this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. 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. 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. 11 people have died of the virus in northern italy, prompting the foreign office to advise against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. improvements in life expectancy in england have stalled, with some people now expecting to live shorter lives than a decade ago. a court is shown cctv of the manchester arena bomber leaving home with the device, and then surrounded by concert goers seconds before he blew himself up.

parts of the river severn reach record levels as severe flood warnings remain in place in shropshire. and in place in shropshire. on tuesday, where else cou be and on tuesday, where else could we be but only home to the world's first ever pancake race? the foreign office has changed its travel advice for britons travelling to italy, after the coronavirus death toll there rose to ii. the government now says it advises against all but essential travel to ten towns in northern italy, which are currently in isolation. meanwhile the impact of the coronavirus here and around the world is intensifying. in the canary islands hundreds of tourists have been told they can't leave their hotel

after an italian doctor staying there tested positive. here in the uk, two schools have closed after pupils went to affected parts of italy during half term. the vast majority of cases still remain in china, but there are significant clusters elsewhere. there are more than 77,000 cases on the chinese mainland. more than 2600 people have died. south korea has seen ajump in cases. almost 1,000 have been infected and ten people have died. iran is struggling to contain its outbreak, with almost 100 cases and a relatively large proportion of deaths. but our report tonight begins in tenerife with our correspondent mark lowen. from island haven to health scare lockdown, italy's coronavirus outbreak has spread to tenerife. the costa adeje palace hotel now shut off after an italian guest, a doctor, tested positive. they woke up to this, ordered to stay put.

hundreds stuck inside. we've just got to stay in the hotel. we can't leave the hotel. we can walk round the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there's a cordon around the hotel with police. in italy itself, cases are still rising. it is europe's worst affected country and in milan they're not taking any chances. pharmacies across the city have the same sign — "we've run out of masks and sanitising gel." among the places closed, la scala opera has been silenced, a blow for alan and mary spencer who came from somerset to enjoy a verdi classic. well, we were disappointed because we had made plans to visit so many places in milan for the first time and all of them are closed. under new british government rules, if they show symptoms after going home, they'd have to self—isolate for two weeks. we feel we are most at threat, perhaps, during our return

journey when we will be in contact with other people travelling by train and by plane. until then, we feel comfortable and safe here. one of italy's key concerns now is the economic impact of the virus. with sites closed, tourists cancelling and businesses suffering, there's talk of it tipping into recession. and until they can stem the outbreak, the eu's third largest economy will feel the shock. prime people watching spots are virtually people free. cafe is count their losses. cafes count their losses. gabrielle gerosa says it's the worst he's seen in years. translation: milan is suffering a psychosis. people are scared and aren't going out. the global outbreak has hit iran and its deputy health minister. at a briefing, it turns out he was sweating not from having to deny he had lied about the scale but from the virus itself.

it knows no borders, no hierarchies. mark lowen, bbc news, milan. let's bring you that breaking news from the foreign office in the past few minutes. this is what they said. here two schools have been closed after children went on trips to northern italy during half term. anyone returning from ii quarantined towns in the northern italian regions of lombardy and veneto is being told they must now self—isolate, at home, for 14 days. those arriving from hubei province in china, iran and some parts of south korea, all shown here in orange, must do the same. but travellers who've been to other countries, affected regions shown in yellow, only need to self—isolate if they develop symptoms of the virus. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports.

this morning, myself and 90 other students from my school have been sent home to be self—isolated. bethann‘s school in nantwich, cheshire should be teeming with activity, but its entire sixth form has been closed after students returned from a skiing trip in italy, which also impacts parents. i understand that this is a precautionary measure and that the school have to act upon information given to them and guidance from the government. but is it an overreaction? this private school, another with a skiing trip, has shut completely for the rest of the week. well, obviously, every school has to make choices based on the particular situations they find themselves in, but we are not advising as a blanket policy that schools should be closing based on people coming back from italy. if you're told to self—isolate, that means staying at home, not going to work, school or other public places. you shouldn't have any visitors.

if you live on your own, you can order shopping online or get friends to help, but they should leave it on the doorstep. if you live with others, then you need to stay in a well—ventilated bedroom with the door shut. if you have to share a bathroom, then use it after everyone else. don't share towels and toiletries. your waste should be double—bagged. if you test positive, it'll be separately disposed of. remember, the coronavirus causes a mild illness for four out of five people. self—isolating will help protect older people and those with underlying health problems from getting infected. travellers returning from northern italy are being advised they only need to self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms or they've been in one of the quarantined areas. it really can slow disease spread.

by isolating those with symptoms in health care settings, tracing their contacts, getting those to self—isolate until we determine that. so, that led to the control of the sars epidemic, so we're still uncertain if those will be sufficient to fully contain the pathogen that we see now, but it certainly has a great potential. nearly 7,000 people have been tested for coronavirus in the uk. just 13 have been positive. for now, it seems, the virus has yet to get a firm foothold here. fergus walsh, bbc news. we will find out how the stories are covered at 1048 this evening in the papers. for a hundred years our life expectancy has increased, with every generation living longer than their parents. but a damning new report says health inequalities in england have

increased to such a shocking degree over the past decade that that's no longer the case. those living in the poorest communities, shown here in the darkest red, are most affected. but overall life expectancy growth has stalled, and for women living in some of the most deprived communities, it's actually reversed. north east england has the worst life expectancy when compared to the national average. this report from our health correspondent, dominic hughes, starts in newcastle—upon—tyne. the divide in health between rich and poor is growing. the gap is particularly stark in the north—east of england. in newcastle, self—employed music teacher lucy beckman is struggling to make ends meet and it's having an impact on her health. all the clothes that i have are given to me by friends. i use a food bank... i can't get my hair done... coffee is a luxury,if i go out for a coffee. so, the nicer things in life are just not happening.

the stress is a killer. it really is. it lessens your life span. today's report suggests that for the first time in a century, life expectancy for the poorest women in the north—east is falling and the funding cuts associated with austerity the most likely because of a worsening health picture. my own view is that health and health inequalities is telling us something fundamental about the nature of society. and if health's not improving and health inequalities are increasing something's going wrong with society. in some of the most deprived areas like the north west, there are signs of change. what do we want to be in 20 years time? at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils give voice to their dreams... a doctor, brill. a lawyer. what do we want to be

in 20 years time? a social worker. in 20 years time? in one of the poorest parts of greater manchester, the school makes a point of working with the whole family. we encourage our parents to be, so they can be healthy, too, so they can have a healthy mindset, and a healthy body. linking education to health, housing, work and community. many of our families have gone on to achieve gcses now, they're in paid employment, it is a route not only for the children but the families, the whole family at the centre of our school. and with the right approach, results can come. coventry is narrowing the life expectancy gap between rich and poor. the local council backing projects like this pay what you can cafe in foleshill, a place for families to eat together, sharing experiences, building a community. coming here has actually helped how i feel because obviously i was suffering from depression. it was one of the reasons i came, and i first started coming here,

it was because i didn't want to talk to other people. being on my own with three children was kind of hard so coming here was opening me up a bit and actually getting me to mix with other people. the government says it's determined to narrow the health gap by levelling up access to health care across england. but this report says poverty now has a grip on our nation's health and something has gone badly wrong. dominic hughes, bbc news. david steel has quit the liberal democrats and is to retire from the house of lords following a new report into historical child sexual abuse. the former liberal leader told the independent inquiry that he had failed to act on allegations against his colleague cyril smith. the results of the inquiry, published today, said the political establishment spent decades turning a blind eye to allegations of child sex abuse. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds spoke to us

earlier from westminster. ididn't ididn‘tfind i didn't find any evidence of a paedophile network. it did find deference when powerful people were accused of power of fence —— child abuse, he was an mp in the 1970s, but in the late 60s, he was investigated by the police with allegations that boys had been abused into schools. ten years after that, cyril smith had a conversation with david steele who is the leader of the liberal party and told him this investigation had happened. he gave evidence about this at the inquiry last year. he said it was a brief conversation and he didn't admitany abuse, brief conversation and he didn't admit any abuse, but because he did act on it, the inquiry accused him

of doing wrong. steel has resigned because he says he doesn't want any more tour model in the party which will be looking to investigate his actions. —— turmoil. a court has been shown cctv footage of the manchester arena suicide bomber 19 seconds before he detonated a homemade device. salman abedi is seen carrying a large rucksack containing shrapnel standing in a crowd of men, women and children. his brother hashem abedi is on trial at the old bailey accused of being ‘jointly responsible' for the attack. he denies 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. at 8:07 on the night of the explosion, salman abedi left the rented flat where he'd built the bomb. he took a taxi to a cashpoint. the weight of his home—made device laden with explosives and nuts and bolts from screwfix and b80 clear from the laboured way he was walking. he then took the tram one stop to victoria station and the manchester arena,

arriving at 8:30pm, two hours before the blast. he was recorded on cctv hanging around the arena for the ariana grande concert to end. the last image shown to the jury was 19 seconds before the blast. salman abedi is seen clearly surrounded by concertgoers and parents waiting to pick up their young children. in the painstaking crime scene investigation after the explosion, more than 30 kilograms of shrapnel was recovered by forensics officers from the manchester arena foyer. more than 29 kilograms of that was metallic nuts placed inside the bomb, the prosecution say, in order to cause maximum damage. of the 359 people in the foyer at the time, 22 were killed. many died from head injuries from the flying shrapnel. among them, 15—year—old megan hurley. her older brother bradley who was at court today had been

with her that night. he survived with two broken legs and extensive burns. salman abedi had visited the arena three times on reconnaissance trips in the five days before the bomb as he prepared meticulously for the carnage to come. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the headlines on bbc news... 11 people have now died of the virus in northern italy — prompting new foreign office advice tonight: against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. 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. improvements in life expectancy in england have stalled, with some people now expecting to live shorter lives than a decade ago.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, coming up in a moment, we have developing news of the impact of the coronavirus on the six nations and also the olympics. before that, we start with the champions league because chelsea are in action against one of the favourites to ta ke against one of the favourites to take the trophy in munich. after around 60 minutes, it still 0—0 between the two sides. chelsea will have to be at their best tonight. last time they came to london it was to play tottenham and they beat them 7-2. in to play tottenham and they beat them 7—2. in the other match, barcelona is being hosted in naples. their players were tested for the coronavirus which has reached northern italy. there were no problems with the health of either sets of teams on the pitch. the score is 0—0 also. in the

championship, six games are ongoing. west bromwich or at home to preston north end. it is one — zero. bottom of the table, lit in town are playing fourth place but it's luton who went ahead with a nobles at the moment. 0ne match tonight, —— no goals. after 30 minutes of play. the spread of the

coronavirus have affected many sporting events around the world so far. simon harris has regulated that ireland's match against italy in the six nations should not go ahead. italy's men and women teams are scheduled to travel to ireland in a fortnight. with a virus spreading, harris has said it is of significant risk to the public if the match were to go ahead. they were also do to host england. the clear view of the public is that this game should not go ahead. that would constitute a significant risk because of very large numbers of people travelling from what is now an effective region. my department would be contacted in relation to this. —— affected region. it's important to make decisions important to public health beyond other considerations. the olympics could also be cancelled. that's according to the former vice president of the

international olympic committee. dick pound, who is the longest standing member was speaking to bbc when he was asked if the games due to open on the 24th ofjuly would have to be postponed or even called off. in a worst-case scenario yes. i think it's much too early to reset conclusion. i know the 10c is in contact with the who to get advice of whether it's peking, whether there's a vaccine in the works that might be helpful. following the range of might be helpful. following the range of countermeasures might be helpful. following the range of countermeasures that are available. at a certain point, you have to make a call and i say over the next two or three months, it's gotta be focusing sharper and sharper as you get to the point of go or no go. and football continues to be affected too. five matches we re to be affected too. five matches were in italy will be played behind

closed doors. japan's top—tier football has also been put on hold. that's all the support for now. i will have more for you in sportsday at 10.30 will have more for you in sportsday at10.30 p:m.. as the metropolitican police have run their second trial this year of live facial recognition, the met police chief, cressida dick, has defended the police's use of facial recognition from what she calls "ill—informed" critics. the met says that the system makes fewer than 1 false match in a thousand. but an independent analysis says that only eight out of 42 matches were "verifiably correct". that means that 80% of matches are false alerts and privacy campaigners put that figure higher. so who's right? well, here to cut through the numbers is robert cuffe, the bbc‘s head of statistics. how do essex arrive at their figures of eight in 42?

0ver over the last few years, essex university have joined the mass in six live appointments of facial recognition and when they looked independently on this, they said they would run this live. they have about 42 matches. of those 42, about 16 of them, they looked at it and said nope. this isn't likely. another four were lost so they're only able to test about 22 and of those 22, 14. they id those individuals. they were not matches. the remaining eight were verifiably correct. that's where the figures come from. only eight matches were really on the watchlist. the police are saying the critics are not in interpreting this correctly. they

prefer interpreting this correctly. they p refer to interpreting this correctly. they prefer to use up false positive measures. if you were to give it a series of 1000 people who work on the watchlist, it would only flag one and 1000. the issue here is being on a watchlist is rare. even if you throw out a lot of people, you're gonna get a lot of false. if you're gonna get a lot of false. if you try to identify the football players just on the basis of facial recognition kits and identify all 22 footballers, but you also turn it on the audience, 90,000 attendees, to get 90 false matches as well. most of the matches are false, but it's not because the kit is bad. it's because you are looking for a rare thing. so does that mean that lfr is a bad system? i think it means that it's useful but yet it needs you need to be careful. the first question is does that work. if we get a positive match, what should we do? the two different groups are using different

sta nces. different groups are using different stances. the police are right to do that. it's ok. the campaigners prefer that. it's ok. the campaigners p refer to that. it's ok. the campaigners prefer to focus on what should you do when you find a match and think on the balance of probability, it's not good to be criminal. if the police are immediately chucking them in the back of the van on the basis of something that's false. what's happening i a lot of the time is in the control room, someone takes a look and says they won't do anything at all or they go up an id to someone. at all or they go up an id to someone. the debate here probably should be less about the numbers and more about how proportionately the police are taking. so presumably this will keep improving.|j police are taking. so presumably this will keep improving. i member when i first started to match photographs, it was telling me my girlfriend was matching that with my mother. 0r girlfriend was matching that with my mother. or my sister. that's kind of worrying! technology has come a long

way. it's about what you do with it given that you know, they aren't the majority of people. thanks very much for explaining some of that. the indian capital, delhi, is witnessing its worst violence in decades as rioting between opponents and supporters of a new citizenship law escalates in parts of the city. at least ten people are dead, among them a policeman. president trump has been in india for a two day visit with the prime minister narendra modi. from delhi, yogita limaye reports. for a second day, parts of delhi have descended into chaos. areas where hindus and muslims have for centuries lived side by side have erupted in anger. this is the worst religious violence india's capital has seen in decades. this is a tyre market that has been set on fire. most of the shops here were owned by muslims. we've seen signs of arson all day while we've been on the road and we are just a few hundred metres

from a place where there were violent mobs carrying sticks and stones. it all began as clashes over india's new citizenship law which grants amnesty to non—muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries. but what we are seeing now is a religious riot. and it has left people scared and angry. this is a muslim home that was burnt down. buora khan can barely hold back tears as he recounts how he and his family escaped angry hindu mobs. "we had to jump from roof to roof," he says. less than a mile away, some hindu men come running to us. "muslims are shooting bullets, they're throwing stones," they shouted. rahul solanki died after he was shot in the head. the grief of losing sons, husbands,

brothers, shared by both hindu and muslim families today. and with each hour that goes by the number of casualties rises. at the hospital a night ago we saw stretcher after stretcher being brought in. a woman whose husband was injured collapsed in the arms of a bystander. a sister whose brother was shot in the head wheeled him into an ambulance. the government says the situation is under control. the streets tell a different story. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. the former egyptian president, hosni mubarak, has died in cairo at the age of 91. mubarak spent three decades in office before being ousted by the military in 2011 as a popular uprising swept egypt. he was found guilty of complicity in the killing of protesters during the revolution, but that conviction was overturned

and he was freed in march 2017. railway lines have been closed in shropshire as river levels continue to rise. two severe "danger to life" flood warnings are in place for the river severn at shrewsbury and ironbridge as it nears record levels. flood waters are expected to flow over the top of the barriers later today. network rail says hourly inspections are being carried out on the severn viaduct. sian lloyd reports from ironbridge. no rescue needed but there is a growing sense of urgency for people living along the banks of the river severn to leave their homes. 6.9, possibly, at midnight. is that what they're saying? yeah. when the water level peaks these cottages already flooded will face another surge. but the couple living here have decided to tough it out. it is the fact it is their home, isn't it? it's their life. they also, a lot of these people

have lived through this before, so this is just a waiting game. the historic bridge spans the severn which has now risen to a 20—year high here. these temporary flood barriers were first made in ironbridge in 2004. this is the first time they have been tested to this degree. the latest that the environment agency is telling us is that there is now a very strong possibility that the water will go over the top. trapped, but safe, steph has a bird's—eye view of the rising waters and knows that she is not about to go anywhere soon. can't get out of the house at the moment because the water is deeper than my wellies so i'm stuck in here but i've got food and drink and water and more importantly i've got chocolate and gin. but the severe flood warning in place here means paramedics are on standby.

there is a risk to human life. record water levels have been recorded up river at montford gauge this afternoon and emergency services want to take every precaution. the fire service's next visit was to a home that was surrounded by water. it is continuing to rise. it is close to the doorstep of their property and one of the residents is 96 years old. they hope the town won't flood but they are planning for the worst. it could be deep, sudden, fast flowing, therefore very dangerous water, and that is what we have been concerned about and that is why the severe flood warning is out there. the next few hours will be critical. the river is expected to peak after midnight. sian lloyd, bbc news, ironbridge. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. after a chilly day with

wintry showers, or of the same which come tomorrow. both a cold night with frost in between. some subtle differences as we look at wednesday. the wintry showers across england and wales should become fewer and further between. quite a few as we head through the evening and small hours on wednesday, meeting the risk of ice could just about anywhere first thing on wednesday as the spread of frost develops. most record showers to the north and west of the uk, accumulations of about eight cm is possible. this will be the focus point for our showers as we look at wednesday as well. those across northern england and wales tending to fizzle out by the afternoon, some trying to come. furthermore, rather more frequent showers for northern and western scotland. factor in the wind and that further northern health of the uk will means winds closer to freezing.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: 11 people have now died of the virus in northern italy — prompting new foreign office advice tonight against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. in tenerife, a hotel is in lockdown and guests are told to stay in their rooms, after a guest from italy tests positive for coronavirus. improvements in life expectancy in england have stalled — with some people now expecting to live shorter lives than a decade ago. a court is shown cctv of the manchester arena bomber leaving home with the device — and then surrounded by concert goers seconds before he blew himself up. parts of the river severn reach record levels, as severe flood warnings remain in place in shropshire. more now on the news that growing life expectancies in england have stalled... and for women in the poorest

communities, it has actually gone into decline. and the new report suggests that those living in north east england have the worst life expectancy, when compared to the national average. the report says funding cuts — under the banner of austerity — have had an adverse effect, but also highlights other factors, such as where we're born, live, and work. it links health to housing, saying there is a rise in homelessness, and people don't have enough money to lead a halthy life, with more ignored communities. it also highlights education, saying that funding has been cut, youth centres have closed — and child poverty has increased. joining us now are helen milner, from the good things foundation, which is working with the nhs to address inequality by offering computer training. we also have malathy muhu, from the skills enterprise, which aims to upskill disadvantaged people in east london. thank you both for coming again.

helen, your organisation funds your organisation, you work on the ground, malathy. you have the wider national picture. let me ask you both are you surprised by the findings today? i think yes and no. we know in the thousands of communities that we are working with up communities that we are working with up and down the country but there area up and down the country but there are a lot of people who are experiencing disadvantage. we know there are 12 million people who lack digital skills and those digital skills exacerbate their health and any qualities. but i think we also have been working hard and so it is disappointing that all of the hard work we have been putting again actually now resulted in the results of report. you work in east london, malathy. why are digital skills affecting health directly? because if there is like a the skills, and the day in age, everything is online. —— a lack of skill. digital

skills, users, women, if they are on universal credit, they might not be able to search theirjournals and they might not be losing their benefits. and also, digital skills is very important, they can search about health information online, so i will give you a small example on the ground reality, i'm just talking to helen, to users were there and one of the users was feeding a fruit shoe to the child and other users we re shoe to the child and other users were saying, you don't have to give fruit shoe every day but they say the fruit shoe has had food in there but she was saying no, that's not got fruit. she immediately went online and she was helping the other user how to see the calorie values and everything. and she immediately pointed out you can go to images website and other user learn about the website from the fantastic learn

library tool. —— a fruit shoe. which is what we used to teach online. those images tool are very important for us to teach users and also it has the a to z of health. what it is, users can go online and they can see about that. last year, users had reported they don't immediately dial the 999 services but they can see what all of the health issues are themselves. and a company... all of those benefits of the fruit juice and other companies are available. your focus is trying to acquit people with the skills to use the computer research themselves. some people might say that even if people are lacking opportunities in education and money, don't they know by now what we should be eating,

drinking or doing by exercise coachella i think there is one thing knowing it, and i would argue that not everybody does know. actually, their review that has come out today shows that health inequalities are the greatest for people who are poorest and had the lowest income, who do not have work or are a low—paid work. actually, what we haveis low—paid work. actually, what we have is that social exclusion is exacerbate think health inequalities and that is been exacerbated by these inequalities because the opportunities to find work, work is a big indicator of health outcomes. you cannot find work now if you are not on the internet. we also know that it not on the internet. we also know thatitis not on the internet. we also know that it is notjust about those transactional things come about looking up information or booking a gp appointment. actually, we find as people learn how to use the internet, particularly in community settings, like the one malathy, they then have to develop confidence. ——

then have to develop confidence. —— the one marlowe friends. that is then helping their health outcomes, then helping their health outcomes, the health in their well—being. they wa nt to ta ke the health in their well—being. they want to take more control of their life. they feel empowered and so actually come as you say if they know that they should be eating better or should be exercising more, actually they feel better about themselves and feel better about their lives. are you finding, malathy, this is about bad diets or is it about people also perhaps a drinking alcohol too much or smoking or drugs? is that a combination of things leading to these life expectancies? it is astonishing really to see in a developed country the life expectancy falling. yes. it is. it is a combination of several different things. for example, if somebody is isolated, then the mental health is going to deteriorate. if they are lacking

confidence and using digital skills or not able to speak english come if they have esl needs, it is a combination of an employment of digital skills and needs and so all of these things will lead in to help air quality. so it is not like a one factor we can say, so that is why holistic approach is really needed to address each issue. in a word, is more money one of the bic answers for which you are doing now? absolutely. that's one of the big a nswe rs. absolutely. that's one of the big answers. we need across government committee led by the prime minister they said today, to have a whole across government look at health inequalities. but we do need more money. and we do think the nhs needs to put more money into health inequalities but make sure that digital inequalities are being addressed at the same time and embed it in that policy area. helen and malathy thank you to both of you for joining us tonight. scotland is a step closer

to becoming the first country in the world to make sanitary products freely available to all. politicians at holyrood have endorsed the general principles of the legislation, although concerns have been raised about the cost. the scottish government has estimated the annual bill would be more than 24 million pounds. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. it's become another everyday part of life in scottish schools — free sanitary products available to anyone who needs them. at this school in glasgow, the students have led the way in making the changes. when people were on their periods, they backed down from doing some things because they felt uncomfortable. like what? pe, for example, or doing a class presentation. when i started my period at school, i would just go home. i wouldn't consider going to the office because i was too embarrassed. what message is being sent today with this vote in the scottish parliament? i think it's about time. this should have been done ages ago,

obviously, cos girls can't afford that and people struggle. even if you can't afford it, it should be accessible because it's a normal thing, it's a natural thing that happens to most women. free sanitary products are already available in schools, colleges and universities in scotland and in schools in england and wales, too. the vote at holyrood goes further and will mean that tampons, sanitary pads and some reusable products will be available to anyone in scotland. menstruation is normal. free universal access to tampons, pads and reusable options should be normal too. period dignity for all isn't radical or extreme. it's simply the right thing to do. the scottish government previously opposed the proposals because of concerns over deliverability and cost. its u—turn means all parties at holyrood now support the plans. in pursuit of good legislation, parliament will now need to pull out

all the stops and work hard collectively, collaboratively, on this bill for it to achieve everything that, i think, we across the chamber want it to, and help promote and enable our country to emerge through this to continue to set an example that the world wants to learn to follow. what do we want? end period poverty! when do we want it? now! campaigners welcomed today's vote, saying one in five women in the uk will face a struggle accessing period products at some point in their life. they hope that in scotland, that will soon be a thing of the past. lorna gordon, bbc news. the foreign office has revealed that diplomats owe more than 116 million pounds to transport for london for unpaid congestion charges. the us embassy owes the largest amount at almost 12 and a half million pounds. the foreign secretary dominic raab said the government had held meetings with embassies to "press for payment". i'm joined now byjohn everard, who is a former british diplomat. he was formerly the uk's ambassador to belarus, to uruguay, and to north korea.

thank you forjoining us. what do you think? do you think everybody should pay the charge? yes. the juvenile conviction gives that from text with the decongestant charge is ina text with the decongestant charge is in a text. —— the geneva convention. get rid of the text without everybody including the country to pgy- everybody including the country to pay. we have to be clear that at the outset that the majority of embassies in london do pay it without any great fuss. it is just the a minority who are sticking out and refusing. which of the worst offenders? the us, japan, nigeria, india, and a few others below those. the us for the medley is key to any change in this? that is right. and the us is cut and a bind. the us a lwa ys the us is cut and a bind. the us always ta kes the us is cut and a bind. the us always takes a very legalistic view of diplomatic immunity and very relu cta nt to of diplomatic immunity and very reluctant to see the smallest point in case it is quoted as president against them elsewhere. i don't think they will move anytime soon.

their reasoning is what? their reasoning is anything that like a tax should be immune from that under the gna convention. —— in a cove rtu re. the gna convention. —— in a coverture. when we get into a slightly grey area they said no, they are taking a position this is a tax revenue. the overall amount obviously is a lot of money, but is it worth the british government really picking a fight over this at this moment of now? we are looking at at hundred £12 million from the us embassy. that's £12 million. we are trying to negotiate a trade deal with how many billions of that? quite small in comparison. is it worth it because there are diplomatic exemptions on all sorts of measures and what britain diplomats, the favours and the help they get a bride. all sorts of tit—for—tat benefits. they get a bride. all sorts of tit-for-tat benefits. yes, i white a picture of course. in diplomacy. i

met another point. even if you did press for payment, where will you go? if you are running a business and you don't get paid, you go to court. buffer diplomats, there is no court. buffer diplomats, there is no court. know where you can take it. —— for diplomats. any success on the horizon for the british government? not let the us government shift is legal position and i don't see that happening anytime soon. it is possible some of the embassies might move and i'm not holding my breath. you can think of anywhere else where british diplomats are exempted from something similar like a congestion charge? as far as i know, we are almost unique in having a congestion charge. so there is no precedent elsewhere. very finally, the harry dent question obviously has been something that has been raised in a lot on the diplomatic side. that harry done. very different subject. it has raise the profile i suppose of the different rules and regulations that affect all diplomatic amenities. it did. but he too are quite different. the whole

harry dunn case revolves around community. us diplomats don't have immunity, they have to pay it. patiently don't pay the charge. thank you for coming in. —— diplomats don't have immunity from a congestion charge. the headlines on bbc news... 11 people have now died of the virus in northern italy — prompting new foreign office advice tonight: against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. in tenerife, a hotel is in lockdown and guests are told to stay in their rooms —— after a guest from italy tests positive for coronavirus. improvements in life expectancy in england have stalled — with some people now expecting to live shorter lives than a decade ago. more on the coronavirus now, and fears of a pandemic continue to increase, as the government issues new guidance for people returning to the uk from parts of italy. 11 people have now been confirmed as dead there. meanwhile 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. clio 0'flynn is a journalist in tenerife, she's been reporting from outside the hotel. this is our hotel which if you combine the visitors, the staff, the patient staff, about 1000 people work and live in this hotel. they are not being allowed in and out and the road behind me is also closed off so that people who work in the small commercial centre behind me haven't been able to go to work either. of course the main story is what is happening to the italian doctor who was taken sick. he presented himself to a clinic yesterday. he had been on the island for over six days. he was feeling unwell. and he was quarantined almost immediately along with his wife. he has been brought to the candelaria hospital and the hotel has been quarantined.

professor robin shattock is head of mucosal infection and immunity at the department of medicine at imperial college london. he's heading up their efforts to come up with a vaccine for coronavirus, and says it's unlikely to be available until next year at the earliest... in the context of developing a vaccine, we have been able to move much, much faster than before and the reason for that is the technology is changed. we use synthetic biology to be able to make things quickly. so what usually has taken a period of years, we have managed to condense into a period of a few weeks. but that is just the beginning phase. and the part that cannot be hurried is the human testing in terms of testing for safety and then testing in clinical trials that it works. i think both for vaccines and for new drugs, i think 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, anything that happens to be at hand and not knowing whether it actually has a beneficial outcome.

helen branswell is a senior writer for infectious diseases and public health, for stat — an online website reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine. shejoins me now from boston in the united states... thank in the united states... you very much for speaking us thank you very much for speaking to us today. how close do you think the world is now to a pandemic and what exactly world is now to a pandemic and what exa ctly d oes world is now to a pandemic and what exactly does that mean? i'm not sure how close we are. if you talk to experts in a number of them think we are already are and when, the world health organisation has resisted using that term to date, at one of the things that they say is they really don't have experience with a coronavirus pandemic so they don't know how to predict what will happen with this one. or how effective countries will be trying to beat it back. so it is not clear how soon they might be ready to declare a pandemic but it certainly is in a

lot of countries at this point, and showing no signs of abating. in terms of the latest briefings that where you are getting, is your sense that containment is still possible? i was listening to a really interesting briefing today from the world health organisation. the head of the international mission that just returned from china looking at what they had done. his name is doctor bruce l word come he was waxing enthusiastically about what china has done. having looked at their numbers and he measures they have taken. he said that the mission came away convinced that china has been able to really tamp down infection. —— doctor bruce elward. and in wo and hubei were most of the that happen. and he said that these measures could be affected in other places but of course, it is hard to

imagine some of these measures bring applicable and many other countries are frankly other countries having the resources to do some of the think china has done. yet time is obviously essential in this process. if democracy is like europe and the united states and even india, vast democracy and populations, where very cautious now and said look, you really have gotten to self—isolate and if you don't know will be consequences, you could potentially contain the numbers at least whilst work is done and perhaps the virus then peters out as the weather changes. perhaps. one of the problems with this outbreak is that there are people who have symptoms that are so mild that they go through airport screening without being detected, they don't even necessarily know they are sick. you had the incident, the report from ten to ralph about the dr who went

on vacation. that allows people to move around. —— the report from itinerary. it allows the virus to go to places unseen. iran hasjust had word of an explosive outbreak there. they only have 16 deaths which is really quite extraordinary given that this week, last week this time they get another head any cases. it is hard to detect this thing and catch all of the sparks that are flying and put them out. it is a very ambitious thing to be trying to do. how worried are you by this? i am not looking forward to the next couple of months. i think it will be a rocky time. it is really unclear what will happen. the world occasionally goes to events like this and at the beginning of them

you don't know what the full spectrum of diseases or how bad it will be and that is where we are right now. do you think where it is possible to limit foreign travel for example, if it is just a holiday, that people should be now because it is still in an early enough stage where we could prevent total mass scale infection? again, it is not 100% known where the viruses. if you have a holiday plan for a place where that has had no cases, you be perfectly fine, and yet you go somewhere and discovered that you are on lockdown because there has been a quarantine because something has happened. it is really hard to know. when it thinks people have to consider is that the world economy also has to continue and airlines

have to continue to fly, goods have to travel. we all depend on that. you have to take measures in balancing those various factors. ok. that is a very key thought going forward. a lot of big decisions for individuals and governments and companies to make. thank you indeed for joining companies to make. thank you indeed forjoining us. hope to speak to you soon forjoining us. hope to speak to you soon again. through the air now when you flip them do they fly magestically through the air or end up sticking to the pan or even the ceiling. today of course is pancake day so to learn how to do it properly, earlier i wasjoined by kate bradbrook at 0lney in buckinghamshire where apparently the first ever pancake race took place. how do they know that is where it all first started? it's a big day here in 0lney because of the pancake race. legend has it that it all started

here because of a housewife who was cooking pancakes on tuesday and realised she would be late for church so she dashed out of the house pan—in—hand and that is how the pancake race came to be. in 1445. you can see pictures here on the wall of previous races. it happened today as well. today was no different. we can see some pictures now hopefully of today's race which took place at five to 12 this morning. anybody can take part as long as you are over 18 and female and you are from the 0lney area. that is the race itself. let's talk about pancakes now. jen and jill run this place. jill, how many pancakes have you made today? well over 300. we've been very busy making them. the team has done really well. super. what are the most popular fillings? we made some for you.

strawberry, nutella and banana and tex—mex with his refried beans. and guacamole and nachos. what about vegan and gluten—free options? how popular are they? how do you get around that and how popular is it? super popular. a lot more popular as well in the market. it is fine for us well in the market. it is fine for us to substitute. we do soy milk instead of cows milk. apple sauce the set of eggs. in a binding. it is nice to make them. good for people to have that option when they come and visit us. for anybody who will be making pancakes after the programme, what are your top tips? people tend to get the pancakes stuck on the pan. make sure that the oil is not too hot. make sure you pur it slowly, and close to the pan, and make sure you loosen it before you flip it so it won't break. jen will demonstrate that now.

go ahead. that is the absolute perfect pancake. i wouldn't expect any less here. kate, just tell us your favourite topping having been there i imagine for a little bit of time. well, i have been here much of the afternoon. i am absolutely starving i think my favourite topping, would probably be banana with a bit of chocolate and maybe some maple syrup. how about you ? what is your favourite? if i'm at home, i like to do a maple syrup style with the fluffy ones. and if i'm here, we do a brownie when which is really good. we have the best brownies i think. that would be my option. do you ever get sick of pancakes? it is yourjob. the word maybe sometimes. but we don't have that many pancakes to eat all the time. we are always serving them. so we don't really eat too many. we leave them for the customers. very quickly, what is your favourite? my favourite is poached pear and cherry, which is really delicious. and fruity. my favourite one. thank you very much. there you go.

the perfect pancake here in 0lney. wow, you're making this all very hungry. kate, enjoy. hope you have a bite to eat now. thank you very much. we are all starving now. the gallery suggests a cointreau. we will see if they get that. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. after a chilly day with wintry showers, more of the same to come tomorrow. they call it a night with widespread frost in between. some subtle differences though as we look at wednesday. the showers across england well should become fewer and further between. quite a fewer and further between. quite a few around there as we head to the evening and into the small hours of wednesday. meaning a risk of isolated anywhere on wednesday at the frost develops. frequent showers to the north and west of the uk and accumulation across the hills in the mountains perhaps eight cm is possible. this will be the focus point for our showers as we look at

wednesday. across northern england and west, tending to fizzle out by the afternoon, widespread sunshine to come, further north and a frequent showerfor to come, further north and a frequent shower for northern ireland in northern west in scotland. a chilly day, 5—9, factor in the wind. that for the northern half of the uk will mean it feels closer to freezing.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. sharp falls on the global stock markets as the coronovirus spreads. the new york stock exchange has just closed. it was trading down nearly 3% in the closing minutes. it's the second day, we've seen steep falls. new cases are cropping up worldwide. in tenerife, hundreds of tourists are told they can't leave their hotel after an italian doctor there tested positive for the virus. 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 minister is seen repeatedly whiping his face at a press conference. he'd spent days defending the government's response to the outbreak.