meanwhile, in the uk, the telegraph says employers are being told not to close offices and schools are being asked to stay open as the government attem pts stay open as the government atte m pts to stay open as the government attempts to well the rising panic over the spread of coronavirus. the independent say travel bargains are plenty to be had in coronavirus had europe, but there aren't many ta kers europe, but there aren't many ta ke rs co py europe, but there aren't many takers copy uncertainty surrounding the virus is badly affecting the travel industry with thousands of travellers abandoning expensive and much anticipated trips. retail giant tesco isjoining the anticipated trips. retail giant tesco is joining the cash free revolution in the uk after opening its first cashless store in central london. the outlet offers a range of payment methods but does not accept payment methods but does not a cce pt notes payment methods but does not accept notes or coins, and finally, as owning an iphone mean you are a goody two shoes? tech giant apple will only be let iphones be used in films if

it is being held by a good guy and not a betty. chief economist at equals group is here with me now, and definitely a good guy! it's in doubt! 0h, definitely a good guy! it's in doubt! oh, well, 0k! start more on the coronavirus, president trump announced that mike pence will lead the task force. it is interesting to see that trump is almost devolving this responsibility to someone else straight off the bat. he has been criticised over the course of the past week or so for not being at the forefront of comment and campaign to sit there and say this is something we are combating and seemingly only coming out when stock—market started to fall which he obviously uses as a barometer of his own popularity. and for him, extremely concerning with the election just months away. absolutely, with that of their real slowdown in the us

economy, and fears or concerns as to how well the government is informing and protecting the us population and obviously thatis us population and obviously that is going to have a bearing on the election. the key thing in the us at the moment is that there seems to be a case now of someone there seems to be a case now of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus who hasn't travelled abroad and hasn't beenin travelled abroad and hasn't been in contact with anyone who currently has coronavirus. so, whether we are seeing the virus start tojump into new communities and how that spreads, speaking with friends who are. then they say the most worrying thing about this virus is that you can be completely asymptomatic, no sniffling nose 0!’ asymptomatic, no sniffling nose orfever or asymptomatic, no sniffling nose or fever orjoint asymptomatic, no sniffling nose orfever orjoint pain, typical stuff you would associate with a flulike disease, and still be transmitting at, so someone who has flown into the us who may be asymptomatic, you pass them on the street and... at the beginning of the outbreak we saw people who were travelling

getting their temperatures tested electronically but that is almost impact is now. there is almost impact is now. there is very little reason to do that, it seems. you could test negative and then three days later start to show symptoms of. the daily telegraph talking about schools and officers being urged not to panic here in the uk, this is after a couple of businesses closed up shop yesterday in central nut london, and other schools worrying about this too. i'm sure kids are looking forward to schools being closed, and i know some parents are praying that esther doesn't come early because schools are closed, but it does show that there are two ways of containing this, it is the british keep calm and carry on, if something does happen, if someone comes back from singapore and they have a temperature, that they are to be quarantined, quarantined themselves at home and some businesses have obviously sent staff home, but the official advice is to stay in place and

continue to monitor, because as much as this virus is obviously something that is scary, the fa re something that is scary, the fare around it, the uncertainty around it can have such a multitude of an effect in the short term without anything actually really happening, so thatis actually really happening, so that is the government trying to stem the fare in the short—term and obviously that goesin short—term and obviously that goes in contrast to what is going on in the united states. you have already seen an impact on your business, a few conferences cancel. yes, invitations to conferences as well, here in the uk or in europe or in the us or elsewhere, come with a great big caveat at the moment they m, big caveat at the moment they in, orthings big caveat at the moment they in, or things being considered, the may be cancelled in the short term as a result of the coronavirus and the impact that may have on travel. travel advice is not to go to certain parts of italy, that may morph to certain parts of the whole continent of europe or asia, for example. i think there is a

lot of concern, understandably, and schools are sending out e—mails, daily, with a daily update, especially after half term, a lot of people have come back from skiing holidays in this region, so it is kind of understandable that there should be a bit of pharaoh, but it is fair spreading to panic. —— should be a bit of fear. this is the classic british thing ofjust saying, it is cheaper, let's go. i saw a headline yesterday saying, first case of coronavirus reported in greece, and i thought, i have thought about going to the greek islands. you see the upside straightaway. you have to say that the travel industry, the holiday industry is going to be so hard hit by

the. the amount of chinese tourists that we typically see here and london and other places here in the uk, they are simply not travelling slightly they are not really allowed to at the moment. the impact here but also elsewhere in europe, there are going be bargains to be had, it is whether you want to ta ke be had, it is whether you want to take that risk. the science of it shows that catching the disease and also being made very u nwell disease and also being made very unwell of it is a minuscule amount. is that with 200 quid of a four star hotel, i don't know. i'm sure my wife is. some people would certainly say so. uk tourism, was hoping for a post brexit bounce and it is going to be massively happy because there are a lot of chinese tourists who do come over who are staying away. and the pounders cheap, the sterling has fallen, so those tourists to come to the uk, everything is a little bit cheaper but if they can't get here, if they don't want to come here and certainly if we do see a stance on the

government where flights are blocked from coming into the uk, the tourism sector is going to be the first one hit. and a few more people in the country may stay in the country. let's have a look at the guardian, this is quite a different story, tesco opens cashless store in central london, used to be in this business, didn't you? absolutely. i don't remember the last time i used cash tapia don't use it on a day—to—day basis, tap in, tap out, oyster cards. even though some smaller shops so you have to have a minimum spend of £10 to have a minimum spend of £10 to buy a stick of chewing gum. attend to get that sort of stuff in the weekly shop. it is so stuff in the weekly shop. it is so easy to keep track of things now with a multitude of apps now, to be able to... what a testimony to open one that is absolutely cashless! this is a test balloon to see how quickly, it isjust like going toa quickly, it isjust like going to a restaurant stopping the tune of how many people you can

get through a table over the course of the day's business, this allows tesco to put people through the tells a lot quicker, from a cynical point of view, don't have to pay for checkout staff, there are ten tills, eight tills but only two of them are manned so people can still buy cigarettes and alcohol which obviously are age restricted, so they still have to be there, but it allows people to go through the tells much quicker. i don't know if it will work, but certainly from the largest supermarket, and certainly if something is wrong there is nothing more infuriating than touching a touchscreen. but you can get through a touchscreen one without any... that unexpected item in the banking area. it is a piece of shopping, of course it is expected to be there! i'm in the opposite. i have to have cash with me stop you can't bear not having cash. it is an anxiety that maybe my card won't work or something. i've

only been put out once, and a disco, where is your nearest atm or my producer is telling me that is my northern up ringing. now, the times, you don't have an iphone so you might bea don't have an iphone so you might be a baddie! i'd love this story, because, the hollywood director saying that apple only lets its iphones be used for people who are on the good side of things. are com pletely good side of things. are completely ruins every mystery movie from now on, because now we won't be listening to the script, we won't be listening to who was killed in the train carriage, we will simply be looking at their phone and if they had got an iphone we can ta ke they had got an iphone we can take them off the list and say no, it was the bloke in the dining room with the candlestick and the android phone. thanks very much for watching, do stay with us.

hello there. the next area of low pressure moving in will push into the south of the uk bringing a mixture of rain sleet and snow to parts of england and wales. some of this snow will be settling over the higher ground but may be sleet and wet snow down to low levels. likely to produce tricky driving conditions for the morning commute, crossing england and wales as i mentioned, the high ground which will see the settling snow so stay tuned to the weather forecast and your local radio if you head out. this is the culprit and this area of low pressure moving to the south of the uk on its northern way will encounter cold air. the m4 southwards generally should be rain but we will see snow on higher grounds of wales and towards the malvern hills and, for example, into the cotswolds. further north, clear and cold, a couple of wintry showers and an early risk of ice. through the morning then that area of rain sleet and snow will push eastwards through the morning seeing some slushy deposits or some sleetiness across parts of the midlands, the northern home counties,

over the chilterns and into east anglia but the whole thing will clear away by about lunchtime and the skies will brighten up with plenty of sunshine around so any light snow will be short lived. wintry showers across the north and it will be breezy and another chilly day temperatures ranging 6—9 degrees in the south. through thursday night, a few wintry showers continuing across scotland but a ridge of high pressure builds in and for many of us it should be dry with clear skies and turning cold with frost and some ice in places. you will see the temperature is beginning to rise across the south—west. that is because we have the next weather system moving in for friday and that will produce mild air to southern areas, quite a bit of rain and strengthening wind. starting cold and bright across the north and the east and then that rain will spill up from the south—west and some snow on its leading edge across northern england to scotland and some settling snow on the hills but further south mainly rain and

the temperature 10—11 degrees. any more rain here is very unwelcome. moving out of friday and into the weekend it looks like it remains unsettled. next front will spread a band of rain across the country and we could see a swathe of gales or severe gales, northern ireland, northern england and scotland late on saturday into sunday this next feature moves up from the south—west bringing more rain. it looks unsettled this weekend, quite windy at times particularly on saturday and we will see further rain in areas where we really don't need it so stay tuned to the forecast and head online to see all the latest weather warnings.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with rachel burden and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: a dramatic surge in the number of coronavirus cases in italy. more than 400 people are infected. more than 160 british tourists remain quarantined at a hotel in tenerife after a visiting doctor tested positive. with the virus spreading in europe, we'll be asking how worried we should be here in the uk. travellers‘ cheques — with the coronavirus now spreading faster outside china, is it safe to take a trip abroad and what are your rights if you cancel? i'll look at what you need to know. warnings of another 10 days of flooding misery in parts of england already struggling to cope.