good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today: italy locks down towns and villages, as the authorities race to contain the country's growing coronavirus crisis. another severe flood warning — shrewsbury is braced for its highest river levels in 20 years. further disrupted whether it was central and southern scotland. northern england and northern ireland in the shape of the snow. for the rest of us, we're looking at some rain. good morning. are you seeing red because you can't read the road signs?

a campaign launches today asking drivers to report those which are damaged or obscured. and in sport: boxing fans are already calling for the newly crowned world champion tyson fury to fight anthonyjoshua. it would be the biggest since england well —— won the world cup. it's monday the 24th of february. our top story: there's growing concern that the world is facing a coronavirus pandemic, as authorities in italy try to control what is now europe's worst outbreak. in the uk, four people have tested positive for the virus after being brought back from a cruise ship injapan. it brings the total number of cases here to 13. sean dilley reports. around 50,000 people are confined into northern regions of italy as the country contains the coronavirus spread. cities close to milan and venice have been particularly impacted. the venice carnival has

been cut short by two days and other areas where crowds gather have been closed. among them, schools, museums and sporting events. these police officers in lombardi are making sure no—one gets in or out without official permission. anxiety is high in neighbouring austria, two. 0fficials stop to train on the border after two passengers who were later cleared displayed fever symptoms. austrian officials will meet later to display border controls. 30 british and two irish citizens arrived home on saturday after being evacuated from the diamond princess ship injapan. four of them tested positive for the virus bringing the total number of cases in the uk to 13. they have now been transferred to specialist nhs services in newcastle, liverpool and sheffield becomes after more than 100 people ended their isolation in milton keys. it is really good.

everything is excellent. they have just done a brilliantjob. everything is excellent. they have just done a brilliant job. cases have now been confirmed in 29 countries with many patients having no obvious link to china. authorities say they are doing all they can to stop the spread of coronavirus before it becomes a global pandemic. 0ur correspondent, bethany bell is just outside piacenza in northern italy, just a0 miles away from milan, where towns are currently on lockdown. bethany, what's the latest there? we are actually in a little place on the edge of the exclusion zone. we drove up to the checkpoint, the police sent us back, but there is a sense that they are very strictly controlling people coming in and coming out, they are not allowed to do that unless they have special permission. there is a sense here of anxiety and people have been buying up anxiety and people have been buying up food and supermarkets even in

places outside the exclusion zone. the bbc has spoken by telephone to people living inside and their fear is growing, particularly when it comes to fresh supplies of food. italy's prime minister giuseppe co nte italy's prime minister giuseppe conte has urged people not to panic people here say this is a very strange situation with children not being able to go to school, universities shut, with museums closed and with all the sporting events and things like the venice carnival being shut, so this is a very strange time for people here. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is outside arrowe park hospital where 28 people have spent their first night in quarantine and four others have been transferred to specialist units after they tested positive for the coronavirus. jayne, what more do we know about those cases? well, we know that there are two irish nationals here. the rest are brits. we know that they landed

back, have been evacuated from the diamond princess ship yesterday morning in wiltshire and at that point there was absolutely, the authorities say, absolutely no signs that anybody on that flight had any signs of illness that once they were transferred here to arrowe park hospital, once they were transferred, for people did develop symptoms. they were tested and found to have the virus and they were then transferred to in infection centres around the uk and sheffield, newcastle and liverpool. that is where they are this morning. 0bviously authorities here are keeping a very, very close eye on the 28 here inside the hospital. the last time there were nearly 100 eva cu ees last time there were nearly 100 evacuees from the flight in wuhan, there was a sense of camaraderie, they socialised together, they socialise inside the unit which of course is sealed off from the rest of hospital but this time everyone is in segregation they have definitely stepped up the effects to

keep people safe and they are saying they are taking continuous advice from the world health organization on how best to look after them and make sure that the people looking after them don't come into any risk of infection themselves. fresh flood warnings are in place today with the river shrewsbury predicted to be —— reach their highest level in 20 yea rs. a severe flood warning is in place, meaning there is a danger to life. flood defences were employed yesterday and roads are closed. they are encouraging people not to attempt to drive through any floodwater. airports in the canary islands are beginning to re—open after sandstorms swept in from the sahara

causing major travel disruption. flights from gran canaria, lanzarote, la palma and tenerife have been grounded. thousands of holidaymakers, some of them trying to get home from half—term breaks, have been left waiting for hours in airports. entertainment venues, businesses and local authorities could be required to put in place anti—terrorism measures under government plans to keep the public safe. the home office says it's going to begin a consultation about the new law. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. safiyya shaikh, convicted last friday of an extraordinary plot against the public. she wanted to take a bomb inside saint paul's cathedral at christmas, a woman so dangerous she was a top priority for mis last year. major landmarks and venues have long been the target for terrorism, including in 2017, the manchester arena bombing that killed 22. now ministers have announced a consultation into how places used by the public can be legally compelled to review their security and how they would prepare and respond to an attack

if it happened to them. the announcement is a victory for a campaign in the name of martyn hett, one of the victims manchester. his mother says martyn‘s law will save lives. we live in an age when terrorism is unfortunately present, and i never thought it would happen to us — but it did. there is no guarantee for any of us. i think it really is important we move along with the way terrorism has changed, and we need to change our approach. the most recent attack in the uk this month was a knife attack in the streets in south london — an example of how complex the threat of terrorism has become. the final shape of the law won't be clear for months, but ministers say they want it to be proportionate and sensible without being a burden on businesses.

voting in the labour leadership contest opens today with members making their choice for the new party leader for the next six weeks. the choice is between sir keir starmer, lisa nandy and rebecca long—bailey. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. helen, where are we up to in the leadership race? there are so keir starmer, a runaway favourite in the first two rounds so far. there is rebecca long—bailey, she is the candidate seen as having the politics closest to jeremy corbyn and has the support of the hundred and 60 local parties and the unite union and there is lisa nandi, the wigan mp who has the support of 70 parties. this is around that really decides who is going to be the next labour leader. members of the next labour leader. members of the labour party, philip —— affiliated members, they'll get a vote. the important thing is that

this ballot —— this vote is preferential so they will be asked to put in order of preference, not just vote for one and that is important because if none of the free get more than 50% of the votes in the bottom placed one gets knocked out. this phase runs until april to when the ballot closes and the new leader is announced on april the new leader is announced on april the fourth. you might be a bit leery eyed this morning if you stayed up too late to watch tyson fury and deontay wilder. ididn't watch tyson fury and deontay wilder. i didn't stay up, i then got up early. i went to bed and set my alarm. that is the other way of doing it, isn't it? it didn't turn the way a lot of people expected, did it? know it, it didn't! the last

time they faced each other it was a draw. some people thought it should have been wilder, and people should think it should have been yuri. but my goodness. he just demolished him. —— fury. what a difference in weight between the two as well. that was a significant factor. tyson fury‘s promoter frank warren says a potential fight against anthonyjoshua will be the biggest sporting event since england won the world cup in 1966. fury became the wbc heavyweight champion of the world after beating deontay wilder in las vegas yesterday. and, while there is the possibility of a third fight between the pair, many are now hoping his next bout will be againstjoshua, who holds the other three heavyweight belts. england's hopes of winning this year's six nations are very much alive after beating ireland 24—12 at twickenham. george ford with the first of three tries for the home side. the defeat for ireland ends their hopes of completing the grand slam.

manchester united are just three points off the premier league's top four after beating watford 3—0. the defeat leaves watford second from bottom and a point from safety. there were also wins for arsenal and wolves. and in scotland, celtic appear to be closing in on a ninth successive league title. they beat kilmarnock 3—1 to move 12 points clear of rangers who drew 2—2 with stjohnstone. plenty more sport throughout the morning to stop it will be a easy morning to stop it will be a easy morning for carol as well. did you notice there was snow behind carol this morning? what have you got for us, carol? iabsolutely this morning? what have you got for us, carol? i absolutely have snow in the forecast. potentially disruptive across northern ireland, northern england, central and southern holland. could be a nasty rush—hour commute. —— scotland. wherever you

are today, it will be windy and the wind adding to the issues with the snow because of course they will be drifting, lizards and poor visibility. if we look at the radar and snow picture, you can see where the rain is, indicated by the blue and also where we have snow. a lot of it will be accumulating with significant amounts on higher ground. nonetheless, you will see some at lower levels as well across northern england, southern scotland, central scotland and moving northwards as we go through the day so northwards as we go through the day so if you are travelling, take note. the other end of the country, you can see we have rain which you can see continuing to sink south. areas that have had issues with flooding where the ground of course is saturated. unless the rain clears off into the channel islands, behind it, we're at some showers. don't forget to add into the wind, a blustery day, feeling cold in the north and poor visibility, as i

mentioned. as we head on through the evening and overnight, the situation won't be helped too much because there are further set —— further showers and the environmental agency has one morning in shrewsbury in the river severn. bear that in mind. take the advice of the emergency services. through this evening and overnight, some of the showers are still wintry and some of the heavier showers producing the winteriness even at lower levels. it is a certainly cold enough and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces where we have seen all the wet weather. during the course of tuesday, an array of weather fronts crosses us. again, look at the isobars, particularly in the south. in fact, tuesday, tuesday overnight and into saturday, you will have a prolonged period of gusty winds. generally a windy day again on tuesday with the windy day again on tuesday with the wind fearing a little bit and a lot of showers again, some wintry,

especially in the hills with some heavier birth and we're looking at that getting down to lower levels. in between them, some sunshine around and still feeling cool, especially when you add on the strength of the wind. highs of about four and strength of the wind. highs of about fourand nine strength of the wind. highs of about four and nine degrees. wednesday, spot the big difference. still windy, more of a north—westerly component to the weather. 0nce again, looking at those showers. those showers, some of us will see them, some of us will get away with a dry and bright day with some sunshine and temperatures five — nine. behind me, anothersystem sunshine and temperatures five — nine. behind me, another system is coming our way nine. behind me, another system is coming ourway and nine. behind me, another system is coming our way and on thursday, still uncertainty about the timing and the placement of our next area of low pressure that it looks like it will bring us some more rain. so an unsettled week ahead tomorrow. do watch out for the showers. today, watch out for the showers. today, watch out for the showers. today, watch out for the snow. it could be disruptive.

just to let you know what is happening in india at the moment, air force one has just touched down. there are all sorts of events planned. there it is, a bit of a crowd there, and he will be speaking ata crowd there, and he will be speaking at a rally to around 100,000 people at a rally to around 100,000 people a little bit later on, meeting the indian prime minister, narendra modi, as well, in his home state of gujarat. a busy few days planned. 0bviously gujarat. a busy few days planned. obviously we haven't seen him come out of the aeroplane yet, but due out of the aeroplane yet, but due out any minute now, and also suggestions the first lady, melania trump, will visit the taj mahal in the coming days. when it happens, you will see it on breakfast. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. the telegraph leads on experts warning of an impending coronavirus pandemic, after what they call an explosion of cases in iran and south korea, as well as the new cases in italy and the uk. it has a picture of a reveller at the venice carnival, which has now been cut short, wearing face masks. the times says the home secretary,

priti patel, is livid over leaks from her department and claims that mis bosses do not trust her. the paper says she is demanding an inquiry. "viva lash vegas" — that's the sun's headline after the boxer tyson fury celebrated his heavyweight victory, along with thousands of british fans, in nevada. security had to stop people having selfies with him yesterday. and online, buzzfeed is reporting that the head of the civil service is taking steps to ensure that ministers' special advisers are treated with respect in the workplace. that comes amid allegations about the atmosphere being created by the prime minister's chief aide, dominic cummings. those are some of the main stories around this morning. shall we have a look inside the papers? what have we got over there, nina? so the business section this morning, unsurprisingly, dominated by the impact of coronavirus. the managing director of the imf says it has disrupted economic activity in china and could put the recovery at risk.

early forecasts have suggested that growth in china would slow to 4.6%, and that in turn would disrupt the global economy by 0.1%. to put that in context, that is about the size of the impact of the sars virus 15 01’ so years ago of the impact of the sars virus 15 or so years ago and that translated toa or so years ago and that translated to a £14 billion impact. in the financial times they are saying that 0.1% is quite an optimistic forecast, based on the assumption that the chinese economy would grow again in the second quarter of the year. but we can't guarantee that is going to happen. and inside the times business section, just want to keep an eye on later in the week, the owner of frankie and benny is expected to announce some serious closures. they currently own 352 leisure outlets but they expect at least 50% of them to be closed. they have been hit by losses of 87 million last year —— frankie & benny's. we saw that last year, those mid—range high—end eateries on

the decline. and it is all about fury on that page. front page and back page of the sun is tyson fury, but a little picture at the bottom of anthonyjoshua, because that is who everyone wants to see him fight next. a very interesting picture inside the daily mail. you can actually see the impact of the punch from tyson fury on wilder. it just shows the strength, really, and just that impact on his face. he went down twice, and then they threw in the towel on the seventh round. and i would just like to have a look at a different story. i don't know if you remember antonio ruediger, when he went to tottenham, there was allegations of racism, of monkey chance at him. —— monkey chants. it was a reverse fixture and there was

a lot of booing of him, unfortunately, and he hasjust said, and quite a few of the papers today, that he feels the booing just makes him feel very alone, and it really doesn't help players standing up against racism, and all players in foot ball against racism, and all players in football standing up against racism. that is in quite a few of the papers as well. i have a couple of great ones here. this is in the mirror. do your kids ever complain to you about perhaps they don't get as many treats as they think they deserve? it can happen, can't it? i know it happens in our house. this mum who was an aid worker got so fed up with her kids complaining that they hadn't been to disneyland and didn't have an xbox for their birthday that she took them on a trip to africa with her to go and see the conditions that, you know, as part of herjob she would see children living in. she says it was life changing, clearly, because their priorities changed, they could see how other people had to live, and she said certainly it taught them a lesson for life after going to

uganda. i think it's a great idea. it is very important, isn't it? how much would you pay for a sheepdog? it depends how good it was. does it talk as adequate it do? is his megan the sheepdog, and this is emma grey, who is a breeder, and megan is the world's most expensive sheepdog because her pharma in oklahoma, because her pharma in oklahoma, because her pharma in oklahoma, because he has a champion pedigree on both sides of the family, paid £18,900. so that is how much a sheepdog is —— farmer. £18,900. so that is how much a sheepdog is —— farmerlj £18,900. so that is how much a sheepdog is -- farmer. i would want her to bejuggling for sheepdog is -- farmer. i would want her to be juggling for that price. and we all know what a dairy milk looks like, taste like... oh no. no dairy, no milk bar. so for vegans

there is going to be a new... i don't know what to call it.|j there is going to be a new... i don't know what to call it. i had a vegan sausage roll at the weekend. it literally didn't go down well. it was a posh organic one. there is the problem. should have gone to greg ‘s. problem. should have gone to greg 's. call it artisan, you can charge an extra three quid for it. this may sees the 75th anniversary of ve day, and here on breakfast, we will be exploring the stories of people whose wartime contributions will never be forgotten. former land army girl zeita holes was part of the 80,000—strong female force who kept the uk going while the men went off to war. brea kfast‘s graham satchell has been to meet her. laughs. newsreel: lord wootton pays his tribute to the grand work of the members of the women's land army, now more than 50,000,

and they're all on their toes. zeita is 94. she was just 17 when she joined the land girls. i fancied something out in the open. newsreel: none of the women has had any previous experience of mechanical plants, but 96% of them passed the test with flying colours. i did lots of tractor driving. and did you look after the cows? oh, yes, i liked the cows. laughs. did you milk them? every morning at 4:30am. 0of, that's early. very early. zeita spent much of the war here at the luton hoo estate. to this day, she remains proud of the work she did, the friends she made, the uniform she wore. i think you look so glamorous there, zeita. you do? yes, you really do. oh, well, seen a lot worse. look at that waist. could do with that now.

the women's land army was critical to the war effort. thousands of land girls worked on farms as more and more men joined the forces. but it was vital work, wasn't it? 0h, absolutely, yes. archive: it takes more than a novice to prune an apple with a pair — a pair of pruning shears. do you think people understood at the time? not enough of them. did you feel cross about that? not really. laughs. ah, me with my favourite girls. it wasn't all hard work. there was a bit of time for being young, free, single. that one i took home for tea. you took him home for tea? laughs. yoho, his name was. joe yoho. archive: we may allow ourselves

a brief period of rejoice. the end of the war in europe, ve day, saw millions of people take to the streets. there were celebrations all over the country. 0n the 8 may 1945, zeita joined a parade in luton. she ended up at the town hall. that's where i was, yes. and what bit did you climb? it was this big bit. the tower? yeah. laughs. well, i had had two or three glasses of wine. laughs. they were all spurring me on — "go on, zeita, you can do it!" yeah, there was just something in the air, you know. the war was over. zeita made friends for life in the land army. her photo collection shows reunion after reunion.

0n the 75th anniversary of ve day, in may, she will remember her friends, no longer here. it's the sort of thing you never forget. i think we did our bit. what a star. isn't she fantastic? remembers climbing the tower in luton town hall. despite a couple of glasses of wine. that might have aided her. ahead of ve day in may, we would like to hear your stories and memories of world war ii. you can e—mail us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk, or get in touch with us on social media. let's ta ke let's take you live now to ahmedabad. president donald trump starting his tour to india, coming down the steps of air force one with his wife, and quite a crowd there to

greet him. he is not wearing his regulation read tire, is he? know, what has gone on there? he has gone for yellow —— red tie. there will be plenty of pageantry but not much in the way of policy. it is thought they will not be much in the way of concrete agreements. there is a trade deal mr trump would like to sign with india, but looks unlikely. but he will be addressing about 100,000 people a little bit later on, in prime minister narendra modi's home state of gujarat. i am sure we will be showing you some pictures over the course of the next few hours on the bbc. donald trump just landed in ahmedabad. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. fresh questions over 0lympic running champion sir mohamed farah's

relationship with his banned former coach alberto salazar have been raised in a bbc panorama investigation. documents show farah repeatedly denied he had received injections of the controversial supplement l—carnitine before the 2014 london marathon. but farah later changed his account to us anti—doping investigators, saying he had forgotten. sir mo has always denied any wrongdoing and you can see the full panorama programme, mo farah and the salazar scandal, at 8:30 on bbc one. diane abbott, the mp for hackney north and stoke newington, has said she will step down as shadow home secretary when the labour party elects its new leader. ms abbott will continue to represent her constituency, which she has done for over 30 years, but says labour's new leader will have to be able to construct their own shadow cabinet. voting begins today, with three candidates running, including holborn and st pancras mp sir keir starmer. he is up against rebecca long—bailey and lisa nandy.

a project to reveal the codes to toilets in london which are used by businesses is gaining support, as the number of people getting caught short increases. the number of free public toilets has declined over decades, so a bid to publish codes online for toilets has begun, and it is to help people like moeed majeed. going to the bathrooms is just... going to the bathrooms isjust... we are humans, it's what we do naturally. so why do we have to go out of our way to use this facility? living with my stoma, along with crohn‘s disease, you kind of developed like a directory on the back of your mind of places you can go to. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the bakerloo line is part suspended between queens park and elephant & castle, and there are severe delays on the rest of the line due to strike action. and there are minor delays on the hammersmith and city line due to a signal failure. 0n the roads, queues are building up on the a13 into town from dagenham. now the weather, with kate kinsella.

good morning. it's a rather damp start out there this morning. we got some light rain, some drizzle first thing, but that's going to turn much heavier and more persistent through the course of the day. it is going to remain rather cloudy, as well. now, the first ventilator rain will clear. it is going to get much heavier. there are 14 flood alerts, issued by the environment agency, across london, so if you are worried at all, do check the environment agency website. that band of rain will clear, prior to end the day, with the chance of maybe something a bit brighter as well. now, the temperature is not too bad, despite wind and rain, between 11 and 13 celsius. now, overnight the cloud breaking up will get some clearer spells. the temperature is also going to drop. it is going to feel much chillier than last night, the minimum in the suburbs down to one celsius, we are at risk of a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start, though, if a little chillier. some sunny spells, but then we're going to see some showers, especially through the afternoon, thick and fast as we had to choose a introducer evening. temperatures tomorrow, again, at

around nine celsius. much more on bbc london facebook and twitter and i will be back in half—an—hour on bbc one. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. it's 6:31. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. in a spectacular bout this weekend, the gypsy king became the world champion once again. we'll find out what could be next for tyson fury when amir khan joins us on the sofa. a dysfunctional family and a murder mystery combine for tv‘s newest crime drama — two of the shows stars will be here. and the heat is on! we'll catch up with louise as she begins this year's sport relief challenge in the namibian desert. all that still to come. but now a summary of this

morning's main news. there are fears that the world is now fast approaching a coronavirus pandemic. italy is in the grip of what is europe's worst outbreak. authorities there have locked down a number of cities in the north of the country as they try to control the virus. in the uk, four people have tested positive for the infection, after being brought back from a cruise ship injapan. fresh flood warnings are in place today, with the river severn in shrewsbury expected to reach its highest level for 20 years. a red severe warning has been issued, meaning there's a danger to life. flood defences were deployed yesterday and a number of roads are closed. west mercia police are urging people not to attempt to drive through any flood water. new counter—terrorism laws will be introduced to ensure public venues and spaces are safer from attack. the new laws, to be consulted on in the spring, could include increased physical

security, and exercises for staff on what to do during an attack. it follows a campaign run by figen murray whose son, was killed in the manchester arena bombing. we've seen the incredible images of the sandstorm sweeping across the canary islands, turning the sky orange. it's so big, it can be seen from space. but for thousands of british holidaymakers, it's caused chaos and confusion, leaving them stranded after flights in and out of a number of airports in the region were grounded. freya cole reports. outside the terminal at tenerife, an ominous orange sky signals a warning. inside, it is causing chaos. translation: we've been here since yesterday. we're exhausted. airlines have been forced to cancel almost all flights in and out of the ca nary islands. the interrupted flight schedule is interrupting school holiday fun. hundreds of people are stranded. some have settled in for the long haul. it is near impossible to see

more than a few metres ahead, making it far too dangerous to take to the skies. this weather phenomenon is called a calima. it's when hot and strong winds collect sand and dust from the sahara desert and send them across the atlantic ocean. it happens every couple of years, but locals say this feels like one of the worst in decades. a long and tiring wait for the skies to clear. freya cole, bbc news. let's talk now to the independent‘s travel editor simon calder. good morning to you. we see those incredible pictures. what is the threat to aviation? anything that involves a large amount of dust with lots of sand particles in it is going to be presenting a problem in terms of low visibility but also it is going to affect engines and so therefore pilots, air traffic controllers, will do everything they can to avoid these dust storms. it isa

can to avoid these dust storms. it is a relatively frequent occurrence in the canary islands because i have personally been in a flight that has diverted while waiting for the airport at tenerife to clear. but we have never seen anything on this scale. began on saturday afternoon at around 4pm on the island of grande canaria and that is still where the biggest problems are. and then yesterday afternoon in tenerife, i think the last got away due to stansted at 425 and after that the shutters came down. you now have a situation where 150 that the shutters came down. you now have a situation where150 charter flights and scheduled flights to the uk, scandinavia and germany, haven't departed and that should translate into many thousands of passengers trying to find places to stay and wondering when they are going to get out. in a situation like this which clearly isn't the airline cosmic fault, can passengers x back in terms of trying to get back and then perhaps trying to get any refunds or

compensation? as you say, this is beyond the airline's control but there is an absolutely strict duty of care. if an airline cancels a flight of care. if an airline cancels a flight or delays at overnight then it has to provide the passengers with accommodation and meals and i'm afraid ever since this started on saturday afternoon, i have heard dozens saturday afternoon, i have heard d oze ns of saturday afternoon, i have heard dozens of stories of this not happening properly. and given that sandstorms aren't particularly unusual, it is deeply shocking that the airlines should not have prepared for this. they should automatically have hotel rooms on standby and buses and so on for an event such as this but instead, it got to the stage yesterday where a father of a seven—year—old child got in touch with me because i have been liaising with him and said, please, you have been able to talk to the tour operator, can you find some way of getting us a room tonight so we don't have to spend another night at tenerife airport. quickly, what

happened? did you find them somewhere? dds but there are still people at the airport to have had a miserable night and the airlines have just miserable night and the airlines havejust said, sorry, we miserable night and the airlines have just said, sorry, we can't find you rooms and they are saving tens of thousands of pounds are not providing them. thank you. desperate situation. i know a teacher who can't get back. jane is here reflecting on the big weekend. there is an option for b a third match between the two of them but i don't think wilder will want that anymore and people are looking forward to the next fight which could —— potentially could be against anthonyjoshua. that is who fury wa nts against anthonyjoshua. that is who fury wants to fight next. they could charge anything they want. that

could be the biggest fight of our generation. and also if it is in the uk, that would be great. that it is all about money. yes, when vegas comes calling, as we have just seen. tyson fury‘s promoter frank warren says a potential fight against anthonyjoshua would be the most significant event in sport since england won the world cup. fury is looking for his next opponent after becoming wbc world heavyweight champion following his win over deontay wilder in las vegas. there is the possibility of a third fight between the pair, but warren thinks an all british bout againstjoshua, a fellow heavyweight champion, is the obvious choice. that would be the biggest sporting event to take place in the uk england winning the world cup. that big? that is how big it would be. you would not be able to get a ticket for it. well it seems anthony joshua's promoter is up for the fight. after fury‘s victory, eddie hearn tweeted: 'no need for a third' — meaning a third fight

between fury and wilder — 'let‘s go straight to it in the summer! #undisputed' away from the boxing, england's hopes of winning rugby's six nations are very much alive. that's after eddiejones' side beat ireland 24—12 at twickenham — a defeat which ended ireland's hopes of a grand slam. joe wilson reports. the parallel farrells. ireland's coach, england's captain, andy and owen, father and son, arch opponents here. third round of the six nations, england finally had a home game. so, for them, could twickenham make the difference? sometimes the ball decides. unpredictable by design. there and gone. and england have scored. johnny sexton‘sjob was to gather up the danger. george ford followed the ball. in the end, it found him. the game was fierce, the ball sometimes irrelevant.

the referee had a look at this — one shirt, no cards. england had their tactic now, sweep forward and trust in fate, in the bounce. elliot daly won this race and at half—time, england led 17—0. next for the referee, ireland's stander trying to break free using the palm of his hand. england's farrell was penalised for illegally holding on. most of the second half was played at close quarters. the result was sealed when luke cowan—dickie emerge triumphantly from the smelly. job done and a game england could not afford to lose but both barrels know they are chasing the french to be champions. we're no where near the last word yet. they are a good team this england tea m they are a good team this england team and every time we have a small

mishap, the whole world falls in. the players, obviously they get a lot of criticism. but i am really proud of what they did. meanwhile, england's women are still on course to win the grand slam after beating ireland 27—0, scoring five tries. elsewhere france thrashed wales 50—0, while scotland's game in italy was postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. we don't know when that is going to be rearranged for because a few matches in italy have been postponed because of coronavirus. much more on that throughout the morning on the programme. buying beds for pupils, making home visits to parents, and helping children shop at the supermarket. these are all things one headteacher says her staff are having to do. sarah smith, who's in charge of two blackpool primary schools, says her teachers are more like social workers. abbiejones has been meeting parents who say they can't survive without the support.

0ur schools are on the front line to tackle poverty, 100%. we see families stay in, day out. we hear their struggles. problems with housing, problems with unemployment, they perhaps can't get to school because they can't afford to. they will perhaps not eat as well as they should, and then we pick up the pieces here. is there anyone else that we need to collect? sarah smith is in charge of two black all primary schools. —— blackpool. both are in the top 1% of the most deprived neighbourhoods in england. the day starts with a free breakfast for every child but also with help for every child but also with help for parents, free milk, clothes and toys. there are a few people struggling at the moment so it is a

great help. we all have bad days so we can come in and pick up anything. low incomes, problems with help —— health, disability and where they live a major issues for pupils here and their families. it live a major issues for pupils here and theirfamilies. it means live a major issues for pupils here and their families. it means staff find themselves providing as much support outside school as in the classroom. i am just support outside school as in the classroom. i amjust doing support outside school as in the classroom. i am just doing an application at the moment to support application at the moment to support afamily application at the moment to support a family living application at the moment to support afamily living in application at the moment to support a family living in an overcrowded house because their children are sleeping on a mattress on the bedroom floor so if we can get them support so that we can make sure they all have a bed each, they have bedding. it isjust an they all have a bed each, they have bedding. it is just an essential we ta ke bedding. it is just an essential we take for granted, isn't it? if i wasn't working in this job i probably wouldn't realise the extent of the problem that they have. in particular here in blackpool.

lindsay and sarah are making a home visit to parents. it is one of several a day and they say it is essential. morning, is it all right if we come in? but it takes senior staff away from school. just wondering how you are today. lim i've had problems with universal credit. it has suspended the housing benefit. stacy and eddie have three girls. so that is now a struggle? that wasn't a struggle before and we we re that wasn't a struggle before and we were already finding things hard. 0k. it is money the pair don't have. they both work part—time around their kids but struggle to pay the bills. don't get upset, i don't want you to get upset. what is it that the school can do to provide? anything, anything helps. school

helped with gas and electric, food, they have kept us warm as a family which has been great. and how do you feel about school doing that? we both work and therefore we should be able to provide for ourfamily. therefore we should be able to provide for our family. we shouldn't have to source food parcels and gas and electric, its a bit grading, to be honest. what we worry about his stretching ourselves too thinly. i didn't expect that when i became a teacher that that would happen but if we didn't do it, the question is who will? over christmas for the first time, chrysler king and st cuthbert 's opened bed doors to families. 0ffering cuthbert 's opened bed doors to families. offering a hot meal, somewhere want to play and 1000 people came including mothers angela and brooke. if i didn't people came including mothers angela and brooke. ifi didn't have this school, i don't know where i would be or what i would be doing. they have helped me through more than just the christmas period. it sounds silly but like a counsellor for me. i don't think there is anywhere

really to turn to. apart from school, where do you turn to if you are struggling? isn't anybody. from share —— showing nine —year—olds how to make shopping lists and how to cook for their siblings to helping families change gas and electricity providers. teaching here goes far beyond the classroom. sarah says that schools have no choice in the face of such desperate need but is it theirjob? it should not be left as to schools, 100% it should not stop we need a clear message to government that schools need more funding. there needs to be a radical change and that the support that is around families is there from other services as well. we can be a key player in that circle of support that we shouldn't be the main one and at the moment, we sadly are.

brilliant package that was. and obviously if it is happening there, it will be happening other places as well. teachers are so busy, aren't they? as well as doing the normal job. do you have teachers in your family? won't make my parents were both teachers. my mum was a teacher, very, very busy. a government spokesperson told us that blackpool is one of 12 areas to share £90 million over four years to improve education outcomes for young people. you can see more on this story on inside out north west on bbc one at 7:30pm tonight, and elsewhere on the bbc iplayer. now, here's a question for drivers, or anyone doing the navigating. are you frustrated by road signs that are missing information or hidden by overgrown trees? it is awful, isn't it? kids in the back, kicking off, feeling a bit

peckish, everyone feeling a bit hangry, that happened to us in france and it is turned on the memory, the trauma of it. —— burned on the memory. this campaign from the watchdog transport focus is asking people to report them. let's have a look at some. this on the m62, out towards halifax. eureka. ironic, because you won't be able to see it. a500 — foliage stopping people getting to portmerion, which is a shame. foliage issues there. you see a lot of that. and this one, we're not even sure where it is. something—ton. and they have an m&s. if anyone knows exactly where that is...

brighton, sappington? they want to put pressure on highways england to make sure the roads are safer and better. they have maintenance teams at all the time, network inspectors looking at this, but they have welcomed this campaign. they say any extra help they can have two keep an eye on these roadsigns is no bad thing. and how do we report it, if there is a sign i can't see? go to transport focus .org .uk /sortmysign. 0r transport focus .org .uk /sortmysign. or send them into us this morning and we might have a look at them a little bit later on. do you remember i saw the sign? ace of base? we will bring musical accompany meant into the studio. you

might not be able to see the signs, a bit of snow out there as well. some significant snow. good morning, everybody. some significant snow in northern ireland overnight. today in north—east scotland we could have as much as ten to 20 centimetres on the hills. for the rest of scotland, into northern england, we could have between ten and 15 centimetres. even at lower levels we are seeing some snow, and that will accumulate for a time before the rain comes in and washes it away. though the areas affected by this this morning, scotland, northern ireland, and also northern england. so there is the risk of disruption, as well as the snow. we have got windy conditions so the snow is going to be drifting and blowing on the hills. there will be lizards, but also some poor visibility to contend with, as well as everything else. if you don't have the snow, you are going to see some rain today, rain falling on already saturated ground could exacerbate the flooding situation. the environment agency still have one severe flood warning, danger to

life warning, out across parts of the river severn at shrewsbury. so we will take a look at what has been happening overnight. you can see where we have this snow falling, and also where we have put the rain falling. so if we focus first of all on the snow, some heavy snow to come this morning across northern england, clearing the north—east of england, clearing the north—east of england last, moving across southern and central scotland, clearing the central islands about noon. and where it clears england, you will haveit where it clears england, you will have it for much of the day, even some of that getting to lower levels. then we pick up the rain moving across wales and the rest of england, pushing down towards the south—east. behind it it will brighten up, but they will still be afairfew brighten up, but they will still be a fairfew showers brighten up, but they will still be a fair few showers around, and it still is going to be a blustery day. hold on the north, temperatures three to about four or five, a little bit milder as we push further south. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we say goodbye to this weather front, taking the rain away, and we're

still looking at a rash of showers. some of those will still be wintry, even at lower levels. it is still going to be blustery, and it is going to be blustery, and it is going to be a cold night, with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and also some tomorrow, another windy day stop and you can see the fronts moving across us, driving the showers from the west to the east, they will be blowing also in the wind, and a feature is it is going to be windy for quite a prolonged amount of time across the english channel and all the areas adjacent to it. not just channel and all the areas adjacent to it. notjust on tuesday, but overnight tuesday into wednesday. tuesday you can see all the showers coming in, still wintry on the hills, seeing some sleet at times, even some snow to lower levels. in between, there will be a lot of dry weather, but again it is going to feel cold. spot the difference on wednesday, as the wind veers to more ofa wednesday, as the wind veers to more of a north—westerly. add on the windchill and it will feel that bit colder, but still we are looking at showers, with some sunshine in between, and still that wintry element. how about for the rest of the week? well, the forecast does

remain unsettled. they will be further rain at times. further flooding is quite possible, and it still is going to remain rather windy. but this morning, watch out for that snow, it could well be disruptive. thank you very much for that, carol. it is a huge honour for any child to be picked to be their football club's mascot, but imagine doing it after supporting your team for over 50 years. that's what happened for 11 lifelong manchester united fans. yesterday they met the teams at old trafford ahead of united's clash with watford. it's all part of a campaign to tackle loneliness. we're joined now by two of the mascots, carol and pauline, as well as laurie boult. good morning to all of you. when you say mascots, you expect sort of kids of five, six or seven. it is very nice to see you this morning. so tell us a little bit of what that experience was like a carol.

absolutely fabulous. you can't explain what it was like. 0nce—in—a—lifetime, looking at all of those fans, thinking where am i now. they treated us like royalty, absolutely marvellous. we met some old players. can't even describe it, absolutely fabulous. and the aim of the game, of course, is awareness, and also perhaps a little bit to boost everybody‘s spirit and mood. that clearly worked, didn't it? how did you feel when you were there? we we re did you feel when you were there? we were treated the holiday like royalty. you know, picked up, take into the hospitality suite, showed around, treated with dignity and respect. and carol and i were both interviewed also on the pitch side by mutv before the game. and i think the whole day was really special. it really was. we were allowed to take

one guest with us, as well, which was nice. so there were actually 22 people there. well and truly looked after. yes, it really was. and obviously this is all about raising awareness of loneliness as well. can you tell us a little bit about how loneliness has affected the pair of you. carol, you go first. well, mine isa you. carol, you go first. well, mine is a little bit different to some of the others, because they have a husband, have children, i have grandchildren, i have a massive extended family, but my little story behind it was that i was told my husband had dementia. so from being told that, my deepest darkest moments, even though i had my family around me, i just felt moments, even though i had my family around me, ijust felt so moments, even though i had my family around me, i just felt so alone, watching tv, and use it thinking, don't you? and then i got a diagnosis. i didn't, don't you? and then i got a diagnosis. ididn't, i don't you? and then i got a diagnosis. i didn't, i had mci, which is mild cognitive impairment, which is mild cognitive impairment, which is mild cognitive impairment, which is short—term memory loss. so ijoined a group through age uk, we

are all the same, and it is fabulous. some of them live on their own, so it has brought us together, and we do exercise. we play table games and we have quizzes, and it is absolutely marvellous. i look forward to it now every wednesday forward to it now every wednesday for that two hours. so laurie, tell us for that two hours. so laurie, tell us about this campaign, and how it came together. so as you know, before christmas, age uk was doing a lot of work to raise awareness of this huge issue around loneliness. 0ver this huge issue around loneliness. over 11 this huge issue around loneliness. 0ver11 million people in the uk are feeling lonely most days and we launched this fabulous campaign, donate your words, and as part of that we were encouraging the public and organisations to get involved and organisations to get involved and share their words and talk to older people, and as a result of that, this fabulous opportunity with manchester united came up, with older people who had experienced loneliness in the area and were clearly fabulous fans of man united, to go along. and the club has been

doing a lot with their players and older people to have conversations and raise huge awareness of the issues, in this really creative way. cani issues, in this really creative way. can i ask you, to come back to you, pauline, if somebody at home is feeling what you and carol have felt in the past, that sort of loneliness that creeps up on you sometimes and sort of takes you away from others in society, what would be your advice to them this morning?m in society, what would be your advice to them this morning? it is several things. it is partly you have to find the thing with the new to move forward. and i got involved through age uk manchester with an affiliated group called 0ut through age uk manchester with an affiliated group called out in the city, which is for lgbt people. and through age uk, i then became a community reporter for a programme they are running called talking about my generation, where all the reporters are over 50, and we are trying to promote a message that

older people across greater manchester, so manchester and all the boroughs, can do and lead interesting lives, and do things that are extraordinary. you know, we found a guy who had started doing hand boxing at 90, and before that he was on sticks, and now he is walking. so a whole range of different older people in different communities. that was one message. and subsequent to that, because of those kinds of involvements, i have ended up also becoming a trustee of the lgbt ended up also becoming a trustee of the lg bt foundation. ended up also becoming a trustee of the lgbt foundation. so i am in their pride in ageing programme. i have been very fortunate because a whole series of doors open for me over the last 18 months. and prior to that, you know, i don't have similar issues to carole, but the

way we are similar is that we both experienced loneliness. and this gives me an anchor in my life that a lot of older people don't have. you know, there is more to life when you are over 50, which is the definition of being old. you know, there's 950,000 older people in the greater manchester area. it's about trying to do... become involved in things, and there so many different local support groups and organisations that people can become involved with. and we have said this before as well, anybody who wants that information, age uk is a great place to go, and you can look at the bbc action line as well. thank you so much for coming in, lovely to see you. iam much for coming in, lovely to see you. i am glad you had a lovely weekend as well. it was fabulous. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad.

fresh questions over sir mohamed farah's relationship with his banned former coach alberto salazar have been raised in a bbc panorama investigation. documents show londoner and olympic champion farah repeatedly denied he'd received injections of the controversial supplement l—carnitine before the 2014 london marathon. but farah later changed his account to us anti—doping investigators, saying he had forgotten. sir mo has always denied any wrongdoing, and you can see the full panorama programme at 8:30pm on bbc one. diane abbott, the mp for hackney north and stoke newington, has said she will step down as shadow home secretary when the labour party elects its new leader. ms abbott will continue to represent her constituency, which she has done for over 30 years, but says labour's new leader will have to be able to construct their own shadow cabinet. voting begins today, with three candidates running, including holborn and st pancras mp sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey and lisa nandy.

a project to reveal the codes to toilets in london which are used by businesses is gaining support as the number of people getting caught short increases. the number of free public toilets has declined over decades, so a bid to publish codes online for toilets has begun, and it is to help people like moeed majeed. going to a bathrooms isjust... we're humans, it's what we do naturally, so why do we have to go out of our way to use this facility? living with my stoma, along with crohn's disease, you kind of develop, like, a directory in the back of your mind of places you can go to. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the bakerloo line is part suspended between queen's park and elephant & castle, and there are severe delays on the rest of the line, due to strike action. 0n the roads, traffic is building on the noth circular westbound approaching henlys corner. now the weather, with kate kinsella.

good morning. it's a rather damp start out there this morning. we've got some light rain, some drizzle first thing, but that's going to turn much heavier and more persistent through the course of the day. it is going to remain rather cloudy, as well. now, the first band of lighter rain will clear. it is going to get much heavier. there are 14 flood alerts there issued by the environment agency across london, so if you're worried at all, do check the environment agency website. that band of rain will clear, drier to end the day, with the chance of maybe something a bit brighter as well. now, the temperature's not too bad, despite the wind and rain, between 11 and 13 celsius. now, overnight the cloud breaking up, we'll get some clearer spells. the temperature's also going to drop. it is going to feel much chillier than last night, the minimum in the suburbs down to one celsius. we're at risk of a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start, though, if a little chillier. some sunny spells, but then we're

going to see some showers, especially through the afternoon, thickening fast as we head to tuesday and tuesday evening. temperatures tomorrow, again, at around nine celsius. va nessa vanessa phelps is about to start her brea kfast vanessa phelps is about to start her breakfast show on bbc radio london, which you can tune into on the brea kfast which you can tune into on the breakfast app. —— vanessa phelps. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today: italy locks down towns and villages, as the authorities race to contain the country's growing coronavirus crisis. 28 british and irish patients have spent their first night here in quarantine — four people have been moved to special treatment centres after testing positive for the virus. making public venues safer — new anti—terror laws planned in the wake of the manchester arena attack. there is no guarantee for any of us.

i think it really is important we move along with the way terrorism has changed and we need to change our approach. good morning. mind the housing gap. the uk needs more than a million extra homes if everyone is to have a decent place to live. what needs to happen now? i'll be finding out. and in sport: boxing fans call for newly crowned world champion tyson fury to fight anthonyjoshua. fury‘s camp say it would be the biggest sporting event since england won the world cup. good morning was a potentially disruptive snow entered a's forecast across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. for the rest of you, you have rain. i will of all the details at around 7:12. it's monday the 24th of february. our top story: there's growing concern that the world is facing there's growing concern a coronavirus pandemic, as authorities in italy try to control what is now europe's worst outbreak. in the uk, four people have tested positive for the virus,

after being brought back from a cruise ship injapan. it brings the total number of cases here to 13. sean dilley reports. around 50,000 people are confined to several towns in two northern regions of italy as the country attempts to slow europe's quickest coronavirus spread. cities close to milan and venice have been particularly impacted. the venice carnival has been cut short by two days and other areas where crowds gather have been closed. among them, schools, museums and sporting events. these police officers in lombardi are making sure no—one gets in or out without official permission. anxiety is high in neighbouring austria, too. 0fficials stopped a train from venice on the border after two passengers who were later cleared displayed fever symptoms. austrian officials will meet later to consider preventative border controls. 30 british and two irish citizens arrived home on saturday after being evacuated from the diamond princess

ship injapan. four of them tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of cases in the uk to 13. they've now been transferred to specialist nhs centres in newcastle, liverpool and sheffield. it comes after more than 100 people ended their isolation in milton keynes. it's really good. the staff and everything... everything is excellent. nhs have just done a brilliantjob. cases have now been confirmed in 29 countries with many patients having no obvious link to china. authorities say they're doing all they can to stop the spread of coronavirus before it becomes a global pandemic. sean dilley, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, bethany bell is just on the edge of the exclusion zone in the lombardy region, 40 miles from milan, bethany, what's the latest there?

we arejust outside we are just outside the quarantine zone. we are —— where around 50,000 people are not being allowed to move freely in and out unless they get special protection. they face fines and a little bit earlier we did drive up to the check point where the police are checking people, stopping people, and they told us we couldn't stay there. we have come here to a little town which is a little bit close by but even here, you feel the impact of this. there are three coffee bars in the centre of this town and all of them are shut, all of them with signs saying they are closed because of the convert —— they are closed because of the convert “ coronavirus. they are closed because of the convert —— coronavirus. you see people wandering around with facemasks and many other supermarkets are running out of fresh food. people are stockpiling. the government has people not to panic not of course people here are

feeling very anxious and the bbc spoke by phone to somebody in the exclusion zone and he said there, people are worried there will not be enough food. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is outside arrowe park hospital where 28 people have spent their first night in quarantine and four others have been transferred to specialist units after they tested positive for the coronavirus — jayne, what more do we know about those cases? what we do know is that when these people were put on an aeroplane over injapan people were put on an aeroplane over in japan after people were put on an aeroplane over injapan after having two weeks, coming out of two weeks' quarantine after coming off the diamond princess cruise ship, nobody was showing any symptoms of the virus at all. they were transferred over to another military base in wheelchair and after that, arrowe park hospital. it was once they were inside the former staff accommodation that has been transformed into this quarantine

unit, it was only once they were inside that they were tested positive for the virus and as you say they were immediately transferred out of arrowe park hospital into specialist infection centres elsewhere in the uk. what is interesting is that this is a second time people have been here at the quarantine unit, arrowe park hospital. first time round they were allowed to mingle and socialise inside and there was a sense of camaraderie and people spoke about cooking meals together. not so this time. this time, they were in strict segregation from each other and not surprising, they come from a cruise ship where the quarantine had failed absolutely and indeed one in five people, ultimately, just over one in five, caught the virus. so they will be keeping a close eye on how people are doing here at arrowe park hospital now. fresh flood warnings are in place today, with the river severn in shrewsbury expected to reach its highest level for 20 years. a red severe warning has been issued, meaning there's a danger to life. flood defences were deployed yesterday and a number of roads are closed. west mercia police are urging people

not to attempt to drive through any flood water. airports in the canary islands are beginning to re—open after sandstorms swept in from the sahara causing major travel disruption. flights from gran canaria, la nza rote and tenerife have been grounded. thousands of holidaymakers, some of them trying to get home from half—term breaks, have been left waiting for hours in airports. new counter—terrorism laws will be introduced to ensure public venues and spaces are safer from attack. the new laws, to be consulted on in the spring, could include increased physical security, and exercises for staff on what to do during an attack. it follows a campaign run by figen murray whose son, was killed in the manchester arena bombing. in a few minutes we'll get more details from the security minister, james brokenshire — that's around 7:15.

the home secretary priti patel has criticised false allegations in the media — after reports of bullying, and claims that she wasn't trusted by intelligence officials. —— "false allegations". ministers have defended ms patel in recent days — amid accusations that she has mistreated staff. her department has denied suggestions that the home secretary wasn't given the same security and intelligence briefings as her predecessors. donald trump has arrived in india on his first official visit to the country. he landed in ahmedabad for what will be a two—day trip. tens of thousands of people have lined the streets and gathered in a nearby stadium to greet the president. this morning's events are taking place in indian prime minister narendra modi's home state. the president may finalise a long—awaited trade deal during the visit.

air force one has just touched down in india as president trump starts his first official visit to the country. this is the scene in ahmedabad where tens of thousands of people are expected to greet him. the labour party's leadership race enters its final phase as ballots open for the next six weeks. party members will decide between sir keir starmer, lisa nandy and rebecca long—bailey. all three have promised to offer their rivals shadow cabinet positions if they win, when the results are announced in april. it is 7:12. ul watching bbc brea kfast. it is 7:12. ul watching bbc breakfast. —— you are watching. carol has been earning her kid, wernick —— working harder than anybody. if you are heading out now, there is snow in the forecast across scotland, northern ireland and northern england... just on higher ground, we will see some at lower levels as well. coupling with the strength of the wind, the snow will be blowing and drifting and on the

hills lizards but prue —— improve billet —— visibility. for some, it will last all day. if you are not in an area with snow, you are in an area with rain but wherever you are, it is going to be windy. this is what has already happened. where we have the blue indicating rain and you can see where we have the snow and likely to have some disruption but of course, the rain is already falling on saturated ground. the snow continuing across northern ireland and northern england for a time put up clearing the south of england last. moving across and clearing the central lowlands around lunchtime and continuing across much of scotla nd lunchtime and continuing across much of scotland throughout the day. picking up the rain, the rain comes in across wales, the midlands, the south—west, the south—east, heading down towards the south coast. following on already saturate —— saturated ground. the risk of flooding, of course. and then behind that, brighter conditions but still an array of showers and some of them will be heavy, still with

winteriness at times at lower levels especially in the north where it will feel cold. at this stage of the day, we are still in the milder air further south. through the evening and overnight, say goodbye to the weather front bearing the rain. and then another windy night with the packet of showers blowing with the strength of that wind and again, some of them will be wintry in nature. temperature rise, hovering about freezing and above so looking at frost tonight and the risk of ice on untreated services —— surfaces and then tomorrow, day of blustery and then tomorrow, day of blustery and wintry again and some of those even at times at lower levels you could see sleet. temperature wise, wherever you are, it will feel cold. many more details in half—an—hour. as we've been hearing, parts of italy are on lockdown this morning as officials try to control what is currently the worst outbreak in europe. let's take a look at the situation so far. china remains the main centre of the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 2,500 deaths.

there is growing concern the world is now facing a pandemic. outside of china, 28 countries have recorded cases. most worrying are those in south korea and iran. in italy, the authorities there have described the situation as urgent. around a dozen towns in the north of the country are now in lockdown after the number of people infected jumped to above 150, with three people dying in 48 hours. neighbouring austria is considering imposing border controls. in a moment we will talk to sabina castelfranco, a journalist in venice. but first, let's speak to lisa jucca, who is in milan this morning. lisa, if we could come to you, just tell me what the situation is where you are. so clearly there is a feeling of great concern in milan,

but no panic yet. 0ver feeling of great concern in milan, but no panic yet. over the weekend people have really stocked up on food and some supermarkets have reported shortages, but in other parts of town, life looks relatively normal, with families playing in the park and, you know, people running or cycling. what is quite concerning, however, is that there is... there appears to be a shortage of facemasks, certainly in the city of facemasks, certainly in the city of milan, just very few people at the moment where facemasks. and todayis the moment where facemasks. and today is the first day where we start, you know, feeling the measures imposed by the government. that means schools being shut, public gatherings being banned, and this includes cinemas being shut, la sca la this includes cinemas being shut, la scala also being shut and pretty much every public activity being reduced to the absolute minimum. so

you have children, and i am assuming that they are now not at school at the moment. how are you able to explain to them what is going on? because it must seem quite frightening. i suppose what i am trying to tell them is to, you know, stay calm and not to panic at the moment. i mean, of course we have seen a sudden surge of infections over the weekend, but as i said, the government has immediately taken quite severe measures, and people are being encouraged, for instance, to work from home, apart from obviously the children staying home from school, just to avoid widespread panic. how worried are people that you are speaking to? say, like, your friends people that you are speaking to? say, like, yourfriends and people that you are speaking to? say, like, your friends and family. people are quite concerned, quite worried. i mean, some people... this is traditionally the carnival week, i would say, where normally most schools would be closed for at least a few days, so people who can afford

that all have the possibility of being outside milan, may be in a holiday home in the mountains, i mean, they are considering the possibility of doing that, or of taking the children there, maybe with their grandparents. so this is kind of the level of concern that we are experiencing. lisa, thank you. sabina castlefranco is a journalist in venice, where italian officials have cut short the city's carnival by two days. this must create an atmosphere of real tension here. yes, this must create an atmosphere of realtension here. yes, people are very concerned and disappointed. many tourist areas full, the city absolutely packed with people having come here to celebrate. and of course this is a setback and people are upset, many people leaving the city, concerned that maybe they will

be quarantined, and so they need to get out of here as quickly as possible. at the hotel where i am staying, the hotel owners are obviously concerned. they understand this is going to be a problem for tourism and for the economy. i haven't seen long queues in stores here and in shots, to pick up food yet, but certainly a lot of people i have been hearing our, you know, leaving the city. already venice faced terrible high waters in november, and suffered because of this. and this is a second problem this. and this is a second problem this city is facing. it seems venetians are very upset with the situation, because they say we are just not getting a break, and it is very difficult for them, and for the local economy here. and what practical restrictions are in place for you at the moment? well, at the moment no real practical restrictions. all i have encountered

so far is that, you know, when i arrived at the airport i was checked to see if i had any symptoms. i was handed this leaflet, which tells you how to behave, basically wearing a surgical mask, and cleaning your hands and washing your hands regularly using clean exes, which are disposable —— kleenexes. but of course, you can't find any surgical masks, it is absolutely impossible to find them. i have seen so many people wearing them here in venice, so they were wearing period costumes and their masks for carnival, in addition to the protective masks. also the disinfect and is impossible to find —— disinfectant. the railway station is still functioning normally, except regional trains have been stopped. but the regular fast trains between cities are

operating, and apparently the ra i lwa ys operating, and apparently the railways have said that they will be handing out disinfectant on the trains, and also they are equipping the staff, the train staff, with protective masks. sabina, thank you very much indeed. new anti—terror measures are being put in place under government plans to keep the public safe from attacks. so what will this mean in practice? we are joined now by the security minister, james brokenshire, who is in our westminster studio. good morning to you. thank you very much for coming on and talking to us through these this morning. can i ask you, first of all, in terms of how these proposals will work, how do you come up with something that cove rs do you come up with something that covers everything from a major venue toa covers everything from a major venue to a local pub? i think that is a very fair question, and what we are

doing is committing to introducing in essence a statutory duty on venue operators and owners to have regards to the threat of terrorism, and therefore to prepare appropriately, accordingly, to take reasonable steps. but clearly that is going to va ry steps. but clearly that is going to vary enormously from a huge stadium toa vary enormously from a huge stadium to a much smaller organisation, and therefore the scalability of that, and what that means is in so many ways training for some of those smaller organisations, being vigilant about suspicious behaviour or activity. so it is not necessarily for everyone, that somehow you are going to put sort of metal archers everywhere. that may be appropriate in some circumstances, but it is that sense of proportionality and that sense of the individual nature of venue —— metal arches. that we are now moving forward with a consultation to tease that out further, to see how we can level up on applying the guidance, the assistance that is there from counterterrorism policing and others, to ensure that there is

overall an uplift in the overall response that venues provide, and very firmly reflecting on the views that we have had from campaigners, as well, on the need to ensure that that sense of public safety and focus is firmly applied. and we will be speaking to feagin murray a little bit later on in the programme, as well. that in terms of trying to make sure that you do bring these things into legislation and make sure that every venue has to do this, what about those small businesses who are getting in contact with us and saying we can't afford that training, we can't afford that training, we can't afford those measures, and it is unfairto make us afford those measures, and it is unfair to make us pay for those? —— figen murray. i think it is understanding, and i hear that message, and doing the consultation and secondly underlining that a lot of those steps don't require big amounts of expenditure. it is about understanding how you work with your staff, understanding where the right

exit points will be. so a lot of this will, i am sure, be embodied in some of the steps that have already been taken, whether they are on fire preparedness, on steps that you may deal with on health and safety, but equally having an understanding of a more sort of nascent threat from terrorism, and therefore seeing that the guidance that is being given is being applied consistently in that way. and so much of that should not result in huge amounts of expenditure. but it is precisely why we wa nt expenditure. but it is precisely why we want to talk to businesses, we wa nt to we want to talk to businesses, we want to talk to those venue operators, to make sure that we are getting this right and in that proportionate and focused way. talking about preparedness of a slightly different nature, can i ask you about coronavirus this morning as well. the italian government a meeting to talk about border patrols with easily, and the stopping of a train which had two people with high temperature on from italy into austria. is that something that you

are considering for the uk as well, if there were to be either a ferry or some sort of flight coming to this country that potentially had somebody on board who was carrying coronavirus? well, i think worth stressing at the outset the high level of preparedness that we have within our nhs, the assurances that we have given to them on capital expenditure, on isolation. indeed, stepping up our response and preparedness around our airports and ports. we remain vigilant, and i think that is the sense that i would give this morning, working with partners through the world health 0rganization partners through the world health organization and others as well. would you turn a flight back? so it isi would you turn a flight back? so it is i think that vigilance and consistency with other nations that we are seeking to adopt, how the level of threat to the uk is still assessed by the chief medical 0fficer assessed by the chief medical officer and is moderate, but nonetheless being very aware and alive to developing situations, whether that be in the far east or

whether that be in the far east or whether that be in the far east or whether that be in europe, and being prepared to respond to that as appropriate. so would you turn a flight appropriate. so would you turn a flight back? i think it is understanding that sense of what you are able to detect, and what you are able to do in a number of different ways. i think that we just need to be calm and measured on the approach that we are taking in relation to this, but equally working with our international partners on what is appropriate in this way. and so yes, monitoring, assessing, but at this stage, i think very firmly, continuing to adopt that sense of isolation. the advice that we give to people, whether that be in region, and following the local advice there, or indeed that sense of self isolation if there are symptoms and people coming back and obviously contacting the nhs nonemergency line. that advice firmly remains, but we keep this under constant review and obviously monitoring the situation elsewhere.

0k, monitoring the situation elsewhere. ok, i monitoring the situation elsewhere. 0k, iwant monitoring the situation elsewhere. ok, i want to ask you as well about the home secretary, priti patel. i am sure you have seen the allegations that intelligent chiefs don't trust her and have not been sharing with her. what you make of those claims? i think there's a lot of nonsense and false stories that have been circulating, and the fact that the security service, as i well know, continues to operate in the same way as they have done with other home secretary 's, on daily briefings, that is actually what is required, on focusing on the public good. and i think as civil servants and as ministers, nothing is going to distract us from that. that is what the public want us to do. that is what the home secretary is very focused on delivering, on that sense of public safety, our reforms in immigration and police, and that is what she is determined to follow through on. but it is quite a serious allegation. the other allegation around her is that she has created this climate of fear, and that could effectively through

of legislation she is trying to do. the question i am trying to get you to address this morning is, is she a bully, and is that a problem?” simply do not recognise the commentary and the false accusations and assertions that in so many ways have been swirling around. it is not going to distract us from the task at hand, on protecting the public and on delivering on the government's agenda. priti patel is a strong home secretary, as you need to be in this situation, where the home office is a very challenging place, but equally with a strong tea m place, but equally with a strong team of civil servants, as well, supporting all of us on delivering on that agenda, and fundamentally protecting the public. thank you for your time this morning. good to talk to you. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. fresh questions over sir mohamed farah's relationship with his banned former coach alberto salazar have been raised

in a bbc panorama investigation. documents show londoner and olympic champion farah repeatedly denied he had received injections of the controversial supplement l—carnitine before the 2014 london marathon. but farah later changed his account to us anti—doping investigators, saying he had forgotten. sir mo has always denied any wrongdoing, and you can see the full panorama programme at 8:30pm on bbc one. diane abbott, the mp for hackney north and stoke newington, has said she will step down as shadow home secretary when the labour party elects its new leader. ms abbott will continue to represent her constituency, which she has done for over 30 years, but says labour's new leader will have to be able to construct their own shadow cabinet. voting begins today with three candidates running, including holborn and st pancras mp sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey and lisa nandy. a project to reveal the codes to toilets in london which are used by businesses is gaining support, as the number of people getting

caught short increases. the number of free public toilets has declined over decades, so a bid to publish codes online for toilets has begun, and it is to help people like moeed majeed. going to a bathroom isjust... we're humans, it's what we do naturally, so why do we have to go out of our way to use this facility? living with my stoma, along with crohn's disease, you kind of develop, like, a directory in the back of your mind of places you can go to. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the bakerloo line is part suspended between queen's park and elephant & castle, and there are severe delays on the rest of the line, due to strike action. 0n the roads, traffic is building on the noth circular westbound approaching henlys corner. and in hayes, the parkway is down to one lane northbound at the ossie garvin roundabout due to carriageway repairs. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning.

it's a rather damp start out there this morning. we've got some light rain, some drizzle first thing, sunlight when it will first, but very quickly that will turn much heavier and more persistent. it's going to be a windy day and remain largely cloudy. now, the later wrangle clear away this much heavier, more persistent, could lead to some localised flooding. of course, it is falling on already saturated ground. if you are worried at all, do check the environment agency website for their flood alerts. now, it will become drier this afternoon. some brighter spells, maybe even a little bit of sunshine. temperatures in the mild side, between 12 and 13 celsius. now, overnight still at risk of one or two potentially heavy showers, but largely dry and largely clear. the temperature dropping as well. it is going to be a little bit colder. minimum temperature down to one celsius in the suburbs. we could see a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow morning. a bright side to tuesday. still reasonably breezy, just not as windy as today. some heavy showers, though, through the afternoon, falling thick and fast,

they could fall a little wintry 0hio ground. “ over —— over higher ground. i will be backin —— over higher ground. i will be back in half—an—hour. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. there are fears that the world is now fast approaching a coronavirus pandemic. italy is in the grip of what is europe's worst outbreak. authorities there have locked down a number of cities in the north of the country as they try to control the virus. in the uk, four people have tested positive for the infection, after being brought back from a cruise ship injapan. fresh flood warnings are in place today, with the river severn in shrewsbury expected to reach its highest level for 20 years. a red severe warning has been issued, meaning there's a danger to life. flood defences were deployed yesterday and a number of roads are closed. west mercia police are urging people not to attempt to drive through any flood water.

airports in the canary islands are beginning to re—open after sandstorms swept in from the sahara causing major travel disruption. flights from gran canaria, la nza rote and tenerife have been grounded. thousands of holidaymakers, some of them trying to get home from half—term breaks, have been left waiting for hours in airports. donald trump has arrived in india on his first official visit to the country. he landed in ahmedabad for what will be a two—day trip. tens of thousands of people have lined the streets and gathered in a nearby stadium to greet the president. this morning's events are taking place in indian prime minister narendra modi's home state. the president may finalise a long—awaited trade deal during the visit. what we are seeing is the live shot as they are heading towards a

stadium where donald trump is expected to make a speech in front of how many people? the latest count was 100,000. quite a lot of people lining the route. i think air force 0ne it touched down about 1.5 hours ago and donald trump popped his head out about 60 minutes ago so it is all happening this morning. the home secretary priti patel has criticised "false allegations" in the media — after reports of bullying, and claims that she wasn't trusted by intelligence officials. ministers have defended ms patel in recent days — amid accusations that she has mistreated staff. her department has denied suggestions that the home secretary wasn't given the same security and intelligence briefings as her predecessors. jane has been reflecting today over the big fight on the weekend. wasn't it incredible? i don't think anyone was expecting it to be quite so clear—cut. many people couldn't call it in the lead up but it was incredibly decisive.

the 'gypsy king' tyson fury re—gained his wbc heavyweight boxing crown in the early hours of sunday morning after defeating deontay wilder in the seventh round of their rematch in las vegas. thousands of fans travelled to watch their hero live, with many more watching at home. one of those watching was former world champion boxer amir khan, hejoins us now. amir, now, how impressive performance was that from tyson fury? and were you expecting him to be that good? no because after the first fight he was put down twice but obviously a very close fight. it was a very close one. after that, he had one more performance, a tuneup fight, before he got ready for the match with wilder. coming into the rematch against wilder, he was all guns. he came in strong, powerful,

beating wilder to the punch. he was quicker than him and i have never seen wilder on his back foot, under so much pressure which fury had him on. his gameplan was amazing.” so much pressure which fury had him on. his gameplan was amazing. i know you are in contact with tyson. what have you been saying to him?” you are in contact with tyson. what have you been saying to him? ijust messaged him saying well done on a great performance because a lot of my friends, we were sat together the night before the fight asking what was going to happen. i always had my money on tyson and thought he would go in and do a greatjob. some fighters with a bit of pressure come out on top and i think tyson is one of them. but wilder is not an easy character. he is not an easy opponent. what tyson did to him, i mean, wilder has never been stopped, never been hurt, never been put down, in his book thing —— boxing career but the way tyson broken down, was unreal. for those who

didn't see, he came down on his throat. he came in on a rather impressive outfitters wealth was stopped jane at talking about the tactics and gameplan, the hard is it to do what tyson fury has done and almost change the way he boxes? he has always had this great defensive start but he really went on the attack and that is a change in his trainer in recent times, isn't it? he had to put pressure on his opponent which he did. i think having a change of trainers is a good thing because itjust makes you analyse where you are making your m ista kes analyse where you are making your mistakes and how you can improve yourself and maybe try and use things. what he tried to do in this fight was moved forward and put pressure on wilder which nobody ever expected him to do that because he is on his long —— back foot, keeping his opponents at bay but this time he put the pressure on wilder which really nobody expected. when i saw him moving forward in those early rounds, i thought he would move into a big shot here. we are just seeing pictures of him now, in the hours after the fight, celebrating in las

vegas. he really didn't look like he had been in a fight with these pictures strike me as unusual in the fa ct pictures strike me as unusual in the fact that the contrast between what he looks like there and what he looked like three years ago, that famous, the video he posted saying this is what i'm going to do. i'm going to change the way i train, i'm going to change the way i train, i'm going to change the way i train, i'm going to try —— change the way i boxes of watching it three years ago, not many people would have believed him. not at all. he went through a very tough time in his career where he was suffering a little bit from mental health. a lot of people thought, he was very confident he knew he was going to come back strongerfrom confident he knew he was going to come back stronger from this and he set a goalfrom —— come back stronger from this and he set a goal from —— for himself. come back stronger from this and he set a goalfrom —— for himself. when i was training for the caulfield fight and the promoter who put it on said could you put me onto tyson fury, i would like to promote him. i got them together and look now, he is making the millions. i am so

happy to see him on top because of all my friends, all the heavyweights, he is the best one for sub they didn't believe me at the time but now they do. talking about the other heavyweights, one name keeps coming up, everybody wants to see titan —— tyson fury fight anthonyjohnson. he must‘ve been watching this fight thinking, oh, dear. i think he is an overall good fighter. maybe a little bit slower and more technical compared to how wilder was. ifeel and more technical compared to how wilder was. i feel with yuri's style, he has the speed, the movement, the accuracy —— fury‘s. he will give everyone and everyone a tough fight but i don't know if that is going to happen. i know both promoters have been talking and i have seen on twitter with eddie coming out as a statement. they

would want that fight this summer. talking this soon. it is great for british boxing, to have the world titles in england. you are talking about eddie hearn, the other promoter frank warren, i know it is hisjob to build it promoter frank warren, i know it is his job to build it up at he said if it was to happen in the uk, it would be the biggest event since the england won the world cup.” be the biggest event since the england won the world cup. i think it can be because they are both huge names and heavyweight boxing is how people know boxing as and we have not had a heavyweight big major fight here for a very long time. to have that here, two big names, two world champions, current world champions as well, at the peak of their career, i think it would be huge. i think we need that. it will be good for boxing and great for british boxing as well. we know that tyson fury has in the past expressed some views that many people find difficult to swallow. he said some controversial things that made him unpopular. do you think his success in the ring might go some way to

rehabilitate him along with the apologies that he has made? definitely, he was sorry for the m ista kes definitely, he was sorry for the mistakes that he made and the things that he said we'll come through a bit of a time where we do a wall and we said that we shouldn't have said. i think with the success he has had and he has coming now, he knows where he went wrong and has apologised and come back stronger. given the uk in the world titles, i think that is an amazing apology, really. and how are you doing? you area really. and how are you doing? you are a father again? that's right, that was this weekend on the saturday. two days ago! i'm happy i didn't go to the fight because the wife would have killed me. i was at the hospital in manchester and the baby was born in manchester and the baby was born in manchester and the babyis baby was born in manchester and the baby is healthy, the wife is amazing and it is a little bit funny because i have two girls and i always keep forgetting and calling my little boy she. wife my wife says, he. you'd

better get back. thank you very much for coming in. that is what we love about this programme, you go from talking about deontay wilder and tyson fury to snow pictures. thank you for sending them in this morning. carol has been taking us through the weather and we will speak ina through the weather and we will speak in a moment. jacolyn walker sent in this picture from washingon, tyne and wear in sunderland. this was the view outside someones house in .leeds (ani)michael —— this was the view outside someones house in leeds. michael in harrogate posted this picture with the caption 'the first snow of 2020'. bolton, it was raining this morning. you caught me off guard.

here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. how was his weather report? ten out of ten! there is definitely snow in the forecast. we have seen your pictures and weather watchers. this one in north yorkshire. you can see the snow in northern ireland overnight. some higher parts are seen as much as 15 centimetres. this picture also from one of our weather watcher 's of harrogate. you see the snow piling up quite nicely now and another one, this one from winston intact county durham. —— in county durham. you get the picture that the snow is in the forecast across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. we will see some significant amounts on higher ground across much of scotland and northern england. as much as 12— centimetres but across the north—east of scotland, 10—20 centimetres on higher ground but some of this, as we have seen, is getting down to lower levels. add in the wind and you will have some poor visibility

this morning with blowing snow, drifting snow and blizzards on higher ground so disruption is possible. if you don't have the snow, you have the rain. we have rain crossing the rest of england and also wales. and we have windy conditions wherever you are. if we start off, you can see where we have the rain indicated on the radar with the rain indicated on the radar with the blues and the snow also indicated by the white. let us focus first on the snow. currently, it is snowing across northern england, still northern ireland for a time and scotland. the snow will be slowest to kieran that —— clear in the north—east of england, moving across scotland, clearing the central lowlands around lunchtime but remaining around the highlands for much of the day. let's pick up the rain. moving across right —— wales into the midlands, east anglia, pushing into the south—west in the south—east. this rain already falling on saturated ground. worth mentioning at this point, the environment agency has one severe flood warning in force that is

danger to life on the river severn at shrewsbury. behind this rain, we see a return to brighter conditions but a lot of showers and some of those showers in heavier burst could have a wintry element. cold in the north and a little bit milder as we push further south but don't forget the wind. drew this evening and overnight, there goes the rain, some clear skies but also a good packet of showers blowing in on a gusty wind and still some of those will be wintry. it will be cold enough for some frost and we are also looking at the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow, look at the isobars. another windy day in prospect with weather fronts crossing up —— crossing us enhancing showers. tomorrow, tomorrow night and into wednesday, we are going to have a prolonged period of gusty winds across the english channel and areas adjacent to them. but for the rest of us, a windy day, a fair bit of cloud around at times producing those showers, some of those will still be wintry and even getting down to lower levels in heavier

burst but in between, there will be sunshine but feeling cold. wednesday, spot the difference from tuesday. the wind is more of a north—westerly so again, it will feel colder. a lot of dry weather around, though, but still those showers and a lot of them will be wintry and the cold will persist and the rest of the week, well, it remains unsettled. interesting few days ahead was not thank you very much, carol. u nsettled unsettled — could be anything. i am saying it is going to be a busy week for her. that is a classic weather word, unsettled, it covers a lot of bases. it means she has a challenging week ahead. ok, carry on. shall i? the uk has a housing gap of over a million homes according to bbc research out today. this is something nina is looking at today. housing is one of those issues which is neverfar from the headlines, often so many numbers it can be bamboozling. the bbc has commissioned and developed its own research to look at the problems around

housing and how we got here. what they've done is taken the number of people who need a home and the number being built and found a shortfall of more than a million, and they say that, if we carry on with the current rate of building, it'll take 15 years to fill the gap. who is suffering? well, people renting privately and looking to buy. that is young people on the whole. a survey of 2,000 people by the affordable housing commission found that nearly one in five of 25—34—year—olds are still living with family, and it ims more than half of 18—24—year—olds. hannah in 0xfordshire is 32 and has been living with different family members while saving to buy something affordable. i started saving when i was 14, because of the circumstances that happen. my father had a stroke when i was 14, and i

happen. my father had a stroke when iwas14, and i had happen. my father had a stroke when i was 14, and i had that realisation that i would not have any financial help, any support, really, from my pa rents. help, any support, really, from my parents. and i knew! help, any support, really, from my parents. and i knew i would have to stand on my own two feet, just through sheer will, hard work, and that's when i started saving and getting more interested in my own personal finance, taking control of it. and any muggy i earned, it was put away. i very, very rarely, even now, spend anything on my cell —— any money i earned. there is a sense of guilt, that i cannot spend anything on myself because i have to save for a roof over my head, i have to have security for my future. if you are living under someone else's roof, you are constantly under their rules, and therefore you can't have a relationship, really, with anyone. you can't invite them back. it is quite lonely. there's a lot of pressure. and obviously it's taking a toll on people like hannah. yes, we heard the impact on her confidence.

the poll asks those in unaffordable housing, which they are defining as where you spend over a third of your pay on rent, and a quarter of people said their mental health was negatively affected by housing issues. a big issue is that too few of the houses being built are affordable. they are mainly expensive ones. there were 240,000 net additions to the housing stock in england in 2018—19, but only only 37,800 of the new homes built were affordable. what needs to happen now is quite simple. more houses need to be built, but politically it is quite a tricky issue. no—one wants to be the government that builds on green belt. there is lots of information on the bbc news website, including advice of different postcodes to look at if you are willing to move areas to get a cheaper home. this may sees the 75th anniversary of ve day, and here on breakfast, we will be exploring the stories of people whose wartime contributions will never be forgotten. former land army girl zeita holes was part of the 80,000—strong female force who kept the uk going while the men went off to war. brea kfast‘s graham satchell has been to meet her. laughs.

archive: lord wootton pays his tribute to the grand work of the members of the women's land army, now more than 50,000, and they're all on their toes. zeita is 94. she was just 17 when she joined the land girls. i fancied something out in the open. archive: none of the women has had any previous experience of mechanical plants, but 96% of them passed the test with flying colours. i did lots of tractor driving. and did you look after the cows? oh, yes, i liked the cows. laughs. did you milk them? every morning at 4:30am. 0of — that's early. very early. zeita spent much of the war here at the luton hoo estate. to this day, she remains proud of the work she did, the friends she made, the uniform she wore. i think you look so glamorous there, zeita. you do?

yes, you really do. oh, well, seen a lot worse. look at that waist. could do with that now. the women's land army was critical to the war effort. thousands of land girls worked on farms as more and more men joined the forces. but it was vital work, wasn't it? 0h, absolutely, yes. archive: it takes more than a novice to prune an apple with a pair — a pair of pruning shears. do you think people understood at the time? not enough of them. did you feel cross about that? not really. laughs. ah, me with my favourite girls. it wasn't all hard work. there was a bit of time for being young, free, and single. that one i took home for tea. you took him home for tea? laughs.

yoho, his name was. joe yoho. winston churchill: we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoice. the end of the war in europe, ve day, saw millions of people take to the streets. there were celebrations all over the country. 0n the 8 may 1945, zeita joined a parade in luton. she ended up at the town hall. that's where i was, yes. and what bit did you climb? it was this big bit. the tower? yeah. laughs. well, i had had two or three glasses of wine. laughs. they were all spurring me on — "go on, zeita, you can do it!" yeah, there was just something

in the air, you know. the war was over. zeita made friends for life in the land army. her photo collection shows reunion after reunion. 0n the 75th anniversary of ve day, in may, she will remember her friends, no longer here. it's the sort of thing you never forget. i think we did our bit. she has a few stories to tell, hasn't she? star of today's show. let's speak now to historian cherish watton. and you met zeita, didn't you?” did, she is wonderful. tell us a bit more about the land army. how crucial role did they play? so

women's land army was critical to our war effort. at the beginning of the war we were importing 70% of our food but by the end of the war we we re food but by the end of the war we were 70% self—sufficient so the work of the land girls all over the country was so important. and these women like zeita, they weren't exactly experienced in this work before they started it, were they?‘ lot of women who worked on the land had no experience in agriculture, and some if they were lucky had training, but others were just put onafarm training, but others were just put on a farm and told to get on with it, basically. and how many people would there have been who were doing the same sort of thing that zeita was doing during the war? so from the start of the second world war through to november 1950, over 2000 women, so a significant number who helped increase our food women, so a significant number who helped increase ourfood production. and it marks a real change, a cultural change, for women at that point. it is like their lives changed, and they would never go back to being the same again, and of course, the men came home from the warand course, the men came home from the war and the women were used to kind of carrying everything, keeping

every thing going. yes, most definitely. i think especially in agriculture, women had worked in the land before, but this was the first time that there was really large—scale mobilisation of women with no experience. and there was concern about whether they were competent enough to carry out their work. there was obviously dissemination they faced from farmers and the sort of rural communities. but they really show that they could carry out this work and in some cases do it better than men. so it really was something they we re men. so it really was something they were incredibly proud of in terms of their contribution. is it a contribution that was appreciated now and not quite so much at the time, although people aware of how great a job they were doing?” time, although people aware of how great a job they were doing? i think there has been delayed kind of recognition of the work that they carried out, and i think that is largely part of a wider of delay in recognising women's war work more broadly. you can imagine the land girls' story is something that will really resonate and appeal to the younger generation now, he may not know much about it, but might into the stories that the land girls can tell, and how important is it that we do engage those younger people?”

mean, it is absolutely critical that young people know about the role that previous generations have carried out for us in the second world war and first world war, because if those memories and experiences are to pass on down the generations, then we need to be really inquisitive as young people, ask lots of questions to ensure that their work is not forgotten. which is why this huge anniversary of ve day is going to be really fascinating to see, really heavily involved on bbc breakfast as well, asking people for their memories and stories. it is going to be a brilliant summary, really, isn't it? it is, lots to look forward to and remember and commemorate. cherish, it is lovely to talk to you. and you can get in contact with us if you have any memories and stories or things you want to share. e—mail us for all those sorts of things. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning, i'm asad ahmad. fresh questions over sir mohamed farah's relationship with his banned former coach alberto salazar have been raised in a bbc panorama investigation. documents show londoner and olympic champion farah repeatedly denied he had received injections of the controversial supplement l—carnitine before the 2014 london marathon. but farah later changed his account to us anti—doping investigators, saying he had forgotten. sir mo has always denied any wrongdoing, and you can see the full panorama programme at 8:30pm on bbc one. diane abbott, the mp for hackney north and stoke newington, has said she will step—down as shadow home secretary when the labour party elects its new leader. ms abbott will continue to represent her constituency, which she has done for over 30 years, but says labour's new leader will have to be able to construct their own shadow cabinet. voting begins today with three candidates running, including holborn and st pancras mp sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey and lisa nandy.

a project to reveal the codes to toilets in london which are used by businesses is gaining support, as the number of people getting caught short increases. the number of free public toilets has declined over decades, so a bid to publish codes online for toilets has begun, and it is to help people like moeed majeed. going to a bathroom isjust... we're humans, it's what we do naturally, so why do we have to go out of our way to use this facility? living with my stoma, along with crohn's disease, you kind of develop, like, a directory in the back of your mind of places you can go to. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the bakerloo line is part suspended between queen's park and elephant & castle, and there are severe delays on the rest of the line, due to strike action. and the dlr has minor delays between bank and lewisham due to faulty train. 0n the roads, in enfield,

the a10 is closed southbound between southbury road and lincoln road due to an accident. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather damp start out there this morning. we've got some light rain, some drizzle first thing, some light rain at first, but very quickly that will turn much heavier and more persistent. it's going to be a windy day and remain largely cloudy. now, the lighter rain will clear away to this much heavier, more persistent — could lead to some localised flooding. of course, it's falling on already saturated ground. if you're worried at all, do check the environment agency website for their flood alerts. now, it will become drier this afternoon. some brighter spells, maybe even a little bit of sunshine. temperatures on the mild side, between 12 and 13 celsius. now, overnight, still that risk of one or two potentially heavy showers, but largely dry and largely clear. the temperature dropping as well. it is going to be a little bit colder, minimum temperature down to one celsius in the suburbs. we could see a little bit of frost first thing tomorrow morning. a bright start to tuesday, still reasonably breezy, just not as windy as today. some heavy showers, though, through the afternoon, falling thick and fast.

they could fall a little wintry over higher ground. that story about good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today... italy locks down towns and villages, as the authorities race to contain the country's growing coronavirus crisis. 28 british and irish patients have spent their first night here in quarantine. we are at arrowe park hospital. four people have been moved to special treatment centres after testing positive for the virus. making public venues safer — new anti—terror laws planned in the wake of the manchester arena attack. there is no guarantee for any of us so i think it's really important we move along with the way terrorism has changed and we need to change our approach.

are you seeing red because you can't read the road signs? a campaign launches today asking drivers to report those which are damaged or obscured. and in sport... boxing fans call for newly crowned world champion tyson fury to fight anthonyjoshua. fury‘s camp say it would be the biggest sporting event since england won the world cup. we have some potentially disruptive snow this morning across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. further south, the rest of england and wales, we are looking at rain falling on already saturated ground. all the details in about 12 minutes. it's monday the 24th of february. our top story... there's growing concern that the world is facing a coronavirus pandemic, as the authorities in italy try to control what is now europe's worst outbreak. neighbouring austria is now considering border controls to prevent further

spread of the virus. in the uk, four people have tested positive after being brought back from a cruise ship injapan. it brings the total number of cases here to 13. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is on the edge an exclusion zone in the italian region of lombardy, 40 miles from milan. bethany, what's the latest there? a number of towns very close to where i am now have been sealed off. the police have set up checkpoints, checking cars, and people are not allowed to leave those towns without special permission. they face fines if they do so. when we approached a checkpoint the police told us to go back. we are now in a little town just outside the exclusion zone. but even here you can feel the impact of this disease. there are coffee bars in the centre of town here and they have all been shot with signs on the

doors, shutters down saying they have been closed because of the coronavirus. —— they have all been shut. people stockpiling, lots of fresh food is not on the shop shelves any more as people stock up. the bbc has spoken by telephone into people in some of those towns inside the exclusion zone and they are concerned they will start to run out of food soon. the italian prime minister giuseppe conte as one people not to panic but the sense of nervousness is growing. the authorities have not yet been able to establish who it was that started off this spike in infections. they are still looking for the individual or individuals concerned. meanwhile, schools, universities, museums remain shut and italy is waiting and holding its breath to see how long the situation continues. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is outside arrowe park hospital

where 28 people have been in quarantine and four others have been transferred to specialist units after they tested positive for the coronavirus. jayne, what more do we know about those cases? we know they arrived at tea—time on saturday in four coaches that had police escort front and back. one of those coaches had nobly on—board, it was there in case any of the other broke down. —— had nobody on board. 0n broke down. —— had nobody on board. on board were health professionals with full protective clothing. public health england put out a statement yesterday saying those officials had seen people injapan before they went on to the flight and had seen they had no symptoms at all as they travelled over to the uk and landed at an airbase in wiltshire. after that they travelled up wiltshire. after that they travelled up by wiltshire. after that they travelled up by coach in a convoy to arrowe park and it was only when they were in what used to be a staff accommodation unit that has been turned into a quarantine unit, once they were inside their four people,

all british, tested positive for the virus. they were then transferred out to the specialist hospitals, royal liverpool, one in sheffield and one in newcastle, to get specialist treatment they need. but they will keep a very close eye on everybody here. they are treating this slightly differently to the last quarantine period when nearly 100 people were here at the start of the month. back then people were allowed to socialise inside the unit but not so this time, there is strict segregation in place. not surprising, because they have come from that diamond princess cruise ship wherejust over one from that diamond princess cruise ship where just over one in five people had contracted the virus because the quarantine was so badly managed inside. today that means there are now 13 people here in the uk with the virus. four more are being treated overseas from that ship. thank you, jayne mccubbin. you can see how heavy the rain is in

arrowe park on the wirral as well and snow is starting to fall in parts of the uk. commuters being warned to expect travel disruption across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. people in yorkshire and the north east have woken up to snowfall this morning. a yellow weather warning has been issued for snowfall large parts of scotland until 10pm this evening. elsewhere, the river severn in shrewsbury is expected to reach its highest level for 20 years as heavy rain continues to fall. the home secretary, priti patel, has criticised "false allegations" in the media, after reports of bullying, and claims that she wasn't trusted by intelligence officials. ministers have defended ms patel in recent days, amid accusations that she has mistreated staff. we can get more on this with our political correspondent, helen catt. what's the latest? there has been some strong pushback this morning against these claims. we understand that there has been a genuine disagreement between home secretary priti patel and the most senior

civil servant at the home office, and she tried to get him removed from his post. a source told the bbc there was no animosity. we had a joint response this morning from both of them to say they were deeply concerned about what they say are false allegations in the media. this idea that she is not trusted by security services, strong pushback from that on the government too. a source saying it is a baseless claim and she gets exactly the same briefings as her predecessors did and that nothing is being withheld. there has been a lot of defence of priti patel from some ministerial colleagues. james brokenshire, recently appointed a home office minister in the reshuffle told this programme that he did not agree with what he was hearing.” programme that he did not agree with what he was hearing. i simply do not recognise the commentary and the false accusations and assertions that in so many ways have been swirling around. it is not going to distract us from the task at hand, of protecting the public and

delivering on the government agenda. priti patel is a strong home secretary, as you need to be in the situation, where the home office is a very challenging place. the home office is a very challenging place. an interesting quote from james brokenshire. helen, we've heard you've got your hands on one of the new blue passports. they are so rare at the moment they even come with a minder but from next month these will start to be issued. pretty much the same size as those burgundy ones but instead of the european union it says british passport along the top. inside is looking pretty similar. the big difference, they are now blue, the colour british passports were between 1921 and 88. these will start to be rolled out from next month. however, if you have applied for a passport, you will not automatically get a blue one. you might still get a burgundy one, some of those are still being issued and they will be given until the middle

of the year and you can't choose which colour you get. and that was going to be my next question! you can't just ask for a burgundy going to be my next question! you can'tjust ask for a burgundy one either. let's head to india. donald trump has arrived in india on his first official visit to the country. he landed in ahmedabad for what will be a two—day trip. tens of thousands of people have lined the streets and gathered in a nearby stadium to greet the president. we can bring you live pictures of the stadium. it's estimated there will be 100,000 people there. already packed to the rafters, decked out with the stars and stripes and tromp in red capital letters. we saw the cavalcade earlier. president trump's huge limousine surrounded by many other ca rs limousine surrounded by many other cars heading towards this stadium, where they are expected to welcome him and he will make some type of

address, he will speak to them. he is in the home state of the indian prime minister narendra modi. it's a two—day visit, and i think donald trump has been talking up this trip trying to achieve some sort of trade deal with india but some commentators are saying that will not be the outcome and will not get signed on this trip. we will keep you updated with that state visit across the bbc this morning. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. we are looking at the depth of the snow this morning. 14 centimetres in northern ireland falling overnight. for england and scotland, all of these snow depths have been happening in the last few hours so we're looking at some significant snow through the course of today across scotland, northern ireland and northern england and especially on the higher ground, and we could widely have between ten and 12

centimetres. north—east scotland, between ten and 20 centimetres. even seeing snow on lower level so some disruption likely. adding in the wind, that will blow the snow and it will drift. blizzards over the hills and poor visibility. if you don't have snow then you will have rain. rain currently pushing and east. you can see on the radar picture, the blue is the rain. and we have the snow falling at the moment. through the course of this morning, starting with snow across northern england, clearing the northeast last and moving across scotland, clearing the central lowlands around lunch time and becoming ensconced across the highlands, hence the large snowfall totals. south of that, rain is the issue this morning, moving across wales and the midlands and eventually north—east england and then pushing into the south—west, south coast and south—east and then the channel islands. behind that band of rain it will be blustery

with showers and some of them will be wintry, particularly in heavier bursts. cold in the north and milder further south. this evening and overnight we say goodbye to that band of rain. clearer skies with a platter of showers coming our way, wintry in nature and a strong and gusty wind. there will be ice on untreated surfaces and the risk of frost. taking us into tomorrow, it will be showery with some sunshine in between the showers. it will be windy and some showers will be wintry. wherever you are it will feel colder with temperatures between four and nine. a longer weather bulletin coming up in half an hour. as we've just heard, new anti—terror measures are being put in place under government plans to keep the public safe from attacks. figen murray, who's son martyn hett

died in the manchester arena attack, has been lobbying the government to bring in new security measures under "martyn's law" since his death in 2017. we'll be speaking to her in just a moment but first let's take a look at the proposals. owners and operators would be legally required to consider the risk of an attack and the plans they have in place to either prevent it, or manage the aftermath were one to take place. venues would then be required to review and improve both their physical security and the training offered to staff members. a consultation on the proposals will be carried out in the spring, including discussions with victims' groups. we're joined now figen murray, and businessman shaun hinds. good morning to you both. this is something you have been working on something you have been working on so hard, figen, for the last couple of years. what is it that you want?

i want venues, organisations, any organisation where lots of people assembled, to put basic measures in place to keep customers and employees are safe. and what are those measures are? they can be simple, such as doing free e—learning that the government has made available for training for the whole general public. we can all do it, it's 45 minutes of our time and it's just a very sensible thing to do for all of us. secondly, organisations would be, under martyn's law, be required to do a risk assessment in terms of terrorism, no different to a fire or health and safety assessment. thirdly, it would be that if there isa thirdly, it would be that if there is a vulnerability that they mitigate the vulnerability as much as possible. so it could be something as simple as, it doesn't have to be costly, a pub could have a room available where people could

be safely put and hidden. it can be something as simple as that, just to think about it. and people work with the local authorities. that's really important. these are simple measures. the beauty of martyn's law is that it is not necessarily costing a lot of money, if anything. and can you give us an idea of the measures you have already put in place. you look after convention centres including in manchester. security is a big part of what we do every day. picking up on what figen said, every event we operate, we will take an individual risk assessment on that event and there will be a different security profile or regime depending on the risk associated with that event. they are simple things. anyone coming into our venue, simple things. anyone coming into our venue, there will be a form of registration. anyone coming into the venue registration. anyone coming into the venue will be met, greeted, there

are bag searches and it goes up from there depending on the risk that may be there. at one of the more high—profile events we operate on in manchester is the conservative party conference. i suppose that would be the most secure environment we would create. in that environment it is full airport style security. there is literally a fence around the whole venue, and the people of manchester love that because it disrupts theirjourney manchester love that because it disrupts their journey to manchester love that because it disrupts theirjourney to work! that'sjust one disrupts theirjourney to work! that's just one example. disrupts theirjourney to work! that'sjust one example. but on the whole, they are more sensible measures that we can deploy. figen mentioned training and we have been very active across all our employees, regardless of job very active across all our employees, regardless ofjob roles, notjust employees, regardless ofjob roles, not just about security operatives, but people with any role within a company are all trained within the act training, the action that counters terrorism. simple things like observation, watching people and ensuring every member of the team understands the role they can

play in providing a safe and secure environment. our viewers will appreciate when you host defence, high—profile events you host like the conservative party conference, that would be understandable, but what about smaller venues like a local pub, and i know you say there's not much cost involved, but they are being asked to pay for these measures to make sure they meet the law eventually. that's right. a really good point. venues come in all shapes and sizes. a lot of venues are smaller, independent, perhaps grant or charity funded and it's a real issue. reiterating what figen said, some of the measures don't cost much money. training your employees from resources that are readily available online does not cost much money. having a risk assessment undertaken of your venue is something every venue owner and operator should be doing anyway. we wait with interest to see what the specific measures that the

consultation that the government has announced today will lead us to get to. i note from the comments that they have said, reasonable, proportionate, and i think that means there is an element of understanding at different venues have different profiles. the fundamentals remain the same and they are relatively easy for any type of venue to implement. figen, do you feel after your campaigning and the horrific experience you have been through, do you feel like people are listening to you now?” think peoples awareness is definitely behind us now. most people have now heard of martyn's law, they say, yes i have if you ask them. it's about security. i'm glad people are saying they know about it and have heard of it, but it's not just about hearing of martyn's law. there has got to be an awakening in the general public. we can't give the general public. we can't give

the responsibility for our personal security just to the the responsibility for our personal securityjust to the police and securityjust to the police and security services. times have changed and the nature of terrorism has changed. it is not announced, they just randomly attack. has changed. it is not announced, theyjust randomly attack. i never would have thought it was happening to me. i thought, oh my god, this only happens on films or in the news and suddenly i have become the news. it's not good. anybody can be affected. we spoke to james brokenshire who was talking about this consultation process for legislation at some stage. he has said he has spoken to you. yes. do you have the impression government ministers are as listening to you and have those conversations taking place? he rang me to personally introduce himself to me and he said there would be a formal announcement being made. he didn't go into the details on the phone but the general feeling i have had, also notjust from this person... james

brokenshire. yes, but ben wallace before that and brandon lewis after that. and brandon lewis said he would speak to the new person and james brokenshire then phoned me and gave me the same feeling of, i am being listens to, finally. it is a good feeling, yes, it is positive. how would you say your approach to security for the general public for venues security for the general public for venues has been directly affected by what happened at manchester arena, shaun? first of all, we more frequently review the measures we have. the measures we have are that they range from very obvious and overt measures to more discrete measures. as a management team it's on the top of our agenda every time it can be. it is fluid as well. things change, new information, great regrettably new instances will

have an impact on what we do. in the old days it was a couple of security guards, a cctv camera, and the lock on the door and job was a good one. but now it is much more than that and much more alive. we have to take each individual event on its own merits and we will put in a plan specifically for that event and any risk associated with it. it becomes a very fluid and moving entity. thank you both for coming in to talk to us about that this morning to stop good to see there is progress being made. thank you for your time. thanks very much. for many people, it's back to work after the half term holidays. but thousands of british holidaymakers are stranded on the canary islands, after a desert sandstorm grounded flights. teacher grace hopkins and her boyfriend, lee sharp, were due to fly home yesterday and should have been heading back to work today. we can speak to them from their hotel. good morning to you both and thank you forjoining us on bbc breakfast.

we don't normally speak to people on their holiday in the canary islands but there is good reason to talk to you today. what has the last couple of days been like and what are the conditions like? yesterday was definitely the worst. the day before was our last day, which was sunday. saturday when we first came in, we went down to the beach for our last day and we regretted that. it was orange and we just got straight back in the taxi. on sunday we woke up and thought we could get our flight but as we got our transport to the airport it became very gusty and sandy and we thought there was no way we we re sandy and we thought there was no way we were getting on this flight. we saw flights coming from the uk had been delayed, including the plane we were meant to get on. we couldn't necessarily get on a plane in the afternoon so it was a waiting game to find out what was happening.

and grace, you are a teacher, so you we re and grace, you are a teacher, so you were supposed to be back at school after half term today. yes, but my school has been very understanding. it is frustrating. it is a convincing sick note, this!” it is frustrating. it is a convincing sick note, this! i would much rather be at work! in terms of the practicalities, have you been given the information you felt you needed about going to the airport in the first place and what happens now and when you might get home? our airline have been really good, they put a somewhere quiet in the airport, jet2. in the airport you could visibly see it was going orange outside with the sun disappearing. more and more flights we re disappearing. more and more flights were getting delayed or cancelled. we did think, why take that number of people to the airport, so that was an irritation. butjet2 have been really good. we did get

vouchers for food but all of the outlets were out of food because everybody was trying to get food, so that was frustrating forced up they we re that was frustrating forced up they were being asked to restock. they we re were being asked to restock. they were quick at changing overflights but it was unfortunate we were the last flight. we were there from around 1:15pm until around 9:30pm, ten o'clock, so around eight hours, but you have to be positive. it could be worse. i was going to ask, we have been hearing of people sleeping at the airport but at least you got hotel accommodation while you got hotel accommodation while you wait for your flight home. that's correct and the hotel is very nice so we are pleased with that. but they are not sure whether we have to change hotels today because all flights by jet2 have have to change hotels today because all flights byjet2 have been cancelled today. it's whether we can stay in this hotel or have to get moved again. but we are very lucky that we have a hotel because i imagine it's much worse for families with children. so we are quite

grateful. and when do you think you might get home? we are definitely not flying today so hopefully tuesday. as long as it doesn't come back in. i assume they are looking at the weather. we haven't had any information on how long these storms la st information on how long these storms last so we are not sure. it doesn't look too bad right now. it is misty. but clearly they expect it to be bad so they are cancelling the flights. thank you for coming on the programme and! thank you for coming on the programme and i hope you get safe. are you primary or secondary school teacher? primary, special educational needs. i'm sure your class will be having a look to see where their teacher is this morning! hope you get home safe.” where their teacher is this morning! hope you get home safe. i do miss them! we have some statements from various people. tui say they would like to

severely apologise to customers in the canary severely apologise to customers in the ca nary islands. severely apologise to customers in the canary islands. it does happen every few years. and jet2, the airline, say it is rare for schedules to be disrupted like this and their operations team is working ha rd and their operations team is working hard behind the scenes and they are sorry for any inconvenience the delay brings. and we have live shots of donald trump arriving at a stadium in ahmedabad in india are about to speak. we can listen in. hello to india. this is such a great honour. let me begin by expressing my profound gratitude to an exceptional leader, a great champion of india, a man who works night and day for his country and a man i am proud to call my true friend, prime minister modi. cheering the first lady and i have just travelled 8000 miles around the globe to deliver a message to every

citizen across this nation. america loves india. america respects india and america will always be faithful and america will always be faithful and loyal friends to the indian people. 100,000 people estimated to be in that stadium in gujarat, the home state of prime minister modi. donald trump would be there for two daysin donald trump would be there for two days in total, and trying to sign a trade deal while he is there. a little fact. as he arrived at the stadium they were playing macho man by the village people.” stadium they were playing macho man by the village people. i wonder if that was a request. a great little detail. a lovely thought. i wish we had some music ready to go here. and it started to play on my phone. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

he started out by his father's side asa he started out by his father's side as a tea seller. when he was a young man, he worked ata when he was a young man, he worked at a cafeteria in this city...

everybody loves him. i will tell you this, he is very tough. today, prime minister modi is a very successful leader of this vast indian republic. last year, more than 600 million people went to the polls and gave him a landslide victory like no other, in the largest democratic election ever held anywhere on the face of the earth. prime minister modi, you are not just the pride of gujarat, you are living proof that with hard work and devotion, indians can accomplish anything. anything at all. anything they want.

the prime minister is a moving story ofan the prime minister is a moving story of an incredible rise. and so does this entire nation. your nation is doing so well. we are very, very proud of india. the story of the indian nation is a tale of astounding progress. a miracle of democracy. the extraordinary diversity, and above all a strong and noble people. india gives hope to all of humanity. in just 70 years, india has become an economic giant, the largest democracy ever to exist, and one of the most amazing nations anywhere in the