you're watching bbc news at 9. the headlines... the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee this morning, as the number of uk coronavirus cases leaps to 36. worldwide, the death toll from the virus has passed 3,000, with most of those in china's hubei province, where the outbreak started. the first round of trade talks between the uk and the european union begins today. 100 negotiators are travelling to brussels for discussions. the former indiana mayor pete buttigieg withdraws from the race to be the democrats‘ nominee for the us presidential election. the government says it wants to give people in northern england "more powers over their railways",

as it starts running services previously operated by arriva rail north. as 10,000 migrants try to reach the eu from camps in turkey, we've a special report from northern greece. manchester city secure their third league cup win in succession with a 2—1victory over aston villa at wembley. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee later this morning to discuss possible responses to the coronavirus outbreak. the official government plan will be finalised and signed off at the meeting.

36 people are now confirmed to have the disease in the uk. 13 of those were diagnosed yesterday — the biggestjump in a single day. one of the new cases is a health worker. another of the new cases is the first in scotland, meaning the virus has now reached all four parts of the uk. looking at the global picture, there have now been more than 3,000 deaths worldwide. more than 90% of those are in hubei province in china, but there have been deaths in 10 other countries. andy moore has the latest. we know the...the genome...? ahead of chairing a cobra emergency meeting, borisjohnson went to visit the health professionals in the front line of the fight against coronavirus. at the laboratories of public health england in london, he expressed every confidence in the people around him. coronavirus is of concern. it is a...it‘s a novel illness, but it's something that this country really amply has the resources to deal with. we have state of the art testing facilities, we have a fantastic nhs.

we will have to get through this, but believe me, we are going to beat it. the jump in cases announced yesterday includes a family cluster of three adults related to a man in hazlemere, who was confirmed as testing positive on friday. it's still not known how he got the virus. there are now 36 confirmed infections across the uk, with the first case in scotland, on tayside, announced yesterday evening. this is a serious situation, but we have well established procedures in place, and there's no need for the public to be unduly concerned. but the public can help, because we are still very firmly in the containment phases of this infection. it's been confirmed this morning that one of the new cases in england is a doctor at the mount vernon cancer centre in northwood in middlesex. the nhs says the risk to patients and staff is very low. the contacts of the doctor have been traced and appropriate measures taken. last night, some of the first

britons released from several days‘ quarantine at a hotel in tenerife flew home. it's hoped that many others will soonjoin them. frustrating at times, mainly because of the communication difficulties between spanish and uk authorities. apart from that, they've been great. in the usa, in washington state, a nursing home is still under lockdown amid fears dozens there may have the virus. a local scientist said he thought the true number of infections might run into the hundreds, because the virus has been spreading undetected for many weeks. and at the source of the infection, in china, the daily toll of new infections continues to fall. but, with another 42 fatalities, the global death toll from covid—19 has now passed 3,000. andy moore, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is at downing street. we've had 36 confirmed cases so far.

the battle plan heavily trailed over the weekend. i think a lot of it will be focused on public reassurance and information, perhaps rather less on the sort of specific, preventative measures which have been mooted over the weekend. so i think we will get more about about washing hands, using tissues, that sort of stuff. i think also we will get some organisational changes, so there will be more cobra meetings, there will be more cobra meetings, there will be a minister in each government department, with specific responsibility for addressing coronavirus. we are told it will be a standing item on future cabinet meetings. i think we will get more press briefings from either the health secretary or the chief medical officer. in terms of the big, preventative ideas that have been kicking around such is possibly trying to curb travel, maybe even moving to isolating whole cities,

cancelling public events, i think those sort of measures, not sure we are at that stage yet because we still seem to be in the containment phase, the first phase of trying to deal with coronavirus, although it was interesting listening to the international trade secretary this morning, liz truss, showers clearly of the view that the virus is likely to spread quite a bit further. we've had 36 confirmed cases so far. we are prepared for all scenarios. we are, of course, doing all we can to contain the disease at the moment and we're working very hard on that, but we need to be aware that things could get worse, that's why we have the plan in place, that's why we have a dedicated minister dealing with coronavirus and that's why we're making sure that there are resources in the national health service to deal with it.

0ne one of the interesting things will be to see weather we get any further clarity on the use of emergency powers, which has also been mooted, emergency powers to enable doctors and nurses who might have retired from the health service to reregister quickly, so that if there isa reregister quickly, so that if there is a particular pressure on the health service, they can be brought back in. that is one of the areas of concern for the labour party, who wa nt concern for the labour party, who want greater clarity on the sort of emergency powers that might be used, and arp for a statement this afternoon from the health secretary, matt hancock. this was the shadow health secretary, jon ashworth, this morning. this is clearly now very, very serious. i'm pleased that the prime minister is now attending a cobra meeting. he hasn't actually been to any of the cobra meetings, as i understand it, to deal with coronavirus so far. but clearly, as things are developing, and with medical opinion expecting this to become a global pandemic, we really do need urgent reassurances from the government about the next stage of their preparations.

and i hope matt hancock, the health secretary, can come to the house of commons today to outline what the government plans are now going forward. this hasn't really become a party political issue. there has been some criticism of the prime ministerfor not being more proactive, holding a cobra meeting last week, but by and large, it seems to me there is an awareness that such is the scale of the challenge we face, that it is not appropriate to score party political points, at least not at the moment. although the liberal democrats, the man standing as a leader, sir ed davey, was saying he thought the brexit talks should be put on hold so that the government could focus on dealing with coronavirus. norman, thank you very much. a primary school in gloucestershire has confirmed one of its staff

members has tested positive for coronavirus, after recently returning from a holiday to italy. st mary's school in tetbury has been undergoing deep cleaning. let's get the latest now from sally challoner, who is outside the school for us this morning. sally, what more do we know? 0ne one of the things which will be giving some consolation is that contact tracing has happened, and it is clear that this came from outside the uk? yes, absolutely. the member of staff has been on holiday to northern italy and i have to say, this wasn't a school trip, it was a personal trip in half—term. there is a friend that went with that member of staff on holiday, they have also been tested positive for coronavirus. the school has been deep cleaned over the weekend but it remains shut for a couple of days. there are other schools shut, over in berkshire, willowbank infants and primary are also shut because again, a member of staff had been away on holiday, not a school trip, and had

come back feeling unwell and has now been tested positive. they have won a third school there, actually, because that member of staff had been to another school on a training day last week, so that has been closed and deep cleaned. in each of the cases, the head teachers have sent out letters to parents explaining the circumstances and the position, and it must have worked because no one has turned up here this morning, we have been here all morning. there is an obvious risk, lots of young children running around holding hands, playing closely together in a fairly confined space, obvious risks there. public health england are getting in touch with anyone that has been in contact with anyone that has this virus. it could have a knock—on effect, of course, with other teachers having to self—isolate. but at the moment this is just closed for two days. public health england will be testing people that have beenin will be testing people that have been in touch with them, and that will of course include very young children here. many thanks for that

update. let's speak to mark fielder, a professor in medical microbiology at kingston university in london. thank you very much forjoining us. as far as you can make out, are you co mforta ble as far as you can make out, are you comfortable that the right measures have been taken across the country and by the government nationally?” think it is very evident that they have. we have got 36 cases now, and all of those cases, we know pretty much where they come from, apart from two. but they are contained. we have situations as you have just described at a school where someone has come back from a holiday not feeling very well, we have tested them, they were positive, so measures are in place to make sure that that infection is limited from carrying on any further. so, i think they containment level of the government's decision—making and planning is very good and public health england and the nhs are excellent at making sure that they minimise the infection wherever possible. one of the things we have been seeing over the weekend is looking at the united states nursing

home, where some of the medical professions a re home, where some of the medical professions are saying, we think this has spread over the past few weeks undetected, because people weren't being tested. do you think that more measures need to be taken in relation to particularly vulnerable populations in the light of the fact that there are now some community transmissions even in the uk? i think we need to start looking toward it, i don't think we need to do it in the ukjust yet. we have been very clear on what is happening in the uk currently. but there is advice around what we should do with our elderly members of society, and thatis our elderly members of society, and that is very clear, and that is to try to minimise their contact with anyone who is infected and looking after those patients especially, because we know that the elderly generation are more vulnerable to this infection than the younger ones seem to be. from that point of view, i think we need to be considering at the moment on an individual basis, just where we go and perhaps

avoiding crowded spaces and keeping what they term as social distance. but i don't think there is any need for government level decision—making about our elderly at this stage because at this stage we are in control of what is going on. looking to china, of course, which has had the largest problem, where it all started, their numbers of new cases are shrinking, do you begin to feel confident that they may be turning the tide there are little bit with all of their heavy lockdowns and quarantines? i think the evidence is probably pointing in that direction, it is very hard to say with a virus that we don't fully yet understand. but on the basis that we have got a lower number of infections, i think thatis lower number of infections, i think that is a very positive sign, and whether that is because of the level of herd immunity, is starting to act asa of herd immunity, is starting to act as a barrier because people are immune from the infection, or whether that is because of the measures of quarantine and lockdown,

ora measures of quarantine and lockdown, or a combination of both, which is most likely, it does seem to be on the turn, and let's hope that that carries on. let's end on that positive note. thank you very much for joining positive note. thank you very much forjoining us, professor mark fielder. to find out more about coronavirus, you can watch a bbc news special on tonight on bbc one. rachel burden and fergus walsh will be answering all of your questions in coronavirus: everything you need to know. that's tonight at 7.30 on bbc one. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister will chair his first meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee this morning, with 36 known cases of the virus in the uk. a team of 100 negotiators are travelling to brussels as the first round of trade talks between the uk and the european union are due to start today. greek officials say they have stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the land border with turkey since last week.

in sport, manchester city beat aston villa in the final at wembley yesterday, and they have now won the competition three years in a row. australia have beaten new zealand in the t20 world cup. theyjoin england, india and south africa in the semifinals. and the organisers of the six nations will meet later to discuss plans for the rest of the tournament over fears of the coronavirus. ireland against italy is already postponed. more on all the sport in about 20 minutes. the first round of trade talks between the uk and the european union are due to start today. a team of 100 negotiators, led by the prime minister's europe adviser david frost, is travelling to brussels for an initial four days of talks. it's expected co—operation on security and transport will also be discussed. adam fleming is in brussels.

we ought to pause and consider that this is a very historic day, the first trade deal that the uk has negotiated for itself since the 19705? that negotiated for itself since the 1970s? that is true, and also the fa ct 1970s? that is true, and also the fact that they are publishing their mandate for a now the negotiation with another big potential partner, the united states. it really is a big symbol of how big are now, that the eu uk has left the eu. although some things do say the same, there we re some things do say the same, there were some pre—talks with the eu to arrange the process, and there is one big character on this site who has remained here, and that is michel barnier. he is going to be overseeing the negotiations for the eu. the process will kick off with a meeting around lunchtime between him and david frost, the prime minister's adviser, and the technical working groups, 11 of them

will start tomorrow morning. the delegations are so big and the process is so big, it is too big for the eu headquarters to cope with so they are all going to be meeting, these 11 different working groups, ina these 11 different working groups, in a conference centre down the road. you talk to these people all the time, what do you think the climate is like now? we have seen a bit of a phoney war, but do you think they meet now in a climate of trust and constructive co—operation, or is ita trust and constructive co—operation, or is it a blame game?” trust and constructive co—operation, or is it a blame game? i have to say, it changes from day today. look at last week. we had a press conference from michel barnier to mark the moment when the eu member states agreed their mandate. michel barnier was furious because he thought that the uk was stepping back from commitments it made in the political declaration which accompanied the divorce deal, and he was annoyed at noises coming from downing street that maybe they were not going to stick to the letter of what had been agreed about the irish border. come wednesday, michel barnier gave a speech in the european parliament where he was

much more conciliatory, and you could see areas where perhaps there was room for compromise. so, it really depends on the atmospherics, day—to—day. i think both sides would quite like it for their experts to get into those rooms, get round the table, and for the rest of us to not speculate and comment on what they are going to do. and actually quite are going to do. and actually quite a lot of people say that the real work and the real compromises will not be made until the summer, because there was this big point in june, when they will assess which point they have got to, and some people say that it might not even be until october when we see real leaps forward. great year ahead for you, adam. talk to you later. the two sides have major differences on key issues. one of those is fishing. the uk says it's taking back control of waters that have been shared with eu countries, and british boats

should catch more fish. the eu says its own fishermen must not end up any worse off. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in strandby on the north east coast of denmark. damian — why could fish prove such a difficult issue? yes, as we were hearing from adam, fishing is one of the issues that is going to be the most difficult for these sides to sort out. why, you ask? the reason is that in the brexit campaign, in the referendum, this was sold as one of the reasons why the uk should take back control, it should seize back control of its national waters, and the idea was that that would give uk fishing communities and fishing people a boost because they could catch more, and there is a sense that they may have done badly historically. the eu side say, no, those historic fishing patterns stretch back centuries and have always been shared, and thousands of jobs on have always been shared, and thousands ofjobs on this side depend on fishing in those waters. and for some boats here in denmark, it is even up to 75% of everything

they catch comes from uk waters. laden with more than $1 million of fish caught on one trip. the boat is danish, the fish, blue whiting, were caught in irish waters. but soon it will be the season to trawl uk seas, exactly the areas the uk says it alone will control after brexit. for these big danish fishing boats, access to uk waters is crucial. about 40% of their catches comes from there, and they are saying that if the uk once a trade deal, it has to allow this fishing to continue. saying they will take back control, we don't know what that means. we go back to what? in the history, to be able to fishing in the north sea,

and the uk water, we have been able to do that for all times. that history of sharing these rich fishing grounds, mapped by danish trawlers, is the reason the eu says it is not ready to give up either its access to uk waters or it's part of the catch here. i can't really accept the argument of handing anything back to the uk, as danish fishermen have been operating in those waters for centuries. and the eu has a weapon in its fight over fish — tariffs. this factory alone produces 800 million herring fillets a year. the uk could catch the herring, but if the uk puts a tax on imports, where will the uk sell all this fish? the biggest volume for herring will be consumed in europe, and not that much in the uk. so if the uk insists on catching more herring, it has still got to sell it over here? yeah, that is howl see it at least, or the english people

have to learn to eat herring — a lot of it. in the uk, brexit has been painted as a chance to revive coastal towns. in denmark, the fear is that brexit might follow the economy out. fishing supports 3000 jobs here. it is what this community is built on. it is part of our dna. it isa is built on. it is part of our dna. it is a dna which goes back to viking times. the local mayor says both sides need to avoid hostilities. we have to find some sort of agreement where we can come and fish in the seas that is connecting us, and the british fishermen can sell their fish. when it comes to trade, fishing is only a tiny part of all the exchanges between the uk and eu, but it is an emotive one, and failure to agree could scupper an overall deal. and

pa rt could scupper an overall deal. and part of the reason for all of those difficulties are those two entrenched positions, the uk, that they will control their old waters. the eu side saying, if they don't get the same level of access as they have now, then there won't be a trade deal. i know we spend a lot of time doing what ifs, but what if all those negotiators in brussels do not manage to square the circle? well, then, i think there are some very, very difficult consequences that flow from that. the first question will be, are both sides are really willing to follow through on their threats and scupper the whole deal because of this, when it is less than 1% of the trade between the two sides? if they are, well, some uk boats fished on this side, that might stop. eu boats might not be able to access uk waters. but the problem then would be managing the fish on both sides, because that is

a joint enterprise. and if the uk sta rts a joint enterprise. and if the uk starts fishing more in its seas, the eu boats say, they are not going to stop taking fish out on their side, and then you could have problems with the fish stocks declining. so, everybody loses out. if the uk catches more, where does itself that fish? if it wants to sell it on the european side, what about tariffs? the fear is that it could snowball and have many consequences that could flow from it, but it is such an emotive one, because both sides have invested so much in saying that they are going to protect their industries. thanks for clarifying it all for us. drjanet smart is a reader in operations management at the said business school at the university of oxford. we wa nt we want to go back to the big picture. how do you feel about the current stance of the negotiators!

i would be concerned because i think people have not really thought through the implications, about whatever kind of deal could be negotiated, and how it would be put into place. there would be quite a lot of adjustment which would have to be done, with new arrangements which would have to be put in place at the border, especially notjust going across to europe, but also with what happens on the border with ireland. because there would have to be checks which have to be done between great britain and ireland as a result of this. and when the two sides talk about their red lines, we have been through this for years now, do they really mean it or are we back in the territory that we have been in since 2016 with people

talking about red lines that actually weren't red lines at the end of the day? that's going to be difficult to tell right now, because we have seen the published stance, but the things that are being said and promised, we can't be so sure what is actually being said for internal political reasons, and what is actually going to be set on the table as the negotiations commenced. so, it is very hard to tell and it has been difficult all along but i think what is clear for me, because my speciality is in operations management, so, that is thinking about how it will actually work out in practice. it's all very well saying these are the things that we are going to aim for, but you have to think, how will it be implemented? how much time will we have to deliver things actually on the ground ? have to deliver things actually on the ground? and do you think, then, that the negotiators either on the british side or on the eu side are taking into account enough those people, whether businesses or civil serva nts people, whether businesses or civil

servants or whoever, or citizens, who have to implement these changes on the ground? i think that some more work has been done on the eu side than on the uk side. on the eu side, some of the ports have already been expanded to accommodate the extra checks and requirements that will have to be done post—brexit, once we really leave at the end of this transition period. but i don't think much has been done on the uk side. there will have to be a lot of information that will be explained to people, road haulage people, customs agents, customs advisors, and small businesses will all have to be trained in what will be the consequences of the total movement out of the eu. and i don't think enough is being done about that yet. i don't even see the infrastructure being built. coming back to the

negotiating room, that we expect to see in brussels over this week, 11 teams, that is a lot of negotiating tables, and you were saying a moment ago that it is not entirely clear where red lines are blurred or whether they can be rubbed out in an insta nt, whether they can be rubbed out in an instant, do you think the negotiators on each side, we have heard about the 100 going from the uk, do you think they trust each other and understand each other enough to actually make key progress on these issues? well, that is a difficult question for me to answer, from my perspective. but i sincerely hope they do trust each other. but given that there have been inconsistencies in the government statements, compared to what is in the political declaration, one cannot be certain that they do. i mean, things are different around the tables than what we hear politically, domestically. but without trust, we can't achieve a decent agreement. apologies for

getting your name wrong at the top, i think getting your name wrong at the top, ithinki getting your name wrong at the top, i think i said smith rather than smart. rail travellers using the west coast main line have been warned to expect disruptions this week as repairs are made to a section of line near warrington which was damaged in a landslip over the weekend. ntwork rail says the southbound line has been closed for the repairs and is expected to be shut for several days. in a moment, the weather, but first here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at 10am. good morning. as you know, the first emergency meeting chaired by the pm to discuss how to tackle coronavirus gets under way in the next hour or so. have you changed your daily life either at home or work because of the virus? do let us know today, e—mail victoria@bbc.co.uk. also, you need a surrogate to carry your baby and your long—lost cousin reads about you in a paper and steps forward to help.

we'll speak to that family about their amazing story. join us live at 10am, bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. we will. scientists believe they have discovered the reason why dogs have such cold, wet noses. it's so they can function as heat—detectors. a study published in the scientific reports journal says the tip of a dog's snout can detect the warmth of a small mammal from around five feet away, but it must be kept cool to work properly. vampire bats and pit vipers have the same skill. so now you know. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. thanks. it was the wettest february on record but march has started off on record but march has started off ona on record but march has started off on a bit ofa on record but march has started off on a bit of a quieter note and we should see a gradual improvement in the flooding situation over the next few days. a bit of a respite from the wet weather but it won't be dry everywhere with rain lingering in the far south—east which will clear away over the next few hours and

further heavy showers was pushing in across scotland falling as snow over higher ground. some showers into northern ireland at times but further east across scotland and much of england and wales, largely dry and sunny conditions with temperatures 7—10. this evening and overnight, heavy showers will push their way further south—east, plenty of showers for northern ireland, scotland, northern england and wales. further south and east, mostly dry and a cold night with a touch of frost and a risk of icy stretches first thing tomorrow. showers working way from west to east but they will fizzle out through the day, some continuing across parts of scotland and northern ireland and temperatures 8-10.

hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines: the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee this morning as the number of uk coronavirus cases leaps to 36. meanwhile, the death toll worldwide has risen to more than 3,000 — with 90% of those in china's hubei province, where the virus emerged last year. the first round of trade talks between the uk and the european union begins today. 100 negotiators are travelling to brussels for discussions. greece says it's stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the border into the eu from turkey over the weekend. the former indiana mayor, pete buttigieg, withdraws

from the race to be the democrat's nominee for the us presidential election. the government says it wants to give people in northern england "more powers over their railways" as it starts running services previously operated by arriva rail north. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. there's still plenty of comment on the dramatic resignation of the home office's top civil servant, sir philip rutnam, over the weekend amid claims the home secretary has bullied staff. priti patel has faced calls to step down — but the prime minister has made his support for her clear. the union which represents senior civil servants has this morning asked the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, to set up an inquiry into allegations of bullying by ms patel. the international trade secretary, liz truss, has been defending her colleague this morning. well, i've worked with priti for a number of years.

i think she's a fine public servant, she is somebody who is dedicated to delivering for her department. she is dedicated... but is she a bully? that is certainly not my experience of working with priti. she is an extremely courteous person, she's always professional and she is doing fantasticjob as home secretary. it's a difficultjob, we've got to get the borders right post brexit. we've got to make sure we recruit those additional police officers, and she's absolutely dedicated to that task. damian green is a former home office minister and says there could be a more fundamental tension between ministers and their departments. it's clearly a clash of two strong personalities. but i think the more interesting question is whether there is some underlying tension either in the home office or in whitehall more generally, where, effectively, ministers come in, particularly strong—minded ministers, like priti and say this is our agenda, this

is what i want to do. and the department either actively or passively says, no, actually, we've got a departmental policy and we're going to try to continue to do that. let's have a look at what you are watching and reading on the bbc‘s website. the most red is the coronavirus story with widespread transmission in the uk highly likely according to public health england. that line coming from full costs fed, the director of health protection saying the country must be prepared. all kinds of detail on the hand washing and other measures that everyone should be taking. i mightjust mention that everyone should be taking. i might just mention number three, that everyone should be taking. i mightjust mention number three, the former indiana mayor, that is an interesting story on the current state of play in the american democrat presidential race. super

tuesday tomorrow. pete buttigieg dropping out leaves a lot of questions for those on the left moderate section of the candidates how they share out the votes he might otherwise have won. most watched — criminals on cctv: scammers caught red—handed. this is the one gathering your attention right now. really interesting story about scammers. panorama filmed a criminal centre abroad, teams of fraudsters operating around the clock and a uk citizen who called himselfjim browning managed to hack into their cctv ca m era browning managed to hack into their cctv camera and watched them at work. spying on the scammers. take a look at that if you get a chance. we will leave that right now and more on that story coming up in our bulletin later on. that's it for today's morning briefing.

sport now. manchester city have won the league cup for the third year in a row after beating aston villa 2—1 at wembley. goals from sergio aguero and rodri were enough to seal victory for pep guardiola's side. natalie pirks has this report. league cup final day or groundhog day? these are scenes of glory now oh so familiar for manchester city fans. it had been 2a years since opponents aston villa had won this trophy, but despite a strong start, their nemesis was about to send city on their way. aguero! and then it would get worse. soft defending from a corner doubled their pain. headed in cheaply by rodri. dean smith was furious that it should have been a goal kick. in truth and his team's defending was the biggest issue. just as a sense of inevitability crept in, it was city's turn to slip. stones. stones with the stumble, samatta with the strength.

samatta! game on. villa were hanging in there and with time trickling away, bjorn engels came mere millimetres from achieving legendary status. so the final whistle brought heartbreak for plucky villa, business as usual for guardiola. such is city's dominance at wembley, they might has well set up camp in the home dressing room. this was their ninth win in a row here. but villa can leave with their heads held high. premier league survival a more pressing matter. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages and that win for manchester city yesterday features heavily. there's a picture of city lifting the trophy in the guardian with manager pep guardiola saying his sides run of trophies may never be bettered. similar theme in the mail with the headline second to none. and the mirror has the headline a true greight. staying with football and the celebrities were out in force as david beckham's inter miami side made their debut against los angeles. wife victoria not

surprisingly was there to support him saying "i'm so excited". son romeo posted a picture which the club tagged "first day at school". and gordon ramsay was also there to see miami's first game. unfortunately, things didn't go to plan on the pitch with la winning1—0. some breaking rugby union news this morning and former england winger chris ashton has left sale after reaching an agreement to terminate his contract early. the ex—saracens and northampton player winger joined sale nearly two years after a spell with toulon in france. ashton has scored 20 tries in 44 england tests but hasn't been capped in over a year. coronavirus continues to have an impact on sport around the the world. the opening motogp race in qatar has been cancelled while football in italy remains seriously affected. juventus have now confirmed that the coppa italia match this week against ac milan will go ahead.

fans will be able to attend unless they have a membership address affected by the outbreak. lecce against atalanta was one of only five serie a games to take place over the weekend. visiting fans from the northern—based team were tested for symptoms of the coronavirus on their way in to the ground. meanwhle, organisers of the six nations will meet later today to discuss plans for the remainder of the tournament. ireland's match against italy in dublin scheduled for this weekend has already been called off, while there are stills doubts over other matches including england's visit to rome on the final weekend. great britain finished the track cycling world championships with four medals, equaling their total from last year. it took until the final day to get their first gold, though. that came through elinor barker who finished first in the women's points race. barker later said that she feels "pretty close" to the form of her life going into tokyo 2020. defending champions australia beat new zeland in melbourne to reach the semi—finals

of the t20 world cup. the hosts won by four runs to join england, india and south africa in the finalfour. they will find out their semi—final opponents on tuesday. and finally, if we just go back to our top story for a moment. when manchester city are winning football matches, noel gallagher is never far away. # i don't believe that anybody feels the way i do about you now it was no different yesterday when gallagher was filmed inside the manchester city dressing room after the game singing wonderwall with the players. celebrating in the dressing room after yesterday's win. i don't know who is more enthusiastic about that i think it is maybe not noel. coming up today we'll bring you updates from the six nations

meeting in paris which will decide how the the rest of the tournament copes with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. more on that in sportsday, plus build—up to the fifth round fa cup tie between portsmouth and arsenal. that's all the sport for now. the government has taken over the running of all the train services which were previously operated by arriva rail north. the takeover was announced in january, following widespread commuter chaos since may 2018 when the timetable was changed. passengers experienced regular delays and cancellations. the bbc‘s danni hewson is in manchester and has more on what day one has been like for commuters under a new leadership. this morning's commute was the first real test of the government's operator of last resort, which took control of the northern rail franchise last night. all the staff that work here at this depot in north manchester, all the trains are now under their control. and it is a complicated franchise. more than 3,000 services every single day. passengers have got used to delays, to cancellations,

and to overcrowding. they understand that there can be no magic wand waved, to but i was talking to transport secretary grant shapps earlier. and he said he understood that people wanted to change. i think anyone who's been travelling on these trains will not say it was a day, a minute, a second too soon to do something different. because there is no doubt in my mind the service we've been getting has has been appalling and you're right, that's not alljust been the previous franchisee, you're right, arriva's fault. there are many other factors, engineering, trains not coming on time and all the rest of it. and those things won't be magic'd away, but i think we can do better and ijust believe that people deserve trains that turn up on time so they can get to work, get home and see the kids, all the things people want to do in their everyday lives. and today is the start of some improvements. the operator of last resort

is going to be working with northern politicians and passenger groups. they're going to report back in 100 days on the progress that has been made and the progress that still needs to be made on northern rail network. the coronavirus is also something which is causing particular concern on public transport and grant shapps says today that people shouldn't avoid the services, but needed to make sure that they took simple precautions, like washing hands when they came off services. let's get more on this then. joining us live now is cat hobbs who is the director of the public ownership campaign group, we own it. when i said more on it, not the coronavirus bit but on the public ownership of that rail service. this is something you welcome? absolutely, it is a great decision by the government. it is right the ra i lwa ys by the government. it is right the railways should be run in public ownership. it happens in other countries and what we've seen here again and again since our railways have been privatised, it has been a disaster in many ways. 0n northern trains, passengers have been suffering with cancellations and

delays, and all trains that aren't good enough but across the whole rail network, we have got incredibly high fares with a lack of capacity, overcrowding, and we don't have the kind of railway we need for the future to help us tackle the climate crisis and get people around. future to help us tackle the climate crisis and get people aroundm sounds like you've got a kind of deep rooted almost ideological view in favour of public ownership. but why do you think public ownership will sort all these issues you mention, old trains, lack of capacity, etc, in a way that the private sector won't? and especially as, you know, all the teams are running that railway are still the same. i think that's right, and the staff have been doing their best the whole way along, of course. but it's really the opposite. the government has traditionally had an ideological opposition to ownership but if you area opposition to ownership but if you are a passenger standing on a train platform, you don't have a choice about which game you are getting on —— which train. you are not a consumer choosing between services. people realise that actually it's

not a market in that sense. that is why i think 70% of people want the railway to be in public hands. and yet it is not a market, but you still haven't explained why public ownership is different, why is this group of people better at running a railway that the group who were running it yesterday? often, it will be the same people but what you do is make it more efficient. right now, we are wasting £1 billion a year, money going to shareholder dividends, but it is also money wasted on the inefficiency of our privatised railway. because it is too fragmented ? privatised railway. because it is too fragmented? it is too fragmented, lots of different actors, the private train companies trying to make a profit, the rolling stock companies who are just middlemen who lend out the trains, they make 200 million in profit every year for they make 200 million in profit every yearfor doing that they make 200 million in profit every year for doing that and then you've got the government trying to step in, trying to get people the service they need but without necessarily the levers to do that. since 1993, the british government are not allowed to run a railway

accept as operator of last resort. that is what we are seeing here and on the east coast rail line, the government stepping in because it's gone wrong but in other countries, france, germany, italy, theirstate owned operators often run our ra i lwa ys owned operators often run our railways because they know they can make a profit from doing so and bring it back to those countries. why can't the government run a railway? we cannot we have the confidence and run it as an integrated network. we will see how these two services get on the future. cat, thanks so much for coming in. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister will chair his first meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee this morning with 36 known cases of the virus in the uk. a team of 100 negotiators are travelling to brussels as the first round of trade talks between the uk and the european union are due to start today. greek officials say they have stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the land border with turkey since last week.

let's pick up on that third headline. greece says it's stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the border into the eu from turkey over the weekend. turkey says it cannot deal with the amount of people fleeing syria's war. now greek officials have announced they'll block any new asylum applications and turn illegal immigrants away. but asjonah fisher reports, some people have managed to cross the border. the route overland to europe has been given new life by turkey's president. this road runs very close to the border between greece and turkey. there are a couple of official crossing points, which are now closed and heavily protected, but there are, we've been told, plenty of other places along this stretch, where people can get through. as the icy rain falls, we come across a family group from afghanistan. pawns in a geopolitical crisis and now shivering and alone.

they tell us they had been bussed up to the border by the turkish authorities. and then crossed into greece by cutting the barbed wire on the borderfence. further down the road, we find a group of west africans. they say they walked along a dirt track to get here, evading tear gas and border guards. we want to go to germany. we don't want to stay here in greece. you understand ? we want a better life for us, for ourfamilies, that's why we cross. then, as the clock approached midnight, we came across four young migrants from the middle east. you guys have come from iraq and you have come from syria? as we started to talk, men with their faces covered and no insignia, arrived. please... the migrants were put in the back of a van, which had no number plates. excuse me, where do they get taken now?

to the police station. and what will happen to them? i am not a sergeant, 0k? i am not an officer, 0k? i'm not a sergeant, 0k? 0k. greece says fewer than 200 migrants have managed to get through since friday, and they've all been detained. at one of the closed border crossings, we caught up with the defence minister. we saw people being taken away in a vehicle yesterday without number plates, and men with their faces covered. is that normal procedure here? in my mind, normal procedure for one country is to guard and secure its borders. that's all i have to say. but they are getting through the fence. hello. ahmed is one of the few migrants we have met we met who came from syria. i don't money, i don't water, i don't food. i don't everything. the number of migrants crossing is still small, but the door to europe is far from closed. it's now very, very tight.

yeah. very tight. jonah fisher, bbc news in northern greece. hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to scams in the uk every year — many of them are run from criminal call centres in india. now, cctv footage from inside one scam call centre reveals how it works — and just how easy it is for you to lose hundreds of pounds in a matter of minutes. bbc panorama's rajini vaidyanathan has the details. these cctv images take us right inside a criminal call centre in the indian capital, delhi. it's running a scam, which is ripping off thousands of people around the world. panorama was given the footage by an online vigilante, who has hacked into dozens of illegal call centres in india. he goes by the name ofjim browning. i'm disrupting criminal organisations and some of those organisations can

literally make millions of us dollars per month. jim browning records some of his calls with the fraudsters. in this one, the scammer falsely claims to be in california. are you in sanjose or not? 0k, can you name me one restaurant in san jose? without looking at google. well, i bet you're looking at google right now. the call centre's making about £300,000 a month. the owner denies it's a scam. but we've got the recordings of 70,000 calls and they show customers are being ripped off. india's call centre business is one many rely on, but it also has a dark side,

which is heard but rarely seen. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. back now to our main story this hour and public health england has warned that widespread transmission of coronavirus in the uk is now "highly likely". there are currently 36 confirmed cases of the virus in the uk and the prime minister will shortly be holding an emergency committee meeting. 0f cobra. professor paul cosford from public health england has been speaking to the bbc and said the country must be prepared. of course, the increase in numbers of people that we've seen affected both in this country and other countries in europe and southeast asia do, i think make it likely that we will see in due course widespread transmission in the uk. what we don't know is exactly how widespread that will be. of course, all of our effo rts

that will be. of course, all of our efforts at the moment are still to identifying anybody who's got the illness, identifying their contacts and isolating them. and then doing all we can to reduce the spread of infection. that's important because what that will do is reduce the intensity of infection, so the challenges we may inevitably face with this will be reduced as far as we are able to reduce them. i wouldn't say it is inevitable but it is highly likely. the point of that is highly likely. the point of that is that we have to be prepared for a range of different eventualities. it's unclear if you look at the experience in other countries, some countries do appear to have managed to get this a little bit more under control. we've seen the numbers come down in china but other countries are struggling more and are seeing increasing numbers. that's why we must be prepared.

this is the scene live in tenerife. many british holiday—makers who were under quarantine. we are expecting some coaches to depart for the airport fairly soon. we believe 25 left last night. and jet2, the company have confirmed some of their customers will be flying back on a dedicated flight this afternoon. subject to negative result and no symptoms at airport. we have asked how many they have planned for. we haven't got firm answers. the foreign office says "we won't be giving a running commentary on numbers remaining orflying". we will keep you across that and all other coronavirus developments. the south wales valleys could see as much as 50% more rainfall in the next ten years,

with weather experts warning that the devastation caused by storm dennis is a "taste of things to come". last month's flooding overwhelmed defences and some warning systems failed. a leading meteorologist has told the bbc that a report, written four years ago, had warned the government to prepare for further episodes of extreme rainfall. wales' environment minister denies that her department has been complacent in dealing with the threat of floods. coming up shortly we have victoria derbyshire. we will take a look at the weather and hopefully a bit drier in wales and hopefully a bit drier in wales and elsewhere. absolutely, we've had a very wet february and thankfully, this week is looking quieter than it has been recently. we haven't got those storms in the forecast. this morning we have had lovely sunshine, shower clouds in gloucestershire and throughout this week, there is some rain in the forecast but not as much as recently. a mixture of sunshine

and showers, not as windy but feeling quite chilly, particularly through the nights with some overnight frosts. through today, an area below pressure to the north and west of scotland bringing a weather front with frequent showers and still breezy in the north. further south, and weather front clearing away from the south—east, taking away from the south—east, taking away the patchy rain we've had this morning and the south—east of england but eventually the cloud clears. for most parts this afternoon, it is dry and bright and lots of sunshine around and still frequent showers in western scotland with some snow over the higher ground. 0ne with some snow over the higher ground. one to two wintry showers working their way into north—western parts of parts of england and conditions in the far north and west. through tonight, still some showers in scotland, northern ireland and some drifting further south with plenty of clear spells. it will turn chilly overnight tonight, temperature is getting close to freezing, frost

first thing tomorrow morning and we have had showers, the risk of ice in places as well. throughout tuesday, low pressure still to the north—west and we've still got this north—westerly wind and the weather front across scotland. that is the focus of some showers throughout the day. some showers during the morning drifting east but either side it is dry and there will be some sunshine to be enjoyed in the afternoon. winds are lighter than today, maximum temperatures similar to today, 7—9, maybe 10 celsius. wednesday, some uncertainty in the forecast but it looks like we could see rain affecting wales, the midlands, eastern and southern areas of england. further north, it should be dry with some showers and thirsty looking dry with a bit of sunshine. the end of the week, one weather front moving east during friday —— thursday looking dry. a spell of rain and hill snow and by the weekend, we could see this area of

low pressure moved closer in and that could bring outbreaks of rain as we go into the weekend. nothing too heavy or significant like we've seen recently but still some wet weather in the forecast. bye.

hello, it's monday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire and we're live from new broadcasting house. widespread transmission of coronavirus in the uk is now "highly likely", according to to the chief of public health england. i think the increase in numbers that we are seeing, coupled with the increases in countries nearby, in europe and, of course, in southeast asia, do make it much more likely that we will get more widespread transmission in the uk. the first emergency meeting chaired by the prime minister to discuss how to fight coronavirus will start in half an hour. he says the government will stop at nothing to contain the outbreak. so, what will that mean for your daily life? this woman is taking an nhs gender identity clinic to court because she says they didn't sufficiently question her decision