you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: the airline jet2 says it won't fly home a group of british tourists confined to a hotel in tenerife until next month, unless they have tested negative for coronavirus. yes, we would be leaving on the 10th of march, they would be flying us home. however, i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety since we have remained in isolation and there will be other passengers in the plane who will only have gone into the hotel grounds but will not have been following the protocols. stock markets across the globe are suffering their worst week since the global financial crisis of 2008 — as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors. as concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey—syria border,

turkish officials say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. the competition and markets authority says it's found troubling evidence of home—owners potentially being mis—sold leasehold properties. coming up... scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space five times bigger than anything observed before. we'll be taking a closer look. celtic and arsenal are knocked out of the europa league, but wolves and manchester united advance to the last 16. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. jet2 has said it won't be flying home a group of around 50 british

people who are staying at a hotel in tenerife where hundreds of guests are in quarantine for coronavirus. the company says it won't take them home unless they are given the all clear or they complete 1a days in quarantine. meanwhile, global stock markets have suffered more big falls because of concerns about the spread of the virus. japan's main index, the nikkei, was down sharply, while markets also fell in shanghai and australia. the virus has continued to spread around the world. several countries have confirmed their first case including the netherlands, new zealand, lithuania and nigeria. and although china has confirmed another 327 cases — it's the lowest daily increase for a month. charlotte rose reports. to stay or to go? for some of the 168 british guests at the costa adeje palace 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. 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

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 rest of us, are trying to predict how far and how fast this virus will spread. some breaking news from easyjet, it says it will be cancelling flights asa says it will be cancelling flights as a result of the continued spread of coronavirus. the airline says the move will particularly affect those into and out of italy while it adapts its flying programme to a support demand. it is talking about softening demand for flights support demand. it is talking about softening demand forflights into northern italy, while demand has

also slowed, it says, in other european markets. the company says it is too early to determine the impact on the coronavirus outbreak on its outlook for the coming year, but it says it will make a number of cuts in order to try to mitigate the effect on its profits. it says this will include recruitment, promotion and pay freezes across the network but the key thing is that easyjet says it will be cancelling flights asa says it will be cancelling flights as a result of the continued spread of coronavirus, not a huge amount of detail on how that will affect the flying programme beyond the fact that it will particularly affect flights into and out of italy which, of course, we know it's the european hotspot for the virus, with a number of people who have been in italy and travelled to other countries then subsequently testing positive for coronavirus, with a number of towns and cities in the north of the country still under lockdown because

of it. let's go to milan, we can talk to our correspondents bethany bell. that breaking line from easyj et bell. that breaking line from easyjet saying it will be cancelling flights, particularly into and out of italy, very interesting. italy is hugely worried about the knock—on effects of coronavirus, the economic effects of coronavirus, the economic effects it will have on the country? yes, and we have heard from very senior italian government figures in the last couple of days, really trying to alleviate concerns about the coronavirus and italy's foreign minister was saying that he did not wa nt to minister was saying that he did not want to minimise and anyway the question of the virus that he said it was a tiny percentage of italy's population affected and that was what he called an infodemic of misleading information. he said one of the reasons they had so many

people testing positive, they had lots of people who tested positive for the virus but of those 650 also, not everybody would then go on to develop symptoms of the disease. he said that italy was open for business. if people were not showing symptoms, were asymptomatic, but had the disease, could they therefore not pass that onto someone else then? of course that is a risk, and he was trying not to minimise this, but i think he was trying to put into perspective the enormous number of tests that italy has done in trying to contain this contagion. as you mentioned, there are still a small cluster of towns, mainly south—east of milan, a0 kilometres south—east of milan, a0 kilometres south—east of milan, remaining under quarantine. that is a measure

affecting around 55,000 people. police have set up roadblocks around the and that is where the outbreak seems to have begun. there is a lot of concern in places like milan, hotels are half empty, cafe and restau ra nts hotels are half empty, cafe and restaurants are not having very many customers and you people out shopping in the streets, fewer tourists. so there is a great deal of concern among the locals that this city and this region, which is so important for every‘s economy, could really start to seriously suffer if this carries on for very much longer. we have heard some words from health officials suggesting that perhaps when the weather starts to get a little bit warmer, which should happen soon, things could start getting better in terms of the contagion. thank you very much, bethany bell in milan. 0ur correspondent fiona trott is in

tenerife, in costa adeje, which is where the hotel is where people have been full to stay for a number of days because of the outbreak of the virus. specifically on the british tourists, that seems to be a lot of confusion, check to think they will not fly them home unless they had tested negative for coronavirus will in quarantine, but you cannot say that they are in magical quarantine in that hotel, so what is the british government doing to try to sort out the situation? we are hearing from guests inside the hotel that some are already leaving. we have seen photographs appearing to show people with suitcases inside the lobby, getting ready to lead. none of these have been confirmed, but where does that leave, for example, the guests we have spoken to inside the hotel —— the guest we

have spoken to inside the hotel which has had a letterfrom jet2, saying the current recommendation is for you to remain there until march the 10th following your period of quarantine, we will then be able to fly you home. jet2 has said in a statement we will not fly any customer until the 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. but it's what the health minister said yesterday, the 130 who arrived after the can —— the infected people already left will be able to go once they have been screened. the question this morning is when is that testing taking place? if we are hearing that guests are starting to leave, that has not yet been confirmed, has that already happened here at the hotel? meanwhile the foreign office has said it is trying to clarify the

situation, because importantly it also needs to support anybody who is getting ready to leave and plan the next steps. if and when they leave this hotel, where will they go next and how will they get there? many questions still to be answered. thank you, fiona trott in tenerife. fears over the growing numbers of cases of coronavirus globally are continuing to be felt on stock markets around the world and by businesses. our business presenter rob young is here to explain exactly what we are seeing this morning. as we have been reporting, the worst week for market since the global financial crisis. tell us more? the european markets have opened sharply down this morning, the london market to more than 3% and allied shares have been hit particularly hard as investors fear people will just stop travelling. shares in the parent company of british airways and iberia are down 7%, easyjet shares down as well, we have had results from the owner of ba before and they

say there are three fronts where they are seeing an effect. the first is in china and other parts of asia, also italy now because of the outbreak there, but also business travellers, i not travelling to lots of international conferences as previously planned because they have been cancelled or postponed, and a growing number of companies instituting bans on staff going away for business. 0ne business leader told me people are no longer shaking hands and meetings and this is really impacting on the way businesses operate. with no clear idea on how long the spread of the virus may continue, you can see why ba's parent company and why easyjet are talking about profit warnings, changing flight schedules until one? we are getting information from companies like those you mention, making some investors sell the stock that they own, but there is also the fear that investors do not know how long this will go on for, which

countries will have the next increase in coronavirus cases, therefore there is this fear that individual nations, perhaps the global economy, could face some kind ofa global economy, could face some kind of a recession. this is looking like the worst week on stock market since the worst week on stock market since the financial crisis, for the london market that worse and november 2008, just weeks after the collapse of leeman brothers, but you are talking. the order of about ten or 1196 talking. the order of about ten or 11% or so, which are significant for one week. feeding into nervousness in the marketers talk about oil production, what are the saudis saying? the price of oil is down around 1a% for the past week, there are reports that saudi arabia may try to cut production in an attempt to boost prices which would clearly be of benefit to saudi arabia and other oil producing nations, a lower oil price might support the global economy. investors are now looking to central banks to cut interest rates, perhaps the us central bank

will do that in a few weeks, to try to support the global economy. there are questions as to whether a cutting interest rates would make much of a difference given the problem at the moment is not necessarily a lack of willingness on behalf of companies to borrow, but we heard from the bank of england governor mark carney saying the uk should prepare for an economic hit and there are already signs of a drop in economic activity globally. thank you very much, rob young. and you can get in touch with your questions about the coronavirus — both health and travel—related. we'll be speaking to our health correspondent helena wilkinson after 12 o'clock this morning for your questions answered. you can see ways to get in touch with us on the screen there. the headlines on bbc news... the airlinejet2 says british people confined to a hotel in tenerife because of coronavirus may not be flown home for nearly a fortnight until they complete their quarantine. the competition watchdog has raised concerns that people who buy

leasehold properties are being taken advantage of and misled. as concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria border. turkish officials say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. in sport, agony. to, knocked out of the europa league. a devastating night for arsenal. —— mike winsport, agony for celtic. an extra time goal for 0lympiakos against arsenal sense the greek side too. england are pegged back by pakistan as they continue their quest for the knockout stage of the women's t20 world cup in australia. chris froome and leader adam yates are among those being tested for coronavirus after cycling's uaa tour was tested when two italian staff members tested positive. i will be back with more on those stories at 9:a0am. greece has boosted border controls after turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees

from going to europe. it follows a dramatic escalation in the conflict between turkey and forces loyal to president assad in the syrian province of idlib. more than 30 turkish soldiers have been killed in air strikes, prompting a swift retaliation. russia, which is supporting the syrian forces, says it wasn't involved. let's get the latest from our correspondent paul adams who's in beirut. tell us about this latest outbreak of fighting in the troubled province of fighting in the troubled province of idlib? that was following a dramatic escalation yesterday in which, as you said, more than 30 turkish troops were killed. the circumstances surrounding that are not entirely clear. turkey said they came under attack from syrian government forces, possibly as a result of an as strike and artillery attack. there was some suggestion that perhaps russia might be involved but the russians put out a

statement today saying their aircraft were not operating in that area. you will remember russia was providing very significant air support to president assad's forces as they attempt to retake idlib province once in full. in the wake of that, taking as retaliated quite significantly, hitting all sorts of syrian government targets. it means the situation there has really moved up the situation there has really moved upa the situation there has really moved up a notch, where you have turkey and syria in absolutely direct confrontation, with the possibility, although not the reality yet, of turkey and russia coming to blows. paul, with turkey saying it will lift border controls to allow refugees in the region to try to get into the eu, what sorts of numbers of refugees are we talking about? a girli of refugees are we talking about? a girl i think it is worth remembering that essentially what president erdogan is doing -- i think it is

worth remembering that essentially what president erdogan is doing is trying to get everyone's attention, calling for a nato meeting which will happen this afternoon. it will be interesting to see whether nato members feel there is anything which they can do to help turkey in its current predicament. adults are warning that turkey will no longer prevent illegal crossings from turkey into europe, the sort of thing we saw back in 2015. that was sorted in a deal in 2016 between the eu and turkey were turkey had agreed to seal the border in return for billions of euros of new assistance. —— of eu assistance. president erdogan is saying that while the process will not change, because essentially these refugees do not have permits, his border officials will not prevent people from getting into boats from sneaking across the border and all that kind of thing. i

think it is a slightly cynical gesture his part designed to get the attention of the eu, but in terms of numbers, let's not forget that syria has something in the region of... sorry, turkey has something in the region of 3.5 million syrian under the refugees camped out on its territory at the moment and it would love to ease the pressure, particularly when you have the situation along the border with syria and hundreds of thousands more people on the move on that side of the border, that situation building up the border, that situation building up all the time. president erdogan is saying to europe and nato, you need to come to my helper that will be consequences. thank you very much, paul adams in beirut. the competition watchdog says it's found "worrying evidence" that people who buy leasehold properties are being treated unfairly. the competition and markets authority says homeowners have been taken advantage of — and prospective buyers misled by housing developers. let's speak now to george lusty, senior director of consumer protection at the competition

and markets authority. george, good morning to you. you have been investigating this since lastjune, have been investigating this since last june, tell us about have been investigating this since lastjune, tell us about what evidence you have found in relation to these issues of mis—selling and unfair contract terms? people have been told things about houses they wa nt to been told things about houses they want to purchase that are not true, we have been really troubled to hear about people effectively trapped because they cannot mortgage or sell their homes because they are facing unexpectedly high charges, ground rents that can double every ten yea rs, rents that can double every ten years, that is unfair, we are now taking action to try to address those problems. if you buy a leasehold, you own the building but not the land it stands on, so some people who have bought leasehold properties thought they knew who own the freehold for the property but then these have been sold on to third parties? yes, sometimes it is

worse than that, they are told they are buying the freehold and it turns out later they have not. thousands of people have been e—mailing us, we have gone across the country and met lots of people affected by this and they say they have been told things that were not true, it would cost a few hundred p to buy the freehold and it later turns out to be thousands, that is not right and why we wa nt thousands, that is not right and why we want to take action against the developers. what sort of action will you be taking? will it result in people getting money back? we will try to get money back in the case we are bringing. there is still an important role for government and we really welcome what they are doing to try to change the law in this area so others are not caught out in the future. will this action affect people who already have a leasehold is just new buyers? people who already have a leasehold isjust new buyers? government's action will look forward, we are looking backwards, we will try to looking backwards, we will try to look at people trapped in the historic problem of not being able

to get a mortgage also by home and we will take action against developers, we will try get money back when we can —— not being able to get a mortgage or sell their home. how long have people been stuck in properties they would ideally like to move from or remortgage? some lenders are just looking at the least that people have signed up to and say it is unaffordable because it doubles every ten years, it starts up at 500 is and it its ending up in the tens of thousands and over £1 million in ground rent after 100 years. that is com pletely ground rent after 100 years. that is completely wrong, people are trapped in terrible positions and we want to help them. how quickly do you think you will be able to take action? we are preparing the cases right now, we should make further announcements in the next few months and identify the parties were investigating, it may take time if we have to go to court but we are on this and determined to try to sort out the problem. it is a devastating issue faced by home owners. george lusty

from the competition and markets authority, thank you very much for your time. 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 the 31st 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. tristin hopper is the editor in chief of canadian news site the capitol. he explained how canadians have welcomed the news that they won't be paying for harry and meghan's security. canada didn't actually know we were paying for their security, in january this came up in a screen with the canadian public safety minister and he said of course we are not paying, why would we? then it emerged, they confirmed that micro i believe the public safety minister when he said he did not know that but it emerged that ever since november we have been paying

for their security, that is when harry and meghan came to vancouver island for the christmas getaway, which turns 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 duty to make sure they don't die or get hurt here, which is why they had rcmp protection the whole time. usually it is canada running a built in foreign countries, wherever trudeau goes to the united states, our prime minister, he has a secret service detail mandated for him. that is essentially why we have been paying for their security. we are different than you brits, we are not used to paying for the house of windsor. we have pictures of the queen everywhere, we pay for our governor general, but not a canadian penny goes to london to pay for royals so we do not have a lot of experience with paying for royal lifestyles. i would say it is unpopular we were paying for them and if they will not

be royal's any more, it makes sense would not. even the grumpiest republican friends i have a somewhat excited by this, they see them as exiles from the evil monarchy in the uk, soi exiles from the evil monarchy in the uk, so i struggle to think of somebody who is not very excited about them coming here, and actually this is interesting, the feeling around here, i am this is interesting, the feeling around here, iam in victoria right no, they have been living just north of here, the feeling among people here wanting to protect harry and meghan is very strong. my publication every once and awhile will post and update of what they are up to, almost all of the comments and e—mails are sake leave them alone, we don't have any business with them. (inaudible) has put a big sign said say no media because they are trying to create a safe paparazzi free space in case harry and meghan should want to drop in. there is a local commitment that

they should be able to live here, just as a normal resident. 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 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 a00 million years. quite something! in a moment the weather but first here's joanna gosling with details of what's coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme at ten. people who bought leasehold properties are being treated unfairly. the competition watchdog says it has found evidence of homebuyers being misled and taken advantage of by housing developers and it says it will take enforcement action. should the law be changed to give leaseholders extra protection? and it's the biggest explosion since the big bang, the blast from a black hole that has

left a dent in the universe. we will find out more. join us at 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. we will see joanna at we will seejoanna at ten. time for something else before the weather. a dinosaur park featuring 30 reptilian replicas has been added to a list of sites at risk of being lost. the collection of life—size creations at crystal palace park in london has developed cracks, with some statues in danger of losing toes, teeth and tails. historic england has added the grade i—listed creations, which date back to the mid—1850s, to its ‘at risk‘ register. it's because a bridge needs to be build in order to maintain them. —— needs to be built. now it's time for a look

at the weather with matt taylor. matt, another storm on the way for this weekend? it is always at the weekend, what is going on? it is in a repeating pattern at the moment. it is another storm, it was named by the spanish weather service, that is why it is called storm jorge, not storm ellen. we could see disruptive and damaging gusts had our way. even before it arrives, we have a problem with rain spreading and quite quickly northwards and eastwards, preceded by snow, it could be a covering of snow through the pennines, north and central scotland into early afternoon. that could cause issues before turning back to rain later, but the rate will push across all parts to the day, the heaviest and most persistent rents in western and southern parts, and remember some of the rivers that are flooded at the moment get fed by those hills across

wales, we will seek further problems as we go to the days ahead. into the evening rush—hour the rain is still there, particularly across the welsh valleys. many other parts of southern england be cloudy and breezy, just the odd spot of rain or drizzle, not as wet as this morning across northern england, the snow will have cleared the evening rush—hour, a brighter the day in northern ireland and seven scotland, still rain, sleet and snow in sudden scotland. the winds will not be as strong as they are at the weekend. they will pick up through the day and tonight. more persistent rain spreading into the west, dropping more rain on the saturated ground, pushing eastwards into saturday more. as such clears, temperatures drop, it will be a weekend of sunshine and showers. but here is storm jorge on the charge, it will push across the uk, bringing damaging winds, may be up to 70 mph. more on that throughout the morning.

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the airline jet2 says it won't fly home a group of british tourists confined to a hotel in tenerife until next month, unless they have tested negative for coronavirus. stock markets across the globe are suffering their worst week since the global financial crisis of 2008, as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors. as concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria border, turkish officials say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. the competition and markets authority says it's found "troubling evidence" of home—owners potentially being mis—sold leasehold properties. a dinosaur park in london featuring 30 life—size reptilian replicas has been added to a list of sites at risk of being lost due to damage.

time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in africa, in nigeria's lagos state. 0vernight the hashtag #coronavirusnigeria has been trending on twitter, with 17,000 tweets so far. some people have started crying and panicking, says esther blished in lagos. "can you just calm your nerves down please! your fear is even scarier than the virus — thank god. we can only follow all the preventive measures, trust our health care system now and hope for the best." meanwhile, alex mamchika atta in abuja tweeted: "bring it on #coronavirusnigeria. we beat ebola. we shall defeat you too. god on our side." climate activist greta thunberg is trending on social media this morning ahead of her visit to bristol to lead a school strike. two youngsters are travelling

to the protest from barnstaple in north devon. "we are off to bristol to see @gretathunberg and go along to the climate strike!" but cathy gyngell, editor of the conservative woman website, says: "so, #gretathunberg has flown in for which hundreds of people will be bussed to bristol from other cities, at great cost to british taxpayer due to security and police presence and hundreds of children will skip school. great fun in #bristol!" here's our reporterjohn maguire with more on the demo later. 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'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 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's 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. and as storm jorge threatens a third

consecutive of destructive weather across much of the uk, people have taken to social media to vent their frustration. "do these storms only work at and on weekends? is there some sort of storm union directive stating storms will only work at weekends?" i think ithinki i think i preferred it when we said it's a tad windy this weekend. says twitter user plain gold band. that's it for today's morning briefing. just before we go to mike bushell for the latest sport update, some breaking news from wales where the chief medical officer there has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in wales. doctor frank atherton confirming a patient in wales who had travelled back there from northern italy has tested positive for coronavirus. that is the first confirmed case in wales

and it follows the first confirmed case in northern ireland yesterday, again, someone who had travelled back from italy. doctor atherton saying all appropriate measures to provide care for the interval and reduce the risk of transmission to others are being taken. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here is mike bushell. good morning... the european dream is over for celtic and arsenal after really frustrating ends to their runs in the europa league. 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, youseff 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 aubamayang goal. and then shortly afterwards, no words needed. celtic manager neil lennon said they'd shot themselves in the foot, after they were knocked out by fc 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, a—2 on aggregate. wolves made it into the last 16, despite losing the second leg of their tie against espanyol 3—2. and despite 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. indeed, ighalo features on most

of this morning's back pages. "iggy tops" the headline in the express, showing him dedicating his goal to his late sister mary who died suddenly in december and has always wanted him to play for united. the times have picked fernandes, for their lead picture. he scored united's first goal last night. and the guardian have picked the game's other scorers, fred and mctominay. and they say the euros will start in rome, as planned this june, despite the spread of the coronavirus. the coronavirus is though affecting sport across the world. the latest event to be cancelled is cycling's uae tour, after two italian staff members were found to have the virus. britain's adam yates was leading at the time. he's being tested, along with mark cavendish and chris froome, who tweeted... "it's a shame that the #uaetour has been cancelled but public health must come first. we are all awaiting testing and will remain at the hotel until further notice. i hope those affected make a speedy recovery and there aren't any

further cases #coronavirus." there's concern too in berlin, where the track cycling world championships are taking place and that's because some riders have travelled from that cancelled uae tour straight to germany. the authorities are monitoring the situation closely. 0n the track, great britain's women's team pursuit squad, had to settle for silver for the third worlds in a row, losing out to the united states in the final. the gb quartet said it was a stepping stone, on the way to tokyo. and you can follow the events from berlin from 5:25pm this evening on the red button and the bbc sport website. england's women are involved in a real tussle with pakistan, at the t20 world cup. they were put into bat and they lost amyjones in the first over. danni wyatt and nat sciver followed but captain heather knight is leading the recovery. she's made another half—century. but a dramatic collapse since.

england losing three wickets in four balls. they made 158—7. you can follow the pakistan reply in the text commentary on the bbc sport website. in tennis, heather watson is through to the semi—finals of the mexican 0pen, after beating christina mchales, in three sets. but kyle edmund is out — he was beaten in straight sets by the american taylor fritz. lewis hamilton will be hoping for better luck on the final day of formula 0ne's pre—season testing in barcelona. he only managed a handful of laps yesterday after his mercedes suffered engine failure, he couldn't get back out on the track, as he prepares to challenge for a seventh world title. that's starting next month. 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 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. they control the division. three months ago, the americans, al haymon, had 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. it's expected the fight will be next winter and may end up being staged outside the uk if money talks. that's all from me, but there'll be more sport throughout the day here on bbc news and join us for sportsday at 6.30 for a full round—up of the day's events. more now on the continuing spread of coronavirus. wales is confirming it has its first case of the virus. some schools have closed temporarily...

over fears pupils and staff may have been exposed to the virus after travelling abroad during the half—term break. but health officials say they're not currently advising schools to shut. the ministerfor schools, nick gibb, has said schools should remain open if possible. our advice is that schools should not close, even when they have a suspected case of coronavirus. obviously the pupil will be sent home and the pupil will be tested and if the test comes back positive then of course public health england will be involved with the school, but out of 7,000 tests that the country has conducted so far, we've only found 16 positive responses, but our advice is very clear to schools. we've been e—mailing schools weekly that they should not close, but, of course, when schools do decide to close, these decisions are ultimately up to the head teacher, we provide support to those schools and find a way of helping them to open up again as soon as possible. jayne mccubbin has been to a primary school in derbyshire, which remains shut for deep cleaning today after it confirmed a parent had contracted coronavirus.

there's been a few people coming and going this morning at burbage primary school in buxton in derbyshire, but the school remains closed for a second day to pupils. that's after one pupil's parent was taken to the royal liverpool hospital with a confirmed case of the coronavirus after coming back from holiday in tenerife. the child did not go on that holiday but the parent did, and that's one of the three cases confirmed yesterday in the uk. the school took that decision as a precaution saying they wanted to do a deep clean of the school just as a precaution to keep everybody safe inside. about a mile away from here, a gp's surgery was also closed yesterday, again as a precaution, but it will open up again today. we heard from schools minister nick gibb in the last hour or so and he said it's not the official guidance to close schools unless there is a confirmed

case of the virus amongst the teaching staff or the school pupil population. we can chat to one of the parents of a child that goes to this school, matt barlow, thank you forjoining us. your sonjosh, five years old, goes to the school. how do you hear the news on wednesday? i was shocked to hear the news. i was told by my wife who received a whatsapp message from the school on social media. i could tell that something was wrong by the tone of her voice. it got a lot slower and a lot more serious. when she mentioned the fact that the school was closed because of this, there was a kind of surreal dawning on the fact that something that had been out in the far east had come to our doorstep here in buxton. you approve of this measure that the official advice is schools don't need to close unless there is a confirmed case inside. but you think this is a good idea. particularly as a parent. you want every

precaution to be taken. i think it's a great move and a great move as well, it has gone into this second day, this deep clean. it will be open on monday and for the sake of two days, why take the risk? thank you so much forjoining us. we had it confirmed there are 19 schools across the uk closed today, just again as a precaution. public health england say there shouldn't be the need to do that unless there is a confirmed case inside. that hasn't happened yet but the advice for everybody out there, again, for the vast majority of people, the virus will not be harmful. about 80% of people that it affects, it willjust be like of cold, it willjust be like a cold, but for 5% of people it will be very serious and that's why people are so keen to take these precautions. jayne mccubbin in derbyshire. some more coronavirus news, the chief medical officer for england has said

there are two new cases in england. we don't have any more details on where those people are or where it is believed they contracted coronavirus, but that brings the uk total, including those first cases in northern ireland and now wales in the last 2a hours, 1019. 19 confirmed cases of coronavirus the uk. -- confirmed cases of coronavirus the uk. —— back in the last 2a hours, to 19. and you can keep up with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, the symptoms to watch out for, how to guard against the virus and what it means for you, on the bbc news app and on our website. is this pretty much what you'd expect from the behaviour of the virus or does moore need to be done

on containment? the answer is yes to both. it is what we expect. we know the virus is very infectious. the pattern that it shows, it may well transmit, people might not realise they have symptoms and they might travel to other countries and then infect people around them. the reassuring thing is we can usually trace cases in the uk so far and how they have come to the uk, which is helpful for the containment phase. the containment phase is very important. we mustn't let our guard down. we found with sars that it was actually public health measures that we re actually public health measures that were effective in controlling stars because there is no vaccine at the moment, it's a matter of reinforcing the containment message that we all need to play our part in that. looking at italy as a european hotspot, more recent cases, the first in northern ireland and the first in northern ireland and the first in northern ireland and the

first in wales, being people at travelled from italy. we don't know about the latest two cases in england. easyjet have said this morning they will cancel some flights to and from italy. does moore need to be done in italy itself and in other countries with regard to their travel arrangements with italy to stop the spread of the virus from there? we know there is that zone in italy that is quarantined and ring fenced. we don't really know the levels in other parts of italy and we don't know all the details. this is always a matter of being vigilant and careful. this is a rapidly evolving scenario and the sharing of information is hugely important. contact tracing, understanding the spread and understanding how the disease is coming in. it's not a matter of stopping travel, it's understanding who has got the disease and understanding that when we know that they are isolated from the rest of the community to stop

the rest of the community to stop the disease spreading in the community so the idea is to contain the disease. there is still an element of containment and delay a sudden spike in cases. it's notjust about transport, it's about awareness, people taking their own hygiene messages seriously. the message we keep saying time and time again, and it is important, wash your hands properly with soap and water and don't touch between your mouth and knows and eyes. if you have a cold blow into a tissue and get rid of the tissue properly and don't get too close to people with coughs and sneezes. we don't yet really understand how much this virus is going to spread but we can play our part in reducing that. at the same time, the same message again, if you have symptoms and you have been to italy or been in touch with someone from italy, the key thing to do is phone 111 and get advice on what to do but not go to public places like a&e or to a gp's

surgery. all these things will be important and they will play a role. we found that out with sars, it was things like social distancing. we might see public events cancelled but it is not at that stage yet. why do you think the situation is so bad in italy, which was the first european country to cancel flights with china but that does not seem to have had an impact. do we understand why it has become such a hot spot?|j don't think we understand it yet, but you don't have to go to italy directly from china. you can go from china to somewhere else and then to italy. that's why the who early in the disease suggested we didn't put in place travel bans because it's well—known that for example if you we re well—known that for example if you were in wuhan and you wanted to go to italy, you could easily fly to a surrounding country and get on a train. you didn't have to fly in. so

travel bans are only part the elements that need to be taken into account. it might be somebody brought the virus over from wuhan and it had taken root before the cases were first diagnosed. china has had its lowest daily increase for a month. how much encouragement can we take from that? that's a pattern that we do hope to see continue over the coming days but do we have any idea how long this virus might have a grip for? we don't. but if we look at the example of wuhan in china where there was lockdown, it's encouraging the numbers of cases have been falling and they have been falling steadily now for a period of time. this is what some clinicians and epidemiologists said they hoped would happen in china if containment was put in place. we have seen in other parts of trying the numbers have stabilised and we are seeing people are going back to work, slowly, often in very different conditions to the one they

usually work in. things are beginning to turn a corner in china. so we are hopeful that downward trend will continue and the numbers in wuhan and hubei province in china will continue to drop. professor sian griffiths, thank you for your thoughts on that story this morning. a little bit more of an update on the situation here in the uk. as we have been telling you in the last few moments, to more patients in england have tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of cases in england to 17. if you take into account the case in northern ireland and the case in wales that we have been told about this morning, it brings the uk total to 19. this information coming from the england chief medical officer professor chris whitty. more detail on this, in terms of the welsh case,

which the chief medical officer for wales has been announcing this morning, the person there had been diagnosed with the virus after travelling back from italy. 0n the latest two cases in england, we know both patients contracted the virus in iran, which is another hotspot, a global hotspot for coronavirus, as we have been telling you this week. concerns that iran had not been dealing with the outbreak of the virus as other countries had. so both these two new cases in england, the patients contracted the virus in iran. for the case in wales, the patient contracted the virus in italy. we can now go to cardiff and to correspond and hywel griffith for this news on the first case in wales. what of the news do you have from there? it's been confirmed in

the last few minutes that her patient from wales has contracted the coronavirus. we are told they contracted it while in northern italy. we have not been told anything more about their age or their gender. we've had it confirmed that they were living in the swansea area. there is a very large hospital there. we don't yet know where they are being treated. it's possibly more likely they are being transferred to a specialist centre dealing with the virus in england. public health wales, based in the building behind me, are talking to journalists at the moment. they will be telling them that welsh hospitals, like the rest of the uk, have been bracing for this month, preparing and doing everything they can. what microbiologists will have to do now is speak to this patient and try to work out where the symptoms began, when they return to the uk and what human contact they had. it's clear this wasn't a person to person contact within the uk.

they are pretty sure the person contracted coronavirus outside the uk, in northern italy. but what has that person done since and have they potentially, unbeknown to them, pass the virus on to others? that will be the virus on to others? that will be the key part of the investigation for doctors while they screen other patients as well. hywel griffith, thank you for that update. and you can keep up with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, the symptoms to watch out for, how to guard against the virus and what it means for you, on the bbc news app and on our website. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. storm jorge moving into the uk over the next few days. it will come in two parts, the first is rainfall and the second part is the strengthening wind. you can see it developing as we go from saturday into sunday with storm jorge moving close to scotland

with the white lines, the isobars, moving closer together. the first pa rt moving closer together. the first part is the rain. already this morning we have had a lot of rain for moving in across northern ireland, wales and the south—west spreading north and east. a bit of snow spreading over the high ground of england and scotland. that's likely to continue into the afternoon. the snow perhaps easing offa afternoon. the snow perhaps easing off a touch in northern england as milderair off a touch in northern england as milder air comes in but rain continuing to push in across areas with a wet afternoon to come. maximum temperatures, milder, 10-12dc maximum temperatures, milder, 10—12dc for many parts but still five or six in the far north—east. tonight the rain will continue to move into south—west england, wales and the north west england, and we could see as much as 80 millimetres over the high ground of wales. that rain moving east over saturday. but with rain falling on saturated ground to the flooding issues could continue. sunny spells and showers

moving in on saturday afternoon. showers frequent over northern ireland, wales and western scotland. the wind picking up as the day goes on with blustery conditions. quite widely across the uk. across northern and western areas and exposed areas, as we go from saturday into sunday that storm jorge will be gusts of 65 to 70 mph. those are potentially damaging and disruptive wins. you can see the centre ofjorge moving into central scotla nd centre ofjorge moving into central scotland and it's still windy as we go into sunday. in terms of rainfall, it's looking largely dry. there will be some sunshine and a few showers but the winds on sunday particularly strong with 60—70 mph gusts in northern ireland, scotland and coasts of the irish sea. some sunny spells and still wintriness over the high ground of scotland on sunday. later we see rain moving into the far south—east of england,

just clipping the south—east. maximum temperatures on sunday between seven and nine celsius. your weekend might be impacted again by the weather so it's worth staying tuned to the forecast.

hello, it's friday, it's ten o'clock, i'm joanna gosling and we're live from new broadcasting house. wales now has its first confirmed case of cornonavirus and two more have been confimed in england minutes ago. more than a0 countries outside china have now reported cases — new zealand, lithuania and nigeria are the latest to be added to the list. the bank of england's governor has said we should downgrade the uk's growth forecasts as stock markets fall again. a lot of our attention has been on italy and japan, and actually what happens in iran and africa is probably more significant in terms of the risks of this turning into a pandemic where the spread across borders becomes not possible to contain.