tv Breakfast BBC News February 28, 2020 6:00am-8:30am GMT
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and rachel burden. our headlines today: jet2 says it won't fly home britons at a coronavirus—hit hotel in tenerife until they have spent two weeks in quarantine. no need to panic — that is the advice from health officials in northern ireland after it confirms a case of the virus, bringing the uk's total to 16. greta thunberg joins a climate change protest in bristol as police express concerns about the number of young people who may attend.
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stressed, they offer condolences, met the health team, they offered condolences. that means nothing to me, and it will never mean anything to me, because you failed him. we speak to the widow of an army veteran with ptsd who says her husband's death could have been prevented. more than a month since a volcano erupted in the philippines which saw thousands evacuated, our cameras follow residents as they return to see the damage. heathrow grounded. with a third runway blocked for now, what next for the country's crowded airports, and future big projects? arsenal and celtic are both stunned by late goals in the europa league. fc copenhagen score twice in the final five minutes to dump celtic out in glasgow, while arsenal suffer extra—time heartbreak. and then weather, another weekend, another name storm. more rain to come. i will have your full crucial forecast here on breakfast. it is friday 28 february. our top story: jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been
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quarantined at a hotel in tenerife until they can confirm that they do not have coronavirus. their announcement comes despite some passengers being given the all—clear to leave by the island's health minister. last night, northern ireland confirmed its first case, bringing the number of those infected across the uk to 16. charlotte rose reports. to stay or to go? for some of the 168 british guests at this hotel, the decision is out of their hands. yesterday, the ca nary the decision is out of their hands. yesterday, the canary islands health minister 730 brits who had arrived since monday could leave, as they posed a low risk of infection. but later, an airline taking 50 of the tourists home said it wouldn't fly anyone back until ten march unless they have been tested for the virus bya they have been tested for the virus by a recognised authority and confirmed as clear. a spokesperson forjet2 said...
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but there are questions over how effective that quarantine is. as far as the quarantining goes, we haven't been told directly to stay in our rooms at this point. we are allowed to walk around, and if we were to stay in our rooms entirely at this point, it would cause a large amount of distress. it comes as three new cases were confirmed in the uk in the past 2a hours, and the first in northern ireland, taking the total to 16. and it's notjust the human cost. stock markets around the world have plunged over fears about the impact of the virus. it has been the worst week for financial markets since the crash of 2008. investors, like national health bodies and the
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rest of us, are trying to predict how far and how fast this virus will spread. closer to home, a primary school in derbyshire will remain shut for deep cleaning today after it confirmed a parent had contracted the coronavirus. jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. what is the process there today? well, as you say, the school is closed this morning. this process began on wednesday when a child was kept off from school as a precaution by the parents, with agreement from the school, because one of the pa rents the school, because one of the pa re nts ha d the school, because one of the parents had come back from holiday in tenerife and wasn't feeling very well. by wednesday night the parent was in hospital and was another confirmed case of the coronavirus. the school was contacted and took the decision on its own, without advice from public health england, to close for this deep clean, and they are going to reopen on monday. now, public health england has said that their advice is for schools not to close. there is no risk to public health, they say, unless there is a
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confirmed case of the virus amongst the staff or pupil population, which is not the case here at burbage primary school. but they have taken this decision as a precaution. we are going to chat to one of the pa rents are going to chat to one of the parents later on in the programme, who said actually they welcome this move, because this is a precaution they feel is something to kind of just keep the children safe and as a reassurance. there are other schools around the country, just a handful, perhaps no more than eight, may be a minimum of eight, that have taken this decision to close as a precaution, but public health england have stressed there is no, in their opinion, risk to public health unless there is a confirmed case in the school, and there is no such case so far. environmental activist greta thunberg willjoin a climate change protest in bristol later today, but police have voiced safety concerns over the size of the event. thousands of people are expected to attend from all over the uk to hear the teenager speak. it was organised by a group of young campaigners in the city, and our reporterjohn maguire
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has been to meet them. from a lonely protest on the steps of the swedish parliament to the floor of the united nations in new york, greta thunberg has become a huge global figure. nowhere better illustrated than here, where an image of the teenager drowning in rising oceans stares out at a bristol street. greta actually had this as her profile picture for a couple of months back in summer. these campaigners, the same age as greta, organise the school strikes in bristol each month, and today will share the stage with the person who started it all. well, she got in contact with us through me last thursday, and we were all very excited, and she told us she wanted to have a strike, and she wanted to join us as a striker on the march. and we of course couldn't say no to that. i think she feels very relatable and very humble. she has never tried to take money for this.
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she has never been in this forfame. there's a really great phrase that another organiser of hours says before we do any press, which is eco— before ego, and i think that explains greta perfectly. as they are helped by younger children to prepare for today's demonstration, which they expect to be the biggest yet, the police have voiced concerns about safety if the crowd becomes too large, and schools are trying to strike the balance between encouraging students to act to prevent climate change while discouraging them from skipping lessons. by missing school, even if it's just one friday a month, you're putting yourself instantly on people's radars. you're not showing up, you're choosing to skip a day of your education, because of something you feel so strongly and passionately about. and it's kind of that little underestimation of young people that suddenly makes more people listen and take notice of it, i guess. to the campaigners, it is important that this is a strike, notjust a protest march.
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their way of signalling a commitment to protecting their and ourfuture. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. canada has confirmed it will stop paying for security for prince harry and meghan in the coming weeks, when they step down as senior royals. the duke and duchess of sussex will formally leave their roles on 31 march, and have spent much of the last three months living in canada. they will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the queen, but arrangements will be reviewed after 12 months. residents of east yorkshire have been moved out of their homes because of rising floodwaters. more than 60 homes have been evacuated. people there have been warned the disruption could last for days. astronomers have detected what they describe as the biggest known explosion in the universe since the big bang. it is five times bigger than anything they have previously observed. the blast, which came
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from a supermassive black hole in a galaxy hundreds of millions of light years away, was deteched by telescopes in western australia. the light from the explosion has been travelling for about 400 million years. those are the kind of numbers that sort of make your brain blowup. at nine minutes past six on a friday morning. the birth of an endangered type of elephant has been caught on cctv at chester zoo. does this make your head explode also? no, this makes my heart explode. nice, good line. the calf‘s arrival brought an end to a 22—month pregnancy for its mother, sundara, with just 20 minutes of labour. as yet unnamed, the asian elephant joins a species listed as endangered by the international union for conservation of nature.
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rachel is busy exploding for various reasons. two explosions so far. 17 stone at birth. it is incredible, isn't it? i am the only one who is not exploding. two heavyweights in europe have been dumped out. celtic and arsenal are out, but wilson manchester united are through. they had huge aggregate wins. —— wolves and manchester united. hugely disappointing is how celtic manager neil lennon summed up the shock felt by his team as they conceded twice in the last five minutes and so were knocked out of the europa league by fc copenhagen, who won 11—2 on aggregate. it was a devastating night for arsenal, too. they also were going through, until an extra—time goal from 0lympiakos sent the greek side into the last 16 on away goals.
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the coronavirus has hit another sporting event. chris froome, mark cavendish and the leader, adam yates, are among those being tested after cycling's uae tour was cancelled when two italian staff members tested positive. and it's silver for great britain's women's team pursuit squad at the track cycling world championships in berlin. the gb quartet lost out to the united states. more in the papers shortly. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we have another storm on the way, so we need to get familiar with storm jorge. we have another storm on the way, so we need to get familiar with storm jorge. yes, we certainly will, rachel. another weekend and yet another storm on the way, developing to the west of us and it will work its way eastwards during this weekend. if you are wondering why it is called storm jorge, this storm was named by the spanish weather service and we followed convention across western europe. whoever names it first, we follow that storm name throughout. that is the stone we
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have got to watch out for, bringing some pretty strong winds throughout the weekend. there is an increased risk of flooding as we go through the next couple of days. that rain is now starting to put in towards the south—west of the country. here, though, we are seeing temperatures left after quite a chilly start to the night. elsewhere, your morning commute will be another cold front across the bulk of eastern northern england and scotland, frosty with a bit of brightness but rain already arrived in northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. some heavy bursts of rain, working through the rush hour across other parts of england, wales, northern ireland and eventually into southern scotland. they will be preceded by some snow over the hills, but will turn back to rain later as mild air pushes its way in. most of us will see rain at some point, the exception being the north of mainland scotland, which could stay dry and bright throughout. a chilly day here compared to 12 or 13 celsius in the south. the wind is picking up through the day so it will turn a little bit more blustery
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as we go through the day. nothing u ntowa rd as we go through the day. nothing untoward at this stage, but a breezy weekend rush hour. the odd heavier burst particular on the west, and just notice across parts of wales, north—west england, we have rain by and large for a good 2a hours, getting heavier through the night and into tomorrow morning. it won't be as cold tonight, though, to take us into the start of the weekend, thanks to those winds coming in from the south. but it is through the weekend that, as the rain clears, the west of the rain, that is, the wind starts to strengthen. we could see some damaging us around some southern and western coast in particular, touching 70 mph, if not more. blustery to start saturday, in fa ct. more. blustery to start saturday, in fact. wet weather across northern and eastern parts of the country vesting. that clear through, stays wet in 0rkney and shetland, and then the winds pick up, the showers pushing, showery into saturday, sleet, snow, the odd rumble of thunder, longer spells rain in southern scotland and northern ireland. it is as the centre, the worst pa rt ireland. it is as the centre, the worst part of storm jorge starts to work its way in. the strongest of
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the winds just on the southern edge of the centre of that low pressure system. so parts of central and southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england i think will see the windiest conditions, but just about anywhere will see gales. some showers across the southern coast, more persistent rain in the north—west of scotland, with a little bit of snow at times as well. in between, a mixture of sunshine and showers, but it will be a rather cold day in the breeze as well. so another lovely weekend of weather. i will keep you updated throughout the morning. back to you. let's take a look at today's papers. the daily mail's lead is the story we've been reporting on this morning — that canada will stop providing security for the duke and duchess of sussex when they formally step down as senior royals next month. we will get more reaction to that from a journalist in canada. the times carries a warning from england's chief medical officer that major sporting and cultural events are at risk of cancellation from the coronavirus outbreak. it also says schools could close for at least two months, after the number of cases in the uk rose by three to 16. the daily express says the uk has warned the eu it will walk away from trade talks injune,
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unless progress has been made towards a deal. there's also a picture of the duke and duchess of sussex. the same story there about canada no longer paying for their protection. and finally the daily mirror claims virus "panic" has caused uk shoppers to stockpile hand gel, medicine, groceries and nappies. and here's a photo from the huffington post which is getting lots of reaction on social media thanks to the epic expression on the newborn's face. the baby girl appears to be glaring at the medical team in the operating room moments after being delivered. once it hit the internet it quickly became a meme. i think she was born in brazil, that is where that is. look at that attitude. nina and mike are with us now. what do you have for us? how fed up did she look?! only one story
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in town on the financial pages, the ft says the coronavirus has triggered the worst one on market since the financial crisis. the business paid to the daily telegraph, corona violin —— virus in the global markets. the markets have taken ahead of around 10% or more quite quickly and overnight last night the dowjones, the biggest companies in america, took a 4.4% hit. what does that mean? it means investors are selling their shares quickly and they have become less and less valuable. and as we keep saying, we have not seen the worst of this yet stop we will see how it goes. i heard them say a line yesterday about the effect on the global economy could be as bad as the financial crisis of 2008 if we do not get a grip on this virus. mopeds will that make the markets open at eight o'clock this morning but that dowjones hit is the sharpest drop in history for the us
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market. have you ever, most of us turn right let's be honest but have you ever look at the people in business class and the beautiful beds and thought you would love one? air new zealand are bringing out that sleep 4— six people and you can pay a little extra for a four hours sleep before you get moved out. this is on the plane? yes. but you do shifts of four hours. it is one room split into multiple beds. do they change the sheets in between? what a good point. i the sheets in between? what a good point. lam the sheets in between? what a good point. i am sure they would. hygiene is first, isn't it. get woken up in the middle of sleep to get changed and get out. the back pages and
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sport sections are going with an emotional picture of the man you strike oh —— manchester united striker who got his first goal and he lifted his shirt to reveal a t—shirt with the picture of his late sister who died suddenly in nigeria in december. it was her dream he would play for manchester united and she never got to see it. an emotional moment for him therefore is and we saw him shopping, he was quite down to earth and this is why people love tyson fury. yesterday he got givena people love tyson fury. yesterday he got given a cake and how brilliant it is, five layers and a crown at the top, the globe, and that is his wife there with him. i know you are looking for a new pair of trousers, mike. this has you written all over it. this is the new look on the catwalk. dan was talking about them
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the other day. they are very impressive. they could double up. have we done this before? the biggest goldfish in the world? have we done this wonderful? would you know the difference? it is a different fish. this is maybe a record breaking goldfish look—alike. not even a goldfish?! it is a fish that happens to be gold. my newspaper section is not going well today. let's just newspaper section is not going well today. let'sjust catch up on stories that we mentioned yesterday. it isa stories that we mentioned yesterday. it is a lovely story because we mentioned this one yesterday, bob waiting to be confirmed at the old est waiting to be confirmed at the oldest man in the world and there he is holding up a sign. i think that has now been confirmed stop. we have
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the weather coming up later on, right now it is 20 minutes past six. earlier this year we bought you the story of army veteran jamie davis, who took his own life after suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. his wife alicia spoke openly about his struggle, and told breakfast she wants to see more help offered to people after they leave the military. a month on, we've now been contacted by hayley gough, whose partner lance shingler served in iraq at the same time asjamie. lance also suffered from ptsd, and hayley believes this lead to his death. she spoke to our reporter graham satchell. he was very honest. he said i want to end my life. he said i don't want to end my life. he said i don't want to be here. he said i did not want to be here. he said i did not want to wa ke to be here. he said i did not want to wake up in the morning. to know
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he will never walk through the door again, to know that he will never ring me or never text me or i will never hear his voice ever again. it should never have had to end like this. haley's husband lance died two weeks ago. he was 34. literally he had the biggest heart. heels ways used to be like a gentle giant because even though he was big and loud he would always make sure eve ryo ne loud he would always make sure everyone was ok and he would make sure before he was looked after someone else was looked after. lance joined the army when he was 16. a seven month tour of iraq that changed life for ever. his friends die in front of him, one in his arms. when the funeral, or whatever it was, they just felt they were
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being battered and there was always someone not coming back to camp, thatis someone not coming back to camp, that is how lantz explained it. they would go out and there would always be at least one not coming back and he always said it could have been him. that is what to say. he should not be alive. lances mental health deteriorated and he was eventually just diagnosed with ptsd. he would have night terrors are not even know he was having them and because i was awake and he was screaming or he would wake up in the bad —— bed and be soaking from sweat and he would get embarrassed at first. he would try to hide it. because you wake up in the thoughts are there, you go to bed and the thoughts are there and you never get any break from the thoughts in his head. lance asked for help from the nhs and the
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charity combat stress. hayley says her husband was promised a place on a residential course by the charity but it was never happened. was he let down? massively. he was let down by combat stress and by the nhs. the comments that used to be made to him when he was detained, will one nurse told him he wasjust when he was detained, will one nurse told him he was just another veteran playing the system. in a statement, the nhs trust said that forts and condolences his family. they are unable to comment further until the investigation is concluded. combat stress say they are facing a funding problem and have withdrawn some services. combat stress offered
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their condolences, that means nothing to me. and it will never mean anything to me because you failed him. when he came to you and asked for help you gave him promises and fobbed him off. it is unacceptable. lances and the only vetera n to unacceptable. lances and the only veteran to have died in tragic circumstances at home. last month on this programme we spoke to alicia whose husband jamie served in a rather the same time as lance. he took his own life injanuary. rather the same time as lance. he took his own life in januarylj rather the same time as lance. he took his own life in january. i am angry with myself that i did not see it. i angry with myself that i did not see it. lam angry with myself that i did not see it. i am angry with the fact that he did it, i am angry at the fact that he did not have the hell. yes, the army, the medicals and they look after their teeth and everything, thatis after their teeth and everything, that is really good but they don't do anything mentally. to help these soldiers when they get back. hayley is now facing a future with two
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young children, a girl and a boy aged six and eight, on her own. my kids need to grow up now without their father. i have kids need to grow up now without theirfather. i have to kids need to grow up now without their father. i have to tell them that that he killed himself because he could not live with what was going through his mind. i have to sit down and tell my children that their daddy died from suicide which could be prevented. it is not fair. my could be prevented. it is not fair. my children have lost their dad now and it's not his fault. we should express our thanks to hayley for sharing her family story to us. in a statement, the ministry of defence said — "our deepest thoughts are with mr shingler‘s family and friends at this difficult time. it is critical that those struggling with mental illness get the help they need.
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the government is always looking at what more we can do to offer the fullest possible support." we will talk to the minister risk once a bill for veterans later in the programme. time now for the news, travel and weather wherever you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. staff operating the woolwich ferry crossing are on strike in a long running dispute over pay — which is likely to result in long delays on the roads in east and south east london this morning. there are claims some staff aren't paid the london living wage. transport for london is taking back control of the service from the current private contractor — next month. they're promising frustrated drivers a better service. a farmer in herfordshire has added his concerns to the possibility that chlorinated chicken could be imported from the us under future trade agreements. the government insists it'll uphold animal welfare and food standards.
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but richard piggot is concerned he will be undercut by american competitors by the end of the year, threatening his livelihood. the worries are we have high standards to meet and maintain and that costs money. if there is a rival that has a way of selling into our market where they do not need to conform to our standards they can undercut us with price and we will lose business and, you know, that is not good for anyone. london's dinosaur park — yes we do have one — is under threat as the dinosaurs are in danger of losing their toes, teeth and tails. it's not down to bad hygiene. it's because they can't be accessed at their home in crystal palace park in order to maintain them. a bridge needs to be built — and fundraising has begun. historic england has added the creatures to its at risk register saying "we don't want them to become extinct again." let's take a look at the travel situation now.
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there is a lot going on the tube boards. a signal failure affects some lines with severe double ales. the district line has minor delays. a separate signal failure affects them metropolitan line. the tfl has delays because of late finishing engineering work. 0n the roads, in finsbury park, traffic on seven sisters road is building up towards finsbury park station due to ongoing gas works. good morning. a dry start to the day and it is feeling chilly out there as well with a touch of frost in places that it is also to change. it will be wet windy and mild as we had through the morning and by the afternoon temperatures will peak to double figures. early brightness towards eastern areas of the capital for a time this morning but cloud will thicken from the west and eventually those outbreaks of rain will be heavy but rather showery as we had through the afternoon. that now southerly wind is starting to strengthen. it was a chilly north—western yesterday but the
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southerly ushers in mild air with top temperatures between ten and 11 degrees celsius. it was they windy overnight tonight but there will be a lot of dry weather for the first half of the night and then as we had into saturday morning itself it is a mild start to the weekend but the skull front here will give us some heavy downpours and strong gusty wind for the first part of saturday. that rain will clear away and eventually we will see blustery showers but remaining windy all weekend and another named storm, storm jorge means strong wind on saturday night into sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and rachel burden. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: as cananda says it won't pay for harry and meghan's security, we will be asking who might foot
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the bill when they step back as senior royals at the end of march. they've done it. we will be catching up with louise after all the sport relief celebrities managed to conquer the searing heat and cross the finish line in the namib desert. what do you think? willjames newman's eurovision entry do any better for the uk than 2019? we will be asking him just after 9:00am. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined at a hotel in tenerife until they have been individually tested to confirm that they don't have coronavirus. it comes despite some passengers
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being given the all—clear to leave by the island's health minister. the airline said its responsibility to its customers remains paramount. last night, northern ireland confirmed its first case, bringing the number of those infected across the uk to 16. elsewhere, japan has announced plans to close schools and theme parks in an attempt to avert a major outbreak ahead of the tokyo olympics this summer. jenny hill is in tokyo for us this morning. jenny, what's the latest? well, it has just gone 3:30pm in tokyo, school kicking out time, and we are watching schoolchildren run down the pavement here on their way home. it is likely they won't be backin home. it is likely they won't be back in the classroom for at least a month following the sudden decision by the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, to ask all public schools to close their doors as of monday. it is a decision which has prompted widespread anger and consternation amongst many parents here as they suddenly scramble to work out how they are going to deal with childcare on monday, until
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sometime in april. it is all part of measures coming from the japanese government to try to contain a growing outbreak here and try to at least look as though they are in control. more than 200 people now have tested positive for the infection. that is in addition to the 700 or so who contracted the infection on board the diamonds princess cruise ship now moored in yokohama. what is the greatest concern for the japanese government is that in five months' time, tokyo is that in five months' time, tokyo is due to host the 2020 olympics. at the moment they insist that their preparations will continue as planned, but the torch relay is due to start injust planned, but the torch relay is due to start in just a few weeks' time. its organisers have said it is possible they may have to downscale it. we expect an announcement about that in the coming week. thank you very much. let's look at another story making the headlines this morning: canada has confirmed it will stop paying for the duke and duchess of sussex's security once they step down as senior royals next month.
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so who will foot the bill instead, and how has the decision been received over there? let's speak now to tristin hopper, who is the editor in chief of the capital on vancouver island. good to talk to you this morning. take us through officially what has been said. so canada didn't actually know we were paying for their security, so injanuary this came up ina scrum security, so injanuary this came up in a scrum with the canadian public safety minister and he said of course, we are not paying for their security. why would we? and then it did emerge, they confirmed, i believe the public safety minister when he said he didn't know that, but it emerged that ever since november, we have been paying for their security. so that is when harry and meghan came here to vancouver island for their christmas getaway, which of course turned into the indefinite stay forever here. the reason is they are considered as diplomatic personnel, and it turns out when diplomatic personnel come to canada, we have an international
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duty to make sure they don't die or get hurt here. so that's why they had rcmp protection the whole time. that applies to us, usually it is canada running up bills in foreign countries, like whenever trudeau goes to the united states, our prime minister, he has a secret service detail mandated for him. so that is essentially why we have been paying for their security. so now you know you won't in future be paying for it, how have canadians reacted to it? the reaction... well, it is a good time for... i mean, well... so we find out that it is happening at the same time as we are not paying, so if they are not royals, we are not duty—bound to pay it. i mean, we're different than you brits. we are not actually used to paying for the house of windsor. i mean, we have pictures of the queen everywhere, we pay for our governor—general, not a canadian penny actually goes to london to pay for royals, so we don't actually have a lot of experience with paying for royal lifestyles. so i would say
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it is unpopular that we were paying for them, and of course, if they are not going to be royals anymore, just make sense that we wouldn't. so now that the money issue is out of the equation, i appreciate you didn't know it was, but now we know it is out of the equation, do you think that will make them more popular? what is the sense you get about that? oh yes, i mean, everyone... even the grumpy ‘s republican friends i have are somewhat excited by this, because they see them as, of course, exiles from the evil monarchy —— grumpiest. i struggle to find someone who isn't excited about them coming here. the feeling around here, they have been living just north of here, in victoria, the feeling among people here wanting to protect harry and meghan is very strong. so my publication, the capital, every now and then we'll post an update about what they are up post an update about what they are up to. almost all the comments and the e—mails are all saying leave
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them alone, we don't have any business with them. and there is actually... businesses have put up big signs that say no media, because they are trying to create a safe, paparazzi free space, in case harry and meghan should want to pop in. so there is very much this local commitment that they should be able to live here just as normal residence. so you're talking about cafe ‘s and restaurants, things like this? yes, there was one place in particular, i think it was a cafe/ grocery store. when you show up it says no press on the window, didn't says no press on the window, didn't say why, and ifelt says no press on the window, didn't say why, and i felt targeted, says no press on the window, didn't say why, and ifelt targeted, and after some inquiries i found that thatis after some inquiries i found that that is why. because we have had this wave of british paparazzi hitting the city, and we are not used to it here. that is essentially who they were targeting. thank you very much. talking about those changes on the way things are funded. it is interesting, he says when they post stuff on their website about the
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royals being there, peoplejust stuff on their website about the royals being there, people just say leave them alone, and some restau ra nts leave them alone, and some restaurants in the areas won't serve members of the british press, because they feel they should be able to live their lives in peace. mike has the support for us right now. good morning, football hurts a lot for celtic and arsenal fans this morning. it is worst when your hopes are raised, you are expecting to go through in a knife edge competition, the europa league last 16, but both celtic and arsenal dashed by late goals, and arsenal had high hopes in the competition. the arsenal manager talking about the hurt he feels this morning. frustrating, bitterly disappointing and an opportunity missed — those the thoughts of celtic manager neil lennon after his side were knocked out in the last 32 of the europa league. celtic were favourites to go through after a draw in the first leg, butjust as the match was heading for extra—time in glasgow, fc copenhagen scored twice in the last five minutes to win 3—1 on the night, 4—2 on aggregate. arsenal's match against 0lympiakos did go to extra time,
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and pierre—emerick aubameyang thought he had taken them through with a stunning overhead kick. but, in the final minute, youssef el—arabi scored the away goal that won it for 0lympiakos. wolves made it into the last 16 despite losing the second leg of their tie against espanyol 3—2, and that miss by pedro neto. he won't forget it in a hurry, but luckily it didn't affect the outcome. in contrast, manchester united absolutely romped home against club bruges, 0dion ighalo with his first goal for united as they won 5—0 on the night, 6—1 overall. british riders chris froome and adam yates are among those being tested for the coronavirus after cycling's uae tour was cancelled when two italian staff members were found to have the virus. yates was leading after the fifth stage before the decision was taken to end the race. froome was back racing for the first time since breaking his leg in a race injune last year. he tweeted that it was a shame, but public health must come first, and they were staying at their hotel until further notice.
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lewis hamilton only managed a handful of laps on the penultimate day of f1 preseason testing in barcelona. his mercedes suffered engine failure and he couldn't get back out on the track, as he prepares to challenge for a seventh world title. now, it's the fight everybody wants to see between two giants of british boxing, tyson fury against anthonyjoshua. fury beat deontay wilder to claim the wbc titl in las vegas on saturday, and joshua's promoter, eddie hearn, is now working to set up the fight that would unify the heavyweight division. i control the division. three months ago, the americans had a total lockdown. now we've got it all. so if we've got two brits that can unify to form the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, we must take that opportunity. and we must take that opportunity. and
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we will take that opportunity, because me, ajay, tyson very, bob aaron, all these people want that fight to happen —— aj. —— tyson fury. castleford tigers went an an incredible scoring run to beat hull kr and go top of super league. they came from behind, with 22 unanswered points, danny richardson responsible for 16 of them, as they won 28—8. great britain's women's team pursuit squad had to settle for silver at the track cycling world championships in berlin. the gb quartet lost out to the united states in the final. that is three times in a row they've come second in the event at the worlds. that is the end from me, but i know we're going to be talking david beckham. the quest to get a team in the mls, he said he had hit his head
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against a lot of brick walls and even his wife has been amazed at how much perseverance, how stubborn he can be. considering how much of his own work and his own money has gone into it. some, but he has also had to seek out investment. this weekend they played their first match, not in their own they played their first match, not in theirown ground, they played their first match, not in their own ground, that comes next month. but a big sense of relief for beckham. some would call it tenacity, victoria has other ideas. however you dress it up, it has taken a long time for david beckham to realise his dream of becoming a club owner. it is beckham, it is a beauty! well, my wife talks about it quite a lot, my wife talks about it quite a lot, my stubbornness. and i tend to agree with her on this point. a savvy clause in beckham's la galaxy
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contract gave him the option to buy a cut—price franchise in the future. this weekend, inter miami will play their first this weekend, inter miami will play theirfirst major league this weekend, inter miami will play their first major league soccer match. the fact that this is now happening, the fact that i look at our stadium happening, the fact that i look at ourstadium and happening, the fact that i look at our stadium and the white lines are down, the goals are up, that for me, that's an exciting moment. you don't like to lose, so how much of that stubbornness has made this happen? well, over the last seven years there's been moments when i could have walked away, or could have said, you know, let's go into another city or do something else. but i knew deep down that this was the right thing to do. and it was, you know. perseverance was one thing that i always talked to the kids about, you know, working hard. and this, you know, says it all about what's happened over the last seven years. you know, the perseverance, the stubbornness, and just the bloody mindedness of knowing that this was the right thing to do. you know, victoria has seen me go to miami, be happy, and obviously come back a little bit deflated, because
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it has been a rollercoaster ride at certain times, for the whole seven years, really. so, you know, i have had a huge amount of support from obviously the fans, as you can imagine. buti obviously the fans, as you can imagine. but i think they are just so emotional about the whole thing. sundrenched miami is not a bad place to be dividing your time, but come the summer, david will still have one eye on england in the euros. to be honest, it's really exciting, i think what gareth has done in the younger players in the experienced players that we have in the squad, i think it is very exciting for us as a nation, you know, to see the team, and what they did in russia, and also what they've done since then. you know, going into the euros, i think, is a very exciting prospect for all of us fans. i think that the excitement is back with the national team, and it's great to see. amazingly, this stadium is only their temporary home, while they wait for a permanent place to build a$1 wait for a permanent place to build a $1 billion complex, called freedom park, but beckham thinks the
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sacrifice is worth it to leave a legacy for his kids. and harper loves football, doesn't he? yes, harper loves football and she is very excited about being in miami along with the boys. so women he might be on the cards? a women's team will be on the cards. once we get this team up and running, than anything is possible. it certainly seems to be, when you are david beckham. i wonder if harper plays. don't know. he didn't mention that, big football fan. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we have been watching the weather and it is not great news out there and it is not great news out there and no great news in the forecast either. storm hall gaze on the way this week ringing strong wind but crucially before that arrives we have more rain in the forecast today into tomorrow that could cause issues. the reason is from the environment agency showing flows
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across england. this dot shows the river flowing compared to average. the green ones are the only ones where we have average flows at this time of year. the blue and black dots indicate whether river flows are way above normal, and that is because it is responding to all the recent rain. not as much rain this weekend as we saw through storm dennis but because the rivers are so very high at the moment we will see the risk of further flooding through the risk of further flooding through the weekend and into next week. so far this month, north—west england in north—west wales have seen three times the normal february rainfall. and these areas that drain into rivers where we have seen flooding including the seven and the wife. let's look at the rain, coming into the south—west with temperatures already rising. a cold right start in northern and eastern areas but rains across whalen northern ireland
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will spread northwards throughout today. heaviest across the western hills and we will see a little snow across the pennines and scotland before that turns into rain later on. by the end of the day, only the far north of england and scotland will stay dry. the rest of the country will see outbreaks of rain come and go with plenty of cloud around. brightness to end the day in northern ireland as we head towards the evening rush hour. temperatures rising so the mild and wet area in the wind will start to strengthen but as we head into tonight and tomorrow the wind will strengthen further. tonight, still some cloud in place, further rain and across the western areas we could see as much as 50 millimetres, two inches may be more across western hills by the time the west of the rain is three. not a particularly cold night ina wet three. not a particularly cold night in a wet start across western areas before the wind strengthens and then attention turns to storm jorge which was named by the spanish meteorological service. that is what we are concerned about. these will
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come in on saturday, sunshine and showers and then the strongest of the wind kicks in. northern ireland, southern scotland in the northern parts of england and they will continue through saturday night and into sunday. back to you guys. the shock court ruling that heathrow airport's planned expansion could not go ahead has raised big questions about infrastructure projects in the future. nina's here and can explain all. nina? this is because of that court decision yesterday? it was a shock and you probably saw those scenes of environmental campaigners celebrating outside the court yesterday. it was a bit of a shock that the judges decided to stop the third runway on environmental grounds. in fact it took everyone by surprise — the transport secretary grant shapps took about 90 mins to respond. there is potentially big fall out from this. here's how we got here. heathrow is the uk's busiest airport. it serves 80 million passengers every year. but it's 98% full.
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that means developing more routes, goods and passengers to help grow the economy isn't possible. in 1990, the government commissioned a study to look at all the options. it concluded that to increase capacity — where it was most needed — heathrow was the best option. fast forward to 2007, the airport published plans for a third runway and a sixth terminal. but three years later the coalition government put a halt to the plans on environmental reasons. then when the conservatives won a majority they launched a commission which also recommended a new terminal at heathrow. in 2018 the house of commons voted to back the expansion. but campaigners launched a legal challenge. they said the government's decision went against the paris climate change agreement to cut emissions. they were worried about air quality, climate change, noise and congestion. so what happens next? the government says it is private
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issue but heathrow airport say they will and that the sub wrinkle will agree with them if they can meet the climate change decisions. this is very fixable and we already have a plan which will show how the uk aviation sector can reach net zero x 2050 in—line with the paris accord so the review could be relatively quick but in the meantime we do not agree with the decision by the appeal court and we will ourselves appeal court and we will ourselves appeal to the supreme court. we are confident we can win that case and get on and deliver an expanded heathrow so desperately needed. unsurprisingly, environmental campaigners do not agree. they say how can you possibly build another ru nway how can you possibly build another runway while meeting these climate change deadlines? it is impossible, thatis change deadlines? it is impossible, that is what they say and many experts who are looking at this, many experts who are looking at this, ma ny a nalysts experts who are looking at this, many analysts are saying it will have a massive impact for infrastructure projects because net zero emissions must be a part of it to this legal case will set a precedent for that and this is what
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environmental campaigners said yesterday. the uk is chairing these critical un climate talks in november. and it will not have any credibility with other countries if it just receives credibility with other countries if itjust receives as if the paris agreement did not exist. the government has decided to not appeal the court's ruling that these plans we re the court's ruling that these plans were unlawful. it feels like the government is embracing this moment and embracing the opportunity to do what they promised which is to show real climate leadership going into those talks. what about business? what do they say? the chamber of commerce yesterday said that heathrow must get vigor if we are to grow outside the eu. this is the sort of change that needs to happen sort of change that needs to happen so there must now be a move to meet environmental restrictions. crucially, yesterday, it was said that future growth would be about levelling up. so what could happen now is that we will not necessarily see that growth in heath it may be in another part of the country.
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thank you very much. ten minutes to seven right now. it's been six weeks since the eruption of the taal volcano in the philippines — and the people who lived near it have been allowed to return home. for many of them, however, those homes are now buried under tons of volcanic ash. 0ur philippines correspondent howard johnson sent this report. you may find parts of it distressing. this is how taal island looked before the volcanic eruption, and here is how it looks now, the once—verdant philippine jungle now so heavily laden with volcanic ash that it resembles the surface of the moon. we are travelling across taal lake towards the island here. we can see some dust in the background emanating from the main crater. the alert level has been reduced
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here, which means some residents are returning to the island to see the damage caused by this eruption. and this is what we saw. here, a once vibrant community church now looks like an archaeological site, building after building buried under sulphurous ash. you see this house is completely covered in ash. the roof has collapsed in on itself under the weight. and here, another sign of everyday life before the eruption, a satellite dish completely caked in volcanic ash. nearby, we meet a group of neighbours digging out ash from a buried house. they have returned to the island to look for a man who has been missing since the volcano erupted. translation: please revealyourself. fighting back tears, the man's wife says she won't rest until she has found him.
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we saw his mosquito net and mattress. nothing. we dug in the living room area. we also saw our dog here, dead. more than 4,000 people like gloria remain in evacuation centres away from taal. the island itself has been declared a permanent danger zone, with residents forbidden to return to their homes. islanders once made a living from tourism, fishing and farming. but many, like renz greco, have lost crucial livestock. translation: the boats were buried, the fishes died. 0ur plastic sack business all gone. the total damage is $us20,000. both renz and gloria say they have received support of food and shelter from authorities, but as yet are unclear if they will receive aid to rebuild their lives.
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just extraordinary images there. we will speak to howard a little later on this morning and we can find out more about the tory therefore is not how do you start rebuilding your life after something like that and presumably there are difficulties in accessing funds. i am sure we have no idea and we will look into that later on stop we will also talk later on stop we will also talk later on stop we will also talk later on to the schools minister and the ministers —— mission to improve discipline in schools. what they wa nt to discipline in schools. what they want to do is enforce more discipline through perhaps using traditional measures. looking at schools that do it well and these are schools that have introduced queueing up in silence before going into lessons in schools banning mobile phones which i know was a really hot topic. plenty of people getting in touch over that and tony says that discipline is only a tiny thing. what is needed is proper funding for school libraries and a librarian in every school. discipline is punitive but an open
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mind about books is what is needed. stuart also says that he doesn't agree with phones in schools. there child is not allowed a mobile phone, more discipline is needed. but kids and allowed to take their phones out u nless and allowed to take their phones out unless the teacher authorises it but aren't they used as learning tools? some people say they are genuinely used within the classroom for the right reasons and also if they have a lwa ys right reasons and also if they have always been allowed to take their phones in how do you start that? day one, how do you start? where do you put the phones? there will be a resentment against it but it is one of those issues that really bothers people and discipline in school. if you have had experience problems with schools, let us know this morning. your thoughts on whether there is a lack of discipline full of nick gibb, the minister of state for schools, standards he willjoin us at 730 this morning so be sure to get your thoughts in. get in touch as well via twitter. so this is
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brea kfast as well via twitter. so this is breakfast and coming up this morning we will bejoined breakfast and coming up this morning we will be joined by the writer who turned his own private health scare into an award—winning coming—of—age comedy. have you turned your phone off since coming into the classroom this morning? it is not completely out of sight but i have turned it off. i use it as a learning tool. really? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a woman awoman in a woman in london has become the first person in the country to be arrested using the new police facial recognition system. scotland yard say the 35—year—old was arrested for failing to appear in court in connection with a serious assault on an emergency worker. two london
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prisons have been put onto the equivalent of special measures because of concerns about rising levels of drugs and violence. pentonville and felton, a young offenders institution have joined wormwood scrubs in the government's new prison support programme. staff operating the woolwich ferry crossing are on strike in a long running dispute over pay — there are claims some staff are not paid the london living wage. this is as transport for london takes back control of the service from the private contractor later this month. they promised frustrated drivers that the service will get better. london's dinosaur park — yes we do have one — is under threat as the dinosaurs are in danger of losing their toes, teeth and tails. it's not down to bad hygiene. it's because they can't be accessed at their home in crystal palace park in order to maintain them. a bridge needs to be built — and fundraising has begun. historic england has added the creatures to its at risk
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register saying "we don't want them to become extinct again." let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a lot going on the tube boards. a signal failure affects some lines with severe delays. the district line has minor delays. that is due to another signal failure. the tfl has delays because of late finishing engineering work. the in east london has traffic tilting up into barking and there are also problems at borehamwood. the a1 is down atjunction 23. good morning. a dry start to the day and it is feeling chilly out there as well with a touch of frost in places that it is also to change. it will be wet windy and mild as we had it will be wet windy
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and mild as we head through the morning and by the afternoon temperatures will peak to double figures. early brightness towards eastern areas of the capital for a time this morning but cloud will thicken from the west and eventually we will see those outbreaks of rain heavy but rather showery as we had through the afternoon. that now southerly wind is starting to strengthen. it was a chilly north—western yesterday but the southerly ushers in mild air with top temperatures between ten and 11 degrees celsius. it will stay windy overnight tonight but there will be a lot of dry weather for the first half of the night and then as we had into saturday morning itself it is a mild start to the weekend but this cold front here will give us some heavy downpours and strong gusty wind for the first part of saturday. that rain will clear away and eventually we will see blustery showers but remaining windy all weekend and another named storm, storm jorge means strong winds on saturday night into sunday. va nessa vanessa will be talking about the coronavirus on her breakfast show, bbc london.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and rachel burden. 0ur headlines today: jet2 says it won't fly home britons from a coronavirus—hit hotel in tenerife until they have spent two weeks in quarantine. no need to panic — that's the advice from health officials in northern ireland after it confirms a case of the virus, bringing
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the uk's total to 16. greta thunberg joins a climate change protest in bristol, as police express concerns about the number of young people who may attend. the so—called leasehold trap. hundreds of thousands of homeowners say they were mis—sold properties and forced to pay unfair charges. will an official investigation agree? we find out shortly. arsenal and celtic are both stunned by late goals in the europa league. fc copenhagen score twice in the final five minutes to dump celtic out in glasgow, while arsenal suffer extra—time heartbreak against 0lympiakos. and in weather, another weekend and another named storm. but more rain in the forecast today and tomorrow. i will have the full details here on brea kfast. she's made it. we will speak to our very own queen of the desert, louise, after she crossed the finish line following a gruelling expedition across namibia
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for sport relief. it is friday 28th february. our top story: jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined at a hotel in tenerife until they can confirm that they do not have coronavirus. their announcement comes despite some passengers being given the all—clear to leave by the island's health minister. last night, northern ireland confirmed its first case, bringing the number of those infected across the uk to 16. charlotte rose reports. to stay or to go? for some of the 168 british guests at this hotel, the decision is out of their hands. yesterday, the canary islands health minister said 130 brits who had arrived since monday could leave, as they posed a low risk of infection.
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but later, an airline taking 50 of the tourists home said it wouldn't fly anyone back until 10 march unless they have been tested for the virus by a recognised authority and confirmed as clear. a spokesperson forjet2 said... but there are questions over how effective that quarantine is. as far as the quarantining goes, we haven't been told directly to stay in our rooms at this point. we're allowed to walk around, and if we were to stay in our rooms entirely at this point, it would cause a large amount of distress. it comes as three new cases were confirmed in the uk in the past 24 hours, and the first in northern ireland, taking the total to 16. and it's notjust the human cost. stock markets around the world have plunged over fears about the impact of the virus. it has been the worst week
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for financial markets since the crash of 2008. investors, like national health bodies and the rest of us, are trying to predict how far and how fast this virus will spread. in a moment we will speak to our correspondent jayne mccubbin in buxton. let's cross to tenerife and join fiona trott. think it is fair to say it is a little i think it is fair to say it is a little bit confusing this morning. soa little bit confusing this morning. so a couple of questions. can be believed, and if they can leave, can they fly? well, here's the thing. we understand there are 50 british people staying at this hotel who are pa rt people staying at this hotel who are part of that group of 130 who were told they arrived after the infected people left, so they can leave the hotel. 0ne people left, so they can leave the hotel. one of those people had a letter from the travel company jet2. it says, following discussions with
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the hotel, our current recommendation is for you to remain until 10th of march, following your period of quarantine, we will be able to fly your home. it says if you have any urgent questions to contact them. as you heard in that report just contact them. as you heard in that reportjust then, contact them. as you heard in that report just then, jet2‘s statements as we will not fly any customer until this incubation period has passed, or unless they have been explicitly tested for corvid—19 by a recognised authority and are confirmed of being clear of the virus. they can leave when they have all been screened. so the real question this morning is when is that screening taking place? is it at the end of the two week period, or before? because if it is not before the two week incubation period, why single them out so they can leave? the foreign office has said it is trying to clarify the situation and trying to see what support it can offer people who are living this hotel, —— leaving this hotel, once they are living, and we know a public health expert is on
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the island at the moment trying to determine the spread of the virus in the hotel, and trying to understand what its strategy is for containing the virus. for the moment, thank you. closer to home, a primary school in derbyshire will remain shut for deep cleaning today after it confirmed a parent had contracted the coronavirus. jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. tell us the story of burbage primary school. well, this all started on wednesday when one pupil was kept off from school. that was because the pupil's parent had just returned from tenerife and was poorly. by wednesday night that parent was in hospital, transferred to the liverpool royal hospital where there was a specialist centre with a confirmed case of coronavirus. it was at that point that the head teacher here at the beach primary school took the decision to contact all of the parents and say, listen, we're going to keep the school closed tomorrow as a precaution, for a deep clean. public health england
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have put out guidance saying that no schools really need to close unless there is a confirmed case within school premises. but they took the decision which has been welcomed by pa rents decision which has been welcomed by parents that we have spoken to to go the extra step and take the decision to close. the gp‘s surgery about a mile away from where we're stood now also closed yesterday because of this confirmed case of coronavirus. some of the lurid headlines yesterday said things like ground zero in the uk. this is buxton, ground zero for the coronavirus, referring to this town is being in lockdown. that is certainly not the case. the gp‘s surgery is due to reopen today. the school is due to reopen today. the school is due to reopen on monday. but the guidance — two schools across the country, really, from public health england. there is no need to close unless there is a confirmed case inside the school —— to schools. thousands of people are expected
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to visit bristol later this morning to join a climate change protest attended by teenage activist, greta thunberg. but police are warning that the size of the event has grown so large that they're worried routine safety measures will no longer be adequate. the young campaigners behind the event, though, say they have worked tirelessly to create a safe protest for all those who attend. residents of east yorkshire have been moved out of their homes because of rising floodwaters. more than 60 homes were evacuated in snaith, and the village of east cowick, by the river aire. people there have been warned the disruption could last for days. canada has confirmed it will stop paying for security for prince harry and meghan in the coming weeks, when they step down as senior royals. the duke and duchess of sussex will formally leave their roles on 31 march and have spent much of the last three months living in canada. they will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the queen, but arrangements will be reviewed after 12 months. astronomers have detected what they describe as the biggest known explosion in the universe since the big bang. it's five times bigger than anything they've
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previously observed. the blast, which came from a supermassive black hole in a galaxy hundreds of millions of light years away, was deteched by telescopes in western australia. the light from the explosion has been travelling for about 400 million years. the birth on an endangered type of elephant has been caught on cctv at chester zoo. the calf‘s arrival brought an end to a 22—month pregnancy for its mother, sundara, with just 20 minutes of labour. as yet unnamed, the asian elephant joins a species listed as endangered by the international union for conservation of nature. ican i can see matt looking on. was that
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an ah i can see matt looking on. was that anahi i can see matt looking on. was that an ah i heard from you? it is friday morning, iam an ah i heard from you? it is friday morning, i am a bit emotional.m has been a long week. i wish it has been a long week. i wish morning, i am a bit emotional.m has been a long week. i wish it was such a nice story as far as the weather is concerned. can you believe it, another weekend, another named storm is on the way. this storm has been named by the spanish weather service, hence it is called storm jorge instead of storm ellen. it will still have impacts with potentially damaging gusts of wind as we go through the weekend. but even before that arrives, there is yet more rain in the forecast. we certainly don't need that at the moment. it is therefore is in northern ireland, putting its way towards the preceded by a little bit of snow on the hills as it moves its way northwards and eastwards, that will turn back to rain as temperatures rise. much of eastern england, bright but cold start. cloud and rain spreads into most areas through the day. some heavy bass at times. most persistent in the south and west of wales, again hitting those flood affected areas.
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temperatures will be rising through the day, still a bit cold, and usually bright across the far north of scotland. but the evening rush hour, your journey of scotland. but the evening rush hour, yourjourney home, the breeze picking up. nothing untoward at this stage, but still some heavy rain across southern parts of england and wales. splashes of rain towards the midlands and east anglia. not as wet as the morning rush hour in north england and north anglia. a lot more cloud for scotland with outbreaks of rain, even some snow over the hills, and eventually that rain will reach the very far north of the mainland. then as we go through tonight, the rain gets heavier again across the west. 0nce rain gets heavier again across the west. once more, hitting those areas where we are already seeing flooded rivers. some gusty winds with that as it pushes its way eastwards into saturday morning, followed on by a drop in temperature, but also a little bit of sunshine stopped the weekend, though, will be a story of sunshine and showers, but it is the wind strength which will be of greatest concern. 0n the southern edge of storm jorge, we will see winds touched around 60—70 mph, if not a little bit more. i will have more details in half—an—hour. but
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for now, back to rachel. lets return to our top story now. jet2 said it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined at a hotel in tenerife until they can confirm that they do not have coronavirus, despite some passengers being given the all—clear to leave by the island's health minister. three more people tested positive in the uk, with northern ireland confirming its first case last night. all of them were infected after travelling to italy or tenerife. to date, more than 7,500 people in the uk have been tested for the virus. 16 were positive. more than 80,000 people in about 40 countries have now been infected with the virus, with nigeria, new zealand and the netherlands reporting their first cases the last few hours. but, with more expected to emerge, there are concerns the world could be heading towards a global pandemic. we'll speak to quarantined british
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tourist lara pennington, who was due to fly home withjet2. how are you, lara, first of all? well, i would say that we are very tired now, and cabin fever is starting to set in. as you know, we have decided to self isolate, and while we are committed to that, obviously it's not easy. however, we do now have the full support of the hotel in our decision to self isolate, and our basic needs are being met. so from the point of view of my family, with regards to us being contained within our rooms, we do feel safer. however, i would say the same for the rest of the gas in the hotel. we would still not leave our rooms to go into the hotel. this is you and several generations of your family. tell us what conditions are like
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there at the moment, and what is lifelike, day—to—day? there at the moment, and what is lifelike, day-to-day? well, there is not a lot to do. and as i say, the cabin fever is starting to set in. i have two small boys, and they have a lot of energy, so trying to keep them entertained, and also to keep them entertained, and also to keep them calm, and to allay any concerns that they have, you know, is tough. however, they are responding really well, and they understand the importance of it. there is a limited things for us to do. i think we need to ensure, though, that we are looking after ourselves and our self—care. i think that has to be paramount. i think that is something that we haven't been, because we have been so stressed. now that we have been so stressed. now that we have had our confirmation that our food and basic hygiene needs will be met, i think now we can focus more on trying to get some sort of routine into our day. yes, and keep occupied, because those days will stretch out and feel very long after some time, won't they? have you had any communication directly with
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jet2? what have they said to you? 0k, jet2? what have they said to you? ok, so! jet2? what have they said to you? ok, so i spoke tojet2 yesterday after the hotel confirmed to me that they believed we would be leaving on they believed we would be leaving on the ninth of march. jet2 came back and said that, yes, we would be leaving on the 10th of march, that they would be flying at home. however, i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety, given that we have remained in isolation, and that there will be other passengers on the plane who not only have gone into the hotel grounds, but have not been following the protocols. and therefore i think it would be unfair on me and my family to put us at risk at that point. it would undermine all the work we're doing at the moment to give ourselves safe. i also asked whether we would be quarantined on our return. they said to me that they were not able to advise me on that. they thought it was likely, and the best thing to do was, when i got home, to call 111. right, so you
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will wait to seek further advice on that. in the meantime, presumably you are missing work, school is being missed. how are you missing those arrangements back home? yes, thatis those arrangements back home? yes, that is proving extremely difficult. however, we have lots of family and friends' support back home, and liaising on our behalf in terms of trying to manage the fact that our daily lives have been disrupted. but asi daily lives have been disrupted. but as i have said, we are fully supporting quarantine. we just as i have said, we are fully supporting quarantine. wejust wish to be quarantined safely, and we don't mind being quarantined when we get back to the uk either. we were just like to know that so that we can plan accordingly. have you had much contact with the other guests there? you are following one regime and they are not. no, we have not. so you choose to stay away. when you look back on this we remember it fondly as a holiday at all or is it stressful? it isa holiday at all or is it stressful? it is a stressful experience and we would like to go home. i have two small children and my in—laws here
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and this is an extremely stressful and this is an extremely stressful and gruelling situation and does not feel like a holiday. i fully appreciate that and i think our audience will also appreciate that it is quite challenging for you. best of luck and obviously we will keepin best of luck and obviously we will keep in touch with lara over the course of the next ten days and few weeks as well as the other guests there. jet to have spoken to us, they say health and safety is a priority and they have a responsible —— responsibility. thousands of people are expected to visit bristol later this morning to join a climate change protest attended by teenage activist, greta thunberg. but, police are warning that the size of the event has grown so large, that they're worried routine safety measures will no longer be adequate. 0ur reporterjohn maguire went to meet the young campaigners behind the protest. from a lonely protest on the steps of the swedish parliament to the floor of the united nations
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in new york, greta thunberg has become a huge global figure. nowhere better illustrated than here, where an image of the teenager drowning in rising oceans stares out at a bristol street. greta actually had this as her profile picture for a couple of months back in summer. these campaigners, the same age as greta, organise the school strikes in bristol each month, and today will share the stage with the person who started it all. well, she got in contact with us through me last thursday, and we were all very excited, and she told us she wanted to have a strike, and she wanted to join us as a striker on the march. and we of course couldn't say no to that. i think she feels very relatable and very humble. she's never tried to take money for this. she's never been in this for fame. there's a really great phrase that another organiser of ours says before we do any press, which is eco before ego, and i think that explains greta perfectly. as they are helped by younger
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children to prepare for today's demonstration, which they expect to be the biggest yet, the police have voiced concerns about safety if the crowd becomes too large, and schools are trying to strike the balance between encouraging students to act to prevent climate change while discouraging them from skipping lessons. by missing school, even if it's just one friday a month, you're putting yourself instantly on people's radars. you're not showing up, you're choosing to skip a day of your education, because of something you feel so strongly and passionately about. and it's kind of that little underestimation of young people that suddenly makes more people listen and take notice of it, i guess. to the campaigners, it is important that this is a strike, notjust a protest march, their way of signalling a commitment to protecting their and ourfuture. john maguire, bbc news, bristol.
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and john is in bristol for us this morning ahead of the protest. what's the atmosphere like there john? we can see the posters ready to go there. good morning. this school, seven or eight miles south of bristol, this is the sixth former centre and they are a good mood this morning. good mood and good voice. this is the climate action team. we will talk about this through the morning but these students are actively engaged in making a change not only outside the school but within the school as well. let's pick up on that with lauren. lauren you set up, this is the climate action team you set up a year ago? what was the initial motivation to set things up? we thought it was important to make a tangible change within the school and the community. we did not want to just talk about it we wanted to really impact our community and the school as a whole. and what sort of things have you been doing? we've released travel
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guidelines for school trips to reduce carbon impact on what we are proud of is that on our school website now when you pay for a trip that we launch next week you can make a donation towards offsetting the carbon of that trip and half of that money will go to the school to do carbon offsetting on—site here at this school such as tree planting and half goes to a charity which will also offset carbon. but we are proud that we have done something and we can see the effect of that immediately and that is something that we have done that is making a difference. becky, why is it important to go along today? you have been here before haven't you? we have been to some before but it was a school trip so unauthorised absence from school to say and show our support towards the climate cause and to greater to show that as a school we think it is important. thank you very much to you all. an important issue. let's pick up with
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the geography teacher rose taylor. what has been the school's policy about events, notjust the one today that will get so much attention because of greta being here, but all of the strikes over the last year? we do not authorise students to go off on their own however because this group here, the climate action team, have made such a commitment to the cause over the year the head teacher has been great in letting them come out with me on a school trip so we take a mini bus into town and do our part there. but if anyone else went it would be unauthorised correct? let's meet my out. meyer is an incredible young woman because last week you were awarded an honorary doctorate at the university of bristol. an incredible honour. why were you given that?” of bristol. an incredible honour. why were you given that? i have been doing work forfive why were you given that? i have been doing work for five years now to do with campaigning for more diversity within the environmental sector because i think, especially because we are on the edge of an environment of crisis it is so important that we make sure everyone, all communities
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are involved in trying to save the world. and you will be speaking today at the march, not to give much away. what will you be saying? the same sort of thing and talking about how maybe environmentalism should ta ke how maybe environmentalism should take ona how maybe environmentalism should take on a more global human perspective as we work towards a more sustainable planet. thank you very much indeed. her priorfile on social media, she talks a lot about ornithology and the environment —— she is a high profile on social media where she is known as bird girl. they have an interesting day ahead of them. goodbye to you all. join us later in the programme and we will hear more views but i think you will probably agree with me at home in saying that it is fantastic to see and i hope this does not sound patronising, but it is fantastic that to see young people so engaged in making a difference.
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interesting to hear what will happen but also we're talking about classroom more generally and in schools this morning. there is a government idea that they will set up government idea that they will set upa new government idea that they will set up a new team of experts to enter schools and have a discipline problem. a £10 million fund that will be available on the idea is they will target things like mobile phones in schools but, generally, behaviour in schools. so schools that have a particular problem will get a ccess that have a particular problem will get access to experts who try to do it elsewhere. in schools that have done well in the past. interesting given the last conversation how much phones and social media have played a big part in organising students there it seems that parents who often have concern about the way phones are used in schools, this is from debbie who got in contact this morning saying that she thinks we need more discipline in schools and starting with respect for teachers and surroundings. 0ver starting with respect for teachers and surroundings. over the last few yea rs i have and surroundings. over the last few years i have noticed a change in people's attitude to their teachers
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in that respect needs to start at home. a little bit of discipline does no harm at all. there is a theme across many of the comments we have had so far and it is quite interesting. many people sympathising with the idea that there is generally not enough discipline. this one here saying that there is no place for mobiles in schools and some pupils will not have the trendiest phones that opens them up to bullying and adding pressure to what can already be a difficult time. i suppose the practicality is where it falls down. they will bring the phones in so do leave them outside the classroom, in their locker you start the day? some schools have them handed in at the start of each lesson they need to hand them out afterwards. there could be a tech solution to this. if it is technologically possible, it could be an idea to block the cellular single during lesson times and create a separate wi—fi network once the students and the teachers, the students could be deactivated and reactivated on demand if required for learning. keep your
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thoughts coming in. we will be speaking to the minister of state for school standards later on. it is worth saying that some people say of, of course, that phones are a genuine tool and you can have them with you in the classroom and you can do things and research things. it is just can do things and research things. it isjust a can do things and research things. it is just a fact of life these days that that technology will always be there and at hand. so what stage you encourage students to learn to live with it and accommodate and use it responsibly? we will talk about that just after 730. right now time to get the news travel and whether where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a woman in london has become the first person in the country to be arrested using the new police facial recognition system. scotland yard say the 35—year—old was arrested for failing to appear in court in connection with a serious assault on an emergency worker. two london prisons have been put onto the equivalent of special measures because of concerns about rising levels of drugs and violence.
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pentonville and felton, a young offenders institution, have joined wormwood scrubs in the government's new prison performance support programme. staff operating the woolwich ferry crossing are on strike in a long running dispute over pay — there are claims some staff are not paid the london living wage. this is as transport for london takes back control of the service from the private contractor later this month. they promised frustrated drivers that the service will get better. london's dinosaur park — yes we do have one — is under threat as the dinosaurs are in danger of losing their toes, teeth and tails. it's not down to bad hygiene. it's because they can't be accessed at their home in crystal palace park in order to maintain them. a bridge needs to be built — and fundraising has begun. historic england has added the creatures to its at risk register saying "we don't want them to become extinct again."
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let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a lot going on the tube boards. de on the tube boards. circle line has severe delays because de circle line has severe delays because of a signal failure affecting the hammersmith & city line. elsewhere it has cleared up. slow southbound on the blackwall tunnel and also problems at born would borrow and would wear the a1 is down to a single lane. at wapping it is slow due to roadworks. good morning. a dry start to the day and it is feeling chilly out there as well with a touch of frost in places but it is all set to change. it will be wet, windy and mild as we head through the morning and by the afternoon temperatures will peak to double figures. early brightness towards eastern areas of the capital for a time this morning but cloud
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will thicken from the west and eventually we will see those outbreaks of rain heavy but rather showery as we head through the afternoon. that now southerly wind is starting to strengthen. it was a chilly north—western yesterday but the southerly ushers in mild air with top temperatures between ten and 11 degrees celsius. it will stay windy overnight tonight but there will be a lot of dry weather for the first half of the night and then as we had into saturday morning itself it is a mild start to the weekend but this cold front here will give us some heavy downpours and strong gusty wind for the first part of saturday. that rain will clear away and eventually we will see blustery showers but remaining windy all weekend and another named storm, storm jorge means strong winds on saturday night into sunday. vanessa will be talking about the coronavirus on her breakfast show, bbc london. she also has more on those dinosaurs i was telling you about.
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hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and rachel burden. jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined at a hotel in tenerife until they have been individually tested to confirm that they don't have coronavirus. it comes despite some passengers being given the all—clear to leave by the island's health minister. the airline said its responsibility to its customers remains paramount. last night, northern ireland confirmed its first case, bringing the number of those infected across the uk to 16. teams of behaviour experts will be sent into struggling schools in england and wales in an attempt to improve standards. it is hoped that stricter discipline will lead to improved academic results. so how will it work? let's get more on this from nick gibb, the minister for school standards. thank you very much for your time this morning. we will talk about discipline in just this morning. we will talk about discipline injust a moment. you will understand if i just
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discipline injust a moment. you will understand if ijust want discipline injust a moment. you will understand if i just want to ask you a couple of questions on coronavirus and how it is affecting schools. what information do you have currently about how many schools are affected right now by coronavirus? well, yesterday we found about 19 schools had temporarily closed. 0ur found about 19 schools had temporarily closed. our advice is that schools should not close, even when they have a suspected case of coronavirus. obviously the pupil will be sent home, the pupil will be tested, and if the test comes back positive, public health england will be involved with the school. but out of 700 tests conducted so far, we have only found 17 positive responses. but that advice has been very clear to schools, we have been e—mailing schools weekly that they should not close. but of course, when schools do decide to close, these decisions ultimately up to the head teacher, we provide support to those schools and find a way of helping them to open again as soon as possible. yes, people may have seen the comments of the chief medical officer yesterday that schools should consider closing for
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up schools should consider closing for up to two months in some circumstances. what can you tell us about that? well, we plan for every eventuality. at the moment the chief medical officer says this country is at low risk, but we plan for the reasonable worst—case scenarios into the future. the nhs is very well prepared for these epidemics. but at the moment, the clear advice from the moment, the clear advice from the chief medical officer, from public health england, is that schools should remain open, and children who have been to the affected areas should be sent home and tested, but even while waiting for those test results to come back, the school should remain open. in what circumstances would a two month closure be appropriate? well, we're talking about worst—case scenarios going forward, and those eventualities, we are planning for every possible eventuality, right across government. so in what
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circumstances would a two month closure be appropriate? well, i don't want to go into all those details about the plans that we do have for the reasonable worst—case scenario, those plans are well in hand, and they are rehearsed, and the nhs also has long—standing plans of dealing with these kinds of potential pandemics. but at the moment the chief medical officer is very clear that we are low risk, even though we have plans in place for reasonable worst—case scenarios in the future. away from schools, there are real concerns about the economy and the effect of the economy and the effect of the economy of coronavirus. yes, and these we are well aware of, the bank of england and the chancellor of the exchequer will have all of these factors in mind when he prepares for the budget on 11 march, and so of course will the bank of england. so let's return to the story about what to do about discipline in schools. probably the place to start is how
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great do you see the problem of discipline in our schools? well, research says vast majority of schools have a good behaviour inside those schools, our concern is to make sure that we have every school having the same very high quality behaviour policies as the best. today's announcement is about spreading that practice. we have a panel of experts, we are identifying the very best schools in terms of behaviour policy and then spreading that approach to other schools in the area, up to 500 schools, that currently struggle with their behaviour policy. so this fund of £10 million will be divided between 500 schools. the £10 million will be available to 20 lead schools, then, to help between them 500 schools over the next four years to improve their behaviour policies. it pays for things like the experts' time, backfilling the time of head teachers who go to other schools, to make sure that the school that loses
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that teacher for a short while can feel that vacancy. a lot of interest in how this would break down impact this. so is this government against mobile phones being taken into school? well, a lot of schools do band mobile phones, and we support head teachers in the measures that they take to ensure that their school is a calm and disciplined environment. that is how you raise standards. so we will always support schools that have policies in place such as banning mobile phones, because they can be a distraction from the classroom for pupils that are engaged with their phone instead of focusing on their work. so we very much support schools that decide to band mobile phones. but ultimately, these decisions we leave to head teachers and the experts. well, it might be helpful, you are in charge of school standards. what do you think? do you think a mobile phonein do you think? do you think a mobile phone in school is good? well, i personally do think it is a distraction for pupils in schools, but as i said, we leave these
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decisions to head teachers. we conducted a review that was headed up conducted a review that was headed up by conducted a review that was headed up by tom bennett a couple of years ago, and he has published his review, creating a culture, it is called, with all the best policies about how you instill good discipline in schools, for example, routines and procedures that happen when a child or pupil misbehaves in school. so that children know what is expected of them, in terms of behaviour. so this kind of culture is what we want to spread to all schools through the programme that we are announcing today. there is another school of thought around mobile phones, and it was spoken about by jane prescott, mobile phones, and it was spoken about byjane prescott, who is mobile phones, and it was spoken about by jane prescott, who is the president of the girls' schools association, and she says that schools should teach children about a cce pta ble schools should teach children about acceptable use of mobile phones. she said it is a responsibility in schools to show the positive aspects of having a mobile phone. they are not going away. she says we can't be luddite about it. we can't to our
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heads in the sand and hoped time will turn it back, because it won't. they are here to stay. i agree with that, and not just they are here to stay. i agree with that, and notjust mobile phones and smartphones, but the internet generally. and we do have curriculum programmes that we have announced, particularly on relationship education, about how young people should conduct themselves on the internets, both staying safe on the internet, and also how themselves to conduct themselves on the internet, through being respectful of other people, and so on. so we do spend a lot of time in the curriculum preparing young people for how to behave online, through mobile phones and through the internet. people might bea and through the internet. people might be a little bit confused by what you have said this morning. 0n the one hand you just seem to have said that it is useful to have them ina said that it is useful to have them in a classroom, if they are taught how to use them properly. 0n the other hand, i think you said a moment ago, government policy was no mobile phones in school. no, government policy is to trust head teachers in making these decisions,
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and when they do decide to band mobile phones, we support them. you don't have to have a mobile phone on your desk at the time of being taught by the teacher about how to stay safe online —— ban mobile phones. so i personally believe that mobile phones in the classroom are a distraction stop but as i say, we teachers to make these decisions —— trust head teachers. but we also believe very strongly that young people need to be taught about the challenges and the advantages and the dangers of the internet. and this is a new world for all of us, of our generation. but we do need to make sure that young people are prepared for a life that... where the digital is very dominant in everyday life. thank you very much for your time this morning. thank you. friday morning, time for the sport. mike is here. did i say friday to enthusiastically? not for manchester united fans, or arsenal. they will be restless in their beds, thinking what happened ? just
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be restless in their beds, thinking what happened? just general frustration. it sort of says it all, doesn't it? and then you have to let it go. of course, but it is hard sometimes. especially as winning this competition could have been away into the champions league, but it's over now. the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, says it hurts a lot because they had a lot of intentions in this competition, and were on course to go through after pierre—emerick aubameyang scored a stunning overhead kick in extra time. but then, in the final minute, youssef el—arabi scored the away goal that gave 0lympiakos the advantage. however, there was still time for aubameyang to save his side again. a few yards out, but what a miss. he knows it. i was on a train following that game mainly through ian wright's twitter feed, and it shows the whole range of emotions at the emirates, the aubameyang goal and then shortly afterwards — no words needed. celtic manager neil lennon said they had shot themselves in the foot after they were knocked out by fc
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copenhagen in glasgow. celtic were favourites to go through after a draw in the first leg. butjust as the match was heading for extra—time, the danish champions scored twice in the last five minutes to win 3—1 on the night, 4—2 on aggregate. wolves made it into the last 16 despite losing the second leg of their tie against espanyol 3—2, and that miss by pedro neto. he won't forget it in a hurry, but luckily it didn't affect the outcome. in contrast, manchester united absolutely romped home against club bruges. 0dion ighalo with his first goal for united as they won 5—0 on the night, 6—1 overall. british riders chris froome and adam yates are among those being tested for the coronavirus after cycling's uae tour was cancelled when two italian staff members were found to have the virus. yates was leading after the fifth stage, before the decision was taken to end the race. froome was back racing for the first time since breaking his leg in a race injune last year. he tweeted that it was a shame, but public health must come first, and they were staying at their hotel
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until further notice. now, it is the fight everybody wants to see between two giants of british boxing, tyson fury against anthonyjoshua. fury beat deontay wilder to claim the wbc title in las vegas on saturday, and joshua's promoter, eddie hearn, is now working to set up the fight that would unify the heavyweight division. i control the division. three months ago, the americans had a total lockdown. now, we've got it all. so if we've got two brits that can unify to form the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, we must take that opportunity. and we will take that opportunity, because me, aj, tyson fury, bob arum — all these people want that fight to happen. when could it be? speculation is next winter. they would like it in the uk, but money talks, and that could well take it to the likes of saudi arabia. it would be outrageous
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if that happened. but the money does talk. it is all about the money, at the end of the day. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. can you believe it? another weekend on the horizon and another named storm set to push its way in. this is it here at the moment, it is going to develop as we go into the weekend. you would think it would be storm allen, given the fa ct we it would be storm allen, given the fact we have had ciara and dennis, but it is storm jorge. but even before it arrives, bear with us, because we have more rain to come through the rest of the day and into the start of saturday in particular —— storm ellen. that will expand the flooding into the start of next week. not raining everywhere to begin with. if you are about to head out across scotland and eastern england, pretty chilly but a bright start here. already, while haemorrhages are on the rise in south—west england, wales, northern ireland, this is where we have the
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rain. some heavy burst around as well and it won't take long for that to push its way northwards and eastwards a cross to push its way northwards and eastwards across england and wales into central and southern scotland. —— temperatures are on the rise. maybe turning grey this afternoon in northern ireland, but further rain at times elsewhere. most persistent across western parts of wales. still chilly across the far north of scotla nd chilly across the far north of scotland where it could stay dry until the end of the day. but the breeze will be picking up. nothing u ntowa rd breeze will be picking up. nothing untoward at this stage. it won't be until this weekend that the really strong winds arrived. the focus remains on the rain tonight and tomorrow, especially around western areas, where the rain gets more widespread, heavy and more persistent as we go through the night. some parts of wales, south—west england in north—west england could see another 50 millimetres, two inches, on already saturated ground. not a cold start to saturday, but as that rain clears its way eastwards, that is when the winds start to kick in, and storm jorge really gets going as we start to see winds may be gusting as much as 65—70 mph. so a wet start to
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scotland, much of northern and eastern england. that rain gets through. sunshine for a time, and then lots of showers, some of those heavy with hail, thunder, sleet and snow and the wind starting to pick up. so widespread gales by the end of saturday. persistent rain in shetland. as we go through saturday night into sunday, the winds strengthen even further. this is when we will see the strongest of the winds this weekend, through saturday night into sunday morning, particularly across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england, where we could see those winds top 70 mph at times. could cause further travel disruption, more showers around on sunday as well, but for the time being the most persistent rain, rachel and charlie, will be during the next 24 hours. back to you both. homeowners who think they were mis—sold their properties have been unfairly treated and misled by certain housing developers according to a major investigation out today. nina's got all the details. and when you are stuck in this problem it is a real issue. a nightmare. hundreds of thousands across the country were awaiting the results of the investigation that
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has just results of the investigation that hasjust come results of the investigation that has just come out. we're talking about leaseholds here. it is an issue we have covered lots on breakfast over the past few years and it always generates hundreds of comments from you at home. let's just get a reminder of what we're talking about. if you buy a leasehold property you own the building but, crucially, not the land it stands on. the land is owned by a freeholder. once the lease runs out, ownership passes back to them. leaseholders have to pay a ground rent and sometimes they have to get permission to make changes to the property. lots of flatsare leasehold but there are also 1.4 million leasehold houses in england. it became a popular option for developers but in recent years problems cropped up. some developers sold the freeholds to third parties who then put up ground rents overnight. there were also examples of people being landed with big, unexpected charges. it was so bad that the government banned leaseholds on new—build houses. but the big problem is those who say they are now "trapped' in their leasehold homes which they say were mis—sold.
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they've been calling for compensation and the competition and markets authority have been investigating. this morning the cma released the results of its investigation. it found, "serious issues including evidence of mis—selling and unfair contract terms" and is set to launch enforcement action. we can speak to george lusty from the competition and markets authority now. he is their senior director of consumer protection and joins me from central london. with me in the studio is katie kendrick who bought her new—build leasehold home in 2014. you were saying to me earlier that you wrote this with a verbal promise that buying a leasehold would be £3000 and then what happened? they moved the goalposts, to be honest. i got to two years and i wanted to buy the freehold but they sold it on and it was no longer owned by the people i thought would own it and it was
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not a simple process to actually purchase the land back that my home was sitting on. i must correct that actually the freeholder, it was the land and everything on it so i am not a homeowner. i literally am a tenant. and you poured your savings into your new home. how does it feel and what does it do to you emotionally? devastated. thousands of people, it has controlled my life for the last three years to fight for the last three years to fight for this and get this far. it doesn't just affect me for this and get this far. it doesn'tjust affect me although it has a massive impact on people's mental health and well—being. everyone's lives are on hold, they cannot sell, they cannot move forward , cannot sell, they cannot move forward, they cannot buy their way out of this mess. we are pleased with the announcement today from the cma and it is positive that everything we have been saying is true and they are listening to us and we have the evidence. bringing in george now. good morning. we
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heard katie recounting dreams being shattered and it happens up and down the country. strong words in your report that someone mis— sold and there were unfair contracts. did you find deliberate exploitation? something has gone seriously wrong here and people are being trapped in properties that they cannot sell and they cannot get a mortgage on and it has a devastating impact on people like katie and others. we heard from thousands of people across the country that they are in exactly the same situation and that is why we ta ke same situation and that is why we take action today. we will pursue enforcement cases against development is and we appreciate the steps ta ken by development is and we appreciate the steps taken by the government. launching direct enforcement action against companies who have broken consumer law, break that down for us full what is the implications for them because they have deliberately potentially exploited people. we will be bringing cases arguing that these businesses have broken consumer law and that these escalating ground rent charges and the mis—selling of homes is a legal
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and we will take those cases to court if we need to. we will try and attack the behaviour and try to get people's money back where we can. would they be prosecuted? what would be the prosecution charges? these are civil cases but we will be arguing that there are unfair terms and if we can get those struck out it means that people's money will return to them and we will be arguing that the mis—selling broke consumer law. there is legislation going through parliament with the hope of stopping this kind of behaviour in the future when you properties are built. how about people like katie with retrospective cases. they will want compensation. that is the focus of our action. we realise that people are trapped in these untenable positions and people should feel safe in their homes but they are rightly devastated and hugely impacted by what has happened and so through these cases we will try to sort out part of a historic problem. there is still an important role the government needs to play in
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the future and looking at other issues like permission fees and service charges as well. can you make a crystal—clear promise here that people like katie and thousands of others, a cast—iron guarantee that they will be compensated? we need to take these cases to court where we hope to win and get people's money back. we will do everything we can to sort out this problem. it is having a huge impact on something has gone badly wrong. developers in particular seem to have failed in their responsibility to treat their customers fairly. let's bring you back in, katie. george's answers there is convinced this is robust enough and they will not be future victims. are you satisfied? this not be future victims. are you satisfied ? this is not be future victims. are you satisfied? this is about whether or not you will get retrospective compensation. i am really happy with all the work that was carried out and they have been working hard and listening to us. this is the first depth. we do not expect a quick fix and we understand it will take time.
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but the legislative changes that we need, they promised to ban future leasehold houses in 2017 and we have not seen that legislation passed. i cannot stress how important it is that along with the work of the cma that along with the work of the cma that the government still proceed with the legislative changes immediately. anybody affected by a leasehold, there is a campaign group called the national leasehold campaign that! called the national leasehold campaign that i run that brings people together, united front because together our voices will be heard but we have to work together. you have a word with george then and telling what use want to see happen now. i think george and the cma understand it and i havejust want to thank you for all of your work and it is the start of a long process and we are here to help you because we have been mis— sold and i am delighted, i really am delighted. you are emotional about this. i am, we worked really hard. thank you to you and thank you george this morning. there is advice available
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online and hopefully there will be no more upsetting incidents like this in the future. wishing you all the best of luck in that. yes, good luck katie. it has been seven years and into miami david beckham's football team, is about to take to the field. some would call it tenacity but victoria has other words. however you dress it up, it has taken a long time for david beckham to realise his dream of becoming a club owner. well, my wife talks about it quite a lot, my stubbornness, and i tend to agree with her on this point. a savvy clause in beckham's la galaxy contract gave him the option to buy a cut—price franchise in the future. this weekend, inter miami will play their first major league soccer match.
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the fact that this is now happening, the fact that i look at our stadium and the white lines are down, the goals are up — that, for me, that's an exciting moment. you don't like to lose, so how much of that stubbornness has made this happen? well, over the last seven years, there's been moments when i could have walked away or could have said, you know, let's go into another city or do something else. but i knew deep down that this was the right thing to do. and it was, you know. perseverance was one thing that i always talked to the kids about, you know, working hard. and this, you know, says it all about what's happened over the last seven years. you know, the perseverance, the stubbornness, and just the bloody—mindedness of knowing that this was the right thing to do. you know, victoria has seen me go to miami, be happy, and obviously come back a little bit deflated, because it's been a rollercoaster ride at certain times,
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for the whole seven years, really. so, you know, i've had a huge amount of support from, obviously, the fans, as you can imagine. but i think they're just so emotional about the whole thing. sundrenched miami is not a bad place to be dividing your time, but come the summer, david will still have one eye on england and the euros. to be honest, it's really exciting. i think what gareth has done in the younger players and the experienced players that we have in the squad, i think it's very exciting for us as a nation, you know, to see the team and what they did in russia, and also what they've done since then. you know, going into the euros, i think, is a very exciting prospect for all of us fans. i think that the excitement is back with the national team, and it's great to see. amazingly, this stadium is only their temporary home, while they wait for a permanent place to build a $1 billion complex called freedom park. but beckham thinks the sacrifice is worth it to leave a legacy
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for his kids. and harper loves football, doesn't he? yes, harper loves football, and she's very excited about being in miami, along with the boys. so a women's team might be on the cards? a women's team will be on the cards. once we get this team up and running, then anything is possible. it certainly seems to be, when you're david beckham. what a nice place to go and watch football. much better than the cold wet... it is a whole different sport there. speaking of sport... i'm just trying to find a picture. you will be aware by now that louise is, she has finished her sport relief challenge in namibia which is quite an extraordinary achievement. 0ver sand dunes, across sand dunes in the most arduous of conditions. this is
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the final shot. they just most arduous of conditions. this is the final shot. theyjust crossed the final shot. theyjust crossed the finish line yesterday so she and the finish line yesterday so she and the team of celebrities including frankie bridge and rob window, they are all there and as far as we can tell from all the people we spoke to over the course of last week or so, louise was the one was basically pushing them all along and getting them through. she is obviously incredible leap and good bike experience, we know she can run. she is also annoyingly optimistic. rele ntlessly is also annoyingly optimistic. relentlessly mystic. that is what you need. she's the sort of person you need. she's the sort of person you want on a trip like that. we will catch up with her soon and speak to whether to find out how they are now it is all done. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a woman in london has become the first person in the country to be arrested using the new police
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facial recognition system. scotland yard say the 35—year—old was arrested for failing to appear in court in connection with a serious assault on an emergency worker. two london prisons have been put onto the equivalent of ‘special measures' because of concerns about rising levels of drugs and violence. pentonville and feltham — a young offenders' institution — have joined wormwood scrubs in the government's new prison performance support programme. staff operating the woolwich ferry are on strike in a long running dispute over pay. there are claims some staff aren't paid the london living wage. the walk—out comes as transport for london takes back control of the service from the current private contractor — next month. tfl is promising frustrated drivers — the service will get better. london's dinosaur park — yes we do have one — is under threat as the dinasaurs are in danger of losing their toes, teeth and tails. it's not down to bad hygiene.
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it's because they can't be accessed at their home in crystal palace park in order to maintain them. a bridge needs to be built — and fundraising has begun. historic england has added the creatures to it's at risk register saying "we don't want them to become extinct again." let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes, a signal failure is affecting the circle and hammersmith and city line with severe delays. the with severe delays. piccadilly line also has some minor the piccadilly line also has some minor delays due to power supply problems. traffic at seven sisters due to ongoing traffic —— gasworks in the area. there are problems at borehamwood — the a1 is down to one lane southbound forj23 the m25 at south mimms. and in wapping, its slow on the highway westbound towards tower hill due to the road works near cannon street road now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. a dry start to the day and it is feeling chilly out
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there as well with a touch of frost in places but it is all set to change. it will be wet, windy and mild as we head through the morning and by the afternoon temperatures will peak to double figures. early brightness towards eastern areas of the capital for a time this morning but cloud will thicken from the west and eventually we will see those outbreaks of rain heavy but rather showery as we head through the afternoon. it won't be raining all the time. that now southerly wind is starting to strengthen. it was a chilly north—western yesterday but the southerly ushers in mild air with top temperatures between ten and 11 degrees celsius. it will stay windy overnight tonight but there will be a lot of dry weather for the first half of the night and then as we head into saturday morning itself it is a mild start to the weekend but this cold front here will give us some heavy downpours and strong gusty wind for the first part of saturday. that rain will clear away and eventually we will see blustery showers but remaining windy all weekend and another named storm, storm jorge means strong winds
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on saturday night into sunday. if you have any questions about the if you have any questions about the coronavirus go to our facebook page now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and rachel burden. 0ur headlines today: british holiday—makers at a cornavirus—hit hotel are told by a travel firm they won't be flown home until they spend a fortnight in quarantine. this is an extremely stressful and worrying situation. it certainly does not feel like a holiday. no need to panic — that's the advice from health officials in northern ireland after it confirms a case of the virus, bringing the uk's total to 16. greta thunberg joins a climate change protest in bristol as police express concerns about the number of young people who may attend.
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combat stress offered their condolences, the mental health team offered their condolences. it will never mean anything to me because you failed him. we speak to the widow of an army veteran with ptsd who says her husband's death could have been prevented. stock markets tumble across the globe as the coronavirus outbreak spreads and upsets investors. on wall street, the main measurer of the us market suffered its biggest daily points—drop in history. all eyes are on the uk stock exchange about to open. more than a month since a volcano erupted in the philippines which saw thousands evacuated, our cameras follow residents as they return to see the damage. after cycling's tour of the uae is stopped because of the coronavirus, rugby authorities in italy say they have had no indication as yet from england that their six nations matches there next month will suffer the same fate. she's made it — we'll speak to our very own queen of the desert, louise, after she crossed the finish line following a gruelling
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expedition across namibia for sport relief. another weekend, another named storm, that before the strong winds hit, the next 24 hours is said to bring yet more rain. i will have the full details on breakfast. it's friday, the 28th february, our top story. jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined at a hotel in tenerife, until they can confirm that they do not have coronavirus. their announcement comes despite some passengers being given the all clear to leave by the island's health minister. last night, northern ireland confirmed its first case, bringing the number of those infected across the uk to 16. in a moment we'll speak to chris page in belfast, —— any moment we will be speaking to jayne mccubbin, who is outside a school where one parent has tested positive for the virus, and also
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chris page in belfast. but first let's get the latest from our correspondent fiona trott, who is outside the hotel in tenerife. it isa it is a pretty confusing picture this morning, fiona. some told they can leave, others told they cannot fly. give us some clarity if you can, please. in the past few moments we have seen photographs which appear to show people in the lobby of the hotel with suitcases getting ready to leave, but that has not been confirmed. when we find out if thatis been confirmed. when we find out if that is happening, we will update you, but for the people still inside we know 50 british tourists are part of the 130 told they could lead jon leave, they are budging when that will happen because one passenger we spoke to had a letterfrom her travel company, jet2, which said following discussions with the hotel, our current recommendation is for you to remain there until march
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ten. following your period of quarantine we will be able to fly you home. check to's statement to us says we will not fly any customer until this incubation period has passed or they have been explicitly tested for covid—19 by a recognised authority and are confirmed as being clear of the virus. the health minister said they can leave once they have been screened. the question this morning is when will the screening take place? after all before the two week period? why single out 130 people if it will not be before this two week quarantine. people are frustrated, we spoke to one guest, laura pennington. we are very tired now. cabin fever is starting to set in. as you know, we have decided to self—isolate, while we are committed to that, obviously it is not easy. i had two small children and my in—laws here, this
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is an extremely stressful and worrying situation. it certainly does not feel like a holiday. the foreign office has told us they are trying to clarify the situation and also plan the next steps. if and when these guests leave, where will they go, and how? thank you, fiona trott in tenerife. closer to home a primary school in derbyshire will remain shut for deep cleaning today, after it confirmed a parent had contracted the coronavirus. jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. it might normally be snow this time of year that closes a school, but the snow is not the problem? not this time, 18 staff members have been coming and going but it remained closed today. two pupils —— muggeridge remains closed today to peoples and the teaching staff after one child's parent contracted the coronavirus after returning from tenerife. that parent is being looked after at the royal liverpool
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hospital. another gp surgery around the corner was closed yesterday but will reopen today. nick gibb has been on the programme within the last hour saying he understands why this school and 18 others, as a precaution, had taken the decision to keep their doors closed, in this case after one confirmed case, in other cases after children have returned from school trips in these hotspot areas. he understands the decision but says it is not the official guidance, which remains that schools should only really need to close if there is a confirmed case amongst the student or teaching population. i have been into town and buxton chatting to some of the businesses open as usual today. one coffee shop says it was a bit quiet yesterday afternoon, they said that a staff member from boots yesterday afternoon, they said that a staff memberfrom boots had been in asking if they stuck facemasks, but business as usual here, life carries on. less facemasks, more
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hats and scarves needed this morning. chris page is in belfast for us where the first case of the virus has now been confirmed. chris, what's the latest? that's right, there's a case of coronavirus in this part of the uk confirmed late yesterday. the patient is a woman who had been a northern italy, she flew back into dublin airport then came north to belfast. we don't know exactly where any patients are being confirmed, thatis any patients are being confirmed, that is for privacy reasons, but there is a ward in the central virus set aside to treat any parent with coronavirus. the likes of the northern ireland chief medical officer, michael mcbride, they had stress there is no need for undue alarm, people should keep following the public health advice, wash their hands regularly. the woman who has tested positive for coronavirus did
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exactly that, she became unwell, she spoke to her gp, she was tested, she self isolated in her home and is being treated in hospital. she was travelling back from italy with a child, that child has been tested but we understand has not been admitted to hospital, so we are perhaps awaiting the result of our test. the authorities here are working with counterparts in the irish republic to try to find out who the woman may have been in contact with on herjourney who the woman may have been in contact with on her journey from dublin airport to northern ireland, south of the boat in the irish republic the health authorities have not had any positive cases of coronavirus yet but are closely looking at the situation and one measure taken, the ireland versus italy six nations game scheduled for a week tomorrow has been cancelled. thank you, chris page in belfast. there was a record four principal in the dowjones in the us yesterday, so we are keeping an ion the ftse, nina will have the latest after
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8:30am. thousands of people are expected to visit bristol later this morning tojoin a climate change protest attended by teenage activist greta thunberg. but police are warning that the size of the event has grown so large that they're worried routine safety measures will no longer be adequate. the young campaigners behind the event though say they have worked tirelessly to create a safe protest for all those who attend. teams of behaviour experts will be sent into struggling schools in england and wales, in an attempt to improve standards. it's hoped that stricter discipline will lead to improved academic results. in the last half hour the schools minister nick gibb explained to us how it would work. we are identifying the very best schools in terms of behaviour policy and then spreading that approach to other schools in the area, up to 500 schools that currently struggle with their behaviour policy. residents of east yorkshire have been moved out of their homes because of rising flood waters. more than 60 homes were evacuated in snaith,
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and the village of east cowick by the river aire. people there have been warned the disruption could last "for days". and i think more rain on the way? matt can tell as the details, what is the picture? not looking great, i'm afraid, for those flood hit areas. more rain in the next 24 hours ahead of what will be the next name storm, named by the spanish met service, it is being called storm jorge, we could see winds top 70 mph in places. we have more rain before that, it has a right already across parts of northern ireland, wales, the south—west, turning to snow over the south—west, turning to snow over the hills —— it has arrived already. that is just for a while, then it turns back to rain. pushing north and east to the rest of the uk during the morning and early afternoon. 0nly during the morning and early afternoon. only the far north of maine in scotland stays completely dry through daylight hours,
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outbreaks of rain brightening up in northern ireland, temperatures up to double figures across england, wales and northern ireland through the afternoon. into the evening rush—hour, nothing untoward at this stage, the rain still full to cross southern and western wales, hitting those flood affected areas. further rain at times elsewhere in england, not as white as it will be this morning, brightening up in northern ireland to the end of the day, the south of scotland should be dry for the evening rush—hour but a mixture of sleet and snow further north. tonight the rain gets heavier across western parts, we could see over 50 millimetres of rain over the hills of western england and wales, all yet to flow back into the river system. strong winds with the rain as it pushes eastwards into saturday more, brightening up to sunshine and showers. than this, storm jorge, it will bring the strengthening winds particularly later on saturday and into sunday morning. more details on
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around 40 minutes. thank you very much, keeping an ion storm jorge as it makes its way across the uk. earlier this year we bought you the story of army veteran jamie davis, who took his own life after suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. his wife alicia spoke openly about his struggle, and told breakfast she wants to see more help offered to people after they leave the military. a month on, we've now been contacted by hayley gough, whose partner lance shingler served in iraq at the same time asjamie. lance also suffered from ptsd, and hayley believes this lead to his death. she spoke to our reporter graham satchell. he was very, very honest. he said i want to end my life. he said i don't want to be here. he said i don't want
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to wake up in the morning. to know he will never walk through the door again, to know that he will never ring me or never text me or i will never hear his voice ever again. it should never have had to end like this. hayley‘s husband lance died just two weeks ago. he was 34. he literally had the biggest heart. they always used to say he was like a gentle giant because even though he was big and loud he would always make sure everyone was ok and he would make sure before he was looked after, someone else was looked after. lance joined the army when he was 16. it was a seven—month tour of iraq that changed his life forever. he saw friends died in front of him, one in his arms.
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in a few months, or whatever it was, they just felt they were being battered and there was always someone not coming back to camp, that's how lance explained it. they would go out and there would always be at least one not coming back and he always said it should have been him, not them. that is all he ever used to say. i shouldn't be alive. lance's mental health deteriorated and he was eventuallyjust diagnosed with ptsd. he would have night terrors and not even know he was having them and it was because i was awake and he was screaming or he would wake up in the bed and be soaking from sweat, and he would get embarrassed at first. he would really try to hide it. se said you wake up and the thoughts are there, you go to bed and the thoughts
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are there and you never get any breakfrom the thoughts in his head. lance asked for help from the nhs and the charity combat stress. hayley says her husband was promised a place on a residential course by the charity but it was never happened. do you think he was let down? yeah, massively. he was let down by combat stress and by the nhs. the comments that used to be made to him when he was detained, one mental health nurse told him he was just another veteran playing the system. in a statement, bimingham and solihull mental health nhs foundation trust said... combat stress told us they are facing a funding problem and have withdrawn some services. combat stress offered
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their condolences, mental health team offered him condolences. that means nothing to me. and it will never mean anything to me because you failed him. when he came to you and asked for help you gave him false promises and fobbed him off. it is unacceptable. lance is not the only veteran to have died in tragic circumstances at home. last month on this programme we spoke to alicia, whose husband jamie served in iraq at the same time as lance. he took his own life injanuary. i'm angry with myself that i didn't see it. i'm angry with the fact that he did it, i'm angry at the fact that he did not have the help. yes, the army, the medicals and they look after their teeth and everything over there — that is really good — but they don't do anything mentally to help these soldiers when they get back. hayley is now facing a future with two young children, a girl and a boy aged six and eight,
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on her own. my kids are going to grow up now without their dad. doi do i have to be honest with them and say that he killed himself because he could not live with what was going through his mind? i have to sit down and tell my children that their daddy died from suicide, which could be prevented. other children have to be protected from it. it is not fair. my children have lost their dad now and it's not his fault. in a statement, the ministry of defence said: "our deepest thoughts are with mr shingler‘s family and friends at this difficult time. it is critical that those struggling with mental illness get the help they need. the government is always looking
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at what more we can do to offer the fullest possible support." we urge you to speak to veterans ministerjohnny mercer before nine m. -- we are due to speak. full of respect for hayley for talking about this. her grief is so recent. let's return to our top story now and a school in derbyshire will remain closed today after it confirmed a parent had contracted the coronavirus. burbage primary school in buxton will now undergo a deep clean before allowing pupils to return, but what exactly does that involve? 0ur reporter olivia richwald is with some people in york who should be able to tell us. this is a specialist decontamination company here in york. it was here about a month ago in york that the very first coronavirus cases were
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identified in the city, a chinese student a mother who had travelled and called the virus in china before being diagnosed in the uk. this company was brought into decontaminated a hotel they had been staying in, chaining me is anti—macmillan, the managing director of this company. you decontaminated that hotel, how long did it take and what did you use? ionised hydrogen peroxide, these radical search for the viruses in the room, it could be any virus, coronavirus, mrsa, c. difficile, narrow virus, it basically kills the virus. we can go to the bathroom and see harry, he was terminating the process. you decontaminated a gp surgery in brighton? yes, a patient had walked in, it was an isolation room roughly the size of the room
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harry is spraying, again that took about five or ten minutes, it will be longer when we had to wait for it to aerate, we had to make sure it is safe. and patients to go back in. to aerate, we had to make sure it is safe. and patients to go back inm is important to say harry is using water rather than the actual solution for demonstration purposes. here we have mike, the environmental hygiene specialist, what can people do to try to prevent the spread of this virus? good personal hygiene, coughing and sneezing etiquette, coughing and sneezing etiquette, coughing into the arm as distinct from the hand, the hand is a vector for transmission to other areas. after that, basic good cleaning practice in frequency, the hand touch points, we can use a cloth to wipe a surface but we tend to forget the things we habitually use, switches on these areas, handles, if we increase the frequency of cleaning of those then we reduce the
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virus. keep the hands away from the face, from the eyes, nose and mouth. we talk about the use of masks previously, people have a sense of security when they are wearing a mask but it is not particularly helpful. it is an irritant to somebody using it, they will adjust their mask or not usage correctly, we need to reserve it for people with coughs and sneezes. this company has already had lots of inquiries from other people in the uk concerned with coronavirus, they are expecting to be quite busy over the next few weeks and months. thank you very much, 0livia, really interesting to see how that works. let's return to our earlier story, that of hayley gough, whose partner lance shingler served in iraq and suffered from ptsd and recently died in tragic circumstances. let's speak to the veterans minister johnny mercer, who's in plymouth for us this morning. thank you for your time. we herds
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hayley‘s incredibly moving story, it is still very raw for her and i guess is still very raw for her and i gu ess every is still very raw for her and i guess every time you hear one of these stories, it's much —— it must affect you? each one of these is a tragedy for the individual, a tragedy for the individual, a tragedy for the families, i spoke to hayley this week, but it is a tragedy for us as a military institution as well. we try as hard as we can to make sure all the help is available, people are looked after, they know where to go. we are putting more effort into this than ever, but each one of these shows how far we have to go and i certainly take it very personally. the truth is we don't really know the full extent of the numbers of ex—military who take their lives. the ex—chief of staff, general lord dannatt, says it is extraordinary that these numbers are not recorded properly. what are you doing about that? you are absolutely right. we
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are completely changing the way we do late —— due date. we started from a very low base with basically nothing, we are trying to understand what is going on, we have to studies, a cohort study at king's couegein studies, a cohort study at king's college in london looking at 20,000 people who have started in the iraq war, gone to the afghan process, lots of them are civilian knows, looking at what has happened with them. —— a lot of them are civilians now. and we are giving a study at manchester university, looking at cases like this, stating their lives in the 12 months beforehand and seeing if there was any opportunity to intervene. sometimes the answer is no, but i want to look at every single one. while suicide in the military and the veteran community is still less than your equivalent civilian cohort, i am afraid each one of these is a monumental tragedy and i'm determined to do everything we can to limit it. one military
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charity said the numbers in 2018 could have been in the hundreds, does that sound about right? not to me, no. this is something we monitor every single day, certainly in the serving community it is 32 and 100,000 for those who tragically ta ke 100,000 for those who tragically take their own life, in the civilian cohort it is eight in 100,000 in the serving community. we understand there is a cluster or a spike in these tragic events amongst a very particular cohort from a very particular cohort from a very particular time in the war in afghanistan, i had to be honest, we are on it everyday, i want to find out why this is happening, comparatively with other countries, and the message is that there is genuinely help out there. in the past it has been very confusing and difficult to access, we are putting more time, effort and money into nhs
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programmes to meet this demand, there is help out there and i would urge others to seek that help. you say that, but hayley acknowledged that although he had the offer of help it was not enough for lance, the nhs and combat stress were part of his story, had trouble combat stress said they were aware of his difficulties but they have a funding crisis and money that had come from the nhs has been withdrawn, presumably to fund other services, so that is something the nhs can play a part in? yes, and that is specifically gone into what we're trying to do a complex treatment and high—intensity services that i have brought forward this year to come online, because i know what combat stress are going through. they are an independent charity and operate in the way they want to. the model affections' mental health care in this country is changing, for a long
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time the country has... have been advocating we have to realise our duties and responsibilities. we have more money than other before going into this and the nhs and as the model changes from big charities providing this to the nation state realising its responsibility, i know there is an inherent responsibility on me to make sure people still know where to go and that the need —— they need is met in the veteran cohort. lance had interactions with the nhs and with combat stress, we will be looking deeply at why that was not suitable for him to try to make sure this does not happen. and yet we are about the opportunity to talk about mental health or the time and still see these horrific figures amongst young men in particular feeling they have no option but suicide. why do you think that is? it is very difficult to understand, it is still the biggest killer of
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men under 44 years old. why is it happening? it is a tragedy. i think there is more awareness of what is going on now. we have come a long way in terms of talking about this, you are right, but we had to bridge the gap to meeting the demand. we are beginning to do that, we are flicking over from are beginning to do that, we are flicking overfrom meeting the are beginning to do that, we are flicking over from meeting the one infour flicking over from meeting the one in four need in the nhs to about one in three of those who need intervention on mental health, but thatis intervention on mental health, but that is still quite a significant unmet need so there is a way to go. there is help available. in places like plymouth, not only in the vetera ns like plymouth, not only in the veterans community, it is down to people like me to make it easier to access and understand untreated look after people through the care pathway. thank you, johnny mercer, minister for defence, pathway. thank you, johnny mercer, ministerfor defence, people pathway. thank you, johnny mercer, minister for defence, people and vetera ns. minister for defence, people and veterans. time for the news, travel and weather where you are.
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good morning. it's not the news you wanted to hear, really, but we've got more wet and windy weather on the way for the weekend. we have already seen floods in the last few weeks, that rain coming to areas that don't need it. a bit of snow over the high ground of the pennines, southern uplands and north—east scotland for a time. that rain continuing for many parts. temperatures will rise, 10—12 for many parts of england, wales, the north—east, scotland, 5—6dc appear. rain continuing across the north west, wales, giving significant rainfall told tales as it moves to the east during saturday but also the east during saturday but also the win strengthening later on saturday into sunday or thanks to storm jorge, we can gusts of 65, 70 mph.
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