this is bbc news i'm julian worricker. the headlines at eight. workers judged to be low—skilled and low paid won't get a visa to enter the uk — under government plans for a points—based immigration system. ministers say it's what the public wants. in 2016, in the referendum in the election in 2017 and was reaffirmed in 2019, in december during the election. the public voted and spoken very clearly that they want immigration to come down. unions one staff could lead to

second started this. government proposals will be a disaster. a sector that is already in crisis. there is already hundred and 20,000 vacancies. there is a huge time at bat a section that's on the make it worse. considerably worse. the met office issues a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales , as communities brace themselves for more heavy rain in the aftermath of storm dennis. 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. the family of caroline flack releases an unpublished social media post she wrote days before she died saying her future had been ‘swept away‘. buckingham palace issues new details on the future status of prince harry and meghan — the couple will officially step down as senior royals at the end of march.

and, we bring you an exclusive report from vatican city's sistine chapel — where tapestries created by the renaissance master raphael are to go on display for the first time in 500 years. it's being billed as the biggest change to britain's immigration policy in a generation. the home secretary, priti patel, has published proposals for a points—based visa system which she said people had voted for in the eu referendum and subsequent elections. so how is it going to work? under the new rules — which come into force next january — people who want to come here to work must reach 70 points. there are three essential requirements.

the applicant must be able to speak english — that's worth 10 points. he or she must have a job offer, which is worth another 20 points. and that job needs to be at what's called an ‘appropriate skill level‘, if it is, you get another 20 points. if the salary is above £25,600, that‘s worth a further 20 points and the crucial total of 70. however, if the job pays less you can still get points for other things such as qualifications. it‘s important to remember that people who are already here or come to britain before nextjanuary are not affected by the new scheme. here‘s our chief political correspondent vicki young. who should be allowed into the uk, and whatjobs should they do? it was a contentious part of our membership of the eu, but from next year, british ministers will decide. this building site in essex employs

people from across the world. in future, it will be more difficult for lower—skilled migrants to come here, unless officials decide there is a shortage in a particular sector. and who qualifies as a skilled worker? here, a plaster or a carpenter would, but a labourer wouldn‘t, and the boss of this firm says it will make it harder to build the homes people want. we‘ve never met the housing target and we are certainly not going to meet it now. previously it was an open door policy to a certain degree and we still found it difficult to meet the needs of the housing market. it is going to get worse and our business won‘t grow like it could grow. the ministers are saying today that companies like yours have relied too heavily on cheap labour from the eu, and that has got to change. i don‘t know where that concept comes from, that it is all about cheap labour. it‘s not. it‘s about a skills shortage, jobs that the british people do not want to do, that is the bottom line. but ministers say companies need a different approach. business has a fantastic opportunity to work with this new government, to level

up across the united kingdom, invest in people, technology, invest in skills across all sectors, and i mean every single sector. the government‘s plans have been met with dire warnings from many businesses, those in construction, hospitality and the care sector. but ministers believe they are responding to what many voters really want — control over uk borders with the flexibility to attract those that the economy really needs. in basildon, some think there will be local people willing to replace migrant workers. there are some industries are saying we need people, like labourers, on building sites, and we won‘t be able to get them? well, i mean, i know they want to focus on more skilled jobs, and that‘s fine, i think there is a big opportunity for anyone in this country who is looking for work, to take up the kind ofjobs that you‘ve mentioned as well. i mean, you look at the roadworks that's going on, there is a lot

going on in this area. but how many of them are english workers? not many. and why do you think that is? because they take a lot lower wage. 0pposition parties say the new plans are unrealistic. the government‘s error is to assume thatjust because yourjob is relatively low—paid, it‘s not important and it‘s not of value. and there are going to be difficulties, particularly with people wanting to fill entry—level positions. it will be bad for workers, and migrant workers as well, and it will be awful for scotland because we face particular demographic and economic challenges, and this policy is wholly unfit for their needs. for years, the conservatives have promised to reduce immigration. we‘ll soon know whether they‘ve achieved that, and what impact it has had on the economy. vicki young, bbc news, essex. what ministers have tried to do with this new visa system is to find a balance between getting the skilled workers the economy needs while limiting the flow of those seeking low—skilled

or low—paid jobs. but there‘s a challenge — some low paid workers carry outjobs we all think of as valuable. farm labourers and care workers are a good example of that. our business editor simonjack has been looking at how the new scheme could affect the wider economy. hello, ladies, how are you doing? the hospitality industry relies on extending a warm welcome to customers from all over the world. it is also the part of the economy most reliant on foreign workers, many of them low—paid. jerry is a czech born bar manager at this hotel in retford, nottinghamshire. i feel sad about it. i would like to know who is classed as low skilled, i have five years college of hospitality and loads of experience throughout my career. i was serving the president

of the czech republic, which, that is not a very low skilled job and is a cheap labour, i don‘t think there is such a thing as cheap labour. of the staff working in hospitality 20% were born outside the uk, 30% of the amount from the eu, and manufacturing including food processing has 14% foreign born, 11% from the eu whilst health and social care relies for 10% of its workforce on foreign—born workers, split evenly between eu and non—eu. social care may face particular challenges as although the work is often skilled it is very often low—paid. there are currently 122,000 vacancies in the sector and there are fears that a shortage of workers will mean a shortage of care. care homes will have to reduce the number of clients they take in and if it is not economically effective then you will see more care homes closing down. there‘s perhaps other issues where hopes and fears

around brexit clash with more resonance than immigration and the government hopes that by weening businesses off an inexhaustible supply of low skilled labour that will mean more investment, higherwages and a more productive economy. as this is clear that the site —— short time frame existing skill shortages will be even more acute and there are concerns that unfettered immigration has led to great demands on public services, rather than offset the delivery of those services, it is very dependent on immigrant labour. the government is removing the limit on the number of high skilled workers who can work in the uk which is good news for some sectors. what we like is removing the cap on global talent so we can access the talent we need from around the world who drive the technology sector that is growing six times faster than the rest of the economy. most of us want a high wage, high skill economy by committing to getting there, and 11 months‘ time, is taking a very ambitious economic

plunge. and at half past eight we will be disussing the government‘s immigration reforms with brian berry, the ceo of the master builder‘s federations, and gerwyn davies, who is the senior labour market adviser at the chartered institute of personnel and development, the professional body for hr and people development flood—hit communities across england and wales are being warned to expect further heavy rain as river levels continue to rise. the environment agency says the impact of storm dennis will be felt for a few more days. six severe flood warnings, meaning there‘s a danger to life, remain in place for herefordshire, worcestershire and shropshire. there are still over 100 other flood warnings in place across the country. the environment agency‘s teams have put up over six kilometers of temporary flood barriers across the country jon kay reports from hereford — where a month‘s worth of rain fell in 48 hours at the weekend. there‘s obviously going to be no games for a couple of months now, which is a terrible shame.

there‘s not really any need for a pitch inspection. at hereford rugby club, games are off. got to remain positive in situations like this and the club spirit will come shining through. but that is easier said than done. the ground is right next to the river wye. there it is, in the middle of the picture, and they‘ve flooded five times since october. they‘ve only played one home match. this week, in the course of a few hours, security cameras recorded the stand being slowly submerged. the water has come up to this height on the bricks. never come that high before? never, absolutely never. bit late for that, hey? looks like you‘ve had a party. funnily enough, yeah, some of our saturday nights in here can be quite wild, but fortunately not quite as devastating as this. instead of losing matches, they‘re worried about losing

their club‘s history. very sad, really. 0bviously, great memories and great friends, and those great friendships will go on. it‘s really sad to see it. alan was an england international... how do you save 150 years? the levels are now dropping along the wye and the severn, but... there is an incredible amount of water about, so people still need to take extra care. the forecast is unsettled for the next few days and over the weekend into next week. this amount of water still left on the pitch, is crazy. every sunday i am down here and it is sad to say that i will not be able to come down here for a while now. not being able to play, it‘s just. ..quite. . .annoying. annoying seems like a bit of an understatement. yeah. i don‘t know what words i‘m allowed to use on telly. jon kay, bbc news, hereford.

with me is our weather presenter, stav da naos. let‘s start with the warnings as they currently stand and what lies ahead. we will talk about that first kiss on the silly rain at north and west area today. yellow warnings can enforce early today and was updated as well for the afternoon. a stands for tonight and also tomorrow we had a lot more rainfall in the forecast. i had a lot more rainfall in the forecast. ihada a lot more rainfall in the forecast. i had a nap before snappish ailing wales isn‘t rainfall expected to tonight. collectively, we can see over the hills at 50 to 60 mm across the south. catastrophic flooding. after 100 mm across the northwest of wales particularly into snow down there. he has warnings in forest further north for tonight and tomorrow. northwest of england, 100 mm for the high ground of the western power lines. for the southern applicant as

well at the area 3010 48 mm. this rain is already falling on saturated ground running back into the rivers. looking to see those levels rise again. my consolation and for wales we might not be so much rainfall towards essential wales. the wales marches. that might spare shropshire towards harrods with very high river levels. western side is looking pretty severe. that is how it is looking. the warning tractor tonight and tomorrow, space is the rainfall amounts that we should expect in february. this is the first to the 16th. percentage of rain above the average. you can 16th. percentage of rain above the average. you can see 16th. percentage of rain above the average. you can see the doctor believes and became have seen a lot more than what we should see for the average price of wales and said that it is these areas, which you are going to see a lot of rain for the next couple of days. we are

concerned about fedex lighting. beyond friday we will see wet and windy weather. showers on saturday and sunday prolonged rainfall again. notjust and sunday prolonged rainfall again. not just across and sunday prolonged rainfall again. notjust across northern areas that further south as well. a little away for the month but february and records could come in time this month. especially libby's rainfall from the last few storms. yes and into next week is settling not settling down anytime soon. my neighbour could see a deep level of low pressure. severe dales and heavy rains. thank you very much for that. thank you very much for that. 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. communities brace themselves for more heavy rain, as the met office issues a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales. 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. also coming up —— an incredible sight and sound — as a violinist plays while having a brain tumour removed. we‘ll speak to the surgeon who carried out the operation. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s austin. that evening were going to start with the ball. manchester city are an action for the very first time tonight since it ua to garrett band. they are taking on the left—hand in the premier league. i could slip into the bottom three with the defeat. speaking was originally supposed to happen ten days ago but was postponed due to storm care. manchester city so far

at the roger he would be after half an hour. the city chief executive, said serious breaches of club licensing, and financial fairplay regulations are simply not true. we also to type in the last 16 of champions league as well. beaton finally by taking on leipzig. the other side are struggling with injuries and plano without a recognised striker. 15 minutes gone 0-0 recognised striker. 15 minutes gone 0—0 out the day between don. meanwhile, again finding out for the last day of the scottish cap. a bee plate after finished gold last day of the scottish cap. a bee plate afterfinished gold is between the two sides to be first match. still no goals between them to talk about tonight. my back injury is more severe about tonight. my back injury is more severe than the club at

first thought. the manager says he has mentioned belles lettres and he will play again this season or a big european championship at england this summer. he has a stretch stretch fracture in his back. then continues to saturday world have in las vegas after a controversial drop the first time the parent nap. gary says that this rematch is the biggest fight in the division for 50 yea rs. biggest fight in the division for 50 years. he arrived last night making a trademarked fashion statement. wearing a jacket covered with pictures of his own face. both fighters are defeated by while there can surpass ten consecutive defences had their way with a win. you depression rep. you can to keep and bear. his number because he couldn't keep me down. that must be playing on his mind everyone else is knocked down from him.

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rivera get that info bear against the british—based team with george russell has completed my lapse today to be 88 as during all four days of testing last year. that‘s all yes but for now i‘ll have more experts stay at 10:30 but for now i‘ll have more experts stay at10:30 p:m.. hundreds of passengers on board the diamond princess, who‘ve tested negative for coronavirus, have begun leaving the ship which has been quarantined in the japanese port of yokohama. but over 70 britons — including four who have the illness — are still waiting to leave. the government here says they must stay on board till an evacuation flight is arranged "later this week". once they return they‘ll be quarantined at arrowe park on the wirral for 2 weeks. 79 new infections were reported on the liner today, bringing the total number to 621, the largest cluster outside china. rupert wingfield—hayes is in the port of yokohama where the diamond princess is moored.

as the news choppers hovered overhead, the first passengers released from the diamond princess to friends began their long walk to freedom. yesterday, these people were virtual prisoners. today, the first 500 who have tested negative were literally walking onto the street and getting onto buses. every time i heard that the number of infections had gone up, this man says, i felt really scared. not going home today are sally and david abel. yesterday they announced they‘d tested positive for the virus and were going to hospital. today, the son says they are still stuck on board in their cabin. they‘ve been through so much, i just want someone to take care of them, oh, i don‘t know what the next few days are going to hold for them. even as some former passengers were getting into taxis and going home, the number of infections continues to rise.

japan today announced another 79 positive cases on the ship. the japanese government says the incident on board the diamond princess is now effectively over. the virus is contained. there is nothing to worry about. but there has been a strong suspicion here, for some days, that the containment on board the ship has not been working, that the virus has continued to spread during the quarantine period, and now we have a whistle—blower, a japanese expert who has been onboard the ship and has described conditions there as chaotic, ineffective and frightening. he‘s a professor of infectious diseases who has previously worked on the fight against ebola 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. but inside the diamond princess, you have no idea where the virus is. we are seeing people disembarking from the ship and mixing with the general population. how concerned are you by that?

very concerned. this is one reason why australia, canada and now britain are now insisting their nationals must go through another 14 days‘ quarantine when they return home. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, yokohama. let‘s speak now to professor paul hunter who is professor of health protection at the university of east anglia. what do you think of what is going on on board the brandon princess chris i must say i was very saddened when i watched the article by the professor. the arguably primary function of the quarantine was to protect the rest of the world. arguably, it has done that and i haven‘t been any cases spread from

the ship. however, if you quarantine people you have to take care of them and ensure that they live in a safe environment. listening to the professor that does not seem to have happened. the thing that really upset me is when he was talking about the medical officer who stopped wearing protective equipment and because she felt that she was probably infected by now. so what about the risk of heart spreading the virus. this isjust about the risk of heart spreading the virus. this is just absolutely unbelievably poor medical practice. what we now have, a lot of people who are negative coming off the ship. there is no reassurance that the disease hasn‘t still been spreading the last few days. it is

quite possible a number of those people, perhaps in many will be incubating the infection. an avid course of the next few days might become ill and infectious. this is undoubtedly, a dreadful error on the pa rt undoubtedly, a dreadful error on the part of the japanese minister of health, we don‘t only have to wait to see whether actually the impact on japanese places to see whether actually the impact onjapanese places is great or small. a bird on the decisions taken by different covenants now. we have a contrast before between a son who had flown people out and others who i sang stay polite way will help you inafew i sang stay polite way will help you in a few days‘ time. they would have to be quarantined when you get back here. certainly the risk that you will coming back from this

ship will be substantially greater than the risk of eventual coming back on the repatriation flights from wuhan. the large number of cases and a relatively small population. to do anything other than author additional quarantine for these people would undoubtedly put the house of the british people at risk. grateful for your thoughts. new details have emerged on the future of prince harry and his wife meghan. the couple will stand down as senior royals at the end of march when they will no longer represent the queen. their office at buckingham palace will also close. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond gave more details on the couple‘s future plans. there will be one last burst of royal engagements in early march, and then come the end of march, that public royal role for harry

and meghan will be over. now, we‘re told they will visit the uk regularly after that, but that will be in a private capacity. they won‘t be working on behalf of the queen, and that means their office here in buckingham palace will close. the duke will hold on to the titles and military ranks that he earned when he was in the forces, but his honourary commands, like the captain general of the royal marines will be suspended. they will both still be known as the duke and duchess of sussex, they will hang on to the title his or her royal highness, but they won‘t use it. as for the question of whether they are able to call themselves royal, we don‘t know. i think it‘s likely that they won‘t be able to. we will find out later in the year. a woman has successfully had a brain tumour removed, while playing her violin during surgery. take a look at this incredible footage of the operation — and a warning if you‘re a bit squeamish you might want

to turn away. dagmar turner is a professional musician and was diagnosed with a tumour in 2013. she had surgery at the end of last month at king‘s college hospital in london. mrs turner was brought round from the anaesthetic during the operation to play her instrument, helping the surgeons avoid the area of the brain used in playing the violin. well i‘m joined by professor keyoumars ashkan, who performed the surgery. how do you reflect on that now? it was a challenge presented by the patient. for her but manic diagnosed with quality of life.

what was most important was being able to play the violin and continue that even after having the two where she said if you can‘t without damaging then please do not. as we talk they going to bring and accepts as hard as well. i know we spoke earlier on in the day show get you this clips first. i only know that because i listen to some of the stuff with the video footage, i‘ve seen that. and i‘ve i‘ve played some scales and different harmonies, but nothing really so exciting. and i was thinking about what to play that‘s really difficult, because it willjust... something will jump out of your head and your fingers, and then i remember that my bow kept hitting something or someone, and i thought to get out of my way, i need to play louder, and i don‘t know

if it was you, or if i was poking you with my bow. 0nce once that you are not? there was a lack of planning and the operating in repositioned her heart as she could play the end of the bell without hitting anything. when not infecting the operating field either. we have to be staring out while she‘s playing it. it is all set up before hand. we can't risk that. glad to hear that. in terms of how a benefit view while carrying out the information, for her to be playing the violin so you could see what was going on inside her brain. what was going on back? with these operations we stimulate different parts of the brain and the brain during affirmation. but we were looking for a scene where the stimulation and points to stop her from playing big island properly. if it did we knew that that part of her

brain was criticalfor it did we knew that that part of her brain was critical for that function and we therefore would not manage it or preserve it last we are reliving it tomorrow. we mapped the brain with her awake and then to avoid those areas which are critical to loss of function. part of me concerns with her left hand and my nakedness? yes as a pilot in a file to your left hand is magic. as a file to your left hand is magic. they plan i set myself. you look at it at they plan i set myself. you look at itata they plan i set myself. you look at it at a different degree and level. they are dexterous and the very way the finger —— fingers and live with different pressures along the strings. it was critical that none of this functions were preserved during the century. but i didn't play the clip from the interview that you had and she had during an interview earlier. it is that she now is.

that‘s a rendition of summer time now, and she looks in pretty good health from where we‘re standing. this is after the operation, so still room for further recovery and getting better and better. that's interesting, i was imagining there was a little bit more time than that, so that was a remarkably speedy recovery. she went home three days after the operation. did you learn anything about how you may conduct future operations when something similar to this is confronting you? sure, absolutely. all clinicians learn from every patient, every experience, and we hope to be able to help other patients and of course, the challenge is open, and we hope we can deliverfor challenge is open, and we hope we can deliver for it better care and for better health. it's great to see you and to see her in such good health as well. thank you very much

indeed for coming in will stop. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. good evening. with numerous flood warnings still enforced across the uk, the last thing we need is more rain, but rain is falling at the moment. a warning from the met office covering parts of wales, northwest england and southwest scotland. further very heavy downpours continuing throughout the night. in fact, if anything, after midnight, we will see another surge of really wet weather moving through northern ireland, back into those higher parts of southern scotland, northern england. and rain returning to the hills and mountains of wales. of course, that will feed into those river catchments, which are already overfull. so we go into tomorrow and our rain band will start to move eastwards. some really heavy bursts of rain, actually, accompanied by thunder and lightning and hail and some really squally gusty winds. now, behind the rain band, things will dry up and brighten up with some sunshine. lots of showers in the north of the uk. wintry over high ground, even to lower levels and parts of scotland, and it does turn colder as the day wears on. as we head on into friday, we will see more rain, particularly in the north, and it will be

very windy. hello 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. minister says it‘s what the public wants. in 2016, in the referendum in the election in 2017 and was reaffirmed in 2019, in december during the election. the public voted and spoken very clearly that they want immigration to come down. but some businesses and trade unions warn the changes will make it harder to recruit staff and could lead to sector shortages. the to sector shortages. government‘s proposals will b disaster the government's proposals will be a disaster for the care sector. it's a sector that's already in crisis. there is already 120,000 vacancies, and there'sa there is already 120,000 vacancies, and there's a huge tunnel within that sector, and this will only make

it worse. the met office issues a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales , as communities brace themselves for more heavy rain amidst the aftermath of storm dennis. ahead of his extradition hearing, the wikilea ks founder julian assange claims president trump offered him a pardon, if he said that russia was not involved in the hacking of democratic party emails during the 2016 us presidential election. the allegations were made during a court appearance by mr assigns. choral singing. and, we bring you an exclusive report from vatican city‘s sistine chapel — where tapestries created by the renaissance master raphael are to go on display for the first time in 500 years. back to the flooding following storm dennis now, and many people are onlyjust beginning to understand the true impact of the damage to their homes and businesses.

in pontypridd, one business owner told wales today reporter nicola smith that he‘s worried smaller companies could be forced out of business — he alone faces losing 400,000 pounds worth of stock. all of this stock in this pile here, all the way up to there full of mud, dirt, sewage, whatever you want to call it, so it‘s all contaminated, so all of this has to go in the bin. harry singh hasn‘t slept for four nights running. his welsh clothing and souvenir shop was inundated with water at just about the worst time. you know, the six nations going on at the moment, it‘s our busiest time. we have had to close down the business. the shop has been closed for a couple of days. can‘t wholesale any stuff, we supply 150 shops. can‘t supply anybody, we have had to shut the website off, obviously, as you can see so far,

we have only had a couple of days, and we have losses of £45,000 of stock, and we have 16 days like this, which will probably take up to £300-£400,000. a huge amount of money, thankfully, harry is insured, he‘s trying to reopen again tomorrow. but across the industrial estate, amidst the dirt and the damage, there is a sense of despair. the businesses i‘ve spoken to here today at still have so much to do. there is mud everywhere, stock is ruined, and today, the leader of the council, andrew morgan, told bbc wales he‘s concerned up to 80% of premises on this estate have been affected. and that he said could lead to job losses. but gareth is doing everything possible to keep the business his parents started on an even keel. despite the damage running to thousands of pounds hereto. the biggest blow after seeing the floodwater was when he discovered that the insurance didn‘t cover floods. i've got quite an expensive store behind me, which has got damage to it, again, waiting, lots of people back and forth, they are coming back to me

with the cost of putting that right. we will have industrial cleaners coming into clean everything out, because obviously, the water into sewage and mud contaminated everything. we will have to replace our computer system as well, and other office equipment livelihood asthmatic damaged and we first met paul and vanessa at their house in taft is well on monday. it‘s been completely ruined. today, the news from the insurance assessor about when it they might move back in has devastated them all over again. he said he's seen the damage before and he said, you know, it's pretty bad, and the worst ones he had seen. couldn't actually put a timeframe on when the works will be completed or when we will be able to move back the house. he said, best case scenario, six months, worst case scenario, 18 months, and i should think, considering the thickness of the walls and how long it

will take up to dry, i would say 18 months is probably more feasible than six months. with so much uncertainty, so much still to clear up, it‘s hard to know what tomorrow will bring. nicholas smith reporting. caroline flack‘s family has released an unpublished instagram post that she‘s said to have written shortly before she died. in it the former love island presenter said her "whole world "and future" had been swept from under her feet when she was charged with assaulting her boyfriend. today an inquest into her death heard that she probably hanged herself. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. caroline flack, the day before she died. she had walked with friends, laughed, talked about the future. then she heard that her trial was going ahead. rains say everything changed. —— friends say everything changed. the love island presenter had wanted to speak out. she had written a statement a few weeks ago

but had been advised not to publish it. today in the local paper, her mother did. the presenter said that her whole world and future was swept from under her feet. she wrote... caroline flack‘s inquest was opened at a short hearing this morning lasting only a few minutes. the court heard that on saturday early afternoon a police car was flagged down a narrow road and when officers went in she was found lying on her back. efforts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful.

on tv, caroline flack was full of life, but she was finding life hard to cope with. facing a court case her boyfriend said he wasn‘t supporting. if they were simply to drop any case of assault where the complainant withdraws the support for prosecution, that would encourage those people who are minded to coerce or pressure or persuade their victims to withdraw, and unfortunately that is a very common problem. no one factor causes someone to take their own life. her mother said she was surrounded by loving friends, but this was too much for her. lucy manning, bbc news. if you‘re affected by any of the issues in that report, recorded information and support is available from bbc action line. the details are on the screen

now. more now on our top story. low—skilled workers will not get visas under post—brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. it is urging employers to move away from relying on "cheap labour" from europe and invest in retaining staff and developing automation technology. speaking to the bbc this morning, the home secretary justified the plans... we have over 8.45 million people in the uk age between 16 and 64, who are economically inactive and we want businesses to invest in them invest in skilling them up. we have plenty of people in the united kingdom that businesses should be looking to upskill and train. christina mcanea, who‘s assistant general secretary at the trade union unison, warned that the proposed immigration reforms would be very difficult for the care sector. unison believes this is a huge

mistake on the government's part, that the particular impact in the ca re that the particular impact in the care sector willjust be devastating, so there is already huge vacancies in the care sector, about 120,000 vacant huge vacancies in the care sector, about 120 , 000 vacant posts huge vacancies in the care sector, about 120,000 vacant posts in the ca re about 120,000 vacant posts in the care sector, and that's a sector that relies very heavily on eu nationals in our european nationals to come and work. and it's a low— paid to come and work. and it's a low—paid sector, to come and work. and it's a low— paid sector, but to come and work. and it's a low—paid sector, but it's not a low skilled sector. it's already in crisis, and we are concerned that this willjust make it even worse going forward. with me is gerwyn davies, who is the senior labour market adviser at the chartered institute of personnel and development, the professional body for hr and people development and we‘re also i‘m joined by brian berry, the ceo of the federation of master builders. mac or when, what do you make of this? it's a mixed response from our members. 0n the one hand, they are

happy to see a lower minimum salary threshold confirmed and particularly pleased to see that there is an even lower salary threshold for occupations, which is a welcome surprise, but that has been more than offset by this surprise removal by the one year temporary visa, which will undoubtedly exacerbate labour shortages in low—wage sectors. we will explore that in a bit more detail in a moment. brian, what is your broad take on it? well, i think it's the that the —— encouraging that the government has supplied a statement. we are concerned about the proposals for low skilled workers. we already have a skills crisis in the building industry, 54% of my members say they have problems recruiting bricklayers, 53% say they are having problems recruiting carpenters, so, actually, defining labourers as low skilled is going to be at a major problem, because the government has major targets ofi million new homes over the next five years, and other infrastructure projects, which won't

be delivered unless we've got the skilled labour in place. in which case, staying with you, if you had the chance to talk to patel, what would you invite her to adjust that would you invite her to adjust that would alleviate some of the issues you‘ve just highlighted ? would alleviate some of the issues you've just highlighted? well, would alleviate some of the issues you'vejust highlighted? well, i think the transition, we have got untiljanuary think the transition, we have got until january 20, ten think the transition, we have got untiljanuary 20, ten months to develop apprenticeships. it takes to have been three years to train someone, so have been three years to train someone, so there's going to be a problem actually bringing enough people in and under the apprenticeship schemes. so we need a longer period for that transition. we recognise that we need to develop home—grown talents, and for the home secretary to say that actually you can bring in the 8 million people that are economically inactive, i think it's simplifying what is a more complex situation. there when, where would you make changes if you could? i think there are aspects to other parts of government policy that need to be tweaked, if not reversed, so, for instance, we

have seen reversed, so, for instance, we have seen consistent reversal or decline rather in adult skills funding over the past decade, so there is an aim to ask players to raise skills investments, but if the government is enjoying and showing their example, then that needs to be looked at. there are other aspects such as the apprenticeship levy, which is very straightjacketed, it only allows organisations to invest in apprenticeships, especially if we are looking at low skilled work, apprenticeships are not the right vehicle for them. we think that should be broadened into a treated levy, so that they can access more funding for more employees. the focus clearly is on british workers being prioritised here, perhaps more than they have been before, although, clearly that is arguable to an extent, does that send the right signal to your point of view? bearin right signal to your point of view? bear in mind, the unemployment rate is ata bear in mind, the unemployment rate is at a record low, so, again, it‘s all very well to have this audible payment to raise productivity and raise skills investments, but if you haven‘t got suitably skilled staff

or even unskilled staff on your doorstep while you are trying your very best to recruit, then it leaves very best to recruit, then it leaves very little option for organisations. however, this is undoubtedly the case that some employers should and could be doing a lot more to raise skills investments and raise pay and improve employment conditions. but, again, employers need more support with that. government needs to match this ambition with more business apart to help them with the basic things like drying up employment contracts, because we know that people have very difficulty in recruiting and training their staff. soa recruiting and training their staff. so a bit more support, please. brian, the issue of self—employed people is when i know that concerns you. why specifically, and what are you. why specifically, and what are you seeing in this package that relates to that issue specifically? that is a concern to us, because 41% of eu nationals are self—employed in the uk. these are people who have come to this country, they have worked hard, set up their own business, and actually became

members of my federation. they are contributing to bring's success, so if we are denying those people is very entre nous —— object —— entrepreneurial people, i can see how kicking them out will help us. we met thank you both very much, brian, gerwin, thank you very much. parts of northern ireland, like many other communities across the uk, have become dependent of immigrant workers. that‘s resulted in a surge in non—british pupils in local schools. 0ur reporter kevin sharkey has been to a school in dungannon where a principal says he‘s alarmed at the new immigration rules. they sing. the children at dungannon primary school come from 13 nationalities. the last decade has been marked here by the arrival of more and more children from different ethnic backgrounds. a place of frequent change. they sing. almost two thirds of

the children here come from international backgrounds, reflecting the changing makeup of the local community. a source of pride and now concern. i‘m alarmed, i‘m shocked. i think it‘s going to be detrimental if not devastating to dungannon town, to local industry, and more importantly to me and to the school. as i‘ve said, we have 64% of newcomer pupils. if those pupils can‘t be replenished, in the future, we will be looking at inevitable redundancies. this is p3, a classroom of 29 pupils. and of the 29, 23 of these pupils speak two or more languages at home. and among the staff here, a classroom assistant, who came from portugal with her family 17 years ago. she‘s now worried that, in the future, immigration changes could deny people the opportunities she was given in northern ireland.

i don't know how many people will meet those requirements, you know, to obtain a visa, in terms of, you know, wages, especially in dungannon, in terms of factories, restaurants, shops. you know, it would be impossible, i would assume, you know, to meet those requirements. while there is certainty here about the upcoming school show, there is now some uncertainty about the future makeup of the school and the local population. kevin sharkey, bbc news, in dungannon. a reminder of our 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. communities brace themselves for more heavy rain, as the met office issues a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales. 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 a 102 year old man from lincoln is recovering afterfighting off an intruder who tried to barge their way into his home. john and his wife, joan are now warning others about the risks of answering foors to strangers after twice being victims of doorstep criminals. john was injured and taken to hospital but was back home this morning, where our reporter natasha turney met him. because he pushed the door in then, and he said i‘ve come to see your lights. and, of course, that‘s why i thought all he wants is... anyway, he pushed me in. i said you‘re not going to come in here, mate. and he was still pushing, but i was... of course, i don‘t know what my arms were doing, but there was

flopping about. i have a few bruises, i know that much. it happened in broad daylight at his home in lincoln. dad was bleeding badly, so i come straight over and he was over the sink. the sink was absolutely full of blood. and it was like a bloodbath out there. at 102, nothing stops john. he‘s still active and very independent. as is his wife, joan. they were both stationed together during the war, which is how they met. but only now do they feel like they being targeted. how has this made you think then, knowing that, you know, you might get someone else knocking on your door? ijust watch the door. i won't open it any more. they must keep watching on these houses, keep a watch on these houses to see if they are suitable to have a go. police are investigating the attack

and what caused such a deep cut to his arm, but despitejohn‘s terrifying ordeal, he‘s got a warning for anyone else thinking of targeting the house. i will give them a right belt and i wouldn‘t have worried where it was, on his head around his legs or wherever. or a poke. natasha turney reporting in lincoln. 500 years since the death of the italian artist renowned for his portraits and frescoes. a major exhibition in london later this year will show some of his best love work, and at the vatican, they are preparing to hang his tapestries in the sistine chapel —— 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. 0ur correspondent mark lowen gained exclusive access to the preparations. choral singing.

where 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. mark lowen, bbc news, at the vatican. next on bbc news it‘s 0utside source, but now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. with flooding still causing significant problems across parts of the uk, the last thing we need is more rain, but there is more rain falling at the moment. there‘s a met office warning enforced for rain across parts of wales, northwest england and southwest scotland. places where we really could do without it. it‘s because of this frontal system here, and instead ofjust sliding neatly through, this front has developed a wave, this kink in the front here, which is holding it back. and, actually, we are going to see a renewed surge of wet weather ploughing in from the southwest, as we go through the second

half of the night. through northern ireland, rain pushing back into southwest scotland, the hills and northwest england and the hills and mountains of wales. further east, any rain lighter more hsowery, more patchy. temperature typically 7—10d. a mild night for most. a little bit colder to the northwest. then we go through tomorrow and we will see these outbreaks of rain eventually sliding eastwards. and contained within this rain band, there‘s likely to be a short, sharp burst of torrential rain. a real drenching downpour, which will be accompanied by some really squally gusty winds, just along the line of this weather front here. ahead of it, still relatively mild, ten for london and for norwich at lunchtime, but behind the weather front, things start to turn colder, but dryer for those flood affected parts of wales and the midlands and northern england as we go through the afternoon. for northern ireland and scotland, there‘s a mix of sunshine and showers, but some of these showers will be wintry over high ground in scotland, but even to relatively low levels, and with the winds picking up

as well, there are likely to be blizzard conditions for some. this band of rain will eventually clear away from the southeast as we go through the end of the afternoon. still some thunder and lightning possible along the line of that rain band as well, as those squally gusty winds. now, as we go into thursday night, he temporarily turns dryer, but for friday, here comes another frontal system. more outbreaks of rain and some pretty brisk winds as well. you can see the rain mainly affecting northern parts of the uk on friday, northern ireland, scotland, some rain splashing into northern england, but the winds could cause 1—2 issues, particularly through the southeast of scotland and the northeast of england, particularly spots to the eastern sides of the pennines. wind gusts could cause some transport disruption. but those temperatures back up again, quite a mild afternoon between 10—12d. we head into the weekend, saturday a day of sunshine and showers, very windy in the north, some of us will see more rain on sunday.

hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is 0utside source. at last some respite for some of those on that cruise ship in japan. passengers who‘ve tested negative for coronavirus have the option to leave after two weeks of quarantine, but not all can, if they don‘t have plans to get home. widespread criticism over how the whole thing‘s been handled. full update shortly. the uk‘s outlined what it wants immigration to look like after brexit, workers judged to be low—skilled and low paid won‘t get a visa. last month the duke and duchess of sussex said they wanted to stand down as senior

royals. the details have now been worked out, and will take effect at the end of march. and justice in america is supposed to be free from political interference. but with president trump‘s pardons and interference in the roger stone case, we‘ll ask if that‘s still true. let me give you all the latest on the coronavirus. more than 74 thousand people have been infected in china. over 2000 people have died. the biggest concentration of cases outside china, is injapan on this ship, the diamond princess. it‘s been quarantined in yokohama for more than two weeks, and during that time more than 600 passengers and crew have tested positive, that‘s one in six of those who were on the ship when this saga began. well those who‘ve tested negative

have now been allowed to leave.