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.

we'll have the latest on the fight to contain the outbreak, and we'll be speaking to one of the people staying at that hotel in tenerife. the other main stories on bbc news at five: the former liberal leader lord steel quits the lib dems, after a report says the westminster establishment turned a blind eye to allegations of sexual abuse by another liberal mp. parts of the river severn reach record levels, as severe flood warnings remain in place in shropshire. and later in the hour, the world heavyweight champion tyson fury returns to the uk, as attention turns to when he might fight anthonyjoshua. it's 5pm. our main story is the deepening crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus.

global cases of the virus have now passed 80,000, the vast majority in china. but the number of cases worlwide is increasing. a hotel in tenerife — in spain's canary islands — has been locked down after a visiting italian doctor tested positive. hundreds of guests at the h10 costa adeje palace hotel were initially told to stay in their rooms as medical tests were carried out. in the uk, travellers — including children — who've visited northern italy have been told they must self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms. and in iran, one of the worst—affected nations outside china, its deputy health minister was among those who'd tested positive for the virus. 0ur correspondentjon donnison brings us up to date now. 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 1,000 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. jon donnison, bbc news.

the chief medical officer for england, professor chris whitty, said preparations to deal with coronavirus included planning for a possible scenario of more people here in the uk testing positive for the virus and said such an event would inevitably put pressure on the system. we are clear that... we are clear that. .. this is part of the strategy that if this happens, we are than in a best position to get the nhs working as effectively as possible. which could be more beds and people being treated at home? it certainly will be a component of this as with any epidemic, that people don't need hospitals but to have symptoms will need to stay at home. thus true for most infections in general. we don't encourage people who have infections and our ashley will to go into the health service and that would be true for this as with any other

epidemic. what is your advice to people planning a holiday in italy? people have been over there, people are planning on going over to the east for a holiday. with the advice? the advice as far as going to italy has not changed. unless people come back... if people come back and have no symptoms, we are not advising any change in what they do unless they have gone to specific towns in italy which the governments of italy have locked down. i think it's unlikely that's would happen anyway. but those north of the line between pisa and florence, and the coast, and if they are from that area, they come back and the next 14 days, they get symptoms, we would ask them even if they are mild symptoms to self—isolate and then phone 111. they are mild symptoms to self-isolate and then phone 111. and what about the situation in italy? i

think you said we can expect more. it is clear there is a significant upswing in italy, and we are expecting more cases to emerge over the next few days, yes. and what about the people who are planning holidays just to go back to that, and maybe can you sort of give some perspective on this?” and maybe can you sort of give some perspective on this? i think, from a point of view ofjust general travel advice, we are not reckoning change for any people's plans at this point. 0bviously for any people's plans at this point. obviously if anyone has a significant health problems already, as with people who have health problems, weigh the benefits of the trip. we are not changing advice for travel to italy. all we're saying is if people come back from northern italy in a sims woodley in the next 14 italy in a sims woodley in the next 111 days get symptoms, we recommend a

self—isolate and then phone 111. 111 days get symptoms, we recommend a self-isolate and then phone 111. the words from chris whitty, the chief medical officer of england. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. what is the message in terms of the kind of degree of seriousness with which he and his collies are taking this? clearly, they are taking it extremely seriously but they don't wa nt to extremely seriously but they don't want to unduly frighten the public. they are saying that we are containing it at the moment and we've only had 13 cases in the uk above but they do have plans in case they are not able to contain it any more. they've been doing a great deal of planning with the nhs. he was talking about their delaying tactics. if it does become a pandemic which means that it's infecting many people in many different countries, what do they do? and what they try to do is delay it so that it doesn't hit the nhs in the middle of winter, when the nhs

is most vulnerable and we have had the worst winter for the nhs in, is most vulnerable and we have had the worst winterfor the nhs in, on record, so they deafly don't want it to come right now. —— definitely don't want it. let's talk about delaying it. we know about people being put into quarantine or isolated in some way or people self isolating. that's one report of the approach. what more is going to be needed? they look at modelling all sorts of situations. this is one of the key things they do. they try and contain it. if that doesn't work, they try and delay it. and they do research into which methods work best. do you say to families where they might be somebody suspected, none of those family members should go out of the house. it might become something. do you locked down, say, to schools, people are not to come? do you shutdown offices? what might

be too extreme and what night not be? we have not been told the a nswe i’s be? we have not been told the answers about what to do. the basic thing we have been told over and over again is the basic hygiene, washing your hand. can we talk about italy? the italians have an issue here with the cluster we have been reporting. the doctor from tenerife, is from the region has been badly affected. the government saying today, if there were schoolchildren coming back from trips in northern italy, people should be careful about looking at symptoms and if there're any symptoms coming up, to self—isolate straightaway. and yet, said the chief medical officer, we're not advising people not to go to northern italy. is there a contradiction here? how are they, biting that response? it is a little biting that response? it is a little bit awkward. i guess what they are saying is if your health is a little bit vulnerable in some way, if you have underlying health issues, if

you would think about whether you travel to italy or not but what they don't want to do is put a band down and say nobody is to travel to italy, so what they have done is they have looked at italy, they looked at these hotspots in northern italy, they have set anybody who has been into these quarantined areas, dating back to last wednesday, when you come back to the uk, you must stay at home for two weeks. so that we know you have not got the infection. if you have been in northern italy generally, and many people have come up in the mountains and skiing, if you get flu—like symptoms, go into quarantine. there isa symptoms, go into quarantine. there is a fine line they're treading here about how exactly to manage this. 0k, thank you, sophie, again. we we re 0k, thank you, sophie, again. we were mentioning northern italy. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is in milan. keeping an eye. tell us a little more about the response there in italy by the italian authorities and

just the degree of seriousness with which this has now been treated. the authorities have put a quarantine, a number of these clusters, these hotspots and towns southeast of milan in quarantine that affects about about 50,000 people, and elsewhere, life carries on very much as usual, although most people here are ina as usual, although most people here are in a state of uncertainty. the authorities are still trying to determine who was patient zero in this outbreak. they have not quite established who the person was that sparked this outbreak of cases and it's a hospital in the region just southeast of milan that has been facing questions as to whether it held the initial cases well enough, whether it's followed the correct procedures. the government has also

shut down schools in northern italy, universities, museums, the duomo, the cathedral behind me is one of milan's tourist attractions, it has been close. it is tuesday, mardi gras, and it should be the climax of the famous venice carnival but those festivities have also been cancelled. bethany, for now, thank you very much for the update therefrom milan. what i would like to do now is make contact with a guest intel reef, in the hotel we were talking about —— a guest in tenerife. let's go now to steve forester, who's on holiday in costa adeje, tenerife. thanks forjoining us and it is good to link up this afternoon. bring us up—to—date. what is going on there? hi there. just ten seconds ago, had a doctor come to our room and take

oui’ a doctor come to our room and take our temperatures, my wife and myself. we have been given a facemask and told we can leave the room in around 20 minutes, but we are not allowed out of the hotel grounds themselves. we were down on the sun beds this morning, and then we got told to go to our rooms and get tested. that has just happened. tell us about when this episode started for you. when we first aware about the seriousness of what was going on —— when were you first aware? we discovered it, my wife, on the bbc news on the hotel. we went down to brea kfast news on the hotel. we went down to breakfast and there was a skeleton staff in the restaurant, a sort of limited breakfast, and that's where it really came home to roost. when

you mention that somebody has been there to take your temperature and droid as well, and that you can leave the room in about 20 minutes, any talk at all about how long the lockdown is likely to last? were you given any guidance on that? no. there was speculation around earlier. a dutch guy heard we would have to stay here for two weeks, which is not bad but not ideal at all obviously. no, because i am assuming that macro would —— assuming... when did you arrive? last saturday. there was that big sandstorm, wasn't there? it's been an eventful few days. yes, it has. sunday morning, we went for a walk, very high winds. trees snapped off blowing down the road. later on on sunday afternoon, the skies just

went orange, the whole place covered in dust, and then it was quite sunny yesterday and this morning we woke up yesterday and this morning we woke up to the coronavirus. just to ask you, how concerned are you, steve? it is not a nice position to be in. people are being tested. how concerned are you and your wife there? obviously we are concerned. i mean, watching the bbc news, you hear that it's no more deadly or serious than normal flew in terms of deaths, but obviously disconcerting. do you know any other people and though tell —— in the hotel who have been complain of being ill? have you at come across anybody today who has had any of the symptoms are not? know, we have not, no. what are your thoughts of having to spend two weeks there if that is the case?

thoughts of having to spend two weeks there if that is the case7m won't be very pleasant lots inside the hotel ground for two weeks. 0bviously the hotel ground for two weeks. obviously it will be nice to sit in the sunshine for two weeks but i think when we leave the room, we have been told we have got to wear facemasks, so not very nice. steve, it's good of you to talk to us and we hope it works out very quickly for you. thank you very much. thanks very much. that's steve forester and his wife staying there in tenerife. dr nathalie macdermott is from the national institute for health research at king's college london and is with me now. thanks for coming in. that was interesting in terms of temperatures being taken. they might be looking at two weeks. does all that make sense to you? i think it is interesting, isn't it, because if we'll keeping a group of people

somewhere for two weeks but letting them out of their rooms, we are allowing people to interact you could develop symptoms at some point. it's interesting. at the moment, we need to probably wait and see what the spanish health authority say and see what their plan is a. talk us through, for the benefit of viewers, the way this virus is spreading. we have seen some of these clusters, in china initially. we are now talking about iran today and we had that victorious spectacle of the health minister, deputy health minister, wiping his brow. the sky letter —— this guy later tested positive. 0ther clusters as well. what can you say about the nature of the spread and the fact that, as of now, it is still not officially categorised as a pandemic? i think over the weekend, we saw a bit of an upsurge in what i would call concerned about

the progress of this epidemic. we saw over a space of about 48 hours, case numbers go up saw over a space of about 48 hours, case numbers go up significantly in italy and also in iran, and in both contexts, we are not entirely sure who case zero is, who started this clusters of cases. and that makes it very difficult to contain an epidemic? you can only do contacts tracing on the cases you know about. that is white italy have taken quite stringent measures in terms of quarantining several communities in northern italy. in iran have also stepped up and are testing a lot of people. but i think that there were a lot of questions about how long the virus may have been circulating, particular in iran. at the moment, a lot of cases identified are people who have either died or died shortly afterwards, which suggests they have been unwell for a period of time before hand a. of been unwell for a period of time before hand a. ijust been told actually that three further deaths have been announced in northern

italy. these images are iran, the deputy health minister, obviously, but i have been told three further deaths have been reported in northern italy. that hasjust deaths have been reported in northern italy. that has just come in from the italian government and that's officially confirmed. with that's officially confirmed. with that in mind, then, when we look at the advice from the chief medical 0fficer the advice from the chief medical officer in england, which is to say to people coming back from northern italy, if you have any symptoms, you have to self—isolate and all the rest of it but we are still not advising people not to travel there, is not likely to change or would you expect that advice to change with the italian picture changes further thanit the italian picture changes further than it has already because yellow i think if —— already? -- already? i think if there is a significant spread around the whole of italy, that advice may change but is very difficult to impose any kind of travel ban on a country, particular country which has planned boards with the rest of europe, and also is not necessarily the best

idea —— particular a country that has land borders. it is best to advise them travel is not in their best interest but not put out an allowed band to people travelling. sorry to... this is stuff coming in. iam now sorry to... this is stuff coming in. i am now being told by one of the french news agencies, and this refers to a hotel in austria, and innsbruck, right in the heart of ski country, very busy at the moment, it says a hotel at the tourist town of innsbruck has been placed underfull quarantine. that's just been reported now. again, just to talk about the developing picture, i mentioned italy and now austria, which actually we have not spoken about at all in the last few days, to my best knowledge, if that picture is changing, and you would inspect the advice in the uk government to change with it? or will that take a lot of that to

change? i think it is going to depend on the circumstances in each individual country as to the vice thatis individual country as to the vice that is given. my understanding on austria is that they have one new case and they had not had any previous cases, and ijust saw that before i came to speak to you. i think is a fairly new development and baby that person was identified at that hotel possibly. i understand it's switzerland have one had one case it's switzerland have one had one case “— it's switzerland have one had one case —— and may be that person was identified. they may have come from the north of italy. it is half term in europe as well. it will depend on what is happening in each individual country as to what actions the government takes. this is a blunt question. it's not a political question, it'sjust a question question. it's not a political question, it's just a question about governance and clarity of governance. do you think that the responsive part of the uk government given what we are dealing with is a reasonable one? is it proportional? is it one that you think is appropriate, or would you expect it to have been, let's say more

pronounced or have a little more urgency attached to it by now? what is your professional sense of that? my is your professional sense of that? my opinion is the uk government have been very proportionate in their response. i think they have been appropriately concerned and they are still appropriately concerned mama but they are sharing good public health advice to the uk public —— appropriately concerned, but they are. that may well change with what is developing in europe but i think we're ready to deal with it if that happens. nathalie, good to talk to you. dr nathalie macdermott there. we can talk to our international business correspondent theo leggett. let's talk about the impact of this virus, this nearly a pandemic now, it's not fully confirmed. let's talk of the global impact of it as you see it. the global impact is kind of

unknown at the moment. of the past few weeks, we have known about the situation in china. we have known that things that are normally sold into china were not selling because people weren't able to make it out to the shops, car dealerships and solon, and things normally sold in factories in china were not making it out of the factory gates. that was disrupting supply chains, particular in the electronic and car manufacturing industry, so that is all known about. but we have seen over the past couple of days, big falls on the share markets, why is that happening? people are realising this may not be a problem about china, they are concerned about the spread and what that could mean if there is more disruption, more disruption to travel, more disruption to travel, more disruption to travel, more disruption to supply chains, not just from china but from elsewhere. that could have a big impact on business and a big economic impact andi business and a big economic impact and i think that's what people are starting to get seriously worried about now in a way that they weren't in the early weeks of the crisis.

clearly, you make that point very clearly, theo. you touched on travel there. tell us a little more about there. tell us a little more about the travel implications as we go on and how you read that at this time because yellow air transport industry —— at this time? obviously the air transport and she has been badly affected. the cost to that industry, the outbreak, could be as high as £22 million. i was on the assumption it remained centred on china and many affected the south asian markets. that we have problems in the middle east. lots of countries have stopped services to and from iran, outbreaks in europe. at the moment, european airlines are flying is normal. but what happens if lights have to be cancelled, anywhere if they are

in the uk and you want to fly to italy, you can do because there is no warning from the foreign or commonwealth office that says you cannot, but that also means that if you decide not to travel on your own account, and you cancel your tickets, your insurance on pay—out. until there is any sort of formal restriction travel, you cannot expect you could your money back. disruption is at a minimum but people who choose not to travel because they don't want to put themselves at risk cannot get their money back. ceo, many thanks once again. theo leggett, international business correspondent. the time is 27 minutes past 5pm. why don't we move on to other stories of the day? political institutions failed to respond to historical claims of child sexual abuse, but there was no evidence of an organised paedophile network at westminster, according to an official inquiry. it was the principal findings. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse said there had been a "significant problem" of deference towards people

of public prominence. the long—awaited report into allegations criticised political parties and police for not acting on information and for turning a "blind eye". the former liberal leader lord steel says he's now resigned from the liberal democrats and is retiring as a member of the house of lords. he said he had already been cleared by a previous disciplinary process in scotland, and that he wished to avoid further turmoil for the party and his family. let's talk now to our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. tom, ijust read a little bit there about what lord steel has been singled put this into context for us. what is going on here? this inquiry is one of a dozen inquiry stands, as they call them, at that the inquiry is looking into. being politics and being westminster, it is the most controversial. any lord steel part of this is just one part of the wider report effectively says that although there was no

paedophile network operating in westminster, when individual cases we re westminster, when individual cases were brought to light, powerful people were protected. an in lord steel's case, the claim was about cyril smith. he was a counsellor in rochdale, but he became an mp for the liberal party, the former party before the liberal democrats came into existence. in 1959, cyril smith was investigated by the police in connection with allegations with boys who had been abused as to schools. he was not charged. ten years later, he had what lord steel says was a brief conversation with then party leader david steel, and during this conversation, he admitted he had been investigated by the police. the inquiry says that lord steel should have acted and that not doing so was a relation of his duty to protect children. lord steel as you say has now resigned and he is angry at what the report says about him. he says

the report says about him. he says the inquiry is going after him because he cannot go after cyril smith. he says cyril smith never admitted being a paedophile to him. he is effectively revealing that some in the liberal democrats wanted this former senior figure some in the liberal democrats wanted this former seniorfigure in british politics to be re—investigated by his own party and he said he is not prepared to have that happen. he stepped down. tom, many thanks again, tom symonds there with the latest on that in westminster. accord has been shown cctv footage of the arena, just before he detonated the device. it is seen carrying a rucksack containing travel in a crowded arena. his brother is on trial at the old bailey accused of being jointly responsible for the attack. he

denies attempted murder and conspiracy to cause explosions in 2017. there are warnings of a danger to life, with parts of the midlands expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the coming hours. in shrewsbury and neighbouring ironbridge, the river severn is continuing to rise after more rain overnight. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in ironbridge. the river severn is still a raging torrent here, it has been all day and more —— for more than a week. river levels went down over the weekend, they came back up and severe warnings are still in place in shrewsbury, where things remain high all day and further downstream, 12 miles here in ironbridge. i spend the day talking to the people affected by the flooding. it's the world heritage site that's partly underwater. this is the second week of record flooding along the river severn, which is again a raging torrent. those blue barriers are holding it back for now,

but if they're overtopped, dozens more properties will be inundated. it's already too late for vic — his and his neighbour's cottages don't have any flood barriers, and the water's still rising. how bad are things today compared to last week? they're slightly... they're getting worse, basically. we've lost all power in the downstairs of the houses now. we've got no water, because obviously the water's got nowhere to go, so we can't use the toilets or anything. and we've got no heating either now, so it's pretty grim. upstream in shrewsbury, the river is continuing to rise. this is the fourth time a hundred—yearflood event has hit the severn in 20 years, so the focus is now on the future. we really should be very careful about any new building on the flood plain. the clue is in the name — it's called a flood plain, it floods. we're not saying that there should be no new building, we recognise that homes need to built, people need houses to live in. what we are saying is that we should

only consider building on the flood plain if there really is no alternative. well, back here in ironbridge, you can see things are steadily getting worse. another 16 centimetres, and the river severn will overtop the flood defences protecting all of those properties down there, and that could happen later on today. everybody down here has been given the option to evacuate, but some people have decided to stay in their property and see things out. the environment agency had predicted that the floods, the water would peak at some point this morning. that's now been revised to some point this evening or into tomorrow morning. all i can say is that the waters are already as high as last week, and they're on course to match if not surpass the levels from 2000, which would be unprecedented. this is the worst flood event here for 20 years, and the danger still hasn't passed. so those are the cottages which i was filming in earlier on. the river levels have been quite steady today but there is a peek at you here overnight and the danger as it will rise those extra 15 or 20

centimetres and over top of the flooding more properties —— a peak here overnight. i just flooding more properties —— a peak here overnight. ijust see more sandbags arriving and this is a situation that could get worse overnight. phil mackie, our correspondent in ironbridge. we will catch up with the weather no with susan and not least because they are expecting some heavy rain there but elsewhere, too. absolutely, some showers to come across the midlands as we look across the midlands as we look across the midlands as we look across the meadows whether we can's forecast again is not looking so clever, widespread gales and other potential for some heavy rain clever, widespread gales and other potentialfor some heavy rain friday into saturday. it is worth staying tuned to the forecast as we narrow down the details. at the moment, we are sitting in some pretty chilly air across the are sitting in some pretty chilly airacross the uk, are sitting in some pretty chilly air across the uk, polar air, moisture was to come, likely to be wintry and not exclusively at high levels overnight. we could see some down to sea level when they turn heavier, showers running into the

south—east through the evening, not a great rush hour here and then tending to focus on the north and west of the uk overnight but we could have eyes anywhere first thing on wednesday is a widespread frost develops —— have ice. then something a bit quieter in terms of showers across england and wales and those that are there will tend to peter out through the afternoon but still quite frequent for parts of northern and western scotland and western ireland. another chilly feeling day. these are the temperatures on the thermometer, but a factor in the wind and across northern britain, it is going to feel closer to freezing back at a later phrasing. then our eyes a re back at a later phrasing. then our eyes are on the south—west wednesday night into thursday, there is the potential for this low to feed some pretty wet weather as far north as the and ironbridge both remaining on high alert at the moment. —— shrewsbury and ironbridge. macro—temp this is bbc news.

the headlines... a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown and guests are told to stay in their rooms after a guest from italy tests positive for coronavirus. 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. the former liberal leader lord steel quits the lib dems after a report says the westminster establishment turned a blind eye to allegations of sexual abuse by another liberal mp. parts of the river severn reach record levels as severe flood warnings remain in place in shropshire. so we will catch up with the day's sport and it is jane today at the sports centre, hello. we start with breaking news. the former vice president of the international olympic committee

hasn't ruled out the tokyo games being cancelled completely because of the coronavirus. it's the first time calling off the games has been mentioned by anyone linked to the organisation. dick pound, the longest standing member of the ioc, was speaking on bbc radio 5 live when he was asked if the games — due to open on the 24th ofjuly — would have to be postponed or even called off. ina in a worst—case scenario, yes, i think it is much too early to reach that conclusion and i know the ioc is in daily contact with the who to get the best possible advice as to whether it is peaking, whether there isa whether it is peaking, whether there is a vaccine in the works that might be helpful, all of the range of countermeasures that are available. but at a certain point, you have to make a call and i would say over the next two or three months, it is going to be focusing sharper and sharper as you get to the point of go or no—go.

sharper as you get to the point of go or no-go. we will have more details on that story at 6:30pm on sportsday. meanwhile, five serie a matches will be played behind closed doors, including juventus' game at home to inter milan, because of the spread of coronavirus to northern italy. udinese, ac milan, parma and sassuolo are also affected. and the three top tiers of japan's football, the j—league, has been put on hold today. six nations matches involving italy could also be further affected by the outbreak. 0rganisers say they're monitoring the situation. italy's men and women's teams travel to ireland in a fortnight before hosting england in the final round. 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. a big night in the champions league last 16 and, in two and a half hours, frank lampard's chelsea take on bayern munich at stamford bridge.

the german top flight leaders are one of the favourites to win the tournament and lampard has warned his players they could suffer in tonight's first leg. bayern were last in london four months ago and beat tottenham 7—2 in the group stages. former arsenal player serge gnabry scored four that night. i think i've said it many times, i didn't expect to come back to north london and scored four goals, it was a special night for me, a special night for the team. i think one of the highest wins ever. so, hopefully, chelsea could be a similar scenario, that would be good us. i understand if people do call us 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 and the medals that 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. 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 came from a set down to beat fourth seed fabio fognini at the dubai tennis championships. evans — at the top of your screen — won it on his sixth match point, 3—6, 6—4, 7—5. he'll play frenchman pierre—hugues herbert in the second round. meanwhile, at the mexican 0pen, british number two kyle edmund continued his good run of form with a straight sets win over spain's feliciano lopez in the first round. cam norrie lost, though, and, in the women's draw, heather watson came from a set down to beat american coco vandeweghe. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm.

and there's more on the bbc sport website about the potential cancellation of the olympics in tokyo. thank you very much. fears of a pandemic continue to increase, as the government issues new guidance for people returning to the uk from parts of italy affected by coronavirus. let's take a look at the latest figures worldwide. global cases of the virus have passed 80,000 — the vast majority of those being in china. italy is currently the worst affected country in europe, with over 280 confirmed cases. in the last few minutes, it's been confirmed that ten of those have died. in iran, 15 people have died and 95 people have been infected with the virus, including the country's deputy health minister. and south korea's president warned the situation was "very grave", as the number of confirmed cases

rose to 893. with me is professor robin shattock, head of mucosal infection and immunity within the department of medicine at imperial college london. he's also heading up their efforts to come up with a vaccine for coronavirus. thank you very much for coming in, good to have you with us. viewers will want to know straightaway where you are with the kind of process of developing a vaccine.|j you are with the kind of process of developing a vaccine. i think it's important to recognise that we are one important to recognise that we are u important to recognise that we are one group are working on a vaccine and, actually, there are multiple groups around the world. it is a raise, not against each other, but against the virus to get something developed and available globally, but it is not something that is done quickly, it has to be done rationally and systematically so it is going to take quite some time before something is proven to be safe, proven to work and then is made available. what is quite some

time? can you help on that? we are doing it faster than has probably ever been done before but the timescale for getting something proven to work and be safe, it won't be available until next year at the earliest. and that would be quicker? that would be really quick. how would you describe the kind of progress that your team has made so far? you have been in touch with other teams, i know that, butjust so that we can understand, in layman terms, how much progress have you made? in the context of developing a vaccine, we've been able to move much, much faster than before and that the reason for that is the technology has changed. we use synthetic biology to be able to make things quickly, so what usually has taken a period of years, we've managed to condense into a period of a few weeks, but that is just the beginning piece. and the part that can't be hurried is the human

testing for safety and then testing in clinical trials that it works and i think both for vaccines and for new drugs, that is important to do ina very new drugs, that is important to do in a very systematic way so you can really work out whether something works or not, rather than rushing things, you know, anything that happens to be to hand and not knowing whether it actually has a beneficial outcome. but, already, from what you've described, we understand the care that is needed for testing blood, you know, there's been quite a radical difference in timescale from the initial process, which is good to acknowledge. the second thing i was going to ask you is about the spread of this virus and the way that you've studied it and the way that you've studied it and we have been reporting other cases today and sadly some more loss of life today, what is your take on how this virus spreads and people will want to ask the basic question watching this and want to ask you the basic question, which is how

dangerous is this virus? are people right to be very alarmed by it or, as some people are suggested, there is even an overreaction? how would you calibrated? it is something that needs to be taken very seriously because it is a virus that is causing fatality in the elderly and those with underlying health problems, but it also needs to be keptin problems, but it also needs to be kept in context, that the case fatality rate is relatively low, particularly outside of china and is likely to become lower as we get a better experience in terms of trying anti—retroviral drugs, different types of treatment, so, you know, it is something that needs to be watched with concern, it is something that, you know, health systems need to be ready for in case it starts to spread more, but we are still at about a very tricky time when we don't know whether we will be talking about these isolated outbreaks for months to come or whether it will eventually get to a pandemic stage and we see it spreading widely. and, at that

stage, things i think will change in the way people are dealing with the virus. i think it is fair to say that some people, certainly given what some people are telling us, they are slightly concerned or confused, even, by what they see is a difference in approach. so, for example, an entire hotel in tenerife moving to full lockdown because someone has tested positive the and, yet, for example, if you look at italy, when we think the doctor came from that part of italy that was affected, there is no guidance on not travelling to that part of italy but there is guidance if you have been there to watch your symptoms if you come back. do you think that is inconsistent or do you think the response so far has been pretty rational and proportionate? response so far has been pretty rational and proportionate ?|j response so far has been pretty rational and proportionate? i think it has been rational and proportionate and you are talking about two very different things. you are talking about identifying a source case in a hotel, where it is

effective, hopefully, to actually quarantine people in that situation, versus something that is spreading in northern italy, you don't know where the source cases and it is much harder to put in some kind of effective quarantine. so, at the moment, it is proportionate. 0f course, things change hour by hour, day by day so what seems like an appropriate response today may change tomorrow and that is why governments are doing scenario planning for all eventualities. robin, it is great to talk to you and thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us and good luck with the work. if you find something, we will have you back into talk about it. thanks a lot. as we've been hearing, one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus outside china is iran, where the official death toll is 15. yesterday, the iranian deputy health minister appeared alongside the government spokesman, mopping his brow, sparking speculation that he had

the virus himself. he announced that he didn't believe in quarantine and denied that iran has a problem with the virus. but now he has posted a video saying that he has in fact tested positive for coronavirus himself. the american secretary of state has accused iran of covering up the full extent of the outbreak. some fairly strong words from the us secretary of state, directed very clearly at tehran and the authorities there. so let's explore that with more detail. rana rahimpour from bbc persian has joined me. thank you so much for coming and really to think about the way that iran is dealing with it, what is clearly a crisis and it is a crisis affecting other countries, too, what is your reading of what has gone on over the last 24 hours. it seems that they are downplaying the crisis. president rouhani gave a

press co nfe re nce crisis. president rouhani gave a press conference in which he said it isa uranian press conference in which he said it is a uranian enemies who are trying to create fear among the iranian people and because they want to shut down the country. he didn't acknowledge the fact that there are at least 13 provinces in the country that have confirmed cases of the virus. he hasn't announced any lockdown is, especially in the city thatis lockdown is, especially in the city that is the epicentre of the outbreak. it seems they are downplaying it but the people in the country are not convinced. at least 45 people cases are people have travelled to iran from other countries are confirmed and iran says 95 are only confirmed in the country so it doesn't add up. how, 45 foreigners have got it and left the country but in the country is only 95? so no one is convinced by the numbers the iranian authorities are reporting. you mentioned some of the measures that are not being taken. let's ask about what we know of the measures that are being taken, what of the measures that are being

ta ken, what is of the measures that are being taken, what is your sense of the kind of response being used there andindeed kind of response being used there and indeed how widespread is the awareness among the public in iran of what is going on, notjust in their country but beyond the borders of iran? the public is very much aware of what is going on. many schools in several provinces have been closed, many cultural events have been shut down, universities are shut down, so it seems that some measures have been taken, but we received reports from hospitals and they are suffering from a lack of medical equipment, they don't have enough testing kits, they don't have enough testing kits, they don't have enough masks and a number of doctors and nurses have already been infected themselves, so there is a worry that they will soon run out of people who will be able to look after those who are infected. good to talk to you, thank you very much. ministers from the eu have decided

that the basis for their post brexit trade talks with the uk, the uk government will publish its position on thursday and it means negotiations can begin very shortly. so let's talk to ian watson at westminster. what is your talk on the uk's readiness for these talks? the uk government says they are very ready for these talks. whether the talks are going to be successful is a different matter because at the beginning of a negotiating period, surprise surprise, you get a lot of sabre rattling from both sides so the eu has set out its negotiating mandate today, downing street has responded in a series of tweets effectively saying we do not want any more owners conditions placed on the uk and the eu with other trading partners, such as the united states andjapan. partners, such as the united states and japan. the uk not saying at this stage they don't want to have any

alignment with the a year at any times and that is their red line in negotiations. we will see it set out on thursday when britain publishes its own negotiating mandate. given the negotiation, you are likely to have both sides were deep red lines and some of them become very light pink later on and there is flexibility but there are some real problems in reaching a deal in a very limited time scale. one of the problems is this question of how close we would stay in future to eu rules. they want a level playing field, downing street is even refusing to recognise the phrase level playing field, they say they wa nt level playing field, they say they want open and fair competition instead but do not want any supervision by eu institutions. the other area is on fishing, a small pa rt other area is on fishing, a small part of our economy but are symbolically very important to the government. the eu so they want exactly the same access to our waters as they have no, the uk government want to take it out of the main trade talks, separated separately and have annual

negotiations on quotas. that seems trivial but the eu insists it has to be part of a wider trade deal and potentially a trade deal worth billions of pounds could be scuppered on the basis of a position that each of them have on one industry alone. so as michel barnier says, the eu's chief negotiator, it is going to be a tough and a long road ahead. from the uk was my point of view, they are saying the point of view, they are saying the point of brexiteers take back control and we are not going to do that simply to give it away again in these negotiations —— from the uk plus my point of view. iain watson, thank you very much. the scottish parliament has voted in favour of a bill which will make sanitary products free for all women, clearing the first hurdle in its passage to become legislation. 112 members voted for the bill, no one opposed it despite concerns previously being raised about the estimated £24 million cost. monica lennon, who introduced a bill, said she wanted to introduce what she

called period dignity for women in poverty. an internal scotland yard investigation has found it credible that one of its former undercover officers, who is now a conservative councillor, had a relationship with a teenage animal rights campaigner. but andy coles, currently a member of peterborough city council, has told the bbc he did not have a sexual relationship with the woman when he posed as an activist in the 1990s. he was a member of the metropolitan police unit, the special demonstration squad, which infiltrated protest groups. in the light of the scotland yard finding, the woman — known only as jessica — is now asking for an apology and compensation from the police. 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. i knew lots of people... now using the pseudonym jessica, she says they had a sexual relationship and she describes him as her first boyfriend. i think it would have been quite obvious that i wasn't, sort of, very worldly—wise with regards to, sort of, to boys. andy coles has denied having an inappropriate relationship with her. 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 says 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. in response, andy cole said... in response, andy coles said...

if i'd have known who he really was, he wouldn't have got through the front door, 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. jessica believes he should resign as a councillor. his local conservative association says there are no grounds to suspend him. inafew in a few minutes, we will have the bbc news at six with sophie, with all of the day ‘s news and i will be back at mpm but susan is back with the all important update on the weather. there is more rain in the forecast

and potentially more rain for some of those areas badly affected by flooding at the moment. we are currently sitting in cold polar air so snow showers have actually been the big weather talking point of the last 24—hour is. so more wintry showers to come as we head into wednesday, here is the cold polar air i talked about, you canjust make out the white arrows, the north—westerly air stream feeding on the showers and with the focus on northern and western exposures but not exclusively, a cluster of showers rolling eastwards across england as well. as the night wears on, easton area should become largely dry and clear. in the west, further snow showers perhaps for some of the highest ground, up to eight centimetres in parts of scotla nd eight centimetres in parts of scotland and northern ireland. ice is possible just about anywhere first thing on wednesday is a widespread frost develops. wednesday, a very similar feel to the day but a slightly different look, if you are showers across england and wales and by the afternoon, quite a lot of sunshine —— viewer. heaviest in the afternoon for northern ireland under northern

and western scotland. chilly once again, temperatures similar to today, 5—9 just about covers it and factor in the wind and across the northern half of the uk, it feels closer to phrasing. this little feature here sneaking into the south—west later on on wednesday is quite a headache for us at the moment. how far north will it run and where will we see the rain turned to snow as it bumps into colder air across the uk? there is a chanceit colder air across the uk? there is a chance it could bring up a top above rain fall into the badly affected midlands and it may skim further south. the northern edge could bring snow into south wales, the south midlands, maybe even the chilterns and the certain downs before the system heads off into the continent living some sunshine for thursday afternoon. still some shows, some wintry further north and another chili feeling day on thursday but, by thursday afternoon thanks to this ridge of high pressure that will stay with us over night and a widespread frost for friday morning. friday time, here comes low—pressure again and the rain for the end of the way, some of it could be heavy

and we could see snow on higher ground. across the midlands into northern england and scotland as the low bumps into the colder air and we are low bumps into the colder air and we a re left low bumps into the colder air and we are left with a low for the weekend. hopefully the more persistent rain will clear but there could be some rather plentiful showers around and it is also going to feel rather chilly as we look towards the coming weekend.

this holidaymakers in quarantine — tourists told to self isolate — and two schools here closed — as the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread. hundreds of tourists are told they can't leave their hotel in tenerife after an italian doctor there tested positive for the virus. we have 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 is a cordon around the hotel and police. in iran — wiping sweat from his brow — 24 hours after this press conference, the iranian deputy health minister tested positive for coronavirus. here, two schools in cheshire and middlesborough have closed as a precaution after pupils and teachers returned from school trips to northern italy. here, the government is telling travellers returning from affected towns in northern italy to quarantine themselves for two