danny savage, bbc news, cumbria.first stage of nominations has closed and there are five candidates left including emily thornberry, who secured the support of 22 labourmps and meps with a just a few minutes to spare before the deadline. the others in contention arejess phillips, sir kier starmer, lisa nandy and rebecca long—bailey. people who manage their cholesterol levels with a daily statin, could replace them with a new injection. the health secretary matt hancock says the injection, which is being offered to nhs patients in england, could save up to 30,000 lives over the next decade. lots more on the website on all of our stories and you can get in touch with me on social media. that's it for me but now it is time for all the sponsors. hello, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: suspended then sacked, the houston astros coach and general manager punished for cheating on their way to winning the 2017 and sackings all around as barcelona part ways with their manage

across the rest of the uk there is disruption, as our correspondent danny savage reports.storm brendan swept in from the atlantic, it was ireland which bore the brunt. the weather was described as wild — an apt description for the conditions in greyabbey. this is warrenpoint, in county down. the cars were stranded in floodwater, but this was one bus driver determined to get through. oh, god! in carrickfergus, just outside belfast, there was more severe flooding as the sea over—topped defences. there were also power cuts to many homes in the region. 0n the other side of the irish sea, there was damage, too. this is gwynedd, in north wales, where a tree came down on a vehicle. luckily, nobody was hurt. the concern overnight is that spring tides could bring some flooding to coastlines around the northern part of the uk. but storm brendan is also just a prelude for more windy weather, with another warning in place for all of england and wales from midday tomorrow. in scotland, schools in the western isles were closed and bus services cancelled. ferries were also disrupted. and

danny savage, bbc news.elebrate the best in british and international tv and film. they have not been without controversy as the nominees list has been criticised for not being sufficiently diverse. all of the nominees in the acting categories are white and no female directors were nominated for the seventh year in a row. last year, bafta introduced new rules saying films would not be nominated for best british film or best british debut unless they met two out of four diversity standards. however, these criteria don't extend to the acting and directing awards. england's cricketers have won the second test against south africa with a dramatic 189 run victory. it was their first victory in cape town since the 1950s. joe wilson reports on how man of the match — ben stokes — claimed the final three wickets in the very last hour of the game. england's followers in cape town weren't born when they last won a test match here — most of them. all their hearts lea pt all their hearts leapt when south africa's captain

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. thejoker leads the pack in this year's oscar nominations.the british war film 1917 runs it a close second with ten nominations, including best director for sir sam mendes. other among the nominations include sir anthony hopkins, cynthia erivo and florence pugh. our arts editor, will gompertz, looks at who the winners could be. to bring laughter and joy to the world... the oscar nominations are in, and, perhaps unsurprisingly for an awards season being critisied for a lack of diversity, the four leading contenders all tell white male stories. thejoker, a batman origin story, is out in front with 11 nominations. and then there are three films with ten nods each. sam mendes' world war i epic, 1917. martin scorsese's mafia saga, the irishman. and quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood, about a fading star and his stunt double. so, who is going to win what? ok, larushka, let's get straight down to it and deal with best actress, who's going to win? well, interestingly, black british actress cynthia erivo is nominated for harriet. she wa

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. joker leads the pack in this year's oscar nominations.r and best actor. but the british war film 1917 runs it a close second, with ten nominations including best director for sir sam mendes. other among the nominations include sir anthony hopkins, cynthia erivo and florence pugh. our arts editor will gompertz looks at who the winners could be. to bring laughter and joy to the world... the oscar nominations are in and, perhaps unsurprisingly for an awards season being critisied for a lack of diversity, the four leading contenders all tell white male stories. thejoker, a batman origin story, is out in front with 11 nominations. and then there are three films with ten nods each. sam mendes's world war i epic 1917. martin scorsese's mafia saga the irishman. and quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood, about a fading star and his stunt double. so who is going to win what? ok, larushka, let's get straight down to it and deal with best actress. who's going to win? well, interestingly, black british actress cynthia erivo is nominated fo

danny savage, bbc news.ions — with the war epic 1917 hot on its heels. but the nominations have prompted criticism — including from bafta itself — with no female directors in the line up yet again and only white actors nominated in the main categories. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. laughing. joaquin phoenix in his bafta nominated performance asjoker. the comic book origin story has been shortlisted in the best film category and leads the way with 11 nominations in all. everyone laughed at me, well no one's laughing now. and they're not laughing at bafta, which is coming under heavy criticism — after announcing an all male best director line—up, and four acting categories made up of exclusively white performers. did you find the shortlist, the headlines of the shortlist a bit embarrassing? i wouldn't say embarrassing, but i would say infuriating, 0k? i think it's immensely frustrating and infuriating. it's not as if there was a porosity of choice. there's been plenty of critical acclaim for several r

live now to our correspondent danny savage who's at leeds station for us. danny —— danny?news, if they are northern passengers, they feel that things can't get worse, so they hope that if the government is going to take over the franchise, it might actually improve the situation. time will only tell whether that's going to be the case, but just to give whether that's going to be the case, butjust to give you an idea of what it's like a pure, i can see the 1715 to willfully over my shoulder, that's about to go in a minute. the next train is in 17 minutes' time. that's a frequent service in northern england, it's not like the london in the southeast where there might be another train along in two, five, ten minutes, doesn't run like that appear command what northern passengers have complained about a lot is overcrowding and trains turning up and they are unable to get on them. i've spent a few mornings travelling with people on northern talking about their experiences. early morning at chapeltown station in sheffield. lots of commuters use this stop. the next service is half

danny savage, bbc news.st affected areas. let's speak to murdo macauley, who is a coastguard commander in stornoway in the western isles. a busy evening for you i am sure. we are grateful for your taking the time to talk to us here on bbc news. give us a sense of what the situation is where you are. give us a sense of what the situation is where you are” give us a sense of what the situation is where you are. i hope you are well. the situation today is persistent for us about the early hours of this morning to be honest we are currently kind of seeing the rains start to peek across the western aisles and today we were in the high 90s and it's been gusting fairly consistent 6370 knots and right now we are recording somewhere around steady a0. it's fairly disruptive and extreme weather at the moment. do you need to answer that? it could be an emergency. if it is we will understand. you gave us it is we will understand. you gave usa it is we will understand. you gave us a sense it is we will understand. you gav

danny savage is in grange over sands in cumbria for us this evening.e in the last hour or so. the concern is that with high spring tides backed by the strong wind, it could cause flooding problems. but storm brendan has gone from the south—west of the british isles after the north—east, causing quite a few problems on its travels. as storm brendan swept in from the atlantic, it was ireland that bore the brunt during daylight hours. the weather was described as wild, an apt description for the conditions in greyabbey in northern ireland. this is warrenpoint in county down. the cars were stranded in floodwater, but this was one bus driver determined to get through. oh, my god! in carrickfergus, just outside belfast, there was more severe flooding as the sea over—topped defences. there were also power cuts to many homes in the region. further south, in coachford in cork, these pictures showjust how heavily storm brendan was lashing down. it's the first named storm of 2020. with wind gusts widely in excess of 70 mph. on the other side of the irish sea, the

danny savage, bbc news.ase once they arrive home and may be asked to sign a contract before boarding the plane, agreeing to being placed in quarantine. it's thought around 200 british nationals are in wuhan. the virus has caused more than 100 deaths, and spread to at least 16 other countries. it comes as british airways suspended all direct flights to and from mainland china, because of the outbreak. here's richard galpin. the empty streets of wuhan, the city where this epidemic began. and where many people are holed up in their homes, including 200 british nationals who have finally been told planes are being chartered to get them back to the uk. but it's been chaotic. the british government initially saying when they arrived in the uk they would have to make their own way home and then go into isolation. but now the government is saying they will be quarantined immediately on arrival, possibly in a military base. khan lambert who lives in wuhan has lost his place on tomorrow's flight out because of the mix

in a moment, we will be speaking to our correspondent danny savage, who's outside the royal victoriawcastle, and to our health correspondent dominic hughes, who is on the wirral, but firstjudith moritz in york for us this evening, judith. yes, and this is the hotel where two people were staying when they became u nwell people were staying when they became unwell on wednesday night and were taken first to hospital in hull, and then on to newcastle. now, the hotel is functioning as normal today, its operators say, they have been advised that there is a minimal risk of ongoing infection and the apartment that the couple were staying and will be industrially cleaned, but they have been told it is set to continue operating. public health england tell us they are working to identify people who have beenin working to identify people who have been in close contact with this couple. now, there are some unknowns in that equation, public health england say they don't know how high that number of people is, we don't know the routes that they took when they came into york, how long they we re the

we can go live to our correspondent danny savage at leeds train station.for well over a year and a half now. it didn't recover from the timetable fiasco of may 2018 when it had to cancel thousands of services and were subject to many delays. it abandon services altogether on one route in the lake district out at windermere. it stopped running trains altogether. it never really recovered. passengers complaining bitterly about the lies and overcrowding. this is about them, what it means for passengers. i have been talking to some of them over the past few days. early morning at chapeltown station in sheffield. lots of commuters use this stop. the next service is half an hour behind this one, so everyone has to squeeze on. this is normal, and people are fed up with northern, who operate these services. today this is actually fairly roomy, but usually, you know, i either don't get on because it's too busy, and i had to wait for the next train. and sometimes even the train after that. at one point we had a game with the northern rail twitter account which was h

with me now is danny savage outside newcastle royal infirmary.believe two patients are being looked after their? what we have established as basic facts about what has been going on for the last 24-48 what has been going on for the last 24—48 hours. we know they were staying at the hotel in the centre of york where they were taken in by paramedics on wednesday evening. they were then initially taken to hospital in hull for initial treatment, and then overnight they we re treatment, and then overnight they were moved here to the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. that has a specialist infectious disease unit which is on standby for this event. it was here a few years ago the patients were treated with suspected ebola. people can be treated safely in isolation and that is what is ongoing with these two patients. not many peat details about them, we do not know their nationality or what relation they have to each other, but there is a major operation under way to trace people, but these two individuals have had contact with over the last few day

danny savage reports.on slept in from the atlantic it was island which point the bronx during daylight hours. the weather was described as wild, an apt description for the conditions in northern ireland. this is one point in co. down, the cars were stranded in floodwater, but this was one bus driver determined to get through. on the other side of the irish sea, there was damage as well. this is gwyneth in north wales where he actually came down on a vehicle. instilling a 90 scotland, floodgates are being put in place as the storm approached. and what would a 21st—ce ntu ry approached. and what would a 21st—century storm be without a lost trampoline? this one ended up on a motorway. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? the queen has given her blessing to prince harry and meghan striking out on their own — after a meeting of the royal family in sandringham. in the philippines — the volcano taal is erupting in spectacularfashion. this timela pse captures rare volcanic lightnin

judith as well as a monster. mar its bbc news manchestt and our correspondent danny savage is outside manchester crown court now — what did the judge have to say in sentencing? the strength of the words that we use. the strength of the words that we use. yes, judge suzanne was sentencing today, remember, he had actually been found guiltyjust before christmas at the end of his fourth trial at the offences he was accused of, he was accused of assaulting a0 different men all of those cases couldn't be heard within one trial, so it was divided up into four and they started up about 18 months ago, final sentencing if you like. he was already serving a 20 year sentence minimum in manchester after being found guilty of the earlier trials. that was up today to a minimum of 30 years, and judge suzanne qc said said that he was an evil serial sexual or creditor who preyed upon young men who came into the city centre wanting nothing more than a good night out with their friends. thejudge added than a good night out with their friends. the judge added that one victim had described him as a monster

edinburgh already has one of the worst track records for delays. 0ur north of england correspondent danny savageter victoria this lunch time was running on time, but many of these services operated by transpennine express are not as punctual. this is a transpennine express service to scarborough. already today, more than a quarter of transpennine express services have been late, very late, or cancelled. and this has been ongoing for months. so the company has agreed to compensate season—ticket holders. they will get a 3% rebate, but it's not what passengers really want. you're getting to work late, so your boss is angry with you. you're getting home late, so your partner's angry with you. it's not a great time to be travelling with transpennine, it's about putting this right and recognising that the compensation package is welcome, but, actually, what passengers really want is stable service. for a few months last year, transpennine express was the worst performing train company in britain, with only 40% of services arriving on time. it's been poor again in recent weeks, this is anything but fir

thank you, danny savage.he judge said she was sure that sinaga had used a form of date rape drug, such as ghb. under the misuse of drugs acts, ghb is identified as a class c drug. it carries a sentence of two years in prison, oran unlimited fine, and if taken, it can reduce people's inhibitions. in response to the sentencing, the home secretary priti patel has said... joining me now is patrick strudwick, lgbt editor of buzzfeed news. patrick led a major investigation for channel 4's dispatches on the epidemic of sexual violence, drugging, and deaths caused by ghb drugs. and just to pick up on that point, patrick, that priti patel makes, there is a loophole in the law that means, well, those who want to use these types of drugs can access them almost in industrial quantities. nel yes, that's right i'm afraid, simon. what we have is a situation where i think many people would see it as the worst of all worlds. what we haveit the worst of all worlds. what we have it as two separate drugs which are almost identic

john hudson, danny cevallos and charlie savage. danny, let's start where hans started this off and that is we're hearing from the white house and not necessarily a surprise. >> no. >> in the six pages saying we must reject these articles of impeachment. we must not accept them but go deeper for us what you saw in that response basically to the summons. >> two prongs of attack and consistent the whole time. first that the article 1 of the impeachment articles is no good because this was basically an okay call. number one, the bilateral meeting took place. number two, there was no aid withheld. number three, this was totally above board and within the president's article 2 power. on the obstruction the white house consistently saying we were transparent. released the transcript and to the extent to resist congress we have an executive branch right to do so. this is not a surprise. this is consistent with the defense the entire time and then you add to that their argument that the process was flawed, that it did not give the president