danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is in birmingham.the economy in the uk did not grow at all in the last three months of 2019, so how important is the claim from the prime minister that this project will boost growth? well, there is a impact that the court hope from this kind of infrastructure investment. this is not just kind of infrastructure investment. this is notjust about a very kind of infrastructure investment. this is not just about a very fast train line, it is about changing the economic geography of the country, those city leaders in places like birmingham, manchester and leeds being able to market their cities to international investors at a tough time. but there is also a short—term impact, we saw that entered a's gdp numbers. without public spending, those numbers would have been negative in the last three months of 2019. as it was, the numbers were flat, zero, which means that going into the 20205, the economy was not roaring but whimpering because manufacturing and production was squeezed by political uncertainty, by b

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is in birmingham.he chancellor today, the government is pouring money into infrastructure, rail, buses, it's quite a change of direction for the government? yes, controversial says the prime minister, this decision, controversial because of the value for money and environmental considerations but i think they were a lwa ys considerations but i think they were always going to give this green signal because it isn'tjust a very fast train line. for the government, it's a means of changing the economic geography of the nation. it's something that all our major competitive advanced nations have, fast lines between major cities. for major city leaders, it's also a calling card for international investors to help fund their regeneration is on these sorts of lines. i think it was always going to get the green signal eventually. these announcements come against the backdrop of a fairly sluggish economy. yes, growth coming into the 20205 economy. yes, growth coming into the 2020s wasn't roaring, it was whimperin

a decade ago, cumbria county council spent nearly £2 million a year on subsidising buses.n that such cutbacks will be at least partially reversed 7 danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are 0livia utley, deputy leader writer at the sun, and the editor of labour list, sienna rodgers. in china — where the coronavirus outbreak started — the number of deaths has now passed the 1,000 mark. tonight it's been confirmed that the death toll in hubei province has risen by 94 to 1,068. the world health organization says the disease will be officially called covid—19, and warned it could be 18 months before the first vaccine becomes available. the british businessman who's thought to have infected 11 people with coronavirus says he has fully recovered. steve walsh, from hove in east sussex, remains in isolation in hospital. 0ur correspondent catherine burns reports from brighton. steve walsh is still in hospital — he says it's just a pr

campaign, is run by the friends of the lake district charity, which aims to protect and enhance cumbria'sat the national park is under siege from commercial interests. zip wire proposals, cable car plans. a long—running dispute over 4x4 vehicles on some fell tracks. well, i guess i'm a spiritualist. i feel in tune with nature and the environment. film—maker terry abraham loves the lake district. he is the man behind the award—winning life of a mountain documentary series. the third, which features helvellyn, is premiered this may. this is a place of land and lives interwoven. he says, like others, he is worried about how the park may develop in the future. this is bubbling up, this momentum growing now, that the people are basically getting sick and tired of it all. it's about conservation, protecting and enhancing what we have here. it's about sustainability, where, in many respects, how the park authority has been led, the direction it has taken in the last few years, it is all focused on commercial interest. you know, it's about... i hate to use the phrase, but it's about turning the n

the fringes of the snowdonia national park, are about to appear in the lake district, even though cumbriat could be substantial. 0ne plan was withdrawn after opposition, one at a slate mine was only approved after a ten year battle and has yet to be built. do you accept that the lake district is under siege from development? no, i don't, actually. i think there are always challenges and i get the passion that is behind the friends of the lake district and it is something that i think we all feel, but i think the language used is a little bit over—the—top. these are very small issues. they seem big at the time, but they are very small issues compared to the net migration of people from the lake district, and the fact that we have less people of working age, and with families, living in it, and making this a proper, living community. the chamber of commerce believes the national park authority is reaching an adequate balance. but the friends of the lake district want changes in the way the park is managed. it believes landscapes are being overly exploited. we had hoped to speak to the chief

the rain doesn't really move from southern scotland and cumbria, up to 40 southern scotland and cumbriarth and west of the uk. i think rain into almost all areas by sunday morning, perhaps a little snow for the north of scotland, perhaps the far north getting the best of any dry or brighter first thing on sunday but here is the area of low pressure that is the storm. notice how those tightly patch isobars and stretch all the way across the length and breadth of the uk. safe from the strong winds of the uk and anticipating gusts of 60 to 80 miles anticipating gusts of 60 to 80 miles an hour anywhere across england and wales and fog a central swathe of scotla nd wales and fog a central swathe of scotland later on in the day. the winds could peak at 85 miles an hour. it will be windy throughout the day for scotland and northern ireland. there will be a spell of heavy rain first thing, squally showers with hail and thunder behind but notice how the isobars squeeze through the evening. it is the period of apm till 6pm where we could get exceptionally strong winds in what will be an already w

sirens dating back to world war ii were of flooding, with the reverse swelling, like this one in cumbria. strong whence have uprooted trees. this is a near miss in essex. the storm has caused severe disruption on the railway network with speed restrictions across much of the country. airlines have also cancelled dozens of domestic and international flights. cancelled dozens of domestic and international flightsli cancelled dozens of domestic and internationalflights. i have never seen an amber warning this large which shows how widespread the impacts are going to be due to storm ciara as we go through today but it is not just ciara as we go through today but it is notjust the wind, it is also heavy rain. in excess of 100 millimetres already. that amount of rain has made flooding inevitable and fire crews have been called out to rescue stranded motorists, but it's not all bad news. these windsurfers seem to be making the most of the severe weather which is forecast to last for the rest of the day. in a moment we'll hear from simonjones in dover, but first let's speak to tomos morgan in a

is badly affected and ca rlisle appleby and cumbria is badly affected and carlisle literallyjust missedntimetres of being badly flooded again. it was touch and go in parts of carlisle last night. the watery the floodwater is going, uncertainty about snow on the heels over the next few days but a big clear up operation going on at the moment in this part of west yorkshire. danny savage, there are, in hebden bridge, and also thanks to alexandra mackenzie in glasgow. four more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk. it brings the total number of confirmed cases here to eight. the four new cases are known to have had contact with a previously confirmed patient and it's believed they contracted the virus in france. the government has now declared the virus is a "serious and imminent threat to public health", which means people who are infected can be forcibly quarantined. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. this is one of the infectious diseases centres in london where some of those newly confirmed with this coronavirus have been taken. the four people were infe

let us show you the pictures that we have had in from cumbria.ial for flooding for many communities. this is the river kent near kendall in cumbria, which has a swollen up to say the least! people needing to stay well clear of that particular river at the moment. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson can give us a round—up of the impact the storm is having so far. yes, and we have seen, haven't we? really severe weather out there, sweeping across the country at the moment. the severe gales and heavy rain. there is a huge disruption for travellers, if you are going by plane, british airways have said that they have cancelled dozens of flights from heathrow, gatwick and london city airports. those are both domestic and international flights. ferry passengers, if you are going to get a ferry today you might well be affected. p&0 have cancelled some ferries between dover and calais. highways agency have treated in the last half an hour or so to say that on the roads there are reports of debris in carriageways across the country. i think particularly, an

in a moment, we'll hear about the situation in cumbria — from dave guest, who's in appleby.get the latest on the impact for rail passengers from john mcmanus at euston. but first, let's cross to hebden bridge in west yorkshire and join jayne mccubbin. what is the situation this morning? it is terrible down here and its history repeating itself. if you have a look inside this bistro, you will see what businesses are waking up will see what businesses are waking up to this morning. a terrible, terrible mess. this is a second time ramsey has had to deal with these floods. yesterday, the flood level was up to about here. in 2015, in those famous boxing day floods, the water level... look at the sludge here. the water level was up to about three metres eight, yesterday three metres five. some flood defences have been put in, the floodgates have helped some businesses keep some of the water and sludge out. but look at the mess outside the rspca, they have been mopping up all morning. you can see nothing fully keeps this water away. this is the problem this morning. the river which

within the past 2a hours, it is the usual suspects, the high ground of cumbria, 150 millimetres of rainnd you have seen the effects. as soon as the rivers like the cold outcome of usual suspects, starts topping up, we have issues we have. —— the colder river. we were already up —— the colder river. we were already up to one severe flood warning when icame up up to one severe flood warning when i came up the stairs, 248 england, 17 in wales and 59 in scotland, and thatis 17 in wales and 59 in scotland, and that is the mid and upper levels of flood warnings and severe flood warnings, that doesn't account for the flood alerts which, as the rain keep —— keeps on coming and it is coming, we may find the figure is rising. you have the sudden ground you have to live with for quite some time. and the tides are high so the rivers that discharge into the coastal waters will have issues because the tide is so high and you get at idle blocking where you don't get at idle blocking where you don't get the discharge from the rivers into the open sea. —— tidal blocking. so because of the strength of th

in fact, one or two places in cumbria has recorded more than 100 millimetres of rain.pours accompanied by some really poorly, gusty winds. squally, gusty winds. and behind that rain band, the air started to turn colder, so we may even see a little bit of sleetiness mixing in at over high ground as this weather system slides towards the south—east corner with those strong and gusty winds. but further west, through the south—west of england, wales, the west midlands, it is drier for this afternoon and that is good news for these areas. they will be some showers though. some of them wintry, some of those showers into northern england, northern ireland and scotland. suddenly over the high ground in scotland, we could see quite a lot of snow piling up and with very strong winds here, blizzard conditions likely over some of the mountains. so as we go through into the evening, we lose that rain from the south—east corner. the southern half of the uk will be dry, with clear spells for much of the night. further north, some showers will continue and then later we will see more

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria.etter buses. shejoins us from south london. thank you for being with us, you heard the question there, will it reverse the problems that have been experienced over the last ten years? well, clearly, it's experienced over the last ten years? well, clearly, its welcome to do anything to the cuts, but it's not going to be enough in and of itself immediately, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't welcome a bit of a sea change in the political place on the political agenda. so that's good to see a bit of attention being paid to buses. in terms of how the services are provided at the moment, and the decisions that are made, about, for example, which services should survive, what are the calculations that counsellors are making? is it a straightforward cost calculation, or is it effectively saying that, actually, this is so vital, that we have to keep this one going. these other services are nice to have, but given the choice, they will have to 90, given the choice, they will have to go, so that w

the next day spanish police shot and killed 5 of the young men in the resort town of cumbria. return home or suspected of terrorism. yeah you tell us tell us about well the same a good feeling you feel the rest of the gravel on this i guess this place us so that you notice. you should want to know do you look closely you go up that of those when you go see your comments earlier that said that you. as he knows. in my investigation i wanted to hear from the parents of 2 of the boys mohamed and omari shammy brothers who had been killed in cumbria they were friends with they'll compare brothers who had been radicalized into the same group i lived in the same building. beard was later shot then by spanish police. he showed me a loser. but it was. all one look it's now home to hedgers i'm a 100. that's too loud no no no no i'm up in. a good market oh my. good will and. illusion lit kept the never lose eat. to hedge some saloon and maybe we. will consider them over and luzhin little. you look at those are hard rock i led the dairy mishmash. renewed dirty for the 1st or. an hour from

the rain doesn't move from southern scotla nd rain doesn't move from southern scotland and cumbria.nd west. rain to all areas by sunday morning, perhaps all areas by sunday morning, perhaps a little snow to the north of scotland. the far north getting the best of any drier and brighter weather. but here is the area of low pressure that is storm ciara. notice those tightly packed isobars stretch right the way across the uk. strong winds anywhere, dissipating 60—80 mph gusts of wind. and for scotland later, those winds could peak at 85 mph. it will be windy throughout the day for scotland and northern ireland. rain first thing, squally showers with the hail and thunder following but notice how the isobars squeezed through the evening. it is that period, a—6 p.m. where we could get the exceptionally strong winds. elsewhere a windy story as well. a band of rain clears through during the morning but plenty of showers follow on behind. localised flooding, coastal flooding follow on behind. localised flooding, coastalflooding due to high tides and the strength of the wind and the damaging

by now she was over 350 miles away in cumbria. any chance to help her was rapidly slipping away.ill speaking to people on the suicide website and asking them how to go through with it and how best to stop her friends and family from finding her and stopping her. "dying now, guys, i'm going to drift off to sleep. good night." to us, she was so clearly very, very ill, more so than we had known her. and during those weeks, we just kept on telling ourselves, they will keep her safe, they will keep her safe because we could not believe that would not happen. it took 13 days before kent and medway nhs trust even realised callie had gone missing. in the two years before callie‘s death, it had been warned twice by the care quality commission about the danger of some patients falling through the cracks. what i would like to know is what happened. without any sort of covering over. i just want to know the truth and the truth is actually quite easy to bear, the truth is not something that hurts, the truth actually just gives life to things. sarah hopes to get answers from the local nhs, whi

of cumbria.e get these every now and then, but there is a climate change angle to it as well. as the planet warms up as it is doing so, we get more evaporation. so for eve ryo ne we get more evaporation. so for everyone celsius rise in temperatures, you get 7% more water available for these weather systems. so in other words, when these extreme weather events come together to make this rainfall, in a warmer world that we do have now compared to what we had 50—100 years ago, we get more rain. so that means if you are looking nervously, may be your neighbour's house is underwater and yours isn't, you think you got away with it - yours isn't, you think you got away with it — when we were of the climate with 7% more water, your house goes underwater in the future. what makes very sobering. many thanks, chris. for the latest information on storm dennis, tune into your local bbc news radio station, or visit our website. and we will find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front

the rain doesn't really move from southern scotla nd doesn't really move from southern scotland and cumbriae uk. rain into almost all areas by the time we get into sunday morning, perhaps a little snow for the north of scotland, but perhaps the far north, though, getting the best of any dry or brighter weather first thing on sunday. but here is the area of low pressure that is storm ciara. notice how the isobar strength across the length and breadth of the uk. you're not safe from the strong winds anywhere. we are anticipating 60—80 mph gust of wind just about anywhere, and for a central swathe of scotla nd anywhere, and for a central swathe of scotland later in the day, those wins could peak at up to 85 mph. it will be windy throughout the day, there will be a spell of heavy rain first thing, squally showers with the hail and thunder following first thing, squally showers with the hail and thunderfollowing on behind, and notice how the isobars squeeze through the evening. it is that period, a—6 pm where we could get exceptionally strong winds in what would be an already very windy day. els

the highest levels were recorded in cumbria, with 179.8 cm of rain over the course of the day.ere impacts have been felt in yorkshire along the river calder, in lincolnshire along the river ripple, in greater manchester along the river and in appleby on the eden. emergency aid was being made available to councils in those areas worst affected. and theresa villiers said 25,000 properties have been saved by recent improvements to flood defences. but we know that more needs to be done and we are determined to deliver. since the events of boxing day 2015, we have been taking action on a range of schemes to strengthen defences and improve resilience. we are investing more than ever before in these defences in a £2.6 billion programme up to 2021 to manage floods and coastal erosion risk. this will enable better protection of over 300,000 properties. i want to see ministers look afresh now at what can be done now that parliament has declared a climate emergency. a new plan for flooding should recognise the reality of the climate crisis, reverse the cuts to our front—line services, inv

through this evening, particularly as the front grinds to a halt in southern scotland and parts of cumbriaing on sunday. you can see the rain swirling across the uk relentlessly, and there could be localised flooding, high coastal tides, so we could also see flooding here as well. it's the strength of the wind, gusts up to 80 mph in some areas, that could cause disruption to transport. we could also see flooding, thanks to coastal upwelling with the strong winds, and it's the strength of the wind, gusts up it's the strength of the wind, gusts up to 80 mph... sound cuts out. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines... at least 12 people have been reportedly killed and several others have been wounded in a mass shooting in thailand. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 5g network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know anywhere else in t

pennines, past places like pateley bridge and wensleydale, which were flooded at the weekend, up into cumbriahment for the eden, that flows into carlisle. there is notjust the only areas with amber warnings, we've also got the scottish borders, central wales and dartmoor as well. it's going to be a difficult weekend ahead, weather—wise. danny, many thanks. coastal areas are often badly affected by storms — and while severe weather causes major short—term disruption, the environment agency is also warning about the long—term safety of coastal areas, due to rising seas. it comes as research suggests polar melting is accelerating and raising the height of the oceans. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. mountainous waves as storm ciara struck last weekend, battering the coastal defences. in west sussex, the barriers were overwhelmed and the sea broke through. as the world heats up, raising the level of the ocean, the threat will grow. hemsby, in norfolk, has no defences at all, and the waves have undermined many houses over the years. lance martin now lives right on the edge. he's doing wha

thousands of homes and businesses in cumbria are facing days without water after a mains pipe was damaged water, despite millions of litres being pumped into the damaged system. a ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars could bejust 12 years away. the transport secretary, grant shapps, said there would be a consultation on when the ban should come in, but it would include 2032 as a possible cut—off date three years earlier than was announced last week. the motor industry has expressed concern about the timescale for the change. the media watchdog 0fcom is to be given new powers to punish social media firms who fail to act over harmful content published online. until now, platforms like facebook, tiktok, youtube, snapchat, and twitter have largely been self—regulating. it‘s not yet been decided what penalties 0fcom would be able to impose on those who fail to comply. the battle to win the democratic nomination for the us presidency has intensified after the veteran left—wing senator bernie sanders narrowly won the new hampshire primary election and declared it "the beginning

thousands of homes in cumbria remain without water, major incident after a supply pipe was damaged byared after water supplies to around 8,000 properties were threatened. united utilities said the pipe has been repaired, but some homes may not have water until tomorrow. further weather warnings are in place across the uk as another named storm — dennis — approaches this weekend. organised crime gangs are being blamed for a big rise in fly—tipping in england. bbc research has found illegal rubbish dumping has more than doubled since 2012. it's thought to have cost councils about £60 million to clear. david gregory—kumar reports. just north of birmingham, an example of large—scale fly—tipping. lorry loads of waste dumped on parkland by a housing estate. disgusted. we have to pay a management fee to live on this estate. and yet they've sent us another bill this morning, but they still haven't even cleared it. so why should we pay money to live here if nobody can look after the estate? experts say that this is the new narcotics trade for criminals, because the penalties are small, but the

notice how the rain doesn‘t really move from southern scotland and cumbria, up to 40 millimetres possibleut perhaps the far north, though, getting the best of any dry or brighter weather first thing on sunday. but here‘s the area of low pressure that is storm ciara. notice how the tightly—packed isobars strength across the length and breadth of the uk. you‘re not safe from the strong winds anywhere. we are anticipating 60—80 mph gusts of wind just about anywhere, and for a central swathe of scotland later in the day, those wins could peak at up to 85 mph. it will be windy throughout the day, there will be a spell of heavy rain first thing, squally showers with the hail and thunderfollowing on behind, and notice how the isobars squeeze through the evening. it is that period, 4—6pm where we could get exceptionally strong winds in what would be an already very windy day. elsewhere, of course, a windy story as well, a band of rain clears through the morning but then plenty of showers for behind. localised flooding, coastal flooding due to high tides and the strength of the wind, and the damag

yorkshire, sirens dating back to world war ii warned of flooding, with rivers swelling, like this one in cumbriaountry, strong winds have uprooted trees. this was a near—miss in essex. the storm has also caused severe disruption on the railway network, with speed restrictions across much of the country. airlines have also cancelled dozens of domestic and international flights. i've never seen an amber warning this large, which just goes to show how widespread the impacts are going to be due to storm ciara as we go through today. but it's notjust the winds — it's also heavy rain. we've seen in excess of 100 millimetres already. that amount of rain has made flooding inevitable, and fire crews have been called out to rescue stranded motorists. but it's not all bad news. these windsurfers in dorset seem to be making the most of the severe weather, which is forecast to last for the rest of the day. helena wilkinson, bbc news. yorkshire and lancashire are among the areas hardest hit by today's torrential rain. this was the scene a little earlier today in the calder valley in west yorkshire. that is no

in kendal in cumbria, the river kent has become a raging torrent. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal is in. the weather conditions have been worsening since this morning here, and now, it has become so bad that all very services are suspended from the port due to the strong winds. it is not just here the port due to the strong winds. it is notjust here that ferry services have been affected, there have been disruptions and cancellations with irish ferry crossings and with services in scotland. a ferry tried to birth but could not because of the strong winds and it had to go back out to sea. and that is not the only place where travel disruption has been happening. there has been a huge amount of disruption on the railways, a lot of railway companies advising passengers not to travel out all today due to disruption on the line. network rail has imposed a speed restriction of 50mph for safety reasons. flights have also been affected by storm ciara, with disruption to a lot of flight schedules. some flights have been cancelled out of heathrow, gatwick and london city airport. drivers have bee

thousands of homes and businesses in cumbria are facing days without water after a mains pipe was damagedwas declared after the damaged pipe threatened supplies to around 8000 properties. united utilities said many would be without water despite millions of litres being pumped into the damaged system. councils in england will no longer be allowed to place vulnerable children under the age of 16 in care homes which aren't inspected by a regulator — that's under new government plans. last year, bbc news and newsnight revealed that children as young as 11 were living in unregulated accommodation, and more than a dozen cases of organised abuse were linked to the sector. our special correspondent ed thomas reports. just a house where people profit from young, vulnerable children. children neglected... i never really had any support. all i had was basically a bed. ..exploited. .. everyone that was involved, whoever did what they did... ..and abused. ..someone needs to pay a price for the pain. for a year, bbc news has been investigating failures inside unregulated accommodation for children in

the attacks the next day spanish police shot and killed 5 of the young men in the resort town of cumbria. and 10 more suspected of terrorist. yeah you tell us tell us about well if they make it fully you feel the rest of the gravel on this i guess this place i so that you know travis. mitchell well you know know do you. consider look up that of those when you go see your comments. that you . my investigation i wanted to hear from the parents of 2 of the boys mohamed and. brothers who had been killed in combat they were friends with their computer brothers who had been radicalized in the same group i lived in the same building. beard was later shot then by spanish police. he showed me. both and well. you know. i'm 100. i'm of. a good malco don't know much from the who knew enough and when and whom. usually kept the newsroom's jeet. to hedge their summer a saloon and how. we. can just move the and usually captive u.g. you look at their job. i lead the very mishmash of cattle care we know dirty for. defense up an hour from now it can be a number. we can certainly do more and had decent be a

around 8,000 homes and businesses in cumbria are without water for a second day because of damage causedilities has set up eight bottled water stations, and says it could be some time before a full supply is restored. police have declared it a major incident. the cost of restoring elizabeth tower, which houses big ben, has risen by more than £18 million. the increase is being put down to the discovery of asbestos, toxic lead paint and extensive bomb damage from the second world war. it means the cost could rise to almost £80 million in total. those are the main stories this morning. it is 6:11am. holly is here with sport. we are talking cricket this morning. you know that feeling when you are really, really close to winning? you can almost taste it? in this case, just one run away against south africa. and then what? they couldn't do it. there was a dramatic finish in england's opening twenty20 against south africa, as eoin morgan's side lost byjust one run. england had looked in a good position to chase down the target of 178 but they lost several late wickets to somehow give it away. t

tonight, we expect some heavy snowfall in cumbria, dumfries and galloway.tory because i want to remind you as we go into this weekend, we have storm dennis coming our way with widespread gales and heavy rain with the risk of flooding. storm dennis! noted, thank you, carol. always important to listen to carol. we mentioned before that that sally has done an amazing interview, tell us a bit more about it. my full chat with three amazing sportsmen. doddie weir, rob burrow and stephen darby are all living with motor neurone disease, an illness with no cure. for the first time, the three of them have spoken openly with each other about the impact their diagnosis has had and i sat down with them. mnd is a part of my life but i don't want mnd to take over our lives. the average life expectancy's between one and three years, so i'm here over that, still living, still smiling. i'm not giving in till my last breath. too many reasons to live. i know this is a club that you didn't ever want to join, a team you didn't ever want to be on, but i really appreciate the fact

solid wood kitchens, staying at the cl, freestanding kitchens, and even ideas didn't project up in cumbria from school. it actually did not cost much more than my sister's new kitchen. it does not have to cost a lot more, why stand we can get out of it again. do you feel that people are pulling in this wisdom, by your guidance or talking to each other that people are becoming more resilience both preparing and reacting to a flight after. i think it is slowly percolating sprays. most people want to put their home back to normal. i have to normal. after va sure people are watching, it does not have to look any different. i then went house last week that was right on the edge at the bank of the river leaves, i have never been in a house closer to a river. they have a membrane system between their walls and there plaster when the floodwater could come through the walls, the walls under the floor and was pumped out. he had affected la kes was pumped out. he had affected lakes as well as a normal looking floor, floor, but it was plastic. they told me that they could quite easily wash that down.

thousands of days in cumbria after a main pipe was a bandage on sunday.espite millions of litres being pumped into the system. out guest reports now from the cambrian village. some of my cares and has to help with a flat and a trap within just a few days. first storms keira deleted his farm. what be the baptist faith and i have known. where‘s the investment. water was flooded the yard but it flooded back into the shed here. it filled the with water. then the water subsided and he lost your water supplies. i supplies pipe was damaged and threatening thousands of properties. how much deal counts drink. we had about 85 cows. that is a lot of water. if you miles away on the sheep here are getting thirsty as well. all of the sheep here are pregnant years, there needed to stay out of the better. we have no water in the sheds, you can see over here where they are looking for water. the trough is empty. they have had to resort to fetching water from a nearby river. frank and sending a job in which they appreciate any help that they can get. the water problems hav

some local authorities like cumbria, they take the view that they don't want it, so let's make sure theyd we have to wait for that, but the detail will be the real indication of how well this is going to be spent and therefore, how good it will be. and do you have an idea of which region or which town might be good for the all electric bus trial? there are going to be so many. it's a difficult question because the all electric bus trial also means hybrid or otherforms of low emission buses coming in on country routes from outside. so a town which is a hub of a large rural area probably is ruled out by that. so it is likely to be a town in a more urbanised area. so i guess we are going to see some part of one of the conurbations or nearby being the most likely place. thanks very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. the most of us today dry with sunny spells. breezy out towards the west and after quite a sunny start in northern ireland, we will see a bit more cloud developing through the day. temperatures ranging from 6—9. through the evening and overnight, the high pr

this rain doesn't really move very far, turning heavier still across southern scotland, parts of cumbriay sunshine, showers and it will turn cold as well. goodbye for now. you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's11am and these are the main stories this morning... there'll be no visas for low—skilled workers, as the government unveils plans for a points—based immigration system. this basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best, people with skills, need to come to the uk. this policy will turn into a muddle, and yet it sends a very clear message that immigration is a bad thing. the inquest into caroline flack's death opens and is adjourned until august, as herfamily release an unpublished instagram post which she wrote days before she died. more heavy rain is expected in flooded communities

the coronavirus is having an impact across the region and today our reporter has been to cumbria andcotland, to stop on the weight of the lake district, and they had been doing that, but this year it‘s a different story —— on the way to the la ke different story —— on the way to the lake district. we have spoken to the owner of a windermere cruise boat, he had a party of chinese tourists booked on, but they have not turned up, and if that continues he is looking at large losses. hoteliers also have cancellations and although they say it is not having a big effect immediately it will do long term. and it‘s notjust tourism that your programme has found is affected by coronavirus. yesterday we went to the chinatown area of manchester and here the coronavirus is affecting public confidence in businesses and restau ra nts a nd confidence in businesses and restaurants and shops so trade has fallen by 50% over fears caused by the coronavirus, even though health experts say there is no need for alarm. we have also heard stories that parents are warning children to avoid chinese classmates be

to leave ampleforth college, in north yorkshire, and sent away to work in a parish in workington, cumbriaafter someone dives into a swimming pool. the sum paid is nearly eight times what it last sold for, 14 years ago — as david sillito reports. the splash is perhaps david hockney‘s best known image. this is actually one of three splashes he painted in the 605. having grown up in bradford, the sun and lifestyle of california wa5 utterly seductive, and the thing that truly 5ymboli5ed los angeles for him were the swimming pools. what i quite liked about doing it was the perversity of painting something that lasts for one second, but it took me seven days‘ work to paint the splash itself. this painting is incredibly recognisable. i think it's not quite the mona lisa or van gogh's sunflowers, whatever anyone says, but you know it's david hockney, and he's a bit of a national treasure. but it's also painted at a time of his life when you can feel the exuberance of a young, gay man who has left bradford and london and seen the colour and the light and the more liberal society of california. the

cumbria, lincolnshire, herefordshire the trying to lump stores, this is going to be a flood refuelledto the catchments and it is a pretty depressing and dramatic site. the headlines on bbc news... more than 550 people on the diamond princess cruise ship injapan have now tested positive for coronavirus — a british couple say they have it — but it's not clear if the foreign office will be flying them home. more than 200 flood warnings are in place across england, wales and scotland, including ten severe — or "danger to life" warnings. hsbc announce plans to cut around thirty— five thousand jobs, after profits dropped by a third last year. we'll start with some england rugby team news as mako vunipola will miss this weekend's six nations match against ireland. the prop has returned to tonga forfamily reasons. the rest of eddiejones' squad from their win over scotland is unchanged. they host ireland at twickenham on sunday. bad news for tottenham fans as the spurs forward, son heung—min will be 0ut for a "number of weeks" with a broken arm. he fractured his arm during sunday's 3—2 win at

plenty of flooding around, for example, in parts of cumbria, they had their february average rainfall. a lot of light rain fell in just four hours, localised flooding, and plenty of flood warning still active for the rest of the day. our way over the worst of it? yes, we are, the storm has moved across scandinavia, parts of europe are feeling it now. for us, plenty of snow showers, various met office warning is still valid across north—west scotland, northern ireland, north—west england. warnings for wind and snow. snow and ice for the north west england, and wind warning for the south coast of england, where there could be gusts of 60-70 england, where there could be gusts of 60—70 mph throughout the day. the headlines on bbc news: the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the uk has risen to eight — the government has announced new powers to keep people in quarantine to stop further spread. south korean film, parasite, has won big at this year's oscars, becoming the first non—english language film to take the best picture prize. a historic result for sinn fein. but no party will

and attractions across cumbria that rely on tourism have struggled since the outbreak.ousands, closed borders and put parts of china in lockdown. 5000 miles away in the uk, communities are feeling the effects. fiona lamdin, bbc news. 0ne one of our lead stories this morning is the latest situation in china. we are seeing people being forced out of their homes suspected of having the virus. will have more on that with our correspondent in china later this morning. we were talking about the rugby earlier. people will be thinking about how the weather will affect the games, but importantly, people need to be careful this weekend, don‘t they? that‘s right, good morning to you. storm ciara is very much on the way. it could turn out to be one of the worst times we have seen in about seven worst times we have seen in about seve n yea rs worst times we have seen in about seven years in terms of the strength of the wind and how far south those are strong winds are going to be. we have got an amber warning that has been issued by the met office for the severe gales. very strong w

in fact, one or two places in cumbria have recorded 100 millimetres of rain.ome showers and northern england, northern ireland and scotland, and over high ground in scotland, we could see quite a lot of snow piling up, and with strong winds developing here, blizzard conditions likely over some mountains. so into the evening, we lose some rain from the south—east corner. some showers will continue north, so they wind will continue. outbreaks of rain, and we started on friday morning between five and 7 degrees. here comes another rainmaker, another weather system, this time between the northern half of the uk, so for northern half of the uk, so for northern parts of scotland and ireland, some of the rain getting into northern england, heavy rain over high ground and not so much to the east of high ground, but to the east of high ground of the pennines, south of scotland, likely to be very windy. gusty winds, 50—60 mph, causing some disruption. windy elsewhere as well, but back to milder weather through friday, temperatures between ten 12 degrees. the weather fro

looking at the picture in cumbria, one of the places that see lots of heavy rain today, from our weather rain in london at the moment, showers falling as snow on higher ground, particularly in areas of 200 metres. with the high winds the snow will be blown around, with blizzard conditions on some roads. it will feel cooler through the afternoon as the winds turn around. overnight, showers thick and fast initially but then later on, we have a next weather system bringing more rain across scotland, northern ireland, turning wet over north—west england. three to 4 degrees for england and wales, milder in the north—west where winds will start to pick up again. for friday, wet and windy weather. a slow—moving weather front bringing fairly persistent heavy outbreaks of rain for much of the day. northern ireland, scotland and north—west england. the extra rate could bring flooding and localised flooding conditions across parts of scotland, north wales and england, but not southern or midland. friday night, this band of rain goes southwards, we will eventually get the raid across southern counti

parts of northern ireland saw 14 centimetres of snow, nine centimetres of snow, nine centimetres in cumbriaen a mild and stainless one for many. we are looking also at rain figures and bingley features on that map. absolutely. figures for the month so far. they are current up the month so far. they are current up to six o'clock this morning and we are not at the end of the month yet, but bingley has had more than three times its average february rainfall, that is for the whole month. more than three times what they would expect in the whole of february. bingley not alone either. in sheffield we have had very close to three times the monthly average so far this month. let me take you to wells because this is important. a place where we have had 2.5 times the average rainfall. the water from here flows through the river burnley and into the river seven down into places like shropshire, herefordshire but shrewsbury making the headlines and with all that water still flowing down, we have that severe flood warning in shrewsbury at the moment. we are expecting a record peak later on today so that