this is bbc news i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 103m. the uk's 20th coronavirus case is the first to catch it here, not abroad. a gp surgery the man visited is closed for deep cleaning. and after news of the first briton to die from the virus — a passenger on the diamond princess cruise ship — the government considers new legislation to deal with the spread. we are planning not to use them but we are planning to have the appropriate powers to have considered all scenarios just in case we need to. on tenerife, hotel guests are told they will be tested for covid-i9. a surge in south korea, with nearly 600 new cases reported on saturday — bringing the total to nearly 3,000, the largest outside china. more than 80 flood warnings in place

across england and wales, and police declare a critical incident in pondypridd as storm jorge sweeps in from the west. a new deal set to be signed between the us and the taliban, ahead of the withdrawal of american troops as the taliban boast of victory. in a moment we will bring you all the latest on the coronavirus but first we have some breaking political news. for more our correspondent laura kuenssberg is in north london. good kuenssberg is in north london. morning. in the las minutes good morning. in the last few minutes we have had a public statement here from the home office boss, sir philip rotman, who has quit hisjob boss, sir philip rotman, who has quit his job and boss, sir philip rotman, who has

quit hisjob and in a highly boss, sir philip rotman, who has quit his job and in a highly unusual decision he has decided to go public with his concerns and reasons why. some of our with his concerns and reasons why. some of oui’ reasons with his concerns and reasons why. some of our reasons might remember that probably for the last ten days oi’ that probably for the last ten days or $0 that probably for the last ten days or so they have been multiple reports —— reports of tensions between him and priti patel. both sides have denied that they be part of briefing against each other but sir philip has gone on the record now, telling us he believes he has been the target of a vicious an orchestrated campaign against him and he has notjust left hisjob, he is planning to sue the government, to ta ke is planning to sue the government, to take them to court, for constructive dismissal. i cannot remember anything like this ever happening before, i can't stress how much of it is unusual for a public official, one of the most official officials —— senior officials to ta ke officials —— senior officials to take the step of going public with their concerns. he told us notjust he believes he has been the target ofa campaign he believes he has been the target of a campaign but that there is a wider problem, a wider pattern of this kind of behaviour across the

government. and he also said that while priti patel had denied taking any part in this personally, this briefing against him and his officials, he actually said he doesn't believe her. while he was willing to be part of reconciling with the home secretary at the request of the prime minister, as far as he was concerned, priti patel hasn't been willing to do that. in context, i'd urge how much this is deeply unusual for someone in context, i'd urge how much this is deeply unusualfor someone in his kind of position, the sir humphreys, if you like, the people working away behind closed doors for the government, to feel they have no choice but to speak out like this is something very unusual and gives us a real flavour of something something very unusual and gives us a realflavour of something on something very unusual and gives us a real flavour of something on very badly wrong in that particular government department. is it too soon to get any government response on this? it is, i'm afraid. it has come out in the last couple of minutes. the context of this is we

have a government that want to make big changes, they want to make change in whitehall, they want to runa change in whitehall, they want to run a government more effectively, they do have frustrations with how things have been done over the last yea rs things have been done over the last years and decades and they are certainly willing to go ruthlessly after the kinds of changes they want to make. that said, actually forcing the departure of a permanent secretary, which he clearly believes he has been forced to take this step and i'm sure the government will say that they deny that and i'm sure priti patel will again deny allegations that have been made about her own behaviour, he talked about her own behaviour, he talked about shouting and swearing at officials, and he talked about a climate in the home office that has emerged during the time in which she has been in charge, i'm sure the government will deny those allegations but it is no secret we have a government that is ruthlessly willing to pursue their own agenda and if that means making big changes in whitehall, so be it. but there is a difference between that, between a

determinedly focused government that is willing to rattle a few cages here and there, and a government thatis here and there, and a government that is actually doing things that people believe are unpleasant and crusty nine, in terms of the kinds of behaviour and the kinds of standards that should be and have been traditionally upheld in government. sir philip took to the camera about what he believed at times ina camera about what he believed at times in a statement which we will play in a few minutes, he was visibly shaken, i think, by what has happened, visibly upset by what has happened, visibly upset by what has happened, and that obviously is not the kind of usual circumstance you'd have between an official in any government department, particularly someone government department, particularly someone who has been around for such a long time. his time in charge of the home office hasn't been accident free. he was there when amber rudd got into trouble and cause a lot of distress to many people over the windrush saga for example, that whole mess with citizenship, things haven't gone right throughout his tenure but for him to leave like

this is quite extraordinary. let's have a listen to what he had to say. i have this morning resigned as permanent secretary of the home office. i take this decision with great regret after a career of 33 years. i great regret after a career of 33 years. lam great regret after a career of 33 years. i am making this statement now because i will be issuing a claim against the home office for constructive dismissal. in the last ten days, i have been the target of a vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign. it has been alleged that i have briefed the media against the home secretary. this, along with many other claims, is completely false. the home secretary categorically denied any involvement in this campaign to the cabinet office. i regret i do not believe her. she hasn't made the effort i would expect to dissociate herself

from the comments. even despite this campaignl from the comments. even despite this campaign i was willing to effect a reconciliation with the home secretary. as requested by the cabinet secretary on behalf of the prime minister. but, despite my efforts to engage with her, priti patel has made no effort to engage with me to discuss this. i believe these events give me very strong grounds to claim constructive, unfair dismissal, and i will be pursuing that claim in the courts. my experience has been extreme but i consider there is evidence that it was part of a wider pattern of behaviour. one of my duties as permanent secretary is to protect the health, safety and well— being permanent secretary is to protect

the health, safety and well—being of oui’ the health, safety and well—being of our 35,000 people. this has created tension with the home secretary and i encouraged her to change her behaviour is. i have received allegations of conduct is included shouting and swearing, belittling people, making unreasonable and repeated demands, behaviour that created fear, and needed some bravery to call out. i know that resigning in this way will have very serious implications for me personally. the cabinet office offered me a financial settlement that would have avoided this outcome. i am also aware there will continue to be briefing against me now i have made this decision. but i am hopeful that at least it may not now be directed towards my colleagues or the department. this has been a very difficult decision. but i hope that my stand may help in

maintaining the quality of government in our country which includes hundreds of thousands of civil servants loyally dedicated to delivering this government's agenda. i will make no further comment at this stage. well, you can see there there is absolutely no doubt sir philip rutnam has taken this thing seriously and you can see actually how shaken he appears to have been from everything that has happened. and this is a very significant development for what is still quite a new government that wants to make change, that wants to do things differently. but doing things differently. but doing things differently is one thing. actually having a situation where someone who has been a senior public servant for many years feels forced to act in this vein is going to take government to court... well, that is quite another. and that is a very serious thing to happen and the home office is one of the most important

departments in government and for a public official to make a series of allegations like that against one of the most senior members of the government, priti patel the home secretary, is quite something, and in political terms is quite a fraught period and widely reported tensions, but reports of tensions between government departments and ministers is nothing new but this kind of thing is extremely unusual. we will see through the day how the government responds to this news just breaking in the last few minutes. this looks like a staggering statement, staggering development and yet the government has a huge majority. to what degree can they face down internal opposition, whether it is cabinet ministers, like sajid javid, do they say they just want people who will support us? yes, they will. any government, especially one with a huge mandate, they can seek to govern in the way they believe is the best way to take. when you have

a majority of 80, of course, government is therefore it has a huge insurance policy against disquiet and against concern, and against objection. what they don't haveis against objection. what they don't have is an unlimited source of goodwill. there are two different things, there is political brute force, they could get anything through parliament pretty much, u nless through parliament pretty much, unless it was completely crazy. can they, however, act exactly as they see fit without taking risks and without risking their reputation? of course they can't. you are a further two saj id course they can't. you are a further two sajid javid, the chancellor's resignation, partly by accident and partly by design, and some people at the top of the government think, so what? they now believe they have a better chancellor in the shape of rishi sunak and so what if you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette. political goodwill still matters, though, and it is not limitless and there are concerns amongst mps and ministers about how ruthless this government is prepared

to be. in politics always there is a lot of things that happen that is a rough business. people are not in this, whether senior officials or politicians, they are not in it to try to please anybody, they are not in it to worry about anybody‘s feelings but no government however big their majority, can act with com plete big their majority, can act with complete impunity and i think there will be some conservative mps who look at this and who wonder and who may be give didn't make given some thought football is about how this government is behaving. it was notable in a statement that the panellist had asked the cabinet secretary to try to bring about a reconciliation between priti patel and boris johnson, reconciliation between priti patel and borisjohnson, so while he was making a point about the wider pattern in government, it was interesting he felt that was an important point to make publicly. finally, interesting, sajid javid had a good relationship with sir philip rutnam when he was home secretary and a member of sajid javid's team has been in touch with

him to make that point. lots and lots of criminology going on here and people will look at this story is evidence of lots of things going on in government. fascinating, and thanks very much indeed for bringing us thanks very much indeed for bringing us that breaking news this hour. let's move on with our other main news today. now, coronavirus, and the latest person diagnosed with the infection in england is the first to catch it on uk soil. the man from surrey hadn't been abroad recently. public health officials are now trying to track down anyone who came into contact with him. it came as another patient, who'd been quarantined on a cruise ship injapan, became the first briton to die from the illness. the respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia—like symptoms has now infected more than 84000 people in more than 50 countries, with 20 cases here in the uk. charlotte rose has this report. one month on from the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk we have now seen the first person contract the illness on uk soil. the man from surrey went to his gp surgery in haslemere which was later closed for deep cleaning.

he is now being treated at a specialist infection centre in london while public health officials tried to trace his recent contacts. it brings the total number of confirmed cases to 20 with the first diagnosis in wales. the virus has also claimed its first british death, a man in his 70s who caught the illness aboard the diamond princess cruise ship in japan. chinese health officials say there are now 79,000 cases. it isn'tjust the human health cost. in the us, california reported its second case. and it is notjust the human health costs. at the close of markets yesterday, £200 billion had been wiped off the value of written's biggest companies. the worst trading week since the financial crash of 2008. the government is expected to publish emergency legislation next week in response to the coronavirus outbreak. a health minister wouldn't rule out

the government taking emergency action, like banning mass gatherings of people as has been seen in other countries with an epidemic. what we are doing is looking at beyond containment which the chief medical officers clear he believes is working, and can continue to work, but we are planning for other eventualities and what we would need to do, assessing what powers we might need to delay and further contain this outbreak, if it went beyond that phase. i'm clear it is not going beyond that phase at the moment but this is contingency planning about how we might deal with a greater deal of transmission. anyone who thinks they are at risk of having coronaviruses advise not to go toa gp of having coronaviruses advise not to go to a gp surgery or hospital. instead the nhs advises to call 111 which operates in england, scotland and parts of wales. for those in northern ireland, the advice is to self—isolate and call your gp. british tourists being kept in quarantine in a tenerife hotel are today feeling a bit more hopeful.

they have a received a letter from the foreign office today saying they're to be tested for covid—i9. it comes after holiday companyjet2 said it couldn't fly travellers home unless they'd had that test, or, completed two weeks of quarantine at the hotel. for more our correspondent fiona trott is in tenerife. what exactly is the situation on the ground now for those people in the hotel? i spoke to one of the guests a few moments ago and they told me that they believe already in reception there may be some british travellers with suitcases who are getting ready to leave and we know from officials here that we were told that 48 people who are considered to be low risk, that they arrived after the affected italian people left, would be able to leave today. like you say, there is a little more optimism today following that letter from the foreign office,

and also a message from the president of the canary islands, who has reinforced this message that, as far as authorities are concerned here, british nationals could leave before the two—week quarantine period. this is what he had to say. translation: the majority who arrived before the 24th will be able to leave if a plane is charted. if thatis to leave if a plane is charted. if that is impossible they will have to remain in the hotel until the 10th of march. so, presumably, fiona, people feeling a bit more optimistic now? that's right. this letterfrom feeling a bit more optimistic now? that's right. this letter from the foreign office said this, to provide reassurance to you and the flag carrier you'll be asked to have a covid-19 test. if the carrier you'll be asked to have a covid—19 test. if the result is negative and you remain well and don't show any symptoms at the airport, you'll be able to fly home. on your attorney will be asked to self—isolate, even if you don't have

symptoms until the 10th of march. and this is good because we know, don't we, that one holiday company, for example jet2, said for the spanish authorities, the president has said you can leave but they can't take you home unless you've had two weeks of quarantine or have had two weeks of quarantine or have had this covid-19 had two weeks of quarantine or have had this covid—19 test so getting this news after a public health england official has assessed the situation here is hopefulfor the remaining guests, and they are waiting now to find out when that test ca n waiting now to find out when that test can be taken. ok, fiona, thanks very much indeed. south korea has reported its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases on saturday. the country has reported another 219 cases positive to the virus bringing the country's total infection to 3,150. our correspondent in the south korean capital seoul, laura bicker, joins me now. laura, this looks like another big jump. for the third day in a row

south korea is reporting more cases of coronavirus than china where this outbreak began. we've had around 1000 cases confirmed within the last 24 1000 cases confirmed within the last 2a hours, another huge hike. 17 people have died. ten people are still critically ill in hospital, 16 others are seriously ill. these rises have continued day after day where the figures continue to spike and it's beginning to alarm people in south korea, particularly in the worst hit area of daegu. i spent a lot of time there earlier this week and people are assigned, they are trying to stay at home but there is this daily battle for a face mask where they are queueing up outside supermarkets for hours to try to make sure they get a facemask to protect themselves. meanwhile, doctors in daegu say they've been overwhelmed by this crisis, they are urging those with mild symptoms to stay at home they tried to treat the most critical patients. two patients

who died yesterday died without getting a hospital bed, while self isolating at home. so there is a critical need now for thousands of patients at home to get a hospital bed and get the treatment they need. health officials are trying to come to terms with this. it's worth pointing out that south korea was well prepared for this. it has a very robust, usually efficient health system. it has a capacity to test tens of thousands of people a day but still the health authorities are struggling to get this outbreak under control. that should send a message to countries around the world who are looking here and wondering how to contain this outbreak, and if it cannot be contained here, other countries could struggle, too. what about news the army has been mobilised in some parts of the country? in the worst hit region of daegu, they have mobilised army trucks to try to disinfect the city. it is the

fourth—largest city in south korea. so there is disinfectant coming out of the back of the tracks to make sure the roads are clean, soldiers head to toe in highly protective gear have been spring shops as well. we have seen volunteers and health workers doing this but they've decided the army should do it. it's worth remembering the army and the south korean military in particular is on lockdown across the country because 26 members of the military have coronavirus in several different bases so they are having to mobilise part of the army that they can while keeping others on lockdown. laura, thank you very much. and on monday on bbc one in the evening we have a special programme on the outbreak — that's coronavirus: everything you need to know at 7:30 on monday. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning. norwich city have been

bottom of the premier league since boxing day but they got a much needed victory beating leicester 10 last night. jamal lewis was the unlikely hero because this is his first ever league goal and quite a finish and a time to school because the win puts norwich three points behind watford who are second bottom. watford play liverpool today who are all but assured of the premier league title. but today they could equal the longest winning league run in the history of the top five european leagues. victory against watford would be their 19th ina row against watford would be their 19th in a row set by buying munich back in 2014. jurgen klopp is taking nothing for granted. this game will be tough, i said it, nothing for granted. this game will be tough, isaid it, 100%, i don't wa nt to be tough, isaid it, 100%, i don't want to said otherwise people will say it will not happen. we just have to fight for each inch of grass in that game. if we do that, we are difficult to play and then we have a chance to win and if we have a chance to win and if we have a chance to win and if we have a chance to win, we should use it. that's it. hibs are into the semifinals of the scottish cup in a

seven semifinals of the scottish cup in a seven goal thrillerfrom semifinals of the scottish cup in a seven goal thriller from last night. the visitors pulled a goal back to make it 31 b four hibs scored another. once again it was quite an amazing recovery from laura kenny. seen here in white in the middle of your screen was taking part in the opening race, one of five riders to crash. in a front man with over a lap to go and she splayed across the tank. she was able to walk off the track with accompany her right eye, she had to have stitches but was allowed to carry on. she broke her shoulder in the world cup in canada only last month and says she has to carry on for her son. when i came down, to be honest, i knew straightaway that at least my shoulder was ok, and that was all i was worried about. all the blood started gushing from my face and i was, like, oh, no, what else have i done? but i wasn't going to give up. icame to done? but i wasn't going to give up. i came to rest and i'm glad i did

carry on. because i need to do the races at this level. it was the last timei races at this level. it was the last time i will get to do that before the olympics so i thought it doesn't matter i haven't got a medal, need to get back on the bike because otherwise in six months‘ time i‘m going to be nervous again. fighter! there‘s a rest week in the six nations so the focus is back on domestic rugby union. second—place sale are within four points of exeter with a win over gloucester but real story is the players paying tribute to caroline flack, they came out with a slogan on behalf of the mental health campaign. cipriani has spoken about his own troubles in the wa ke spoken about his own troubles in the wake of the death of the love island star who took her own life earlier this month. heather watson is one win away from her first wta title in almost four years after reaching the mexican open final. she won in straight sets against her chinese

opponent. the british number two hasn‘t won a tournament in 2016 and if she wins today shall break into the top 50 world rankings again since her win four years ago. finally, of all goals in the premier league this weekend now and i think will match the technique of this. watch this acrobatic finish from dundalk, who play in the league of ireland premier division. how high it is located ? ireland premier division. how high it is located? not only does he get to such height and agility, if most of us tried that, it would end up way above the bar and we‘d pull a hamstring. despite the goal, they still lost to shamrock. what a goal it was, never to be forgotten. that is all this but for now. mike, lovely to and thanks very much indeed. a study has found that one in five graduates graduates would have been better off financially if they did not go to university. but the research by the institute for fiscal studies, commissioned by the department for education, has found most people with a degree can expect a better salary. but the study also found that male graduates on average gain

by £130,000 while female graduates benefit less, by £100,000. let‘s talk to jack britton from the institute for fiscal studies. thanks for coming in today. what was the most surprising finding here for you because it i think there is a few surprising findings in this data. one of the exciting things as this is new data people haven‘t been able to look at before in such detail and one of the really surprising things is not necessarily the kind of overall numbers but it isa the kind of overall numbers but it is a descriptive point, which is that we seem male earnings of graduates growing very rapidly during their 30s, which results in them having a very large benefit to higher education overall, across their whole lifetime. that growth is very rapid for men but outstrips the growth of graduate women which is a stark, descriptive result in what we have looked at. presumably because women are having children? probably

a big factor. anti-discrimination factors in the workplace? the research doesn‘t speak to that but an interesting part of it is even at the top end of earners, men are growing very rapidly and women are in the top 10% of women, even, they‘re growth in earnings is a lot lower than for men so it is a really interesting story going on there. that is one of the surprising descriptives, but there is also a fairly stock number here which is that while from the private point of view about 80% of graduates are benefiting themselves, about half of graduates are costing the taxpayer money as a result of going to university. the taxpayer is losing money, essentially, on about half of all graduates. that is outweighed on average by the big benefits that it gets from some graduates, who pay loads more in tax, but that i think it‘s quite a large number of graduates. when you say costing the taxpayer money, what you mean by that, specifically? it doesn't take

into account all possible effects individuals might have on tax receipts etc but what it is doing is calculating the upfront cost of university to the taxpayer, which is paying for tuition fees and maintenance and grants, to an extent. then offsetting that and seeing the taxes outweigh the cost and for half of the graduates that isn‘t the case. and for half of the graduates that isn't the case. 2096 are worse off after paying for courses and some courses are definitely worse than others? yes. i think that is one of the myths of the system to an extent. people always say you‘re going to university and you‘re making this choice but you can borrow the money as a student loan and that protects you from bad outcomes wears this research is kind of showing that, actually, some people will lose from going to university so they are actually worse off earning less of their lifetime than had they not gone to university. subjects studied at university. subjects studied at university is predictive of that. the people earning less than they

would have done otherwise, they are heavily dominated in courses like the creative arts and to a lesser extent social care. it is fascinating and there is much more on your website and also on our website. thank you for coming in. jack britton, thank you very much. while flood—hit communities are still counting the damage from storm ciara and storm dennis, some of those affected are now braced for further downpours this weekend. there are more than 90 flood warnings now in place across england and wales and storm jorge is expected to bring another 80 millimetres of rain. while most of the uk has wind warnings in place from midday today. in wales, police have declared a "critical incident" around pontypridd and the ely area of cardiff because of flooding. and further wind and rain warnings in wales are expected to add to friday‘s problems where several railway lines and roads were blocked by flooding. we can get more on what to expect now with greg dewhurst, a met office media meteorologist. thank you forjoining us from

exeter, but what is in store in the coming hours? we have seen the heavy rain from yesterday, from last night clearing the uk to sunshine in blustery showers, heavy showers moving on from the west in association with storm jorge but also some very strong winds developing, 50—60 miles an hour, perhaps 70 miles an hour through this evening through parts of northern ireland, north—western part of the uk as well. we also seeing some bands of heavy snow by pushing into southern scotland as we move through into the afternoon with weather warnings and forceful snow as well. is there any calming down of the weather in sight? it stays very unsettled through the weekend, further blustery showers possible at times and into next week we stay fairly unsettled with further showers, outbreaks of rain but particular across southern parts of the uk so overall not quite as u nsettled the uk so overall not quite as unsettled as it has been but with very saturated ground already any rainfall is unwelcome. is it possible to say, as we keep asking, what is behind this weather?