the government also wants to bring as many major sporting events to the uk as it can. wealth games will be staged in birmingham. well, the new report found dangerous levels of air pollution right alongside the main venue for those games. is the commitment to sport matched by a commitment to the environment? the government have been committing to meet world health organization limits on air pollution and to make those legal limits for the uk, which is great, it's what we want, but there is no target attached to that. so what we know is this is damaging children's health now, we need urgent action. so we want the government to commit to meeting world health organization limits by 2030. nobody wants to stop young people doing sport. any exercise is good exercise. and sunny february days are there to be seized. but it is equally self—evident that, to make young people fit for life, their air must be fit to breathe. and just a reminder of our top story on sportsday. manchester united have applied to introduce a safe standing area in old trafford — a move welcomed by supporte

to put these figures into context, cycling receives nearly £30 million from uk sport, rowing receives more than that, at 30.5 million. basketball sits outside their world class programme as they weren't predicted to win medals in tokyo and have received £830,500 in tokyo funding — 75,000 was just for the women last year to compete in the eurobasket competition — where they finished fourth — pushing them into the qualifiers. the money they get is similar to sports like archery, karate, and climbing. journalist benny bonsu joins us live on sportsday now. benny, just what does the future hold for british basketball do you think? this is extremely hard, especially for the girls before many —— for many years they've been flying the flag so high for british basketball. every single one of the women on the tea m every single one of the women on the team have worked extremely hard with practically nothing, these girls come out every single time and fight. looking at the statistics with the money they gets and the participation level of basketball in the uk it really does not make sense by uk

it does not make sense why uk sports do not fund these girls.s of toil they have taken just to get here, from london 2012 of the last eight years to 2020, both the ups and downs that this team have had. from london 2012 they lost their funding, you go to the commonwealth and then they go from being 19th to may 18—11 in europe. because the semi finals and then qualify for tokyo. these girls are running on nothing. i love these girls represented the country and get back to the community getting back to the sports include programme to really inspire the next generation of basketball others. they are doing so much when it comes to the disappointment it's about the love of investment they have with these teams, you look at the men's team i'iow teams, you look at the men's team now are we had nba players that were pa rt of now are we had nba players that were part of the team, look at the women's team and they have them playing in the wnba and some of them playing in the wnba and some of them play in the uk with no money because we don't have a profes

all that support for uk sport disappeared after those games.urvive on a shoestring budget ever since, but despite that they have achieved the near impossible, winning commonwealth silver in 2018, their ambition for euro bucket. that secured their place here. they know that if they can achieve a result that gets in a place at tokyo 2020 over the next few days, it could transform the future of their sport. qualifying for it is one thing, but to get to the actual 0lympics? that doesn't change things, what can? it is really motivational for us, not only to get to the olympics but to prove that british basketball deserves to get that funding. with a little bit more support, you know, we can only do more. great britain will face south korea, spain and china over the next two days. china where the original hosts of this event, but it was switched to serbia, following the outbreak of the coronavirus. that might be seen as a disadvantage to many nations because of the changed plans, but for great britain, it is seen as an advantage to help them towards

check out the latest on bbc.c0.uk/ sport but that's all the sport for now. thank you very much.16 year old who fell from a cliff in north wales. ben leonard, from stockport in greater manchester, died after falling from the great 0rme in conwy, in august 2018. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith has more details about the case. ben leonard was on and explorers scout trip to wales and because of the bad weather at the plans changed to going up the great arm. the inquest into his death says there was no health and safety risk put in place and no list of the risk to the participants. he and his friend separated from the main group as they went up and none of the three leaders knew where the boys were and they all assumed they were being supervised by someone else. tragically he fell to his death and a 200 foot cliff and he was seen by his friends at the bottom of the road. the inquest heard that the group really was not under close supervision. the scout association had not really look properly at its structure the coroner was skating about the scout association, saying that the

sport website. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport. many thanks, holly.rus now — fears of a pandemic are spreading as the virus infects ever more people. in italy — more than 200 cases have now been confirmed and six people have died. officials are yet to find the first carrier of the virus in the country. meanwhile here in the uk there have been four new confirmed cases amongst cruise ship passengers who were flown back to britain on saturday. i can now speak to andy tatem who's the director of worldpop — which researches population movement in order to identify cities at high risk of coronavirus, he's also a professor at the university of southampton. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. have you been able to predict where these hotspots will be, then? we have been able to look at data on flight we have been able to look at data on flight itineraries in the early stages to identify which cities around the world we are likely to see around the world we are likely to see lots of imported cases and that is largely lined up with what we have seen. the d

the government also wants to bring as many major sporting events to the uk as it can. es. is the commitment to sport matched by a commitment to the environment? the government have been committing to meet world health organization limits on air pollution and to make those legal limits for the uk, which is great, it's what we want, but there is no target attached to that. so what we know is this is damaging children's health now, we need urgent action. so we want the government to commit to meeting world health organization limits by 2030. nobody wants to stop young people doing sport. any exercise is good exercise. and sunny february days are there to be seized. but it is equally self—evident that to make young people fit for life, their air must be fit to breathe. joe wilson, bbc news, in east london. we'll be getting the latest weather in a moment — ahead of that, let me just show you these amazing time—lapse pictures of a snowstorm, sweeping in from the black sea and hitting the town of hopa in turkey. these pictures were taken on sunday by one of the town's resident

sport website. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport thank you very much indeed. another day of flooding and travel chaos following the torrential rain and strong winds brought by storm dennis. our correspondent jayne mccubbin was in york nthis morning — she explained how residents are coming to expect these floods more frequently in the future. there are 16 flood warnings in place from the environment agency and the water levels are expected to peak at their highest levels since those devastating 2015 floods around about 10115 this morning. have a look over here and you will see what has happened. so the river ouse is actually about 100 metres away from us. all of this in the foreground here is actually the public car park in the centre of york. you can see the pay—and—display machines over there in the distance and see how far the river ouse has come in. as i say, the highest level expected since those 2015 floods. now, an awful lot of money was invested back then into the foss barrier, the main defence in this area. which, if we use actually the mast cam on the

uk. and in sport, the fighting talk continues.f their world heavyweight title rematch this weekend. manchester city beat west ham and pep guardiola says he is not going anywhere after their first game where bans were imposed on the club. and roger federer will miss the french open after knee surgery. he says he is confident of a full recovery but it will take him beyond the second major of the season. back with more sports news after half past. we will see you then. the irish parliament is meeting today for the first time since a general election 12 days ago. but it is unlikely a government will be formed. coalition negotiations are continuing after the left—wing party, sinn fein, topped the poll in the popular vote for the first time. our ireland correspondent chris page reports from dublin. this next report contains some flash photography. story of the irish general election, the surge of sinn fein, the left thing wing political party and the centrist parties... these two parties have dominated the government for decades. for ma

mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 5g network. in sportrom two at this year ‘s six nations. they beat well in dublin. andrew conway with ireland's fourth and final try. still to come in the six nations it is scotland versus england in rugby‘s oldest rivalry. and everton extend their run to five games winning against crystal palace in the premier league. i will be back with more at 5:30 p:m.. the foreign secretary says he is seeking an ‘ambitious' trade deal with japan as britain begins free trade talks with major economies. dominic raab met with his japanese counterpart on his first overseas trip following britain's departure from the eu last month. mr raab said he wanted a trade agreement at least as good as the eu's. i have discussed how we can deliver new bilateral arrangements at least as high a standard, if not higher, and at least as ambitious as the eu—japan economic partnership agreement, which would send a very powerful signal of our shared commitment to free and rules—based trade. minister motegi and i also discussed the uk's int

before the injections were given, e—mails show uk athletics officials worried about whether it would be safe or in the spirit of the sportlect the supplement from a contact of salazar‘s. i'm shocked. because, you kind of go, what was that all about? and you're an employee of uk athletics. so, uk athletics, why would you allow one of your staff to do that? uk athletics said: "a small number of british athletes have used l—carnitine fully in accordance with world anti—doping protocol. farah split from salazar in 2017 but questions about his influence persist. mark daly, bbc news. and finally, they say lightning never strikes twice, but surely not five times! and if it does, it might go viral. this is the south dakota state women's basketball tea m just messing around ahead of a game against north dakota. they're trying some pretty ambitious half—court shots, so that's two in a row! the team are known as the jackrabbits and they're also on a winning streak, so riding the crest of that wave and they kept on sinking one after another. these are notorioussly difficult even for professionals to make but here's the roll call: sy

they did get £75,000 from uk sport last year to help them towards olympic qualfication, and captain chantelletoday and there's already been a surprise as world number 12 david gilbert was beaten in the opening round by matthew stevens. the welshman had a break of 139 on his way to a 4—2 win in cardiff. live coverage now on the bbc sport webiste and red button. that's all the sport for now. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. given the weather, we do have some signal problems. look north's harry gration is in hebden bridge in yorkshire this afternoon, and he's been speaking to residents who are recovering from storm ciara. how bad is it? there is a real sense of anger here in the colder valley, they must confess i feel it as well. this is the third... was the rom is the flood barriers would help and then businesses real and it has done it again. i want to show you some pictures of inside the albert hotel here in the middle of hebden bridge. this was the albert at its worst, underwater, may

sport website. that's bbc dot c0 dot uk slash sport.t the start of his extradition hearing. the wikilea ks founder, who spent seven years hiding in the ecuadorian embassy in london, is wanted in the us on 18 charges, including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. his extradition hearing has now become and let as here... those are the pictures from the ecuadorian embassy of old and let us talk to our reporter at the courts. what is happening? yes, we have heard this morning from lawyers for the us authorities. james lewis qc has been opening his argument about why he believes julian a opening his argument about why he believesjulian a staunch should be extradited. he spent a lot of time in court talking about how some of those defence cables that were published by wikilea ks those defence cables that were published by wikileaks contained the names of key informants in afghanistan and iraq and he said that by disseminating this material knowingly, attempt to put people at risk of serious harm, torture an

it has origins at the circus, but has developed as a sport in the uk. partners. as part of a double act. we are now official doubles partnerslj absolutely official doubles partners.” absolutely love it, being upside down, it's a whole different world. are used to be weedy, but now i'm a lot stronger. everyone is so supportive. we try to make it flow from movement to movement to give at the artistic quality. i think it was quite extinct it was a child, hear a lot of people saying that they used to tip upside down on the railings asa kid. to tip upside down on the railings as a kid. you lose that sense of bravery as an adult, and it's important to do things like this to put yourself out of your comfort zone. that have been more elegant dismounts, but by now my upper body was feeling the full effects. now to relax! we have been doing inversions and yoga for years, and this gives you that support to hang upside down but trust your body a little bit more, so it gives you more space to see if your spine can grow a little taller. and hang a little bit lower. h

the sport is starting to gain popularity in the uk too. the year. now, from a tech point of view, this fast—paced, aggressive sport is swimming in data and being able to instantly analyse it, whether you're a coach or a player, is key to the action. earlier in the season, omar mehtab went to check it all out when the houston texans met the jacksonville jaguars. the national football league is celebrating its centenary this year. 100 years of nfl, busy reflecting on the history of the sport. but it's also looking to the future through a partnership with technology giant microsoft. so, alongside the speed, showmanship, violence and beauty of the game, the sport is being transformed by technology. microsoft has created a purpose—built tablet to aid players and coaches with instant tactical information, which, in a game that is essentially like chess but with real people, minor adjustments can be the difference between winning and losing. these tablets are standardised for all 32 teams in the nfl. each team has 25 of them. 13 on the sidelines

mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. in sportales, daily 12—7. and still to come in the six nations, scotland versus england in murrayfield in rugby's oldest rivalry. and everton extend their unbeaten run to five games scoring against crystal palace and goodison park. more in the next hour. a group of senior conservatives is urging fellow tory mps to challenge borisjohnson's decision to give the chinese technology firm a role in building the uk's 56 mobile networks. in a letter, severalformer cabinet ministers say there are alternative options which would not compromise national security. the government insists the decision was taken following a "rigorous" review — and huawei's involvement in 56 would be limited. sir iain duncan smith explained why he's concerned about the decision. the government has made a decision, and i have to say i have sympathy for the prime minister, because this is a bit of a hospital pass. it was given to him after civil servants who had driven this process hard, because huawei are already in the earlie

told me that school closures and sports cancellations might well be neededin sports cancellations might well be needed in the uk democracies like italy and japan, you can see that very dramatic things are happening and we now have to make some choices and i think the government is right to start to prepare us for some of those choices that we might want to make if we want to contain the virus at very low levels of penetration in the population. to try to limit the virus spread, some italian football is being played behind closed doors. the visiting bulgarian team at inter milan last night wore face masks. the international football as union says it is concerned for the safety of players. football, after all, is a global game and this is a global health problem. hugh pym, bbc news. let's get more from jenny hill injapan — and this is the first british death from the virus. what more do we know? the japanese ministry of health have confirmed that the man was being treated in hospital prior to his death. tonight the foreign office have said they are liaising with the japanese authorities as well as continuing to s

before the injections were given, e—mails show uk athletics officials were worried whether it would be safe and within the spirit of the sportlazar‘s. i'm shocked, because you kind of go, what is that all about? and you're an employee of uk athletics, so uk athletics, why would you allow one of your staff to do that? uk athletics said... mo farah split from salazar in 2017, but questions about his influence persist. mark daly, bbc news. that's all from sportsday. coming up next on bbc news it's the papers. but from us it's goodbye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn stevens, the deputy political editor at the daily mail, and polly mackenzie, who's the chief executive of the cross—party think—tank, demos. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. tomorrow's financial times leads on market turmoil caused by the coronavirus — investors are running for cover, it says. the guardian leads on the conviction of harvey weinstein — the hollywood mogulfaces jail after he was found guilty of rape. the daily telegraph gives much of its front page to a shot of the

the government also wants to bring as many major sporting events to the uk as it can. levels of air pollution right alongside the main venue for those games. is the commitment to sport matched by a commitment to the environment? the government have been committing to meet world health organization limits on air pollution and to make those legal limits for the uk, which is great, it's what we want, but there is no target attached to that. so what we know is this is damaging children's health now, we need urgent action. so we want the government to commit to meeting world health organization limits by 2030. nobody wants to stop young people doing sport. any exercise is good exercise. and sunny february days are there to be seized. but it is equally self—evident that, to make young people fit for life, their air must be fit to breathe. joe wilson, bbc news, in east london. the british artist david hockney‘s famous painting the splash is to go on auction this evening. the 1966 painting is the second in a series of three splashes and it is thought that it could go for betwe

before the injections were given, e—mails show uk officials athletics worried about whether it would be safe or in the spirit of the sportntact of salazar‘s. i'm shocked. you kind of go, what was that all about? and you are an employee of uk athletics. uk athletics, why would you allow one of your staff to do that? uk athletics said a small number of athletes have used the substance in accordance with anti— doping protocol. mo farah split from alberto salazar but questions persist. mark daly, bbc news. and you can see more of panorama's investigation, mo farah and the salazar scandal on bbc iplayer. katherine johnson, mathematician whose calculations helped put the first astronaut on the moon, has died at the age of 101. she worked for decades on the american space programme and her story was told in the film, hidden figures, about a pioneering team of black women working at nasa. nina nanji reports. so grazed was katherinejohnson's methyl genius that colleagues called her a methyl genius that colleagues called hera human methyl genius that colleagues called her a human computer. during her 33 yea rs her a human computer

uk—eu trade deal will be agreed before the end of the transition period. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sportscooters could be given the green light in the uk within weeks. we'd like to know — are you excited or dreading their arrival? will you be whizzing around on an e—scooter, or do you fear chaos in our busy cities? what's happening where you are? get in touch — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the head of the international monetary fund has warned the coronavirus outbreak could put global economic growth at risk and has called for a co—ordinated response. there's been a sharp increase in the number of people infected in south korea — and health experts are watching closely to see how the largest outbreak of the virus outside china develops. meanwhile, a strict quarantine remains in force in parts of northern italy, where three people have died. freya cole reports. the latest line from giorgio armani is usually met with a well—dressed crowd at milan fashion week, but this year it was presented to an empty theatre and streamed online. it is just theatre and streamed online. it isjust

uk and northern europe. ben croucher has all the sport.emier league following a 1—0 win at norwich city. jurgen klopp's side now have 76 points after 26 games — that's more than when manchester united won the league in 1997. sadio mane scored the game's only goal 12 minutes from time. well after the game klopp offered his sympathy to his opposite number at manchester city pep guardiola and his players. on friday, city were handed a two year ban from european football for breaking financial fair play rules by inflating sponsorship deals to cover their expenditure. to be honest, ifeel for pep and to be honest, i feel for pep and the players because they did nothing wrong, they just played players because they did nothing wrong, theyjust played sensational football and he helped each league to improve football but then in the end we all have to respect the rules andi end we all have to respect the rules and i have no idea if they did or not but we will see what happens. so the implications of the ban for city could be huge. is there any chanc

the facts just like when in 2017 france's former sports minister declared that at the height of me too there wasn't a problem in her sphere the former uk fencing champion must now be considering for laying on her sought after the latest explosive revelations of rape by sports coaches have emerged they've been made by frances 10 times the national skating champion sara a bit in a new book she accuses her former coach year of regularly raping her in the ninety's when she was aged between 15 and 17. i was sleeping with my teddy bears and he woke me up with his torch it was a nightmare it was horrible and it's still horrible today and that's why i'm talking about it as unfortunately i'm still not well i'm taking antidepressants and i'm speaking up for all the other big tims who can't speak themselves this exchange 2 year old former coach admits having sex with a skater but his version of their relationship differs though my memories of the exact circumstances differ from hers i am aware that given my duties and her age at the time these relations were in any event inappropriate it's not the 1st time questions have been raised about a year

the former health secretary told me that school closures and sports cancellations might well be needed in the uk at fellow democracies like italy and japan, you can see that very dramatic things are happening and we now have to make some choices and i think the government is right to start to prepare us for some of those choices that we might want to make if we want to contain the virus at very low levels of penetration in the population. to try to limit the virus spread, some italian football is being played behind closed doors. the visiting bulgarian team at inter milan last night wore face masks. the international football as union says it is concerned for the safety of players. football, after all, is a global game and this is a global health problem. and hugh is here. more details on this case and it is fairly significant. the man who has contracted the virus is from surrey and this is just emerged contracted the virus is from surrey and this isjust emerged in contracted the virus is from surrey and this is just emerged in the contracted the virus is from surrey and this isjust emerged in t

sport. as brits 2020 best album winner dave calls the uk prime minister a "racist" and attacks tabloid coveragekle. we're asking should pop and politics ever mix? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. within the past couple of hours passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus have started to leave a cruise ship injapan. there have been more than 500 cases of the disease among those on board. the diamond princess has been in quarantine in the port of yokohama for more than two weeks. in china itself more than 2000 people have now died from the covid—19 virus. and more than 130 deaths were recorded on wednesday in hubei province which has been the centre of the outbreak. let's go live to the dockside in yokohama now and speak to our correspondent laura bicker. can you explain for is the process of disembarking these passengers? what is going on. 0ver passengers? what is going on. over the last few hours passengers have been walking off the ship onto buses, some off the ship onto buses, some of them getting into taxis. most seem to be japanese nationals who can eas

let's listen to some of the reaction from people involved in the sport, both here in the uk and in lase years ago and that is why people are so impressed from where he has come from to perform. he is just getting better and better. that is the thing, i speaking to people earlier, tyson fury seemed to be able to do anything he wants in a boxing ring. he is capable of doing anything. there's more to come and thatis anything. there's more to come and that is the exciting thing about it because last night was his best performance of his career at 31, the momentum he has built since the comeback. to come back from facing deontay wilder, he came back absolutely steam—rolling. to add to the three best heavyweight in the world and he has done it to that degree. i remember when he was younger, obviously i was five years old and tyson fury turned up saying he would do, this, that and even when he first turned professional and was the best undisputed heavyweight title and that might be my own ego not wanting to believe it but it has become apparent that he surpassed himself. he had to admire what

and in the sport at 1:30pm, tyson fury arrives back in the uk to a hero's welcome following his worldight title win over deontay wilder. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, there's new advice from the government. people returning to the uk from the affected parts of italy have been told to stay at home for two weeks even if they don't feel unwell, and all travellers who've visited northern italy should self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms. hundreds of guests at a hotel on tenerife in the canary islands are not being allowed to leave the complex after an italian tourist tested positive for coronavirus. and there've been confirmed cases in croatia and austria. the number of cases globally is now more than 80,000 — but there have been only 13 in the uk. jon donnison reports. translation: everything has changed in the last three days. there is a surreal atmosphere. you see very few people. shops and businesses are closed. we have been ordered by authorities and our bishop not to celebrate mass. at

added: before the injections were given, e—mails show uk athletics officials were worried whether it would be safe and within the spirit of the sportom a contact of salazar‘s. i'm shocked, because you kind of go, what is that all about? and you're an employee of uk athletics, so uk athletics, why would you one of your staff to do that? —— you allow. uk athletics said: mo farah split from salazar in 2017, but questions about his influence persist. mark daly, bbc news. and you can see more of panorama's investigation, "mo farah and the salazar scandal" on bbc one tonight at 8.30pm. the wikileaks founderjulian assange has appeared in court in london, at the start of an extradition hearing on whether to send him to the us to face prosecution. he's wanted on charges of conspiring to hack into us military databases. naomi grimley reports. unwavering in their support, fans of julian assange gathering outside woolwich crown court to campaign against his extradition to the us. their noisy protests could be heard inside court, much to the irritation of the judge. it was 2010 whenjulian assange hit the headlines after releasing a classified v

uk these. is basically to get more wheelchair users out and about, getting their families involved as well. the sporty we want to be in, and yet it's brilliant. they all enjoy it. the game is based on a version of rugby league. the ball is passed backwards and each team retains the ball for six tackles. then they must score 01’ ball for six tackles. then they must score or surrender ball for six tackles. then they must score or surrender the ball for the °p score or surrender the ball for the op —— to the opera position. a tackle is counted when a tag is taken off a player's shoulder. we got a lot of open body strength. gives you a different perspective on life. you get to the some of the difficulties that regular wheelchair users face on a day—to—day basis. difficulties that regular wheelchair users face on a day—to—day basism 2021, wheelchair rugby league will be part of the official word be league world cup. for the first time, competitors will receive equal pgy- time, competitors will receive equal pay. great thing about this league, all participants, be male orfemale, the wheelchair participants

uk leagues. it's basically to get more wheelchair users out and about, getting theirfamilies involved as well. the sport, and it's brilliant. they all enjoy it. the game is based on a version of rugby league. the ball is passed backwards and each team retains the ball for six tackles. then they must score or surrender the ball to the opposition. a tackle is counted when a tag is taken off a player's shoulder. we got a lot of open body strength. upper body strength, your soul —— shoulders and triceps... gives you a different perspective on life. you get to the some of the difficulties that regular wheelchair users face on a day—to—day basis. in 2021, wheelchair rugby league will be part of the official word be league world cup. by —— rugby league world cup main event. for the first time, competitors will receive equal pay. great thing about this league, all participants, be male orfemale, or wheelchair participants from england to wales, all get paid exactly the same money to play. the new season starts next month and the rollers are fine—tuning their preparations, excited for what will be there first ti

uk economy. the teenage activist greta thunberg leads thousands of people on a climate change protest through the streets of bristol. sportnd in their group and they have got another difficult game with west indies. they're not completely out of the woods, after their opening defeat to south affrica, but it's fair to say they've recovered well from that — particularly captain heather knight, who was again player—of—the—match this morning, following up a century last time out with 62 as they made 158—7. and pakistan came nowhere near reaching their target. aside from knight, it was england's bowlers who got the job done. anya shrubsole taking two wickets in two balls, with a great reaction catch. i'm not one for personal milestones. it will feel sweeter if we're in the final. once the tour is over, they're things i might reflect on. it set up a big game with the west indies. the top two go through to the semi—finals. england well placed in second with just one match to go with the west indies. one other bit of cricket news for you, fast bowler mark wood is out of the men's tour of sri lanka, because of a side strain. he wa

sport. and it is valentine's day. the 14th of february. the uk pound and has sold 1a,000 engagement rings ahead of it. how would you feel about getting or giving a £1 engagement ring? let us know what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. hello, welcome to the programme. another 116 people have died from coronavirus in the chinese province at the centre of the outbreak — according to the authorities there. almost 5,000 new cases were detected in hubei — far fewer than on wednesday, when officials changed the criteria they use to diagnose patients — to use a broader definition. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, joins me now from hong kong. nick, just explain for us kind of where we are in terms of the spikes and the plateauing of the numbers of new cases and deaths from this virus. hello, yes, it is quite tricky to get your head around what is happening here. all along we been relying on the official figures that china has been giving out. as you say, that increasing the number of cases, 5000, on the surface of it, thatis 5000, on the surf

before the injections were given, e—mails show uk athletics officials were worried whether it would be safe and within the spirit of the sports, so uk athletics, why would you one of your staff to do that? why would you allow one of your staff to do that? uk athletics said: a small number of british athletes have used l—carnitine, fully in accordance with world anti—doping protocol." mo farah split from salazar in 2017, but questions about his influence persist. mark daly, bbc news. and you can see more of panorama's investigation, "‘mo farah and the salazar scandal‘ on bbc iplayer. let's get more now on those floods in england... the environment agency warns that flooding in shrewsbury could reach its highest—ever level, and cut off the centre of the town. our correspondent victoria norris sent this report this afternoon. well, i am stood behind some of the flood barriers here in shrewsbury. i am five foot nine, they are about seven foot. it is these barriers that are stopping the river severn from flooding shrewsbury. let me take you up over the foot bridge to the other side and i will show you exactly what i mean. we have