you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's 11.003m and these are the main stories this morning. the number of people with coronavirus in the uk rises to 19 as the first case in wales is confirmed. it's just been announced the prime minister will chair a meeting of the cobra emergency committee on monday. the airlinejet2 says british people confined to a hotel in tenerife, because of the virus, may not be flown home for nearly a fortnight until they complete their quarantine. yes, we will be leaving on tenth march, that they would be flying us home. however, i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety, given that we have remained in isolation and there will be other passengers on board the plane who not only have gone into the hotel grounds, but have not 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 continues to worry 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. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

i'm carrie gracie. the first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in wales, and a further two in england, bringing the total number of uk cases to 19. the patient in wales had recently been in nothern italy. the chief medical officer there has warned it's only a matter of time before the infection spreads. it has been confirmed in the last half hour that the prime minister will chair a cobra meeting to discuss the coronavirus outbreak on monday. european stock markets have dropped further this morning amid fears the virus could trigger a global recession. and the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has said the uk should prepare for an economic growth downgrade. he said companies were already having trouble getting components from china, and tourism would be affected. meanwhile, 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. let's start with that

new confirmed case in wales. our correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff for us. diagnosis was made last late night and at that stage a male patient, who do nothing more about them, was taken from wales to one of the treatment centres in england. we understand at this point, he contracted the coronavirus, in northern italy. we don't know exactly when they came back into the uk but what those officials have been working on now is working out who else they came into contact with, has there been a risk of person—to—person contact? so the person, this male patient has been taken from wales, to one of the treatment centres, will be isolated of course, and given all the help they can from the nhs. meanwhile, micro—biologists in the team is

based behind me in cardiff are trying to work out who they may have come into contact with, has there been any further spread? that obviously is the crucial question. what is a public reaction insofar as you canjudge what is a public reaction insofar as you can judge it? what is a public reaction insofar as you canjudge it? i think potentially people have been waiting for this moment. it's the 19th case now and wales, 5% of the people of the uk population, so it's inevitable one of the first 20 were to be here. certainly hospitals have been following instructions for the last few weeks to be wary of anyone showing flu—like symptoms coming in just in case there may have brought it into with them. so people are not shocked or surprised, but the key thing will be whether there has been any person—to—person contact within the uk. we know this case is not that, it's someone who has contracted it in northern italy and brought it in, but has there been any from there? we are still in winter, any from there? we are still in wi nter, clearly any from there? we are still in winter, clearly there is concern for

patients with may be suppressed immune systems, they would be more susceptible to having serious complications were they to contract coronavirus. the hospital here feeling the strain of winter. a&e units are already under pressure so certainly no one is welcoming the news. they have been waiting for some time and the protocols are in place. their hope is that they won't be any further spread and an escalation of numbers within wales oi’ escalation of numbers within wales orany part of escalation of numbers within wales or any part of the uk. many thanks for that. what else is happening in tenerife, fiona? health officials have confirmed in the past hour or so, nine people have left the hotel. they are from the canary islands. they are from the canary islands. they have been scream so presumably they will be going home to self—isolate. i think it's a little

bit more complicated for the rest of the 130 guests here who were declared low risk because they arrived after the infected people left us hotel and that's because, for example, we've heard from jet2, that they cannot fly british people home unless they have had two weeks of quarantine here. or they have had a test by a recognised authority. what we know in the uk, the processing of these tests can take up processing of these tests can take up to half a day, so that has to be considered. the foreign office 200 has to support them for when they leave this hotel. where will they go? how will they get there? one of the guests we have spoken to, part of that group, 50 or so british people who have been declared not at risk, she said that despite this

mornings movements, she hasn't yet been told to prepare to come back to the uk. fiona, what about the question of protocols for self isolation, for quarantine? we know some of the residents have been uncomfortable about the safety measures. well, we call it quarantine because with all intents and purposes, this complex here outside this a—star and purposes, this complex here outside this 4—star hotel has been cordoned off by police. the police are constantly patrolling. inside of course, people were told not to leave their rooms and then they were told they could leave but had to wear face masks. 0f told they could leave but had to wearface masks. of course, what we are hearing from guests inside the hotel is that some of them are choosing not to, and so that means that nothing is being enforced by the hotel staff, so that obviously has caused concern for people and some people arejust has caused concern for people and some people are just decided to stay in their rooms because people are mingling around the pool area,

around the restaurant area, and not wearing face masks. that is why you can understand companies likejet2 are putting out a statement saying we have to be very sure. we need to protect people here, we have to be very sure you are protect people here, we have to be very sure you are screened protect people here, we have to be very sure you are screened properly before we can make any arrangements for people to be flown back to the uk. fiona, thank you very much from 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 correspondent, theo leggett is here. stock markets are really beginning to absorb this now. they've had a dreadful become it's fair to say. markets in the usa and europe down more than 10% on the week, formerly known as a correction. it means it's a big movement and what i think is going on here is that in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak it

seems to be largely confined to china and southeast asia, and while businesses were feeling the impact of looking at the potential impact of looking at the potential impact of disruption to the supply chain, they are assuming that is as far as it went. what we have got now is other cluster is emerging around the potential for disruption to be that much greater and we've had a lot of companies warning that this is going to head their profits. even if they can't quantify by how much. investors are reacting to that and is almost an element of panic here, so is almost an element of panic here, so people are selling off shares because of fears earnings are not going to be as high as they would otherwise be. you have to remember, the share markets are the bellwether for what may happen down the road and this is about sentiment, but there are real fears all of this could hamper the global economy and the uk economy. 0ne could hamper the global economy and the uk economy. one of the people making that warning is mark carney, the outgoing head of the bank of england. in isolation, we would expect that world growth would be lower than it otherwise would be.

and that has a knock—on effect on the uk. we are not picking it up yet at all in the uk economic indicators, the survey indicators, but if the world is slower than otherwise would become of the uk economy will be impacted but most importantly is to make sure the syste m importantly is to make sure the system is functioning and we are very confident about that and we are on top of it. that's one thing but all the rules and planning around social distancing mean that businesses, large and small, have just got an enormous range of unpredictability ahead? yes, and one thing which has been clamp down on its business travel which affects the airline industry because people don't want to go to countries where they fear they might end up quarantined and unable to come back but the biggest example we've had about today is the cancellation of the geneva motor show, which was supposed to take place in switzerland next week. this is one of the biggest gatherings of the automobile industry of the year and you get more than 600,000 people

turning up, normally, more than 200 exhibitors, huge amounts of money already been spent on preparing these glitzy stands, where the car makers would unveil their new products. it's not going to go ahead because the swiss government has said gatherings of more than 1000 people are banned for health reasons, so people are banned for health reasons, so it's not clear yet who will have to pay for all of that but it comes in a big cost and of course this was the showpiece event for the car industry, one other aspect of how this is in a big cost and of course this was the showpiece event for the car industry, one other aspect of how this is affecting business.just stepping back and looking more widely, one of the difficulties is that they don't know apart from the social distancing issues, relating to the car show and many other events, as they don't know, supply—side impact and i don't know, supply—side impact and i don't know demand side impact. it's kind ofan know demand side impact. it's kind of an all—round unpredictable question, isn't it? they don't know how long it's going to go on for either, and this is the big issue. if you look at china there were two aspects to that crisis, china is a

major market for a lot of european or north american businesses, they've seen sales grind to a halt. then there's the production element, factories which are not supplying goods, being shipped to other markets, so retailers and people like that are having to find new suppliers, but if the disease spreads and there are more and more of these are zones of infection, then finding alternative supplies may not work so that all these knock—on effects, affecting demand, supply and the uncertainty of it all is the biggest problem, no one knows how long this will go on for or how bad it's going to get. thank you very much for that. you can get in touch with your questions about the coronavirus, both health and travel related. we'll be speaking to our health correspondent james gallagher after 12 o'clock this morning for your questions answered. and after two o'clock, afternoon live will be looking at the travel implications. you can see ways to get in touch with us on the screen there. 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. news has broken in the last few minutes. three former barclays executives have been acquitted of charges of fraud in the only criminal trial of senior bankers in the uk for events in the 2008 crisis. rogerjenkins, tom kalaris and richard boath were accused of conspiring to commit fraud in connection with barclays efforts to raise billions of pounds privately which enabled the bank to escape being nationalised by the government. they denied all charges. andy verity has been following the trial. former senior barclays executive rogerjenkins was described as the best paid bank in the city, along with former senior banker tom

clarence and a lower ranking executive, richard both, were accused by the serious fraud office of committing a fraud in the midst of committing a fraud in the midst ofa of committing a fraud in the midst of a 2008 crisis. charges they've spent a year on trial denying. in may 2008, barclays, like other banks, was running dangerously low on cash. regulators were pressing the bank to beef up its finances and put billions more sides in case of the loans were not repaid. directors set in motion a plan to raise funds privately from sovereign wealth funds around the world. tom claris coordinated, and bob diamond my boss trusted lieutenant. roger jenkins, head of capital in the middle east, seen head of capital in the middle east, seen here on the had got to know the prime minister of qatar, and convinced him to invest £2.3 million in buckley's along with sovereign funds in china,japan in buckley's along with sovereign funds in china, japan and singapore. each investor would get a fee of 1.596. each investor would get a fee of 1.5%. then the qataris demanded more than double that. between you and i we had a meeting today with the man

from kew. he is now angling for 3.3 quarters percent. the court heard confidential phone calls where richard kept raising concerns. all investors were supposed to pay the same. but the message came back from the top of that of the bank would not pay more to everyone. the qataris would be paid extra fees, £112 million, via an agreement for advisory services. then when the crisis worsened in october, berkeley is needed billions more. the qataris are demanded extra, and barclays added a further £280 million. here at the old bailey the prosecutors case was that those advisory agreements may pretend and an

attempt to disguise the extra fees being paid to the qataris and the defendants because the bank to lie in public documents saying no extra fees had been paid. the defendant pointed to evidence that what they have done was approved at the top of the bank. and the board of directors knew about it. the court heard the banks lawyers, including the big city firm clifford chance, i advised it was legal as long as the qataris would be giving valuable services in exchange for the extra money. today the only criminal prosecution since the only criminal prosecution since the crisis finally drew to an end. andy verity, bbc news at the old bailey. and hejoins us now from outside court. andy, the conclusion than as no one was criminally liable for the huge global financial crash of 2008-97 for the huge global financial crash of 2008-9? well, yes, these defendants weren't being accused of causing the crash but they were the only senior bankers to be on trial for events during the crash. the

trial was here on charges of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. but thejury tookjust 5.5 and conspiracy to commit fraud. but the jury took just 5.5 hours and conspiracy to commit fraud. but the jury tookjust 5.5 hours of deliberation to find all the defendants not guilty on all counts and this raises an interesting question. the crisis was hugely expensive but it means that no senior bankers are going to jail for anything that happened during that crisis. the investigation into this took eight years, the events were 12 yea rs took eight years, the events were 12 years ago and the criminal prosecution began three years ago. now we have a situation where tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers money have been spent by the serious fraud office and by the defendants and with all that expense and effort, there's still no one who's been convicted, no senior banker for events in the financial crisis. andy, thank you. 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 airstrikes, prompting a swift retaliation. russia, which is supporting the syrian forces, says it wasn't involved. let's get the latest from our correspondent lina sinjab who's in beirut. there is a several angles to this so let's deliver it one by one. firstly, the situation between syrian forces and turkey today, how dangerous is that becoming? well, certainly there is a fear or concern of further escalation. the syrian government knew the poser whether turkish forces were based, turkish government says that their fighters we re government says that their fighters were targeted as they were going for resupply and the station leader was attacked, so obviously it wasn't an

accident, but rather, as the turks described, it was like a targeted attack against the turkish position. the syrian government, with the president, are determined to retake all of idlib, a position backed by russia. they didn't commit to an agreement signed with turkey to keep de—escalation zones in the north. turkey has been warning for weeks now, to stop the fighting, stop bombarding the area, but now this is an escalation on a nato member, turkey, which may further develop in the region and who knows if there could be any escalation with russia itself? you mentioned nato a moment ago, any sign they are willing to get involved to help sort this out? well, certainly, the turks have

called for an urgent consultation under article four. they've already done that because they feel that their sovereignty, their country is under threat. there is an expected meeting this afternoon with nato members, but already nato announced they are calling for a de—escalation, they support turkey, and they condemn this attack on turkey. 0f and they condemn this attack on turkey. of course, it's unlikely that any country would want to have further escalation and get nato members involved in a war inside syria against the syrian government backed by russia and probably against russia, so we might see further diplomacy in the coming hours or days to de—escalate the situation but of course, also for turkey and for president 0do gan, his own soldiers were killed and he needs to address the situation for his own public as he needs to respond. let's turn to the other

element we mentioned at the start, lifting border controls to allow syrian refugees and refugees from elsewhere to start trickling in greater numbers into europe. yes indeed, this is a situation where there is a humanitarian crisis but also a proxy crisis because many countries are involved. for turkey, because they want to highlight the situation and draw the attention of nato members and europe, that they have to share the burden with turkey. already turkey is hosting 3.5 million syrian refugees and the deal took place in 2016, turkey received 6 billion euros in return of closing its borders with europe. but now because turkey is under pressure, they feel that the syrian regime, backed by russia, are advancing to retake all the areas in

northern syria, which will push more refugees into their own country. they need the backing and attention of nato countries but also of europe. thank you very much from beirut. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister will chair a cobra meeting on monday as the number of cases of coronavirus in the uk rises to 19. the airlinejet2 says british people confined to a hotel in tenerife, because of the virus, 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. and advantage of and misled. in sport, england are a s‘ closer and in sport, england are a step closer to the women's t20 world cup semifinals following a comprehensive 42 run victory over pakistan in canberra. it hurts big—time according to mikel arteta as they are dumped out of the europa league. celtic are also out but manchester united and rangers are through.

chris froome is among a number of riders being tested for coronavirus after the uae tour was cancelled when two italian team members are tested positive. i would have a full round—up just after 11:30am. 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. george lusty, senior director of consumer protection at the competition and markets authority told my colleague annita mcveigh how some new buyers have been stung by leaseholds some new buyers have been stung they some new buyers have been stung buy the freehol| later they buy the freehold that turns out later they haven't, but we've heard a lot of stories, thousands of people e—mailing us, and we've gone out across the country and met people affected by this, and they

tell us they have been told things that just went through, it would cost a few hundred pounds to buy the freehold and later it turns out its thousands. that's not right. that's why we want to take action against the developers. we are going to try to get money back in the cases we are bringing, that's one part of the action, and the other parties there is an important role for government and we really welcome what they are doing to try to change the law in this area so people aren't caught out in the future, said the government will look forward, we are looking backwards, trying to help people who are trapped, in that historic problem of not being able to get a mortgage, not being able to sell their home, and we are going to ta ke sell their home, and we are going to take action against the developers and try to get money back for people where we can. the teenage climate activist, greta thunberg, will lead thousands of protestors in bristol in the next hour. the swedish environmentalist willjoin a bristol youth strike 4 climate event and a march through the city. police are warning that safety measures may not be adequate for the size of protest. 0rganisers insist they are prepared.

0ur environment correspondent claire marshall is there at the protest in bristol with some climate strikers. 0ver over to you. yes, it's all looking very peaceful and no problems with security, crashing or any other worries the police had earlier. no reports coming through. we know greta thunberg has arrived, she came to bristol temple meads, and a p pa re ntly to bristol temple meads, and apparently came in an electric car to the cathedral where the police escorted her. i'm going to show you the atmosphere here. take a look at the atmosphere here. take a look at the ground, a bit like a festival atmosphere. everyone getting stuck m, atmosphere. everyone getting stuck in, as it was. ijust talk to atmosphere. everyone getting stuck in, as it was. i just talk to these ladies who have brought their families along. i'm lindsay. i've brought along six—month—old lunar and four—year—old skyler, who this wonderful person is holding on to. why aren't they in school? this is very important to come out and see

greater thunberg today. he has been chanting the save our planet as we have been walking along. it's an amazing sign. let's have a look. save the planet. well done. are you going to give us a word? we got a smile. right, we've got someone else to speak to. let's go this way. so there is a chant starting up for greta thunberg. here we are, angela. are you ready to talk to us? so, angela terry is here because she set up angela terry is here because she set upa angela terry is here because she set up a website and business which sounds amazing, advice if you are a punter trying to reduce your carbon footprint, then she can give you advice on how to do it. tell us more about it. yes, brilliant, you can see from the crowds today people are really excited and want to lower

their carbon emissions, so my message is simple, there are five key things people can do. drive an electric car and use more public transport is number one. number two is insulating your home and make it warm and cozy. so we don't pay to heat the atmosphere. number three, support renewable energy to do, put solar panels on your home or switch your tariff or invest in clean energy, number four, to your tariff or invest in clean energy, numberfour, to eat your tariff or invest in clean energy, number four, to eat less meat and dairy. number five, choose your vacations so you can avoid aeroplanes, so greta thunberg came here today by train and an electric car, so it's about people leaving fossil fuels in the ground where it needs to be. when you have an atmosphere like this, who would want to go anywhere? it there is a serious point here. why have you taken your children out of school? a lot of criticism about. what's most important for the climate emergency is we have to change the politics and the laws around here. we are not doing enough for climate change.

greta thunberg is an amazing inspiration for children and adults and we need to lower our carbon footprint, so is well as protesting, we also have to have the action is to lower our carbon emissions and what we know is we have to cut them in halfand what we know is we have to cut them in half and the next ten years, and thatis in half and the next ten years, and that is a radical far reaching unprecedented change across the whole of society and we are not even scratching the surface of the moment, so what we really need is policies from the government that show us how we can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. ok, thank you very much. i don't know if we had time to have a look around. we could go this way. hello. why are you here today? i've come to help the world hopefully. speak what i think. what do you think? we are in one world, magnetic fields, all sorts, the main thing besides

climate change, more people are coming into the world, not enough resources, to build your houses, to grow food, anything. we need to bury the dead. there is a lot of anger by the dead. there is a lot of anger by the people who can't get about their business, loads of roads closed, real interruption. if it wasn't for respectable people, kings and queens and the rest of it, we wouldn't get anywhere now. sometimes you have to do certain things to get things done. there will be no businesses in the future, simple as that. thank you very much. we are expecting greta thunberg to arrive in about half an hour or so. she will speak on the stage over there. i understand there will be a live feed of what she said, so if you're interested in what she has to say, keep on watching the news channel and you can see what you think. thank you, we will keep watching and we will be back with you shortly.

time now for a look at the weather. you can see some of it in bristol but let's mention the floods. flood hit communities are preparing for more bad weather, this time from storm jorge. the met office says parts of wales and england could see up to 80 milimetres of rain and strong winds tomorrow. in east yorkshire more than 60 homes were evacuated in the town of snaith and in the village of west cowick. people there have been warned the disruption could last "for days". meanwhile river levels in shropshire and worcestershire could rise again following heavy rain upstream in wales. the source of intelligence on that, in wales, simon, and here he is. more rain in at the forecast, all because of storm jorge making his way in.

tree when strengthen as we go into the weekend. already this morning, heavy rain spreading love and east, also is now, particularly over higher ground in scotland. a lot more snow to, this afternoon, the rain continues for many of us, temperatures getting to 10—12dc. it is initially the rain, we are keeping a close eye on things, could see 80 millimetres of rain over higher ground of wales. that ramo cleared away saturday, we will be left with sunny spells and showers. but then storm jorge will give some pretty strong gusts of wind, up to 75 mph in many parts. this hello, this is bbc newsroom live — with carrie gracie. the headlines:

the number of people with coronavirus in the uk rises to 19 — as the first case in wales is confirmed. it's just been announced the prime minister will chair a meeting of the cobra emergency committee on monday. the airline, jet2, says it wont 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 has found "troubling evidence" of homeowners potentially being mis—sold leasehold properties.

sport now — and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre — here's ben. good morning to you. england's women are closing in on a place in the knock—out stage of the t20 world cup, thanks to a comprehensive win over pakistan. captain heather knight was player—of—the—match again, following up a century last time out with 62 as they made 158—7. and pakistan came nowhere near reaching their target. anya shrubsole taking two wickets in two balls, with a great reaction catch. england won by 42 runs. their next match is against west indies in sunday. arsenal boss, mikel, arteta says the europa league is a beautiful competition to win — but last season's beaten finallists are going no further in this year's competition after a late extra—time defeat to 0lympiakos at the emirates stadium. pierre emerick abaumeyang thought he'd put arsenal through — only for youseff el arabi to score the winner on the night with barely a minute remaining.

there was still time for abaumeyang to be the hero again, but this miss in stoppage time, so arsenal exit in the last 32 on away goals. late pain for celtic, too, against copenhagen. they were beaten 3—1 at celtic park with two goals in the last 6 minutes knocking them out. despite this pedro neto miss and a 3—2 defeat on the night — wolves made it into the last 16 against espanyol. it's the first time in 48 years they've made it this far in a european competition. the only british team to actually win last night were manchester united — thrashing bruges 5—0 to go through 6—1 on aggregate. 0dion ighalo scored his first for the club. the draw for the last 16 takes place around midday. newcastle united have banned handshakes at their training ground, in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. head coach steve bruce said the morning ritual of all the players and staff shaking hands had been stopped on the advice of the team doctor. there's concern too in berlin,

where the track cycling world championships are taking place — and that's because at least one rider travelled to germany from the uae tour, which has since been cancelled. it was stopped after five stages — with two to go — when two italian staff members, were found to have the virus. chris froome, mark cavendish and adam yates — who was leading the race at the time — are among those being tested. all the riders are being kept at their hotel until the results are known. in tennis — british number two heather watson is through to the semi—finals of the mexican 0pen, after beating christina mchale. she's the highest ranked player left in the draw. kyle edmund's run in acapulco is over though. he went down in straight sets to american taylor fritz. ben ainslie has made the perfect start as great britain's captain on the opening day of the sailgp season in sydney. he skippered the team to three wins out of three, giving great britain a comfortable lead heading into the second and final day of racing. this is the second year of sail gp, where seven nations compete against each other — with five events taking place through the year — including the isle of wight

in august. british olympic champion, adam peaty, described china's sun yang as a "fool" after he was banned for eight years, for missing a drugs test in september 2018. sun, a three—time olympic gold medallist, was initially cleared by fina — the world swimming federation — just over a year ago, but the world anti—doping agency appealed to the court of arbitration for sport and the decision was overturned. it was his second offence. peaty said "very good for anyone that's been banned once, potentially it's a mistake. you're looking at it twice — you're a fool. i believe that you're disrespecting the sport, you're disrespecting yourself and you're disrespecting your country." that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the prime minister has made a surprise visit to kettering hospital.

boris johnson met staff from a&e doctors to nurses, bed managers and porters. the prime minister arrived atjust before midnight and stayed for overfour hours. downing street said he's visiting public services to see for himself the reality of the situation. the government's plan to spend nearly £29 billion on roads could be under threat because of concerns it breaches the uk's laws on climate change. bbc news has learned that the programme doesn't take into account the commitment to reduce carbon emissions to virtually zero by 2050. campaigners are considering legal action after yesterday's court of appeal victory, which blocked plans to expand heathrow airport. professor stephenjoseph, a transport policy adviser, is here with me now. 0bviously, obviously, we are so busy talking about heathrow airport yesterday

that we didn't spend a lot of time talking about the knock—on effects for other infrastructure projects, but here they are, possibly. yes, i think yesterday's ruling will play out in other areas, in particular on road schemes, where if you plan your big road with lots of extra traffic, thatis big road with lots of extra traffic, that is likely to add to carbon emissions. just as yesterday's drilling was about planning policy statement on airports, the national networks national policy statement, which governs how planning is done for major roads as well as some railways, it is old, from 2014, i think, before the paris agreement on limiting carbon emissions. also, to the government's adoption of

net—zero as a carbon target. so i think it will be vulnerable. as well as that, there is the transport appraisalframework, as that, there is the transport appraisal framework, the way in which government look out value transport schemes. i discovered when i had transport schemes. i discovered when ihada transport schemes. i discovered when i had a look that went looking at the benefit of taking three of the roads and putting it on railways, at the moment, the government looks at motorways. less than 7p for reducing carbon emissions. clearly, those kinds of things are going to change. i think the government is possibly going to have to scramble to catch up going to have to scramble to catch up with water yesterday's ruling means in the case of big road schemes too. these implications are a potentially huge, aren't they? these road schemes are are already very complex sets of variables to consider when putting into place.

are you now say that they have to go back and look at every single plan i have got on the books, and say, is this complied with both paris and the announcements made last year?|j think the announcements made last year?” think what is likely to happen is that there are schemes already controversial, for example, the plan to build a motorway pee between 0xford to build a motorway pee between oxford and cambridge, which i know has a lot of people resisting this. the potential for a similar kind has a lot of people resisting this. the potentialfor a similar kind of challenge on large, to what we saw yesterday on heathrow, is a very large i think. because of the policy statement is six years old, i think there is a chance it will be reversed, and the government will have to look at this. the other reasons why they might want to look at the road programme, there has been a lot of challenge on smart motorways, on safety grounds, that

means the government will probably be having to look again at what it was planning to do on roads from a number of angles. will they go, yes, we have looked at it now, it is compliant. who will ultimately be thejudge of whether compliant. who will ultimately be the judge of whether it is compliant or not? ultimately, ithink the judge of whether it is compliant or not? ultimately, i think there is a risk the government will face a court challenge on a particular road scheme as they face on heathrow yesterday, which is likely to have an impact on the programme on the whole, so i think they are going to have to go back to this. to be referred to the government, they say they are going to produce a decarbonisation plan for programme, going beyond getting rid of diesel and petrol cars, something that they wa nt to and petrol cars, something that they want to do by 2035. i think all of this is in question, and some of the previously planned things will have to be looked at again.

egon cossou is here with the business news. in the business news: three former barclays executives have been cleared of fraud at the old bailey. the case against them centred on payments to qatar as the bank tried to raise funds during the 2008 financial crisis. the jury threw out all the charges. the spread of the coronavirus is continuing to hit the business world. european stockmarkets are sharply down. and easyjet and the owner of british airways are warning about the impact on thair companies. we've just heard the geneva motor show has been cancelled because of the outbreak. gambling companies should do more to safeguard gambling addicts. that's the verdict of the body that examines public spending. it says the industry needs tougher regulation.

more on this in a moment. many of us enjoy the odd bet on everything from horse racing to royal baby names. but for others, gambling can be a dangerous addiction. now the spending watchdog says companies should do more to safeguard addicts and those in danger of becoming addicts. charles nancarrow, director at the national audit office is here to talk. tell me, how series is that this problem with gambling addicts? today's report looks at protecting consumers from harmful gambling. things such as unmanageable debts, relationship break—ups, and mental health problems. 55,000 children between the age of 11—16, so this is

a very problem addressed by the gambling commission. so what then should the commission itself be doing? today's report finds that the commission has been more proactive in recent months and years in terms of enforcing the companies licence conditions and codes of practice, thatis conditions and codes of practice, that is making sure that they actually support consumers. but the pace of change in at this industry isa pace of change in at this industry is a very fast, so it's much easier now to gamble that in previous yea rs. now to gamble that in previous years. you can go on to your smartphones, place bets during sporting events, so it's much easier to gamble, there are new risks for consumers. we find that the gambling commission really needs to up its pace to keep up—to—date with developments and really protect consumers from the harms that can be associated with gambling. practically, what does that mean? what sort of actual measures should be taken? and the regulator really needs to understand cause and impact

of harm, how do consumers get into problems and unmanageable debt. the research and understanding of the rate later has is much less than you mightfind in rate later has is much less than you might find in other addictive behaviours such as alcoholism and drug taking. so we are recommending that the commission looks at getting a better understanding of the causes and impacts of the issues it is trying to address. some people might say that is an issue of personal responsibility here as well, does that play into this? of course, everybody who is gambling has made a choice to do that. but we are looking at where it becomes and addictive behaviour, the regulator is there to ensure that the industry prevents that sort of problem occurring. today's report looks at how the commission can better support industry, and force those regulations that are designed to prevent people falling into these

very serious problems. it is really there to perfect the vulnerable consumers. “— there to perfect the vulnerable consumers. —— protect. let's look at the markets, not good at all. the markets are on the slide because of the fears about the spread of the coronavirus. travel firms are especially having a hard time as demand takes a hit. firms doing a lot of business with china are also under pressure. it's the worst week for the markets since the financial crisis. that's all the business news. breaking news coming in the from court, related to the burglary of tamara ecclestone's home. the women has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit burglary. the women's son

has also been in charge and will appearfor his has also been in charge and will appear for his initial has also been in charge and will appearfor his initial hearing next week. the trial has been set for the 20th ofjuly. the teenage climate activist greta thunberg is addressing a rally in bristol. let's listen. i can't see an end to it, thank you so much, every single one of you, for being here. i am so happy to be here in bristol with all of you. there will be a time when we will look back and ask ourselves what we did right now. how do we want to be remembered? this is an emergency,

people are already suffering and dying from the consequences of the climate and environmental emergency. but it will get worse. and, still there, this emergency is being com pletely there, this emergency is being completely ignored by the politicians, the media, and those in power. basically, nothing is being done to halt this crisis despite all the beautiful words and promises from our elected officials. so what did we do during this crucial time? what we will do right now. i will not stand aside and watch, i will not stand aside and watch, i will not be silenced while the world is on fire. will you? world leaders are

behaving like children, so it falls on us to be at the adults in oblivion. —— in the room. it should not be this way, we should not be the ones she will have to lead on this and held the uncomfortable truth. 0nce this and held the uncomfortable truth. once again, they sweep their mess under the rug for us young people, for their children, to clean up people, for their children, to clean upfor people, for their children, to clean up for them. but we must continue, and we have to be patient and remember that the changes required will not happen overnight. since the politics and the solutions needed are still farfrom site. politics and the solutions needed are still far from site. but enough people are pushing for change, then

change will come, and we are at those people. and every single person counts. cheering. just look at a bristol as an example, the other week, the plans to expand bristol airport were cancelled, a lot of thanks to climate activists. 0f cancelled, a lot of thanks to climate activists. of course, this is farfrom climate activists. of course, this is far from enough climate activists. of course, this is farfrom enough but it climate activists. of course, this is far from enough but it shows that it does actually make a difference. activism works. so i'm telling you to act. if you look throughout history, all the great changes have come from the people. we are being

betrayed by those in power, and they are failing us, but we will not back down. if you feel threatened by that, that i have some very bad news for you— we will not be silenced because we are the change, and change is coming whether you like it or not. cheering. thank you, and let's march! studio: gritter two bird leaving the stage there, extraordinary to think thatis stage there, extraordinary to think that is somebody so young, 18 months ago had done no public speaking at

all and was afraid of groups of young people are due to bullying. no, after her world—famous coal strike, taken up by other young people around the globe, is a very familiar with public speaking. —— gritter turn bird. that was a familiar message from the platform, the images he is getting worse, we are being betrayed by the powerful, politicians and the media, and they suppose it adults in the room, so it falls on children. it should not be this way, the adults are sweeping up their mess under the rug for children to clean up, but if enough people push for change, it will come. and throughout history, all the great change comes from the people. so greta thunberg now jointly groups of young people who have left school for the day. you heard the shouts from the audience as she was speaking, and those young people will be moving through

bristol today on their youth strike for climate march. we will go back to that as and when. 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 four hundred million years. dr tamela maciel is an astrophysicist at the national space centre. my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to her earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme. it's incredible, the impact. for us, when the scientists first got the data in and they were looking at the gas and the dust around this cluster of galaxies, they noticed there's a little divot

in the bottom bit, and they thought this could be from an outburst from a black hole. but it's so much bigger than we've ever seen before that they initially discounted that, because the amount of energy required is colossal. as you said, five times bigger than anything we've seen before. but recent follow—up data in different wavelengths of light have actually shown, yes, this is from a supermassive galaxy, kind of, punching its way through, sending out a jet of plasma and radiation that is millions and millions of light years long. you could fit 15 of our own galaxies inside this, sort of cavity, this divot, that has been carved out. so absolutely enormous, and really, really interesting to discover. so what can we learn from it? well, it definitely pushes the envelope up, in terms of the power that we know supermassive black holes can have. it's not just about regulating things. i think sometimes black holes get a bit of a bad reputation — "they just swallow everything

and kills stuff off." but, actually, we know they can go through a active phase, where they send outjets of material and radiation, and this can kind of stir things up a bit. it can actually be beneficial and trigger new stars to form, or galaxies to form, in a different way that we don't fully understand. so it's about understanding this sheer colossal impact that a black hole can have on its environment. and that teaches us about how galaxies form. the duke of sussex has arrived at the world famous abbey road studios, where jon bon jovi has been recording a charity single for the royal‘s invictus games foundation. harry returned to the uk from canada this week to begin a series of royal engagements which are likely to be his last before he steps down from royal duties on march 31. 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 elephantjoins a species listed as "endangered" by the international union for conservation of nature. good luck to everyone at chester zoo, new arrival. i'm sure that you can suggest a name for that new arrival, i'm sure that chester will be grateful. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. the weather not quite as cute at the moment, storm jorge is moving in, we will see the winds are strengthening. you can seejorge moving its way through, up into scotland. over the weekend, moving its way through, up into scotland. overthe weekend, it moving its way through, up into scotland. over the weekend, it will turn very windy for some of us.

rainfall this morning, spreading north and east words. we have seen some snow over the higher ground of the pennines and scottish mountains, that will continue until the afternoon, quite significant snowfall by the end of the day. elsewhere, the rain all contain to move its way through, wet conditions for many of us this afternoon. temperatures will be rising across england and wales, 10 hot 4—12dc here. lower in scotland. through this evening and night, rain moves into south—east england, wales, we could see may be 80 millimetres. that is the chance of more flooding over the next few days. throughout saturday, rain were clear to the east, then clear skies behind, sunshine for many on saturday. still

some wintry showers over scotland and northern ireland, chilly on saturday, maximum temperature is only 5—8dc. they winds pick up on saturday, gusts potential up to 85 mph in north wales. quite lively in the uk, we will see 60 mph winds. storm jorge will contain to bring disruption on both saturday and sunday because of those winds, still sticking around enough of scotland on sunday. further outbreaks of rain in the north, then a bit of rain into the far south of england on the next weather system. bit of rain on the south—east of england on sunday, elsewhere, sunshine. showers moving m, elsewhere, sunshine. showers moving in, frequent showers into scotland, still quite windy conditions, widely gusts up to 40—50 mph, start to ease off in the afternoon. temperatures

will be similar to saturday, 6—8 celsius. storm jorge could bring disruption to your weekend, staging to the forecast if you can.

you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories this morning. the number of people with coronavirus in the uk rises to 19 as the first case in wales is confirmed. the prime minister will chair a meeting of the cobra emergency committee on monday. as stock markets across the globe suffer their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008, the bank of england governor, mark carney, warns that the virus could impact the uk economy. if the world is slower than otherwise would become of the uk economy will be impacted but most importantly is to make sure the system is functioning and we are very confident about that and we are on top of it. the airlinejet2 says british people confined to a hotel in tenerife, because of the virus, may not be flown home for nearly a fortnight until they complete their quarantine. as concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria

border, turkish officials say they will allow refugees to travel to the european union. the eu say they have not been told of any change to border policy. the competition and markets authority says it's found "troubling evidence" of home—owners potentially being mis—sold leasehold properties. the climate activist greta thunberg addresses a crowd of thousands in bristol ahead of a climate strike march through the city. they are behaving like children. so it falls on us to be the adults in the room. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm carrie gracie. the first case of coronavirus has

been confirmed in wales, and a further two in england, bringing the total number of uk cases to nineteen. the patient in wales had recently been in nothern italy. the chief medical officer there has warned it's only a matter of time before the infection spreads. it has been confirmed in the last half hour that the prime minister will chair a cobra meeting to discuss the coronavirus outbreak on monday. european stock markets have dropped further this morning amid fears the virus could trigger a global recession. and the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has said the uk should prepare for an economic growth downgrade. he said companies were already having trouble getting components from china, and tourism would be affected. meanwhile, 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. let's start with the new case in wales. and the chief medical officer there has been explaing that they've

been expecting this news. we were expecting to see these we were expecting to see these cases, when we saw the rise of cases in northern italy, it became inevitable we would start to see cases in the uk and indeed that is what we are now seeing. i do anticipate there will be more cases but it's very important people remember that we are still in the winter months. we still have cold and virus circulating, little bit of flu virus circulating, so most viral infections at this time of year are the normal run—of—the—mill bugs we usually see. people with no travel history are unlikely to have any problems with coronavirus. are you increasing your efforts in terms of community testing? what we are doing in wales this week, i advise the nhs to move to a process of active testing, active surveillance, and by that we mean that patients who present to intensive care units with

problems, if they don't have unknown pathogen, a known disease, we test them for the coronavirus whether or not they have had a travel history, and also there are some primary care facilities and gp practices where we do the same. staying in wales. our correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff and sent this update. yeah, this case confirmed by public health wales officials this morning, we understand that the actual diagnosis was made late last night at that stage, a male patient. we know nothing more about them were taken from wales to one of the treatment centers in england. we understand that this person contracted the coronavirus, that novel disease in northern italy. we don't know exactly when they came back into the uk, but what those officials have been working on now was working out who else they came into contact with. has there been a risk of person to person contact? so the person this male patient has been taken from wales to one of the treatment centers will be isolated, of course,

and given all the help they can from the nhs. meanwhile, the microbiologists and all the other team based here behind me in cardiff are trying to work out who they may have come into contact with and has it been any further spread. and that obviously how is the crucial question? what is the public reaction insofar as you canjudge it? i think potentially people have been waiting for this moment, as you say, these things, but the 19th case now wales, it's about 5%. the people of the uk population says almost inevitable that one of the first 20 would be here. certainly hospitals have been following instructions for the last few weeks to be wary of anyone showing those sort of flu like symptoms coming in just in case they may have brought it in with them. so i don't think people are that shocked or surprised. but the key thing will be whether there's been any person to person contact within the uk. we know this case isn't that. it's someone who's contracted it in northern italy and brought it in.

but has there been any follow on from there? we are still in winter. clearly, there's concern for patients with maybe suppressed immune systems. they would be the most susceptible to having serious complications worthy to contract coronavirus. the hospitals still here are feeling the strain of winter and the units already under pressure. so certainly no one is welcoming this news. i think it's fair to say they had been waiting sometimes. the protocols are in place. their hope is there won't be any further spread and suddenly an escalation of numbers well within wales or any part of the uk. two hotels in abu dhabi, some breaking news, going into preventative quarantine. we will keep you posted obviously across every detailed coming into us but we should look at the business implications. fears over the growing numbers of cases of coronavirus globally are continuing to be felt on stock

markets around the world and by businesses. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent theo leggett. they've had a dreadful week, it's fair to say. i mean, markets in the united states and europe at the moment down more than 10% on the week that it was formerly known as a correction. what it means is it's a big movement. and what i think is going on here is that in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, it seemed to be largely confined to china and southeast asia. and while businesses were feeling the impact of looking at the potential impact of disruption to the supply chain, they were assuming that was as far as it went. what we've got now is these other clusters emerging around the world and the potential for disruption to be that much greater. and we've had a lot of companies warning that this is going to hit their profits, even if they can't quantify by how much and investors are reacting to that. and there's almost an element of panic here. so people are selling off shares in a because of fears that earnings aren't going to be as high as they would otherwise be. now, you have to remember that the share markets are kind

of a bellwether for what may happen down the road. this is about sentiment, but there are real fears that all of this could hamper the global economy and the uk economy. and what are the people making that warning? is mark carney, the outgoing head of the bank of england. in isolation, we would expect that world growth would be lower than it otherwise would be. and that has a knock on effect on the uk. we're not picking it up yet at all in the uk. economic indicators, the survey indicators or other things. but if the world's slower than it otherwise would be, the uk is a very open economy, has an impact. but the most important thing is to make sure the system's functioning. we're very confident about that and we're on top of it. well, that's one thing. but you know, all the rules and, you know, planning around social distancing mean that businesses large and small have just got an enormous range of unpredictability. yes. and one of the things that's being clamped down on, of course,

is business travel that affects the airline industry because people don't want to go to countries where they fear they might end up being quarantined and unable to come back. and i think the biggest example of that that we've had today is the cancellation of the geneva motor show, which was supposed to take place in switzerland next week. now, this is one of the biggest gatherings of the automobile industry of the year. you get more than 600,000 people turning up, normally more than 200 exhibitors. huge amounts of money have already been spent on preparing these glitzy stands where the car—makers would unveil their new products. it's not going to go ahead because the swiss government has said that gatherings of more than 1000 people are banned for health reasons. so it's not clear yet who's going to have to pay for all of that. but it does come at a big cost. and of course, this was the showpiece event for the car industry. it's just one other aspect of how this is affecting business. and i supposejust stepping back and looking more widely. one of the difficulties for everybody is that they don't know, quite apart from the social distancing issues related to car show and many other events.

is they don't know supply side impacts and they don't know demand side impact. it's a kind of all round unpredictability question mark, isn't it? yes. and i'd add something to that. they don't know how long it's going to go on fear either. i mean, this is the big issue. if you lookjust at china. there were two aspects to that part of the crisis. china's a major market for a lot of european and north american businesses. they've seen sales grind to a halt. then there's the production element, factories which aren't supplying goods, which aren't being shipped to other markets. so retailers and people like that are having to find new suppliers. but if the disease spreads and there are more and more of these zones of infection, then finding alternative suppliers might not work. so there's all these knock on effects. they affect demand. they affect supply. and the uncertainty of it all is the biggest problem. nobody knows how long this is going to go on for or how bad it's going to get. our correspondent fiona trott is in tenerife — she gave us this update a little earlier from outside the quarantined hotel where some guests are now

being allowed to leave health officials have confirmed in the past hour or so, nine people have left the hotel. they are from the canary islands. they have been screened so presumably they will be going home to self—isolate. i think it's a little bit more complicated for the rest of the 130 guests here who were declared low risk because they arrived after the infected people left us hotel and that's because, for example, we've heard from jet2, that they cannot fly british people home unless they have had two weeks of quarantine here. or they have had a test by a recognised authority. what we know in the uk, the processing of these tests can take up to half a day, so that has to be considered. the foreign office 200 has to support them for when they

leave this hotel. where will they go? how will they get there? one of the guests we have spoken to, part of that group, 50 or so british people who have been declared not at risk, she said that despite this mornings movements, she hasn't yet been told to prepare to come back to the uk. we will be talking to our correspondence at 1230 so do get in touch with your coronavirus questions. we'll be speaking to our health correspondent james gallagher at 12.30 for your questions answered. and after two o'clock, afternoon live will be looking at the travel implications. you can see ways to get in touch with us on the screen there. just some breaking news from the high court. referencing the ruler of

dubai, and he has lost his appeal against a dubai, and he has lost his appeal againsta high dubai, and he has lost his appeal against a high court decision to publish two judgments relating to his legal battle with his estranged wife. now this relates to the future of their two children. the court was attempting to balance the interests of the children against the right of the press to discuss the case in their public reporting, so there is now a decision on that. the ruler of dubai has lost his appeal against that high court decision to publish, and presumably that means that more details of the case will be in the public domain shortly and we will be reporting on them as soon as we have got full clearance on the legalities around that, so some more on that.

lots more on the coronavirus and other stories going on today. the syria and turkey border etc, on a newsroom life but right now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. greece has boosted border controls after reports that turkish officials would no longer prevent refugees from crossing into europe. the eu says it has had no official confirmation that turkey has stopped border patrols. it follows a bloody 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. in the last hour, nato's secretary—general has called on russia and syria to stop attacks

in idlib — saying the alliance stands with its member turkey. a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent lina sinjab who's in beirut. she said turkey wanted europe to share more of the burden of helping people who are fleeing the fighting in syria. there is an expected meeting this afternoon with nato members, but already nato announced they are calling for a de—escalation, they support turkey, and they condemn this attack on turkey. of course, it's unlikely that any country would want to have further escalation and get nato members

involved in a war inside syria against the syrian government backed by russia and probably against russia, so we might see further diplomacy in the coming hours or days to de—escalate the situation but of course, also for turkey and for president odo gan, his own soldiers were killed and he needs to address the situation for his own public as he needs to respond. yes indeed, this is a situation where there is a humanitarian crisis but also a proxy crisis because many countries are involved. for turkey, because they want to highlight the situation and draw the attention of nato members and europe, that they have to share the burden with turkey. already turkey is hosting 3.5 million syrian refugees and the deal took place in 2016, turkey received six billion euros in return of closing its borders with europe. but now because turkey is under pressure, they feel that the syrian regime, backed by russia, are advancing to retake all the areas in northern syria, which will push more refugees into their own country. they need the backing and attention of nato countries but also of europe. the prime minister has made a surprise visit to kettering hospital. boris johnson met staff from a+e doctors to nurses, bed managers and porters. the prime minister arrived atjust before midnight and stayed for overfour hours. downing street said he's visiting public services to see for himself the reality of the situation. flood hit communities are preparing

for more bad weather, this time from storm jorge. the met office says parts of wales and england could see up to 80 milimetres of rain and strong winds tomorrow. in east yorkshire more than 60 homes were evacuated in the town of snaith and in the village of west cowick. people there have been warned the disruption could last "for days". meanwhile river levels in shropshire and worcestershire could rise again following heavy rain upstream in wales. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister will chair ameeting of the cobra emergency committee on monday as the number of cases of coronavirus in the uk rises to 19. the airline jet2 says british people confined to a hotel in tenerife, because of the virus, 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 sport now, here's ben. it was another confident showing from england at the women's t20 world cup. they're on the verge of a semi final spot having beaten pakistan by 42 runs in canberra.

england batted first and made 158 with heather knight top scoring for the second game running making 62. spinner sarah glenn and anya shrubsole took three wickets apiece. their final group game is against west indies on sunday in sydney. fast bowler mark wood is out of the men's tour of sri lanka, because of a side strain. he was injured at the end of the end of their last tour, to south africa and scans confirmed a small tear. he'll be replaced by lancashire's saqib mahmood. the test squad sets off on monday. the impact of the coronavirus in sport is increasing, with many events affected and surely more to follow — and now newcastle united have banned handshakes at their training ground, in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus. manager steve bruce said it was the sensible thing to do. there is a ritual here that everybody shakes hands with everybody shakes hands with everybody as soon as we see each other. i think we have stop that, you know, on the advice of the doctor. so i think we are like

everybody else. thankfully we have got a superb doctor here and he will keep us informed of what we have to do. we are like everybody else, aren't we? we are glued to the tv and where it is going to go next and let's hope it doesn't get any worse in this country. over in berlin, danish cyclist michael morkov is being kept in solitary confinement at his hotel after arriving to compete at the track cycling world championships from the uae tour which has been cancelled after two italian team members contracted coronavirus. riders including chris froome are being placed on lockdown in their hotel whilst testing is carried out. britain's adam yates has been declared the race winner. there have been strong words from british swimmers after china's three—time olympic champion sun yang was banned for eight years, for missing a drugs test in september 2018. sun was initially cleared but the world anti—doping agency were successful in their appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. it was his second offence. peaty said "very good. for anyone that's been banned once, potentially it's a mistake. you're looking at it twice — you're a fool." that's all the sport for now

but there's more on the bbc sport website including the draw for the last 16 of the europa league — 0lympiakos v wolves, rangers v bayer leverkusen and manchester united will face the austrian team lask. that's all for now. more after 130. many thanks. three former barclays executives have been acquitted of charges of fraud in the only criminal trial of senior bankers in the uk for events in the 2008 crisis. rogerjenkins, tom kalaris and richard boath were accused of conspiring to commit fraud in connection with barclays efforts to raise billions of pounds privately which enabled the bank to escape being nationalised by the government. they denied all charges. andy verity has been following the trial. former senior barclays executive rogerjenkins, once described as the best paid banker in the city, along with former senior banker tom kalaris and a lower ranking executive, richard boath were accused by the serious fraud office

of committing a fraud in the midst of the 2008 crisis. charges they've spent a year on trial denying. in may 2008, barclays, like other banks, was running dangerously low on cash. regulators were pressing the bank to beef up its finances and put billions more aside in case some of the loans it had made weren't repaid. directors set in motion a plan to raise funds privately from sovereign wealth funds around the world, with tom kalaris coordinating it. one of then, deputy chief executive bob diamond's trusted lieutenants. rogerjenkins, the head of barclays capital in the middle east, seen here on the left, had got to know sheikh hamad bin jassim al thani, the prime minister of qatar, and convinced him to invest £2.3 billion in barclays, along with sovereign wealth funds from china, japan and singapore. each investor would get a fee of 1.5%. but then the qataris demanded more than double that.

the court heard confidential phone calls where richard boath kept raising concerns. all investors were supposed to be paid the same, but the message came back from the top the bank wouldn't pay more to everyone. if we were receptive to that fee number are we going to apply that across the whole transaction? no. it's on the side. the qataris would be paid their extra fees £42 million via an agreement for advisory services. then when the crisis worsened in october, barclays needed billions more. the qataris again demanded extra and barclays added a further £280 million. here at the old bailey, the prosecutor's case was that those advisory agreements were pretend, an attempt to disguise the extra fees being paid to the qataris, and that the defendants caused

the bank to lie in public documents, saying no extra fees have been paid. the defendants pointed to evidence that what they've done was approved at the top of the bank and that the board of directors knew about it. the court heard that the bank's lawyers, including the big city firm clifford chance, advised that it was legal as long as the qataris would be giving valuable services in exchange for their extra money. today, the only criminal prosecution of senior bankers since the crisis finally drew to an end. andy verity, bbc news at the old bailey. the government's plan to spend nearly £29 billion on roads could be under threat because of concerns it breaches the uk's laws on climate change. bbc news has learned that the programme doesn't take into account the commitment to reduce carbon emissions to virtually zero by 2050. campaigners are considering legal action after yesterday's court of appeal victory, which blocked plans to expand heathrow airport. let's speak now to rebecca lush,

from the sustainability campaign group transport action network. good afternoon. obviously the aftermath of yesterday's heathrow decision came through to other infrastructure questions, so what do you see are the infrastructure problems for road planning? it's exactly the same situation where the court of appeal ruled that the national planning policy statement for aviation was unlawful because it failed to take into consideration our commitments to tackle climate change, exactly the same situation is happening with the roads. the national policy statement for roads was developed prior to the paris agreement, and it doesn't take into account our new net zero commitments, so to bring down

emissions to net zero, so it was written in another era, not fit for purpose. we are consulting with lawyers to investigate the possibility of legal action. obviously it's worth mentioning that heathrow airport say they are going to ta ke heathrow airport say they are going to take that heathrow decision the court of appeal made yesterday to the supreme court and they expect to win, soi the supreme court and they expect to win, so i guess it would make sense for you to wait and see what happens in the supreme court on heathrow? nobody wants to go to court, it's a waste of everyone's time and money, but what we would prefer to see if the government are making, putting its money where its mouth is, and it has a key opportunity to do that with a budget coming up in a few weeks, and its expected announcement on its five year road investment strategy. there are some key opportunity therefore the government to walk the walk. and to cancel and scrap 20th century outdated zombie road schemes like the hco3 at stonehenge which will cost the

taxpayer £2 billion and ruin the world heritage site at stonehenge, they could save £6.8 billion scrapping the lower thames gateway, and the age 27 arundel scheme which would trash the south downs national park. the problem is we have a department for transport which is still in the 20th century and is not having decision making up—to—date and taking into account our need to tackle climate change. the whole context for their says that we have to that transport is the only sector in the uk where emissions have risen. all other sectors are falling. web transport emissions rising, and road transport taking the lion's share of those omissions, it's the critical area to tackle. we are not going to do that if we are going to waste billions of pounds taking us in the opposite direction that we need to go. we are going backwards. sorry to interrupt, i'm

going to put the view of some viewers who will be shouting at the tv now but saying i need to get there, how am i going to travel? there are no reliable trains to these destinations. you don't want me to fly, so how do you expect me to get to my destination?” understand, i'm a working mother, the same considerations as everyone else, but we are not going to tackle this problem by wasting billions of pounds taking us on the wrong direction. the government are making all the right noises about investing in rail, about putting significant amounts of money into promoting walking and cycling, and we want to see them walking the walk more and not wasting billions of pounds. we are talking £29 billion. wasted. pointless outdated road schemes. instead, that money could be taken and invested in sustainable alternatives to give people real choices. what are the sustainable alternatives? walking and cycling. if i'm going 50 miles, i'm not going

to walk. of course, that would be a rail journey to walk. of course, that would be a railjourney if it was possible. quite often it is possible. buses. hopefully the government will invest a significant amounts of money in bus infrastructure. for the smaller commuter journeys of people drastically need, to get people working, there's many alternatives we could look at, but wasting billions of pounds on road building will simply caterfor billions of pounds on road building will simply cater for increased traffic growth and takers in the opposite direction we need to go. rebecca, we will have to limit a demo thank you forjoining us this morning. we have been talking about terrible weather in prospect. (pres)now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett floodwaters may be rising over the next few days because of the rain we are seeing today and the rain that we are going to have overnight as well. let me show the radar picture over the last few hours. we have seen some snow in northern england, and in scotland, and it will stay

snow this afternoon, probably turning back to rain in northern england. here and for most of england. here and for most of england and wales, it could make double figures. the snow we are seeing in scotland peters out this evening but we look out to the atlantic, the next area rain coming in and this is quite heavy, accompanied by strong winds. that is overnight, sweeping away from northern and eastern areas on saturday morning. followed by pretty frequent and heavy showers, wet weather for northern england, southern scotland, central scotland and northern england. some snow over the health too. 4—5. not much warmer over the south given the structure of the wind. a windy day to come on saturday, overnight and into sunday. this is from storm jorge, which could bring some travel disruption with gusts as high as 75 miles an hour.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live — with carrie gracie. the headlines: the number of people with coronavirus in the uk rises to 19 — as the first case in wales is confirmed. the prime minister will chair

a meeting of the cobra emergency committee on monday. the airline, jet2, says it wont 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 homeowners potentially being mis—sold leasehold properties. the climate activist, greta thunberg, addresses a crowd of thousands in bristol ahead of a climate strike march through the city.

if enough people are pushing for change, then change will come. so we are those people, and every single person counts. the camera is misbehaving this morning! here to answer them is our health correspondent, james gallagher. lorrie on email asks, "how long do symptoms last in an otherwise healthy person?" it depends how severe an infection

you get. with an incubation period, the time of developing symptoms as an infection. over the course of next week after that, you can have symptoms like coughing and fever, that might be the end of it for some people. but for others, it could get worse, they could develop things like pneumonia and breathing difficulties. in the most extreme of cases, multiple organ failure, a couple of weeks after that. the full course of the disease could be about three weeks. we have heard a lot about elderly people and people with pre—existing conditions. sarah on email asks, "are babies and toddlers more at risk?" children seem to be spectacularly spurred by this virus in terms of developing the severest symptoms. —— spared. we haven't had a lot of information about a newborn baby

specifically, but there are some protection for even the youngest baby through breastmilk. neil on email asks, "can you please explain the concern and procedures being put in place for covid—19 when the mortality rate is so minimal compared with unfluenza." i think people would argue whether it is so minimal in comparison to influenza. a hypothetical scenario where it is identical to influenza, what would you do? influenza is already around the world, it bounces around, you can't stop it, the best you have is the flu jab but you still get the flu after having that. this is a virus that has just emerged. there may still be a capacity to stop it ever spreading around the world, to limit it and wipe it out basically, that is why there has been such a massive reaction. this is an unknown quantity, learning more every day, but that is a capacity. the window of opportunity is narrowing but it

is still there to stop this spreading around the world. that is why there has been such a massive response. amanda on email has written into say, "i returned from barcelona last week, i feel like i've got a cold, got sniffles and a headache. where could i get tested to check?" well, don't go in a way to get tested. if you are concerned, then dial nhs one—on—one. it is worth remembering that barcelona does not have a massive outbreak. the risk is minimal, it is probably something like a normal winter bug that those of us get at this time of year. the official advice is, stay at home, then go to your gp surgery, and call 111 . william on email says, "my boss and co workers have gone to north italy for a non—work long weekend. small office, one room, can i stay away from the office to protect myself?"

you probably want to ask your boss, not me. it is worth remembering commonwealth advice, it is advising not to travel to 11 small towns in specific parts of northern italy. the question really is, where in northern italy are your co—workers going to? if it is a low risk area, then nothing really needs to change. if the co—workers are going to the specific towns with quite a lot of quarantines are going on, then that isa quarantines are going on, then that is a different question. john on email asks, "should the church be using the common cup for communion services?" today, we are up to 19 cases of coronavirus in the uk. the distinction is that they have all come from abroad, the virus is not spreading in the uk. so the danger of taking your communion wine is no

greater than it was at last winter in terms of spreading other bugs. of course, if there was a massive care virus outbreak, then that might be a potential source of infection, if we have an outbreak in the uk. trevor reason, from middlesex, on email asks, "i am travelling to london on packed trains and underground trains where we barely have space to stand. surely this must be the highest risk area of transmission. "should we still travel this way?" you can probably realign my answer and substitute communion wine with trains. until we have an outbreak in the uk, then there is no major risk on the trains than there is any other winter with the winter bugs. things like public transport, mass gatherings, whether they should be changes, that starts to kick in once thatis changes, that starts to kick in once that is an outbreak in the uk. that is when we consider those things, not today. one more coming from yours through the. i was reading that newcastle united have started a policy of no handshakes in the

office, what do you think? same answer? it is good advice, in general, hand hygiene is the way to stop viruses spreading, including coronavirus. if you had the virus and coughed all over this desk, and i touched it, that is one of the major ways that wireless spreads. as a little bit of common sense of keeping your hands clean. the teenage climate activist, greta thunberg, is leading thousands of mostly young protesters, some of them skipping school, on a march through bristol. in the last half hour the 17—year—old told the crowd: "world leaders are behaving like children so it falls on us to be the adults in the room."

thank you so much for coming. there are people everywhere, i can't see into it, thank you so much, every single one of you for being here. i am so happy to be here in bristol with all of you. there will be a time when we will look back and ask ourselves what we did right now. how do we want to be remembered? this is an emergency — people are already suffering and dying from the consequences of the climate and environmental emergency. but it will get worse. and, still, this emergency is being completely ignored by the politicians, the media

and those in power. basically, nothing is being done to halt this crisis despite all the beautiful words and promises from our elected officials. so what did we do during this crucial time? what we will do right now. well, i will not stand aside and watch, i will not be silenced while the world is on fire. will you? greta thunberg and the other protesters in bristol, more on that later. now with all the business news, here is egon.

this i'm egon cossou. in the business news: the spread of the coronavirus is continuing to hit the business world — european stockmarkets are sharply down. and easyjet and the owner of british airways are warning about the impact on their companies. three former barclays executives have been cleared of fraud at the old bailey. the case against them centred on payments to qatar as the bank tried to raise funds during the 2008 financial crisis. the jury threw out all the charges. gambling companies should do more to safeguard gambling addicts. that's the verdict of the body that examines public spending. it says the industry needs tougher regulation to make sure more people don't fall into addiction. do you know the difference between a freehold and leasehold properties?

well, freehold is where you own the land your home sits on, and leasehold is where you effectively rent the land from the person who owns it. well, a new investigation says people who buy leasehold properties are being charged treated unfairly — with many facing steep rises in how much rent they pay for the land their homes are on. the competition and markets authority is warning that some house—builders aren't being upfront about what sort of home they're selling — leasehold orfreehold. george lusty, from the cma, says it's time for action. something has gone seriously wrong here. people are being trapped in properties that they can't sell, they can't get a mortgage on. we've heard from thousands of people across the country that they're in exactly the same situation. that's why we're announcing we're taking action today. we're going to be pursuing enforcement cases against developers, and we really strongly support the steps being taken by government to change the law. we realise that people are trapped in these untenable positions. people should feel safe in their homes, but they are rightly devastated and hugely impacted by what's happened.

so, through these cases, we're going to try and sort out part of a historic problem. there's still a really important role that government needs to play for the future, also, in looking at other issues like permission fees and service charges too. we need to take these cases to court, we hope to win, and we hope to be able to get people's money back. we are going to do everything we can to sort out this problem. it's having a huge impact, something's gone really badly wrong. the developers, in particular, seem to have really failed in their responsibility to treat their customers fairly. let's see how the markets are doing. the markets are on the slide because of the fears about the spread of the coronavirus. travel firms are especially having a hard time as demand takes a hit. firms doing a lot of business with china are also under pressure. it's the worst week for the markets since the financial crisis. that's all the business news.

the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister will chair a meeting of the cobra emergency committee on monday as the number of cases of coronavirus in the uk rises to 19. the airlinejet2 says british people confined to a hotel in tenerife, because of the virus, 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. 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. our 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 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. 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. our plastic sack business all gone. the total damage is $u520,000. 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. 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 400 million years. dr tamela maciel is an astrophysicist at

the national space centre. my colleague, joanna gosling, spoke to her earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme. it's incredible, the impact. so, for us, when the scientists first got the data in and they were looking at the gas and the dust around this cluster of galaxies, they noticed there's a little divot in the bottom bit, and they thought this could be from an outburst from a black hole. but it's so much bigger than we've ever seen before that they initially discounted that, because the amount of energy required is colossal. as you said, five times bigger than anything we've seen before. but recent follow—up data in different wavelengths of light have actually shown, yes, this is from a supermassive galaxy, kind of, punching its way through, sending out a jet of plasma and radiation that is millions and millions of light years long. you could fit 15 of our own galaxies inside this, sort of cavity, this divot, that has been carved out. so absolutely enormous, and really, really interesting to discover. so what can we learn from it?

well, it definitely pushes the envelope up, in terms of the power that we know supermassive black holes can have. it's not just about regulating things. i think sometimes black holes get a bit of a bad reputation — "they just swallow everything and kills stuff off." but, actually, we know they can go through this active phase, where they send outjets of material and radiation, and this can kind of stir things up a bit. it can actually be beneficial and trigger new stars to form, or galaxies to form, in a different way that we don't fully understand. so it's about understanding this sheer colossal impact that a black hole can have on its environment. and that teaches us about how galaxies form. this evening, in paris, they're holding the cinema awards ceremony known as the cesars — the french equivalent of the oscars. topping the list of nominees is the film, an officer and a spy — orj'accuse in french — by the 86—year—old french—polish director, roman polanski.

but there's fury among feminists and metoo activists because of the long—standing allegations aimed at polanski of rape and sexual abuse. hugh schofield reports from paris. the film is about a jewish man — a soldier — hounded by society, and the fight to clear his name. the dreyfus affair is a subject which roman polanski says he has always wanted to treat, and the result is a cinematic triumph. happy audiences and 12 nominations at the annual awards. but whatever its success, the film, j'accuse, comes weighted with controversy. this is where the cesars — the french oscars — are going to be held. you can see they're putting the final touches to the outside right now. and this is the focus of the row. already on an adjacent wall there's graffiti against roman polanski. the point is, we're living now in a post—metoo world, and roman polanski is a director with a past.

wherever he goes in public now, roman polanski is dogged by the 1977 scandal — when, after admitting unlawful sex with a 13—year—old, he fled the united states. there are other allegations of rape and abuse, mainly also from the 1970s. the last was made just two months ago. feminists say that with this background, it's disgraceful roman polanski should be honoured for this film. but for them, it's typical of the french cultural elite. i think there is really a strong specificity in france to say that it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter, in fact, you have the power, you are an artist, you are a genius, so you can rape and we don't care. this is still the case in france. roman polanski does not give many interviews, but in paris match magazine recently he said this: "in1977, i did something wrong and nearly half a century later, my family is still paying the price. it's like a curse that keeps coming back." and pola nski's supporters say his work should be allowed

to stand for itself. i think we should differentiate what is the moral behaviour of a creator — which can be very bad and must be judged as everybody else, because a creator is not above the law. his films, his creations, why punish a film for the bad behaviour of his film—maker? polanski says he himself has felt hounded by society with its changing sexual values. for his accusers, any hounding is belated and richly deserved. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. the duke of sussex has visited the world famous abbey road studios, wherejon bonjovi has been recording a charity single for the royal‘s invictus games foundation. harry returned to the uk from canada this week to begin a series of royal engagements which are likely to be his last before he steps down from royal duties on march 31.

the singer spoke to reporters outside the studio after harry's visit and explained why he wanted to get involved with the invictus games. to get involved with i'm to get involved with a songwriter, i wrote a song which i'm a songwriter, i wrote a song which had a message, in this case, it was about veterans who have served their country. and helping them to heel. when i had written it, it was for american soldiers and a small documentary i was supporting. but at the same time, i sent this letter to harry, this idea that would you get the other 20 nations after the uk leads the charge. my gift to the people of this nation who have given so much to me over nearly 40 years. that was it, it was all relies today. were you able to give him much advice about living in north america? i don't think i need to give him any advice. he is a wonderful young man who has served

his nation, both in and out of uniform. he is a special kind. you will know the pressures of public life, what you make of his decision? i can't comment, it would be wrong too. none of us know what it is like too. none of us know what it is like to live in his shoes, you give him an emotional hug. my admiration for the family is deep. what were you able to show him inside today? something very different. i brought 12 requires members to life, they area 12 requires members to life, they are a rock band now, no more nerves and anxiety. they are in at secret room where the beatles made our record, they are singing with me, harry walks in. the sun shining outside. do you think he is a rocket at heart? absolutely, he is a jon bonjovi fan. meanwhile, 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 couple will formally leave their roles on the 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. the birth of an asian 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 elephantjoins a species listed as "endangered" by the international union for conservation of nature. congratulations to everyone there, proud mum and baby, and all the keepers at chester zoo. next on bbc news, it's the news at one with ben brown. first, the weather with darren bett. hello there. more rain today, more rain tonight, and that's going to lead to some further flooding problems over the next few days, notjust rain that's been falling again, we've seen some snow. this picture taken by a weather watch in staffordshire and it has

been over the hills in the north. it's a radar picture. over the past three hours, rain has been pushing in from the southwest leading edge. we've seen some snow over the hills in northern england. now arriving in scotland, it will stay snowy in the hills here through this afternoon. probably turning back to rain in northern england. the rain easing off in northern ireland here and for england and wales. well, temperatures may get into double figures with south—westerly winds colder in scotland. that snow just peters out during the evening. and then as the night goes on, we see the next band of rain coming in from the west. this is heavy rain will be accompanied by some strong and very gusty winds as well. and that rainfall is just going to add up from today and tonight on top of what we've had already. and the highest rainfall totals are going to be over the hills in the west. in wales, for example, another 70 or more millimeters of rain on the way. just what we don't need. that rain band is going to sweep very quickly away from eastern parts of england, sunshine and showers come rattling in as well.

very gusty winds, longer spells of rain for northern ireland, wetter weather for northern england, central southern scotland, some snow on the hills. and temperatures about four or five degrees at best. not a great deal warmer further south. it's getting colder through the day, even though we're seeing some sunshine away from those showers. and it will feel cold because we've got some very strong and gusty winds widely as we head into the afternoon and evening. and this is course due to storm jorge, that's going to bring very windy weather overnight and into the start of sunday, as well. the main core of winds here where we're going to find gusts of 75 miles an hour and particularly gusty when those showers come rattling in. and that wetter weather will be moving its way northwards across scotland, bringing some more snow over the higher ground. that's jorge sitting close to the north west of scotland, still quite windy. for many northern areas on sunday. that weather front, though, will reduce the winds further south, may well bring a spell of rain across more southern parts of england through the english channel. so more snow, though, for the highlands, a lot of snow to come.

elsewhere, some sunshine and some showers, which could be wintry over the hills as well. another chilly sort of feeling day. not as windy for the southern half of the uk, where temperatures are eight or nine.

three new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk — bringing the total to 19. the new cases include the first in wales — a patient who had recently been in northern italy. there are growing fears about the global spread of the virus. that is why i think they have been cautious about explaining what would happen in what they call the reasonable worst case scenario, but given that we are at that tipping point i think they are rightly starting to explain in more detail what some of those trade—offs might be. the outbreak brings the worst stock market falls since 2008 — the bank of england says economic growth could be downgraded.