hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0utside source. the spread of the coronavirus hits a new milestone — with more new cases recorded outside of china than within it. pakistan and norway are the latest to confirm cases. and as the disease spreads further in europe, experts call for this is bbc news. calm. the headlines at eight this is a situation of concern. the government sets out but we must not give in to panic. its response as coronavirus speads across europe. and the virus isn'tjust for the first time more impacting on health — new cases are recorded we'll look at how containment outside measures are threatening major china sporting events around than the world, including the within. we have a clear a—part plan olympics. we have a clear 4—part plan to another day of violence respond to the outbreak on the streets of delhi — of this where clashes between hindus disease. contain, delay, research and muslims in recent days have killed at least 27 people. and mitigate. we are taking all there were mobs and in different places. necessary measures to minimise the there were mobs in different places. risk to the public. there were multiple mobs holding in tenerife, 160 british sticks and they were calling, holidaymakers are among a thousand openly calling for the extermination people now confined to

of muslims. their hotel after four guests we'll have the latest from zambia tested positive. where mobs seeking revenge for chemical attacks have we are clear now, we killd were tested dozens yesterday, for goodness' sake, bring us yesterday, for goodness' sake, bring us home. ireland's six nations game of against italy in dublin in 10 days' time has been postponed people. to try to stop the spread of the virus. we'll have all the latest, and at eight thirty an expert will answer your questions about the outbreak. also coming for the first time more cases up. in the new coronavirus outbreak are being reported outside flood barriers are overwhelmed along of china than inside. stretches of the river severn there were four—hundred and eleven and residents recorded new cases in china, where the outbreak began are evacuated in the city of wuhan. four—hundred and twenty—seven have travellers are being warned to expect disruption as snow and ice been recorded elsewhere, is forecast across large parts of the uk tonight and tomorrow the home secretary warns police chiefs there must be "no excuses" for not cutting crime, and signals a return to national policing targets five—time grand slam champion maria sharapova says she is retiring from tennis at the age of 32.

and coming up, new dna evidence shows the rare red panda is not one species but two. good evening. for the first time there are now more new cases of coronavirus being reported outside china. dozens of countries are now affected — with several including brazil and pakistan confirming their first cases today. here public health england says tests for coronavirus are being increased at 100 gp surgeries and eight hospitals across the uk to include people displaying flu—like symptoms. they're hoping to get a better picture of whether the virus is spreading. so farjust over 7 thousand people

in the uk have been tested for the virus. 13 have been positive. eight of them have already recovered and have been discharged from hospital. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports on the impact coronavirus is already having — despite only a small number of cases. with more schools closed or sending children home, the new coronavirus is impacting the lives of thousands here, despite there being no major outbreak. at canary wharf, the energy firm, chevron, has asked 300 employees to work from home, after one member of staff recorded a flu—like illness. nhs isolation pods are on standby, to assess suspect cases, but, for now, they stand empty. the public can be assured that we have a clear plan to contain, delay, research and mitigate. and that we are working methodically

through every stage. none of us has any immunity to this new virus. but even if we get a widespread outbreak in the uk, analysis from china suggests 81% of those infected only get a mild illness and so don't need medical treatment. the first symptoms are a fever and dry cough. older people and those with existing health problems are at greater risk from the coronavirus, which attacks the lungs, but that also applies to seasonal flu, which kills thousands of people here every year. northern italy does have a serious coronavirus outbreak, the biggest by far in europe. virtually all traffic is banned from entering 11 towns, designated red zones. more than 50,000 people have been in quarantine since sunday, but the virus hasn't

been contained. the first cases in austria, switzerland and brazil, among other countries, were all linked to italy. and france has recorded its second death, a 60—year—old teacher who died in a paris hospital. he had no record of travel to any outbreak hotspot. the one and only diamond dave, live from hospital injapan. but there is good news from britain's david and sally abel, who were on the cruise ship diamond princess, docked in yokohama, who are nearly fully recovered after getting coronavirus and pneumonia. remarkably, china is now reporting fewer new cases than the rest of the world. this is wuhan, the city where the virus emerged in december. for a time, its health service was overwhelmed. but, now, patients are starting to go home, while other countries wonder will it be their turn

next? hundreds of holidaymakers in tenerife — including 160 britons — according to the public health agency in norway, the first confirmed case of someone being infected by the coronavirus in the country's first case. hundreds of holidaymakers in tenerife — including 160 britons — have been told they'll have to stay in isolation at their hotel for 1h days after four of the guests from italy tested positive for the virus. but there's confusion there with some guests saying they've been told to stay in their rooms — while others have been given masks and are being allowed to sunbathe by the pool. danjohnson is — by the police cordon surrounding the hotel. they facing potentially a very difficult fortnight in their questions, our peoples was to be cut off from the outside world are cut

off from the outside world are cut off from the outside world are cut off from each other? stand in their own little rooms? when will they get home and what will happen to them then? questions. but the biggest question of all is the fact that information has been inconsistent or nonexistent. at least some people here are getting updates. we saw staff being briefed in a hotel car park this afternoon, presumably being told to prepare for the long haul. 0n the balconies above, guests have been left unsure what is happening and how long their stay could be. hi, rosie, this is dan from bbc news. rosie and family should have gone home on sunday, but a sand storm delayed their flight and now they face a fortnight in quarantine. the health officials around lunchtime said that everybody, or most of the people, in the hotel, would be quarantined for two weeks. have you not heard that? no. we have seen that in some places, but the hotel haven't said that at all. we're fine, we are happy to quarantine ourselves at home, but two weeks in

our rooms would just not be ok. away from the balconies and behind the masks, some are carrying on as normal here, but uncertainty is being overtaken by confusion, anger and pleas for help. come on, please, foreign office. we are here, we have not got it, we've been tested, we haven't got it. bring us home, because what will happen is that if we do get it, it falls upon your hands. we are more at risk here, being stuck here, when we have no reason to be. they were told they couldn't leave the hotel yesterday morning, after a doctor on holiday from italy tested positive for the virus. he got here last monday, as part of a group of ten. his wife and two others are also infected. they are being treated on the island. translation: the rest of the people from the group tested negative, besides those four confirmed cases. that's good news, because it means

the virus was probably kept amongst those in close contact. so the hope is they've contained this outbreak, but the fear is that keeping people cooped up for another two weeks may only help incubate and spread the virus. as statements as there were in touch with 168 british tourists and will support them, but there is 700 guests in totalfrom support them, but there is 700 guests in total from 25 countries. it isa guests in total from 25 countries. it is a huge challenge to remember that japanese cruise ship. people fear that they are now stuck in a landlocked version of it. we'll have more on the impact on sport due to the virus just after quarter past eight, and we'll be answering some your questions in ‘your questions answered' at half past eight — focusing on the travel advice given concerning travelling to and from affected areas. the independent‘s travel editor

simon calder will be with me, send in your questions on twitter with the hash tag, bbc your questions, or email ‘your questions at bbc dot co dot uk‘. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are caroline wheeler, the deputy political editor for the sunday times, and susie boniface, who's a columnist at the daily mirror. some residents in ironbridge in shropshire have been evacuated after fears that the river severn could flow over the top of its flood defences. 0ne severe flood warning, indicating a threat to life, remains in place in ironbridge, as the severn continues to rise, with more rain forecast. 0ur correspondent, phil mackie, is further along the river in

bewdley in worcestershire. we are well into the second week of this particular flood event and u nfortu nately, this particular flood event and unfortunately, the river is still surging through worchester sure, creating havoc which has led to lots of people having to leave their homes. this was a moment people here dreaded. the barriers that protect them weren't high enough to hold the water back and, in the middle of the night, it came pouring over the top. this is the aftermath. homes flooded and debris outside. that's a fridge, bobbing in polluted water and there's a sofa. and it's been a really busy day for the emergency services. this is what has been happening all day, people have had to be brought out by boat, simply because they were caught out last night, when those flood barriers were over topped, these are the highest levels since they were put in place and a lot of people just didn't expect the water to come into their homes. there's been a major alert today further upstream in ironbridge,

where flood defences haven't been able to hold all the water back. this was yesterday and this is today. look how they've buckled under pressure from the river. and the water's getting underneath. so far, so good, if this holds, it doesn't look like we will be flooded, but if they don't, then we have a gush of water coming through, which will come back on us and what they are concerned with is that wave of water could be quite destructive and a high risk to life. you only get a sense of how big this flood is from the air. it's putting an enormous strain on resources, leading to criticism of the government's response. back here in bewdley, the water's still coming over the top of the barriers into homes, whose owners have done everything they can to protect themselves. we have got floodgates on all of the doors, we've got multiple, some pumps, multiple portable pumps, they are all in place, they're all switched on and the house is full of water. the danger is not over. the river will peak in worcester

tomorrow, where homes have already been flooded for ten days. what is the latest from there? ever since mid—morning when people we re ever since mid—morning when people were told you really have to leave your properties in the emergency services as you can see behind me have been all afternoon and probably around tea—time, the water pumps, they needed to be refueled because the water was coming through the barriers and so fire and rescue services had a team of eight that went into a very difficult situation where they had to go into

that floodwater knowing that at some stage, that would put them in real trouble. so they decided to go into higher level and drop it down to a couple of people who would have the ability to refill those water pumps because of they fail it, then the properties would be in real trouble. so, the fire crews have done an amazing job here along with the other agencies and what we are seeing now is the river level and iron bridge is starting to drop very slowly. all eyes a re iron bridge is starting to drop very slowly. all eyes are on the next couple of days though and seeing what the forecast will be, will there be more water coming this way and what they are really trying to ascertain is whether they have the chance to have a window where they can get engineers into the barriers themselves to get them repaired. 0f themselves to get them repaired. 0f the value is going to be a very

trickyjob and they will have to wait and see and wait for water levels to come down. and what have you heard of their approach to this? as you can see, it has been a very difficult day for the local residents you can imagine the anxiety of not knowing whether that water is going to get in. i think many have been happy with how the services have dealt with the situation, but there are questions 110w situation, but there are questions now about how do we go forwards, how do we try and stop this from happening again and there is a lot of talk about having permanent flood barriers here. but then you've got to realise, that has an impact on the other side of the river, where does that water go and further down here, from the river seven sturbridge north, it is still having

problems itself. water has to go somewhere and so it is an extremely difficult situation that they face and only will we find out in the coming months what the solution will be. thank you very much. as well as flooding, snow is expected in large parts of the uk overnight. the met office has put yellow weather warnings in place, urging travellers to be wary of freezing showers and icy patches — which could cause major delays on the roads tomorrow. joining me now is ryan biggerstaff, the highways england's national network manager — he's speaking to us from their hq in birmingham. give assistance of what you are expecting over the coming hours. we couldn't potentially see some snow run about two cm or possibly four —— we could potentially see. towards the late part of the morning, we are

expecting some disruption during the mourning period. is impossible to pinpoint where that disruption is most likely to be? looking at the forecast i was at the west midlands in the northwestern parts of the uk will be most affected toward scotland. two to four cm, plenty of places out on the road to put credit on the road ready for her to fall in the early mornings. what can they give themselves as they prepare for all of this? usual travel safety advice. this check before you travel, just to make sure your routes are open and you can plan accordingly and also ask that you leave some more time before you travel which will allow for a disruption that you may face, after working all through the night and we hope to keep all the roads open and will have extra traffic officers. just driving to the conditions of

the road, if it is iced over, just ta ke the road, if it is iced over, just take extra care, slow down or speed. this will be the height of the rush hour and that can be a major complication. that is where were going to get out in the early hours, get on the roads treated and make sure that we are in a good place to see ourselves through the period and clear out towards the morning and return to normality in normal conditions. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougal and what impact is coronavirus having on sport. what impact does this begin to have on the road of sport? they are against large gatherings in public and that is what sports entails that supporters and the latest victim is the six nations.

the irish rugby football union has confirmed that all the ireland versus italy matches in the six nations next weekend have been postponed because of the coronavirus. the latest victim, the six nations. the irish rugby football union has confirmed that all the ireland versus italy matches in the six nations next weekend have been postponed because of the coronavirus. the men's, the women's and the u20s which had been due to take place from the friday to the sunday. which had been due to take it follows the comments from simon harris, the irish health minister, yesterday evening, who advised that the men's game should not go ahead. the governing body, the irfu met with the minister today and said afterwards that they were supportive of the governments' need to protect public health. the national public health emergency has determined that the series of matches should not proceed in the interest of public health. we are perfectly happy to comply with this construction. we will immediately begin to work with her six nations partners to look at the possibilities of rescheduling those three matches and hope to have an update on that and the coming days. elsewhere, the olympic skateboarding qualification event scheduled to involve britain's sky brown in china in april has been

postponed, while next month's short—track speed skating world championships in south korea have also been called off. 0n the day that manchester city's appeal against their european ban has been lodged with the court of arbitration for sport, they are playing in the champions league. it's a huge fixture against real madrid. it's the first leg of their last 16 tie. after almost 20 minutes. in the other match lyon host the italian championsjuventus. in the europa league, rangers have beaten brega 11—2 on aggregate after the second leg of their last 32 tie. ryan kent with the goal on the night after 60 minutes to secure a place in the last 16 of european competiton for the first time in nine years. england women have suffered a setback ahead of their defence of the shebelieves cup.

defender lucy bronze will miss the tournament after picking up a calf injury. alessia russo has been called up for the first time to replace her. england's first match is against the hosts usa on friday sixth march. the five time grand slam champion maria sharapova has confirmed her retirement from tennis at the age of 32. she made the announcement in an article that she wrote for vogue and vanity fair, where she said her body "had become a distraction" after a struggle with shoulder injuries. sharapova famously won wimbledon in 2004 as a 17 year old, beating serena williams in the final. she also served a 15 month drugs ban, which she returned from in 2017. a number of the biggest names in tennis have been giving their reaction to the news, including the current men's world number one. she is a great fighter. as dedicated as someone can really be in our sport and the willpower and the

willingness to overcome all of the obstacles that she had, especially in the last five or six years of the injury and surgeries in trying to fight back, come back to the court and play on her desired level. it is truly inspirational to see the mind ofa truly inspirational to see the mind of a champion that she has and i am sorry that it had to end with an injury and obviously, at the same time, she had a fantastic career and she can be proud of herself. britain's adam yates has retained the lead at the uae tour in abu dhabi. he finished in the main pack behind dutch cyclist dylan groenewegen who won stage four. yates leads byjust over a minute. chris froome on his first race back from injury is down in 82nd place. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. insurance giant direct line will axe around 800 jobs across the uk to keep up

with shifting consumer habits. it comes as a number of banks announce jobs closures. metro bank is drastically reducing its expansion plans after reporting a loss of 131 million pounds over the past year. there'll be 2a new branches, rather than the planned 7a. lloyds banking group also announced plans to axe 780 jobs as part of ongoing cost—cutting measures, and virgin money have said they too will cut 500 jobs and close 52 branches, as banks try to keep up with customers moving their banking online. the former chancellor, sajid javid, has used his resignation statement to the commons to attack the way the government is run. mrjavid told mps his resignation was necessary to uphold the "national interest" and sensible "checks and balances" in government. it has always been the case that advisers advise,

ministers decide and ministers decide on their advisers. i can see by the treasury, with the vital role that it plays should be the exception to that. a chancellor like all cabinet ministers, has to be able to give candid advice to a prime minister so that he is speaking truth to power. i believe that the arrangement proposed with significantly inhibit that and it would not have been in the national interest. the home secretary priti patel has told senior police offiers that there must be "no excuses" for not cutting crime. speaking at the annual conference of police chiefs in central london, ms patel signalled the return of national targets, saying "outcomes" in key areas would be measured. the home secretary added she would be "unapologetic" about holding police to

account and three years time when the additional officers or through the door, the public want to see a difference. less crime, safer streets, no excuses. in the public will not accept excuses and neither should we. the dam to set up my plan for us to work together to make our world —class for us to work together to make our world—class service even better. first and foremost, we must focus on the corejob of first and foremost, we must focus on the core job of cutting crime. we all agree that that is exactly what the police should be doing and they should be free to do that. but police leaders need to be visionary crime fighters and not pen pushers and not managers and that is effectively why you all join the force in the first place. as officers, your primary focus must be on pursuing and tackling offenders. stopping car crime and theft. in order to support you as bum and he comes to ensuring that we can release you from the bureaucracy in the processes and to

stop them from being, i also ask that you do what matters most, which is cutting crime and protecting the people that we serve. and we must deliver in public expectations. 0peration independence is absolutely crucial but so was ensuring that every single force plays the part to the max. this government is prioritising cutting crime and we are providing an essential vision and challenge to make this happen. to the national policing board and the new crime and police and performance board, i will set expectations so that we can get the accountability of police in and that we can drive national policing outcomes that focus on reducing crime and delivering for the public. and we'll have plenty more on this story in the next half hour when we'll be hearing from the head of the national association of police and crime commissioners, and bejoined by a former chief constable of greater manchester police. as the nhs readies itself

for a coronavirus outbreak — bbc research has found that some seriously ill patients are waiting hours on trolleys and in corridors for beds to be found, more than double the number just four years ago. nhs england says high quality care has been delivered to millions this winter. but one hospital chief says there aren't enough beds across the system our health editor, hugh pym reports. just another morning in the nhs. we are told that he is bleeding, plus, plus, plus. and a typical hospital a&e, facing up, as always, to the constant flow of patients. we've got 20 patients in the emergency department at the minute, so already, that is busy first thing. looking at the ambulances, we have just had two come in, we've got a further two inbound and five jobs uncovered. just go down... my dad has been experiencing back pain forjust over a couple of weeks, but, today, it got to the

excruciating level, where he is screaming with pain. roy is 96. caring for more elderly patients is part of everyday life here. out in reception, numbers are building up. there's more pressure, partly because local gp surgeries are overstretched. there wasn't any appointments available, so i've had to come up here, which i don't like doing, but she needs to be seen. colchester has built this new urgent treatment centre. so which is causing you problems? it deals with patients who don't need to go through to a&e. cat, would you like to start with the ed position, please? lunchtime. 70 attend so far, we've got 13 breaches... a meeting of senior staff. we've got six confirmed discharges with one potential, depending on bloods. they're working out how many beds they got left to play with. in this control room, they can monitor, in real time, which areas are filling up. the boss also keeps a close eye on what's happening. he says that, across the nhs, there often isn't space to cope

with patient numbers. we may have cut too many beds. 0ur capacity, we are running at over 90%, 95%, sometimes even higher, on a daily basis. the hospitals need new beds and it's not just about building new hospitals, which will take years and years and years anyway. we have reached the point where we are cancelling far too much planned work, there's far too much pressure in the system and we do need more acute beds. so, beds are in short supply. staff are as well. filling rotas is a struggle in every hospital. there is an element of it taking its toll on staff, i think, definitely. staff are tired and we are ready for it to calm down a little bit. one of the things that's helped relieve that pressure is this unit. 71 years old and chest pain. it takes select patients out of a&e, to treat and send them home on the day. but the reality everywhere on the nhs front line is a system

running close to its limits. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. the snow has been predominantly affecting the hills to the northwest. overnight in the thursday, the risk of snow becomes more widespread and at lower levels, across england and wales. this area of low pressure evolves to the south of low pressure evolves to the south of the uk with lots of cold air further north. northwards to south, slightly milder air where talking about rain overnight. it's not possible open into snow done yet, by the across the mittens for a time, settling in and possible. ice is just a risk of anywhere into the

southern counties into the south, where we have the rain and wet start at the further north, different wintry mix with sleet and snow dragging its way to set these words to the morning. following behind, snow hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the government sets out its response as coronavirus speads across europe. for the first time more new cases are recorded outside china than within. we have a clear, 4—part plan to respond to the outbreak of this disease. contain, delay, research and mitigate. we are taking all necessary measures to minimise the risks to the public. ireland's six nations game against italy in dublin in 10 days' time has been postponed to try to stop the spread of the virus. flood barriers are overwhelmed along

stretches of the river severn and residents are evacuated. travellers are being warned to expect disruption as snow and ice is forecast across large parts of the uk tonight and tomorrow. the home secretary warns police chiefs there must be "no excuses" for not cutting crime, and signals a return to national policing targets. and coming up, what type of red panda are these? hopefully we'll know by nine o'clock. now — time for a special your questions answered. we've been asking you to send in any questions you have about travel and the coronavirus outbreak. here to answer them is travel editor for the independent, simon calder. and i'm alsojoined by claire standley — an assistant research professor

at the centre for global health science and security — at georgetown university in washington dc. she joins me now from hamburg in germany. good evening to you first of all. just a sense from you at this stage as to where in the world as you look at the different approaches that have been taken to try and combat this virus is spread where in the world you think has been most effective so far? welcome and thank you and it's really wonderful to be on the show. first of all i think it's very early days yet, but we have seen very relatively few cases outside of china so far, and containment measures are still in pulmonary stages outside of china. difficult to tell what's going to work and obviously was supplemented in china is quite draconian but i think most experts agree it's delayed the transmission more broadly across the globe. but in that sense has been effective and we're just starting to see some

analysis coming out of china as to what types of public health measures have been most effective in some of the worst hit areas. we look at the spread has taken place since particularly last few days as more countries seem to be added to the list, what does that tell you about where this is heading? but tells us that there is obviously transmission that there is obviously transmission that we are not picking up, this case is going undetected and we really welcome the more widespread testing that the uk is starting to implement to try and pick up some of the cases that maybe are not linked to travel from china or links to known cases so far. that's was going to tell us how quickly this virus is spreading, and may help inform better control measures as well. in some of those measures going forward would be what, do you think? or your scene come out of china is that some of the most effective things have not been locking down whole cities, but perhaps reducing levels of public transportation interest city.

cancelling mass gathering events in large public gatherings of people. so far we have not seen convincing evidence of school closures being an effective measure but i could change as more data comes out. thank you for the moment. i will come back to you for some final thoughts maybe once i chatted to simon at the a nswe rs once i chatted to simon at the a nswers to once i chatted to simon at the answers to the questions that viewers have been posing. welcome again, simon. booked flights to singapore last year can be said to travel at the end of april, wonder if you're able to cancel because my husband is diabetic, i myself have fibromyalgia, low immunity, i can't understand why singapore is not deemed travel only if necessary, because this would allow us to recoup oui’ because this would allow us to recoup our money on flights but can't afford to lose. several bits to that. when a tablet direct question, why are people not travelling to singapore, because the risk of truck contracting coronavirus to singapore is extremely low. i've been tracking what's happening in singapore because it's a

really important global hub and also a fantasticjust a its own right. according to the singapore straits times, 93 cases andl singapore straits times, 93 cases and i think they're being identified pretty much the same rate that they are being discharged from hospital. so it's almost as though it's become normalised in singapore that it's a very low level outbreak, it's being controlled clearly there's in a city state with five or 6 million people there's plenty of scope for her to rabbit has not been so far and i absolutely think that people with pre—existing medical conditions, weakened immune systems that people over the age of 70 need to be thinking very carefully but frankly i would say go to your doctor might say here's our plan, what you think will wait a few weeks because over a month before april and see what they say. maybe they will write a letter saying i advise these people

not to travel and it may be that the airline will say, ok we will give you a credit now. under no legal obligation to do it but they may do that. however if i have the prospect of going to singapore in april i would go like a shot. it's a fantastic destination and just one other thought, for people in that position particularly there's lots of uncertainty about their health, i have no idea why people would book a very long time in advance for very off— peak time, april singapore very long time in advance for very off—peak time, april singapore is pretty off— peak. it off—peak time, april singapore is pretty off—peak. it might off—peak time, april singapore is pretty off— peak. it might save 50 quid by booking a year in advance, you might get a last—minute deal. 0ne useful thing that may come out of this is that people will realise, actually, do we need to commit to be here almost two years they had for a cruise we don't know what's going to be happening in the world when actually most of the time a week or two would be enough. let's go to christina in ecuador who says i'm a us citizen

living in ecuador... she says there are no cases in latin america kamas before the one in brazil was in i don't want to bring it back in june brazil was in i don't want to bring it back injune when i return, what's the best thing? we are a long way from may. i don't know and are excellent professor may be able to tell us a bit more about how things may look globally, i don't think we've had person—to—person transmission in the us so far which is good, and i imagine there could be very extreme circumstances when it might be unwise because of what's happening in ecuador or in the united states, but frankly i think it's pretty unlikely and i would plan to go ahead until something happens that suggests otherwise.- clear advice for you, christina. ten reef has been in the headlines last few days. and my wife's a soul go

or should i not, the hotel we're staying in is a 1k minute drive from the palace where the focus has been in recent days. of course, so thousand people were incarcerated in this hotel under lockdown to avoid an awful time they're having, however it's a place where an italian doctor unbeknownst to him chose to spend as holiday and unfortunately he was infected. they may have been in other places, i think it's pretty unlikely it will happen again they are, if you are 14 minutes drive away we might want to go and have a look, but i can think of many better things to do, and again look at the risk. i am risking up again look at the risk. i am risking up and a mathematician by training and every time i look at the risks, step back, all the risk for british travellers, we have never ever been safer. there's a tiny risk you might contract coronavirus they are, there's a tiny risk that it

might have a very serious impact, but compared with all the other risks like renting a car and driving around those twisty mountain roads the risks are vanishingly low. she says i have a trade show event in italy with attendees from all over the country of all the organisers have assured us they are not coming from the infected lockdown areas, is it safe to attend her best to cancel? i think our medical expert will properly have a view on this beyond what i can offer, but it is a serious, serious concern because you are bringing people in. the world is are bringing people in. the world is a wonderfully connected place. first thing is don't forget that airports are about the most dangerous place you can be in terms of the many bio hazards that people bring to the microbiological party from all over the world. and a be scrupulous about trying to avoid being too close to people and queues. wash her hands as

soofi as you people and queues. wash her hands as soon as you have been through the securities search area and generally do things like if you're buying food and drink pay with contact lists, don't pay with the money or typing your number in or whatever. trade shows are difficult, the itb berlin, the biggest travel trade show in the world starts on wednesday in berlin, and they have said we are going ahead and they've got a great long medical thing you've got to fill in to say if you have been anywhere near the places in china. it's good that the world continues to travel and not least because tens of millions ofjobs and not least because tens of millions of jobs depend and not least because tens of millions ofjobs depend on the travel industry. another word with you in the moment, let's go back to claire. you have heard this raise concerns and simon answering them with his depth of knowledge, i wondered if there was anything he wa nted wondered if there was anything he wanted to add to the issues we have discovered. assessing the risk is

very important, it's more about your own personal risk tolerance. the risk is going be quite low in most of the places discussed, italy perhaps may be a different question, the next few days would be quite critical in terms of understanding how effective the contingent registers have been above there's additional cases popping up elsewhere in italy for example, certainly we have seen a of events are being cancelled out of an abundance of caution, the six nations match in ireland and several football match is being played and empty stadiums and things like that, so really you are the only person who knows your own medical history and tolerance for risk, and i think isa and tolerance for risk, and i think is a very important things to take into consideration as well as discussing any concerns with your gp. very grateful for you coming on. you're about to fly somewhere that it's quite read the affected at the moment and you don't want to go into cancel, where do you stand financially in those? most of the airlines and travelling companies

are staying rock—solid, no grounds for cancelling come of the trip is still going ahead, there's not a general warning against going to where you are going to go so therefore if you decide to cancel we are going to keep most or all of your money and i'm afraid your travel insurance will not be interested either in paying on a claim for what they call this to travel. a fantastic time to be a traveller, i'm looking forward to my trip jeffrey lavery looks on friday. just office advice influence this? absolutely. the foreign office says don't go to mainland china then meet all travel companies have to cancel theirtrips, airlines all travel companies have to cancel their trips, airlines don't have to because they can say well we will look at you that the fact of the foreign office is don't go is not our problem. if i could do except that it would not be good policy to send people into these areas so foreign office advice which counts. enjoy luxembourg. i will. thank you to claire as well. and thank you for your questions.

more now on the news that the home secretary, priti patel, has told senior police officers today that there must be "no excuses" for cutting crime. speaking at a conference in central london ms patel signalled the return of national targets saying "outcomes" in key areas would be measured. well, a little earlier i spoke to the conservative chair of the national association of police and crime commissioners, katy bourne. she told me that priti patel was right to insist that, with increased police numbers in future , there would be ‘no excuses' not to cut crime. i think it was welcomed, actually today in the room because we look in the uplifting officers and it's great to have a government that actually puts the security of individuals at the forefront of its sort of policing policies. come in the room today there was heavenly recognition that the government is on the side of policing and they wa nt to

on the side of policing and they want to support us to drive down crime. outcomes in key areas are going to be measured, that is national targets to most people, isn't it? not really, ithink national targets to most people, isn't it? not really, i think the difference is that we know that targets from all of the research that goes ahead and drive perverse reactions and so on, so actually the whole thing with these outcomes is to look look police and crime commissioner i set measures for my police force around the priority areas and outcomes that they perform against. this is just areas and outcomes that they perform against. this isjust a national thing that we do locally anyway. but if you measure an outcome in key areas it implies that there some areas it implies that there some areas that are not key and therefore that perversity that you refer to a moment ago, isn't there a risk of that returning? i can see how you might think that but the differences with these outcomes being at a national level with recognition it's not just down to national level with recognition it's notjust down to the police here. there's a lot of money from government going into the whole criminal justice system

government going into the whole criminaljustice system and so are other partners in the prosecution service and in courts and prisons, and there's an understanding that actually it's not just and there's an understanding that actually it's notjust the police that can achieve these outcomes, so there is a recognition that it's got to be all partners to put their shoulders to the wheel. that's what it set up this task force that goes across all government departments will stop what role then do you see for people like yourself, a police and crime commissioner as a result of what the home secretary has said today, does it change anything that you set out to do or indeed some of your fellow commissioners? i think it's great for my point of view to know we have got support here and certainly the extra funding is really, really welcome and is more announced today as well. might force areas must sussex one of those that will benefit from the uplifting serious violence funding but i set local outcomes, priorities that must reflect what people in my area tell me matters to them and some of the national outcomes that government talk about in the home secretary

we re talk about in the home secretary were to today being set in conjunction with police and crime commissioner zen chief constables. that national is very much drive the serious and organised crime and some of the serious violence which is a national issue anyway. and there's no risk in your mind that if there's national outcomes being looked at and measured on a regular basis at the role of your selves will be diminished because those national outcomes will inevitably take precedent over yours? we've always had national outcomes sent to the strategic policing requirement anyway. and as a child a quotation and public order offences and so on. always had to have due regard to strategic policing climates. i don't see any difference when this and why would a police force know what you drive down serious violence? are they not want to tackle county lines, bob did not want to drive down mergers, homicides and so on. so from a national point of view of this makes incredible sense, it's being done in conjunction with

police and crime commissioner that's well and so we are part of this process. he talked about the warmth in the room today as she spoke, mrs wes we are investing in you and you must deliver. we have all seen home secretary zen police forces fallout at times over the years, there's a risk, isn't there that if does not go to plan this relationship might go to plan this relationship might go series the right in the future. go to plan this relationship might go series the right in the futurelj think we'll welcome the position we are in now we have a government that is very supportive of policing. you heard the home secretary talk about the police that looks after police and police staff as well. i don't see this as a threat at all, i see us now actually having the support of the government. my local force will only be successful with my support as well. so i really am welcoming today public announcements. many thanks for that. well, we can speak now to sir peter fahy, who's a former chief constable

of greater manchester police and was in post when policing targets were scrapped by the then home secretary, theresa may. he joins us live from rugeley in staffordshire. she sounded pretty upbeat about what patel was saying today are you? not really, no. anything would suggest statistical targets will be a step backward policing. ithink statistical targets will be a step backward policing. i think it's great to see a government that is putting more officers on the streets, although clearly those in policing would say it's only replacing officers that was lost. the key issue here really is that since those targets were in place there has been the creation of police and crime commissioner zen put in place reflect local concerns so put in place reflect local concerns so it was them that were setting the priorities, those that were responsible for the accountability of chief constables and will be fine if they are aligned, as she said there between with the local police

and crime commissioner once and the home secretary once, but if that's not the case in policing is essentially local and different in different parts of the country, if there is a disagreement the chief constables going to be caught in the middle of that. the argument seems to be measuring outcomes is not the same is saying targets, do you recognise that? that will be fine and recognise that? that will be fine a nd exa ctly recognise that? that will be fine and exactly as she says, the trouble is that policing alone is not responsible for the level of croup crime in the level of reoffending. it's not just crime in the level of reoffending. it's notjust that depending on other parts of the criminaljustice system but also depends on local authorities or just system but also depends on local authorities orjust issues which are developing and the rest of society like the state of the drug market. if the home office is able to come up if the home office is able to come up with surface get it outcomes measures that do reflect that when i think that has to be welcomed and policing in this country is very accountable. but experiences that it's very difficult to actually put together such measures when you're measuring across a range of

different agencies and different phenomenon and you've got this tension between something looks very sophisticated and something which is easily understandable by the public. from the political point of view if you have just won an election in which one of your key messages was going to reduce the levels of crime wouldn't be strange if the home secretary did feel obliged to put various national outcomes on the table and say to the police, you've got to realise these? it will be about the nature of those outcomes in the way that they are actually measured in a way that they are able to capture certain forms of crime as was mentioned by kd, county lines, modern slavery, child abuse and domestic violence. 0ften modern slavery, child abuse and domestic violence. often they are not reported, found by the police themselves. it can be very difficult to co nstru ct themselves. it can be very difficult to construct those things together without it leading to perverse outcomes and i think there will be disappointment in policing that again with this majority the

home office is not going to look at bigger issues around the reform of policing by the way that policing deals with things like cybercrime and the detection rate is very low. many chief consuls feel that 43 separate police forces in england and wales is too many. the police are not well organised to deal with some of the more serious forms of crime across borders. and so while it's great to have more officers the fa ct it's great to have more officers the fact is that as well that policing is spending a lot of time on issues like mental health by protecting vulnerable people which are really important issues but on the other hand do not offer or relate to the reduction of crime and those sorts of outcome measures. so while this degree of interest and focus will be welcomed by some as a people in policing with those in the front line in particular will be looking for other more fundamental reforms in the public will also be well served if the home office to deal with the really difficult issues around cybercrime and some of the

things which are getting in the way of the police being able to be out there on the street being visible and accountable in dealing with issues that matter most to eat local people. you mentioned a number of police forces that something the government ought to look at, it's not the first on the argument has been aired and presumably government has her this argument for why have they resisted do you think? because it's a difficult thing to do. it ta kes a it's a difficult thing to do. it takes a good while for any returns to be realised. there's all sorts of arguments about where you draw the line on the map and clearly at the moment you've got 43 police and crime commissioner to have been elected who are likely to resist loss of local control, but the fact is policing has changed fundamentally and much crime now is internet enabled to come across is not only local borders come across as national borders and international borders. therefore you need different skills in a different makeup of policing and at the local level and national level and indeed international level to be able to

combat this and as they say most of those working in policing recognise that and realise that the current structure of policing and some of the core processes were designed for different age and to allow them to give the best possible protection to the public. good to have your thoughts, to give very much for coming on. now, next up, we've got some pictures to show you — take a look at these — see if you know what they are? well most of us here were guessing some kind of racoon, something related to a fox perhaps — but they are in fact red pandas. they're not closely related to the giant pandas we all know, but they are native in asia — and we're showing you these because scientists have discovered that what they'd always thought was one animal, is in fact two species — and it may have major conservation implications for the mammals — which are already endangered. welljoining me is mikejordan,

plants and animals director at chester zoo which is home to a number of red pandas. so, like the giant pandas, do red pandas eat shoots and leaves? maybe we will do that for another day. let's talk about the two species and the significance of this discovery, what you make of that? good evening. it is valuable for conservation, it's perhaps not totally startling that we've always known that there were differences in them, in fact as long ago as 1902 they describe the fact that pandas in the far east of the range much larger and redder and pandas in the west, so we've always known there was differences and what i would guess is proven now is for the genetics we are able to do and looking at the full genome but they have really said that those differences are full species level and in other words completely different types of animal. and that's good for conservation. you

say valuable for conservation, why specifically? the reason is because we are desperate to conserve all of the biodiversity of this planet and have to prioritise where we put our resources . have to prioritise where we put our resources. so what conservationist such as us at the zoo and lots of organisations around the world have to do is to make hard choices and priorities, and whilst many animals have variations across the range it would be impossible to try and co nse rve every would be impossible to try and conserve every single subtle difference or as we do of course wa nt to difference or as we do of course want to try and conserve everything of different species and so knowing that these two animals are com pletely that these two animals are completely different species they believe they separated now about a quarter of a million years ago, really puts it different imperative on trying to conserve them both and putting resources into that. because you are talking about the genetic uniqueness of each of the two now, are you? absolutely. this

is a measure of how unique they are in that we are saying they are com pletely that we are saying they are completely different like we are talking about lions and tigers. we are now saying that what they call the chinese red panda and timberland by penta are completely different species. that's really important because if we get them mixed up in our conservation measures willjust look after one and not the other, for example captive breeding programmes may have mixed them a very fortu nate programmes may have mixed them a very fortunate we have not, recognise those differences for decades now been keeping pure breeding programmes of just decades now been keeping pure breeding programmes ofjust one type or the other here in europe we had the himalayan red panda. also also effo rts the himalayan red panda. also also efforts in the wild may focus on one or two reserves were the populations are or two reserves were the populations a re largest or two reserves were the populations are largest but if that focuses on one species the other could just slip away and become extinct. we are looking at pictures of them as we talk, they are beautiful creatures, what are they like to look after? absolutely stunning. the iconic and almost anyone that sees them

absolutely falls in love with them. it actually very placid and docile, very friendly creatures. at the zoo we have a breeding pair and youngsters always so popular. more importantly have pairs part of a large core native breeding programme by the european association of zoos and aquariums and those animals are more thanjust and aquariums and those animals are more than just there to look gorgeous, they are there is a safeguard for what we now know as an even rarer species than we thought it was. great talking to you, thank you so much for that. now it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. some parts of the uk they have not had snow yet this winter might get to see a little bit over the next 24 hours. as we have through tonight is to keep some winter shower thrust on the areas but down towards the south but number of rambling across the southwest of england into wales

across the south coast and on its northern flank is going to be running into some relatively cold air, as can be a problem as well to start tomorrow morning if you're travelling across parts of the midlands, wales down towards the south a mixture of rain sleet and snow could what water to problems the manly range of the south of the and for corridor to the north of that messy mix of rain and sleet and snow over the tops of the cotswolds and children's, we can see if you set a metres of snow living at lower levels they could be a brief slushy covering both the area of what an wintry weather slides away. in the sky is bright and it's the sales of sunshine but for the wintry showers pushing into northern and western areas, it will be another rather chilly feeling day with highs 00:59:40,607 --> 858993221:26:26,372 between 858993221:26:26,372 --> 1717986441:53:12,137 six 1717986441:53:12,137 --> 2576979662:19:57,902 and 2576979662:19:57,902 --> 3435972882:46:43,668 9 3435972882:46:43,668 --> 4294966103:13:29,434 degrees.