this is bbc news. the headlines... a patient in scotland tests positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of uk cases to 36. the prime minister has been visiting public health england. the coronavirus is a concern, it is a novel illness, but it is something that this country really amply has the resources to deal with. we have state of the art testing facilities and we have a fantastic nhs, we will have to get through this, but believe me, we are going to beat it. some british holidaymakers who were on lockdown at a tenerife hotel arrive at the airport to fly back to the uk this evening, after testing negative for coronavirus. borisjohnson says he has "confidence" in his home secretary priti patel who faces allegations from her departing civil service

chief that she bullied staff. greek authorities have been using tear gas as clashes intensify with migrants on the border with turkey — they say they've already stopped almost ten thousand from entering. in the us, democratic presidential candidate joe biden wins his first primary in south carolina — boosting his chances of being his party's candidate to take on donald trump in november's election. good evening. coronavirus has spread to all four countries in the united kingdom, with scotland confirming their first case. the scottish government said the tayside resident recently travelled from italy. it comes as the prime minister warned the virus is likely to spread

throughout the uk and follows a significant jump in the number of people who tested positive for the virus. the health secretary has said the government could make use of emergency powers to close schools and cancel large public events — if the virus can't be contained. that latest case takes the total number of those infected in the uk to 36. elsewhere, health officials in italy say the number of people infected has jumped to one thousand seven hundred. the virus — which causes pneumonia—like symptoms — has infected 87,161 people in 60 countries. on a visit to public health england — the prime minister spoke about the government's preparations it is vital therefore that people understand that we do has a great plan, a plan to tackle the coronavirus. and, i am very, very confident that in the nhs we have the professionals who will be well able

to cope with it. we have the testing systems that we need, a way of triaging people who are coming back into this country who may have been in contact with the coronavirus, but i want to repeat the key message that i think everybody needs to hear, repetitive though it may be, the best way we can help the nhs and help ourselves and stop the spread of the illness is to wash our hands and do that, you know, it is 20 seconds, two times happy birthday i am told with hot water and soap and wash your hands. you are chairing a cobra meeting tomorrow, is that soon enough? there have been, as you know, many, many cobra meetings over the course of the last few days and since the outbreak began and i am very confident that this country has the capacity to deal with it. i think what we are saying

is that we will be setting out the various measures, as the disease progresses, if it progresses in the way that we think it may, we will be setting out the various measures which we think the public should be responding to, public bodies should be we are putting that out tomorrow or the next day. but the crucial thing is, as i say, that the public does what it can, we all do what we can to stop the spread ourselves. the health secretary says no tactics are off the table when it comes to containing covid—i9, can you tell us more about what those tactics could be? ithink... i don't want to go now into the kinds of things that might be necessary, but you can imagine, obviously, there will be questions that we will need to consider about very big public events, that kind of thing, the continuation, how should schools

continue to operate. my view is that they should, as far as possible and i don't want kids being sent home unnecessarily and we think that is certainly where public health england is at the moment. i think the crucial thing for the public to understand is the coronavirus is of concern, it is a novel illness, but it is something that this country really amply has the resources to deal with. we have state of the art testing facilities and we have a fantastic nhs and we will have to get through this, but believe me, we are going to beat it. boris johnson speaking during a visit to a public health england. with more on the impact the coronavirus is having here in the uk — our health editor, hugh pym reports. one of two macro schools which will

be closed tomorrow because members of staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. at this infant school in berkshire, parents have been told it will not open until health officials are certain it is safe. the task and i was checking up on those who were in close contact with the individual who is now in hospital. we know exactly who this member of staff has been in contact with an public health england are now in the process of getting hold of all of these people and making sure that their health is looked after properly. the government is considering plans to bring retired doctors and nurses back into the nhs if cases spread. the health secretary said he had not ruled out significant restrictions on everyday life. we don't take anything off of the table at this stage, because you have got to make sure that you have all of the tools available, if that is what is necessary, but i want to minimise the social and economic disruption and at this stage, we

still have the hope, although the numbers elsewhere are rising fast, we still have the hope that we might be able to avoid this outcome. possible measures being considered by ministers include some school closures, cancelling large public events, perhaps including sport, and encouraging people to work at home. for now, people are urged to call the nhs iii helpline if they have symptoms having returned from any of the worst affected countries. there was a 50% the worst affected countries. there wasa 50%jump the worst affected countries. there was a 50%jump in call volume the worst affected countries. there was a 50% jump in call volume last week. hugh pym reporting. let's bring you some of the latest developments of the virus. we have more news about the case in scotland, they have been admitted to hospital, we are told, from the scottish government and currently receiving treatment in isolation. the patient is a resident of the tayside area and as we mentioned, had tayside area and as we mentioned, ha d rece ntly tayside area and as we mentioned, had recently travelled from italy. clinicians have already begun this

process of contact tracing, which is where they gathered details of the places that the patient has visited and the people they have been in contact with, since returning to the uk. this does not involve anyone that anyone has passed in the street oi’ that anyone has passed in the street or the shop, the risk from those situations is very low. close contact involves either a face—to—face contact or spending more than 15 minutes within two macro metres of the infected person. we are also told that nicola sturgeon has chaired a meeting of the scottish government resilience committee this evening and she will also be taking part in the british government emergency committee, cobra meeting which will be chaired by the prime minister tomorrow morning, to make sure all necessary steps a re morning, to make sure all necessary steps are being taken to prepare for further expected cases in scotland. they say that scotland is very well prepared for a significant outbreak but there is currently as we know no treatment of axing. let us bring you some of the latest developments regarding virus. the foreign office has announced that

all but essential staff will be withdrawn from the british embassy in iran due to the outbreak. the louvre museum did not open today due to staff concerns of infection, and some britons quarantined in a hotel in tenerife have started to begin theirjourney home after testing negatvie for the virus. globally one of the countries struggling to deal with the outbreak is south korea. the leader of a religious sect there is under investigation for failing to co—operate with efforts to contain coronavirus. there are more than 3 thousand 700 confirmed cases, and 22 deaths so far. authorities say members of the fringe christian group the shincheonji church ofjesus infected one another in the southern city of daegu last month, before fanning out around the country. more than 9,000 thousand of its members are now thought to be showing symptoms of the disease. our seoul correspondent, laura bicker, has been speaking to one of the church leaders. the army has been deployed to deal

with south korea's latest threat. they're battling this virus with disinfectant, but as more cases are confirmed, it appears this is a war they're not winning. a lot of public anger has been aimed at this secretive religious sect. the infection has spread rapidly among the followers of shincheonji church ofjesus. and as officials raced to trace the outbreak, it's claimed leaders hid the names of members. now they're being accused of murder. in a rare interview, the church denied all charges. translation: we feel very sorry for causing concern and worry to the people of korea and the world. i understand if people criticise us. but rather than point fingers, we think what's more important is to end this situation and to make sure no more confirmed cases come out.

meanwhile, hospitals in daegu have been overwhelmed. at least three people have died while waiting for a bed. doctors believe it's time to free up space for the most serious patients. translation: we can't quarantine and treat all patients. those who have mild symptoms should stay at home and get treated. we should change our end goal strategy to lower death rates. thousands fear they have the virus and are lining up to be tested. these drive—through clinics speed up the process. south korea is using every resource it has and still this infection continues to spread. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. and tomorrow evening on bbc one... we have a special programme on the outbreak — that's coronavirus: everything you need to know —

at 7.30pm tomorrow. and you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus and how to protect yourself against it on the bbc news app and on our website bbc.co.uk/news. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are mo hussein, the former conservative special adviser to amber rudd when she was home secretary, and bonnie greer, who's a columnist for the new european and byline times. the prime minister has defended the home secretary, priti patel, after claims made by her departing permanent secretary that she bullied staff. ms patel has reissued denials in response to newspaper reports, but has not publicly commented on allegations made by sir philip rutnam. labour has asked the home secretary to come to parliament to address the matter. and today, the bbc has learned another formal complaint was made against her.

our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. labour are trying to ratch up the pressure on priti patel. the labour leadership candidate kier starmer has called for her to make a statement to mps in parliament tomorrow about these allegations of bullying made by the former most senior official in her department, sir philip rutnam. in addition to that, the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said there should be an enquiry into priti patel‘s behaviour and during that enquiry she should be suspended from the home office. and the bbc has been told that there was a formal complaint about priti patel‘s behaviour, not at the home office, but when she was an employment ministerfour years ago. her spokesman says he has no knowledge, indeed she has no knowledge of that complaint, and we do not know if it was pursued, but clearly there are people willing to pile on the pressure on the home secretary, so she will be relieved that some of the pressure appears to now be coming off her position because borisjohnson has given her his full backing this evening and made it very clear that she still has a big job

to do as home secretary. i absolutely do have confidence in priti patel, i think she's a fantastic home secretary. it is never an easyjob, anybody who has been home secretary will testify that that is one of the toughest jobs in government and there is a big task ahead of us now, we are delivering at last a new immigration system for this country, a points—based immigration system, that will take a lot of work by the home office, a fantastic department and by the way, i want to make one thing absolutely clear, i am full of admiration for our civil service and the job that they do. we politicians could not begin to accomplish things without fantastic, absolutely brilliant alpha minds in the civil service, and we depend on them. so, i think an interesting contribution from the prime minister on two fronts, not simply that full confidence in priti patel, but also making it very clear, in effect the home office has

the responsibility for carrying out key parts of the manifesto that he stood on, 20,000 more police officers, that new points—based immigration system, so if the home office fails, then the government as a whole may find it far more difficult to hold on to its promises, the promises it made during that election campaign, and i think for that reason, the prime minister is not keen to see any further disturbance at the top of that department. he would be very reluctant to move the home secretary, but also interesting that he took time to praise the civil service and civil servants who he recognises are absolutely essential in delivering that agenda so he is making it very clear he does not want a continuing war of words in whitehall, he does not want this battle to continue even though the former permanent secretary, the most senior official at the home office, has departed. so to some extent, some conciliatory language towards the civil service but also making it clear to priti patel that despite opposition pressure for her to go, he is in no rush to see her leave

office at this stage. the headlines on bbc news: a patient in scotland tests positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of uk cases to 36. borisjohnson says he has "confidence" in his home secretary, priti patel, who faces allegations from her departing civil service chief that she bullied staff. greek authorities have been using tear gas as clashes intensify with migrants on the border with turkey. they say they've already stopped almost 10,000 from entering. sport now and with a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good evening. another piece of silverware for manchester city. they beat aston villa 2—1 to claim the league cup title for the third year in a row and their fourth in five years.

ours corrrespondent natalie pirks reports from wembley. wembley is manchester city's second home these days. in the winter sun, aston villa fans, both young, older and royal were hoping their side would not freeze but it had been 2a yea rs would not freeze but it had been 2a years since they last won this trophy and city were going for the hat—trick of consecutive victories. a defence splitting cross was about to send them on their way, phil foden with the to who else? sergio aguero. lucy mature pedal, once again aguero was the nemesis for aston villa. soft defending from a corner kick doubled their pain. headedin corner kick doubled their pain. headed in by rodri. dean smith was furious that it should have been a goal kick. entreaties team's defending was the bigger issue. just when a sense of inevitability kept thenit when a sense of inevitability kept then it was city's turn to slip up. john stones with the sum —— with the

stumble, samatta with the strike. came on. aston villa were hanging in there and with time ticking away bjorn engels came within millimetres of achieving legendary status. the final whistle brought heartbreak for plucky villa, business as usual for guardiola. city might as well set up camp in the home dressing room such as their dominance at wembley, their ninth victory in a row but aston villa can live with their heads held high, premier league survival a more pressing matter. two games in the premier league today and a contraversial draw at goodison park between everton and manchester united. it had been an entertaining game from the off after a david de gea blunder gifted everton an early lead. united equalised but everton thought they'd won it in injury time only to have it ruled off for offside by var, a decision not appreciated by the everton manager, carlo ancelotti, who got sent off for remonstrating with the referee.

rauljimenez struck the winner for wolves as they came from behind twice to beat spurs 3—2 at tottenham hotspur stadium. the win sends wolves sixth in the table and three points behind fourth—placed chelsea. celtic have moved a step closer to successfully defending their scottish cup title. they're through to the semifinals after beating stjohnstone1—0, ryan christie's free kick nine minutes from time enough to secure the win. they'll face aberdeen in the last four at hampden park next month. the opening race of the motogp season in qatar has been cancelled because of travel restrictions imposed on passengers from italy due to the coronavirus. motogp issued a statement this evening referring to italy's crucial role in the competition, both on track and off. the moto2 and moto3 categories will still race due to those teams and riders already being in qatar for testing there last week. in the rugby premiership, wasps recovered from a slow start to secure a five—try win over london

irish. elsewhere, bristol held out to beat neighbours bath, 19—13. despite a second half surge from bath, bristol held on for the vitory, harry randall crashed over with the winning try. bristol now move above northampton into third place in the premiership, while bath stay in fifth. israel folau's first super league game on english soil passed without incident. however, the home side will have more to worry about after letting a 28—10 lead slip to be beaten 34—29. elsewhere wigan go top with an eight—try hammering of huddersfieldand and last year's grand finalists salford continued their poor start to the season by losing at home to wakefield. that's all the sport for now. i will have more in the next hour. thank you.

greece says it has stopped almost 10,000 migrants crossing over the land border from turkey, which is struggling to deal with the number of people fleeing syria's civil war. the growing crisis comes after an airstrike in syria killed at least 33 turkish soldiers deployed to support the syrian opposition. turkey's president has said he will break his country's deal with brussels to prevent migrants entering the eu unless he gets greater support for his intervention in syria. orla guerin reports from the turkey and greece border. at first light, they joined the migrant trail from turkey. heading for the river meric, all that separates them from europe. this small group manages to cross, reaching the shores of greece, which fears a new flood of refugees. at border crossings with turkey, it's been pushing them back. greece doesn't want a repeat of 2015. caught up in the chaos

this afternoon, reza, an iranian we met who hopes to reach london. they're pushing us by water. tear gas. it's not fair. and the young have been in the firing line, like one—year—old yashar, whose family is from afghanistan. "the greeks shot at us and threw tear gas at him," says his father, zaman. "he could have died." but for turkey, which has been sheltering almost 4 million syrians, the refugees are now human bargaining chips being used to put pressure on europe. well, families are still arriving here, and they're not coming by accident. they are being encouraged to travel by the turkish authorities, led to believe that they can enter europe. instead, they're stuck here with no way to cross into greece, and they and their children

are having to camp out in the cold. and this is what awaits them now at the border. a battleground. greece says it won't allow a free for all. turkey says it's overwhelmed by refugees. it is determined that europe will share the fallout from syria's long and brutal war. orla guerin, bbc news, on the turkey—greece border. human right‘s watch executive director kenneth roth joins us now from geneva. welcome to bbc news. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. greece saying they have prevented 10,000 migrants from entering from turkey. how reliable are those figures? the 10,000 or whatever the number is pales in comparison to what this crisis is really about.

this is the turkish president's act of desperation to try to get european union leaders to focus on what is happening in syria's idlib province in north—western syria. 3-4,000,000 province in north—western syria. 3—4,000,000 civilians there are at risk from indiscriminate russian and syrian bombardments so the issue is not the .6 million syrian refugees that turkey is already hosting, it is the potential of 4 million who would be forced to flee into turkey to avoid a bloodbath in idlib. whatever good —— what our dog and is that i do not want this to happen in idlib, ido that i do not want this to happen in idlib, i do not have the capacity to stop vladimir putin, vladimir putin can turn this on and off at will. russian bonds are the key to what is going on. european governments have to put pressure on vladimir putin to stop you will share in the refugee crisis that are massacring idlib

within gender. it is four years since the eu struck a deal with the turkish president. he said, i will help you but you have got to support me, too. what sane is there that the european union is prepared to do more than they have done so far? this is a wake—up call on the part of the turkish president. the european union has the capacity to pressure vladimir putin. it could start to impose targeted economic sanctions on the senior russian officials who are responsible for this large—scale indiscriminate bombardment in the idlib province of syria. it could cut off arms sales by the principal russian arms exporter. there are things europeans could do which are not about military action, but could put targeted, tough pressure on vladimir putin to get him to stop the indiscriminate bombardment and the potential large—scale bloodshed that would create a new refugee crisis.

you have used the word could repeatedly. why is it not happening? so far the fighting in idlib has beenin so far the fighting in idlib has been in the southern part of the province. syrian forces are trying to retake to highways, one linking aleppo with damascus, one linking aleppo with damascus, one linking aleppo and another city. there has been large—scale displacement within idlib, roughly a been large—scale displacement within idlib, roughlya million been large—scale displacement within idlib, roughly a million people moving closer to the turkish border but defeat is that russian and syrian forces will not stop with the highways but will continue to further north. president assad wants to ta ke further north. president assad wants to take all of idlib and the people in idlib fled there from the rest of the country. they do not trust president aside for one they know that his prisons are filled with torture and execution chambers. many people have disappeared in them, thousands upon thousands. if push comes to shove and the choices being

bombarded by russian bombers, being ca ptu red bombarded by russian bombers, being captured by troops are fleeing into turkey, they will flee into turkey. even the turkish government will have to open the border because it does not want to see a massacre and massive loss of life in idlib but if it is pushed to do that it will open up it is pushed to do that it will open up the aegean sea. what we are seeing today and greece is a tiny foretaste of what could happen if european governments do not put intense, immediate, targeted pressure on vladimir putin to stop the indiscriminate bombardment in idlib. syrian forces do not have the capacity to move without the russian bombers. vladimir putin can turn this off at will and it is time to stop the killing in idlib. do you believe that the only thing the european union will sit up and take notice of is if those thousands and thousands of people make it across the border into the eu? this is the sad state of affairs, you would think it would be enough for european leaders to say that there

isa european leaders to say that there is a potential massive loss of life ina six is a potential massive loss of life in a six may, just for humanitarian reasons, to stop these massive war crimes, you think that we get them to act, but it has not been enough. that is why the turkish president took it to the next step and he has showed europe over the last couple of days, this is what the early stages of a refugee crisis can look like. no one believes that 10,000 people at the greek border as a refugee crisis but 3 million people fleeing into turkey, that would be a refugee crisis. do you want a refugee crisis. do you want a refugee crisis. do you want a refugee crisis or will you stop the indiscriminate bombardment by russian planes in idlib? it is as simple as that. kenneth roth, thank you for talking to us. storm jorge is bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the uk today, causing yet more disruption to flood—hit areas. dozens of flood warnings are still in place across england, wales and scotland, meaning immediate action is required. this time, the brunt of the severe

weather is expected to be borne by the south—west of england and yorkshire, as well as parts of wales. our reporter olivia richwald reports now from east yorkshire. the floodwater in east cowick is up to waist deep. it is contaminated with sewage, oil and rubbish. the village flooded on friday and the water has not receded. 65 homes here are flooded and residents have borrowed this canoe to help their neighbours retrieve valuables. i did get the chance to move some things beforehand. but i have just taken some more important things that i put in the loft which i felt better if i got them away, you know. the environment agency has deployed 36 pumps. they are removing 5,000 litres every second. but residents are angry and feel that their village has been sacrificed to save more populous places. the environment agency says it is doing all it can and it believes the flooding here is now stable. the river levels are still high. we are talking at least days

and possibly longer. the plan is to get water off the washlands, to the flood plains and back into the river, for that we need the river levels to fall. we have 36 pumps operating up and down the area across our communities that are supporting that but it will take days. residents living here tell me that this village has not flooded for more than 70 years and when it did it was nowhere near this bad. the instinctive reaction here has been to help each other and that is why this boat has been ferrying people back and forth to their flooded homes to collect their most treasured possessions. mark adams is helping his neighbours, but the floodwater is centimetres from his own front door and if it gets worse, his house will be inundated, too. it is creeping and creeping and creeping, so apparently last night, we were using bricks and measures all round the town. it came up about another inch and i have probably got five,