hello. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. when jade kilduff‘s brother, christian, was born, doctors said he may never walk, talk or even smile. so jade decided to learn sign language — so she would be able to communicate with him. the pair now teach others how beginning with today's results from to sign on their facebook page, the premier league. we currently and have gained millions of supporters, including the singer lewis capaldi. frankie mccamley went to meet them. have five patients who are isolated what's this one? and have been tested and awaiting can we sign ‘love'? results come back. we have asked love! nine staff to use up nicely. 140 can you sign ‘friend'? yay! friend! britons remain quarantined on board a cruise ship off the coast of california. 21 people have tested two, three... go! positive for coronavirus. there is a both cheer. rush for me to get off the ship as i jade kilduff and christian record sign language lessons and sign along have stage four cancer and the to pop songs on youtube

and facebook. tumours are actually growing. it their videos have been viewed by millions across the world. will not be easy to off—load the good — well done! bike! ship. £360 million will be paid by good job! bike! my little brother christian insurance companies to clean up the was actually stillborn. damage from such previous storms. he didn't take his first breath for 24 minutes. his brain was starved and the woman's six nations, england of oxygen for that long, which has led to him having a type thrashed wales 66 hat —— seven in of brain injury called hia. front of the record crowd. —— 66 —— we were told he would never be able to communicate, seven. so i decided to learn sign language and teach him, and it's now enabled him to be able to talk and sign in over 250 words! talking a lot! and you're proving everyone wrong, aren't you? so many children and adults across, like, the country use signing. such a massive amount welcome to bbc news. the number of of the population use it. so everybody should people diagnosed with coronavirus in the uk has risen once again. the be able to talk it. deputy chief les —— medical officer for england says the company —— and what would that change mean

country remains in containment to you, christian, yourfamily? people will not feel isolated. dealing with the outbreak. the they can go to the local brownie number of cases have reached 206 and group and make friends, be able to talk to anybody. is the rise of 43 since yesterday. and it would honestly mean everything, wouldn't it, christian? jade started an online petition, there have been two deaths in the calling for sign to be taught in primary schools across england. uk, a man in his 80s and a woman in in less than two months, it has had her 70s and since this morning the more than 100,000 signatures. department of health says 21,460 jade never expected her petition to go viral and get so much support. but now it's had more people have now been tested. the than 100,000 signatures, it's going to be authorities at milton keynes university hospital have been defending the care provided to the leaving her home here... man in his early 80s who died there ..making its way here, on thursday. relatives of the man, to westminster, where jade's petition is going to be considered who had underlying health conditions, claim that the hospital for a debate by mps. had been too slow to detect his but how realistic is it? symptoms and move him away from other patients. however, a hospital spokesman insisted that it was james wolfe primary school, which is in south—east london, impossible to isolate every single already teach sign language patient who doesn't show coronavirus as part of the curriculum. i do think that it would be symptoms. the elderly man was on a very big challenge. w0 re i think the benefits that we have

symptoms. the elderly man was on wore it with other patients for two is not only deaf adults within our school but we days before he was eventually have specialist, very, very experienced signers. diagnosed with coronavirus. five of you could easily do a smaller—scale his fellow patients have now been version and i think you could have access to an expert who visits put into isolation whilst they have schools and trains the staff. it does take a while to feel been tested for the virus. the trust confident enough in yourself to then teach something on, but as long has also asked nine members of staff as you have the right training, to self—isolate. the chief executive teachers are very adaptable. the department for education says of milton keynes university hospital schools can teach sign nhs trust says it was doing if they choose to. everything to protect the public. it's currently developing a sign language gcse with the hope what we were doing was looking after of introducing it as soon as possible. that patient in a bay. it was only frankie mccamley, bbc news. ward and subsequently we have ensured that all of those patients time for a look at the weather. have been fold up, as well as the hello there. it's been turning increasingly wet staff, to make sure they have been and windy across the north tested and appropriately isolated. and the west of the country. how many patients are no self winds gusting 50mph in places through the afternoon. that wet and windy weather isolated? we have five patients who associated with this weather front will spread eastwards into england and wales this evening are isolated and have been tested and overnight, eventually clearing through on sunday, and we are waiting for the results but in its wake it will leave and we are waiting for the results and we are waiting for the results blustery showers, sunny spells, and we have asked nine staff to and some colder air, as you can see here self—isolate. on the air mass chart.

and we have asked nine staff to self-isolate. there has been but the winds quite a feature to end criticism that this patient was not the day across the irish sea coast, gusting 40 or 50mph accompanied put into isolation early enough. could that not happen? it is by that heavy rain, which will be smashing into western parts of scotland, and into northern ireland, but impossible for any organisation and tending to stay dry further east. any hospital to isolate every single now as we head through into patient that comes in who does not the evening, the first part of the night, the rain and strong winds begins to transfer eastwards, show coronavirus symptoms. we manage eventually reaching eastern england by the end of the night. that patient appropriately and we behind it, clear spells and blustery showers, and it will turn cooler are also managing those patients who here by the end of the night, but something milder are also managing those patients who are attending our hospital who are for the south and east, where we have the wind and the rain. showing signs of coronavirus so, to start, sunday could be quite unsettled for the south—east, appropriately and isolating pot wet and windy, fairly mild, that educators. 21 cases of the virus had band of rain will clear through, been detected on a cruise ship and then for many of us through part two of the weekend, it is a bright day, sunshine, barred from docking in san blustery showers, most of these francisco. there are more than a in the north and west people who are british on board. where they will be heavy. some hail, thunder, a bit of wintriness over the high ground of scotland, note off san francisco since as it will be cooler here, but the cooler air eventually reaching the south—east as we reach wednesday, test kits were lowered sunday evening. as we move through sunday onto the ship by coastguards. 46 evening and overnight, it stays blustery, clear spell, people were swamped for the lots of showers, piling into the north and west, coronavirus and 21 tested positive. again, some of them heavy.

some snow over the scottish hills, 19 crew members and two passengers. and it will be a cooler night the test result where reviewed by for all as that chillier air mass mike pence, who was leading the reaches all areas, and cool enough response to the disease. we are for a touch of frost perhaps in some sheltered glens of eastern scotland. taking all measures necessary to see beyond sunday, into monday, we look at another area of low pressure, to the health of the americans and which will move in off the atlantic, those involved on the ship and, just to bring another spell of wet and windy weather to our shores, as importantly, to protect the and be followed by more wet and windy weather on tuesday. health of the american public and monday starts off chilly, dry, prevent the spread of the disease in bright, plenty of sunshine around, communities in this country. shortly one or two showers ahead of the main rain band which will arrive across northern ireland, and then push into northern around western britain as we head after, bishop's captain made an on into the afternoon. announcement over the pa to confirm some of the rain will be heavy and persistent and there will be the findings and to apologise to the snow on the leading edge across northern england and to scotland, mainly over the hills. way people had found out. you may turning milder in the south, a chilly feel in the north. wet and windy again on tuesday, have heard this on the media already very mild for a time in the south, but we were not given advance and then it stays unsettled for the rest of the week. notice. it would have been our sunshine and showers and feeling preference to be the first to make this news are available to you. a bit cool at times too. these individuals will be notified of their test results as quickly as

possible. plans are under way to bring the chip into a noncommercial port. all passengers and crew will be tested and those that require it will be put into quarantine. crew members will stay on the ship and it is not known yet whether the passages will be taken somewhere. president trump appears to be at odds with his team dealing with the cruise liner. frankly, if it were up to me cruise liner. frankly, if it were up tomel cruise liner. frankly, if it were up to me i would be inclined to say leave everybody on the ship for a period of time and use the ship as your base. but a lot of people would rather do it a different way, quarantine people, and when we do that and i was able to grow up. quarantine people, and when we do that and i was able to grow upm means more days of uncertainty for the passengers. there is a rush for me to get off the ship. i have stage iv cancer and my tumours are actively growing so we almost did not come on the trip but, because on

some delays with insurance, we were encouraged to go and we have been looking forward to it and we wanted to go. officials say the majority of passages are in the 60s and 70s and 80s, the most vulnerable section of the population. mike pence said that his advice to them planning cruise, elderly americans, was to use common sense. leanne higgins and her daughter are also on board the grand princess cruise ship. they explained how to found it a case of coronavirus had been found on board. the vice president said on the news and it was so surprising to me, i am not scared for myself because i am healthy and my mum is healthy, but it is definitely a very scary this is bbc news. situation. i want to take all the the headlines. precautions necessary but i do want to go back to school, because i am number of people who have tested

in high school and i do not want to positive for coronavirus in the uk miss my school, but i think it is has risen to 206. milton keynes important for everybodymaxi due to ta ke important for everybodymaxi due to take the proper precautions. the hospital is isolating people who came into contact with a man in his 80s who died from a virus on vatican has announced the pope will thursday. we currently have five strea m vatican has announced the pope will stream its sunday blessing from inside rather than from saint patients who are isolated and have been tested and we are awaiting peter's square due to beast spread those results. we have asked nine of the virus in italy. the measures staff to self—isolate. have been put in place to avoid people gathering at large events. those results. we have asked nine staff to self-isolate. 140 britons the pope has recently recovered from remain quarantined on board a cruise a cold and had himself been tested ship off the coast of california on for coronavirus. meanwhile, a man which 21 people tested positive for coronavirus. there is a rush for me who can't coronavirus on the ship to get off the ship as i have stage that was planted outsidejapan has died. the passenger, who has not yet four cancer and my tumours are actively growing. been named, was among more than 600 of those who became infected on the ship. his death yesterday brings the death toll on the ship to seven, including at least one british man. a hotel in china being used

to quarantine people with the coronavirus has collapsed trapping around 70 people inside. the hotel is in fujian province on the south west coast but it's not yet clear what caused the collapse. around half of the people trapped in the wreckage have been rescued. earlier, i spoke to prof mark woolhouse, an expert in infectious disease epidemiology, based at the university of edinburgh. i asked him if the virus could be contained. we are on the edge of moving into the delay phase. this is what the early stage of an epidemic looks like and what we are seeing is a switch from work most cases can be traced back to foreign travel, but now the largest fraction is local. it has been transmitted in the uk without a clear chain of

transmission, and that is what it looks like in an early stage of an epidemic. what are the implications of that? it means that we are going to have to move into the delay stage and it becomes less and less useful to actually do detailed contact tracing of every single case. we are more into trying to reduce the rate of spread so one of the key measures is to ask those who are showing symptoms to self—isolate. that is designed to stop them from transmitting the infection on. we got this 14 day period, is that enough? because there are still so many questions about this virus that we don't know. there is very good data now that 14 days tends to be the maximum incubation period. the aim of it is to stop people from transmitting and once they have recovered it will hopefully have some immunity to the virus and that is fine, they can resume normal life. what sort of measures with the

government and nhs have in place to handle epidemics? there is something in place, normally? there is a whole series of planning that dates back all the way to the pandemic influenza in 2009 and 2010. a lot of government planning is built around that. in that scenario, they have a reasonable worst case, and at the moment the government is planning around that. ijust moment the government is planning around that. i just want to go moment the government is planning around that. ijust want to go back to the sars outbreak. i understand star dying out, no vaccine was given undeveloped. what happened there because my are we likely to see the same with coronavirus? it doesn't look that way. sars was a much more serious infection and most of the transition occurred between people who are already ill. a lot of it

occurred in hospitals and for that reason it was easy to identify cases and take appropriate measures to stop on the transition. this infection is a lot milder but it makes it much harder to track, less easy to be isolating every single case. as you have watched the coronavirus outbreak develop, what are your main concerns about what you have been witnessing? is an infectious? how infectious? on average, we do not do anything, an affected person will infect two or three other people. that is quite high for a respiratory infection, so it is spreading quite fast. in the peak of the epidemic in wuhan, they we re peak of the epidemic in wuhan, they were doubling every few days, and older is that we did not want to see that in the uk. that is part of the government was make efforts to slow down the route of transmission a make the whole event more manageable. we are just getting

figures coming into us here from italy. what we understand from the latest figures, this government official has confirmed that the death toll in italy's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 233 from 197. this is following figures as of yesterday evening. in terms of the cases of the virus, the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in italy has risen to 5000 800 and 83 and that —— 55 —— italy has risen to 5000 800 and 83 and that -- 55 -- 5883. italy has risen to 5000 800 and 83 and that —— 55 —— 5883. northern italy, a hotspot in terms of the coronavirus outbreak for europe. after the wettest february on

record, the association of british insurers says the total values of pay—out for people paid by that —— hit by flooding will be £360 million. that class covers damage from stone keira and dennis. the long clean—up operation continues. when the storms swept through the uk, the letter devastation in their wake. homes and businesses and transport were under water. now the insurance industry is counting the cost. for —— households have made out claims for an average of £32,000. our initial estimate of storm ciara and dennis are going to cut about £363 million. that is how much insurers are paying out to help customers much insurers are paying out to help custo m e rs recover much insurers are paying out to help customers recover from these devastating incidents. in context, £360 million, the cost of books clearing up is triple that of the

floods in the midlands in south yorkshire that cost under £10 million last november. below the three successive storms, in december 2015, does cost £1.3 billion. several large insurers have recently said how winter flood several large insurers have recently said how winterflood plains i hitting their businesses. direct line part of my profits were down 10%, and eva says they are paying out £70 million because of flood and wind damage claims. these costs are still just estimates. wind damage claims. these costs are stilljust estimates. you could yet rise as more damage emerges. —— aviva. the new chancellor is due to hold his first budget this week, with all eyes on what measures he will announce to help people through this coronavirus outbreak. one separate but expected move is the scrapping of the tampon tax from january next year. 5% vat is currently added to female sanitary

products under european rules. the treasury says that the moving that levy will make a pack of 20 tampons 7p cheaper, with 5p coming off the cost of 12 sanitary pads. since 2015, women in the uk have paid £62 million in tax on sanitary products, most of which is passed on by the government to charities. our political correspondent told us more about the implications of the tax cut. it is only a saving of a few pence on each, but campaigners argue that so many women suffer from period poverty that they cannot afford to buy that product and adding tax is making it more difficult for them. this is a long planned move that was there because an eu rules meant that member states and the uk was one of those, until we left the eu, could not produce vat on sanitary products below 5%. now that we are leaving and coming out of the transition period at the end of december this year, the

chancellor has confirmed that that tax will go in january. chancellor has confirmed that that tax will go injanuary. you will confirm that any budget on wednesday. interestingly, imagine the figure of £60 million that have gone to charities for women account for these products, they are saying that that funding needs to be made up that that funding needs to be made up somehow because well be welcoming the move to get rid of vat, they say that those charges are going to lose out on that funding, so they may be watching the chancellor on one monday to see whether he would boyfriend and scrap the tax. monday to see whether he would boyfriend and scrap the taxm monday to see whether he would boyfriend and scrap the tax. it is time for the headlines abusing use. the number of people who tested positive for coronavirus in the uk has risen to 206. milton keynes hospital is isolating people that came into contact with the man in his 80s who died from the virus on thursday. £360 million we paid out by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and ciara. three saudi princes are

reported to have been arrested. the detentions are said to be linked to the country's the facto ruler, i was no reason has been given it is seen asa no reason has been given it is seen as a move to consolidate his power. also to remove any threat to his authority. here is our security correspondent. if confirmed, this would be a significant move by saudi arabia's powerful crowned prince to consolidate his position. he is one of the senior princes reportedly detained, he is one of the last surprise —— surviving sons of the last and widely respected amongst members of the ruling family. another senior prince was next in line to the throne, before he was on the replaced three years ago.

there's been no immediate confirmation denial of the story, but pals appears in saudi arabia are often shrouded in secrecy. —— political affairs in saudi arabia. we have been answering your questions today on coronavirus in abusing use and we were joined by a neurologist. he started by —— joined bya neurologist. he started by —— joined by a neurologist. he answered the question on whether wearing black gloves in public would deterrent the risk of coronavirus infection. this virus was to get access to your nose or throat and they can do that with your eyes. if you touch the surface with your gloves, ok, but if you then to off nothing more touch you mucous membranes. but if you're touching things while still wearing the gloves, you still transmit. so

if you touch your face with your gloved hands, you can still transmit the virus. so the virus cannot transmit you the enormous game, so just wash your hands. so, mucous membranes, where i'd relocated? anything which is soft and squidgy in your body, so your throat, you naughty bits and your eyes. peter says, do i need to clean parcels that are delivered to my house? the a nswer to that are delivered to my house? the answer to this one... people have looked at this in some detail because they are asking the question, what is the dwell time? how long does the virus particle of this type last surface? this is important because when we want to clea n important because when we want to clean up and someone has been in an area and shedding this virus, we need to know how much risk they may be from furnishing and soft surfaces

and things. people have good advisers like coronavirus and also through and the answer is that this is what we call an envelope virus. the outside of the virus is covered with an oily membrane, the envelope, and that is why it is vulnerable to alcohol because, when we clean our houses alcohol handler, it makes about that ever look at the virus i would add that being intact virus cannot affect you. it tends to be on a surface and intact and capable of infecting only four minutes to hours, supporters coming to the risk is minimal. bleach would break through the membrane and would actually kill every virus we know about, both the envelopes types and so—called non—envelope viruses, things like normal virus. no virus is very infectious because it doesn't have the envelope on the site is just doesn't have the envelope on the site isjust a doesn't have the envelope on the site is just a tough particle and doesn't have the envelope on the site isjust a tough particle and it will survive on surfaces from weeks to months, which is why we are in a

good position with this virus. it is not easy to disinfect. alcohol, bleach and hydrogen peroxide are good at getting rid of it, but not in your eyes. we have been hearing a new strain that may have developed. no confirmation, but there is concern. this virus jumped from animal to concern. this virus jumped from animalto human, so concern. this virus jumped from animal to human, so edward is asking if there is a chance that this virus could mutate and worsen? all viruses can mutate. what does that mean? and is the genetic information of the virus can change and some viruses do this a lot will stop if you to be normal virus, this mutate so far most quickly that you can catch it again within six weeks of having it. other viruses mutate only very slowly. the mutate so slowly that you get vaccinated only because the once and you never worry again. this new virus, we are looking at this carefully a nd new virus, we are looking at this carefully and people are comparing

samples, from patients no example samples, from patients no example samples that were gathered right at the beginning in china. they are comparing the genetic code of those different samples and you can see where the virus is changing and how rapidly, and reassuring be changes appear to be happening very slowly and are not affecting either the rate at which the virus spreads or how nasty it appears to be. we are co mforta ble how nasty it appears to be. we are comfortable at the moment that there isa comfortable at the moment that there is a low risk that it will not suddenly weaponised in some way through mediation are begun last year. i think this next question goes to most people with these compromised immune systems that we hear about who are most at risk. she asks, should asthmatics take special precautions to protect themselves from the virus? people who have asthma have a range of symptoms. some people have mild asthma, for example exercise induced asthma or if you go out on a cold daily get a tight chest. they are and minimal risk. other people have more severe asthma and those individuals might

be to take drugs that suppress their immune system in order to keep their asthma under control. asthma is an allergy. it is an allergy to house dust mites and to keep it under control usually take drugs like inhaled steroids, these deliver steroid to the surface of the one and this depresses the immune response in the long and makes the long less reactive and therefore you have your symptoms. there is some spill—over around your body and some people have such severe asthma that we have to also take systemic steroids, and others to take tablets which depress the immune systems, and that will affect the entire body. for this reason, anything that affects the chairs and an immune suppressant will make you more vulnerable to the effect of this virus at any kind of respiratory virus. you should try to take steps now to catch it. it is easy to say and it is hard pressed to do, but if you do think you're getting on well you do think you're getting on well you should call for help because it may be that the symptoms are

continuous and you stepped in to be taken to be to use the well. is anything that can be done to help people with compromised immune system ? pregnant people with compromised immune system? pregnant women have lower immunity, is and you can do?m system? pregnant women have lower immunity, is and you can do? it is interesting you highlight pregnancy, because that was one of the big concerns right at the answer about this because some viruses, when they do infect a pregnant woman, you produce more manifestations. a good example of this is some of the hepatitis viruses. if you really catch that what she is pregnant, she can develop severe symptoms. that does not appear to be the case in this instance and we are reassured that women are not at a serious risk over and above the rest of their age. that is if you're pregnant. people ask if it will damage the baby, this virus does not go across the placenta as far as we can tell and will not damage the baby over and will not damage the baby over and above what damage could occur if the mother is unwell. any kind of affection —— infection in pregnancy

does increase... the risk is extremely small. if you are any group who is in it —— it has a depressed immune system, see you are a transplant recipient you are asthmatic, there is a risk that you will develop a more severe illness, thatis will develop a more severe illness, that is no more severe if you caught the flu. most people who have had transplant and audio are at risk have already become very sensible and know how to stay well and the already exercise caution and the do tend to take steps in order to minimise catching these sorts of things. they tell their friends do not come over if they have got subway because they do not want to catch it did not go to places there will be lots of people who who have an infection. that is common sense and that is the best approach. another person asked if they do get their virus, how long to be symptoms worse? do know that? we don't know

yet because it varies from individual to individual. as far as we can tell it varies most discreetly by age, it is an ageist violet —— virus. there are more men catching this than women what we know is very young people seem to have very low levels of symptoms. we therefore do not really know how they are symptomatic for how long they are symptomatic for how long they have the virus. what we do know is people who guess really unwell tend to get worse by the day and incubation period seems to be about four days on average. the longest documented, reliably, is 11 days. this shortest is one day. people get incrementally worst symptoms so they are going to get really bad is, by about a week into the owners, the symptoms peak and then the improve. it's probably as going to follow a similar pattern to flu when most people end up with the symptoms peaking at the three days and a just a distal washed so are not there well but better, largely, by five

days. another question, looking in mostly. josephine asks that her husband and herself are elderly and have chronic lung conditions, when she they self—isolate? have chronic lung conditions, when she they self-isolate? the bottom line is that at the moment the amount of virus circulating in the community, as far as we can tell, and this advice may change, the level of situation is extremely low. therefore, your risk of catching this book by going about your daily business it remains low. at the moment there are no grounds to isolate yourself but if you become symptomatic, are you come into contact with someone who is, you would isolate yourself at that point. that would help not transmitting it and if you're going to go toa transmitting it and if you're going to go to a doctor's appointment, why not ring them and one then you have got some symptoms and ask if they

can be put at the end of the list? that we are not going to sit in the waiting room with people who are equally vulnerable and potentially infect them. you will still get you ca re infect them. you will still get you care about you will also not threaten anybody else. people can clea n threaten anybody else. people can clean out you. our last question comes back to killing this virus. this is what people really want to understand. i run a toddler group, what is the best way to effectively clea n a what is the best way to effectively clean a large volume of toys? i have heard that freezing them can help. probably not, because in our laboratory we store viruses in the freezer and in the right conditions frees down nicely and are perfectly happy and any thought about and you can infect things with them again. freezing is not going to cut it so the best way to clean up the toys,

toys could end up covered in viruses when kits log on them. swapping daniel toys with an alcohol solution ora daniel toys with an alcohol solution or a peroxide solution, the same stuff used clean your contact, will get rid of the virus and that would be my advice. another approach would be my advice. another approach would be to put them in the dishwasher. put it through on a hot cycle, the detergent and the temperature, that combination is like washing your hands with soap and as long as the toys are dishwasher proof ijoin ote of them, don't put them in there with your crockery, that'll be a good way of cleaning stuff. we are statement of the man who died at milton keynes hospital. they confirmed he was 83. he was a husband, dad, grandad and great grandad. admitted on monday, diagnosed on thursday which is when he passed away. although he had the virus the family said they had no

confirmation as to the cause of death. they are in self isolation now. we have more coming up before that, here is the weather. another unsettled weekend in store. we have low pressure sweeping n, in, it will bring in wet and windy weather, that will transfer eastwards and on sunday, we are into a run of cooler air and lot of blustery showers blowing in from the west, with sunny spells in between. but the winds a feature to end the day this evening, round irish sea coast, 40, 50mph gusts with heavy rain which will don't spill east ward. by the end of the night that will by a cross the eastern parts of the country. further west blustery showers and clear spells, cooler as well to end the night here by a mild one further sow south and east. into sunday, wet and windy, clearing away from the south—east. a brighter day for many. lots of sunshine but blustery showers. they will be a

mixture of hail into them and wintriness over the hiring ground. it will be a cooler day for all, in the north and the west, with temperatures in single digits. let us catch up with the sport. hi lizzie. thank you. it is almost half—time at twickenham where england are leading wales 17—6 in the six nations championship. the great rivals produce a spectacle but it is largely going england's way. two tries from them. watson going over early in the first half for that first try then george ford's quick pass allowed daley to score. england have another penalty. 20—6. 38 minutes on the clock at twickenham. england know victory will keep their hopes alive. favourites france play scotland tomorrow. ireland's game was postponed last week due to the coronavirus. a different score line

this morning when england's women thrashed wales' women. on the clock at twickenham. england know victory will keep their hopes alive. favourites france play scotland tomorrow. ireland's game was postponed last week due to the coronavirus. a different score line this morning when england's women thrashed wales' women. john lennon,ooo —— 11,000 watched the game. a record. there were ten tries in total. england are one win away from a second six nations grand slam although it may be a while coming as their last game has been postponed due to the coronavirus. poppy klee was asked about it after the game. no, not really. we are rugby players, we turn up when we are total. total. that is what ourjob is. we will enjoy this win, hopefully go across to twickenham and watch the men do the same, but yeah, i would like to say thank you to the crowd that came down to make ita to the crowd that came down to make it a record breaker. there was sad news from the world of rugby when it was announced that matthewj watkins has died at the age of 41. he won 18 caps at centre for wales, including helping them to a win over australia

in 2005. domestically he played for scarlet, gloucester and dragons before retiring in 2011. two years later, he was diagnosed with a rare form of pelvic cancer. the wales tea m form of pelvic cancer. the wales team and coaches are wearing black armbands for the match today to show their respect. on to football. liverpool are three wins away from being croned the premier league champions. their first league title for 30 years but they weren't at their best again today, having to fight back from a goal down, to beat bournemouth 2—1. when things aren't going your way it is nice to return to home comforts. three successive away defeats has seen liverpool's season just start to stutter. bournemouth have been stuttering for too long. starting in the relegation zone, they needed to show fight. wilson provided it. no foul, play allowed to continue and wilson able to finish what he started. liverpool needed a response, they got one, via a huge helping hand.

jack simpson dithered and delayed. mane was direct. salah clinical. a goal on his 100th premier league appearance and a goal that changed the momentum. liverpool now on top, and soon in front. anfield found its roar once again. and if you are going to win a league title you need eve ryo ne going to win a league title you need everyone to play their part. step forward james milner, leading by example. the home side pushed for a third. mane came close. firm know should have done better. in the end two goals were enough, a record—breaking 2o two goals were enough, a record—breaking 20 home win in a row. three more will bring the title home. liverpool get the victory that takes them that step closer to the title. much to the relief of their manager jurgen klopp who has a busy week ahead of im. we have 82 points which is nice, so now we have to fight, carry on fighting, tuesday, and monday, and saturday, i think, that is how it is now, so, we have to

give everybody who wants the points from us, a properfight, and that is what we did today, and, yes, that is it. now, sheffield united are closing in on the european places after beating relegation threatened norwich 1—0. billy sharpe heading in his third goal in four games to help move them up goal in four games to help move them up to sixth. level on points with wolves while norwich stay bottom of the table, dene henderson was brilliant in goal again, prompting calls for an england call—up and the man of the match award, that particular accolade is waisted on a goalie according to his manager. how has he got man of the match? he only made a couple of staves. he stands in the goal and ball comes to him, does what he has to do. and, and he's done what he needed to do today for the team. he deserves it! in the day's other matches arsenal beat west ham. watford are in trouble after losing to palace who are safe on 39 point,

newcastle moved closer to safety with a win at southampton, wolves brighton was goalless and goalless at the moment in the late kick off between burnley and spurs. six minutes on clock. o—o it is at burnley. lee griffiths scored a hat—trick as celtic ex end tended their lead to 16 points with a 5—0 thrashing of st mirren. they have won 12 of their 13 domestic games in 2020. there were wins for aberdeen, hamilton and st johnstone, hearts drew one all with motherwell, and motherwell, sorry, and remain bottom, second place rangers play ross county tomorrow. england may be out of the t20 world cup due to the weather, tomorrow's final is set to break records for a women's sporting event. event. joe currey is getting ready. australia and india kicked off the world cup three weeks' ago in sydney. now the final comes down the same two teams here in melbourne. certainly on

paper australia will start as favourite, they are the defending champions, they are the number one ranked side in the world. on top of that they are the hosts. it is such a great occasion and something you look back on and we haven't played in front after crowd this big before, so that is fine, we need to make sure we deal with that as best we can and just enjoy it, and smile about what we experiencing, and how lucky we are to be in a position that we are to playing this game, so, we are looking forward to the chance to play. australia are attempting to lift this loaf trophy for a record fifth time. as for india they have never been to a world cup final before, they have been one of the form teams of this tournament. they are going into the final unbeat and they had that surprise win against australia in the opening game. we need to enjoy this moment because it is a big moment for all the players and other that thinking about what is going to trouble and what is, what other areas like can be trouble you, i

think, itjust only about let's be there, enjoy the moment and give our best. organiserses hoping to sell out the mcg, it would be a record crowd. a fitting moment for international women's day and if the cricket wasn't enough to attract fan, the fact they have katy perry singing before and after the final means they are guaranteed fireworks. british number one jo konta means they are guaranteed fireworks. british number onejo konta will look to secure a place in the final of the monterey open in a few hours' time. she beat russia's anastasia in three sets yet in mexico to secure a last four tie against the czech world number 7. prior she failed to progress beyond the first round of any tournament this year. england's tyrrell hatton will beginning the third round in joint lead.

tyrrell hatton will beginning the third round injoint lead. he is seven—under par after 69 yet at the bay hill course in florida. northern ireland's rory mcilroy is two shots behind him on five under, tied for fourth place. and that is all the sport for now. i will be back with a full round—up in sports day at 6.30. join me then.

good evening. the number of coronavirus cases in the uk has passed 200. it comes as the deputy chief medical officer for england has warned that the chances of the uk missing an epidemic now "are slim to nil". in total, 206 people have now been infected in the uk — two people have died. both were elderly and with underlying health issues. globally, there are more than 100,000 cases. nearly 3,500 people have died, the vast majority in china. our health correspondent

dominic hughes reports. the second person to die in the uk after being infected by coronavirus asa after being infected by coronavirus as a man in his 80s, who was being treated in hospital in milton keynes. we know he had underlying health problems but there is still some uncertainty over exactly how he fell ill. we don't know yet how the individual patient court coronavirus. we do know the individual had been travelling. however, he didn't meet any of the criteria for isolation when he arrived at the hospital. these are the current numbers. so far, 21,460 people have been tested for coronavirus. 206 of those tested we re coronavirus. 206 of those tested were positive. in england, 184 cases have been confirmed. in scotland, there are 16, four in northern ireland and two in wales. these are still quite small numbers compared to other countries. in europe, for example, italy, ithink to other countries. in europe, for example, italy, i think it is now up

to 4,000 but, nevertheless, it is progressing and i think as professor witty said to be health select committee last week that, really, the chances of the uk missing an epidemic now are slim to nil. there area epidemic now are slim to nil. there are a few anecdotal reports of panic buying. certainly, sales of hand sanitiser seems to have gone up. but retailers say there is absolutely no need. stock will only run down if people start to unnecessarily buy in bulk. it now seems that, one way or another, coronavirus is likely to have an impact on the lives of all of us. it's worth pointing out that, for the vast majority of those who are unlucky enough to be infected, most of them will experience very mild symptoms and make a full recovery. so how is all of this affecting the behaviour of shoppers here in manchester on a saturday afternoon? has it changed the way i live? not really, no. we have got some extra hand gel and so in and stop, washing our hands a bit more.

you are washing your hands a bit more aren't you? i don't like to touch the door handles, i touch everything with a tissue. and maybe this is a sign of things to come. a big day of sporting action disrupted. at twickenham, warnings we re disrupted. at twickenham, warnings were clear outside the ground as england took on wales in the six nations. and the scotlande‘s women's six nations rugby match with france cancel because a player has tested positive for the virus. sport ‘s governing bodies and broadcasters are to meet officials on monday to discuss plans to stage events behind closed doors of the outbreak worsens. and officials warn these are still early days. it is just too early to be able to assess the full impact of coronavirus. dominic hughes, news, manchester. in the past few minutes, the family of the man who died in milton keynes have issued a statement describing the situation as a nightmare for them. they said it is not something that they or their loved one had asked for. they've said, as we are in

isolation currently and with all the activity that is going around with regard to everyone's concerns, we cannot grieve him as we would wish to. we would not wish this experience on anyone. british passengers stuck on board a cruise ship off the coast of california are preparing themselves for a number of days, or even weeks, in isolation. 21 people on board the grand princess have tested positive for coronavirus, 19 of them crew members. from san francisco, sophie long reports. a large, empty berth. this is where the grand princess should have docked today. instead, it remains stranded off the coast of california. the lives of those on board left in limbo. when we get moved to this facility, we will all be tested. and those that don't test positive may be able to leave. we are trusting in god that something good will come out of this. we don't know what it is and i'm

going to test negative and get to go home and get some treatment. testing kits lowered onto the cruise ship revealed 21 people on board have coronavirus. we are taking all measures necessary to see to the health of the americans and those involved on the grand princess and, just as importantly, to protect the health of the american public and prevent the spread of the disease through communities in this country. confirmation they were at risk of catching the virus that killed thousands around the world came from news channels, not the ship's captain. you may have heard this on the news by the media already and we apologise, but we were not given advanced notice of this announcement by the us federal government. it would have been our preference to be the first to make this news available to you. these individuals will be notified after their test results of their test results as quickly as possible. michelle bisell‘s mumjackie

is on the cruise liner with her friend margaret. both women are in their 70s. michelle wants the government to act quickly and bring them home. when they were told that there were 21 cases of the coronavirus on the ship and most of them were staff, that is when reality hit, last night, and she was very tearful on the phone. they ship's medical crew say they are working to address urgent health needs and one person may have to be airlifted to hospital. they've come closer to shore to make it easier to get supplies on board, but, ultimately, thousands of people still have no idea where they are going or when they will get there. sophie long, bbc news, san francisco. after the wettest february on record, the association of british insurers says the total value of pay—outs to people hit by flooding will be around £360 million. the cost covers damage

from storms ciara and dennis. meanwhile, some affected businesses are starting to trade again. here's our business correspondent katie prescott. the long process of rebuilding begins. communities like these in ironbridge are helping businesses get back on their feet after devastating winter floods. if it wasn't for the people in this community, the people of ironbridge, coalbrookdale, further on into telford, even as far as far away as australia, we wouldn't be in this situation we are in now. we started trading this morning. we've been busy all day and it's all local people, it's all the people that came out to supporters and we to support us and we are genuinely humbled, by everything everybody‘s done. but there's still a long and expensive journey ahead. the insurance industry is also counting the cost. more than 3,000 households have made flood claims, for an average of £32,000. the cost of clearing up and dealing with the aftermath of ciara and dennis is a £360 million. and dennis is £360 million.

that's more than triple the damage from floods which hit the midlands and south yorkshire last november, but still relatively small compared to the cost of three successive storms, desmond, eva and frank, which hit in december 2015. they cost £1.3 billion. insurers expect storms like this to result in millions of pounds' worth of damage. it's what they're used to, it's what they plan for and, actually, the true cost is not going to be down for many months, as those badly flooded properties get a chance to dry out and we can assess the full extent of the damage. several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses. and with climate change expected to increase the number of floods in the uk, managing this risk is only going to become more expensive. katie prescott, bbc news. liverpool are just three victories away from winning their first league title for 30 years. they beat bournemouth 2—1 at anfield

to go 25 points clear at the top of the premier league table. michael redford reports. when things aren't going your way, it's always nice to return to home comforts. three successive away defeats had seen liverpool's magnificent season just begin to stutter. bournemouth have been stuttering for too long, but they did start strongly at anfield. too strongly for liverpool's liking. no foul for this challenge and, moments later, bournemouth were ahead. liverpool are behind! but not for long. their defence became complacent, liverpool's attack took full advantage. mohamed salah rarely misses when given such an opportunity. it was a goal that changed the momentum. the home side now on top and soon in front. anfield had found its roar once again. and it wasn't just the attackers playing their part. captainjames milner led by example. the home side pushed for a third but a combination of the woodwork and poor finishing meant the goal never arrived. in the end, it didn't matter. a record—breaking 22nd home league win in a row.

three more will bring the title home. michael redford, bbc news. we're back with the late news at 10:10pm. 00:51:08,148 --> 2147483052:02:18,789 now on bbc one, it's time 2147483052:02:18,789 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 for the news where you are.