the north likely anywhere really to the north and west of the uk. certainly more to come across scotland, some drip further eastwards, some for northern ireland as well. again with that wintry element. showers across england and wales, most likely across northern england and north wales through the morning. by the afternoon i think largely clear skies and some sunshine. temperatures 5—9d as you would read them on the thermometer. factor in them on the thermometer. factor in the wind, for many it is going to feel closer to freezing, even with some sunshine stop contrast that, then, to a year ago, february 26, 2019, 21.2 degrees, the warmest february day on record. that temperature was recorded at kew gardens. wednesday into thursday, this is our next headache. where is this is our next headache. where is this area of low pressure going to go as it heads towards the uk? just exactly how far north is quite critical. the northern edge of it could bring some snow into even south wales, the southern midlands, across the chilterns and the south downs on thursday. if it goes further north, we could see more

heavy rain affecting parts of the midlands already badly hit by flooding. it does look like it will pull away into the continent quite quickly, though. that should keep the rainfall totals down a bit, and by thursday afternoon it is looking a lot drier as this little ridge of high pressure pushes into the uk. light winds, clear skies overnight thursday into friday. frosty start, but then, as you saw, coming in from the atlantic, through friday, and extent of weather fronts. and this could mean more heavy rain for many parts of the uk. and some snow transiently across the midlands, northern england, and scotland as that where the front pushes in and bumps into the cold air. windy again as well to end the week. and once the low is with us, it is going to stick around on into the weekend. the band of more persistent rain should clear off into the continent through saturday, but then we will be left, i think, with some fairly frequent showers, especially for the north and west. so a wet start to saturday, and then wintry showers as the day pans out. sheltered eastern

areas with some sunshine. seeing temperatures of seven or eight degrees, but i think it will still feel colder with the wind. sunday a little headache and our forecast, another little weather system running through to the south of the uk, that does leave us scratching oui’ uk, that does leave us scratching our heads. there is the chance that that could bring some heavy rain. for many, sunday should offer up some drier weather and sunshine. still some showers around to the north—west. and then we get further head into the following week. generally we will stay on the colder side of the jetstream but through mid week we bump into some warmer air. the jetstream bumps mid week we bump into some warmer air. thejetstream bumps up north across us. air. thejetstream bumps up north across us. a spell of wet and windy weather mid week before we plunge back into the colder polar air later in the coming week and a showery regime. so basically the story as we go into the following week will be that we still continue with some pretty cold weather, and there will be the chance of further snow showers as well. but look out for some heavy rain and strong winds through the middle of the week.

hello, this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first 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. 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.

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. two severe flood warnings remain in place for the river severn amid fears that water could go overflood barriers in the early hours of tomorrow morning. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the observer's sonia sodha, and kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome. thank you very much for staying on.

many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times leads with the news that western nations are stepping up their attempts to contain the coronavirus. the paper says the news comes as investors around the globe retreat from markets. the independent leads with news of school closures over fears of the spread of the virus. the guardian says that confusion over health advice has become widespread. the mirror says that britons both abroad and at home are in lockdown. the times also leads with news of school closures. the i says that the uk's plan to deal with the coronavirus and has been released. the telegraph features a picture of a gleaming duchess of cambridge as she headed out for a night out at a west end show. but that's in stark contrast with the mail, which has a picture duke of sussex who landed back in the uk today. the paper asks: happy to be home, harry? we will try to get to that one before we close tonight but let's kick off with the coronavirus and of the times. a lot of the papers

focusing on school closures. that was the big development today. up until now, the story has been in other places and other countries but, even though the number of confirmed cases in the uk is still relatively low, there is an expectation that it is only a matter of time before there is a more widespread outbreak and people are looking for signs of what is to come. the chief medical officer today giving a briefing and a schools are closing. our some stu d e nts schools are closing. our some students coming back from a ski holiday in italy, and the school is closing down as a precaution. the government does not want to engender a sense of panic but they want to seem to be doing something and give the impression that they are on top of the situation as we expect things

will probably get worse before they get better. half-time break, people move around and this is how these things spread and also in the passage of time people move business. it is very hard to stop these things spreading. in china they think the lockdown helped stop china is a totalitarian government and they can take measures european countries cannot. here, the government can shut down schools and florentine hotels, which has happened in tenerife... florentine hotels, which has happened in tenerife. .. do you think the advice from government has been as clear as it should be? no, and this is what some of the papers have been focusing on. the chief medical officer first said it is not quite right to say we should not be travelling to these 11 cities in northern italy that are in lockdown and then matt hancock said later

that i would be fine travelling to southern italy but would not be rushing to travel to northern italy. there is clear advice now after some confusion. all but essential travel to the 11 cities north of italy. but there will be so many people with holidays planned over the next two months on the continent who will be thinking, will i be able to go? can iclaim it thinking, will i be able to go? can i claim it back on travel insurance? this is incredibly serious but people will also be thinking about other things as well. this spread across europe with many countries affected now. we do not know how these hotspots erupt? that is part of the concern. there is no obvious link to china. so the worry of why

this is happening. governments around europe almost tried to second—guess an invisible enemy. around europe almost tried to second—guess an invisible enemym this the end of freedom of movement? how ironic. this is for very understandable reasons. six nations matches involve a lot of supporters travelling around europe. that questioning the tokyo olympics. all the big sporting tournaments. questioning the tokyo olympics. all the big sporting tournamentsm you're trying to restrict the movement of people, that is an obvious thing. in china olympic test events have had to been postponed and that can have impacts on competitors. in the mirror, a picture of the tenerife hotel and if you think being stuck in a hotel in

the canary you think being stuck in a hotel in the ca nary islands you think being stuck in a hotel in the canary islands is not so bad, actually they have been stuck in their room and probably pretty stressful. not much of a holiday if you cannot leave your room. exactly. one couple interviewed, with a small baby, got a note under the door saying they cannot leave. they were raiding the minibar but have now been given food packages. kids returning from trips and skills closing. it affects people and pa rents closing. it affects people and parents working if you are on holiday? the impact of having to close schools is enormous. the economic impact is enormous. people having time off work. factories

closing down as a precautionary measure. do not want to reduces two pennies and p but the economy will be hit by this. we are also leaving the european union with many concerns of. we do not the scale here and thankfully so far it has been quite small here. let's see how it develops. let's go on to the very serious story dominating the headlines and the guardian treatment of this abuse enquiry. an independent enquiry into child sex abuse and it has been plagued by lots of issues and going on for a long time. the government has kept bundling in more and more subjects. historic child sex abuse for a number of big institutions, grooming

gangs. the report that has come out today has been specifically about allegations in westminster and the mainfinding of allegations in westminster and the main finding of the report was really that children and young people have not been taken seriously and that political parties have turned a blind eye and have been more concerned managing the political fallout rather than conducting serious investigations into allegations and in particular the former liberal leader, lord steel has had to attend in his resignation. even though he knew so sarah smith, a former mp had been involved with the abuse of young boys he still recommended him for a knighthood. —— sir cyril smith. he has tendered his resignation. he was turning a blind eye to accusations of abuse, to clarify. they was a

conservative mp as well. people in westminster new there was something about sir cyril smith had an interest in young children but turned a blind eye because of the political concerns they had rather than any concern for the welfare of young children. this story is also covered in the daily telegraph and the times but with a focus on tom watson. politically, people more from the right are honing in on tom watson because remember tom watson did make allegations in the house of commons about a westminster paedophile ring linked to ten downing st which were incendiary allegations and they say these are

not true. i have spoken to people who are spoken to tom watson who was nominated for an honour and that he should not receive it because of his involvement in these allegations. should not receive it because of his involvement in these allegationsm is not focused attack because this report has a lot to say about children and young people and that is the focus of this enquiry. children and young people have not been listened to, notjust in political circles, the catholic church, the bbc, the consistent thread in the story is children and young people not being listened to and not being believed and that is where i think the pressure should be focusing rather than politicising. obviously the report did say something about tom watson and it is legitimate to report that but where is the story about the children and young people who were not listened to. i think that is something that was not the lost here. if it was not

for the coronavirus this would be a massive, huge story. also on the front page of the times, rather extraordinary claim, expensive car drivers are more dangerous to pedestrians. what evidence? what are they saying? what they are saying is if you have an expensive car, you are more likely to be narcissistic, self absorbed, lack empathy and basically not stop at the zebra crossing, have less awareness of other road users. do they define what is an expensive car? they mention audi, bmw, mercedes. i should declare i do not drive any of those cars. and it is also men who tend to be the worst drivers who drive those cars. an interesting

thing about the zebra crossing, it has decreased by 3% for every £800 increase in the vehicle so the more expensive the car the less likely they to stop at zebra crossing. they have served nearly 500 drivers and this is in the us. it is quite extensive. i really enjoyed this line in particular, self—centred men who are argumentative, stubborn disagreeable or likely to own some of these cars. i think maybe incredibly pejorative. i am not sure 500 is a big enough test sample for anything and this was carried out in

oregon and las vegas and whether that carries over to here, i am not sure. anecdotally it feels right. and it does say that it explored why some people, including men and black people, were knocked overfar more often than others in the us. so there was a really important point of this study, they weren't trying to look at whether people who drive certain cars to look at whether people who drive certain ca rs were to look at whether people who drive certain cars were less considerate, they were looking at why black people are more likely to be hit on the roads. they were looking at the behaviours of different types of drivers driving different types of cars, and that is one of the issues that comes out. race goes to the very heart of what america is as a country, and we know that, you know, black americans are so discriminated against in so many different sort of walks of life. so it had a very serious point to it, this study. and with the self—driving cars at the

moment, they also, i think, with the self—driving cars at the moment, they also, ithink, because they are not being tested on black pedestrians, that they have not been programmed to be able to see them as clearly. that was one known problem. but they are not here yet, are they? thank goodness. lets have a look at the daily mail, they have this rather unhappy looking picture, i think, of prince harry, with the headline saying happy to be home, harry is back in london. it contrasts with this lovely picture of kate looking very glamorous on the front of the telegraph. what do we read into this, sonia? gosh, the tabloid press are gunning for the sussexes, harry and meghan. they feel they have been snubbed. harry and meghan are clearly incredibly angry about the treatment they have had, particularly meghan, at the hands of the tabloid press. so the

tabloid press had gone to war. i mean, god, the poor guy has probably just got off a redeye flight to do some official engagements. who looks great when they get off a redeye? maybe harry flew business class or possibly by luxury, but they clearly snapped a bad picture of him. everyone has a bad moment when they get off the plane, and stuck him on the front page and made him look miserable. haven't we got better things to do with our time then read about prince harry being miserable? the guy has just landed in scotland, why is he not beaming? you should send him a letter. but you are right, it is unfortunate, i guess, the contrast with kate, who is the media darling. the press love her, so she is looking fantastic out and about and enjoying herself, and he looked thoroughly down in the dumps. we haven't had the full retreat yet, the duke and duchess of sussex. this isa the duke and duchess of sussex. this is a sort of leading up to it,

pictures of them actually in the uk. they are trying to restrict access. do you think it is still something thatis do you think it is still something that is sort of interesting to the public? because it always gets people... yes. i mean, that's why they are still all over the tabloids. and i think... although they are taking a step back from public life, and i think it is understandable when you look at the treatment they have had at the hands of the tabloid press, it is not going to go awayjust because they have taken a step back. if anything there is probably going to be even more interest. what has happened to the press coverage of them out in canada? the press coverage of them out in canada ? they were the press coverage of them out in canada? they were initially complaining about the paparazzi even there. has that retreated a little bit? i am not sure, but they will definitely be spending the vast majority of their time in canada, i don't know if america, at least, and we won't see them much in this country unless they absolutely have to. the queen's birthday, and stuff. that is if they are invited. we have

had a couple of divorces in the royal family, it is still incredibly resilient. these other stories get huge levels of publicity, don't they, momentarily, and yet it is still politically a massive rock.|j feel that sympathy towards the queen. she had a husband desperately ill, and she has to put up with this in her later years. but it is important to keep a sense of perspective. prince charles has a lwa ys perspective. prince charles has always said, for the last decade, he wa nted always said, for the last decade, he wanted a slimmed down monarchy. harry and meghan havejust wanted a slimmed down monarchy. harry and meghan have just expedited the process. thank you very much indeed for staying with us tonight. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer.

or if you really enjoyed it tonight, you can watch it all again, twice. thank you, kevin and sonia. goodbye. good evening. here is your latest sports news. we start with the last 16 of the champions league, where chelsea have been convincingly beaten by one of the tournament favourites, bayern munich. former arsenal player serge gnabry got the first with a well—worked team goal after 51 minutes. just moments later, he got a second, beating the chelsea keeper. robert lewandowski then secured the win with a third. in the 83rd minute, marcus alonso was given a straight red for chelsea, who have it all to do in the second leg in germany. in the night's other game, napoli drew 1—1 with barcelona. the italian side led through a great strike from dries mertens,

but a second—half goal from antoine griezmann made sure barcelona grabbed a draw. in the championship, west brom extended their lead to seven points at the top of the championship with a 2—0 win over preston north end. nottingham forest are up to third after beating cardiff 1—0, tiago silva with the only goal. there was trouble after the match for cardiff as callum paterson and leandro bacuna clashed. elsewhere there were wins for queens park rangers, huddersfield and bottom of the table luton. and st mirren moved four points clear of the relegation playoff spot in the scottish premiership with a 2—1win at third—place motherwell. ilkay durmus got the winner three minutes from time. the coronavirus has been affecting many sporting events around the world. now, ireland's health minister has recommended the country's six nations match against italy does not go ahead. the irish rugby union, however, are not happy,

saying they are seeking an urgent meeting with simon harris. italy's men's and women's teams are scheduled to travel to ireland in a fortnight, but with the virus spreading to northern italy, harris said it would be of significant risk to the public if the match were to take place. italy are also due to host england in the final round of the tournament. the very clear view of the public health emergency team was that this game should not go ahead, that it would constitute a significant risk, because a very large number of people would be travelling from what is now an affected region. so my department will be contacting the rfu. i know this will come as a great disappointment to many, but it is important we make decisions with regards to public health above all other considerations. the olympics could also be cancelled. that is according to the former vice president of the international olympic comittee. dick pound, who is 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 2ajuly, would have to be postponed or even called off. the worst case scenario, yes. i think it's 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's speaking, whether there's a vaccine in the that might be helpful, and all of the range of countermeasures that are available. ata countermeasures that are available. at a certain point, you have to make a call, and i would say over the next two or three months, it's going to be like focusing a ground glass lens, the focus will get sharper and sharper as you get to the point. and football continues to be affected, too. five top—flight matches in italy's serie a will be played behind closed doors, including inter milan's match atjuventus. udinese, ac milan, parma

and sassuolo are also affected. japan'sj league, the top tier of football, has also been put on hold. andy murray could make his tennis comeback next month, but admits there is a real possibility he may need a further operation. the former world number one has not played since november because of a bruise on his pelvic bone. he says the next few weeks will determine whether he could play at the miami open in march, or undergo another operation that would rule him out of wimbledon and the olympics. we are wishing him a speedy recovery. that's all the sport for now. we are stuck in this cold air stream through wednesday and thursday, and that means more showers, more wintry showers as well, and we have already seen snow falling to quite low levels. now, as those showers ease off across central and eastern parts off across central and eastern parts of the uk, we will see temperatures dropping away. many areas having a touch of frost, particular the cold

though, again, in the north—east of scotland, and given those showers, some icy conditions, especially for northern and western parts of the uk, where those showers keep going into the morning. in general, fewer showers, perhaps, on wednesday. a few will get across to the midlands, eastern england and eastern scotland, but most of them certainly during the afternoon towards northern ireland in western scotland, snow mainly over the hills. some heavy showers, mind you, and temperatures of 5—9d once again. kelly in the breeze, but it won't be as windy in the south—west of england. . . as windy in the south—west of england- here i as windy in the south—west of england- here during the england. here duringthe'evening, j though, cloud is thickening up. we rain on, is