to guard coronavirus outbreak, how to guard against it and what it means for you on the bbc news app and our website. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there has been a lot of clout on the scene with the wind picking up on the scene with the wind picking up to the west, blowing the rain through northern ireland further into scotland and then the rain band sinks down overnight into england and wales where it could be heavy over the hills. clear skies follow before the shower is packing to the north—west, temperatures 5—6d overnight for scotland and northern ireland. milderfor overnight for scotland and northern ireland. milder for england overnight for scotland and northern ireland. milderfor england and wales where we have that band of cloud and rain which will be heavy for a while, that will move in the morning through the midlands, lincolnshire into the west country then into the south—east of england. some shine follows behind and showers, though showers become fewer in scotland and northern ireland but the wind changes tomorrow. it will feel cooler, temperatures will be dropping away to eight or 10 degrees, it will be constructed monday, a frost in many places, we

will see the wind picking up in scotla nd will see the wind picking up in scotland and northern ireland, some cloud and rain pushing in. england and wales likely to stay dry during the day with some sunshine out of that frosty start and temperatures 10-12dc. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: ten more patients have died in england after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 21. (00v) president trump is extending his ban on flights from europe to include britain and ireland. the president has made a decision. the spanish government is reportedly set to put the country into lockdown, in an attempt to control the virus. jet2 cancels all flights to spain, the balearic islands and the canary islands — with immediate effect.

some european union countries say they will close their borders to most or all foreigners. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. an unprecedented day with no premier league or top—flight football taking place. tokyo will start on time — the japan prime minister insists the olympics and paralympics won't be postponed. and it was a debut to remember for england's alison hewson, who wins the south african open title in her maiden tour event. growing up as a kid all i could ever

dream of words are playing on the ladies european tour, and for my first event, to come one, the feeling is indescribable. hello and welcome to sportsday. normally at this time on a saturday, we'd be rounding up the day's sport from all across the world, but with the cancellation of top level sport, inlcuding the premier league and the english football league until next month because of the coronavirus pandemic, many lower league football clubs are beginning to contemplate the impact the loss of matchday games will have on them. one of those clubs is the league one side, tranmere rovers, who should have been hosting lincoln city at prenton park this afternoon. owner and former fa chief executive mark palios has been telling mike bushell the postponement of fixtures

was no surprise. to me, it was the next logical step, and as soon as players started to fall away and squads started to fall away, you then get into destroying the sporting integrity of the league itself as a competition. as a consequence, it was only a small step to get into a position where they made a decision such as this, which was to postpone the league and give it a chance to see if it could be finished towards the end of april, the end of march, the end of may, etc. for us, it is thousands of pounds if we don't play games, that includes tickets and food and beverages. we have the college, so we might lose another 150, depending how it goes. but it goes into the summer. you were telling me the plan was to relay the pitch this summer, so it's notjust financial, it's practical things? relaying the pitch is costly, we had not planned for that. we need about 12 weeks

to reconstruct the pitch, and at the end of the season, 27th of april, we were going to be digging up the pitch. because of the merseyside derby on monday, we were hearing you have a lot of scandinavian fans coming over for that who would have then come here, spending money in your shop and bars? we do feed off the football tourism that happens, and it has become common for people to come here for a full weekend and enjoy premier league games and also some of the lower—league stuff, which for them, is a great experience. that will damage us as well. so while the top levels of the game in the uk have been postponed, the national league in england was due to go ahead with a full set of fixtures. however, several games have been called off in the last 2a hours, including bromley‘s game against chorley, following one of the chorley players showing symptons of coronavirus. leaders barrow versus wrexham was also called off, due to a wrexham

player going into self—isolation. while dagenham and redbridge‘s match with woking was another of the matches to be postponed. these are the results of the games that have been played today. third—placed notts county with a 4—0 win over eastleigh. stockport county are in the play—off places after they beat maidenhaead. afc fylde picked up three important points against aldershot town, as they look to get out of the relegation zone. and it's half—time between halifax and ebbsfleet, ebbsfleet 1—0 up at the moment. there's doubts over the summer olympics and paralympics in tokyo. the games are due to open on the 24th ofjuly and japan's prime minister insists his country will not postpone the event. the country has recorded more than moo cases of the virus. translation: going forward, we will continue to coordinate well with the ioc and, of course, the ioc will coordinate with the world health organization.

forjapan, we have to overcome the spread of the infection and we want to hold the olympics and paralympics as planned. a number of olympic qualifying events have been cancelled, some are still going ahead. britain's caroline dubois won her first bout in the ring at the european olympic qualifying tournament at the copper box, beating ana staradub of belarus. with six qualifying spots up for grabs in the lightweight division, it is the first of three bouts she will have to win to book her spot to tokyo. she next faces the number—one seed mira potkonen of finland, who, at 39, is more than twice her age. she's obviously the number—one seed, but at the end of the day, she's only got two hands, one brain, two legs. this is what boxing is all about. to be the best you have to beat the best, and i believe i'm the best. first bout, first day, the youngest.

never, ever had a senior bout. and competing against a woman who is probably 26 and i'm 19. i gave a performance and now‘s the time to start turning on the heat. lets take a look at some of the other sporting action taking place today. the 6/1 shot trucker‘s lodge won the midlands grand national by a huge 18 lengths at uttoxeter. a runner—up in the welsh national, the paul nicholls—trained eight—year—old finished ahead of captain drake in second, withjoe farrell in third. germany's max schachman held off a late attack from tiesj benoot to claim overall victory by 18 seconds at the shortened paris—nice race. the final stage was won by columbia's nairo quintana, with benoot second and overall winner schachman back in sixth. the race finished a day earlier than planned due to coronavirus. and britain's elfyn evans is third after 13 stages of the world rally championship in mexico, more than half a minute behind

toyota team—mate sebastien ogier. esapekka lappi's rally ended in dramatic fashion, the finn's ford catching fire. no—one was hurt. the all england open badminton championships have been taking place in birmingham this week and the line—up for the men's final has been decided. top seed chou tien—chen of chinese tapei was leading denmark's anders antonsen when the dane had to retire due to injury. chou tien—chen will meet antonsen‘s compatriot in the final, viktor axelson. england's marcus ellis and lauren smith will be in mixed doubles action a little later on. you can watch live coverage on the red button and the bbc sport website. men's golf is on hold until next month at the earliest and we've seen first pga major, the masters, and opening ladies‘ major, the ana inspiration, both postponed. however, in cape town, the south african women's open

finished earlier today, and what a week it's been for england's alice hewson. in herfirst event on the ladies european tour, she won by a shot and my colleague chetan pathak caught up with her earlier. it feels absolutely incredible. it is a dream come true. growing up as a kid, all i could dream of was playing on the ladies european tour, and for my first event, to come and win, the feeling is indescribable. you truned pro last year, has this happened quicker than you thought? it definitely has happened quicker than i thought, i was hoping to get to a nice steady start, but this is definitely a good thing. golf is, like most major sports, being shut down now. what is your reaction to that? i think it's the right decision. the health of all the players, that ultimately comes first. and to try and contain corona, i think, is very important.

it's unfortunate that we're not going to get to play for few weeks, but we will come back again. it shouldn't be too difficult, i will have a few unexpected weeks with both my family and coach, so i think that will be nice to get back into the swing of things, have a check—up on my swing and get ready to go again. it means i can be fully prepared for the next tournament we do play. you're the first englishwoman to play a competitive round at augusta international, what are your thoughts on the masters, the first major of the year, being postponed? i think a huge aspect of the masters is the spectators and the fact you can hear the roars all over the golf course, so it would not be the same without any of the spectators there. so for the benefit of the players and spectators, i do think it's beneficial that it is postponed. in terms of the ladies european tour, women's golf, we're in a hiatus with the coronavirus, but apart from that, where is women's golf right now?

it is on the up, an exciting time, especially here on the tour. we have so much more events and prize money and we are starting to get some of the recognition we deserve. it's really, really positive. now, meet bethany hamilton, the surfer who lost her left arm in a shark attack when she was 13 years old. bethany was back on her board within a month, became a national champion and competed on the world surf league championship tour. now, after having two children, shes back on the wsl tour at the age of 30, aiming to qualify for the main championship tour in 2021. this is her inspiring story. one arm changes the game a bit, but it's really going against the ocean. in the ocean is pretty hard to beat.

ijust in the ocean is pretty hard to beat. i just never in the ocean is pretty hard to beat. ijust never shied away in the ocean is pretty hard to beat. i just never shied away from challenges and i love... i've always had a really competitive nature. it's kind of easy for me now, because it's been so long. i think it's just a funny thing with our culture, today's everyone‘s really attem pts culture, today's everyone‘s really atte m pts to culture, today's everyone‘s really attempts to celebrate drama and pain ina attempts to celebrate drama and pain in a really weird way. whereas really we should celebrate the beauty and the triumphs and the overcomings. i have to little boys and my husband is's supportive and he knows that there's only so long as they window you can push in a professional

sporting arena as a woman. so i'm just going to go for it. everyone knows that you get tired at times, so knows that you get tired at times, so to be able to take to the ocean for a little bits and come back refreshed and so healthy. one arm it changes the game a bit, but it just all one arm it changes the game a bit, but itjust all comes down to strategy and choosing your waves correctly. these are just the extras, but really it comes from the depths of your body, from your hips, from your core, first and foremost. i guess i'm proof that you can surf without all your limbs. surfing jaws, it's kind of an intense piece, if that makes any sense. the most ultimate adrenaline pumping through

your entire body. you'd be lying if your entire body. you'd be lying if you weren't scared. it's a wonder of the world, and i got to be a part of that. surfing customer could define who i am and it's not my everything. i think of it more as my passion and my work. so, of course i'd be disappointed if i don't accomplish my goals, to have balance in life is so my goals, to have balance in life is so important for everyone, to cherish all you have in front of you, and for me, that's so much more than surfing. and finally, with the majority of football postponed today across europe because of the coronavirus, the head of world football's governing body has had a bit of free time. in a change to his normal day to day responsibilities, fifa's president gianni infantino has released this video on social media to remind people of how they should be washing their hands, taking part in the world health organisation's safe hands challenge. wash your hands, kick out the virus and make sure you spread this

message, but not the virus. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more for you at 7:30pm. in 1998, the release of first—person shooter half—life sent a seismic

shock across the world of video games. it featured cinematic storytelling, taut action sequences and some of the creepiest bad guys ever to grace a video game. well, let's just say your hour has come again. i remember when half—life came out, november 1998, a massive moment in pc gaming. before than, it had been doom that defined shooter games. half—life reset the bar. a sequel followed in 200a. gunfire. cheering. fans patiently awaited new half—life content but its makers, a company called valve, went very quiet on the half—life front. until now, that is. marc cieslak has been to valve's headquarters in the us, where he's got his hands on their latest addition to the franchise — a game which has surprised many

by embracing virtual reality. bellevue, washington is home to valve software, an award—winning games development company. it has plans to reinvigorate virtual reality, with half—life's help — a title which changed games forever. hey, mr freeman. i had a bunch of messages for you but we had a system crash... there has been a lot of hype and high hopes around the rebirth of virtual reality. vr headsets have arrived from a variety of different companies. but in recent years, interest in the technology has waned. virtual reality, it seems, is lacking a killer app. that, however, could be about to change. morning, mr freeman. looks like you're running late. everyone has been so excited on the idea of a new half—life game for years. the first one gave us such a new cinematic way of experiencing a game. the second one, it handed us the gravity gun, we had much more puzzling, much more storytelling.

my god, we made it! and it has almost become a kind ofjoke over the last 13 years of half—life 3 being announced, because valve has always teased that something would come. there were lots of rumours, everybody wanted something new, but now finally, being told that we have got something in that universe, it's a whole new full—length story. it's probably fair to say that a new half—life game will be one of the most keenly anticipated titles of the last decade. but is making it a virtual reality—only title a way of shifting vr headsets? i mean, this is a way to sell vr headsets. the minute you put a half—life game on vr, it's going to make people buy something or potentially look into buying something they hadn't had before. but it's notjust available on valve's headsets, it's available everywhere. so what this will do is potentially reinvigorate and kick—start everybody‘s interest in the entire vr space. one of our goals here was to hopefully show a bunch of people who looked at vr and thought it looks interesting but not yet, it hadn't convinced

them yet, to say oh, there's an experience over they really want, and hopefully they will see this and say, "actually, i'll go check that out." this is the moment that i've been waiting for. it's been 16 years since half—life 2 was released and 13 years since we've had any new half—life content. right now, i'm going to try out the latest game in the series in virtual reality. i'm playing using valve's own vr hardware, called index. the controllers features sensors which translate my hand and finger movements. this will allow me to interact with the game world in much the same way as i would in the real world. here we've got an opportunity to try out some of the gameplay mechanics, so we have the gravity gloves, which should allow me to pull this... ..and grab it. and throw it towards one of those barnacles. let the barnacle eat it.

when you see items, you can grab them with the gravity gloves, catch them, store them in your backpack for later. the title has been designed to work with a wide variety of different vr headsets but the game's demanding technical specifications means that it will have to run on a pretty high—end pc. the full index vr set—up like this one isn't cheap, either, costing nearly £1,000. can't open these doors — they're jammed. ah, that opens up for me. here we go. almost everything you interact with in the game works like it does in the real world — everything apart from travel. getting around turns out to be one of the more interesting things in virtual reality. it's one of the trickier problems to solve. in so many things that are local scale allow you to just use your body in a natural way, like, i'm going to pick up a bucket to look at what's underneath it. traversing space doesn't quite yet allow you to use your body

in that way. there are a couple of different styles of teleportation and then a more traditional movement that is — we call continuous motion. and some people are more comfortable with one than another. this is genuinely extremely tense. argh! ok, well, i need new underwear. this adds an entirely new dimension to video game combat — one of absolute pant—wetting fear. we'll find out what kind of impact half life: alyx has when it releases on march 23. we're all being told that the best way to combat the coronavirus is by washing our hands thoroughly with soap and water. but when we can't get to a basin, many of us are also using alcohol—based hand sanitiser. so much so that supplies

have been running low. one company we met in taiwan last year hopes to have found the solution. this is the eleclean, a device that is claimed to create your own disinfectant. hopefully that will do the trick. the company does expect that this protects against the coronavirus. the issue is, they have actually sold out of them. but it's notjust about keeping our hands clean. how about our devices? this week, apple issued new advice about how to keep our phones clean but i would suggest that you don't do anything until you've heard

what chris fox has to say. with the growing concern around coronavirus, i thought i would be better safe than sorry and smothered my phone with antiviral gel. but it turns out that some hand gels and sanitisers can actually damage the oliophobic, oil—repelling layer on your phone screen which is supposed to keep fingerprints off. so check this out. if i put my phone next one that has the layer intact, you can see that this one looks like i've been eating pizza off it. it's covered in fingerprint and oil. this one does have some fingerprints on it still, but not nearly as many. and now, if i wipe down this phone with a microfibre cloth, the fingerprints come off super easy. and if i try this one, some of the oil comes off but you can see it is still really smeary. and as a final test, if i pop my fingerprints on there... you can see that this is absolutely gross and this one not nearly as dirty. so how can you clean your phone without damaging it?

well, this week, i met with microbiologist dr lena ciric and she told me how. you don't actually need to use antibacterial or antiviral products on your phone, you can just use simple soap and water. unplug your phone, turn it off and remove the case. dampen a microfibre cloth with water and simple household soap. gently rub the surfaces of the phone with the damp cloth. take care not to get moisture in any of the openings because even water resistant phones lose their protection over time. finally, dry your phone with a clean microfibre cloth. we haven't used any anti—bacterial or antiviral gel on this phone so how do we know they are clean? well, we can use these swabs and this device which tells us the level of microbial activity on the phone in relative light units or rlus. so the higher number we get, the higher number of germs. the results are pretty good. so we would want a surgical surface to be a reading of 50 or less and all of the phones have readings of less than this, so that's pretty good. so they're significantly cleaner,

with just soap and water? yep, they are. and how is that possible without using antiviral gel? what's going on here? the main ingredient in soap, which is a detergent, which is basically lifting off the grease and the grime and the germs from the surface of the phone, which is then rinsed off with water and that's what makes it clean. there are a few other ways you can clean your phone safely. this week, apple changed its guidance and said if you have an iphone, you can safely wipe it with a 70% isopropyl alcohol wipe — the kind you can get from a computer shop, or online if they haven't sold out. there are also devices that can sterilise your phone using ultraviolet uv—c radiation. this one's called phonesoap. it costs about £80 — although there are cheaper ones available — and what you do is pop your phone inside and let it cook for about ten minutes. the manufacturer says it shouldn't harm your device but some phones or cases could be discoloured over time. finally, what can you do if, like me, you have stripped the oil—repelling coating off your phone's screen? well, there are some ways to fix it.

first of all, you can get a screen replacement, although that is not going to be the cheapest option. or you could stick on one of those glass screen protectors, which is a quick and easy way to fix the screen. or you can try this, it's called liquidnano and this wipe puts a silica dioxide coating over the display which says it will restore the oliophobic properties for 12 months. it costs between £20 and £30 and you have to let it set on the phone for at least half an hour. so i tried it out on the phone i ruined and i have to say it seems to have done a pretty good job! so that's one solution to what could have been an expensive mistake. just remember that if you do clean your phone, as soon as you touch it, you're putting germs back on it again and the most important advice remains to wash your hands thoroughly and frequently. that is it for the short version of this week's click. as ever, the full—length version can be found on the bbc iplayer. you can keep up with the team

throughout the week on instagram, facebook, youtube and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching. pretty wet across parts of scotland at the moment and the weather will turn wet across western parts of the country at through this evening and overnight. really, the weekend will be changeable. this is the picture for tomorrow, rain at times, but blue skies and the forecast is well. there will be rain around in the morning as this front moves across the uk through the early hours.

wrapping around an area of low pressure, bringing slightly colder weather to scotland. perhaps cold enough for some mountain snow. spell of rain moving through wales and the midlands into eastern areas break my quote the sky clearing up, so it isn't afternoon after a bit of what dark sky. wetter in east anglia and the south east. that will clear away on sunday, and then the sky is clear across the uk, meaning monday morning will be crisp, cold and sunny. a widespread frost on the way on monday.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven: ten more patients have died in england after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 21. president trump is extending his ban on flights from europe to include the united kingdom and ireland. the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom and ireland effective midnight monday night, eastern standard time. the spanish government is reportedly set to put the country into lockdown, in an attempt to control the virus. jet2 cancels all flights to spain, the balearic islands and the canary islands — with immediate effect. some european union countries say they will close