today at 5 — the number of coronavirus cases in the uk rises once again, and the number of dead is now six. in all, 373 cases have now been confirmed in the uk, as officials warn that the peak could come in a fortnight. it has a relatively slow take—off at the start, and that's really where we are at the moment. it will start to rise quite sharply. it's the first day of nationwide quarantine in italy — people are told to stay at home,

public gatherings are banned, and permission is needed for anyone who urgently needs to travel. british airways and ryanair have cancelled all their flights between the uk and italy until early april. we'll have the latest on the spread of coronavirus, both here and abroad, and we'll be talking to an intensive care doctor in italy. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the government defeats a group of conservative mps who are unhappy with plans to give huawei a role in the uk's 56 network. in edinburgh, where the former first minister, alex salmond, is on trial for sexual assault, one of his accusers says she'd felt scared to come forward. and the wonder plant that can help tackle climate change from the sea bed — but it's disappearing from our coastline.

it's 5 o'clock. our main story is the deepening crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus. it's been confirmed that a sixth person in the uk has died, and the number of recorded cases has risen to 373. the latest victim was in his 80s and had underlying health conditions. he is said to have been infected in the uk. during the day, airlines have cancelled thousands of flights, after the foreign office warned against all but essential travel to italy. people arriving in the uk from italy are being told they should isolate themselves for 14 days, even if they don't have any symptoms. the number of deaths in italy rose by nearly 100 yesterday, to more than 460. travel is being restricted across italy from today. public gatherings are not allowed. in the uk, health officials have warned that the peak of the outbreak could be here within a fortnight. but the government has

defended its decision to remain in the containment phase, and not to introduce more extreme measures for now. some of britain's biggest banks, including rbs, lloyds and barclays, have said they will offer financial support to people affected by the outbreak. we start with this report by our correspondent lauren moss. take some soap, create a lather, clean the back of your hands. sticking to the containment phase for now. that means continued thorough hand washing, treating milder cases of coronavirus at home and tracing anyone those with the infection have been in contact with. doctors now predict many thousands of people in the uk could contract the virus, even though the majority are likely to experience mild symptoms. with a new virus like this, we normally see, we can expect, if you like, a peak in cases, it has a relatively slow take—off at the start and that's really where we are at the moment. it will start to rise

quite sharply. and the planning that we are doing right across government is to try and minimise the peak and move it forward so that we can manage and support people safely through the health and care systems. almost 26,000 people have been tested in the uk. —— over26,000. there are more than 370 confirmed cases. six people have died. the son of one patient who died after testing positive in manchester says he can't arrange his father's funeral yet, because he and his family are self—isolating at home. he has asked not to be identified. it leaves you speechless, and you just ask yourself, how did this happen? this illness, two months or so ago, it didn't even exist, and yesterday itjust took away my dad, and it's really, really heartbreaking. in the next 10—14 days anyone with a cold, flu or fever symptoms could be asked to stay at home for a week. great 0rmond children's hospital has cancelled nonessential heart surgery

for a fortnight after a health care worker was diagnosed with the virus. a big challenge for the government and the nhs is to stay on top of and tackle fake news. a new team has been set up to watch out for any false information posted on social media, and if you type coronavirus into a search box, official guidance from the nhs in the world health organization is promoted in the results. i think there is a responsibility for all of us as individuals, as companies and as institutions and as governments, to come together to make sure the right information is being shared in the right way. rules are to be relaxed to allow food deliveries later in the evening, to make sure supermarket shelves stay stocked, and some banks have announced mortgage and loan repayments could be deferred for three months for customers affected by the virus. civil servants, who spent months preparing contingency plans for a possible no—deal brexit, are now focusing on the response to covid—i9. the start of the uk's virus peak

is expected within a fortnight. the severity of it will dictate what happens next. lauren moss, bbc news. let's bring you a reminder of the very latest advice from the uk government, and what we know about the plans for containing the outbreak here. yesterday, the prime minister said the uk would "remain in the contain phase", but that "extensive preparations" are being made to move to the next phase, called the delay phase. the uk's chief medical advisor, chris whitty, said that within the next 10—14 days, people showing even minor symptoms could be asked to self—isolate for a week. for now, the government hasn't introduced social distancing measures — sporting events and other large gatherings are still permitted. the advice is still to frequently wash your hands for at least 20 seconds, and if you think you have coronavirus, to call nhs iii.

so that is a summary of the advice so so that is a summary of the advice so far. that is bring in one of our experts. we can now speak to professor paul hunter from the university of east anglia's school of medicine. lots of east anglia's school of medicine. of the questioi today lots of the questions from viewers today are to do with the kind of practical measures that we might expect in the next few weeks. what is your view on that and the kind of range of things that we might see? well, we do not know for certain yet because to a large extent, what is chosen will be dictated by how the outbreak spreads. but it is likely we will see an increase in home—working, it is likely we will see cancellation of major sporting and cultural events. and possibly also closures of schools. some children can look forward to an

extended easter break. beyond that, it is actually quite difficult to predict exactly what we will see. i suspect there will be some advice about elderly people, people who are particularly vulnerable, that maybe they should also avoid social spaces during the worst part of the outbreak. yesterday we were reporting on the fact that the cheltenham festival is going ahead, mentioned sporting events, and schools for example, lots of parents have been saying, well, if this is to be stopped, why are schools not already being closed 7 to be stopped, why are schools not already being closed? so do you by that rationale for the gradual to this? by and large, i do. a lot of what they are saying would be dictated by infectious disease modellers such as the group imperial who will be looking at the potential

impact of these activities on how the outbreak will play out. it's not an exact science. it is trying to balance different risks and the benefits in a way that is not very often been done in the past. when we look online, especially on parts of social media, we've seen some fairly alarming things from medical practitioners in italy, not least in places like bologna and areas in the north. do you think our health service is in a better position to cope than they seem to be? because some of the reports from their suggested they were overwhelmed by the scale of it. i think it is a lwa ys the scale of it. i think it is always difficult to compare countries. i think we've done really well up to now. how well we

can cope in the future, that will to a large extent be driven by how big the outbreak is. certainly, it would be extraordinarily difficult for the nhs to cope with some of the upper level predictions, but i do not necessarily think we will see... we will probably see something that will probably see something that will be quite a bit worse than normal flu here, but will be quite a bit worse than normalflu here, buti will be quite a bit worse than normalflu here, but i think by will be quite a bit worse than normal flu here, but i think by and large, the health service will cope. but it will not be easy. there will bea but it will not be easy. there will be a lot of elective surgery and elective treatments that will have to be delayed as a result of this, partly because of the patients, but also because many health care workers will have to go off sick and possibly self—isolate as well. so it's going to be tough, but i don't think it will lead to the collapse of the health service. if some of the delaying strategies do their job, then maybe we will be able to

ta ke job, then maybe we will be able to take it in our stride. a final point on this concept of a peak because lots of viewers are asking, how do we define this? the prime yesterday talked about measures to delay the peak until the summer. —— the prime minister yesterday. then we have experts saying we should expect in the next couple of weeks. are we talking about two different things here? well, it is certainly plausible we could delay it to the summer. plausible we could delay it to the summer. if we did that, it would make life a lot easier. i do not think that is likely, i think we will see, certainly, a peak sometime in april. but i think it will not be as bad as it could have been if we had seen the peak in february or march because i think is the summer progresses, a lot of these types of infections become slightly less infectious and although in the first year it is difficult to protect how that will play out ——

predict, we will see a decline. but i also think we will be likely to see more cases appearing again probably at the end of the year. but hopefully by then, we will be close to a vaccine, so the threat to particularly our elderly and more vulnerable patients will not be as great as it is currently. this is the final, final point so i apologise for adding another one! we have been told that the death toll in italy has just risen to 631, a very sharp jump again. are we likely to see this kind of sharp rise in the uk within the next weeks or months? is this what we can expect a not? abli not in the next week or so, but i certainly... those sorts of figures are entirely plausible even within the uk context. 0ne are entirely plausible even within the uk context. one of the issues with italy has been that it does

appear to have a higher death rate but i suspect that's more to do with the fact they have struggled to identify more of the patients that are infected but less severely ill. but certainly, those sorts of increased daily death rates are entirely plausible and indeed probable in the uk sometime in the next few months. professor hunter, thank you very much for your time today. professor paul hunter there. 0ur today. professor paul hunter there. our thanks to today. professor paul hunter there. 0urthanks to him. today. professor paul hunter there. our thanks to him. just to underline the news we are getting from rome, which is that the death toll from coronavirus in italy has now risen to 631, a big jump from 463, the previous official figure we were reporting earlier today. it is now 631. i'm still in the italian context, the foreign office warning gets all but essential travel to italy after the country last night imposed in effect a

nationwide quarantine. the prime minister explaining that was needed now to limit the spread of coronavirus throughout italy. 0ur corresponded bethany bell reports from bologna. in naples the police have been out on the streets telling people to go home. and this is happening all over italy. attention, this is a coronavirus emergency, the authorities say. we ask citizens to stay in their houses. the whole of italy is now under a kind of lockdown, with movement severely restricted. some limited travel is being allowed. trains and buses are still running. people are allowed to move around the country for essential work or medical reasons, orfor the country for essential work or medical reasons, or for family emergencies. but if they lie

about this, they could face criminal charges. in some areas, the announcement sparked panic buying at supermarkets. but shops and cafe tsar are staying open, like these ones here in bologna. shoppers are being told to keep a safe distance from each other, and restaurants have to shut by 6pm. italians are struggling to come to terms with the strange new reality, but when many people are wondering just how strictly these measures will be enforced, and if people will choose to obey them. coronavirus is putting a huge strain on italy's health service. 0ne a huge strain on italy's health service. one of the best in europe. in some places, people have been treated in hospital corridors. the government says 7985 people have currently tested positive in italy. 4316 are in

hospital. 733 patients are in intensive care. every day, we have met a0 to 50 patients and it's becoming very difficult to find a bed for every patient. so if this keeps going like this, the system, our system, unfortunately i think any health care system, no matter how good, how modern, how efficient it is, is going to collapse. tourism has been hit hard. pillar sites are deserted. the government has promised increased spending, but there are fears the italian economy could shrink by 3% because of the virus. —— popular sites. so just virus. —— popular sites. sojust to bring you up—to—date, the latest figures from italy, because they have been just updated in the last few minutes, 10,1a9 cases confirmed of coronavirus in italy,

that's up from 9172, so it is 10,1a9 so far. the fatalities have risen from a63 to 631, so sharp rises in both figures in terms of confirmed cases and fatalities. a few other things to remark on, there is lots happening, as you can imagine, in terms of individual countries. slovenia, we are told, has closed its border with italy. that has been closed com pletely italy. that has been closed completely on the orders of the slovenian government. that is the latest radical action we've seen in territorial terms. in terms of airlines, air france, which of course have dozens and dozens of flights into italy in the course of the working week, will operate one daily flight only into its main destinations for, i think it's another four days, the 1ath

of march. in four days they will change that, one flight daily to these destinations for four days, then they will cancel all flights to italy until april the 3rd. that's just a projected date at this point but certainly at least until april to third. so plenty to talk about with our economics correspondent. our trade correspondent dharshini david is here. can we start with the airlines? pretty much in line with what we are hearing from air france. easyjet, ba, ryanair, echoing what we are hearing, flights being cancelled or suspended until early april, they are trying to get those who are already there are back home and the message is, if you need to cancel, ring us and we will get you a refund but the lines are really busy as you can imagine. this is the kind of news the airlines do not really need to hear about. norwegian is

saying it will have to cut 15% of its flights, it is laying off some stuff temporarily, we understand ba has asked some staff to take unpaid leave voluntarily. this as we are hearing that it could hit the airline industry to the tune of over £80 billion. they are saying perhaps bookings could be down by as much as 1296 bookings could be down by as much as 12% this year. but some really, you may have heard of these ghost flights, fights that airlines have to fly backwards and forwards, they have to fly 80% of these to keep their slots in europe, those rules have been waived for the time being so that takes some financial pressure off and alleviates the unnecessarily environmental cost. very briefly, we were talking yesterday about the financial markets and that turbulence, how has that seemed today? yesterday we saw the equivalent of more than the annual gdp of the uk wiped off the

markets. today things got off to a good start, that evaporated mid—afternoon. the markets were anxious about the lack of detail about the rescue plans, particularly from president trump. markets want to see clarity on how long this could go on but also know exactly what that the authorities are going to do to help out struggling businesses and consumers. we will be talking to you later, thank you very much. thank you very much forjoining us. we understand the immense challenges that you aren't lots of your collea g u es that you aren't lots of your colleagues are facing right now. what is your sense of the strain on the italian health care system? thank you for calling

for us. we are doing an enormous effort at the moment. this virus is requiring a high number of intensive care admissions. higher than what we were expecting from chinese data. we met with the european society of intensive care medicine, because we we re intensive care medicine, because we were seeing numbers in the region of 10%, the most recent data says this could be even higher, up to 15% or 16%. which, as you say is much higher than lots of people have been estimating. and if that carries on, what will be the implication for the way the italian health care system tries to deal with this? for us, it's been very clear that you must do things to attack this virus, one thing is increase very

fast your i see you capacity but it will not be allowed if you don't contain the virus. as italy was the first western country to face an outbreak outside of china, we were very close working to monitor the situation, it has been very clear that you have to increase your surgery capacity but at the same time it is very important that governments put in place containment manoeuvres. as you may have seen, lombardi was put in lockdown, i would like to say, we think this was a very responsible response from our government. they listened to us. as i understand it, you have experience of the national health service here in the uk, i'm sure lots of viewers would like to have your analysis of the kind of contrast when you see the way

the uk government has responded, clearly the numbers here are much lower than they are in italy right now, but do you think the more gradual response of the uk government makes sense?” do not think there is any reason to panic, but you need to monitor the situation very closely. i work in the uk as a consultant for ten years and was director of critical care at and was director of critical care at a hospital. the nhs is very capable of mounting a measured response and increase capacity needed. you need to monitor the situation very carefully. if you haven't uncontrolled outbreak in any country, you do not control the cluster, the surge will be unsustainable for anyone. so i think it is ok but do not delay the response if the cluster becomes high because containment is the only thing that can work together with increasing your research capacity. 0n increasing your research capacity. on that point, some major sporting events a re

on that point, some major sporting events are still going ahead in the uk, the cheltenham festival, and other sporting events too, and that contrasts starkly with the very rigorous move by the italian government. if you were here in the uk, do you think those sporting events should be going ahead?m uk, do you think those sporting events should be going ahead? if i was in the uk, i would do what we try to do in italy, which is asking people to work and fight with us, which means if the moment comes for strong containment manoeuvres and self isolation, it is the personal responsibility of everyone to respect that, because increasing the virus contagion is going to be very dangerous, we need to slow down the virus. do you think schools should still be open? any gathering of people when you have a high transmission rate can be dangerous. soi transmission rate can be dangerous. so i wouldn't say you have to do it now, i would say you need to work with your public health authorities, with your public health authorities, with doctors and with the government

to monitor the situation, and if everything is under control, you can do whatever you want. if you start to see the transmission starts to go up, i really believe you cannot expect to fight this just by increasing capacity, you need to increase containment as well. when the prime minister spoke yesterday with the government's health advisers they were talking about possibly seeing some kind of sharp rise in maybe a couple of weeks, the prime minister also talked about trying to delay the peak for maybe a few months into the summer, he said at one point. how realistic is that? i don't have any data to comment on that. the only thing i could say is that. the only thing i could say is that we were monitoring the situation very closely from china evenin situation very closely from china even in italy from the moment we realised we had a problem, we had to act very fast. i suggest every country in the world get ready to act fast and put all the preparation manoeuvres in place now so that if the moment comes, you

need to be able to put the plan in action immediately. professor, very good to talk to you and thank you so much for your time today. thank you. the head of the intensive care department at humana tass research hospital and president—elect of the european society for intensive care medicine. he was talking to us from milan. 0ne medicine. he was talking to us from milan. one of the leading experts in the world on this coronavirus crisis, and as we heard him say there are, has extensive experience in the nhs in one of our biggest teaching hospital dilbert hospitals, st george's. so somebody who knows what he is talking about and are very clear message about monitoring this with great rigour and care in the uk. thanks to him forjoining us. let us have a look at how coronavirus is affecting some other countries. spain has shut schools

in several regions in the hope of stemming a growing outbreak. the lower house of parliament has also been closed for at least a week after a lawmaker tested positive for coronavirus. the country has reported 35 deaths and more than poland has cancelled all mass events because of the oubreak. checks are taking place at its borders and candidates running in the upcoming may election have also reduced campaigning. the country has reported 20 confirmed cases — and no deaths. in germany — where more than 1,200 people have tested positive for the virus — the chancellor has said everything nonessential should be cancelled. angela merkel also told lawmakers that the country does not need an economic stimulus plan to counter the impact of the virus, but that liquidity injections would be needed instead. president xijinping of china has visited wuhan, the city at the centre of the coronavirus, for the first time since the

epidemic began. it's being seen as a sign that the authorities believe the crisis there is under control. all temporary coronavirus hospitals in the city have now been closed. passengers stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of california have finally been able to disembark after it was allowed to dock in oakland. 21 people onboard the grand princess have tested positive for the virus. arrangements are being made to fly more than 100 british passengers home. 0ur correspondent chris buckler is in the city of oakland. the process of getting all the passages of the ship is continuing. but the audio is not over because the americans will go to military bases spend 1a days in quarantine.

a p pa re ntly bases spend 1a days in quarantine. apparently they were moved on buses last night to take them to the air force base here and they will be going to texas and georgia to military bases. they realised they had got off the ship but the ordeal was not over. as for the british passengers, we expect them to disembark sometime today. the fco said they will be flown back to the uk this evening, arriving back in the uk sometime tomorrow afternoon uk time. but beyond even the ship there is a realfeeling uk time. but beyond even the ship there is a real feeling the american authorities are trying to get a handle on how to deal with this crisis. here in san francisco there have not been particular problems, there is a feeling they will try to stop large gatherings of people, there will be sports events that may be stopped from taking place to ensure that people do not gather and as far as president trump and vice president mike pence, who has been put in charge of leading the task force trying to deal with this problem, they are trying

to ensure that health insurers give people access to tests to try and get a real sense of just how access to tests to try and get a real sense ofjust how widespread the coronavirus is within the us. that is one of the key things. some would say they have been slow to respond particularly with the lack of testing kits but they are trying to grapple with it and get a grip on that before there is a real problem in this country. chris, many thanks for the update. chris buckler in california, in oakland. 29 minutes past five. if you would like to know more on the likely impact of coronavirus, here is one of the sources for you. the coronavirus podcast, on bbc sounds and online, has further analysis from our correspondents and expert guests. and you can keep up to date with all the developments concerning the outbreak, including the symptoms to watch out for, on the bbc news

app and on our website. the government has seen off a backbench rebellion in the commons over its plans to allow a role for a chinese telecoms giant huawei in the uk was micro—5g network. a group of conservative mps who wanted huawei band from the project were eventually defeated by 2a votes. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. there has been a little pressure on the government, not least on the other side of the atlantic, but these mps didn't get their way? they did not today but 38 conservatives voted against the government, that is sizeable rebellion. they think that when this comes back to the house of commons, which it will in

the coming months, they might have the coming months, they might have the numbers to defeat the government so it is a bit ofa the numbers to defeat the government so it is a bit of a headache for borisjohnson. what so it is a bit of a headache for boris johnson. what these so it is a bit of a headache for borisjohnson. what these rebels in the labour party want is for huawei's involvement in the 5g network to be stripped away by 2023. the government were not willing to give that assurance today, saying they are willing to diversify the market, encourage other companies to step in and take on the role that huawei currently has. the problem is that to get rid of them altogether by that date has a cost to it, it would cost a lot of money and mean a delay in rolling out 5g and as we know that was a big promise from the conservatives and the general election, trying to improve access to the internet round the country. lots of can senior conservatives speaking out today, iain duncan smith saying it is security versus cost, security must win every time. lots of tories saying that the company is an arm of the chinese state and that is what it is a security risk. huawei denied that,

they have issued a statement saying this has been through a procedure committees have looked at all of this, rational decision has been made by the government and they say banning them would leave britain less secure, less productive and they were disappointed to hear groundless accusations. nevertheless one of these former cabinet ministers said to me today, lots of whitehall spends a lot of time trying to counter attacks on it through cyberspace, why on earth would you give them a front seat in all of this? many thanks for the latest air in the commons. a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, has been describing how she told a party official about what she alleges took place. the woman, a former scottish government official, confirmed that she got in touch with an snp official in november 2018.

mr salmond denies 1a charges of sexual assault, including attempted rape. 0ur scotland correspondcent lorna gordon is at the high court in edinburgh. bring this up to date on what has gone on today. much of the day was spent with the defence cross examination of the women who alex salmond is accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to rape. at one point she was asked if anyone had encouraged her to go to the police, no, she said, no one was to leading me to do this. later the court was shown alex salmond's formal diary for the month when one of the assault is alleged to have taken place, of the assault is alleged to have ta ken place, the of the assault is alleged to have taken place, the defence qc suggested to the women that they did not appear to be any dinner, evidence she was present, after which the assault was said to have taken place. which the assault was said to have ta ken place. the which the assault was said to have taken place. the woman said, i was regularly therefore work and at the time work involved dinners. she was

also questioned about the evening mr salmond is accused of attempting to rape her. she was questioned on how mr salmond allegedly managed to get off the women's claude's, get off all his clothes, without the woman being able to step away. —— bet of the women's claude's. the woman said, iwas the women's claude's. the woman said, i was present, screaming on the inside, not on the outside. is it true, she was asked, that you are not at bute house on the night in question, there was no incident? she answered, i wish all my life that was true but that is not true. she said, iwas was true but that is not true. she said, i was on my life at the first minister had been in nicer and better man and that i wasn't here. mr salmond strenuously denies all the charges. the trial at the high court here in edinburgh continues tomorrow. ajury at the a jury at the old bailey has heard how police officer died after he was right behind a carfor more than a mile along a country lane. pc andrew harper suffered multiple injuries

after the incident last august which happened as he responded to reports ofan injury happened as he responded to reports of an injury in berkshire. henry long, 18, and two 17—year—old who can't be named because of their age, deny murder. we'll have more updates for you on the coronavirus crisis coming up shortly but let's take a pause and join today's sports news. let's begin with one event currently not affected by the coronavirus — the cheltenham festival began today. the favourite epatante, with barry geraghty on board, gave ownerjp mcmanus a birthday to remember with victory in the champion hurdle — the main race of the day. 0ur reporter laura scott is there for us. laura — great for mcmanus, trainer nicky henderson and barry geraghty — you would think it all the headlines would be around that — but i suspect rachel blackmore may take a lot of them!

yes, exactly. the feature race of the day was a champion hurdle, one by barry geraghty, and he was hugely relieved to get on the board so early in the festival and in such a big race. but! early in the festival and in such a big race. but i watched the set hurdle with him, the race after, which was won by rachael blackmore on honeysuckle and hejumps which was won by rachael blackmore on honeysuckle and he jumps she which was won by rachael blackmore on honeysuckle and hejumps she had stolen his moment. —— the mares hurdle, one by rachael blackmore on honeysuckle. we had seven races here today, the last is finishing now, and it's a huge relief to the racing community that today has gone ahead and it's been a day of lots of tears for the fancier. in times of the fans, you've been around them all day. -- it's been a day of cheers for the fans here. what's the feeling been by koran coronavirus with this event going ahead? ——

feeling around coronavirus. there is relief it's been able to go ahead, this is the showpiece fixture in the racing calendar, so there's relief it's been able to go ahead with fans here. but there has been an impact, there were only 62,000 people or even fewer, and that's down on last year. because of the outbreak on the ticket sales were impacted. and we've seen here, 2a banks of hand sanitiser is and other measures like tissues being handed out to racegoers and more toilets and posters everywhere on how people should wash their hands. so you could definitely tell that there is this coronavirus outbreak but racing has been able to take centre stage today. thank you so much forjoining us today. thank you so much forjoining us will stop. lots of sporting events across europe continue to be affected by coronavirus. manchester united will play their europa league tie agaisnt lask in austria, inside an empty stadium on thursday.

meanwhile in the same competition, wolves have written to uefa to ask for their tie against 0lympiakos in greece to be completely postponed. that match, also on thursday, is currently due to be played behind closed doors. manchester city manager, pep guardiola, says he'd rather see the games not played at all than behind closed doors. this is for the people. it's like an actor going to the theatre and there's nobody in the theatre for him to act. it's for the people. it makes no sense. we are here for the people, of course, if it's one game, two games, i can understand, but if it's longer, i play, we play, for the people. if the people cannot be there, no sense. in times of the actual football, jose mourinho says his tottenham side will have to give everything

tonight if they want to progress in the champions league. they need to overturn a 1—nil deficit against rb leipzig in germany tonight, in the second leg of their last 16 tie. spurs have been ravaged by injuries and haven't won in 5 matches now, but mourinho is still confident. you can ask me, how can you score two goals minimum? without kane, son, bergen, hoping his or both? there are many ways to score goals. —— kane, son, bergwijn. anything is possible in football and we are very positive. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and at 630, all the day's sports news in

sports day. more on our main story — and coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. here's what we know so far. the whole of italy has in effect been placed in quarantine as italians have been advised to stay at home. only those with a valid work or family reason that cannot be postponed will be allowed to travel. all sporting events are suspended and public gatherings are forbidden, and schools and universities remain closed. thousands of flights from the uk to italy have been cancelled with british airways asking staff to take voluntary unpaid leave due to the reduction. in the uk a sixth person has died from the virus — as the number of cases here rises to 373. health officials have warned that we could see the peak of the virus here in around a fortnight‘s time.

but the government has said the uk remains in the ‘containment‘ phase of the virus — rather than the more restrictive ‘delay‘ stage. that would involve more rigorous measures, like stopping public events, etc. in china president xi jinping visited wuhan — where the virus originated — for the first time in a move that will be seen in china as a sign that the coronavirus emergency there is under control. but in iran the death toll has jumped by 5a to 291 — the highest number of deaths in a 2a—hour period. and passengers from the cruise ship grand princess — which has been struck by the virus — have disembarked in oakland, california. many countries are urging their citizens to adhere to official advice to prevent the spread of the virus. this morning the dutch prime minister mark rutte announced a no—handsha ke policy for his government. this shows the moment he launched the policy —

but he then promptly forgets his own advice — and shakes the hand of the person on stage next to him. he then realises his mistake and after some confusion they decide to elbow bump. a moment relapse, let's say. —— momentary lapse. joining me on webcam now is doctorjennifer cole — a biological anthropologist and research fellow at royal holloway university of london. ifi if i ask about this policy of self isolation, as it's known, in recent exa m ples of isolation, as it's known, in recent examples of it but you have studied, how effective is it? it usually is quite effective. generally if you ask people to act rationally, they will do it. part of that depends on trust in government, so what we saw in the ebola outbreak in west africa is quite a lot of people didn't selflessly because they didn't trust the messages from the government. i think people in the

uk generally trust the government on a basic level. —— people didn't self—isolate. so i think the m essa g es self—isolate. so i think the messages coming through, people will be prepared to listen to here. what about the messaging we have had, not least from government and the government's own health advisers and experts, but washing hands has been underlined obviously many times, but how effective do you think the messaging is? could it be a bigger effort around that and he did, do you think there could be things being communicated at this point? —— and indeed. most of us probably remember the messaging, it's kind of beenin remember the messaging, it's kind of been in our minds, using hand gel, branding and personal hygiene around this time is a message were used to hearing. —— bumping up personal hygiene. 0ne hearing. —— bumping up personal hygiene. one thing that could be messaged more strongly, and this is the case in general with seasonal flu as well as coronavirus, don't necessarily think to risk to

yourself, think of risk to others. if you are in a reasonably low risk group, you are not particularly worried about risk to yourself if you catch it, think about the risk of passing it on to elderly neighbours or relatives, that can actually help you to ramp up. i think that's a message we don't give very often with seasonal flu, you may be young and fit and healthy and able to fight it off, but think of people around you, and how can you help them as well? if you talk about self isolating, it may be easier again, if you're young, you generally order groceries online, but can you elderly neighbour do that? is it worth going and offering to do shopping for them so they don't have to go out to the supermarket every day? and so i think the messaging is not only how to protect yourself but what can you do to protect those around you and bea do to protect those around you and be a bit more community spirited that you might be. you've touched on something lots of viewers have asked about, the business of making sure

you have enough supplies at home, and of course, you're making the point that it's notjust and of course, you're making the point that it's not just about your own home, but your neighbours, especially if they're vulnerable. the issue of stockpiling, especially if you're preparing to isolate for two weeks, it's bound to isn't it? so what kind of behaviour patterns would you expect to see there?” think we are getting slightly mixed m essa g es think we are getting slightly mixed messages from the government and the media. so the government say to people, think about how you will self—isolate for two weeks and that obviously involves having enough food in the house that you don't need to go out, which people may not routinely do, you know, they may shop day—to—day. and then the media having headlines about panic buying an empty shop, and of course that kind of drives a circle, because it's not panic buying in, it's rational stockpiling which we've been asked to do. but if you see your supermarket running out of toilet rolls, pasta, tinned good, you're going to stock up a bit more the next time you go to make sure

it's not so that when you need it. i think there hasn't been enough messaging of talking to supply chain resilience managers at major supermarkets who can talk about how this is, you know, how they got warehouses and can be struck quickly when they need to, how manufacturing can be wrapped up when needed. —— can be wrapped up when needed. —— can be wrapped up when needed. —— can be restocked quickly. so i think those of us who worked in this field a long time take for granted this, but people have never had to think about it before, and being a little more, not the silo up and honest, i think it is transparent, a lot of this information is online and you can look for it. but i've been asked about, for example, what will happen to supply chains and i say, don't necessarily ask me but next time you have a news item get one of the major supermarkets to come on edge talk about how they do it and then can help reassure people that they are not going to see things were not, we haven't seen the supply chain breakdown in china or italy

and there is no reason to think that this will happen, toilet paper argues, i checked, this will happen, toilet paper argues, ichecked, it this will happen, toilet paper argues, i checked, it main effect of it doesn't have to be shipped off around the world. better equity toilet paper i use is manufactured in berkshire. thank you forjoining us in berkshire. thank you forjoining us today. thanks. the chancellor rishi sunak unveils his first budget tomorrow which is expected to include measures to help combat coronavirus such as financial help for people hit by the virus who do not qualify for statutory sick pay, but are being asked to self—isolate instead of going out to work. the travel and hospitality industries have also been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak — so what help can they expect from the budget? the economist and author linda yueh is with me.

thanks for coming in. this budget originally billed as, you know, the one that is going to have lots of big ideas, big economic initiatives, which will set the kind of scent for this borisjohnson which will set the kind of scent for this boris johnson government. which will set the kind of scent for this borisjohnson government. can we forget any of that? is that not going to happen now? we can forget about it. we were expecting it in the autumn, there is always expected to be at tripartite budget, he was going to announce some of the ideas around levelling up, they think obviously, having won so many seats in the north, and leave some of the bigger structural spending around investment for the autumn because that will coincide with the three—year spending review and with the finishing of the integrated review of foreign and security policy, also expected by the autumn. so now i think, just expect everything in autumn and tomorrow will be the coronavirus budget. so within that, what are you able to suggest might be in the chancellor's red box when he opens it,

he's a very new chancellor, and inexperienced chancellor, that is beenin inexperienced chancellor, that is been in business and the rest of it before now, but very much on test, really, so a lot of pressure on him, what do you think he will be offering in terms of this coronavirus crisis? i think we will see measures to try and help small businesses in particular, for instance, there could be things around delaying the time to pay tax because we know that one of the things about coronavirus is you have to help businesses, especially small ones, that might have a cash filled problems. so say this virus peaks in the next couple of months, there could be a period in which business is down, so what you don't what is a small businesses to feel pressured, who might go underjust because there's this loss. so that's an easy one to do, hmrc already sort of does that, you don't have to pay if you have a recent delay. there may be some other kinds around tax relief, we'll see what he can

say, business rates, for instance, that could be temporary. there could be something along those lines. but we will probably see, this is more of a challenge, this is going to —— is he going to come up with something to help 75 people and those in the greek economy? you can't get statutory sick pay unless you make a certain amount per week. —— self employed people and those in the gig economy. there are self—employed people and people in the first black economy who don't benefit from employer measures, if they were to cut national insurance measures temporarily. a hard one. but i will stress on all these measures will be temporary and i think the chancellor and everyone will be hoping this is temporary, because all this goes out in the window if it doesn't let up in the window if it doesn't let up in the summer. we touched on earlier about the whole business of flights and airlines and travel industry, clearly facing quite major

challenges right now. is there something the chancellor can do in that area, given all these flights have been cancelled and we are talking about, in some cases, quite small businesses, travel agents and suppliers, if you like, who are finding it incredibly tough? what can we do there? that will be hard, because one thing is, we are seeing this in the us, insurers, for instance, could be more lenient. so if you had a trip that was cancelled because of coronavirus, you could help both travellers and businesses who are short for disruptions, force majeure, that's one thing, but it requires insurers to actually help. for the chancellor himself, i think this is an area where if you know there is going to be business disruption but you can help specific industries of a potentially some kind of specific protection fun, that's been mooted. at issue is, who do give it to, what's the criteria

on how much does it cost? so i would expect more tax relief measures for this industry, where we'll see more direct spending, i think, is on the nhs. there will be more money to help with health services and also ca re help with health services and also care services, because when people are self isolated, it's fine if you're healthy, but it's not if you actually need care. so i think the direct spending will be there, businesses will just direct spending will be there, businesses willjust help for a little belief on the attack site and help the coronavirus begins to beat out in the summer. —— relief on the tax side. and i think it petering out in the summer is the government's expectation. thank you. if you want more information on what you can do to limit the spread of the virus, you can visit the website, you'll find lots of useful guides. he was a little more. —— here's a little more. this is what we all need to know about reducing our risk of catching coronavirus. wash your hands regularly.

rub the palm and back of your hands in between the fingers, and not forgetting the thumbs. it should take 20 seconds, long enough to sing happy birthday twice. avoid touching yourface with unwashed hands because this can spread disease. the first symptoms of coronavirus are a fever and a cough, and you may experience shortness of breath. if you have a cough or high temperature, that doesn't necessarily mean you have coronavirus but if you think you might, don't go to hospital or your gp. stay at home and call nhs111, or use their online service. they will be able to tell you what to do next. you can keep up—to—date with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, how to guard against it, and what it means for you on the bbc news app and on our website. now, this phenomenon, seen by some asa now, this phenomenon, seen by some as a wonder plant that can help tackle climate change. but seagrass has been disappearing from around our coast.

the latest research suggests up to 92% may have gone from the shallow waters around the uk in the last century, because of pollution and development. britain's biggest ever project to restore the plant is planting a million seeds off the welsh coast, as hywel griffith explains. evolving with every ebb and flow, britain's coast is a place of natural, timeless beauty. but beneath the waves there is an ecosystem that is disappearing. sea grass grows in shallow waters, sheltering marine life, but globally it's been declining at a rate of 7% a year, the result of decades of dredging and polluted waters. poor water quality, coastal development, a lot of industrial development, all sorts of interacting factors around our coasts have resulted in a widespread loss. to try and save british seagrass, these seeds have been gathered from around england and wales. placed in hessian bags, they are lowered down on 12 miles worth of rope to form a

new meadow here off the pembrokeshire coast. in all, 1 million seeds are being laid down on the shallow sea bed beneath us. they won't grow into mature plants until the end of the year. then, the hope is that in 5—10 years' time, they'll grow to fill out a meadow the size of two rugby pitches beneath us, providing habitat for tens of thousands of little fish and millions of invertebrates like prawns and cuttlefish. but protecting marine life is only one benefit. seagrass also absorbs carbon far faster than forests on the land. campaigners want more meadows sown around britain to help tackle climate change. we see seagrass as this wonder plant, really. you know, its ability to fight climate change, to help with fish stocks. we see it as this really practical example of what needs to happen all across the world if we are to meet our climate change targets. now, the team must wait

for the seagrass to grow as they try to persuade people planting meadows right around the coast can provide one solution to the climate crisis. injusta injust a few in just a few minutes, the bbc news at six with the latest measures to try to tackle coronavirus, i'll be back at ten pulled up in the meantime, the weather. a wet start to the week for some, parts are so half among micro works of rainfall injust parts are so half among micro works of rainfall in just 2a hours. parts are so half among micro works of rainfall injust 2a hours. —— have a month's were. the latest radar picture, you can see a scattering of showers, going through the evening, some rain for the southern counties of england and elsewhere, a good deal of dry weather, some clear spells for the next rash of showers pushes into

the north—west in the early hours. 0vernight, a real contrast in temperatures, the north for low single figures, but in double figures for some in the south. a chilly start across the northern half of the uk, some showers first thing which could be wintry of a higher ground, they will edge gradually south—eastwards through the day, but in between some good spells of sunshine. we are looking ata spells of sunshine. we are looking at a windy day across the board tomorrow, again, with a blustery south—westerly wind. temperatures tomorrow in the northern half of the uk, around 6—10, but mild across the south, highs of around 11—15, so above where we vivid expect for the time of year. but the mild temperatures looking fairly short lived, wednesday night into thursday, a cold front pushes its way towards the south—east and brings a spell of showery rain, but notice the blue colour spreading across the map, introducing a colder air mass. a fresh appeal to things

on thursday across the southern half of the uk in particular. —— pressure of the uk in particular. —— pressure of deal. some sunshine around but also showers, and spells of rain across the northern half of the uk, which could fullis know of a high ground, and temperature sitting at around 6—10. —— could fullis nuova high ground to stop thursday, showery rain clears towards the east and a ridge of high pressure will keep things settled too much of the day on friday but you can see behind me, the next area of cloud and rain edging in from the west. we could see one or two showers for eastern areas in particular first see one or two showers for eastern areas in particularfirst thing but also a good deal of dry weather and some sunny spells around, cloud tending to increase as the day wears on, particularly the further west you are, you can see the rain edging its way in, and temperatures at around 6—11. that takes us into the weekend. saturday looking fairly cloudy, some outbreaks of rain later in the day, a band of rain will push its way towards the south—east, it will clear on sunday to leave

some sunny spells but also showers. tonight at 6pm: day one for italy in lockdown as it struggles with europe's worst coronavirus outbreak. italian police patrol the streets as they try to enforce a stay—at—home policy. famous tourist sites are quiet as hundreds of flights to italy are cancelled. the italian health service is stretched now —

and it could get worse — here's one doctor's warning. stay—at—home and be prepared for a kind of war, because we are facing a war now here. here, the number of coronavirus cases is up by 5a. a sixth person has died — he was being treated at watford general. we'll be looking at the role of gps and their tough message for some patients. the chancellor will announce help for the economy during coronavirus but will promise the biggest increase in spending on roads, research and rail in a generation. the sexual assault trial of the former scottish first minister — one of his accusers claims she felt humiliated. the old bailey hears about pc harper's last moments — three teenagers are accused of his murder. the show must go on — coronavirus or not — tens of thousands gather for the start