hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2.00pm: as the global number of coronavirus cases tops 80,000, people returning to the uk from northern italy are warned to self—isolate if they have flu—like symptoms. anybody who has been to italy, north of pisa, should, if they have symptoms, flu—like symptoms, self—isolate, which means go home and try to stay out of contact with other people. a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown, after a visiting italian doctor tested positive. hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century, according to a damning new report. the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to abuse allegations.

coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — 0lly foster has the headlines: tyson fury has arrived home, now it's down to the battle of the promoters, can they make the fight everyone wants against anthonyjoshua? it's going to be tough. i would talk to you later about it. thanks, 0lly — and ben rich has the weather. still too severe flood warnings in shropshire at the moment, with the ongoing flood situation, any vain in oui’ ongoing flood situation, any vain in our forecast isn't welcome, but it isn't quite as wet over the next couple of days as it has been. i will have all the details just before 2:30pm. thanks, ben. also coming up — howzat! england's cricket world cup hero ben stokes receives his 0be in a ceremony at buckingham palace. hello, everyone — this

is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. as the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, people returning to the uk from affected parts of italy have been told to stay at home for two weeks even if they don't feel unwell, and all travellers who've visited northern italy should self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms. in cheshire, one school has closed and another has sent some of its children home, after staff and pupils returned from school trips to italy. hundreds of guests at a hotel on tenerife in the canary islands are not being allowed to leave the complex after an italian tourist staying at the hotel tested positive for the virus. the number of cases globally is now more than 80,000 — but there have been only 13 in the uk. jon donnison reports. it's known as the red zone. almost a dozen towns and 50,000 people, now under police lockdown in northern italy. and today, the british government stepped up its advice for those returning from the country. anybody who's been to italy north of pisa should,

if they have symptoms, flu—like symptoms, should self—isolate, which means go home and try to stay out of contact with other people. if people have been to the affected areas that the italian government have quarantined, then they should self—isolate, whether or not they have symptoms. from the air, the streets of the red zone do seem eerily quiet. with more than 200 confirmed cases and seven deaths, nowhere near the same scale as in the far east, but it's the centre of europe's biggest coronavirus outbreak. this man is a priest in the quarantined hamlet of zorlesco. translation: everything has changed in the last three days. there is a surreal atmosphere. you see very few people. the shops and businesses are closed except for takeaways and supermarkets. even at church, we are being ordered by the authorities and our bishop

not to celebrate mass. and at least one school, cransley near northwich in cheshire, has closed for the week after some pupils returning from a ski trip to northern italy reported flu symptoms. meanwhile, at this hotel in tenerife, around 1000 people are now in quarantine after one guest, a doctor, reportedly from northern italy, tested positive for the virus. and we've just got to stay in the hotel, we can't leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there's a cordon around the hotel with police. elsewhere, in iran, some hospitals and pharmacists are struggling to cope as people queued to get medication. at least 16 people have died and the country's deputy health minister has now become infected. this turkish airlines flight out of tehran was diverted after a suspected case

among its passengers, and several airlines in the region are now restricting flights in and out of iran. in south korea, the government has ramped up efforts to contain the virus, with the number of confirmed infections close to 1,000. around two thirds of them are from one christian religious group. 200,000 of its members will now be tested. the crisis might be spreading around the world, but in china, there are signs it's beginning to be contained. the original source of the virus is thought to be from the sale of wild animals at this now—deserted market in wuhan. today, news from the government that the trade of such meat will be banned. just to update you on that hotel that he mentioned in his report in tenerife, we are just hearing the main spokesperson of the spanish

government saying that the hotel guests, thousands of them, will remaina guests, thousands of them, will remain a lockdown until further tests have been carried out. she says for the time being, the guests will stay at the hotel until the second test results are in and depending on the results of that, appropriate health measures will be taken. spain is following the public health measures that are being implemented in italy very closely. that is coming from spain, let's get more from italy. 0ur correspondent, bethany bell, is in milan. the opera is closed, how widespread is this area that seems to be affected by a coronavirus? well, there is what they call this red zone. this group of, cluster of towns at the south—east of milan and then a couple in veneto, which have been quarantined. this is where this spike of cases have been on the authorities have asked people to

stay at home and not to move out of that. we were there at the border about its own earlier on, and the town is just roundabout are very, very quiet. cafe is, in places, shut and businesses shuttered up, on order of the authorities. in bigger towns slightly closer by, there is also a sort of depressed effect on businesses and restaurants. many places are closing down or not doing very much business at all. here in milan, shops are open, but the duomo, the cathedral behind me is shut to tourists at the moment, no services are taking place. all part of atte m pts services are taking place. all part of attempts by the italian government to try to stop the spread of the disease. it should be said that today is shrove tuesday and it should be the climax of the venice carnival and those celebrations, the mardi gras, have also been cancelled. what about the mood in italy, and response to the outbreak

of coronavirus there, is there a sense of panic in any way?|j of coronavirus there, is there a sense of panic in any way? i think insecurity is a better way to describe it. people here are bracing themselves for something, they really don't know what the impact will be. they are nervous. some people have scoffed at the government's precautions. 0ne people have scoffed at the government's precautions. one man i spoke to said this was an exaggeration and actually, people are... the biggest thing people have to be writing about is the air itself. 0ther to be writing about is the air itself. other people are saying that no, the government was perhaps too late in taking measures to try to contain this and that it is important to try to stop the spread of the disease. one girl i spoke to said it is kind of like a state of limbo. you are walking around... she isa limbo. you are walking around... she is a university student who has not been able to go to university because universities are set at the moment in this region. she said, you are trying to carry on with daily life as best you can, as most people

are. the number of cases is over 280, but it is still a small number compared to all the people who live here, but the concerns are this is a region which is italy's economic powerhouse and if there are long—term impacts of these quarantines or if it spreads even more, then people are worried about what the impact could be on italy's economy. 0k, thank you very much. dr catherine calderwood is scotland's chief medical officer, shejoins me now from edinburgh. looking at what is happening in italy, is that changing how you are preparing for things that? we have been very well prepared in the rest of the uk for several weeks now. our nhs has plans, for the first ten cases and beyond that. so we were expecting to have cases. we have had some in england, none yet in scotland. 0ur epidemiology and

virology experts have advised us that cases in scotland are inevitable and we are very well—prepared. inevitable and we are very well-prepared. what does that mean? what are the measures in place? we know that at the moment, containing this virus is all that we can do stop so we want to have people coming forward if they have travelled from high—risk areas. they self—isolate, they contact us on nhs 24 self—isolate, they contact us on nhs 2a out of hours or their gp. we keep them isolated from other people until are tested. at the moment, that has proved extremely successful. if then that containment is not successful, which seems to have happened in the north of italy, you move on down to delaying so spread, simple measures such as washing hands, coughing or sneezing into a tissue and then binning that, avoiding touching your face if your hands and clean. those will prevent a person to person transmission, so it is very important that people are looking at the website for updated travel advice, but also doing these

measures, as we should be doing a nyway measures, as we should be doing anyway in the flu season. we have heard of some schools south of the border closing because groups are from italy have recently returned. this issue of self isolation. if you area this issue of self isolation. if you are a parent and your child has just come back from a trip to an area of italy that is affected by coronavirus, what does self isolation mean? does that mean the whole family should stay in the house? at the moment, our advice is that if people are travelling from those lockdown cities in italy, then we would want them to self—isolate immediately and contact us to get next steps. if they have no symptoms and they are from that area of northern italy, then they can carry on their usual life. the numbers of cases there are still very low and the risk to any one individual in the risk to any one individual in the uk remains low. you are suggesting it is inevitable that there will be cases in scotland? absolutely. and when do you think the first case may well arise?

absolutely. and when do you think the first case may well arise ?|j think in the coming days or weeks we may well have more cases in the uk, generally. this is being transmitted now from europe. we are prepared, though, we have our advice continually being updated. we will continue to work with the other european governments, so that we have the most up—to—date data and can get our population is the correct advice to try to really contain, in the first instance, and then lay spread of this virus if we need to. what about people who are suggesting this is the moment to start stocking up on essentials, just in case? that is not necessary at the moment. again, we had a very low risk at the moment in the uk. i think that those containment procedures that we have advised have worked extremely well so far, and we will continue to advise people, but at the moment there is no need for any such drastic measures as stocking up or... not going to areas

where there are lots of people. doctor, given that the number of deaths associated with coronavirus is still relatively low, is there an element of panic in government response to this? i think we hear from our experts that this can still go one of two ways. there is still a chance that we will have smaller numbers of people affected, who are outside mainland china. and in fact, there will be no need for very many more measures than we have in place. if, however, this does become a global epidemic, then i think the older people in particular, people with other medical conditions, can beat those severely affected and can die. we have estimated the mortality rate at i—2%, so that over a whole population is a large number of people. a large number of people needing to be hospitalised, where this to be a pandemic. so is being

prepared in the nhs, the population being aware of what they can do to mitigate against it, is not to create panic, but it is so that we are on the front foot, we know what to do and we can try to contain this and delay the spread as far as possible. better to be prepared than have a large number of people affected with out of those preparations in place. what about masks? are they a waste of time? masks, really, are only effective if someone masks, really, are only effective if someone has the virus to stop the droplets from them coughing or sneezing being passed to someone else. for people who are asymptomatic, who have not got the virus, they are not really protective. the mask is to stop the person who is infected spreading to others. again, from what you are saying and finally, we are looking ata saying and finally, we are looking at a pandemic, saying and finally, we are looking ata pandemic, a saying and finally, we are looking at a pandemic, a question of when rather than if, are we? no. we

still, i think, rather than if, are we? no. we still, ithink, have rather than if, are we? no. we still, i think, have can have this going the other way, that the pandemic is contained and there is not spread beyond some numbers in isolated parts of europe and it doesn't spread throughout european countries. we still very much hope that that is the case. the numbers in china being reported every day has started to reduce, so it would look like they are reaching their peak in china. if that is sustained, then we would hope for very good containment methods, as we are seeing from the italian government, for example, will stop this becoming a global pandemic. and we can still control this virus. dr catherine calderwood, chief medical officer in scott scotland. thank you very much for your time. and a bit of breaking news, we have just heard that 50 pupils from a school in northern ireland have been sent home after

returning from a italian skiing holiday. they were in lombardi in northern italy and the school is in cou nty northern italy and the school is in county antrim. they show no symptoms, but as a precaution around 50 pupils and staff in that school in northern ireland have been sent home. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: as the global number of coronavirus cases tops 80,000, people returning to the uk from northern italy are warned to self—isolate if they have flu—like symptoms. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century — according to a damning new report. the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to abuse allegations. in sport, the new wbc heavyweight champion, tyson fury, has arrived backin champion, tyson fury, has arrived back in manchester after his victory in las vegas. deontay wilder says he will trigger a clause for a rematch, but that will only delay a possible unification fight between tyson fury

and anthonyjoshua. a huge night ahead for chelsea in the champions league, how to keep out munich, who scored seven of their last visit to london against spurs. and great britain's adam yates leads the uae tour by over a minute after winning stage iii. i will have more for you in the next 15 minutes. see you then. let's ta ke let's take you to india. there he is in delhi with his respective partners, the president of india and of course, the president and first lady continuing what has been a trip surrounded by a and festivity. they landed in ahmedabad and he has held

talks with narendra modi in his home state, trying to discuss a trade deal, which the president said would prove a great trade deal. but of course, the issue in india at the moment is one of the violence that has been occurring during the visit by the president of the united states. india's parliament passing a bill that offers amnesty to illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries, and that has led to rioting in many cities of india. as you can see, the tranquil surroundings of the presidential palace as the president is given a personal tour there in delhi. to bring us up to speed with events during his presidential visit to delhi in india he was our reporter. rajini vaidya nathan reports. tensions ignited on the streets of the indian capital. a vision of delhi, which has

overshadowed president trump's trip to the city. deadly riots between hindus and muslims, sparked by protests over the government's citizenship act, which critics say marginalises muslims. translation: "they surrounded my father and i, and asked us to shout hindu slogans," this muslim told the bbc. one man took off my helmet and another hit me on the head with a rod. they were only attacking muslims after identifying us by our names. the violence continues. in this hindu area, mobs were on the streets, chanting, as they carried sticks and stones. there have been victims of both faiths. at least six deaths, including a policeman and more than 150 injured. the worst religious violence delhi has seen for years. just a few miles away, a display of unity as the us president was hosted by the indian prime minister. all smiles but this is deeply

embarrassing for mr modi, whose hindu nationalist bjp party has been blamed for stoking the tensions. as the two leaders addressed the media, prime minister modi made no mention of the violence as the pair agreed a defence deal. at a solo press conference later in the day, president trump said he didn't raise the riots with his counterpart. he did talk about religious freedom and i will say the prime minister was incredible on what he told me. he wants people to have religious freedom, and very strongly, and he said, "in india, they have worked very hard to have great and open religious freedom." but a cloud still hangs over this visit. despite calling for calm, the government has been accused of not doing enough to quell the violence, which looks set to continue. the political establishment in westminster repeatedly failed to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse, covering up claims and protecting high—profile mps,

including sir cyril smith and sir peter morrison. those are among the findings of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. let's speak to our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. what else does this report say? just to give you the context, this report came from an enquiry that is actually much wider and has up to 13 other topics. this man was always going to be the controversial one though, because this enquiry began with inquiries into a paedophile network at the heart of british power and government and the establishment. the enquiry here has found that isn't the case. it couldn't find evidence to support that, but it does say that where individual cases of men, almost entirely men, who were thought to be abusing children, but the establishments, politics, police, when it came to politicians and prosecutors, when it came to

politicians, did not act. it says that there was a culture of deference when it came to people in prominent positions, and there was a treatment of wealthy and well—connected people as different, and that there was a failure by almost every institution to look after child safety. in particular, one case, just to pick out from a view, the case of cyril smith. in 1989, he was accused of abusing children in rochdale. in 1979, the leader of the labour —— the liberal party, sir peter morrison, ifound out about those allegations and didn't say anything about them. he didn't say anything about them. he didn't consider whether sir cyril smith he was then an mp was a risk to children. one of the recommendations this enquiry makes it that when someone is accused of child abuse and they have a knighthood or some other award from the state, that that should be removed and there should be a much better system of guidelines for making sure that those who have

abused children don't benefit from the highest honours that this country can give. thank you very much. some usejust country can give. thank you very much. some use just coming country can give. thank you very much. some usejust coming in country can give. thank you very much. some use just coming in from tesco's. we have just heard that more than 1800 staff have got their jobs at risk as bakeries are being put in to stores, putting 1800 jobs at risk. that news just coming in from tesco and we will have more about that in our business news later on. health inequalities in england have increased to a ‘shocking' degree over the last 10 years, according to a damning new report. the upward trend in life expectancy has stalled for the first time in a century — and among women in the poorest areas of the country, it has fallen. dominic hughes reports. dear future me, by the time you read this letter, 20 years will have passed. you will have grown up and primary school will be a distant memory... at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils are casting their eyes to the future.

what do we want to be in 20 years' time? encouraging this kind of ambition in one of the most deprived parts of greater manchester is a vital element in the school's mission, working with the whole family so they have options in the years to come. we encourage our parents to be as... so they can be healthy too, so they can have a healthy mindset and a healthy body. the school makes a point of looking at the bigger picture, how education is linked to health, housing, work and family. many of our families have gone on to achieve gcses now, they're in paid employment. it's a route not only for the children but the families, the whole family is the centre of our school. today's report on health and inequalities in england suggest this kind of approach is needed more than ever. it says life expectancy has stalled over the past decade, with a growing health divide between rich and poor — the more deprived the area, the shorter the life expectancy. and it blames austerity,

which it says has taken a significant toll on the health of the nation. if health‘s not improving and health inequalities are increasing, something's going wrong with society. society is not improving, and inequalities in society are increasing. some areas are trying to make changes. coventry decided to implement the recommendations of sir michael marmot's original report, published a decade ago. so this mother and baby group called mamta helps mums from more deprived areas of their children the best possible start in life. i've got my sisters and my friends and everything, but sometimes that's not enough, and if you're feeling like really low in yourself and you want to talk to someone else, there's someone there to hold your hand, if that makes sense. the government acknowledges there is a long way to go but says it is determined to narrow the health gap by levelling up access to health care across england, and it has plans

to improve children's health. but this is a report that makes for uncomfortable reading, highlighting a decade of missed opportunities and worsening health. dominic hughes, bbc news. now let's get a weather update. yes, we are getting in on the shrove tuesday act. we racked our brains and were trying to find something that was vaguely related to pancakes. these are ice pancakes, pictures that are weather watchers have sent in over the last few yea rs. have sent in over the last few years. 2016, we have gone back for yea rs years. 2016, we have gone back for years to these pictures. they don't happen very often, yet he needed a very specific set of circumstances, smooth areas of ice. just wait, we have got something more up—to—date, but i'm saving it. you have got these areas of smooth eyes that are sort of move together, they bash together, smooth the edges out and

as they continue to grow, they form into these pancake shapes. they are normally quite small, between 20 — 30 centimetres. but let me show you a bigger ice pancake. this is much more up—to—date. the bigger the better, as there is pancakes are concerned. this one is from maine in the north east of us and you can see the north east of us and you can see the swelling desk of ice. this one formed slightly differently probably, and it may be that phone started to form and freeze on this la ke started to form and freeze on this lake and in this slower moving area of water it was able to freeze and thatice of water it was able to freeze and that ice developed. this is going back a year now because last year was actually a colder year, so you can see that the ice pancake last yearin can see that the ice pancake last year in the same spot was a much firmer affair because it was much colder, was able to threes more solidly, whereas this year is a bit more flimsy, if it was slushy. right, so that's what has been happening in the last few years. thank you very much for that. let's

move on. let's talk about here because well... it is getting to the stage where it's incessant. people who are already underwater face more. absolutely and let me show you this picture from shropshire. it looks like snow, but it isn't. this is flooded fields as far as the eye can see and structure is currently particularly badly affected. we talked about this yesterday. there are still those two severe flood warnings in the environment agency here only with a severn in shrewsbury and a bit further down in ironbridge. these levels are expected to peak later today and the environment agency forecast do suggest that those levels were then start to fall because it has been a little while since we had persistent rain in that area, but obviously flooding is still a major concern. everything is so saturated now that any more rain we get is not going to bea any more rain we get is not going to be a welcome and could spell for further problems. we have been talking about the lack of any winter and that is about to change perhaps? yes, it might feel like it has changed already because that is

pretty cold out there. we have got some rain at there at the moment, but not the persistent rain we have had recently. in the form of showers, look at this big cloud. lots of those clouds rushing across the uk at the moment, the sort of weather where one minute you have got blue skies overhead and then the next a big shower drenches you. you can see the white colours and our radarfrom earlier. not all the showers are falling as rain, some sleet and snow mixing in. even to lower levels, we a re sleet and snow mixing in. even to lower levels, we are getting a bit of snow in the mix of those heavy showers. quite windy, particularly towards the south—west. look at these temperatures, 5p and if you are heading out 3—5d. factor in that wind and if you are heading out in glasgow, plymouth or anywhere it is going to feel like it is freezing and that leads to what is going to bea and that leads to what is going to be a cold night. showers through the night as well i could well see a covering of a couple of centimetres of snow across high ground in the west of the uk. could bring the snow

right down to sea level though and it is going to be a cold night even down to —6 in parts of scotland. really, wherever you are ice could bea really, wherever you are ice could be a concern for butler tomorrow morning. at this stage, the showers are most likely to reflect north parts of england, north wales and in scotland. the further east and further south you are, the better start chance of staying dry with some of that sunshine. a windy day for some of us, temperatures up to 9 degrees, but still feeling on the chilly side. not unusual for this time of year. through wednesday night, we are watching this area of low pressure. a bit of uncertainty about the track of it, but it looks like it will bring rain to some southern counties and somewhere on the northern flank we could see some snow on higher ground, may be for the cotswolds, the chilterns and into the dance as that area pulls away. don't be surprised to get a bit of snow mixing in, but it should clear and then we will see wintry showers in the north once again. there's temperatures will be highs

of9 there's temperatures will be highs of 9 degrees. for the weekend, more rain in the forecast, again still that relatively cold air, so in the pennines and up into the mountains of scotla nd pennines and up into the mountains of scotland though could be some snow. think standing a little bit milder in the south, but if you're thinking about the best of the weekend, if it stays unsettled, low pressure will still be in charge and this will push through and then we are back with a chilly rest of the weekend with lots of showers. more wind and rain at times over the weekend, and still cold enough for some snow over the hills. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines. as the fight against the spread of coronavirus continues, the government tells people returning from areas of northern italy currently in lockdown to self isolate and seek nhs advice. meanwhile a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown after an italian tourist tested positive for coronavirus. in south korea, an eleventh person has died from the illness, and iran has reported another three deaths. life expectancy among women living in the poorest communities in england has declined since 2011, according to a new report on health inequality. health has stopped improving. health inequalities are increasing, and the recommendations that we made ten years ago are not being acted on, and acting on them would create better societies. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse finds that the political establishment in westminster "repeatedly failed to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse", covering up claims and protecting high—profile mps including sir cyril smith and sir peter morrison

warnings of a danger to life — parts of the midlands are expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the next few hours. sport now on afternoon live with 0lly. the dust is settling after tyson fury‘s remarkable win in las vegas — so what's next for the new world heavyweight champion? the fun really starts, he's been having a lot of fun in las vegas but he is now after that win over deontay wilder to become wbc world heavyweight champion. here he is at manchester airport this morning. we know welder wants a third fight against fury and is going to trigger the rematch clause so that will happen at some point but that puts a spanner happen at some point but that puts a spanner in the works because it will delay and jeopardise the fight eve ryo ne delay and jeopardise the fight everyone wants no, a huge

unification fight it would be, against anthonyjoshua, who's got all the other belts, of course. from our point of view, the fight we wa nt from our point of view, the fight we want more than anything is the undisputed fight, the key to that is tyson fury. if we can get that next we are absolutely all in on that fight. he had a guy in tyson fury andl fight. he had a guy in tyson fury and i know you have a guy in anthony joshua, he's already called me asking how to make this fight happen, i've already spoken to tyson fury's advisors and i believe there is genuine, genuine want for this fight to happen. boxing politics does so many people'sheads in! there are four else between the two men, but throw into the mix of the mandatory challengers for those belts, joshua is also set to face kubrat pulev in june, probably in london, dillian whyte is another british fighter, due to get a shot at fury but he's got another fight in may. that's keeping him busy, so he's out of the way. squeeze in the wilder rematch,

furyjoshua way. squeeze in the wilder rematch, fury joshua probably can't way. squeeze in the wilder rematch, furyjoshua probably can't happen until next year and will they have the belts by then anyway? it's tricky. it's good that boxing politics does people'sheads,, very good that. champions league? chelsea had a really important win over the weekend, beating spurs to stay in the champions league places, the top four, but they've now got a really tough match over two legs to stay in the competition itself, they beat bayern munich on penalties in the 2012 final, but the germans are certainly favourites. the first leg is at stamford bridge, the last time the bundesliga champions were in london was when they beat spurs 7—2 in the group stage last october. former arsenal player serge gnabry scored four that night. ididn't i didn't expect to come back to north london and score four goes, it was a special night for me and for the team, one of the highest wins

ever, so, yes, hopefully chelsea could be a similar scenario, that would be good for us. the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact sport across the world, the japanese j—league has been put on hold today. 0lympics organisers say they're now worried yet about the games that start in tokyo in five months‘ time. the outbreak in northern italy has seen football affected with inter milan having tio play behind closed doors this week. six nations organisers are monitoring the situation, italy are sending the men's and women's teams to ireland next month with england sending theirs to italy for the final round of matches. wales full back liam williams has been released by saracens early and could make his debut for scarlets as early as this weekend. he's only just recovered from an ankle problem and hasn't played since late october. sarries will be relegated to the championship next season after salary cap breaches and had always planned to let williams go in the summer. he may still feature

for wales in the six nations. another well 6—nation line just reaching us, josh adams has been ruled out with an ankle injury that he picked up over the weekend. britain's adam yates has taken the lead at the uae tour after winning the third stage. he's now over a minute clear in the general classification in the united arab emirates. it's his first stage win of the season although it was another day to forget for chris froome — who lost nearly 11 minutes. british number one dan evans is in action at the dubai tennis championships. he's in a deciding set against world number 11 fabio fognini. meanwhile at the mexican 0pen, british number two, kyle edmund, has continued his good run of form with a straight sets win over spain's feliciano lopez in the first round. cam norrie lost, though. in the women's draw heather watson came from a set down to beat american coco vandeweghe. that's all the sport for now.

although, thanks. let's get more now on the coronavirus outbreak. one of the worst affected countries outside china is iran, where the deputy health minister has tested positive for the virus. the official number of deaths in iran is fifteen but other reports suggest the realfigure may be significantly higher. the majority of cases appear to be in the holy city of qom, where the authorities have refused to close religious sites. rana rahimpour from bbc persian is here. how widespread is this? it's now from the north to the south, east to the west of the country. until yesterday, there are cases in seven provinces of the country, in the last 2a hours, it's not up to 13 provinces, and it's all across the country, and notjust iran. iran has managed to export this to at least seven countries in the region, so it's quickly expanding. what are people being told ?

it's quickly expanding. what are people being told? president rohani just finished a press conference in which he asked people to take all the advice seriously but hasn't announced any lockdown, surprisingly. the city of qom, as you mentioned, this shia shrine, very important to shia clerics there, they also have a city with many foreign students, but authorities are refusing to shut those sites down and that is a hot bed of outfits in the region but authorities are refusing to shut it down. the deputy health minister has posted a video saying has tested positive we got a, video of him at a news co nfe re nce positive we got a, video of him at a news conference yesterday, he is standing next to the speaker, you can see in a moment from these pictures, he is causing quite a bit, he's not, clearly, as well as he might be. yes, yesterday people were

joking that maybe he himself has corona and it turned out they were right. he is standing next to the government spokesperson. in this press co nfe re nce , government spokesperson. in this press conference, mr iraj harirchi, the same person who now has coronavirus, said he didn't believe in quarantine, this is an old—fashioned measure from world war i. old—fashioned measure from world war i, lockdown stonework, and was com pletely relu cta nt to i, lockdown stonework, and was completely reluctant to admit the fa ct completely reluctant to admit the fact that iran is now in a serious crisis. -- fact that iran is now in a serious crisis. —— he said lockdown is do not work. but now he came out and posted a video of himself singing step test results have come back and it is positive. —— saying his test results. and of course everyone in that room is now going to want to know how they are. the question many iranians are asking is who he has met over the last few days, has he met the supreme leader, who is quite an old man? have other officials and ministers been affected? the feeling i'm getting from you is that this is

out of control in iran, what are the public believe is happening there? the public is so worried. they are so... the public is so worried. they are so... they don't trust the politicians to the degree they even passed out about what the deputy health minister has claimed, they say they have corona, they want to... this propaganda. they think he's not got it? they think he's lying, then he's going to say, i'm recovery, it's not serious, don't worry. the level of mistrust towards the iranian politicians are so serious they wouldn't believe anything that comes out of their mouths. he didn't look well, it has to be said. no! i agree, he didn't look well and he is not the only one. someone else has also confirmed one. someone else has also confirmed on twitter that his test result is positive and they had a sitting yesterday in parliament so it looks like... every mp is now going to

ask... 0r self—isolate? i like... every mp is now going to ask... 0rself—isolate? i deserve isolated? if they do, that's the problem is that many of these politicians and many of the public are so politicians and many of the public are so religious that they think that death is in the hands of god, if i'm not meant to die then i want to die, so they don't believe in scientific measures to contain the virus. —— is not meant to die then i will not die. the former egyptian president, hosni mubarak, has died, at the age of 91. he ruled egypt for three decades and was a hugely influential figure in the arab world during his years in power. but he was forced from office in 2011 during the wave of protests known as the arab spring. ministers from the eu's 27 member states have approved the mandate on which they will negotiate post—brexit trade talks with the uk. the british government will publish its position on thursday. it means negotiations can begin shortly. adam fleming sent us this update from brussels there are three new potential flash points and one old one in this document that we have seen today, so the three new ones, first, this idea

of the uk being asked to uphold existing common standards in a whole load of policy areas, with existing eu rules as a reference point. does that, the uk use, sound too much like britain being asked to carry on following eu rules? number to, the eu wants to continue uploading access to british fishing waters that european fishing boats have now. and thirdly, they want a limited role for the european court ofjustice in managing the relationship in the future, the uk does not want any role for the ecj at all. these are all things that will have to be worked out very quickly in the next few months if there is to be a trade deal. and then there the old issue that has come up again today, the irish deputy prime minister, simon coveney, riding for this meeting, said, the chances of that free trade deal being agreed will go down a lot if the uk does not start implementing and putting in place the infrastructure for the potential

new checks on goods going from great britain to northern ireland, agreed as part of the brexit deal. parts of the midlands are expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the next few hours. in shrewsbury and neighbouring ironbridge, the river severn is continuing to rise after more rain overnight. rail lines have been closed and two severe "danger to life" flood warnings are in place. from ironbridge, phil mackie reports. the world heritage site partly underwater. this is the second week of flooding along the river severn ina raging of flooding along the river severn in a raging torrent. these barriers holding it back for now, but if they're holding it back for now, but if they‘ re overtop dozens holding it back for now, but if they're overtop dozens more properties would be inundated. it's already too late for this man, his cottage along with his neighbours not cottages don't have any barriers, and that what is still rising. how are things today compared to last week? getting worse. we have lost all power to the

downstairs area now. we've lost or water, the water is nowhere to go so we can't use toilets or anything, and we have no heating. so it's pretty grim. in it shrewsbury river is continuing to rise, this is the fourth time 800 flood event has hit the severn in 20 years. we really should be careful about any new building on the flood plain. the clue is in the name, it's a flood plain, it floods. we're not saying there shouldn't be any new building, we recognise homes need to be built and people need houses to live in. but what we are saying is only built on flood plains if there is no alternative. back near ironbridge, you can see things getting worse. another 16 centimetres on the river will overtop the flood defences protecting all those properties down there and that could happen later today. everyone down here has been given the option to evacuate but some people have decided to stay in

the properties and see things out. the environment agency have predicted that the flood water would peak this morning, that's now been revised to this evening or into tomorrow morning. what i can say is that the waters are already as high as last weekend are on course to match if not surpass levels from 2000, which would be unprecedented. this is the worst flood event here for 20 years and the danger still has not passed. an internal metropolitan police investigation has found it "credible" that one of its former undercover officers, who's now a conservative councillor, had a relationship with a teenage animal rights campaigner. andy coles, a member of peterborough city council, denied that he'd had an inappropriate relationship with the woman when he posed as an activist in the 1990s. june kelly reports. general election night 2019, and standing at the shoulder of the winning candidate in peterborough is andy coles, a conservative councillor and former police officer.

this was him in the 1990s, when he was an undercover officer. he infiltrated protest groups and called himself andy davey. next to him here is a 19—year—old animal rights campaigner. now using the pseudonym jessica, she says they had a sexual relationship, and she described him as her first boyfriend. i think it would have been quite obvious that i wasn't very worldly—wise with regards to boys. andy coles has denied having an inappropriate relationship with her. it was his brother, the bbc radio presenter, the reverend richard coles, who first publicly revealed his past. in his 2014 autobiography, he wrote of his elder brother, "he had joined special branch and was undercover, living a double life." 2a years after she met andy coles, jessica learned his true identity.

it was total shock. you obviously, you remember the things were said to one another, the times you were intimate with them, and then think, "who was listening?" andy coles was one of many police spies, who posed as activists to gather information on protest movements. his unit, the special demonstration squad, is set to be investigated at the upcoming inquiry into undercover policing. an internal metropolitan police inquiry has resulted in no criminal proceedings and the police watchdog found no grounds to investigate andy coles. but the met said it is credible he had a relationship withjessica, and if he was still a serving officer, he would have had a case to answer for alleged gross misconduct. we asked andy coles

for an interview, or a statement. in response, his lawyer said... if i'd have known who he really was, he wouldn't have got through the front door, and i certainly would not have had sex with him. i wouldn't have gone anywhere near him had i known he was a police officer, or that he was 32, or that he was married. it would never have happened. three years ago, jessica saw andy coles step down as cambridgeshire's deputy police and crime commissioner because of the controversy. she believes he should now resign as a conservative councillor.

the headlines on afternoon live. as the global number of corona—virus cases tops 80,000 — people returning to the uk from northern italy are warned to self—isolate if they have flu—like symptoms. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century — according to a damning new report. the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to abuse allegations. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. more than 1,800 tesco staff are to lose theirjobs as part of changes to in—store bakeries. the supermarket giant says there's been "a big shift in customer tastes, with customers buying fewer traditional loaves and sales of wraps and bagels growing". london's stock market has fallen to a four year low — despite bouncing back in early trading after sharp falls yesterday. the coronavirus crisis in italy has spooked investors, with many worried the emergency will spread beyond the country, dampening demand for travel, hurting business investment and forcing staff to stay at home.

real estate firm hammerson has reported a more than 11% fall in rental incomes last year — because of what it calls a difficult uk retail environment. the firm, which runs brent cross shopping centre in london and birmingham's bullring says pre—tax losses hit £57lim, up from £173m the year before. it's blamed that on retailers renegotiating rents or closing stores. the global market sell off continues, despite a reprieve this morning. this morning, traders came in and thought they'd seen the worst because yesterday at this time we we re because yesterday at this time we were talking about big falls in markets, 3.5% lower in london, 11% lower in germany and france. and this morning we saw a little bit of a reprieve but it didn't last very long. i think the escalation of those cases, particularly in italy,

really spooking investors for certain fundamental day—to—day things. will factory still be able to work? will firms be able to get supplies? will people just stay at home, maybe not even be given the option? that'll have knock—on effect for world economies, people won't be at work so productivity will fall into a pit full as a result. so that's the worry. of course, the question is how this plays out. the markets have opened, michelle standing by in new york, yesterday was a pretty turbulent day, no let either to date so far? the markets did try to open higher and i can tell you right now they are just about, and i mean barely assertive in positive territory at the moment, pretty much flat. but in some ways given the picture you just painted, some as a surprise we haven't seen a sell—off of the kind we witness yesterday happening earlier on. —— it's almost a surprise. markets are essentially wiping the gains for the year, and in the case of the s&p

500, we are talking about the worst performance of the biggest point drop in one day in two years. and we should remember in cases like this, it's easy to sort of thing it's a knee jerk reaction but what markets are looking at its future events and they are trying to work at the day—to—day impact on business, on the global economic growth, and i guess for people simplyjust not being able to get to work, it's really fundamental basics like that? yes, letting the trigger for the sale of yesterday was a sort of that realisation that it wasn't perhaps contained just in china, as more and more countries are reporting case, the idea that you could see governments and authorities in those territories essentially take some of the same measures that china has, shutting down transportation, shutting down transportation, shutting down transportation, shutting down factories, workers staying home, as you say, people avoiding going to places like the cinema. all of that, they started to look at the maths and kind of look at the repercussions that it might have on the global economy, and

that's why you so, really, wall street taking this kind of, in such a bad fashion, in a way that really they took the us china trade war much more in their stride than they did the prospect of the coronavirus and its impact on the global economy. i doe it is still too early to tell, ultimately, what the final cost the economy will be. —— although it is still too early. michelle, thank you. i know we'll keep an eye on how all that ferres. the man who invented lego figures — with their interchangeable legs and torsos — has died at the age of 78. yes, he was called jens nygaard knudsen, and i will have pronounced that horribly! he died at the age of 78. how important he was for lego in creating these figures, sold around the world, i've just been looking up some numbers, i love stuff like this. for a billion of these things

have been produced since 1978, the first one back in 197a. i want to show you what they originally looked like before he got his hands on them. the first ones were maybe a little bit clunky, not particularly small, and they were not exactly miniature, you say. they didn't have movable arms, they were made of actual lego bricks themselves. then he got involved and they became these things, little miniature ones with movable hands and arms. and it was the mini figure that we now know, in 1978. 1979, a year later, the male figures got hairpieces for the male figures got hairpieces for the first time. so lego hair was born back in 1979. before that, all male figures had to wear hats because that was quite an invention on his part, as well. had to wear hats? yes. i don't know if! can show pictures before he got involved but yes. in 1989 —— launched new figures with facial expressions for

the first time, there are no more than 8000 characters as a result of the work that he did. —— there are no more than 8000. i think that's astonishing, 4 billion of them produce. this is that haiti originally worked on, registered with us authorities. —— the patient originally worked on. it's a specific, each of these things clearly need to fit under individual lego pieces, the hands need to be able to pick up certain bits of equipment and the tools they give them, and crucially, at the top, to be able to fix their hair or helmet or whatever else. so i think it's testa m e nt to or whatever else. so i think it's testament to his work. jens nygaard knudsen, and i hope i've pronounced that properly, at the age of the 78. and i believe i can show you the pictures, finally. now they are. that's what they looked like before he got involved. you might think a bit clunky, did big, and not very miniature. and then if i can show you what they then became... the

things that we know and love. so hats off to him, excuse the pun! hairoff to him, hats off to him, excuse the pun! hair off to him, maybe we should say, lego hair off to him. died at the age of 78, quite instrumental. do you know where lego comes from? is this real, really bad...? no, it's real, two danish words meaning play well. within for ten minutes and i've learned nothing! mine was way more interesting. see you later. thank you. the hero of england's cricket world cup triumph, ben stokes, has received an 0be at buckingham palace. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson was there. well, one way of perceiving an appearance here at buckingham palace and the whole honours system is that it represents the ultimate recognition in british society. and ben stokes was here today. remember, at the end of last year, he was in aberdeen winning sports personality

of the year, and all of this after, in 2018, he was cleared of affray in a very different kind of court appearance. now, stokes tends not to think about things in terms of personal redemption, but it is certainly possible to perceive it in that way. stokes was happy to pose for some pictures here today. he didn't do interviews and that is always up to the individual to make that judgment after these ceremonies. i know that stokes sometimes feels a bit embarrassed about the individual attention that he gets when he is, of course, part of a team sport. jos butler was also here today, part of the england's world cup winning team. one thing that stokes will be aware of, though, is that 2020 is a big year in many ways for english cricket. the launch of a new domestic competition, the 100, designed to engage a whole new generation of fans. they want to try and build towards becoming the best test team in the world and england would love to win the men's 2020 world cup later in the year. is any of that, all of that, feasible? well, we know, with ben stokes, just about anything is possible.

good afternoon. it's sunshine and showers day—to—day of the sort of day where you have blue skies ever had one minute and the next, a drenching downpour. but of course any rain is not good news with scenes like this, this is shropshire, from one of our weather watchers, are still significant flooding. you can see sharon pushing through this afternoon, notjust rain, sleet and snow, especially over higher ground, but into lower levels, heavier showers, particularly down towards the south—west, so because of that it will feel cold, colder than these numbers suggest, and on the strength of the wind and it will feel like it's freezing. going through this evening and tonight, it will be a cold one, further showers to come, show is giving snow over hills and the west, you could see a couple of centimetres accumulating in places, temperatures overnight dropping close to freezing, below for some. pa rt close to freezing, below for some. part of scotland looking at —5 or

-6, part of scotland looking at —5 or —6, just about wherever you are, i sat and sewn into tomorrow morning. tomorrow another sunshine and showers day. thursday could bring rain in the south and may be a bit of snow for some of us. that's it from me for now. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. good afternoon and welcome to afternoon live. as the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, people returning to the uk from affected parts of italy have hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. as some schools tell staff and students to stay at home after returning from skiing trips to northern italy, the chief medical officer says: south isolation should be taken seriously. —— self isolation. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century, according to a damning new report. the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to abuse allegations. coming up on afternoon live

all the sport — 0lly. in manchester with his wbc world heavyweight belt, tyson fury top. but now it is all about the politics. who is he going to fight next? we will hear from you eventually. what is happening in the weather? sunshine and showers today, and there is still rain forecast to fall on the river severn in shropshire. 0r fall on the river severn in shropshire. or that later. thanks, ben. also coming up — howzat! england's cricket world cup hero ben stokes receives his 0be in a ceremony at buckingham palace. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. as the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, people returning to the uk from affected parts of italy have

been told to stay at home for two weeks even if they don't feel unwell — and all travellers who've visited northern italy should self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms. several schools which had organised trips to italy have either closed and/or sent some of their pupils home. hundreds of guests at a hotel on tenerife in the canary islands are not being allowed to leave the complex after an italian tourist staying at the hotel tested positive for the virus. the number of cases around the world is now more than 80,000 — but there have been only 13 in the uk. jon donnison reports. it's known as the red zone. almost a dozen towns and 50,000 people, now under police lockdown in northern italy. and today, the british government stepped up its advice for those returning from the country. anybody who's been to italy north of pisa should, if they have symptoms, flu—like symptoms, should self—isolate, which means go home and try to stay out of contact with other people.

if people have been to the affected areas that the italian government have quarantined, then they should self—isolate, whether or not they have symptoms. from the air, the streets of the red zone do seem eerily quiet. with more than 200 confirmed cases and seven deaths, nowhere near the same scale as in the far east, but it's the centre of europe's biggest coronavirus outbreak. this man is a priest in the quarantined hamlet of zorlesco. translation: everything has changed in the last three days. there is a surreal atmosphere. you see very few people. the shops and businesses are closed except for takeaways and supermarkets. even at church, we are being ordered by the authorities and our bishop not to celebrate mass. and at least one school, cransley near northwich in cheshire,

has closed for the week after some pupils returning from a ski trip to northern italy reported flu symptoms. meanwhile, at this hotel in tenerife, around 1000 people are now in quarantine after one guest, a doctor, reportedly from northern italy, tested positive for the virus. and we've just got to stay in the hotel, we can't leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there's a cordon around the hotel with police. elsewhere, in iran, some hospitals and pharmacists are struggling to cope as people queued to get medication. at least 16 people have died and the country's deputy health minister has now become infected. this turkish airlines flight out of tehran was diverted after a suspected case among its passengers, and several airlines in the region are now restricting flights in and out of iran. in south korea, the government has

ramped up efforts to contain the virus, with the number of confirmed infections close to 1,000. around two thirds of them are from one christian religious group. 200,000 of its members will now be tested. the crisis might be spreading around the world, but in china, there are signs it's beginning to be contained. the original source of the virus is thought to be from the sale of wild animals at this now—deserted market in wuhan. today, news from the government that the trade of such meat will be banned. the chief medical officer for england has said it is still possible that the virus can be contained. but he said a range of measures are being considered in the event of a much bigger global spread and many more cases in the uk. so if this does become an epidemic, then we're going to try to do two broad sets of things. there's a set of things designed

to try and maximise the impact on people who are sick, and trying to make sure that they are treated in the best possible way. there's also a range of things we can do which may pull the peak of the epidemic down. and for all epidemics, there is a beginning, middle and an end, and in the middle, the peak period, that's the point of maximum pressure on the system. and some of the things we can do to do that are straightforward things we would recommend anyway, like washing your hands and disposing of tissues. some of them are things like asking people to self—isolate if they are ill. and then the next step up from that, which we're looking at the modelling of is asking people to stay at home with their families if they are ill. and then of course, there are things like mass gatherings, and schools, which in any epidemic, people look at, is it appropriate to stop those? but we are not necessarily going to do this. what we are aiming to do is do the modelling out, compare the effect of this on the epidemic and look at the cost of it to society and then work out,

what is the best balance of these with the particular epidemic we face? and that will depend on a number of factors. 0ur correspondent bethany bell gave us this update from the italian city of milan. here in milan, you can feel the impact of the fears about the coronavirus, the duomo, the cathedral behind me, has been closed to tourists. no masses are taking place. there's been an impact on the milan fashion week at the moment. and over in venice, which should be celebrating the climax of the very famous venice carnival, there's celebrations, as well, has been stopped because of fears of the virus spreading. a cluster of towns in lombardy and also a couple in veneto involving about 50,000 people have been quarantined, and this is an area where they had a spike in the number of cases. the authorities are hoping

that if they can try and keep people from moving out of those towns, they may try and be able to halt the spread of this disease. meanwhile, though, it seems to be spreading to other countries in europe. just over the border in austria, officials have confirmed the first two cases, we understand, to have occurred in austria itself. two people in the state of tyrol. this is something which here in italy is creating a great deal of concern. we've just come from the area close to the quarantine zones. people there are nervous, some people say that the government has not reacted quickly enough and they say it's very important that people should stick to these measures. other people say this is perhaps somewhat of an overreaction and that panic is the thing that people have to be the most afraid of.

the political establishment in westminster repeatedly failed to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse, covering up claims and protecting high—profile mps including sir cyril smith and sir peter morrison. those are among the findings of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has been examining the report. this report came from an enquiry that is actually much wider and has up to 13 other topics. this one was always going to be the controversial one though, because this enquiry began with inquiries into a paedophile network at the heart of british power and government and the establishment. the enquiry here has found that isn't the case. it couldn't find evidence to support that, but it does say that there were individual cases of men, almost entirely men, who were thought to be abusing children, but the establishments, politics, police, when it came to politicians and prosecutors, when it came to politicians, did not act. it says that there was a culture

of deference when it came to people in prominent positions, and there was a treatment of wealthy and well—connected people as different, and that there was a failure by almost every institution to look after child safety. in particular, one case, just to pick out from a few, the case of cyril smith. in 1969, he was accused of abusing children in rochdale. in 1979, the leader of the liberal party, a david steel, found out about those allegations and didn't say anything about them. he didn't consider whether sir cyril smith he was then an mp was a risk to children. one of the recommendations this enquiry makes it that when someone is accused of child abuse and they have a knighthood or some other award from the state, that that should be removed and there should be a much better system of guidelines for making sure

that those who have abused children don't benefit from the highest honours that this country can give. health inequalities in england have increased to a ‘shocking' degree over the last 10 years, according to a damning new report. the upward trend in life expectancy has stalled for the first time in a century — and among women in the poorest areas of the country, it has fallen. dominic hughes reports. dear future me, by the time you read this letter, 20 years will have passed. you will have grown up and primary school will be a distant memory... at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils are casting their eyes to the future. what do we want to be in 20 years' time? encouraging this kind of ambition in one of the most deprived parts of greater manchester is a vital element in the school's mission, working with the whole family so they have options in the years to come. we encourage our parents to be as... so they can be healthy too, so they can have a healthy mindset and a healthy body.

the school makes a point of looking at the bigger picture, how education is linked to health, housing, work and family. many of our families have gone on to achieve gcses now, they're in paid employment. it's a route, not only for the children but the families, the whole family is the centre of our school. today's report on health and inequalities in england suggest this kind of approach is needed more than ever. it says life expectancy has stalled over the past decade, with a growing health divide between rich and poor — the more deprived the area, the shorter the life expectancy. and it blames austerity, which it says has taken a significant toll on the health of the nation. if health's not improving and health inequalities are increasing, something's going wrong with society. society is not improving, and inequalities in society are increasing. some areas are trying to make changes. coventry decided to implement the recommendations of sir michael marmot's original

report, published a decade ago. so this mother and baby group called mamta helps mums from more deprived areas of their children the best possible start in life. i've got my sisters and my friends and everything, but sometimes that's not enough, and if you're feeling like a really low in yourself and you want to talk to someone else, there's someone there to hold your hand, if that makes sense. the government acknowledges there is a long way to go but says it is determined to narrow the health gap by levelling up access to health care across england, and it has plans to improve children's health. but this is reported makes for uncomfortable reading, highlighting a decade of missed opportunities and worsening health. dominic hughes, bbc news. ministers from the eu's 27 member states have approved the mandate on which they will negotiate post—brexit trade talks with the uk. the british government will publish its position on thursday. it means negotiations can begin shortly. adam fleming sent us this

update from brussels there are three new potential flash points and one old one in this document that we have seen today. so the three new ones, first of all, this idea of the uk being asked to uphold existing common standards in a whole load of policy areas with existing eu rules as a reference point. does that, to uk ears, sound too much like britain being asked to carry on following eu rules? number two, the eu wants to uphold the existing access to british fishing waters that european fishing boats have now. and thirdly, they want a limited role for the european court ofjustice in managing the relationship in the future. the uk doesn't want any role for the ecj at all. these are all things that are going to have to be worked out very quickly in the next few months if there is to be a trade deal. and then there's the old issue that has come up again today. the irish deputy prime minister, simon coveney, arriving for this meeting, said, "the chances of that free trade deal

being agreed will go down a lot if the uk does not start implementing and putting in place the infrastructure for the potential new checks on goods going from great britain to northern ireland, agreed as part of the brexit deal." you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: as the global number of coronavirus cases tops 80,000, people returning to the uk from northern italy are warned to self—isolate if they have flu—like symptoms. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century — according to a damning new report. the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to abuse allegations. and in sport. the new wbc world heavyweight champion tyson fury has arrived back in manchester after his victory in las vegas. deontay wilder says he will trigger a clause for a rematch, but that will only delay a possible unification fight between fury and anthonyjoshua.

a huge night ahead for chelsea in the champions league — how to keep out bayern munich who scored seven on their last visit to london? and wales wingerjosh adams is out of the rest of the six nations. he's having surgery on his ankle this week after picking up the injury in their defeat against france. i'll be back with more on those stories later. just to update you on that story of the westminster child abuse scandal, just in the last of the lord steel says he has now quit the liberal democrats and is going to be retiring as a member of the house of lords. he says he has received information that the liberal democrat party wish me to be suspended and investigated again, despite finding that no further action was required previously. i wish to avoid further turmoil in the party and wish to protect my family.

i have informed the party that my resignation is with immediate effect. this comes after the report that said he was aware of the allegations against sir cyril smith at the time. the former egyptian president, hosni mubarak, has died, at the age of 91. he ruled egypt for three decades and was a hugely influential figure in the arab world during his years in power. but he was forced from office in 2011 during the wave of protests known as the arab spring. it comes as the us president donald trump has announced a large military deal with india, on the second day of his visit to the country. it follows talks in delhi between the president and the indian prime minister, narendra modi. mr trump's visit has been overshadowed by some of the worst rioting seen in the city for decades. seven people have been killed in the violence, which erupted over a controversial new citizenship law. rajini vaidya nathan reports. tensions ignited on the streets of the indian capital. a vision of delhi, which has overshadowed president

trump's trip to the city. deadly riots between hindus and muslims, sparked by protests over the government's citizenship act, which critics say marginalises muslims. "they surrounded my father and i, and asked us to shout hindu slogans," this muslim told the bbc. "one man took off my helmet and another hit me on the head with a rod. they were only attacking muslims after identifying us by our names." the violence continues. in this hindu area, mobs were on the streets, chanting, as they carried sticks and stones. there have been victims of both faiths. at least six deaths, including a policeman and more than 150 injured. the worst religious violence delhi has seen for years. butjust a few miles away, a display of unity as the us president was hosted by the

indian prime minister. all smiles, but this is deeply embarrassing for mr modi, whose hindu nationalist bjp party has been blamed for stoking the tensions. as the two leaders addressed the media, prime minister modi made no mention of the violence as the pair agreed a defence deal. at a solo press conference later in the day, president trump said he didn't raise the riots with his counterpart. he did talk about religious freedom and i will say the prime minister was incredible on what he told me. he wants people to have religious freedom, and very strongly, and he said, that in india, they have worked very hard to have great and open religious freedom. but a cloud still hangs over this visit. despite calling for calm, the government has been accused of not doing enough to quell the violence, which looks set to continue. parts of the midlands expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the next few hours.

in shrewsbury and neighbouring ironbridge, the river severn is continuing to rise after more rain overnight. rail lines have been closed and two severe "danger to life" flood warnings are in place. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in ironbridge. a tense times. absolutely. what i was wondering is if we would get some heavy sleet, and that has just come as well. this is the raiders have seven raging down in an absolute current and you can see those cottages in the distance they are all flooded. they often flood. i have been down to see some of the people in their earlier on today. they have been struggling because they had lost power and water, but they had lost power and water, but they are staying in because they are fea rful they are staying in because they are fearful that if they abandon their homes other people might come in. if you look along here, you can see how much the flooding takes place and goes all the way up the side of the bank, goes beyond that cottage

beyond that pump and there is a 96—year—old lady in there. she is again choosing to stay, the ambulance has been in to check on her and she wants to stay in house. these are the backs of the flood defences, which are protecting the wharf bridge here. you can see the blue tarpaulin over the front of them. if the weather rises another 15-20 them. if the weather rises another 15—20 centimetres, it will start to overtop those defences that are protecting up to 50 properties here. they are already the businesses, that even if there is a trickle it will start to get into those properties and cause more flooding. these are record floods, the highest since the year 2000 and actually in some areas probably higher than that. further out in shrewsbury, where we are expecting a peek at the with the southern, we were expecting at this morning but it still hasn't happened. the levels are still rising. certainly in some parts of the town, there are some flooding happening in people's basement. this

isa happening in people's basement. this is a dangerous situation and it is not one that is changing very quickly. and the next you hours are going to be crucial? the peak here, they had originally predicted for later this afternoon and this evening and now they have to have that back to tomorrow because of what is happening upstream in shrewsbury, with so much water there still to make its way down the weather, they're not really sure when the peak be here. perhaps tomorrow morning. downstream you have got towns like bewdley and worcester, where i was last week, the river levels are going up rapidly again and they are expecting some very rapidly again and they are expecting some very high peaks today. roads and bridges have been shutting again today as they prepare for what would be an even biggerfan today as they prepare for what would be an even bigger fan flood than they had last week. you say it shrewsbury, we sate shrews very, which is it? i say both because i a lwa ys which is it? i say both because i always like to cover both bases. it isa always like to cover both bases. it is a big argument. i grew up saying shrewsbury, but i know some people

tend to sate shrews very. so it is up tend to sate shrews very. so it is upfor tend to sate shrews very. so it is up for debate. thank you very much. let's return to our main story, coronavirus — and hundreds of guests at a hotel on tenerife in the canary islands are not being allowed to leave the complex after an italian tourist staying at the hotel tested positive for the virus. clio 0'flynn is a journalist in tenerife — and has been speaking to the authorities there about the quarantined hotel. what is the situation right now? i'm down at the hotel, you can probably see it in the background. this is a hotel, which if you combine the visitors and the staff, about 1000 people work in and live in this hotel. they are not being allowed in or out on the road behind me is also closed off, so the people who work in the small commercial centre behind we haven't been able to go to work either. the main storage is what has happened to the italian

doctor who has been taken sick? he presented himself ill yesterday and had been on the island for six days and has been quarantined almost immediately along with his wife. he has been brought to a hospital in the capital and the hotel has been quarantined. all morning to have been medical staff from the regional department of health with ambulance people as well. they have been meeting with people and have been doing blood tests on site. we haven't heard anything in terms of results yet and we certainly haven't heard anything about further people presented with the there is, so we are waiting for news at the moment. no more official news has been forthcoming at the moment, but the local mayor has asked people to remain calm, to follow cleanliness protocols, wash your hands, and not to read or listen to anything but official sources, because as you can imagine people are going on facebook and on twitter and what they are trying to avoid its panic setting

in. it could be argued there are worse places to be quarantined, but are people actually being allowed out of their rooms at all? yes, they are. i spoke to one british couple, are. i spoke to one british couple, a scottish couple earlier this morning. they said they had received a note asking them not to leave their room, but then they did see from their balcony that other people we re from their balcony that other people were having breakfast, so we are trying to find out if this was perhaps part of the hotel where the doctor stayed in or it only player applied to certain people, but they decided to go down and have brea kfast decided to go down and have breakfast and there was nothing to physically stop them going down. so people have been mingling in the hotel, but they haven't been allowed outside the grounds of the hotel. good to see you and to hear you. thank you very much. 0ur reporter in tenerife there. we will be talking toa tenerife there. we will be talking to a health correspondent about what all this means and what, when you hear the phrase south isolation, what that actually means and what

you have to do. a lot of people are becoming increasingly concerned about the stories we are hearing him. time for a look at the weather... and then which has the news with shrove tuesday. we dug back in the archives and sound ice pancakes. they form a pretty unusual circumstances. you have to have a particular set of circumstances. they form on areas of smooth ice and sort of knock into each other and that this moves off the services, rams them off and then a little water splashes onto them and then that freezes and it gives them those little ridges around the edge, so quite thick pancakes for shrove tuesday. there are some more from the scottish highlands back in 2016, so we don't get these all that often, but let me show you a big one. there is a flip side! the

a nswer one. there is a flip side! the answer has already fallen flat. so here is a big ice pancake that has developed in maine in the north—east of the usa. that looks pretty slushy. i will show a picture from this time last year, when it was a bit colder. yet what you will see when it appears as the ice is a bit more well—developed. there you are. 0ne more well—developed. there you are. one is much bigger than the one i showed you a moment ago. it seems to be there is an area in the middle of this lake where the water eddies and rotates a nd this lake where the water eddies and rotates and is moving more slowly and so, it is able to threes there. that area of frozen pancake is therefore able to grow. 0k, that area of frozen pancake is therefore able to grow. ok, i'll be done with pancakes now? yes, that is quite enough. we have got more important things to talk about. yes, we have. we havejust important things to talk about. yes, we have. we have just heard from shrewsbury. 0r shrews very. clearly there is worse to come in some areas. yes, this is what one other weather watchers saw in shropshire earlier on today. you can see just

how wet the ground is. the problem with the river severn, particularly, is that it is a very big weather and it takes a very long time to respond to rainfall. so it is still responding to rain we had many days ago, particularly in the hills and mountains of rails. in shrewsbury, we have still got that severe flood warning in force and the environment agency is expecting that peak to come at some point, but as we heard in the report there, the levels are still rising and as we head down to a language we have more severe flood warnings. severe flood warnings means a danger to life, so obviously people in that area know that they need to be taking action, but there are numerous other flood warnings in place as well. of course, all that water will run its way down through worcester a nd water will run its way down through worcester and gloucestershire, so that situation is getting under way and even though today isn't bringing that much rain for those areas. but there is a sense of winter? definitely, it feels cold out there, so we definitely, it feels cold out there, so we have got a bit of rain out

there in the form of showers and clouds like these actually. a beautiful cloud there, but it is not only rain falling from the cloud. a bit of sleet and snow mixing in as well. this is the radar picture, it blew its main and where you see white, that is a mixture of hail, sleet and snow. the snow mostly owe the higher ground, but actually owe the higher ground, but actually owe the relatively low levels, you could see snow mixing in with any heavy showers and it is pretty windy down towards the south—west in particular. these are the temperatures at 5pm in the afternoon for— 5 degrees in many places, but that in the strength that the wind and this is what it is going to feel like. it will feel more like tweezing and will only fill colder as we go into tonight. a very chilly night in prospect, with a mixture of showers and wind and though showers could give a couple of centimetres of snow accumulating over the hills in the west. we will still see fairly breezy conditions, but not breezy enough to stop the temperatures dropping down to

freezing or below, —6 is even possible because some parts of scotland. wherever you are tomorrow morning, ice could be a factor. that is worth bearing in mind if you are travelling tomorrow morning. tomorrow more sunshine and showers, but the show is really focusing and naff in scotland, northern ireland and wales, the further south and east you are, it is predominately dry. temperatures 5—9d depending on where you are. as we move into thursday night, this area of low pressure is getting some cause for concern because its track is uncertain, but it is likely to bring some rain into southern counties of england and south wales and somewhere on the northern flank that they will be some snow over higher ground, such as the cotswolds or the chilterns on thursday morning. that should clear and then we are back to that sunshine and showers demon, some of those showers are wintry because it is still going to be rather cold. 0n because it is still going to be rather cold. on friday, we will bring more rain from the west, but adding more snow at the high ground

and the northern england today, across the pennines and up into scotland. that rain band should eventually clear its way through the south—west as it goes through the day in parts of wales, telling mao that for a time here. as you go into the weekend, we will see this weather system continue to move its way of a friday night into saturday, and behind it brisk westerly winds and behind it brisk westerly winds and quitea and behind it brisk westerly winds and quite a few showers. to sum up, as we head into the weekend more wind and more rain and a lot of that in the form of showers. there certainly is the risk of further flooding and it will be cold enough for some snow over the hills.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for coronavirus. hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. some schools in england and northern ireland have told staff and students to stay at home after they'd been on skiing trips to affected areas. the chief medical officer says if the problem escalates the health service will be ready: it is actually something which we are already planning for, this is part of the mitigation strategy, so if this happens we are than in the best position to get the nhs working as effectively as possible. life expectancy among women living in the poorest communities in england has declined since 2011 according to a new report on health inequality. health has stopped improving. health inequalities are increasing, and the recommendations that we made ten years ago are not being acted on,

and acting on them would create better societies. the former liberal democrats leader lord steel says he will resign from the house of lords and quit the party — after a report by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse concluded that the political establishment at westminster protected high—profile mps like sir cyril smith at the expense of children's welfare. " danger to life" flood warnings in two midlands towns — as water levels look set to reach record levels today. the dust is settling after tyson fury's remarkable win in las vegas — so what's next for the new world heavyweight champion? tyson fury is back home after that stunning win over deontay wilder over the weekend in las vegas, to become the wbc world heavyweight champion. here he is at manchester airport this morning after landing back from las vegas. we know that wilder wants a third fight against fury

and is going to trigger the rematch clause in the contract for that vegas fight. so that will be fighting number three between the two. it's a real spanner because everyone three between the two. it's a real spanner because everyone wants three between the two. it's a real spanner because everyone wants a huge unification fight with the man with all the other belts, of course, anthonyjoshua, but this will only delay that and possibly jeopardise it, as well, because there's so much that has to come together. you need all the books and planets to align, or the mandatory challenger is, how about that? that's complicated in itself. joshua is set to face pulev in june, dillian whyte itself. joshua is set to face pulev injune, dillian whyte should get a shot at fury, squeezing the wilder rematch, anthonyjoshua, shot at fury, squeezing the wilder rematch, anthony joshua, everyone wa nts, rematch, anthony joshua, everyone wants, wembley stadium the summer would be lovely, but heavyweights only box twice or three times tops a year, so it probably won't happen till next year. and what usually talks, simon? menie! the was there,

as well, who pay a lot to put these fights on. —— money talks. the broadcasters pay a lot to put these fights on. so it's tricky, but the big fights everyone wants, we're probably looking at next summer. let's talk champions league, more ties ahead? chelsea had a really important win over the weekend, beating spurs to stay in the champions league places, the top four, but they've now got a really tough match over two legs to stay in the competition itself. they beat bayern munich on penalties in the 2012 final in munich, chelsea boss frank lampard scored one of them, but the germans are certainly favourites. the first leg is at stamford bridge, the last time the bundesliga champions were in london was when they beat spurs 7—2 in the group stage last october. former arsenal player serge gnabry scored four that night. i didn't expect to come back to north london and score four goals. it was a special night

for me and for the team, i think one of the highest wins ever, so, yes, hopefully chelsea could be a similar scenario, that would be good for us. i understand, if people do cause as the underdogs, because bayern munich are so the underdogs, because bayern munich are so strong and when you look at theirteam and the are so strong and when you look at their team and the talent of the medals they already have, the experience they already have, maybe we don't have that experience but these things are there to change. being the underdog, if so, is there to turn it around, to overcome being an underdog, those are the best stories in sport. the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact sport across the world. the japanese j—league has been put on hold today. 0lympics organisers say they're not worried yet about the games that start in tokyo in 5 months‘ time. the outbreak in northern italy has seen football affected, with inter milan having to play behind closed doors on thursday. six nations organisers are monitoring the situation,

italy are sending the mens and women's teams to ireland next month with england sending theirs to italy for the final round of matches staying with the six nations — wales will be without winger josh adams for the rest of the tournament. he's having surgery on his ankle this week after picking up the injury in their defeat against france on saturday. adams was wales' top scorer at the world cup and could be out for three months. adam's international team mate liam williams has been released by saracens early and could make his debut for scarlets this weekend weekend. the full back has onlyjust recovered from an ankle problem himself and hasn't played since late october. he was due to return to the welsh region in the summer. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the government's making extra preparations to try to stop the coronavirus from spreading in the uk. people returning to this country from affected towns in northern italy are being advised to quarantine themselves for two

weeks — whether they have symptoms or not. the chief medical officer for england says it's still possible that the virus can be contained. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinsonjoins me now. what else is the chief medical 0fficer been what else is the chief medical officer been saying? like you were saying, he believes it still possible to put some boundaries around this disease, prevented from coming into this country any more thanit coming into this country any more than it has done already. but they also say they are prepared. he's been discussing delaying tactics, for example. if we get beyond the containment stage, where actually we are seeing a containment stage, where actually we are seeing a more containment stage, where actually we are seeing a more significant uptick in the uk, then what they try to do is delay that outbreak. and the main reason he was discussing for that is because winter in the nhs has been extremely difficult. it's been one of the most difficult winter is that the nhs, if not the most difficult, has ever had in terms of trying to see people in time in a&e, in

routine operations. if they can just delay the onset of a virus by encouraging people to do some really basic things like wash hands, stay away from people if they feel ill, etc, then that could delay it into some warmer months where they think the virus might not be as potent. some warmer months where they think the virus might not be as potentlj thought this window had been calm, really, for the nhs? we haven't had a lot of cold weather, which helps, doesn't it? it's been really difficult times for the nhs, and all the main target times in terms of waiting times, four ara waits for a&e, operations, have been missed in a record way. this has been an exceptionally difficult time for the nhs and having a major infection on its hands in the middle of winter would be probably pretty difficult, they believe. travel advice. a lot of people are concerned, notjust about those who have been to italy, but it is seemingly spreading quite fast elsewhere? yes, we've seen a

real surge, as you say, in italy, where lots of people have been off skiing, and we've seen as a knock—on effect of that school children coming back and not being able to go to their schools. three schools, we know about already. but yes, iran, as well, concerns about what kind of an outbreak there is there. the chief medical officer said today that he doesn't think the numbers are right on iran, that there are too many deaths compared to the numbers of confirmed cases there, and he thinks that, and many scientists do think, there are probably many more cases in iran at the moment. and iran has been linked to cases beyond its borders in many different places such as canada, afghanistan, and other countries. mike pompeo, saying the same, that he doesn't trust the figures coming from iran, and expressing his concern as well. i just want to talk about this issue of self isolation. it's a phrase that six months ago none of us had heard of. do we

really know what it means? what does self isolation mean you should do? basically, staying at home. stay at home, stay away from and as far as you possibly can the people. if possible, staying away from other members of your family. it means possible, staying away from other members of yourfamily. it means not going to work, not going to the shops, keeping yourself in your own isolation at home. what it says on the tin. yes. thank you very much. let's pick up on one of the issues we were talking about there. one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus outside china is iran, where the deputy health minister has tested positive for the virus. the official number of deaths in iran is fifteen but other reports suggest the realfigure may be significantly higher. the majority of cases appear to be in the holy city of qom, where the authorities have refused to close religious sites. bbc persian's rana rahimpour told me earlier about the worsening situation in iran.

until yesterday, there are cases in seven provinces of the country. in the last 2a hours, it's gone up to 13 provinces and it's all over the country. and not just 13 provinces and it's all over the country. and notjust iran. it's managed to export this at least seven countries in the region. so it's quickly expanding. what are people being told ? president rouhani just finished a press conference in which he asked people to take all the advice seriously but hasn't announced any lockdown, surprisingly. the city of qom, as you mentioned, this shia shrine, very important to shia clerics there. they also host a seminary in the city with many foreign students, but authorities are refusing to shut those sites down and that is a hot bed of outbeaks in the region but authorities are refusing to shut it down. the deputy health minister has posted a video saying he has tested positive.

we've got pictures of him at a news conference yesterday, he is standing next to the speaker, you can see in a moment from these pictures, he is coughing quite a bit, he's not, clearly, as well as he might be. yes, and yesterday people were joking that maybe he himself has corona and it turned out they were right. he is standing next to the government spokesperson. in this press conference, mr iraj harirchi, the same person who now has coronavirus, said he didn't believe in quarantine, this is an old—fashioned measure from world war i, lockdowns don't work, and was completely reluctant to admit the fact that iran is now in a serious crisis. but now he came out and has posted a video of himself

explaining his test results have come back and it is positive. and of course everyone in that room is now going to want to know how they are. the question many iranians are asking is who he has met over the last few days, has he met the supreme leader, who is quite an old man? have other officials and ministers been affected? the feeling i'm getting from you is that this is out of control in iran, what do the public believe is happening there? the public is so worried. and they are so... they don't trust the politicians to the degree they even cast doubt about what the deputy health minister has claimed, they say they are lying that they have corona, they want to... they think he's not got it? they think he's lying, then he's going to say, i'm recovered, it's not serious, don't worry. the level of mistrust towards the iranian politicians are so serious they wouldn't believe anything that comes out of their mouths. he didn't look well,

it has to be said. no! i agree, he didn't look well and he is not the only one. an mp from tehran has also confirmed on twitter that his test result is positive and they had a sitting yesterday in parliament so it looks like... every mp is now going to ask... 0r self—isolate? if they do, that's the problem. many of these politicians and many of the public are so religious that they think that death is in the hands of god, and say i'm not meant to die then i won't die, so they don't believe in scientific measures to contain the virus. lawyers for the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, say they'll appeal against his conviction for rape and sexual assault. campaigners against sexual violence have welcomed the guilty verdicts and say they usher in a new era ofjustice.

miriam haleyi was one of the women who testified against harvey weinstein — she told cbs this morning about the relief and gratitude she felt to the jury after hearing the guilty verdict. it wasjust a huge relief, really. it's a huge relief that the jury got it. i feltjust very grateful that i had been heard and believed, and... yeah. i mean, i'm still processing, i think, but it was like, just a relief. did you feel the jury may not rule in your favour? well, i wasn't sure what was going to happen, to be honest. i wasn't. .. you know. imean... ..most rapists go...walk, so... so i didn't know which way it will go. but i'm just very relieved and grateful and happy, that... it feels like we're making progress. so this verdict demonstrates that cases like yours can be brought on the charges can be successful. what do you hope other survivors take away from your experience and this verdict?

well, i mean... i just think that we are being educated about the reality of sexual assaults and sexual assault victims, and what sexual assaults usually, or more often than not, involve. it's not... it's not always just a stranger. it is very often somebody that the person knows, you know, so... and with that comes an entire other layer of processing, you know, when it's somebody that you know, there's a whole other layer of processing where you don't underst... ..like, emotional confusion. why did this person do this? how could this person have done this to me? so, yes, that's what i hope that we are more realistic from now on about sexual assaults. gloria, what impact do you think this verdict is going to have on future sexual assault cases including

the next harvey weinstein cases? well, this is the reckoning. i mean, this is the time when we have the empowerment of women, when women are not only speaking up and speaking out but willing to testify in a court of law under oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help them god, or to affirm that oath. and that is a whole different level, because on this level, consequences can be imposed. as a result of mimi's courage, he could be sentenced to 10—25 years in prison. this is the most serious charge in which he was convicted, the criminal sexual assault. and that means that those who are out there thinking and that means that ——others who are out there thinking of hurting women who already have committed crimes of gender violence against women should understand they may be next, because there are going to be consequences. and this is the way we start to begin to stop violence against women, when those who are going to hurt them

know that there could be serious consequences, and even if you're rich, even if you're powerful, even if you're famous, like harvey weinstein, you're also subject to the law and you don't have a special licence to hurt women. a look at the headlines on afternoon live: as the global number of coronavirus cases tops 80,000 — people returning to the uk from northern italy are warned to self—isolate if they have flu—like symptoms. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century — according to a damning new report. the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to abuse allegations. here's your business headlines on afternoon live

more than 1,800 tesco staff are to lose theirjobs as part of changes to in—store bakeries. are to lose theirjobs as part the supermarket giant says there's been ‘a big shift in customer tastes...with customers buying fewer traditional loaves and sales of wraps and bagels growing'. london's stock market has fallen to a four year low — despite bouncing back in early trading after sharp falls yesterday. the coronavirus crisis in italy has spooked investors, with many worried the emergency will spread beyond the country, dampening demand for travel, hurting business investment and forcing staff to stay at home. real estate firm hammerson has reported a more than 11% fall in rental incomes last year because of what it calls a difficult uk retail environment. the firm, which runs brent cross shopping centre in london and birmingham's bullring says pre—tax losses hit £57lim, up from £173m the year before. it's blamed that on retailers renegotiating rents or closing stores. tesco has announced 1,800 job cuts — because we're

buying different bread ? this is to do with a change in how they set up their in—store bakeries, and you will hear the word scratch making quite a lot of the next soda 24 hours, and that's because most of at the moment is baked from scratch in those in—store bakeries. but they are saying there is less demand, we are saying there is less demand, we are buying less traditional lows, that they might have baked in store, we are buying other stuff instead. —— traditional loaves. they want to stop that entirely in some stores and be prepared, in some stores they will only bake the most popular products there, and in some they will retain the big bakeries but nevertheless that change means they will lose jobs. the nevertheless that change means they will losejobs. the union, we've spoken to them, they clearly said this is a devastating blow for the business because a lot of those jobs are considered skill drills and are difficult to transfer elsewhere within the business, so it could be tough to find as existing workers a

similar job tough to find as existing workers a similarjob somewhere in the organisation. —— they are considered skilled roles. the annual national famers union conference starts today in birmingham — big issues including flooding, immigration policy and the obvious ongoing concerns over trade negotiations and food standards post—brexit. he would want to be the nfu boss at the moment? yes, and will speak to her ina the moment? yes, and will speak to her in a moment. real problems for the industry now, so many things are contending with. the immigration staff announced this week about which workers will be here, lots of theories about whether stuff will be sat in fields and picked if they could get some picket. the national farmers union president, minette batters, joins me now. good afternoon, good to see you. talk me through your priorities for this conference, simon touched on, so this conference, simon touched on, so many issues facing the industry right now. absolutely. and, you know, it really is all about trade in the first instance and standards and making sure that the food we import going forwards is produced at

the same standards that we have here, that we are not importing food that would be illegal for our farmers to produce. so we've been talking of reinforcing what we were calling for last year, which was the standards commission to scrutinise trade deals and also provide the ambition for what our offer is on agri— food, on the world stage. that question of course still remains unanswered. hopefully the secretary of state, george eustice, when he comes tomorrow, will have further commitment on this whole approach to trading standards and making sure that animal welfare and environmental protection is taken as seriously as food safety. what he most worried about in these proposals? downing says the proposals? downing says the proposals will be detected in any trade deal but you don't think that goes far enough, you want it written into law? we've always said, it's no good talking about it, it needs to be in legislation, it is to be in

the agriculture bill, as we transfer you lawn to the uk statute books, thatis you lawn to the uk statute books, that is going to define our future agricultural policy and trading relationship for decades to come. —— transfer eu law into the statue pics. it's really important that the government has given sort of mixed messages, if you like, there have been encouraging comments from the prime minister and indeed george eustice and previously from secretary of state theresa villiers when she was in office, so if they're saying it, there is no excuse not to put it in writing and legislate on it in the agriculture bill. as i said in the introduction, so bill. as i said in the introduction, so many things the industry is contending with right now, i would what you make of the announcement this week about immigration rules? the agricultural industry is one that relies a lot on important labour to pick, seasonal labour, are you worried about produce being set in fields unpicked the summer? without a doubt, the growing sector has been a phenomenal successful

sector so others like to be able to buy british robberies, berries in general, asparagus, all the veg grown here. —— british strop is. interestingly we could grow much more fruit and veg here, and i've been talking about the chances of having effectively a horticultural revolution, producing much more of our fruit and veg at home. the sector is investing millions of pounds in automation and mechanisation, it will probably get there but it will be five to ten years away to scale and that will need for the millions invested, so it's really about building bridges to get there. and we are delighted the government has listened to us and hasa the government has listened to us and has a scaled up the seasonal workers scheme to 10,000, but ultimately, we need 70,000 people to be able to pick and pack our fruit, vegetables and flowers, to get to this mechanised world. the real danger is, if we cannot build that bridge, if we cannot get there, you

lose the sector and lose our ability, with unemployment is low as it is in the uk, a record low, the lowest rate since 1975, they simply are not the people here to do that work. before you go, so may things to do with right now, on top of that, we're talking about coronavirus, i've looking that at what impact it is having on business right now, what are you doing in the farming business to deal with this? obviously coronavirus, it started in china, zoo nurses, itjumped from animals to humans, it's very much along with sars and mers affecting the human population. —— zoonosia, jumped from animals to humans. we are taking all precautions. but it's very frightening to see how it is escalating in the uk has to be able to do everything we can to protect human health. that has to be paramount. it's always good to talk

to you. thank you very much. the national farmers' union president, their conference getting under today in birmingham.just time their conference getting under today in birmingham. just time to tell you very briefly, ftse 100 in birmingham. just time to tell you very briefly, ftse100 down 0.8%, more on that in the next hour. thank you. the hero of england's cricket world cup triumph, ben stokes, has received an 0be at buckingham palace. our sports correspondent joe wilson was there well, one way of perceiving an appearance here at buckingham palace and the whole honours system is that it represents the ultimate recognition in british society. and ben stokes was here today. remember, at the end of last year, he was in aberdeen winning sports personality of the year, and all of this after, in 2018, he was cleared of affray in a very different kind of court appearance. now, stokes tends not to think about things in terms of personal redemption, but it is certainly possible to perceive it in that way. stokes was happy to pose for some pictures here today. he didn't do interviews and that is always up to the individual to make that judgment after these ceremonies. i know that stokes sometimes feels a bit embarrassed about the individual

attention that he gets when he is, of course, part of a team sport. jos buttler was also here today, part of the england's world cup winning team. one thing that stokes will be aware of, though, is that 2020 is a big year in many ways for english cricket. the launch of a new domestic competition, the 100, designed to engage a whole new generation of fans. they want to try and build towards becoming the best test team in the world and england would love to win the men's 2020 world cup later in the year. is any of that, all of that, feasible? well, we know, with ben stokes, just about anything is possible. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. did afternoon. it's a typical sunshine and showers a day to day, not as wet as it has been, but flooding still across parts of the uk, so any further rain unwelcome. this is how things pan out for the rest of the afternoon. bands of terror is continuing to drift

eastwards, windy out there as well, particularly towards the south—west, so particularly towards the south—west, so that will accentuate a chilly feel. —— bands of showers. factor in the strength of the wind and for some of us, if you're heading out through the first part of the evening, it will feel sub zero. kodro for some of these showers to full sleet and snow, especially over higher ground, but even in lower levels at a time. keeping those wintry showers overnight, and hills in the west, there could be a couple of centimetres of snow lying by tomorrow. a cold night robe particularly for scotland, —5 —6 possible tomorrow, more sunshine and showers, maybe snow for some.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 4.00: hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 4.00: a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for coronavirus. hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. we have just got to stay in their hotel. we can't leave the hotel, we can walk around the grounds and set on the sun loungers, but there is a corded brandy hotel and police. —— accordion. iran's deputy health minister has tested positive for the new coronavirus, amid a major outbreak in the islamic republic. former liberal democrat leader lord steel resigns from the party and quits the house of lords, after a report says the westminster establishment protected high—profile mps like sir cyril smith over child abuse allegations. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century — according to a damning new report. coming up on afternoon

live, all the sport: tyson fury has arrived home with his world heavyweight title ...but will the fight that everyone wants really happen? 0h, oh, i 0h, idon't oh, i don't know. leave it hanging there. we will find out. thanks, olly, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. ben has all the weather. it is not quite as wet as it has been out there, sunshine and showers, but any further rain in some areas is not welcome and it feels pretty chilly as well. i will have all the details later on. thanks, ben. also coming up: in nationawide we'll have the latest as some schools in england and northern ireland tell staff and students to stay at home after returning from ski trips to coronavirus—hit parts of northern italy. hello, everyone — this

is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. as the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, people returning to the uk from affected parts of italy have been told to stay at home for two weeks even if they don't feel unwell, and all travellers who've visited northern italy should self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms. several schools which had organised trips to italy have either closed and/or sent some of their pupils home. hundreds of guests at a hotel on tenerife in the canary islands are not being allowed to leave the complex, after an italian tourist staying at the hotel tested positive for the virus. the number of cases around the world is now more than 80,000 — but there have been only 13 in the uk. jon donnison reports. in the uk. it's known as the red zone. in the uk. almost a dozen towns and 50,000 people, now under police lockdown in northern italy. and today, the british government stepped up its advice for those returning from the country.

anybody who's been to italy north of pisa should, if they have symptoms, flu—like symptoms, should self—isolate, which means go home and try to stay out of contact with other people. if people have been to the affected areas that the italian government have quarantined, then they should self—isolate whether or not they have symptoms. from the air, the streets of the red zone do seem eerily quiet. with more than 200 confirmed cases and seven deaths, nowhere near the same scale as in the far east, but it's the centre of europe's biggest coronavirus outbreak. this man is a priest in the quarantined hamlet of zorlesco. translation: everything has changed in the last three days. there is a surreal atmosphere. you see very few people. the shops and businesses are closed except for takeaways and supermarkets. even at church, we are being ordered by the authorities and our bishop not to celebrate mass.

and at least one school, cransley near northwich in cheshire, has closed for the week after some pupils returning from a ski trip to northern italy reported flu symptoms. meanwhile, at this hotel in tenerife, around 1000 people are now in quarantine after one guest, a doctor, reportedly from northern italy, tested positive for the virus. and we've just got to stay in the hotel, we can't leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there's a cordon around the hotel with police. elsewhere, in iran, some hospitals and pharmacists are struggling to cope as people queued to get medication. at least 16 people have died and the country's deputy health minister has now become infected. this turkish airlines flight out of tehran was diverted after a suspected case among its passengers,

and several airlines in the region are now restricting flights in and out of iran. in south korea, the government has ramped up efforts to contain the virus, with the number of confirmed infections close to 1,000. around two thirds of them are from one christian religious group. 200,000 of its members will now be tested. the crisis might be spreading around the world but in china, there are signs it's beginning to be contained. the original source of the virus is thought to be from the sale of wild animals at this now deserted market in wuhan. today, news from the government that the trade of such meat will be banned. earlier i spoke to clio o'flynn, a journalist in tenerife, who gave me an update on the hotel that's in lockdown. an emergency meeting of the government is going on. i'm down at the hotel,

you can probably see it in the background. this is a hotel, which if you combine the visitors and the staff, about 1,000 people work in and live in this hotel. they are not being allowed in or out and the road behind me is also closed off, so the people who work in the small commercial centre behind me haven't been able to go to work either. the main story is what has happened to the italian doctor who has been taken sick? he presented himself to a clinic yesterday and had been on the island for six days and was feeling unwell. he has been quarantined almost immediately along with his wife. he has been brought to the main candelaria hospital, which is up in the capital in santa cruz, and the hotel has been quarantined. all morning there have been medical staff from the regional department of health with ambulance people as well. they have been meeting with clients and we believe they have been doing blood tests on site. we haven't heard anything in terms of results yet and we certainly haven't heard anything about any further people presenting with the virus. so we are waiting for news at the moment.

no more official news has been forthcoming at the moment, but the local mayor has asked people to remain calm, to follow normal cleanliness protocols, wash your hands, and not to read or listen to anything but official sources, because as you can imagine people are going on facebook and on twitter and what they are trying to avoid is panic setting in. it could be argued there are worse places to be quarantined, but are people actually being allowed out of their rooms at all? this is strange. yes, they are. i spoke to one british couple, a scottish couple earlier this morning. they said they had received a note asking them not to leave their room, but then they did see from their balcony that other people were having breakfast, so we are trying to find out if this was perhaps part of the hotel where the doctor had stayed in or it only applied to certain people, but they decided to go down and have breakfast and there was nothing to physically stop them going down. so people have been mingling

in the hotel, but they haven't been allowed outside the grounds of the hotel. our reporter in tenerife there. the doctor at the centre of that concern, his wife has also now tested positive, according to sources. here, the chief medical officer for england has said it is still possible that the virus can be contained. but he added that a range of measures are being considered in the event of a much bigger global spread and a rapid increase in the number of cases in the uk. so if this does become an epidemic, then we're going to try to do two here, the chief medical officer for england has said there's a set of things designed to try and maximise the impact on people who are sick, and trying to make sure that they are treated in the best possible way. there's also a range of things we can do which may pull the peak of the epidemic down. and for all epidemics, there is a beginning, middle and an end, and in the middle, the peak period, that's the point of maximum pressure on the system. and some of the things we can do

to do that are straightforward things we would recommend anyway, like washing your hands and disposing of tissues. some of them are things like asking people to self—isolate if they are ill. and then the next step up from that, which we're looking at the modelling of is asking people to stay at home with their families if they are ill. and then of course, there are things like mass gatherings, and schools, which in any epidemic, people look at, is it appropriate to stop those? but we are not necessarily going to do this. what we are aiming to do is do the modelling out, compare the effect of this on the epidemic and look at the cost of it to society and then work out, what is the best balance of these with the particular epidemic we face? and that will depend on a number of factors. the chief medical officer for england. the former leader of the liberal democrats, lord steel, says he'll retire from the house of lords and quit the party — because of criticism surrounding the way child abuse allegations

involving the late liberal mp sir cyril smith were handled. a report by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse says the political establishment at westminster repeatedly failed to deal with allegations involving high—profile mps like smith and sir peter morrison. let's speak to our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. it's a pretty... it doesn't pull its punches, this report, does it? no, it doesn't, but it does find no evidence that there was a paedophile ring at the centre of westminster, which was the allegation made right backin which was the allegation made right back in 2012 in the house of commons, by the labour mp tom watson. it finds no evidence of that, but what it does find is concerned about deference to powerful people in politics and in the establishment, when concerns we re the establishment, when concerns were raised that they might be involved in child abuse. the number of cases is quite limited, the enquiry has not found any new cases to discuss, but two in particular stand out. let's talk about one of

them, and that is the one relating to cyril smith. he was a liberal mp, the party that preceded the liberal democrats, who was abusing boys in the late 19605 and 19705, but was never prosecuted by the police. in 1979, lord steel, then david, the leader of the liberal party, had a brief discussion with cyril smith, in which smith told him he had been investigated by the police. lord steel didn't do anything beyond that conversation. the enquiry question him quite closely in hearings last year and decided that he had not lived up to his responsibility to protect children. lord steel has now re5igned protect children. lord steel has now resigned from his party, the liberal democrats, and said he will retire from the house of lords. he said in a statement, i am angered by the report, by the enquiry, not having secured a parliamentary scalp, i fear that i have been made a proxy

for cyril smith. he said that the di5cu55ion he had with smith, was quite brief, and that he had no powers to investigate any child abu5e powers to investigate any child abuse and that smith actuallyjust told him he himself had been questioned by the police. so there we go. lord steel wa5 questioned by the police. so there we go. lord steel was a major political figure we go. lord steel was a major politicalfigure in his time we go. lord steel was a major political figure in his time and we go. lord steel was a major politicalfigure in his time and he has resigned as a result of this report. thank you very much, tom. a cctv image taken 19 seconds before the manchester arena bomb explosion, in which 22 people died, has been shown in court. the image shows the bomber, salman abedi, standing at the venue among a crowd of people, just before he detonated a home—made device packed with shrapnel. his brother ha5hem abedi is accused of helping him plan the attack at the end of an ariana grande concert. our correspondent angus crawford is at the old bailey. what else has the court been told? the cctv images and footage show the last hours and minutes of salman

abedi, just before he set off that explosion at the concert. and what we see in the initial cctv is him leaving the flat that he had rented in the centre of manchester specifically for the purpose of creating a bond. he is carrying a large, black rucksack. it is clearly very heavy because as he leads the flat, he has to lean forward to prevent himself over balancing. he then gets into a taxi, taxi taxi to a cash point, when he takes out £50. that taxi then takes it on to a translation. he takes the tram, simply one stop further, which takes him leaving the flat that he had rented in the centre of manchester specifically for the purpose of creating a bond. he is carrying a large, black rucksack. it is clearly very heavy because as he leads the flat, he has to lean forward to prevent himself over balancing. he then gets into a taxi, taxi taxi to a cash point, when he takes out £50. that taxi then takes it on to a translation. he takes the tram, simply one stop further, which takes into the arena itself. at the to the station, again spending some time there and then he appears to leave there and then he appears to leave the cctv coverage for something like

1.5 hours. after that point, he reappears. this is possibly the last, most harrowing image of the cctv. a chosen standing in the goggles outside the doors, where any second thousands of young people are going to come out from the concert. he is surrounded by family and friends of those about to come out and this is just 19 seconds before he detonated the bomb. thank you very much. angus are reported there at the old bailey. just to bring you the latest about the coronavirus outbreak. this is the coronavirus outbreak. this is the advice from public health england, who are saying they have teams on the ground at heathrow, manchester and birmingham international airports. all flights to and from china from gatwick had been suspended. they are saying there is a protocol around flights from china, when the plane is approximately one hour from arriving and make an in—flight announcement

from the pilot asking anyone if they are unwell. the crew on flight will then contact public health england on the ground if someone is feeling u nwell on the ground if someone is feeling unwell and on arrival, they will be taken to an nhs facility for testing. they are saying this is a scenario that has not happened in the uk yet. there are currently no plans for mandatory checks at airports and given the number of cases in italy and the changes of advice that was given this morning, the increased presence of public health england people at uk airports is being discussed. so reiterating, if british nationals from places like northern italy display symptoms, they should self—isolate, contact nhs and seek advice. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown — after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for coronavirus. hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. former liberal democrats leader lord steel says he will resign

from the house of lords and quit the party — after a report says the westminster establishment protected high—profile mp5 like sir cyril smith over child abuse allegations. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century — according to a damning new report. and in sport... the new wbc world heavyweight champion tyson fury has arrived back in manchester after his victory in las vegas. deontay wilder says he will trigger a clause for a rematch. that will delay a possible unification fight between fury and anthonyjoshua. a huge night ahead for chelsea in the champions league. they're up against the german champions bayern munich, who scored seven on their last visit to london. and wales wingerjosh adams is out for the rest of the six nations. he was injured during the weekend's defeat to france and needs ankle surgery. i'll be back with more on those stories later. health inequalities in england have

increased to a ‘shocking' degree over the last 10 years, according to a damning new report. the upward trend in life expectancy has stalled for the first time in a century — and among women in the poorest areas of the country, it has fallen. dominic hughes reports. dear future me, by the time you read this letter, 20 years will have passed. you will have grown up and primary school will be a distant memory... at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils are casting their eyes to the future. what do we want to be in 20 years' time? encouraging this kind of ambition in one of the most deprived parts of greater manchester is a vital element in the school's mission, working with the whole family so they have options in the years to come. we encourage our parents to be as... so they can be healthy too, so they can have a healthy mindset and a healthy body. the school makes a point of looking at the bigger picture, how education is linked to health, housing, work and family. many of our families have gone

on to achieve gcses now, they're in paid employment. it's a route, not only for the children, but the families, the whole family is at the centre of our school. today's report on health and inequalities in england suggest this kind of approach is needed more than ever. it says life expectancy has stalled over the past decade, with a growing health divide between rich and poor — the more deprived the area, the shorter the life expectancy. and it blames austerity, which it says has taken a significant toll on the health of the nation. if health's not improving and health inequalities are increasing, something's going wrong with society. society is not improving, and inequalities in society are increasing. some areas are trying to make changes. coventry decided to implement the recommendations of sir michael marmot's original report, published a decade ago. so this mother and baby group called mamta helps mums from more deprived

areas of their children the best possible start in life. i've got my sisters and my friends and everything, but sometimes that's not enough, and if you're feeling like really low in yourself and you want to talk to someone else, there's someone there to hold your hand, if that makes sense. the government acknowledges there is a long way to go but says it is determined to narrow the health gap by levelling up access to health care across england, and it has plans to improve children's health. but this is a report that makes for uncomfortable reading, highlighting a decade of missed opportunities and worsening health. dominic hughes, bbc news. ministers from the eu's 27 member states have approved the mandate on which they will negotiate post—brexit trade talks with the uk. the british government will publish its position on thursday. negotiations are due to start next week. adam fleming sent us this update from brussels.

we had in with me now is our reality check correspondent chris morris. the two sides, we don't know exactly how far apart they are, but they are farapart, how far apart they are, but they are far apart, aren't they? yes, i think we are going to hit a lot of stormy rhetoric in the next few weeks and i think there are significant differences. this whole issue of how you ensure a level playing field, ensure the competition is free and fair. if you take a big step back from all that and if you ask both sides, do you want to deal? i think both of them would say yes, but not at any price. if you try and focus on the yes, rather than the price, then you can see that both sides would like to be the end of this year with a deal, but i think it is possible, but it is going to be a basic deal that has got to replace our of the complex relationship with the eu that has built up over decades. a lot of blustering going on at the moment. yes, and that is

kind of how these things have to begin. the differences are very real because the eu is saying, if you wa nt a ccess because the eu is saying, if you want access to our market, here are our terms and conditions and you need to play by our rules. the uk is saying the whole point of brexit was to break away from those rules and do what we like. the eu is saying if you want to break away, fine, but you're not going to get the access to our markets that you want. and so it goes on. but behind that there will be experts looking at specific areas and we well we may well see big blow—ups. both sides would like to see a free trade deal, with as close to zero tariffs or taxes on goods going across borders. quotas on goods is close to that as you can get. as you are speaking, this shows that we are live, but the prime minister's spokesman has been saying we will discuss negotiations, but we

will not accept any demand to follow eu law. that is exactly what you have just eu law. that is exactly what you havejust said... the point is, where do those to meet?” havejust said... the point is, where do those to meet? i mean, if you do a trade deal with somebody, you're always going to give up a bit of sovereignty because the whole point is you are agreeing to trade on similar terms, so the question is, where does the balance life or the uk between as free trade as possible and we claiming sovereignty? the government target seems to be that we are prepared to put up with more friction in our trade right now, which will have an impact ona trade right now, which will have an impact on a lot of businesses around the country, in return for greater flexibility in the future. they say that flexibility will be worth it in the long run. companies, it is difficult for them to plan. they also say we will be guided by an existing president precedent in

other deals. the uk has said consistently, we would like a canada style deal. we think, for example, the downing street said today that they should look at the united states. but they were offering them more upfront than they appear to be offering us. the eu... there is no one who compares with the united kingdom in terms of being a major economy right on our doorstep, which is completely integrated at the moment with our economic systems. we need to ensure that you don't undercut us and make your companies more competitive than hours. this is how the argument is going to play out over the next few months and there are also going to be big arguments about fishing. one thing in the eu mandate, which has been finalised today, instead of building on existing access to british waters and reciprocal access to each other‘s waters, the mandate now says we will seek to uphold existing

waters. in other words, we want to fish as we do at the moment, which is something the uk says it is impossible. so a lot of problems to start with, but the final goal is kind of the same place. trust me on that. we hope. three years of trusting you. chris, thank you very much. the former egyptian president, hosni mubarak, has died, at the age of 91. he ruled egypt for three decades and was a hugely influential figure in the arab world during his years in power. but he was forced from office in 2011 during the wave of protests known as the arab spring. the us president donald trump has announced a large military deal with india, on the second day of his visit to the country. it follows talks in delhi between the president and the indian prime minister, narendra modi. mr trump's visit has been overshadowed by some of the worst rioting seen in the city for decades. seven people have been killed in the violence, which erupted over a controversial new citizenship law. rajini vaidya nathan reports. tensions ignited on the streets

of the indian capital. a vision of delhi, which has overshadowed president trump's trip to the city. deadly riots between hindus and muslims, sparked by protests over the government's citizenship act, which critics say marginalises muslims. "they surrounded my father and i, and asked us to shout hindu slogans," this muslim told the bbc. one man took off my helmet and another hit me on the head with a rod. they were only attacking muslims after identifying us by our names. the violence continues. in this hindu area, mobs were on the streets, chanting, as they carried sticks and stones. there have been victims of both faiths. at least six deaths, including a policeman and more than 150 injured. the worst religious violence delhi has seen for years. just a few miles away,

a display of unity as the us president was hosted by the indian prime minister. all smiles, but this is deeply embarrassing for mr modi, whose hindu nationalist bjp party has been blamed for stoking the tensions. as the two leaders addressed the media, prime minister modi made no mention of the violence as the pair agreed a defence deal. at a solo press conference later in the day, president trump said he didn't raise the riots with his counterpart. he did talk about religious freedom and i will say the prime minister was incredible on what he told me. he wants people to have religious freedom, and very strongly, and he said, "in india, they have worked very hard to have great and open religious freedom." quick but a cloud still hangs over this visit. despite calling for calm, the government has been accused of not doing enough to quell the violence, which looks set to continue.

parts of the midlands expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the next few hours. in shrewsbury and neighbouring ironbridge, the river severn is continuing to rise after more rain overnight. rail lines have been closed and two severe "danger to life" flood warnings are in place. our correspondent phil mackie is in ironbridge. isi is i live in a village and i hear that you are on your way, as assume the worst. it just that you are on your way, as assume the worst. itjust goes on and on, doesn't it? i am really sorry and if they appear in bewdley or whistler later this week, then i am sorry that means the flood peaks have got bigger, but it is not my fault. it is climate change. this is the world heritage site in shropshire. there is the bridge that gives the town its name and you can see the river severn absolutely piling through at the moment. dark, turbulent waters and in the distance those cottages flooded again, after last week. i have been in early on to talk to some of the residents. they have

lost power, the order has come at ifa that the remembered it. they are staying because they don't want to leave their houses. you can see the welling, the eddying of the weather as well and up beyond this barrier on the road here, we can see the cottages o n on the road here, we can see the cottages on the other side of the river there is a 96—year—old lady in there. earlier this afternoon, ambulance staff in wade has waded check she was ok and didn't want to be brought out. she said no, she is happy to stay there for the time being. in the foreground, this side of the weather down the street you can see the back of the flood barriers that are holding dividend seven back. this road goes on for some distance around the corner there corner there and there are a lot of businesses, shops and pubs but also behind them in a row of houses, which could all get flooded if the weather over the tops those flood barriers. at the moment, it is 15-20 flood barriers. at the moment, it is 15—20 centimetres from doing so. at the moment, we are not quite sure when the peak is going to be. it had

been predicted to be this morning, but actually it is now probably tomorrow morning because there is a lot more water to come down the river from upstream. shrewsbury lot more water to come down the riverfrom upstream. shrewsbury is seeing a peak that has been prolonged much longer than they thought. that, the river has been glowing up slightly for the day. a couple of hours ago they had to close the train station for safety reasons, and they are running temporary bus services to be there. just looking at the positive, those front flood defences we were looking at do appear to be holding. front flood defences we were looking at do appear to be holdinglj front flood defences we were looking at do appear to be holding. i think one is the big stories along the river south and in particular is that after the floods in 2007, a lot of places have i've got temporary barriers like you saw here or permanent defences as there are in upton upon severn and it worcester, which have protected around 10,000 properties. hundreds have still been flooded, but if you're willing to invest and spend many millions of pounds, you can protect properties. the problem is a lot of communities

haven't got the same kind of flood defences, like stoke and towns on the way the team, like tenbury in wales, don't have the defences they would like. environment agency has been saying today that nationally it is time to really rethink notjust how we build, but how we prepare for these plans because this is a one 100 year event, that this is the fourth event in 20 years on the with a seven and they are public going to have to reclassify it. what we saw on the river wye last week in herefordshire was a one in 250 year event and they may become more common. unfortunately, this kind of you is probably something that is going to happen a lot more in the future. —— this kind of view. going to happen a lot more in the future. -- this kind of view. it is fascinating you people in the cottages behind you are still in there. why? i think people feel very protective about their homes and they don't want to leave them. they feel like they are in charge of what is happening, they can see the water

coming up and they know what they need to do. a lot of those cottages, particularly those ones back there, flood quite often. not quite to this level and not for this duration, but when the weather comes in theyjust wa nt to when the weather comes in theyjust want to be there to be in charge of their properties and clear things out. actually, the 96—year—old lady over there, if she hasn't got family to go to, what is the alternative? may be a care home or a hospital and it is probably fairly miserable. she is happy in her home... she has got a cut in there as well, and actually, why not stay where you are if you think it is not going to last very long? the problem is this could last quite 80 days and i suspect people are going to get fed up and are going to need to need to be rescued. thank you very much. fill there for in ironbridge. let's bring you the latest on a coronavirus. we are just hearing that switzerland has confirmed its first case of coronavirus. it is a

70—year—old man from a town on the border with italy and he had been affected in italy. he is in an isolation ward in hospital and is described as being in a stable condition. his family are now in quarantine and on a wider issue, the world health organization team has come back from china and are in geneva. its leader says the team believe china's aggressive response has changed the course of the outbreak. cases in china appear to be dropping significantly. the doctor advised other countries to seek expertise from china on how to control and treat the virus. that is the latest from geneva. you're watching after new life. now, it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. it's a typical sunshine and showers day out there. not as wet as it has been, but with flooding still across some parts of the uk, so any further rain will not be welcome.

this is how things pan out for the rest of the afternoon. bands of showers continuing to drift eastwards, quite windy out there as well, particularly towards the south—west, so that will accentuate a chilly feel. temperatures on the thermometer at six o'clock, between 1—5. factor in the strength of the wind and for some of us, if you're heading out through the first part of the evening, it will feel sub zero. and cold enough for some of these showers to fall as sleet and snow, especially over higher ground, but perhaps even to lower levels at times. keeping those wintry showers overnight, over hills in the west, there could be a couple of centimetres of snow lying by tomorrow morning. a cold night for all, but particularly across scotland, —5 or —6 possible here, so there could be ice to start tomorrow morning. tomorrow, more sunshine and showers. some rain in the south on thursday, maybe some snow for some.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. health teams arrive at a hotel in tenerife which is in lockdown after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for coronavirus. hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. iran's deputy health minister has tested positive for the new coronavirus, amid a major outbreak in the islamic republic. the former liberal democrats leader lord steel says he will resign from the house of lords and quit the party after a report says the westminster establishment protected high—profile mp5 like sir cyril smith over child abuse allegations. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century according to a damning new report. health improving. health

inequalities are increasing and the recommendations that we made ten yea rs recommendations that we made ten years ago are not being acted on, and acting on them would create better societies. " danger to life" flood warnings in two midlands towns — as water levels look set to reach record levels today. sport now on afternoon live with olly. tyson fury looking for some of the fight, have you got your boxing gloves ready? always, especially when i'm on with you! it would be so much simpler if there was just one heavyweight belt they we re was just one heavyweight belt they were a laughter. he is back home after that stunning win over deontay wilder, his wbc heavyweight champion, there are four recognise major belts. here he is at manchester airport this morning after landing back from las vegas. we know that wilder wants a third fight against fury and is going to trigger the rematch clause in the contract for that vegas fight. that puts a real spanner

in the works because that will only delay and jeopardise the fight that everyone wants, a huge unification fight with anthonyjoshua, who has all the other belts. but it's going to be tricky because there are so many vested interests. you also have to throw into the mix all the mandatory challengers for those belts, joshua is set to face kubrat pulev in june, dillian whyte should get a shot at fury, but he's got another fight in may keeping him busy. squeeze in the wilder rematch, and fury/joshua probably can't happen until next year and will they have all the belts by then? there will be at wembley stadium, next summer, 2021. so it's complicated. of course everybody wa nts complicated. of course everybody wants that big fight but it's just so wants that big fight but it's just so difficult to get these big, huge mega— fights on in the first place.

sorry i asked, now! sorry, ranting a bit, there. football, another champions league tie coming up? chelsea had a really important win over the weekend, beating spurs to stay in the champions league places, the top 4, but they've now got a really tough match over two legs to stay in the competition itself. they beat bayern munich on penalties in the 2012 final in munich, chelsea boss frank lampard scored one of them, but the germans are certainly favourites. the first leg is at stamford bridge, the last time the bundesliga champions were in london was when they beat spurs 7—2 in the group stage last october. former arsenal player serge gnabry scored four that night. ididn't i didn't expect to come back to north london and score four. it was

a special night for me and for the team, one of our biggest wins ever, so team, one of our biggest wins ever, so hopefully chelsea could be a similar scenario, that would be good for us. i understand if people call as the underdogs because bayern munich are so underdogs because bayern munich are so strong, when you look at their team and the talent, the medals they already have, the experience they have, we don't have that experience but these things are there to change. being the underdog, if so, is there to turn it around, to ove rco m e is there to turn it around, to overcome being an underdog, those are the best stories in sport. the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact sport across the world. the japanese j—league has been put on hold today, olympics organisers say they're not worried yet about the games that start in tokyo in five months‘ time. the outbreak in northern italy has seen football affected, with inter milan having to play behind closed doors on thursday. six nations organisers are monitoring the situation, italy are sending the men‘s and women‘s teams to ireland next month, with england sending theirs to italy for the final round of matches.

staying with the six nations — wales will be without winger josh adams for the rest of the tournament. he‘s having surgery on his ankle this week after picking up the injury in their defeat against france on saturday. adams was wales‘ top scorer at the world cup and could be out for three months. adam‘s international team mate liam williams has been released by saracens early and could make his debut for scarlets this weekend weekend. the full back has onlyjust recovered from an ankle problem himself and hasn‘t played since late october. he was due to return to the welsh region in the summer that‘s all the sport for now. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. we are only going to one, and he is

nearly ready for us. stuart flinders is here to tell us about three schools in cheshire which have taken precautions as a result of recent trips to northern italy, what‘s going on? firstly, there's cransley school which is closed for the rest of the week, staff and pupils just back from a skiing trip in the lombardy region of italy, and the head teacher there says the nhs has advised him that those who visited that region last week should self—isolate. a message has gone out to parents telling them that the school is closing to minimise possible spread of infection and during this time, it says, the school will be able to conduct a deep clean and monitor the results of tests amongst those peoples who are currently showing flu—like symptoms. of course, they could just have colds. that‘s one school. then there is a brine leas, which says its closing its sixth form due to staff shortages but in a tweet earlier the academy said it was following government advice following government advice following travel to italy. of course

some towns in the north of italy are currently out of bounds after hundreds of people were found to be infected with the virus. the third school, staff and students have visited lombardy but in this case, good news, a message on the school‘s website says no one at the school is showing any symptoms of the virus and the latest we have on that school is that there is no need for anyone to isolate themselves. nevertheless, there will be a lot of concern around. i wonder how the authorities are responding to this? the director of public health at cheshire east council, which is one of the areas affected, has tried to put this into context by saying this evening that the peoples of the school in his area, brine leas, have been sent home as a precautionary measure and that the children did not visit an area specified as a controlled area by the italian government. —— the pupils at his people. cransley‘s teacher says he will be isolating himself at what he describes as a dedicated pot at warrington general hospital and it is advising any students who visited

italy not to use public transport or taxes in case they spread the virus if they have it. —— a dedicated pub. one parent of a child at that school says, iam one parent of a child at that school says, i am glad that the school is being proactive, and is happy with the way the headmaster has handled the way the headmaster has handled the situation. but it‘s worth remembering according to latest figures, something like 6500 people in the uk have been tested for the virus and only nine have been positive. thank you, stewart. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer, and a reminder, we go nationwide every weekday afternoon here at 4:30pm on afternoon live. one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus outside china is iran, where the deputy health minister has tested positive for the virus. the official number of deaths in iran is 15, but other reports suggest the realfigure may be significantly higher. the majority of cases appear to be in the holy city of qom,

where the authorities have refused to close religious sites. bbc persian‘s rana rahimpour told me earlier about the worsening situation in iran. until yesterday, there were cases in seven provinces of the country. in the last 24 hours, it‘s gone up to 13 provinces, and it‘s all across the country, and not just iran. iran has managed to export this to at least seven countries in the region, so it‘s quickly expanding. what are people being told? president rouhani just finished a press conference in which he asked people to take all the advice seriously, but hasn‘t announced any lockdown, surprisingly. the city of qom, as you mentioned, this hosts a shia shrine, which is very important to shia clerics there. they also host a seminary in the city with many foreign students, but the authorities are refusing to shut those down and that‘s the hotbed and the epicentre of the outbreak

in the region, still the iranian authorities are refusing to shut those down. the deputy health minister has posted a video saying he has tested positive. let‘s have a look, we‘ve got pictures of him at a news conference, i think, yesterday. he is standing next to the speaker, and you can see in a moment from these pictures, he‘s coughing quite a bit, he‘s not, clearly, as well as he might be. yes, and yesterday people were joking that maybe he himself has corona, and it turned out they were right. he is standing next to the government spokesperson, ali rabiei. in this press conference, mr iraj harirchi, the same person who now has coronavirus, said he didn‘t believe in quarantine, this is an old—fashioned measure from world war i, lockdowns don‘t work, and he was completely reluctant to admit the fact that iran is now in a serious crisis. but now he came out and he has

posted a video of himself, explaining that his test results have come back and it‘s positive. and of course everyone in that room, everyone he‘s been in contact with, is now going to want to know how they are. exactly. the question many iranians are asking is, who he has met over the last few days? has he met the supreme leader, who is quite an old man? have other officials and ministers also been infected? the feeling i‘m getting from you is that this is out of control in iran. i‘m just wondering what the public believe is happening there? the public is so worried. and they are so... they don‘t trust the politicians, to the degree they even cast doubt about what the deputy health minister has claimed, they say they are lying that they have corona, they want to... this is a propaganda. they think he‘s not got it? no, they say he‘s lying, and in three days he‘s going to say, "oh, you see, i‘m recovered, it‘s not serious, don‘t worry." so the level of mistrust

towards the iranian politicians is so deep they wouldn‘t believe anything that comes out of their mouths. he didn‘t look well, it has to be said. no! i agree with you, he didn‘t look well and he is not the only one. an mp from tehran has also confirmed on twitter that his test result is positive, and they had a sitting yesterday at the parliament so it looks like... so every mp is now going to ask... or self—isolate? are they self—isolating? if they do. that‘s the problem, many of these politicians and the iranian public are so religious that they think that death is in the hands of god, and say, "i‘m not going to die if i‘m not meant to die" so they don‘t believe in all these scientific measures to contain the virus. in a moment, the latest business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live:

health teams at a hotel in tenerife which is in lockdown after visiting italian doctor tested positive for coronavirus. hundreds of guests are told to stay in their rooms. former liberal democrats leader lord steel says he will resign from the house of lords and quit the party after a report says the westminster establishment protected high—profile mp5 like sir cyril smith over child abuse allegations. life expectancy among some groups of women has fallen, for the first time in a century, according to a damning new report. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: more than 1,800 tesco staff are to lose theirjobs as part of changes to in—store bakeries. the supermarket giant says there‘s been, "a big shift in customer tastes...with customers buying fewer traditional loaves and sales of wraps and bagels growing." london‘s stock market has fallen to a four—year low, despite bouncing back in early trading after sharp falls yesterday. the coronavirus crisis in italy has spooked investors, with many worried the emergency will spread beyond the country,

dampening demand for travel, hurting business investment and forcing staff to stay at home. real estate firm hammerson has reported a more than 11% fall in rental incomes last year — because of what it calls a difficult uk retail environment. the firm, which runs brent cross shopping centre in london and birmingham‘s bullring, says pre—tax losses hit £574 million, up from £173 million the year before. it‘s blamed that on retailers renegotiating rents or closing stores. tesco has announced 1,800 job cuts — because we‘re buying different bread? yes, it‘s all to do with the way they bake bread in stores. you might wonder why so many jobs they bake bread in stores. you might wonder why so manyjobs would be affected by what seems on the face of it to be a relatively simple change but tesco are telling us that ina number of change but tesco are telling us that in a number of stores, they will stop baking in—store entirely, that will be pre—baked entirely and

delivered on a track, in some they will take only the most popular products, and in others they will retain the full bakery they have now. the union is pointing out that for thejobs now. the union is pointing out that for the jobs affected it‘s difficult to redeploy because they are specialist jobs within the to redeploy because they are specialistjobs within the store, so they can‘t move to another department. so the union are not happy about that. tesco says for its pa rt happy about that. tesco says for its part it will try and redeploy the staff if the can but nonetheless it plays into the argument about changing habits, and crucially in a market where they are facing tough competition from other retailers, they have to keep costs down. so lots of issues to talk about there. let‘s talk to richard dunbar, who joins us from aberdeen standards investments, to talk about other stories on the markets as well. good afternoon, let‘s talk about the tesco story, it‘s a familiar tale, big supermarket needs to cut costs, it looks at what it‘s doing and tries to find a way to do it more cheaply. in essence, it's two sided, there is changing demand from customers, more sourdough,

flatbreads, rats, etc, which are easily brought in from outside, and as you say, a company trying to cut costs. it's interesting, when i first started looking at this company is ten, 15 years ago, in—store was what they were after, in—store was what they were after, in—store bakeries, in—store butchers, in—store fishmongers, now that assertive changing of the competitive landscape has become much more so. —— that is sort of changing. is it all about price? the discounters are doing what they do well, there‘s still a small proportion of market, but nonetheless eating into the market for the big retailers, but some are saying they want to go in for service, face—to—face contact, they wa nt to service, face—to—face contact, they want to know it has been baked that morning, for example. certainly, when you see the bread market more generally, it's not all about price. some of the fastest—growing areas in the high street have been special speakers where they charge hansen premium for the breads. sol speakers where they charge hansen premium for the breads. so i don't think it's all about price. —— specialist bakers where they charge a handsome premium. there is demand for special spread and we are seeing that but they aren't so easily done

in the type of bakeries that tesco's have. they are still going to do some of them but as a general applet it's not going to work. let's turn our attention to wider markets, it‘s been a pretty volatile 24, 48 hours. the 645 been a pretty volatile 24, 48 hours. the g4s yesterday, bit of a reprieve this morning when european markets opened but it didn‘t last long. —— big falls yesterday. in essence, the news flow from the virus has just got a bit worse over the day. there was an attempt by investors to mark prices up this morning but that was short lived. worse news from europe and iran, youjust had short lived. worse news from europe and iran, you just had that on your previous report. all that said we are getting a little better news from the epicentre of the virus in china, where they are flexing some restrictions, but nevertheless it has come pretty close to home investors and for markets have been down. —— they are relaxing some restrictions of it could be said they were too optimistic in the first few weeks of the year when we saw news of the virus come through,

this is a reflection of reality coming through. it really does underline quite how businesses are responding to all of this and the potential for damage to economies around the world, the luxury goods industry, talking about losing between 30 billion and 40 billion euros worth of sales as a result, so really underlines the impact it could have and let‘s not forget, the jobs in supply chain for something like that. yes, and they get both sides of the coin, if you like. burberry, couple of weeks ago, reporting that a third of their shops in china were shot at the foot following the rest of their shops in china was down 70—80%. and some of the biggest spenders for luxury goods are chinese tourists in europe and elsewhere, and we are seeing demand for obvious reasons following from that source. so the luxury goods manufacturers, you may not have much sympathy but they are getting both ends of what is going on in china and also what the chinese are not doing any more. so

that's catching them on both sides. and you might imagine that an industry like luxury goods could probably hold out, they can sustain a loss if it is relatively temporary, but there are organisations up and down this country and around the world that are relying on things like supplies and parts that are sourced in china to assemble, may be, in the uk, and that starts to have a real local effect, doesn‘t it? one little thing missing from the supply chain and the whole thing comes crashing down. exactly, that's exactly what investors like ourselves are looking at at the moment and looking for, to try and find the cracks in the supply chain, to try and help and support the companies that are seeing this problem in their supply chain, but it's a very interconnected world and much more interconnected world and much more interconnected than when we had the la st interconnected than when we had the last example of the virus coming out of asia, and much more complex world, and small bumps in the road can have impacts. so that's what we spend a lot of time looking for, there is impacts, but also supporting the companies in which we invest to cope with those impacts. we‘ll keep an eye on it and i‘m sure

you will too, as always, good to see you. thank you very much. a quick look at the end of the session, ftse100 lower, a similar picture in europe, the us, not opening as lower... is that in english? as low down as... i‘ll go with that. you can help me if you want! as low as we might have expected. it has opened lower, more than 1% lower, so on the day. that's the least of your worries! you can see the numbers! yes, the dow are not as bad as european markets, that‘s what i was trying to say. quit while you‘re behind! thank you very much. if you‘re watching often live, i

think. the hero of england‘s cricket world cup triumph, ben stokes, has received an 0be at buckingham palace. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, was there. well, one way of perceiving an appearance here at buckingham palace and the whole honours system is that it represents the ultimate recognition in british society. and ben stokes was here today. remember, at the end of last year, he was in aberdeen winning sports personality of the year, and all of this after, in 2018, he was cleared of affray in a very different kind of court appearance. now, stokes tends not to think about things in terms of personal redemption, but it is certainly possible to perceive it in that way. stokes was happy to pose for some pictures here today. he didn‘t do interviews, and that is always up to the individual to make that judgment after these ceremonies. i know that stokes sometimes feels a bit embarrassed about the individual attention that he gets when he is, of course, part of a team sport. jos buttler was also here today, part of the england‘s world cup winning team. one thing that stokes will be aware of, though, is that 2020 is a big year in many ways for english cricket.

they‘re launching a new domestic competition, the 100, designed to engage a whole new generation of fans. they want to try and build towards becoming the best test team in the world and england would love to win the men‘s 2020 world cup later in the year. is any of that, all of that, feasible? well, we know, with ben stokes, just about anything is possible. surrey police has flipped its usual ‘wanted appeal‘ on its head with some pancake—themed images of suspects they‘d like help finding. posting on their twitter account, the force ‘whisked up‘ this image of 20—year—old daniel harber from horley, who is wanted on recall to prison. they also posted this image of thomas michael cooper, who is sought in connection with a series of burglaries. they added they‘d, "like to establish if he is a crepe—tomaniac". responding to criticism, the force said: "while there

will always be critics who ‘pan‘ our attempts at getting these wanted faces out there, the ‘flip side‘ is that more people are seeing these posts than would see a standard wanted appeal." that‘s all from your afternoon live team for today — huw is next with the bbc news at five. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. it‘s a typical sunshine and showers out there, blue skies one minute, a drenching downpour at the next. so while it‘s not as not as wet as it has been, with the flooding that‘s still affecting parts of the uk, any further rain is not welcome. i mention rain, you can see from the radar picture that some of the showers have been following sleet and snow, ——falling as sleet and snow, especially over higher ground but even to lower levels as we end the afternoon, you could see a little bit of snow mixing in with heavier showers. certainly the potential for some thunder and lightning. quite windy out there, particularly down towards the south and west of the uk, so that‘s

going to accentuate a chilly feel. at six o‘clock, temperatures on the thermometer will be between one and five but it will feel colder than that, maybe feeling like —1 or —2 in some towns and cities to start the evening. and as we head through to tonight, we keep the showers going, particularly in the west. if you‘re up over higher ground, you could see a couple of couple of centimetres of snow accumulating by the end of the night. it will be cold everywhere, particularly across scotland, some spots down to —5 or —6 just like last night. so ice could well be a problem tomorrow morning, just about anywhere, actually, across the country. as we go through tomorrow, sunshine and showers again, but the showers chiefly across western and northern parts of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, parts of north wales. the further east and south you are, not as many showers, more dry weather and spells of sunshine. wind a little bit lighterfor some of us, but still not feeling warm by any stretch, 5—9 the top temperature. through wednesday night, we are watching this little weather system. uncertainty about the exact track but it‘s likely to bring rain for some southern areas

and on its northern flank, the potentialfor a little bit of snow, especially over higher ground, so the chilterns, maybe the downs, as that weather system pulls away, could be a bit of snow mixing into thursday morning. that should clear and then we‘re back to sunshine and showers, the showers still wintry in the north because once it‘s going to feel rather chilly. as we head to the end of the week, friday will see more rain pushing in from the west. some of that could be on the heavy side, again, running into cold air, could see some snow over the pennines up into the high ground of scotland. just signs of something a little milder showing its hand down towards the south, and then for the weekend, more wind and rain at times, much of it in the form of showers. there will still be some snow over the hills.

today at five: a hotel in the canary islands is in lockdown, after a guest tested positive for coronavirus. hundreds of holiday makers at the hotel in tenerife are told to stay in their rooms. the guest is believed to be from a region of italy struggling to contain an outbreak. we‘ve just got to stay in the hotel. we can‘t leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun lounges, but there‘s a cordon around the hotel with police. in iran, the deputy health minister — who complained of a high temperature — has now tested positive for the virus, as the country deals with a major outbreak. and in the uk, children returning from holidays in northern italy are being sent home from school — following new government advice.