you're watching bbc news at 9 with me annita mcveigh. the headlines: plans to contain any spread of coronavirus will be set out by the government this morning — including bringing nhs staff out of retirement. there are record numbers of people currently employed in the nhs, but clearly if you certainly have a significant proportion of the population ill, it will be all hands on deck. but the health secretary said it was far too early to cancel big events like the london marathon. and at 9:15 we'll be talking to a professor of child health about children and the coronavirus. democrat presidential candidate joe biden gets the backing of three former rivals ahead of super tuesday. 1a states will pick their preferred candidate today. a warning over smart cameras and baby monitors suggests they can be watched by criminals

if their default settings aren't changed. six nations organisers say ireland v italy remains the only postponed fixture this weekend after a meeting to address the coronavirus outbreak. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the government is to outline its plans to contain coronavirus — spelling out action it might have to take to deal with the disease if it becomes more widespread. that will happen this morning. unnecessary travel could be curbed and people urged to work from home. some retired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to work to help deal with patients.

unnecessary travel could be curbed and people urged to work from home. legislation will be introduced to ensure ministers have the powers to prepare for a widespread outbreak. it comes after prime minister boris johnson has warned there could be "significant expansion" in uk cases as the number rose to 39. the health secretary, matt hancock, has been explaining the government's thinking behind when they plan to impose measures. we will be guided by the science, and we will minimise social and economic disruption, subject to keeping people safe. what does that mean? of course there is, to a degree, a trade—off between the level of disruption and the epidemiological efficacy of the actions that we might propose, or might take. but there are also some things that have very low disruption and high clinical epidemiological

impact. for instance, washing your hands does not really disrupt you at all but makes a major difference to the spread of the disease. other things are the other way round. stopping flights, lots of people a few weeks ago were telling me i needed to stop flights from china, but the epidemiologists told me it would have a very low impact, people would have a very low impact, people would get around it... find other ways to travel, in other words? yes, and it would be massively disruptive. the only european country that stopped flights from china was italy and they became the epicentre of the european outbreak. so there are other things to do to better target the most effective measures you can take. health secretary matt hancock. with next because my budget expected to be adapted to take account of the coronavirus outbreak, earlier, roger whiteside, chief executive of the ba kery whiteside, chief executive of the bakery chain greggs, told bbc brea kfast bakery chain greggs, told bbc breakfast how his country would deal

—— mega company would deal with coronavirus. we can be confident about our preparations as far as anything within our control, our priority is to safeguard our staff and maintain operations should there be the impact of the virus either in our shops or bakeries. what we can be less sure of is what happens in the long—term should there be widespread contagion, in which case how it might affect demand, and we would have to react accordingly. whenever we hit a problem, a couple of weeks ago we had a bakery flooding as a result of the weather in wales, the default position is to pay contract hours, but we are in uncharted territory so if this was to become widespread in blast for a long time, we might have to reduce —— review our position, but our immediate position with the two pay for can —— for contract hours.

let's continue our coverage of coronavirus now and link up for the next few minutes with my colleague nicky campbell on radio 5 live — he's joined by our medical correspondent fergus walsh answering listeners‘ questions. we will be discussing, guess what, coronavirus?! we would like to hear from you. welcome to yokel on radio 5 live, we're joined from you. welcome to yokel on radio 5 live, we'rejoined by news channel viewers as we get answers about the coronavirus outbreak. we will get more information from the government later about plans to contain the virus if it spreads, we will be hearing from the prime minister and the chief medical officer. our medical correspondence fergus walsh is here for the next hour to give you all the information you need. what is a government to say? this is the government really preparing for the government really preparing for the worst. -- what is the government likely to say? no they are getting a draxlerjob in a row should we get a

major outbreak of the new coronavirus throughout the uk. —— they are getting all of their ducks lined up in a row. so restrictions on mass gatherings, closures of schools, if you have lots of nhs staff off sick, bringing in legal powers to allow recently retired nhs staff to come back, restrictions on travel, a whole range of options that they hope they won't need to use, but you have to have them in place for when you need to press that button. otherwise they would be accused of being irresponsible and blase. exactly, it is a really difficult balance, as a government you don't want to engender fear and panic, because we have 39 cases, but if you look at the situation in south korea or china, if you don't do something to prepare and get that

legislation ready, then you would be accused of being asleep at the wheel. you will do a podcast on this? yes, the coronavirus podcast will be recorded tomorrow and available on bbc silence or wherever you get your podcasts. i am excited about that. we will try to go as deep as we can into issues surrounding the virus, what is it? where did it come from? we will have guests and a team in the studio, myself, james gallagher, our health and science corresponding tulip mazumdar and a panoply of the bbc correspondence around the world. i would like to chat to our guys in china, as the focus comes more and more here, we are hearing less from southeast asia, it would be good to bring in experts to talk about it. quick questions from our audience.

sara tindall for? a good morning, nicky and fergus. do we know, if you survive coronavirus, do you get any immunity or can you become reinfected? everything i say in the next hour, to give you my warning at the moment, this virus has only been around for three months so everything i am saying to you has an element of doubt in it. but with other viral infections, if you catch something of you do have an element of immunity, you build up antibodies, which should protect you. but immunity can wane, you can get a virus again, and sometimes you get a virus again, and sometimes you get antigenic drift, slight changes on the surface of viruses that allow them to reinfected you, that it's

what happens with seasonal flu. but this is not seasonal flu and what happens with seasonal flu. but this is not seasonalflu and if what happens with seasonal flu. but this is not seasonal flu and if you build upa this is not seasonal flu and if you build up a good immune response, that should give you protection. lisa in london? i am wondering what is going on with regards to equipping the police for things like powers to enter, but also more basic than that, giving them hand gel. my husband is in the met, in the space of three days he has had incidents, one with a person brought in that they suspected had coronavirus, the second with a sudden—death wear, again, they suspected he had coronavirus. the sudden death, the ambulance service went in rather than the police and the police were having to talk the ambulance service to sudden—death protocol, but the police had not been given any hand

gel and they have no say in where they go. it is a very good point. a few weeks ago, matt hancock gave the police and the health service extra powers to physically detain people if they were quarantined and decided they had had enough. use all the people at arrowe park and milton keynes, there was a situation where somebody in arrowe park said, i think i have had enough of the 14 day quarantine and i think i would like to go home, they realise they did not quite have the powers. so the police had some more powers than they did, but you are quite right, we have been talking a lot about the health service but all emergency services need protocols and i would imagine that the met, in line with fire and ambulance services, will

all be looking at this and all companies are frantically issuing protocols here. you mentioned hand gels, and back to hand sanitiser is, if you have them, they had to be alcohol based otherwise they will not kill the virus. i think it is about 60% alcohol. thank you not kill the virus. i think it is about 6096 alcohol. thank you so much, lisa, not her real name, because her husband works in the met. mike in exeter? hi. what because her husband works in the met. mike in exeter?. what would you like to ask our medical correspondence, fergus walsh? there are so correspondence, fergus walsh? there are so few deaths of people under 50 who catch the virus, recorded 19, as you said earlier, you get a certain amount of immunity for a certain amount of immunity for a certain amount of immunity for a certain

amount of time if you have had it. surely it would be better, the same way we have chickenpox parties amongst those who feel they are able to, have covid—19 parties? amongst those who feel they are able to, have covid-19 parties? get it out there, get immunity. lots of people have been saying that on the text? i really, really don't think we should be having coronavirus parties. i strongly advise against that. there is a sliding scale which goes up, if you are over the age of 18 you have a much higher chance of dying, but younger people have died, this virus is indiscriminate and you remember the doctor, he was 36 and he died and other young people had died, so this virus does notjust look at your data date of birth and say, i will leave you alone.

although only two out of 100 cases so far have been in people under the age of 20, there have still been cases. you don't play with this virus. tony and saffron walden? studio: that was our medical correspondent fergus walsh answering questions with nicky campbell and radio 5 live. on bbc news we will be answering so many more questions today and throughout the coming days. right now let's go to our assistant political editor norman smith in westminster. what more can you tell us about the plans the government will be setting out in the next couple of hours? we are told we will get a menu of options which will sketch out some of the possible measures that might have to be introduced if this outbreak really begins to spread. what is interesting as there is no need for

people to panic now, the view in government as we are some weeks off that worst—case scenario. nevertheless the government wants to have in place the necessary legislation and measures which will enable them to take much more radical action if they need. before then, i think what we will hear todayis then, i think what we will hear today is a lot of advice to the public. of course we have already had the advice about washing your hands, using tissues, i think there will be a suggestion about what is called social distancing, so in time, maybe just called social distancing, so in time, maybejust think called social distancing, so in time, maybe just think about whether you travel so much, whether you go to large—scale you travel so much, whether you go to la rge—scale public you travel so much, whether you go to large—scale public events, but that will be done at a common self level. if there are indications that the virus is spreading significantly then we will see these more fundamental measures which we are told will require emergency legislation to enable, for example, the reregistration of doctors and nurses who have been retired, so

they can get back to hospital quickly. similarly there will be legislation to enable the ratios of teachers to pupils in schools to be changed to allow for larger class sizes and that might also be legislation to extend existing powers in terms of banning certain meetings, public events, sort of thing, restricting travel. the thrush that —— the thrust at the moment is we are not there, we are atan moment is we are not there, we are at an early stage and the hopers we can contain the virus even though i think there is a growing acceptance in government that that is quite a tough ask. listen to the health secretary talking this morning. even in the reasonable worst—case scenario, it would be a matter of weeks until this becomes widespread and thena weeks until this becomes widespread and then a matter of months until we are through it. and how much is next week's budget being rewritten as we

speak, possibly rated to the day it is delivered, because of coronavirus? i think that is absolutely right. the hope which prime ministerjohnson initially had that this would be a big, bold budget all about levelling up the country, this will now be the coronavirus budget. quite simply because of the scale of challenge notjust to us because of the scale of challenge not just to us as individuals but to the economy, because very obviously if people can't go into work, if they have to self—isolate, that will have a significant impact on companies and businesses and also public services. there is also the question about people who can't work. this morning with reassuring people that they would be able to claim sickness benefits of they were self isolating, there is another question about what happens to freelancers or the self—employed, so there is a lot of nitty—gritty, but

suchis there is a lot of nitty—gritty, but such is the scale of the economic shock, and we have heard, ithink such is the scale of the economic shock, and we have heard, i think it was from the oecd overnight, saying they thought world growth could be harmed as a result of the coronavirus shop, that would be a huge impact on the economy. i think all thinking about the budget is having to be focused on coronavirus and we have already had a statement from the treasury overnight saying the chancellor will make additional funds available to the nhs, who are facing a massive challenge. i would not be at all surprised if we also see measures to try to help business to get through that. that could concept it but —— possibly be delaying the payment of some taxes and other measures to help business through. we will hear from mark carney, the governor of the bank of england, who may also set out proposals to limit the shock to the economy, because as well as a profound health risk, this is a huge

economic challenge too. norman smith, for the moment, thank you very much. at 10:30am boris johnson will set out those plans to tackle the virus, at a downing street news conference, alongside the government's chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser. you can watch that here on the bbc news channel, that's in just over an hour's time. the headlines on bbc news... the health secreatary says plans to contain the coronavirus will be announced today — including possible school closures and bringing nhs staff out of retriement. matt hancock also said that while big events like the london marathon may be at risk, it's too early to start cancelling them. and it's super tuesday in the democrat race for the white house. joe biden gets a huge boost with three former rivals giving him their backing. with three former rivals arsenal

with three former rivals become the first team to progress arsenal become the first team to progress to the fa cup quarterfinals with a 2—0 win against portsmouth. chelsea against liverpool is the pick of the titanate. european football's governing body uefa discuss their response to the coronavirus. the 35 member nations are meeting in amsterdam with the start of the eurojust treatment say way. and the impact of the viruses high on the agenda of the international olympic committee executive board meeting in switzerland today too. more on all of those stories are just after half past. see you then. iran is one of the countries hit ha rd est by iran is one of the countries hit hardest by coronaviruses with more than 1500 cases in just hardest by coronaviruses with more than 1500 cases injust over 60 deaths. but other colleagues at bbc persian have uncovered a video, the man who filmed it says they are burials and they have already buried

80 people in this area for coronavirus victims, far in excess of officialfigures. coronavirus victims, far in excess of official figures. there coronavirus victims, far in excess of officialfigures. there is coronavirus victims, far in excess of official figures. there is also this video filmed recently in tehran, this man is warning passers—by not to come near him because he is infected. we see him coughing severely. he is then picked up coughing severely. he is then picked up by coughing severely. he is then picked up by medical staff in protective suits and put in an ambulance. plans for tackling the threat posed by the coronavirus will be set out by borisjohnson this morning, after he warned that the number of cases in the uk could significantly increase. so far 39 people have tested positive. in america, president trump has met heads of the american pharmaceutical giants to allow them to quickly develop a coronavirus vaccine. health officials have wanted could ta ke health officials have wanted could take 18 months to create and test an effective solution. calum semple is professor of child health and outbreak medicine, university of liverpool.

refer to sample, very good to have you with us again. —— professor semple. how susceptible our children to this virus? this is perhaps the one bit of good news, we have looked at some of the data coming out of wuhan from the early stages of the outbreak and children do not seem severely affected. they can be, but it is very rare. taking a group of 300 children we only identified ten who had severe disease, but one required mechanical intervention. it is rare but can happen. one of the option the government is talking about would be the possibility of closing schools. but there is evidence from australia, the health minister there talking about very low rates of infection for children, limited transmissibility low rates of infection for children, limited tra nsmissibility is low rates of infection for children, limited transmissibility is what they are saying, two children, and when children are infected the virus

seems to have a very mild impact, in some cases almost asymptomatic, why do you think that is? if we think of colds and flu, children normally get those, but apparently not with this virus? that is a really interesting question would probably quite a sophisticated answer given how children's peer sophisticated answer given how child ren's peer nuns sophisticated answer given how children's peer nuns are developing, they might not have a key receptor that adults have because that is to do with when the lungs are finished growing. children's do with when the lungs are finished growing. child ren's lungs do with when the lungs are finished growing. children's lungs carry on growing. children's lungs carry on growing to around about 12 years old, fortunately our children may be protected in this outbreak when they we re very protected in this outbreak when they were very badly affected in 2009.. receptor is what the virus attaches to? correct, and that is our guess at the moment, but we really don't know. coming back to the schools issue, the sensitivity and closing schools is very important, because if you do, children had to be looked after by pa rents.

if you do, children had to be looked after by parents. this will be a very difficult decision, whether closing schools might slow the spread of the disease or might put an additional burden on society by taking parents away from work when the economy is struggling, it will be quite a sophisticated decision. the evidence we are seeing so far on children would suggest that putting them all together in school, in the normal way, would not be detrimental? this is why it is complicated, children can amplify disease because they can spread it amongst themselves, stay relatively mild, but take it home, visit granny and grandpa and give them the bug, thatis and grandpa and give them the bug, that is why it is becoming quite complicated. it is easier to understand why one might want to reduce large gathering events such as the football group saw the large church ceremonies, but with schools it will be quite a difficult decision and i think it is too early to say we will definitely close all

schools, but i can see that at a peak of outbreak activity that may bea peak of outbreak activity that may be a decision to close schools in certain areas just to break the back of what could be an intense transmission events. very, very interesting to hear that. in terms ofa interesting to hear that. in terms of a wider potential outbreak, how concerned should people be based on the evidence we are seeing another country is about transmission of the disease, the effect this virus is having on individuals? people often ask, will it affect me? four out of five people will have a mild, self resolving illness. it might be a mild, flu—like illness, but that still leaves 20%, people with problems like heart all in disease or immune suppression, they could have quite severe disease and go into hospital —— heart all london disease. we cannot underpay this and we have to prepare very seriously

for it. the overall death rate appears very low, 1%, but 1% of a lot of people at the same time still puts a lot of stress on the economy and health care system, that is what we are preparing for. two companies, businesses and schools, look back at the preparedness you did in 2009 slashed and that was not too bad, just off these documents, think about what you did then and treat that as a dry run, because what is coming now looks like the real thing. professor calum semple from the university of liverpool, thank you very much. the union representing senior civil servants has demanded an independent investigation into bullying allegations against the home secretary. priti patel strongly denies the claims. the fda union says it lacks confidence in a government inquiry into the matter,

but ministers insist the process is "robust and fit for purpose". the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, has claimed victory in the country's third general election in a year. but exit polls suggest his right—wing bloc will falljust short of being able to form a coalition government. mr netanyahu has been seeking re—election while facing a corruption trial, which is due to begin later this month turkey's president erdogan has warned that "millions" of migrants will soon head for europe — as he increased pressure on western countries to give turkey more assistance with the syrian conflict. his warning came as greek coastguards were seen firing warning shots at migrants in the sea — and using patrol boats to push away vessels as they try to reach greece from turkey. the greek prime minister and the head of the european council are due to visit the land border with turkey later today. our correspondentjonah fisher is on the greek side of the border with turkey. how much pressure is therefore

immigrants, migrants, refugees, to get across—the—board, immigrants, migrants, refugees, to get across—the—boa rd, and immigrants, migrants, refugees, to get across—the—board, and tell us more about this incident at sea?|j am more about this incident at sea?” am speaking to you from just near the land border between greece and turkey, where we saw large numbers of migrants gather over the weekend, babs ten to 15,000, and ongoing clashes between the greek riot police who are trying to prevent them getting into greece. some migrants are still getting through. as you mentioned, where the larger numbers appear to be getting through it in the eastern aegean sea, where we can see a marked increase in the numbers of boats leaving the turkish mainland heading from greek islands, and there were some pretty ugly scenes off some of the greek islands

as the greek coastguard tried to push back some averaging is that we re push back some averaging is that were coming across, some pretty nasty scenes, shots being fired, their boats being pushed back by men with sticks. pretty nasty, it is pretty clear that these migrants are being used as pawns in a much bigger geopolitical crisis. it is clear once so many people are on the move, it is perhaps difficult to turn them around, the president erdogan of turkey clearly wants a political response. will he get anything on that front? we have three of the european union institution presidents coming here to northern greece and the next couple of islands to meet with the greek prime minister, they will of course be talking about all the various issues related to this, i think it is unlikely the greeks will hear

anything they particularly want to in terms of getting turkey to change its policy, the difference has come from turkey, which is now encouraging migrants to cross, whereas previously there was an agreement in place whereby they would try to keep those migrants in plates place inside turkey. i think we would get some pretty broad words about european solidarity, strengthening the external border, perhaps more patrols in the gnc to try to turn back some of the dinghies that are trying to make the crossing, it is a huge challenge for the european union, the greek authorities, and really any agreement that might play out there will have to live with some sort of deal being struck with turkey. thank you very much, jonah. as we were speaking to him, you will see those live pictures from the turkish side of the border with greece, where migrants are camped in fields as

they try to get across after turkey announced it would no longer prevent them from leaving for the european union. any moment, the weather forecast, but first victoria derbyshire on what she has coming up attorney. we will be investigating why families whose husband, wife or civil partner had died are entitled toa civil partner had died are entitled to a payment of up to £10,000, but unmarried payments, are not. —— unmarried payments, are not. —— unmarried parents are not. and the prime minister will be setting out uk plans to contain coronavirus if it spreads. we will bring you that live. we are with your attorney on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. she time to check on the weather with carol. what have you got?

almost everything. if you haven't stepped out it is a case of sunshine and showers, showers on the higher ground of northern england, northern ireland and also scotland. two bands, one going through to the north sea and the second hot on its heels producing showers moving east. showers of course that not all of us will see. sunny spells as well. temperatures 7—11, similar to yesterday. through this evening and overnight, a lot of dry weather. clear skies meaning temperatures will plummet. there will be frost and also the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. with cloud coming across south—west england and wales by the end of the night temperatures for you will actually be advising. tomorrow, that rain in south—west england and wales will push across parts of england and wales —— will actually be rising. and possibly northern ireland. brighter skies tomorrow in north—east scotland.

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with me, anita mcveigh. the headlines: 13 states pick their top candidate for the democrat nomination in super tuesday. and a warning on baby monitors if the default settings are not changed... time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. this morning on twitter, coronavirus features heavily. you can see that god save the queen is trending. we'll come back to that. but coronavirus uk is also near the topf the list, with coronavirusoutbreak and covid19 — the other name for the virus —also been trending. let's see some tweets on that today. we've got an update from the world health organisation overnight — they say: "since1li february, who has shipped personal protection equipment to 47+ countries — shipments are ready for 22 additional countries."

that tweet to giving you a sense of the scale. now, coming back to god save the queen, that is also a coronavirus reference. although it doesn't seem so at first. it comes after the health secretary matt hancock said you must wash your hands for 20 seconds and could perhaps sing happy birthday or god save the queen to measure the time. but if you get bored of singing those... well, there's another tweet from journalist jen monnier — that has gone viral — with a few other suggestions, and it's a list of other songs with 20—second choruses you might try. it's a twitter thread. there's love on top by beyonce. you might want to try

landslide by fleetwood mac. and there are many more, with many other people getting involved. if those don't work for you, maybe you have your own suggestions. also, twitter itself has made the news, announcing — in a blogpost — that it's enouraging it's entire global workforce — that's nearly 5,000 employees — to work form home to contain the virus. it also said that it will be mandatory for employees in hong kong,japan, and south korea. we've got more on that worldwide situation now from our correspondents in two key areas. in a moment we'll talk to robin brandt, who is in china — where the outbreak started. but first, let's speak to bethany bell in italy, which has the most number of cases in europe. bethany, what is the very latest situation? what i figure is like in italy currently? —— what are figures like. well, the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in italy, the total

number of confirmed cases is now just over 2000. the authorities say that 52 people are now known to have died, but yesterday was interesting. when we got the final update of those figures, so for yesterday they said there had been a smaller rise in the number of new cases, 258 new cases yesterday, which is quite considerably smaller than the figures we had seen in the days preceding it. the authorities also saying that many of the people who have tested positive are either showing very mild symptoms or no symptoms. 50% of them are being looked after at home, 40% of people still in hospital and around 149 in intensive care. and people of course here, there are still a cluster of towns in northern italy, affecting about 50,000 people still under

quarantine. those are the areas where this outbreak seems to have begun. bethany, thank you very much. bethany bell in milan. let's go to robin brant in hong kong. other countries of course are very keenly looking at the figures in china to see whether the outbreak there, where it started, has peaked. what is happening with the trajectory of this virus? tell us more from there. well, the relative good news continues. according to the official announcement from the government today, the number of deaths has increased by 31 to 2943. none of those, according to these figures, are outside the province of hubei where this all began. no new debts in the last 24 hours anywhere across mainland china except hubei. the infected number is up slightly, 125, infected number is up slightly,125, sojust over 80,000 cases. the trend continues to be positive. in fact

the emphasis, or rather the focus, now from china's leaders is on chinese people abroad in countries like italy, japan, and south korea, and their potential or their desire rather to return home and the potential to reimport the virus with them. so people from those four countries wishing to return to beijing, the capital, and shanghai, will now face a mandatory 14 day quarantine period. that is as the authorities here shift their attention away slightly from hubei and epicentre city of wuhan, where they believe they have contained it, to the potential for a second wave possibly coming from returnees. ok, robin, thank you very much, robin brant in hong kong. as well as coronavirus another thing people are talking about today worldwide is super tuesday, the primary elections in the united states. a key day for the democrats erecting who is going to be their candidate to take on donald trump.

you can —— democrat electing who is going to be. you can see here, more than 60,000 tweets, and the top story on google trends in the us, which means more search results than anything else. we will of course be bringing you news on that later in the day but it is still pretty early in the states so still plenty of time before that story really develops. let's take a look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. number one on the most read, it is the fact that the government, the prime minister, in just under an hour, is due to set out the plan for the uk to tackle the coronavirus. we will be telling you about that and have been today already, of course, and we will bring that to your life when it happens at half past ten. looking down there is that story about baby monitors that could be watched by hackers, technology experts are warning. in looking at the most watched, the number—one story is

about gambling. the story of becky, whose husband was jailed when she was eight pregnant for stealing more than £300,000 from his work to pay for his gambling addiction, and she is saying there should be much more support for the families of gambling addicts who often keep the extent of the gambling problem hidden from theirfamilies. that the gambling problem hidden from their families. that is at number one, and that number tonight it is coronavirus. this is a woman in singapore talking about how she recovered from the coronavirus and what that self—imposed isolation was like. that is it for today's morning briefing. let us now head to sport to get a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with sally. good morning. hello, yes, we will talk about gold for great britain because that it did and that is what it was at the world cycling championships in berlin. eleanor back crowned world champion and she picked up the

tea m world champion and she picked up the team plasma only medal and there was success elsewhere as well. —— gold medal. —— the team plasma only gold medal. —— the team plasma only gold medal. i am delighted two members of the team both join the now. medal. i am delighted two members of the team bothjoin the now. good morning. obviously it all went to plan. yes, really great day. took us through how it went for you. i went in knowing i wouldn't be happy with the medel, i wanted to win. it means you have to take risky tactics and it could have ended up that if i didn't choose the right tactic i could have not scored any points and came in tenth but i was happy to ta ke came in tenth but i was happy to take that risk. like my aunt, katie, the two of you managed to get a silver together —— the two of you managed to get a silver together -- and, yes, katie. but in some ways you are disappointed to get the silver? yes, the way the rounds in the final goals, and it wasjust us versus one other team who walks off with gold, and often a bronze can feel like a win because it is a different medal

race. we have been consistently silver for a few year's now. the americans have laid down a solid benchmark. we have seen nations all over the world. the faster session actually came from the kiwis who are not on the podium, and a massive step up from the germans. we know there is so much going on with that event. we are thrilled for the fight and want to end up on top. explained to us, elinor, you won gold in the points race, but that is not an event available to you in the tokyo olympics. why is that? my olympic events, the team pursuit, and there is also the omnium —— there are three olympic events. yes, it is the pa rt three olympic events. yes, it is the part of that. there is essentially a tea m part of that. there is essentially a team points race, i suppose, so it is quite different in the tactics you would use to win, but a lot of the physical elements are quite similar. katie, you're actually here because coming up in manchester in the next couple of weeks there is a really special event for people who

are perhaps not regular watches of cycling, starter event for people to see what it is like to be in the velodrome? i suppose, yeah. three days of really fast and furious racing, the national cycling centre in manchester, and we will be doing and omnium and racing and addison, myself and elinor together. and, yeah, will —— racing a madison. we had success in the last round in berlin. nice to be with the home crowd and hopefully have some success. i have to ask you, how the plan plans going for the summer for tokyo ? plan plans going for the summer for tokyo? i would say well, i think. generally we tend to focus on specifically our own performance, and we exceeded the type we wanted in qualifying last week in the team suit, the marker of how we are doing, really, but across the board the men had a national record in the tea m the men had a national record in the team sprint, unfortunately beaten by a team doing a world record, but not much you can do about that. female

sprinters, they both their personal bests in qualifying well then i would say at a fairly good place in terms of the times and the performances. we look forward to watching you. elinor and katie, thank you both very much indeed. now the impact of the coronavirus is high on the agenda at olympic executive board meeting in switzerland at the moment. i member dick pound suggested last week that if the outbreak becomes pandemic —— ioc member. he said perhaps in tokyo other bits would have to be postponed or cancelled. the executive has this morning posted successful games. football's governing body uefa continue to meet in amsterdam and they have been discussing their response to the virus. 55 member nations are talking about a number of issues at the start of the euro is, just three months away. arsenal have become the first team to secure a place in the quarterfinals of the seasonfa cup after a 2—0 win at portsmouth. sokratis pit mikel arteta's side

ahead just before half—time before they made it 2—0 in the second half through nketiah. chelsea against liverpool is the pick of today's ties. that is one of three matches taking place tonight and you can choose between two of those on the bbc. the game at stamford bridge is live on bbc one, kicking off at 7:45pm, while west brom v newcastle will be on the bbc iplayer website and app. that game gets under way at eight o'clock. and we have built up to both of those matches on sportsday, along with the rest of the day's other sports news. the biggest shock of the season over the weekend was when watford beat premier league leaders liverpool 3—0. it was an extra special day for molly, the 12—year—old who was given a day to remember by goalkeeper ben foster.

i love it. you believe leave wheel marks all over the pitch, you know? laughter —— you are going to leave wheel marks. i promise you, that video is absolutely gorgeous. you have to try to see the whole thing. ben foster, what a man, and what a great game too. studio: that really made me smile earlier, sally, what a lovely video. thanks for showing that again. the headlines for your on bbc news at just after quarter to ten... the health secretary says plans to contain the coronavirus will be announced today including possible school closures and bringing nhs staff out of retirement. matt hancock also said while big events like the london marathon may be at risk it is too early to start cancelling them. and it is super tuesday in the democrat race for the white house. joe biden gets a huge boost with three former rivals giving him their

backing. we are hearing from iran that the british iranian charity worker nazir nene is in good health, according to iran'sjudiciary nene is in good health, according to iran's judiciary spokesman. this nene is in good health, according to iran'sjudiciary spokesman. this is after —— charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. this is after her husband challenged with an appeal for her to be released, certainly to be taken to hospital for treatment. but in response the iranians, and this is a quote from the judiciary spokesman, say that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is in good health. there are huge concerns, though, about her well—being, and her family, hermp, and about her well—being, and her family, her mp, and other campaigners are calling for her to be released from prison, and at the very least to be taken to hospital outside of prison to be treated. domestic abusers could be forced to take lie detector tests,

as part of new laws being put before mps today. the proposals are part of the long—awaited domestic abuse bill. if passed, a three—year trial would be carried out. james waterhouse explains. they're ideas similar to ones once considered by ministers for keeping an eye on terrorists, and have come a step closer for domestic abusers. the plans would initially see around 300 offenders take a lie detector test, three months after their release from prison, and every six months after that. if it shows they broke rules around their release, they'd go back inside. they'd also set a new broader definition of domestic abuse, which recognises economic exploitation, where victims‘ finances are controlled by their abuser. in changes to the previous proposals, offenders would be banned from cross—examining their victims in all family court proceedings, and councils would be ordered to find safe accommodation for victims and their children. ministers have called the plans comprehensive, but some charities argue they don't go far enough to help children affected by domestic violence, instead treating them more like witnesses. the nspcc, for example,

says the government is missing a landmark opportunity, by leaving thousands still at risk because the help they deserve isn't in place. either way, if passed, and a three year pilot is successful, these laws would be put in place across england and wales. james waterhouse, bbc news. joined me at this man is lucy hadley, camping and policy adviser at winning impulse my aid. the last time we spoke in the autumn that had been delayed because of the suspension of parliament —— policy adviser at women's aid. it has been three years since the domestic abuse bill was first survived and since then we have seen survivors of domestic abuse speak up about the changes in this new law so it is really good, a relief it is back in parliament and moving forward, and there are some significant improvements including the new legal

duty on local authorities to fund support and refuges and other forms of safe accommodation, but we are still a long way from a bill to deliver equal protection and support for all women and children, particularly migrant women who face some of the most dangerous barriers to escaping. via migrant women suffering in particular? u nfortu nately suffering in particular? unfortunately migrant women, under the current system —— file are migrant women suffering in particular? they can't access benefits if they have insecure immigration status and that is a really important mechanism escaping domestic abuse and accessing a refuge or other forms of safe accommodation. we see many migrant women simply unable to leave or forced into rough sleeping, homelessness, because there's literally nowhere for them to go. whilst the new legal duty is really, really important, we absolutely need to see the funding to underpin it and these improved protection and support for migrant women. let's come back to that funding in a second. we have also seen concern expressed by childrencharities

saying that women, and two thirds of women in domestic abuse cases, the 2 million domestic abuse cases in the uk each year, people with children may fall through the cracks in support currently, even with this new bill. what exactly do they mean by that? why would the support given under this new bill fail them? well, currently the government is proposing a duty to fund support in refuges and other forms of safe accommodation. that is absolutely life saving for the women and children that are no longer safe at home and have to escape their homes to be safe from a dangerous perpetrator of domestic abuse. of course that is not all victims of domestic abuse, not everyone needs to flee their homes to be safe. what we need to see, alongside this duty, is compliance of support services for all women and children experiencing domestic abuse. that might be advocacy support, counselling, the kind of other long—term sources that they need to escape and recover well they might

be absolutely need both. we also need to see the government take action on child contact arrangements with perpetrators of domestic abuse which can put them at further risk of harm as well. finally, very importantly, you see this bill could be life—saving, but only if it is accompanied by the right funding. how much is needed? we estimate at women's aid that £173 million annually is needed to safely fund a secure network of refugees across the country, and of course much more for those other forms of support in the community as well. currently, there is no government clarity about there is no government clarity about the funding that is going underpin this duty and that is absolutely needed if it is really going to save lives and tackle the current funding crisis which we see means 64% of referrals to refugee services were declined between 2018 and 2019, and that means women with children in the most desperate circumstances are being turned away from the safety and support they need. ok, lucy hadley, from women's aid, thank you

very much for your time today. a fresh warning for users of smart devices like baby monitors and cameras this morning. it says check your security settings or risk being hacked. the national security centre says images are live feeds can be accessed by online criminals if the gadgets are not properly protected. it says users should regularly change passwords to help reduce the risk. check for a default password and if you find one like 0000 or password change it, and change it to good strong password, three random words that mean something to you but not to anyone else. the second thing to do is check you are updating your security of the software, sometimes called firmware, and if that can be done automatically and if you read the instructions it will tell you, then switch it on automatically. the third thing, not everybody uses the features on these cameras. lots of people might only use them on the home but they can be accessed from anywhere. if you are not accessing from outside your home, switch that feature off. do those three things

and it takes away so much of the risk and you can have peace of mind. democrats and 14 us states are preparing to vote on who they want to be the candidate to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. sophie long has been assessing the poll from los angeles. .. winning the democratic nomination to be the person to take on president trump is all about gathering delegates. on super tuesday more than a third of them are up for grabs, more than on any other day in this long, gruelling campaign. it's big. and it's even bigger this time because california, the most populous state with hundreds of delegates, is also taking part. about a quarter of those eligible to vote are hispanic. some are voting for the first time after coming to citizenship classes like this. they're passionate about being part

of this political process. it is good to become a citizen because you can vote. like, you feel like people are going to hear your voice. so it is good to become a citizen because you can vote for the person that you believe is going to change our world. issues that are important to them are immigration, of course, but also education, health care and the economy. in more rural areas, farmers want to know who the candidate will be and what solutions they propose for the many issues affecting this huge and diverse country. right now the focus is trying to narrow this field down and getting a better picture of what that looks like. you know, we know what trump's proposals are, particularly when it comes to water, which is so important for the farmers and ranchers here. that's a critical issue that he's been very supportive of locally. so to see what the other candidate, or candidates, as it starts to narrow down, proposes, it's going to be a big interest to us. while no one could win the nomination on super tuesday, it can get them a long way towards it. senator bernie sanders has taken the lead in the liberal lane and the national polls. former vice president joe biden had been limping at the start of this marathon, but his big win in south carolina has put him back in contention atjust the right time. his performance could be helped

by other moderates dropping out and endorsing him. but enter the late starter. on the ballot for the first time is billionaire mike bloomberg, and he has been converting his cash into campaign ads. also running still are senators elizabeth warren and tulsi gabbard. it is the day political pundits have been waiting for. it could make or break candidates' campaigns. but it might not. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. let's check out the weather forecast. here's simon king. some showers at the morning across wales, northern ireland, over the for. morning across wales, northern ireland, overthe for. sunny morning across wales, northern ireland, over the for. sunny spells in between those, similar conditions to yesterday. here's a scene, waking up to yesterday. here's a scene, waking up to some blue skies in cromer.

blue frost. as we go through today we have those showers moving through then we turn our attention to the atla ntic then we turn our attention to the atlantic in this weather system moving in for wednesday's weather. more on that in a moment but for the rest of today we have this line of showers from scotland, north—west england, through the midlands. they will drift eastward. more cloud perhaps this afternoon across eastern areas than this morning, whereas in the west, sunshine this afternoon. maximum temperatures will be getting up to about 8—10 celsius. still a brisk north—westerly wind making it feel a bit chilly if you are exposed to that, but find yourself a sun trap and it will feel quite pleasant. overnight those showers tend to clean away. clear skies allowing temperatures to fall away, close to or below freezing, minus five celsius in rural areas of scotland. not quite as cold in the far south—west because we have more cloud moving in for the morning then that cloud will bring some outbreaks of rain. there are uncertainties

with this rainfall. it is expected to move north and eastward into northern ireland, perhaps into the south of scotland, the north—east of england, but we don't know exactly where you get that rain will lie. could be north and eastward. through the night that weather system will tend to pull away towards the south and east, and they will still be some rain associated with that during thursday, but again the extent and amount of that rain fell still open to some question, but it will tend to clean away during thursday then there will be some sunny spells developing particularly in northern england, eastern scotla nd in northern england, eastern scotland and northern ireland. eventually a bit of brightness developing in wales in the south—west by the end of the day. maximum temperatures will be about 7-9 maximum temperatures will be about 7—9 or ten celsius, while it might not changing a lot this week. friday, we will see another front moving east but again not a huge amount of rainfall associated with that and then another weather system will start to push in for the weekend. still more rain in the forecast but nowhere near as stormy

or as heavy as that rain as we have seen over the last few weeks. the outlook does look relatively u nsettled, outlook does look relatively unsettled, temperatures about 8—11 celsius. that's all from me. bye— bye.

hello it's tuesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, and we're live from new broadcasting house. in half an hour the pm will outline at a news conference how the uk will tackle the coronavirus threat. this morning the health secretary says it's too early to be considering cancelling big events. now, we do not recommend the cancelling of mass events and, for instance, schools, as well, should not be closing unless there is both a positive case and the schools have the advice to close from public health england. so, right now, so long as you wash your hands more often — that is the number—one thing that you can do to keep you and the country safe. we'll bring you that press conference live