowners,

but farmers have been hit badly by prolonged wet weather. there have been over 3,000 claims for storms ciara and dennis, with damages claimed for worth around £20 million. farmer nick baxter has lost £30,000 and is still unable to plant anything, and might not be for another two months. right now, we should be looking at a crop of winter wheat, a bread—making variety that will be going off to mills in the summer, and at the moment we are looking at a field of mud and puddles. when cricket starts again at the county ground in worcester, anyone affected by the floods will be offered free tickets. but they may not be able to play here at the start of the season. for us, it‘s not going to be as bad as for some other people that have been personally impacted. we‘ve just got to clean up, reseed, prepare and go again. so we are used to it and we are coping. they used to call floods like this in worcester hundred—year events. this is the fourth this century. they are becoming bigger and more

frequent, causing even more misery. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. david gregory—kumar is in upton—upon—severn in south worcestershire for us. david, that is a high river behind you. you must be anxious. yeah, this is the river severn. this is the famous seafood through glass flood barriers. it came up to here yesterday. if the highest levels they‘ve ever seen. somebody else —— you can‘t see fish through them when the river is that high, but they are doing theirjob. there is still to severe flood warnings in place. one on the other side and risk of loss of life, and as you said, that‘s because they‘re worried there‘s more rain, more water coming down. levels have dropped but it looks like they‘re going to rise again. but i should stress, even it looks like an

island surrounded by water, you can still get in and out and it‘s open for business. they‘ve looked after us, kept us warm, gave us a cup of coffee will be were waiting, so it‘s well worth coming down to see the river like this. these defences were built and opened in 2012, four and a half million pounds they cost. they‘re doing theirjob. but, as you heard, not everywhere has these kind of d efe nces heard, not everywhere has these kind of defences and in some places, they only have —— there only relying on localfarmers. he‘s got only have —— there only relying on local farmers. he‘s got a only have —— there only relying on localfarmers. he‘s got a digger, he‘s been using it to dig up soil, block out roads that may be flooded towards just a few homes. or topping existing earthworks that have been here since 1760, and people are really grateful for farmers doing this kind of work. one person

flagged us down and said" here‘s a hero. he stopped my house from flooding." more water and rain is expected and we expect the waters to rise. many thanks for that update. the green party impede caroline lucas is under investigation by parliamentary authorities for offering a personal guided tour of the house of commons in exchange for money. she was raising funds for her general election campaign last year. the transport minister, andrew stephenson has been appointed to take charge of the hs2 project. the mp for pendle in lancashire also has responsibility for northern powerhouse rail and the transpennine route upgrade. mr stephenson previously served as a foreign office minister and as a government whip. the jury in harvey weinstein‘s rape trial have resumed their deliberations for a second day. he has pleaded not guilty

to sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping a former actress. the jury of seven men and five women were sent away yesterday to try to reach a verdict. time for a look at the weather. here‘s ben rich. we‘ve been hearing about flooding. more rain is not what we want but it‘s exactly what we have. it‘s raining at the moment across many parts of the uk. the heaviest of the rain is to be found in hills across southwest scotland, wales and northwest england. places where the river is already full and then some. more rain not welcome. after midnight, will see another surge of rain back into southwest scotland, wales, further east. more in the way of dry weather. mild for most but into tomorrow, this band of rain will eventually it on the move eastwards but there will be some heavy burst with some hail and

thunder mixed in. some quality, gusty winds with that rain band as well. behind it, things turn brighter with some sunshine. things also turned colder. single digits by the end of the afternoon. some wintry showers in the north and it will be windy. friday brings more rain, particularly in the north of the uk and very windy for some.

this is bbc news. the headlines. visas won‘t be allowed for low skilled workers entering the uk — under government plans for a points—based immigration system. this basically redefines our immigration policies so that the brightest in the best people skills need to come with to the uk. part of the problem is they confuse salary levels with the value of a job.

buckingham palace issues new details on the future status of prince harry and meghan — the couple will return to the uk to carry out six official engagements next month. as the inquest opens into her death — the family of caroline flack releases an unpubished social media post she wrote days before she died —— saying her future had been ‘swept away‘. and, hundreds of passengers are released from a cruise ship quarantined off japan for over two weeks —— as more people on board test positive for coronavirus. and in sport. manchester city have issued another denial of wrongdoing after their ban from the champions league. to your championship league band and fine for breaching finance their

play roles. the chief executive said today that they are provided irrefutable evidence that the claims are not true. with all of this going on, it cannot be easy for him and his team to carry on as normal and deal with matters on the pitch. yes, this is really unsettling times for manchester city because as things stand, they would not be playing european football for the next two seasons and he has told his players to use his punishment is motivation. only two days ago, we have her that tony, raphael failed the doll‘s uncle. was at the, giving a motivational talk and get it ahead of madrid in the last 16 of the champions league. —— rafael nadal. what is going to happen to the star

players what is going to happen with this appeal. but he has told his friends that he wants to stay while his contract runs until 2021. but the kaman —— they came and approached him. but lets us city star players were not here any more. the likes of kevin, gabriel or sergio who is 31 and has 14 gabriel or sergio who is 31 and has 1a premier league titles and still has not played under the lights of the champions league final and thus before we even gotten to the issues surrounding transfers. it‘ll be interesting see how the manchester cities and guardiola respond. and a relegation battle themselves, having been without a victory, but they

think they can avoid the drop this season. but city are the favourites going into this game, having won this fixture for the last seven times ina this fixture for the last seven times in a row. take off is at 730 here at the stadium. tyson fury made his arrival at the mgm grand hotel in las vegas, ahead of saturday‘s world after a controversial draw. he says this is the biggest fight in the division for the last 50 years. he arrived at the mgm, making one of his trademark fashion statements rugged jacket covered in pictures of his own face. both fighters are undefeated going into this, but balter can surpass mohammad ali‘s marked for defences of the heavyweight title with the victory stop till i‘m gonna put them on the back foot from round one, i‘ve got

his number and he can‘t keep me down. he's knocked out everyone else except me. i never imagined going as farasi except me. i never imagined going as faras i have, in except me. i never imagined going as far as i have, in achieving the things that i am achieving. it was a simple, basic plan for me to enter boxing, and make a few dollars for my daughter. i never thought about being that we champion of the world. just letting people know that anything is possible. if you believe it, it is. after that very public fallout with coach gregor townsend. facing italy and rome, they get their first start at the 2020 competition after those opening two defeats. and that is all of your

support for now, i will have more for you at 630. back to our top story today, people who want to come to the uk 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. it will be introduced injanuary, and many industries, including the care and hospitality sectors, have warned the plans could have damaging consequences for the economy. joining me now is alp mehmet, from migration watch uk, which campaigns to reduce immigration. and also, joining me from the north east, is bryony rest, an immigration lawyer with david gray solicitors in newcastle. thank you forjoining us and your organisation, the campaign is to reduce immigration, how far were the proposals go towards achieving that end in the way that you wanted to? she has made a reasonable start by pulling back from some of the pieces

that her predecessor put in place, sajid javid just before christmas, he had a scheme and idea that low skill, no skilled workers will be able to come in, look for work and stay for less than a year. they‘ve moved away from that and i welcome that. that is a sensible thing to do. but they‘re also proposing is really having a plug at one end, opening up the other. they are lowering the skill levels required to get a job. their employers are no longer going to have to advertise the salary threshold is being reduced to 20 6000, 20 5600. it was 30,000, but lots of exceptions, of course. and that will mean that 16 million jobs, course. and that will mean that 16 millionjobs, all these measures will, 16 millionjobs will be

exposed overseas competition. that is not sensible. you want to see british people getting those jobs.” would like to see more training and preparation, yes. nothing of the where preparation is taking place and that is the fault of employers, really. i would very much like to see the sort of system which not only allows people to come in with the right skills, but also presses employers to train more because training has fallen through and we could do a great deal more of that. brian, what do you make of the proposals and how do you respond? the proposals are similar do we have for the skilled work route, but the slightly lower salary threshold and the slightly lower skills threshold. but these are still skilled jobs and i think there's a lot of concern for

many industry areas that rely on what the government called low skill jobs and possibly mean low payjobs, because with a replace for the people who the need for seven times the year, how they got replaces workers. the difficult things that these changes are coming injanuary. they have ten months to prepare and more british fuel should be employed in these jobs, they say there will be more training needed and also a lot of these jobs, they said they could be automated but you cannot automate care these are important jobs in our economy and the need to give us more detail on how they expect british economy and workforce to replace the workers we cannot now recruit from europe. 8 million plus people who were inactive, but a lot of them are elderly, terrorists or these people? around 4 million

people who would like to do more work and are available for more work and cannot. that is the analysis that we did not so long ago. if not more. fruit pickers, there‘s already a scheme in place to allow up to 10,000 to come in. they are not really a n 10,000 to come in. they are not really an issue because fruit pickers will come in as long as a scheme is properly run, i do not see any problem in that. but they would not be allowed in, will they? the government will introduce a scheme that will expand and allow for 10,000 fruit pickers, seasonal agricultural workers to come in. the other thing is scary. a few years ago, i think to the advisory committee said there is no such thing as a shortage of care workers, which need to do is pay them a little more. pay them a little more and change the conditions and

frankly that is also something that we can look to first rather than automatically going for the cheaper option. more money from the central government to local government and they been vastly pared down in the past ten years. so be it. but you've got to pay for more. but in the short run, i think that is money well spent because people also forget is that if someone is coming here, they need a roof over their heads. if they‘re going to live here, their children will want to go to school. they will have cars, so there‘s added pressures to a population that is increasing by a million every three years and that 80% of that, the result of migration. that is not sensible. just to pick up on that amendment about seasonal agricultural workers that there are routes that are going to be expanded. is that right? the 10,000 extra workers coming into

that seasonal need, not enough at all, that is none of to replace the work is that the event from the eu have done those roles. and i think that a lack of a lot of detail about how this is actually going to work and one more point to set up training is that the last four years, the government have imposed a immigration skills charge on any organisation that is wide in any overseas workers in 50 going to train british workers to take more roles and it has not completely work in these things take time to filter through. this is not feasible by next january but there is a need to fulfil these places and some view, but it also requires, it is not enough time to replace the workers to do the jobs. ten months, that is a tiny amount of time. officials up and working on this for months and

months. but businesses have not. but businesses should have been working on it, the referendum took place in 2016 in june 2016, on it, the referendum took place in 2016 injune 2016, how haven‘t they been preparing? they were not expecting to come out, frankly. at the door assuming that everything would be rushed to one side and brexit would not happen at all. i would‘ve looked ahead and planned at least for the potential of us leaving and having to look for additional workers. if you could speak to the home secretary and address your concerns, what would you say to them? i would say the current plans do not give enough detail about what businesses need to know. they need to have much longer to prepare for this, they need to have some proper details in place and the scheme meets much more

flexible. i'm based in newcastle, the salary thresholds, theyjust do not reflect our local economy. it might be fine for london, but that is quite a sizeable income. there needs to be some other detail and reflection about how this is going to affect all of the country, not just some of these. required to leave it there. thank you both very much. turkey‘s president has threatened to launch a new military offensive in north western syria to stop advancing syrian government forces there. nearly a million people have been displaced in the region which the united nations warns could cause a humanitarian catastrophe. our world affairs correspondent paul adams has been looking at the plight of one family, already forced to move three times. for ibrahim and his family, it is time to move. again. his eight children know the drill,

they have done this before. three times. war and displacement are all they know. but there is a sense of urgency. there‘s lots to pack and the fighting is getting closer. they‘re leaving as little as they can behind, including ibrahim‘s old hunting rifle. they don‘t know where they are going, but they are pretty sure they won‘t be coming back. translation: we fled because there was more shelling. we came here, but there was even more shelling. now we don‘t know where to go next. we are going to go to the camps, and if they can‘t fit us in, we will continue moving. ibrahim‘s elderly parents are exhausted, not sure how much more of this they can take. a week ago, the village was safe, then the bombing started. this unverified footage from two days ago showing the aftermath of an air strike on a local hospital.

now, the town‘s bakeries are all closed, water has been cut off and the internet. the nearest syrian government troops are less than two miles away. this was the nearby village of tormanin just last night. firefighters and rescue workers dealing with yet more air strikes. president assad‘s forces, backed by russian air power, are placing the whole of north—west syria under relentless pressure. ibrahim‘s is just one of countless families forced to keep moving, but the fighting simply following them where ever they go. they will probably head for the turkish border. turkey, which fears another wave of refugees trying to cross, warning again it may soon be forced to intervene. the headlines on bbc news. visas won‘t be allowed for low receives skilled workers entering the uk — under government plans for a points—based immigration system.

buckingham palace issues some new details on the future status of prince harry and meghan — the couple will return to the uk to carry out six official engagements next month. as the inquest opens into her death — the family of caroline flack releases an unpubished social media post she wrote days before she died —— saying her future had been ‘swept away‘. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. members and official supporters will begin voting next week in the labour leadership and deputy leadership contests. we‘ve been looking in depth at the three candidates hoping to become leader of the opposition. today, our political correspondent helen catt profiles the wigan mp lisa nandy. if we do not change course, as a labour movement, we will die, and we will deserve to. i am asking you to take the brave,

not the easy choice. lisa nandy‘s pitch to the labour leader is that she is different. in her words, she‘s someone who doesn‘t look or sound like anyone who‘s led the party before. she‘s certainly got a reputation for plain speaking. pay attention. that‘s a bit of a daft question. she‘s got some well—known passions. people in towns like mine have been completely ignored, and at times deeply disrespected. and some which are perhaps less well—known. have you really been to every one of britney spears' uk concerts, is this true? you can‘t embarrass me with this. i love her. how many have you been to? all of them! lisa nandy‘s path to parliament wasn‘t that unusual. she‘s the granddaughter of an mp and her dad, deepak nandy, was heavily involved in race relations policy. after growing up in bury nandy studied politics and then went on to work for an mp, then charities, and then as local councillor in london. after she was elected as the mp for wigan in 2010, she was quickly singled out as one to watch.

when will this government return here with a plan to keep our lights on, to cut pollution and to get energy billing under control? she held posts on the labour front bench, covering children, energy and charity, but then in 2016 she resigned, to run owen smith‘s leadership campaign againstjeremy corbyn. i‘ve told jeremy corbyn that the situation is unsustainable and i‘m afraid i can no longer serve. and lisa nandy has gone against party opinion on brexit. in january, theresa may finally agreed to negotiate with labour. i told her at the time if she brought a bill before parliament that gave a role for parliament in the next stages of the negotiations i would go for it. i was consistent in that all the way through. had she brought that bill, i told her and i told my constituents i would vote for it. when boris johnson finally did, i voted for it. she voted once for borisjohnson‘s deal, but against in the final version. but back to that passion she‘s best known for. towns are now the key marginals that will be the central battle ground for the next election.

i think the government has started to understand that. i think all political parties have now started to understand that. her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. in 2018 she co—founded a think—tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. that is key to lisa nandy‘s vision for labour. she wants to move power out of london and build what she calls a red bridge, to reconnect labour voters across the country. helen catt reporting —— and tomorrow we‘ll look at another candidate, sir keir starmer. the latejustin fashanu has been inducted into the national football museum‘s hall of fame — on what would have been his 59th birthday. justin fashanu was the first black player to command a £1 million transfer fee; he was also england‘s first male professional to come out as gay while still playing, in 1990. he took his own life in 1998.

our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. justin fashanu was an outstanding talent. this picture perfect volley for norwich won goal of the season in 1980. commentator: fashanu. oh, what a goal! that‘s a magnificent goal. a few years later, he would become britain‘s first £1 million black footballer. but with every barrier broken, the walls of prejudice remained. after coming out in 1990, he became magnet for abuse. eight years later, his life mired in chaos, he felt he couldn‘t go on. the former footballer, justin fashanu has been found dead in london. today, the mood is very different. on what would have been justin fashanu‘s 59th birthday, his life is now being celebrated with a place in football‘s hall of fame. i think it's more about his legacy, i think it's more about, you know, the example that he has given to other people, and i think it's him paving the way for others. and it's more thanjust his talent

with football and more than him just being gay, so it's a question of a lot of things coming together and finally having recognition for who he was. the struggle was there from the start. as children, justin and his brother, john, were given up for adoption. both found careers in football, if not acceptance. injuries would hamperjustin‘s ability, but his career was about so much more. it‘s affected my career and i think that it‘s probably put the bullet in the head of his career at the end of the day. and i think it‘s a shame. because i there‘s more to justin fashanu than his sexuality. the fact thatjustin fashanu‘s trailblazing career is being recognised in this way represents huge progress, however, it‘s now 30 years since he came out and still no other male professional footballer in this country has followed his lead. and the prejudice hasn‘t gone away. today, it emerged that a large group of manchester united fans allegedly made homophobic chants during money‘s match with chelsea, a sign that despite numerous campaigns, the battle for equality continues.

together, we need the football authorities to do theirjob, we need the clubs and leagues to do theirjob. we as fans need to call out discrimination when we hear it, but together as a society, we really need to get a handle on what's happening online. a0 years since his wonder goal, justin fashanu is now celebrated in the stands and getting the recognition many feel is long overdue. the tv astronomer heather couper has died at the age of 70 after a short illness. dr couper made regular television appearances including on shows such as the sky at night, hosted by sir patrick moore. in 2007, she received a cbe for services to science and was also the first woman president of the british astronomical association. it‘s 500 years since the death of the italian renaissance artist, raphael, renowned for his portraits and frescoes. a major exhibition in london later this year will show some

of his best—loved work — and at the vatican, they‘re preparing to hang his tapestries in the sistine chapel, beneath michelangelo‘s ceiling. our correspondent mark lowen gained exclusive access to the preparations. wears sacred power meets artistic mastery. night brings quiet but no rest. mechanical whirring. in the sistine chapel, where popes are chosen beneath michelangelo‘s glory, we got rare access to the cleaning of one of humanity‘s greatest triumphs. to do this job in this chapel, for me, is the best i can do in this life. the upkeep now is particularly special. 500 years since the world lost michelangelo‘s contemporary, raphael, preparations to host his tapestries in the chapel where they

were designed to hang. amidst the magical story of this place was an intense renaissance rivalry between the older michelangelo and the younger, more sociable raphael. legend even has it that while michelangelo was absent during the painting of the ceiling, raphael even snuck in to take a peek. the competition for favour driving these masters to new artistic heights. raphael, the so called prince of painters, died suddenly on his 37th birthday. the anniversary has spurred painstaking restoration beneath some of his most famous frescoes. among the greek philosophers in his school of athens is heraclitus, who raphael mockingly painted as a sulking michelangelo. for the commemoration, analysis is being done of raphael‘s portrait of a young woman, thought to be his lover.

it willjoin an exhibition that will go to london this autumn. back at the chapel, a delicate operation to bring in the tapestries. raphael‘s splendour, unfurled again. there is a debate. some one prefer michelangelo, some one raphael, and so, to have them, we may say, together, is very important, to understand the balance and to compare them, to see how they talk... ..each other. five centuries on, the masterpieces are back where they belong. rivals reunited in perfect harmony. time for a look at the weather. here‘s ben rich. nothing quite so beautiful here, i‘m afraid. after all the flooding that we have had to endure, but we really wa nt we have had to endure, but we really want is a spell of dry weather and

thatis want is a spell of dry weather and that is not what we are going to get. a discerning eye will be have at the moment. a lot of rain and places, a yellow warning. southwest scotla nd places, a yellow warning. southwest scotland were flooding has already occurred and more rain will not be welcome. the system is the culprit instead of just welcome. the system is the culprit instead ofjust sliding through neatly, he could see this on the front, this‘ll hold it back and keep it raining for quite some hours as we go through tonight. here‘s how it looks and the weather maps, scotland, northwest england, parts of wales and another pulse of what weather slides and in the further south and east you are, light and patchy in chari nature, amount and that for many and quite a windy one, chilli towards the northwest. a band of rain will get itself moving and pushing eastwards, but downpours of thunder and lightning and hail and some really gusty winds. you can see this line here of dark blue and green and that is going to be a

short, sharp drenching downpour that will move its way through all areas with some gusty winds behind that, the sun will come out with some much—needed dry weather in the midlands, but corridor as that weather front passes through. but throughout ireland and scotland, mixture of sunshine and showers, wintry, quite low levels and picking up wintry, quite low levels and picking up here, there will be blizzard conditions over the mountains. the afternoon, we lose that rain eventually from the southeast corner with all of us getting into the sclera but showering and rather chilly weather to end the day. as a going to thirst night briefly with the ridge of high pressure will get some dry conditions but another frontal system moves into the atla ntic frontal system moves into the atlantic in this time she flew across the northern half of uk and northern ireland, scotland, parts of northern england and will be very windy indeed, brisk after causing disruption to parts of southeast scotla nd disruption to parts of southeast scotland and northeast england to the east of the penn nines, could be

some very gusty conditions indeed. largely for the software, not as windy, but then we are back to mild around ten to 12 degrees, quite a lot going on it‘s isn‘t settled, mixture of sunshine and showers for mild in the south, chilli further north very windy and the north as well and on sunday, some parts of the uk will see more rain, a ring that we really do not need but the ongoing flooding situation.

tonight at six, the biggest change to immigration policy in decades — britain is to have a points—based system. if you‘ve got the right skills and can earn enough money you‘ll earn the points to get a visa. ministers say it‘s what the public wants. in 2016, in the referendum, in the election 2017 and again was reaffirmed in 2019 in december during the election. the public voted and they spoken very clearly that they want immigration to come down. the government wants more training for local people. there‘ll be no visas for lower—paid jobs in areas like hospitality and social care. the government has announced today that apparently care is considered to be low—skilled. that‘s an amazing slap in the face for every care worker,