this you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... with me, annita mcveigh. wash your hands regularly — that's the government's key advice in a new campaign to fight against coronavirus. as the number of coronavirus cases in the uk rises to 53, hospitals in england are urged to do more video consultations to stop the spread of the virus. super tuesday, a key point in the process to pick a democratic white house candidate, seesjoe biden and bernie sanders emerge as the front runners. this campaign will send donald trump packing! we're going to win the democratic nomination! the home secretary, priti patel,

denies a third bullying claim as conservative sources suggest "dark forces" are working against her. the crown prosecution service announces a review into its handling of the assault case against caroline flack. the home secretary, priti patel, denies a third bullying claim as conservative sources suggest "dark forces" are working against her. the crown prosecution service announces a review into its handling of the assault case against caroline flack. coming up at 9.45 — a warning that britain is in danger of failing a generation of children and young people in health and wellbeing, as two reports are released. liverpool are out of the fa cup — a mistake from goalkeeper adrian helps chelsea to a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. a major new public health campaign

is being launched today to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus. it comes as more people are diagnosed with the virus across the uk. government adverts across print, radio, online and billboards will urge people to wash their hands when they arrive at home or work, after they blow their nose, cough or sneeze, and before eating or handling food, for at least 20 seconds each time. hospitals have been asked to see more patients by video link to lower the risk of potential transmission... to increase the number of intensive care beds... and if there's an escalation in cases, make plans to segregate patients. meanwhile, the government is also set to formally declare the virus a "notifiable disease" in england, which would help companies seek compensation through their insurance.

but the tuc warns that unless people who are not eligible for statutory sick pay, like the self—employed and those on zero—hours contracts, are given support, people may continue going to work even if they have the virus. two new cases of the coronavirus were announced in scotland this morning, following yesterday's 12 new cases in england — the uk total currently stands at 53. this report is from jon donnison. with the health service already stretched, there are fears hospitals could be overwhelmed if there is a surge in coronavirus cases. the nhs is now urging doctors to carry out more consultations with patients at home, via video link. the aim is to keep hospitals free for the most serious cases. and today, a new nhs video will go out on social media, promoting the importance of hand washing. with more than 50 uk confirmed cases, the government is stepping up its public information campaign. and, elsewhere around the world, other countries are increasing their efforts to tackle the outbreak. in south korea, where there is the largest number of confirmed

cases outside china, more than 5,000, the president has said the country is in a state of war against the virus. in iran, the official number of confirmed cases has doubled in the past 48 hours to more than 2,300, including 23 members of parliament. and the international olympic committee has insisted this summer's tokyo games will go ahead, after a japanese minister had said they could be postponed. and before the olympics, there is football's euros to be held across the continent. but with league matches already being cancelled in some countries, uefa officials will be looking at contingency plans. as the virus continues to spread, the message in almost all sectors — hope for the best but prepare for the worst. jon donnison, bbc news. professor chris whitty, the chief medical officer for england, described how different severities of the virus could impact the nhs.

if it's a relatively small wave, then it might feel rather like a bad winter in the nhs, but in summer, or late spring. if it gets a much larger wave, then the first thing we would do would obviously be to cancel those things that can be delayed and push them out in time to a later point when it is safer to do them. and if it gets to a very large wave, then we would need to reconfigure the nhs in a much more fundamental way. let's remind you of the measures that the prime minister said might have to be taken if there is a major outbreak of the virus. in a news conference at no 10, borisjohnson said there could be limits or bans on large public gatherings like concerts or football matches in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus. if large numbers of police officers get ill, they would focus solely on the most serious crimes and maintaining public order, with the option of the army stepping in if they are very overstretched. 0verall, one in five workers

could be absent from work at the peak of the outbreak. demand for anti—bacterial hand sanitiser has been huge since the spread of the virus, our correspondent jayne mccubbin has been to see one company that supplies the product in birkenhead. demand for these little things has gone through the roof. here in birkenhead, they were making over christmas about 100,000 of these every month. it went up to 100,000 every month. it went up to 100,000 every week and they are about to mmp every week and they are about to ramp up to 160,000 every single day. this is the factory line behind me, the product goes in here, all the way round, and ends up in the bottles here, where we can see the big boss, chris jones. bottles here, where we can see the big boss, chrisjones. tell me what it's been like. it's absolutely

manic. we are contacted every minute of everyday that we are in work, from all over the world. you can't keep up with demand? not at all. at the moment, the issues that we have are, in terms of raw materials, becoming short, and caps for the containers are particularly short. the uk bottle manufacturers can keep up the uk bottle manufacturers can keep up but we are reliant on other companies in the rest of the world. there's a lot of criticism at the moment about some manufacturers really ramping up the price of this product. well, we certainly aren't. we will have to increase the prices in proportion to whatever raw material prices are imposed on us. but at the end of the day, we want to produce a product for everybody, and we want to have customers at the end of this, and new customers. you would like to take on more workforce but you have got concerns? our concern is that we already have

coronavirus on the wirral, in a local area where a lot of our staff live. the issue is whether we would introduce an illness into our existing workforce and we could not afford for them to go off sick. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. come and meetjane now, you can give us a wee demonstration of the right and wrong way to apply this stuff, and also tell me, is there a right and wrong product, or are all products equal? certainly right and wrong product, you need between 60% and 80% alcohol in your product, otherwise you will not get your full antibacterial activity. in terms of how to put it on, it is very important, every part of your hand needs to be covered, start with your palms, the back, in between your fingers, carry on between your fingers... and you've got to keep doing this right until it is dry? yes, 20—30 seconds, i don't know if

thatis yes, 20—30 seconds, i don't know if that is happy birthday twice, i haven't checked that one out, but here we go. and the government say, this can't replace your basic hot water and soap hand wash. absolutely not. the whole thing is the most important part, keep your hands clean, don't touch your eyes, your nose, clean, don't touch your eyes, your hose , your clean, don't touch your eyes, your nose, your mouth, with unclean hands, because that is how you introduce the virus into your body. the virus needs a host by which to survive. thank you for your time. this palette is going to go out to british gas, that is a new contract here. this one over here is going to go out to the hong kong health authority, another new contract. they just can't authority, another new contract. theyjust can't keep up with demand here. and you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus and how to protect yourself against it on the bbc news app and on our website bbc.co.uk/news.

former vice—presidentjoe biden is the new front—runner in the democrats' race to choose a candidate to stand against donald trump. he won eight out of 1a states on super tuesday, the biggest day yet in the race for the white house, as sophie long reports from los angeles. they call it super tuesday, and it was a super strong start to the night forjoe biden. the former vice—president entered the race as the clear front runner with it all to lose. less than two weeks ago, it looked he might dojust that after a poor start to the primary season. but he is very much back in the running. primary report, we are very much alive! cheering. and make no mistake about it. this campaign, it will send

donald trump packing! it could be some time before we get definitive results from all of the states who have voted tonight. but what a comeback forjoe biden. less than two weeks ago, his campaign was said to be on life support. tonight, it is very much alive and kicking. but senator bernie sanders, the self—declared social democrat from vermont, still has the edge in western states which, due to their huge delegate haul, still could carry him through. we are not only taking on the corporate establishment, we're taking on the political establishment. cheering. but we are going to win because the people understand it is ourcampaign. 0ur movement which is best positioned to defeat trump. but any establishment democratic figures do not agree. they feeljoe biden has more hope of beating president trump

at the polls on november than the revolution bernie sanders is promising. after the former vice—president's resounding win in south carolina, fellow moderates threw in the towel and threw in their support behind him. even billionaire mike bloomberg's cash cannon could not land the blows that some thought it would. the former new york mayor is reported to have spent more than half a billion dollars on his campaign. he must be wondering now if that was money well spent. as the results continue to come in, this is now looking more and more like a two—horse race. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. he's been closely following super tuesday voting. the story of the night probably belongs to joe the story of the night probably belongs tojoe biden, but we are hearing from you in the last few seconds that it might be several days before we hear the final result in california, which is very important in the overall numbers, is

that because the race there is so tight between joe biden that because the race there is so tight betweenjoe biden and bernie sanders? in part, it's because this is such a large estate, it takes time to collate all of the votes, the most populous state in the united states, and that is a big reason why it is close, although it looks like bernie sanders is in the lead, and that isn't a huge surprise. he's been in the lead in the run—up to this election for some time, in part due to the large hispanic community in california, a community that has always supported bernie sanders in large numbers. the other significant result that we're getting in the last few hours, the second—biggest state up for grabs, be in texas, which it looks likejoe biden has won. so, an extraordinarily good night forjoe biden, something that no one really expected just three or four days ago. and not a single big win for mike bloomberg, despite his half $1

billion investment in his campaign, so can we billion investment in his campaign, so can we expect him to pull out, and if so, who is it going to mainly benefit? well, it looks like he's certainly reviewing his campaign, whether he'll pull out immediately, let's wait and see. he might be tempted, as he's been saying, to continue to may be the next primary and the one after that, but looking at the numbers from tonight, it seems extremely unlikely that he will go on to become the democrats' nominee. if he chooses to opt out and support, well, joe biden is most likely the candidate that would receive that support and stands to gain the most, there is also the possibility that mike bloomberg could put some of his money behind other democratic candidates standing for other political jobs other democratic candidates standing for other politicaljobs a little bit further down the ladder from president, congressional races and that kind of thing, which at the end of the day are also important when it comes to the general election in

the united states in november. peter bowes in los angeles, thank you very much. and we will get some more analysis on super tuesday later in the programme. the home secretary priti patel is facing allegations of bullying staff in a third government department. it relates to her time as international development secretary, and follows similar claims at the home office, and the department for work and pensions. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. norman, tell us more about these latest allegations and also what priti patel‘s supporters are saying in response? well, these latest allegations centre on her time at a third department, when she was a secretary of state for international development, and the allegations are that she belittled staff in her private office, she wrote overly aggressive e—mails, she questioned competence, and that those claims we re competence, and that those claims were brought to the attention of a senior official, who suggested they should be passed on to the cabinet secretary. we don't know whether

they were, but here we have a third department and a third set of allegations which, it is a sort of steady drip now of damaging headlines which ms patel seems to be facing every day, and i suppose what compounds the difficulties for ms patel is that the inquiry set up by the prime minister into the initial claims, we know they are going to look at all the allegations, so they are going to take on board all the different sets of allegations, added to which the looming employment tribunal threatened by the former permanent secretary at the home 0ffice permanent secretary at the home office that, too, will presumably wa nt to office that, too, will presumably want to call witnesses from these other instances, so there is a sort of head of steam building up, albeit no 10 this morning insisting that the prime minister still has full confidence in priti patel, there is no suggestion of no 10 pulling away

from ms patel. and as you say, among her supporters on the backbenches, increasingly vociferous attacks on the civil service, remarks such as, that there are dark forces now in the civil service trying to undermine ms patel. so, there is no sign at the moment of no 10 backtracking away from her, but the list of allegations is steadily mounting. the headlines on bbc news... wash your hands regularly — that's the government's key message as the number of coronavirus cases in the uk rises to 53. super tuesday — a key point in the process to pick a democratic white house candidate — seesjoe biden and bernie sanders as the front runners. the home secretary, priti patel denies a third bullying claim as conservative sources suggest "dark forces" are working against her.

in sport, chelsea beat liverpool 2—0 in the fa cup, to knock liverpool out of the competition. liverpool have now lost three of their last four games. a test event for the tokyo 0lympics has been cancelled due to concerns over coronavirus. next month's asia rugby sevens will 110w next month's asia rugby sevens will now not go ahead. mako vunipola is training with saracens despite being stood down by england over coronavirus fears. he was not available for the six nations match against wales because he wasn't self—isolating after through hong kong. —— because he was self—isolating. more sportjust after half past. more now on our main story, as a major new public health campaign is launched today to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus. the government are advising people to wash their hands frequently, for at least 20 seconds each time. meanwhile, away from home, the world bank has committed $12 billion to help developing countries cope with the spread of the virus.

it follows warnings that slowdowns from the outbreak could tip some countries in recession. countries into recession. there are now more than 92,000 cases of the virus globally, most of those in china. south korean president moonjae—in has declared war on the virus, which has infected more than 5,300 people in his country. the worst—hit country in europe is italy. they have more than 2,500 cases of the virus. in a moment we'll talk to bethany bell in milan. but first, robin brant is in hong kong. robin, bring us up—to—date with the numbers there, is there a pattern emerging in terms of the progress of this virus? well, let's talk about south korea, seeing as you havejust mentioned it. a further 300 or so cases announced in the last hour,

taking the total there to more than 5500. there are a further 9000 or so people, a large bulk of those members of that christian sect church down in daegu in the south, who are reporting symptoms. 0verall, the south korean authorities say they are testing 10,000 or so people a day as they try to deal with the outbreak in their country. at the same time, we're seeing evidence not just of the physical threat brought by the virus, but the economic threat as well. the south korean government announcing $10 billion of economic stimulus in the last 2a hours, and some of that will be focused on trying to increase healthcare provision. what they are really worried about, as is the uk and many others, is a sudden flood of patients needing inpatient treatment in hospitals. so, south korea, using part of those stimulus measures to try and boost its

healthcare provision in hospitals across the country. in terms of mainland china, there seems to be continued relative good news. the figures in terms of new infected cases, the number of new deaths as well in the last 2a hours, seems to show that broadly that trend we have seen show that broadly that trend we have seen since the middle of march, the numbers are dwindling. all the deaths, with the exception of one, in the last 2a hours, have been in the province of china, where this all began, nothing across the rest of mainland china. these are government figures which we are forced to rely on, that is the caveat. chinese leaders are moving away from notjust containing the domestic outbreak, but also the threat that maybe chinese nationals coming back home may pose. there is a concern about a second wave coming and we are seeing strict measures now in place for visitors, most of them chinese nationals, from japan, italy, iran and south korea, particularly around shanghai and

beijing. they are on very strict watch around beijing. people returning from those four countries now facing a mandatory quarantine of 14 now facing a mandatory quarantine of 1a days. now facing a mandatory quarantine of 14 days. we can go to milan now and talk to bethany bell. cases still p°ppin9 talk to bethany bell. cases still p°pping up talk to bethany bell. cases still popping up in other parts of the world, where people have travelled from italy, but tell us about the situation there, are the numbers of cases still growing? is there any talk or any sense of the virus reaching a peak there yet? the numberof reaching a peak there yet? the number of cases, the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus, continues to grow. we saw that there are now over 2500 cases altogether that have been recorded here in italy. concerning as well as the number of deaths, 79 people have died of coronavirus here in italy, and we saw a jumpjust yesterday when they announced that

figure of 79 yesterday evening, it was a figure of 79 yesterday evening, it wasajump of figure of 79 yesterday evening, it was a jump of 27 people injust figure of 79 yesterday evening, it was a jump of 27 people in just 24 hours. the authorities saying that the numbers are growing but it is not a growth which is out of control, in the words of one health official. but they are now looking, you may remember that they have put 11 towns in northern italy into quarantine, ten of them just south east of milan, one of them in veneto, they are now considering whether they might impose another lockdown on areas around the northern city of bergamo in lombardy, because there has been a spike of cases there. we know that the government is meeting at the moment, a special cabinet meeting is being held right now. the government has also issued warnings to people to say, "wash your hands, maintain safe distance from people." they've also recommended that elderly people should stay indoors if possible, and

any kind of big gatherings, like sport or big public events, they have advised, should be cancelled. but, of course, as robin was saying, there are a lot of concerns here about the impact of this one italy's struggling economy, because tourist numbers are down very much, hotels say they've had lots of bookings, a numberofairlines say they've had lots of bookings, a number of airlines have cancelled some of their flights due to the drop in the demand, and so people here are thinking, what do we do? are we going to be more worried about the virus or more worried about the virus or more worried about our economy and how we make our living? bethany bell in milan, robin brant in hong kong, thank you very much. let's talk now to jonathan ball, professor of virology at the university of nottingham. i was iwas ina i was in a branch of a well—known high street chemist yesterday, buying some toothpaste, but i did hear another customer asking for

hand sanitiser and she was told it was all sold out. but i want you to compare for us if you would, how effective is hand sanitiser as opposed to soap and water in dealing with coronavirus? good old soap and water is perfectly adequate for dealing with the coronavirus. these viruses have a layer of oil on the surface, it is what they have to use, it's part of the machinery that they used to get into a cell, and good old soap and water detergent strip strips off that oily surface and the virus is deactivated immediately. hand gels are more portable than a sink and a bar of soap. as long as people use them sparingly, then they are effective when you are out and about. just to be absolutely clear, what does soap and water get rid of that a hand sanitiser doesn't? well, they both get rid of the same thing. a hand sanitiser, in terms of this virus

anyway, is perfectly good at deactivating a virus. but it does depend on how clean your hansard to start with. if they are heavily soiled, then the alcohol, which is the main active ingredient in these things, cannot penetrate to the virus and therefore it will not work. but fairly clean hands, these sanitisers are fantastic. of course the next of defence is not to touch our faces, isn't the next of defence is not to touch ourfaces, isn't it? the next of defence is not to touch our faces, isn't it? absolutely, we fail each year to appreciate how many viruses we pick up on our fingers and hands just through normal daily activities, touching door handles, computer keyboards, things like that. and unfortunately after we have touched those contaminated surfaces, if we then touch our eyes or our nose or our mouth, it can transfer any viruses that were sitting on the surfaces and transfer them into our body and then we become infected. so, it requires very much a conscious

effort because these are things that we do subconsciously, so, it requires a lot of thought to try to change habits, effectively? it's almost impossible. i'm one of those people who has become more aware of how often we do touch our faces during daily life. apparently it can be ten times every minute or something. but the main thing is for as to be more something. but the main thing is for 3s to be more aware something. but the main thing is for as to be more aware of those behaviours. i still sit in traffic queues and look across to the driver next to me, picking their nose. if they've touched a contaminated surface, then they're depositing virus in their nasal passage, in their nose, and that is how we get these sorts of infections. as someone these sorts of infections. as someone who looks at viruses as part of your daily work, what is your key piece of advice to everyone watching this this morning? i think it is just to be more aware of personal hygiene. as this outbreak picks up and gathers pace, we're going to have to start asking ourselves some

serious questions about how important journeys are for us, serious questions about how importantjourneys are for us, how importantjourneys are for us, how important visits to football matches or concerts are, particularly for those people who are vulnerable to the infection, particularly elderly people and people with other diseases like asthma, heart disease, diabetes. that's what we need to be thinking about, and we need to do everything we can to slow the spread of the virus because the nhs u nfortu nately of the virus because the nhs unfortunately will be put under immense strain. professorjonathan ball, from the university of nottingham, thank you very much. more now on the democrats' race to choose a candidate to stand against donald trump in the us presidential election. former vice—president joe biden won eight out of 14 states on super tuesday, the biggest day yet in the race for the white house. let's speak now to natasha lindstaedt, professor of government at the university of essex.

a very good morning to you. as i was saying to our correspondent in los angeles a few minutes ago, really the big story of the night isjoe biden, firmly cementing himself as being back in the race? right, you know, even a week ago we could not have predicted this. he had a horrible start, he did absolutely terribly in iowa, and in never harder and terribly in iowa, and in never harderand in terribly in iowa, and in never harder and in new hampshire and he wasn't able to raise any money. he didn't even have any ads playing, he didn't even have any ads playing, he didn't go to campaign in minnesota, a state he just won. didn't go to campaign in minnesota, a state hejust won. so, south carolina was the tipping point. because he won with such a resounding victory, by such a huge margin, and had such strong support from the african—american base, which is 20% of the democratic pa rty‘s which is 20% of the democratic party's base, it really tipped things in his favour. because for a while people were thinking, maybe he is not electable, maybe he doesn't have a is not electable, maybe he doesn't havea campaign is not electable, maybe he doesn't have a campaign which is being run

very well, maybe we should vote for bloomberg. but as it turned out, 50% of voters just made up their mind in the last few days, which meant that that south carolina victory was weary important. it also helped that pete tiggy and amy klobuchar, who we re pete tiggy and amy klobuchar, who were moderate candidates taking up some of his support, decided to drop out, releasing some of his support. it also proved important for him that bloomberg did not do that well. you made that point about biden ‘s campaign being relatively badly funded compared to bloomberg who spent a lot and did not win a single big contest last night, what does that say to you about democrat voters in the sort of person they wa nt voters in the sort of person they want in the white house? a lot of polls have reveal that by a

slight majority, democrats want someone slight majority, democrats want someone who can win, who can beat trump in 2020. there were questions about bloomberg because he has no political experience and they were not even sure he was a democrat, he had a lot of issues with the african—american and spanish community and he did so poorly in the first debate. he had an unbelievable campaign in the way that letters have been written and the way he has been able to contact people, he spent millions on ads but he didn't look to be a very good candidate. he may end up dropping out of the race after super tuesday and then decide to endorse biden and then we would have a two—person race. if he does throw his weight behind joe biden, what difference will that make, and bernie sanders orjoe biden, who is best placed to ta ke orjoe biden, who is best placed to take on donald trump? well, the establishment in the democratic party believes that the one that can ta ke party believes that the one that can take on donald trump is a moderate

candidate, so there are some questions about bloomberg. it looks like he will likely drop out at some point, get behind biden. he doesn't have a path to victory. the establishment believes that biden has the best chance. the problem is that sanders could still win the nomination for the establishment. and sanders has incredible campaign organisation, he has a very, very well funded campaign, he has a wide coalition of young voters, of couege coalition of young voters, of college voters, of hispanic voters, and he also has a very passionate base. and there's concerns that his passionate base may not turn up to the polls in 202012. it will make for —— in 2020. it will make for a very interesting contest. thank you for your time today. 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. 0n coronavirus, what are your rights if you have to miss work because of it? also, it is reported today that women in labour are being refused epidurals, did that happen to you? send us an e—mail. join us live at 10am. coming up. we'll be speaking to public health wales about suicide prevention as a new report warns that britain is in danger of failing a generation of children in health and wellbeing. now it's time for a look at the weather. good morning. this morning we have been watching this clutch of france coming in from the south—west producing some rain, —— clutch of fronts, then moving north eastwards, but as you can tell by the lack of isomers, not much breeze today. the lion's share of the scotland will be north—east scotland, the rest of us will seek more cloud to develop as

the rain continues to push across the rain continues to push across the midlands, wales and the south—east. patchy rain at times across northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. 7 degrees in the north to 11 in the south. this evening and overnight, the clutch of fronts will push across the north sea, depositing some hills know in snowdonia and the peak district. we are keeping an eye on this next system coming up towards the southern counties. tonight, it won't be as cold night in the south. further north, it will have a risk of frost and ice on untreated surfaces. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. wash your hands regularly, that's the government's key advice in a new campaign to fight against coronavirus. as the number of coronavirus cases in the uk rises to 53,

hospitals in england are urged to do more video consultations to stop the spread of the virus. super tuesday, a key point in the process to pick a democratic white house candidate, seesjoe biden and bernie sanders as the front runners. the home secretary priti patel denies a third bullying claim as conservative sources suggest "dark forces" are working against her. the crown prosecution service announces a review into its handling of the assault case against caroline flack. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. today, we are focusing on the bbc news app and what you are reading and watching there with much of our coverage devoted to coronavirus. today it's a chilly not coronavirus at the top of the most red, it is

super tuesday, with the news that joe biden has won essential victories in that big contest known as super tuesday to keep him in contention with bernie sanders, you can see on the left of the two pictures, to be the democrat nominee. at number two, third allegation of bullying against the home secretary priti patel. her supporters say dark forces are working against her. at number three, a coronavirus story, the idea that hospital patients as we were mentioning a few seconds ago could be seen by video link, video consultation, to try to minimise the risk of transmission of the illness. a quick look at what you are watching, number one, after a few days, coronavirus was really dominating these lists, now we're seeing a variety of other stories. number one, that just popped

seeing a variety of other stories. number one, thatjust popped in, antarctica, it recorded a record high temperature earlier last month of more than 20 celsius. this is bad news, we're told, for marine life, that lives in the icy waters of the world's coldest continent. that is justin taking a dip in some very cold water to assess the impact that these changes in temperature can have on the creatures that live in antarctica. another great report from justin who has done a lot of work in antarctica recently. that's number one on the most watched. that's it for the briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. good morning. a test event for rugby sevens at the tokyo 0lympics has been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. the japanese rugby football union has announced this morning that next month's asia sevens invitational, which was going to be used as a test

event, won't go ahead. this month's wheelchair rugby test event has also been called off. mako vunipola is training with his club saracens despite being stood down by england over coronavirus fears. england confirmed yesterday he wasn't available for saturday's six nations against wales because he was self—isolating after travelling through hong kong at the weekend. but in a bizarre twist, it's understood he's returned to saracens and is available for this weekend's match with leicester. a few weeks ago liverpool could seem to do no wrong. the league title will surely come, but they've now lost three of their last four games after chelsea knocked them out of the fa cup. adrian gave willian a helping hand to open the scoring for chelsea. and ross barkley ran half the length of the pitch to score the winner. they could easily have scored four, but boss frank lampard wasn't

getting carried away with the 2—0 win that takes them through to the quarter finals. england women begin their defence of the shebelieves cup when they take on the usa at midnight on thursday in orlando. phil neville's side won the competition last year and are hoping for more success this time round. i think we take this tournament really seriously. i love being a pa rt really seriously. i love being a part of this tournament. you're playing against some of the best teams in the world. usa, japan, spain, it's exciting a position to face and for us it gave us great momentum when we won it last year, taking that into the world cup. if we can do something great out here and win again, it gives us great momentum not only for an olympic year but also 2021 as well. boxing now and it was announced yesterday that dillian whyte will fight the russian alexander povetkin in manchester on the 2nd of may.

well, i'm delighted to say that dillian joins me now. tell me, the ambition is for a title fight so how important is this fight coming up? it's very important, povetkin is a former 0lympic coming up? it's very important, povetkin is a former olympic gold menu “— povetkin is a former olympic gold menu —— medallist, very well schooled, technicalfighter. menu —— medallist, very well schooled, technical fighter. he's dangerous and an important fight for me. with tyson fury looking like he's going to fight deontay wilder again and anthonyjoshua defending his titles, is it frustrating for you that you have to sit back a little bit and wait? it is a bit frustrating, but have been waiting for so long now, and i understand that, it's just part and parcel. u nfortu nately, that, it's just part and parcel. unfortunately, certain things happened, i had to wait, and then losing to tyson fury, it puts the

mandatory back so i had to wait and keep fighting and keep winning and taking on the dangerous fighters which i am doing. when your time comes, how do you rate your chances? i rate my chances of beating anyone in the top guys, i'm peek —— strong enough, young enough, and i'm still learning. i haven't been boxing for 20 years like most of these guys, i've been boxing for 12 years so i'm still learning. my times are getting faster, i'm actuallyboxing more and i have more experience in and out of the ring. and you are the mandatory challenger to tyson fury. what was it like watching him beat deontay wilder? did you learn anything? it like watching him beat deontay wilder? did you learn anything7m was good. i was over the moon to tyson fury as a fellow brit. and all of the stuff that he has come back from to come back and beat deontay

wilder, and he chose to fight him voluntarily. he thought tyson fury was an easier target than me and then tyson fury ended up beating him soi then tyson fury ended up beating him so i was happy for him. i learned a lot. but if you put deontay wilder on the back foot and pressure him, he falls, and that's what tyson fury did. that's no secret. no, no, i've been saying it for years. you need to bully these fighters. it's hard because he's a big guy and he's strong and he can punch well. if you can geta strong and he can punch well. if you can get a bully going backwards, then he loses confidence and starts to fall apart. all he has is one right hand and that's what tyson fury did. in a fight between anthony joshua and tyson fury, who would win? i have no idea. i have no idea he would win but it would be a good fight. a good heavyweight fight. that's what the game is about, having big fights, setting up the biggest fights possible. i just want

to fight all the top guys. even deontay wilder lost, i still want to fight him. come and speak to hers on the 3rd of may, hopefully! —— speak to us. let's look ahead to what we've got coming up today and we've got more fa cup action for you tonight. sheffield wednesday's game against the holders manchester city is live on bbc one. you can also watch tottenham's game against norwich on the bbc iplayer, the bbc sport website and app. and we'll have build—up to both of those games on sportsday at 6:30. that's all the sport for now. south korea has reported 600 new coronavirus cases, while italy has reported a fifty per cent jump in deaths in the past 24 hours. the world health organisation says its biggest concern is a rapid rise in the eastern mediterranean region stemming from iran. meanwhile in china new cases have been in decline. but fearing a resurgence authorities aren't taking any chances. freya cole reports.

0na bright on a bright day in beijing, residents welcomed news that of cases of the deadly coronavirus are in decline. but it doesn't call for complacency. temperatures are checked upon entry to a supermarket, and protective gear is encouraged. but ever so slowly, normal interactions are taking place. the virus has now reached new york. every 72 hours, transit officials will be scrapping subway stations, handrails, turnstiles, and card machines. —— scrubbing. they say commuters should get used to of bleach. in south korea, it is at war with covid—19. workers are taking to the streets, armed with disinfectant. the battle is farfrom over. thousands of people in need of

medical care are now stranded inside their homes. translation: there are around 2300 confirmed patients in degu awaiting hospital treatment. the government has deployed all possible resources to patients in their homes. in italy, the elderly population had been hit the highest. many of the victims have underlying health issues. translation: the people who died today were between the age of 55 and 101. those are the two extre m es the age of 55 and 101. those are the two extremes but they are mostly over 70 years old, as you know. right around the world, people are flooding supermarkets, panic buying supplies, ahead of the worst case scenario. but experts have called for calm and say the simplest measure of washing hands thoroughly and often, is the best form of

protection. the crown prosecution service is to review its handling of the assault case against caroline flack. the former love island presenter took her own life last month, while awaiting trial on charges that she assaulted her boyfriend. the issue will be looked at by a special cps panel. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is with me. danny, what is the cps saying about why it's doing this? the crown prosecution service isn't saying a lot about this but what it is saying is that it's going to convene what it says is a post—case review panel, which will be led by a deputy chief crown prosecutor, a senior prosecutor within the crown prosecution service will lead a review of this case. in particular what they will do is look at the decision to charge caroline flack, she was charged with assaulting her partner, and also look at the decision—making after that charge came about, because we know, for

example, that caroline flack's partner, lewis burden, didn't want to support the prosecution, so he withdrew his support for it but the prosecution was going ahead. caroline flack had been told that the case what is going to trial. concerns have been raised after her death by her management who said, why was the cps pursuing this show trial, is the word is that they used? they said caroline flack was vulnerable, the victim did not support the prosecution, it wasn't in the public interest. that's what the crown prosecution service is going to look at, look at the decisions it made, look at the way the case was handled. how unusual is a decision like this, to review a decision to prosecute? it's not that unusual. it's not routine that in every case where someone unusual. it's not routine that in every case where someone involved in the case dies, that it is automatically reviewed, but it is

reviewed in cases where there is quite a lot of cps decision—making involved. so if it was a very straightforward case, for example, someone was accused straightforward case, for example, someone was accused of arson and they were found with a lighter in their hand, taken to court and prosecuted and died a couple of weeks later, perhaps that wouldn't be reviewed because it a straightforward decision for the cps. in this case clearly the decision—making was not straightforward. an example of a high—profile case reviewed by the cps in this way in 2013 when a violinist took her own life, a week after giving evidence against her former music teacher. in that case the cps conducted an internal review of the decisions it had made. in high—profile cases where there is complex decision—making involved in the cps, it is standard for them to conduct an internal review. do we have any idea how long this internal review might take? i don't have those details at moment, i would not

expect it will take a very long time but of course, there are other investigations going on. the independent office for police conduct is investigating the police contact that officers had with caroline flack before she died, and of course, there will be an inquest held later this year. thank you very much. it was quite a day yesterday for d—day veteran harry billinge, as he went to the palace to collect his mbe. his honour is in recognition of his charity fundraising, to build a national memorial to remember his fallen comrades. harry got to meet the queen, and our correspondent tim muffett was there. harry's big day, his first time in buckingham palace.

he was also an engineer as well. how amazing. thank you. i know this, it's tim. morning, tim. how are you, harry? i am all right now. how are you feeling? how are you feeling ahead of receiving your mbe? a bit nervous. really. i'm not used to all this... overwhelming! i'll be all right. and how are you, sheila? i'm fine, yeah. it's wonderful to be here. the cavalry are coming past. it's quite something, isn't it? it is. yeah, it is. i find it very emotional. and i'm still here, eh?

i'm lucky to be here. you have a brilliant day. thank you. you're a star. enjoy yourself. thank you very much. give me a kiss. you are lovely. thank you, tim. mr harry billinge. for services to charitable fundraising. must be such a feeling of pride? i try not to be proud. what did the queen say? she said i understand you were there on d—day. i said, i did. she was lovely. she knew all about me.

here we are in the state dining room of buckingham palace. you have just received an mbe. how are you feeling? very overwhelmed, as always. i never expect did to be awarded the for what i did for the fellas who never came back. you have met the queen. yes, oh it was wonderful. she was lovely. yes. she said a little word about me. she was lovely. very kind. very understanding. she spoke a bit about d—day, she's spoke about that, too. lovely. if you think that all the fundraising you have done, to help build that memorial. yes. how do you feel today? i feel wonderful. and i am sure that everyone knows that i did it for the boys,

that i also received this wonderful mbe for the boys. they should be getting one, too. and we were all in it together and we all fall together and didn't all come home together. but it was wonderful today. i mean, i can't understand it really. i'm so, well... i can't see it. i don't have a voice to say how much i appreciated the kindness of everyone. i am very, very grateful to have their friendship i have made. harry billinge, mbe. that's right. got a great ring to it. oh yes. must be very proud? i am very proud. lovely. he deserves it, i think. so this is your mbe. what an amazing thing.

i'm overwhelmed for the reason that i've got it. them fellas died, but i lived. he says he is no hero. we beg to differ. from all of us, thank you harry billinge, mbe. wonderful man, and richly deserved. britain is in danger of failing a generation of children and young people when it comes to health and wellbeing, it says in a new report that progress has stalled or reversed in a number of measures over recent years. it adds that the health outcomes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds are up to four times

worse than those from more well—off areas. let's talk now to the national lead for suicide prevention at public health wales, professor annjohn. a warning from the nspcc today on the rise in demand for counselling, including from children concerned about self—harm and their mental health, let's deal with the state of child health report festival. three yea rs child health report festival. three years from the last one, there have been some improvements but also be concerned as well? yes, what i think we are seeing at the moment are very important, hard indicators that we are not getting things right. we see rises in infant mortality, either stored in —— it is either stalled or increased in some of the four nations of the uk. it comes off the back of report last week that showed life expectancy has fallen in the uk, particularly among our deprived communities, and women in deprived

communities. these are hard indicators that children and young people are growing up and living in a society where all those social determinants, say things like where they live, the schools therein, are not giving them the opportunity to grow up healthy with good well—being. what that means is, the trajectory of children and young people, the impact of what happens to you from birth through childhood and late adolescence, those things you will actually carry three the rest of your life with you. that infa nt rest of your life with you. that infant mortality rate has been described as a canary in a coal mine for a developed country, a warning that this sort of thing shouldn't be happening in a developed country. let's move on to the nspcc what it is saying today, launching a new campaign, calls to childline have gone up 23% in the last three years,

the same period of time that the other report covers. why is this happening? we are talking more about mental health, does it mean that children are expressing these thoughts more? there was a time a few years ago where i would have said, we've improved awareness, in mental health, amongst children and young people, and their parents and in schools, so you would expect that to result in people seeking help more. and then when you don't have the services to meet those needs, you'll see calls to childline, potentially admissions to hospital, although things increasing. what happened recently is we did a survey in the whole community, in the general population, not everyone with mental health problems will go and see a doctor or contact services. within our communities, we are seeing rises in emotional disorders, that is anxiety and

depression. and also in self harming behaviours in young people under 24. iamso behaviours in young people under 24. i am so sorry to interrupt you, but we are out of time. much more to discuss on this report, but thank you so much for your time today. let's go to the weather forecast. we have some brighter skies across scotland, northern ireland and northern england at the moment. further south, we have rain moving m, further south, we have rain moving in, all courtesy of this area of low pressure here. this is where the front has been moving in through wales and southern areas of england so far this morning, continuing to move its way further north and east of it. eventually towards east anglia and the south—east of england. some showers affecting north—western part of england, but further north, drier and brighter with sunny spells. the rain moving towards the east before another

weather system pushes in. another outbreak of rain across the south. more cloud keeping cabbages up above freezing. further north, with cloud —— temperatures up above freezing. dry for many of us on thursday as the rain clears from the south.

hello. it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, and we're live from new broadcasting house. hospitals are being asked to see more patients by video link to help slow the spread of coronavirus. meanwhile, we'll ask what rights you have if you have to stay off work because you've got it. everybody has an interest in ensuring that all workers get fair sick pay because that will help slow the acceleration of the spread of this virus. and we'll discuss how to talk to your kids, if they're worried about coronavirus. we've been talking about it a lot but sometimes we are sad about it so we try not to talk about it and

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