danny shaw, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news.t is now saying at least 170 people are confirmed dead from the coronavirus outbreak. the world health organization will meet later today to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. the white house has warned president trump's former national security advisor that his new book cannot be published unless classified information is deleted. comments in the book, it's reported, directly contradict the president's defence in his impeachment trial. on the eve of the brexit, the former head of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the bbc he expects negotiations between britain and europe will be "very tough" — especially when it comes to fishing. now it's time to look at some of the stories that are making the headlines in the news media across the world. we start with the financial times, which leads on the economic fallout from the ongoing coronavirus crisis. the ft says businesses are evacuating staff and closing down operations in china, with concerns the sit

our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports.ear since the grenfell fire, people come to remember those who lost their lives. they hope the public inquiry that's been set up will provide answers as to how the fire took hold, but now there are fresh concerns about the process from survivors and the bereaved after an inquiry panel member resigned with hearings about to resume. benita mehra, who is an engineer, was going to provide expert advice to the inquiry. but it emerged she had a past link to arconic, the company which supplied the external cladding for the tower block. the inquiry has found the cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the principal reason for the rapid spread of the fire. ms mehra said herformer role as president of the women's engineering society, which had accepted a donation from arconic‘s charity, had caused a serious concern to the families. it's highly unfortunate that this has now happened. the bereaved and survivors should not have been put in this situation. we should be starting the

thank you, danny shaw, really interesting. 0ur you, danny shaw, really interesting.ation system after brexit, brexit day is on friday. the next clip we're going to show you has been watched more than a0 million times on twitter and more than six million times on youtube since it was uploaded on the ninth of january. high school sweethearts filmmaker lee loechler and trainee doctor sthuthi david have been together for more than a decade. she loves disney, so he planned a pretty different proposal. laughter applause it's not every day you get to propose to your high school sweetheart, so i just want to take my time. savour this moment. oh, my god! how lovely. i have some lovely m essa 9 es how lovely. i have some lovely messages from you about how you were proposed to or how you proposed. i've been speaking to lee loechler and sthuthi david in their first uk interview. lee told me what first gave him the idea. just on a whim one day i got a copy of sleeping beauty and i was scrolling through it and sure enough, prince philip comes and he kisses the princess and she wak

danny, thank you very much indeed, danny shaw, our home affairs correspondent.of sussex meets schoolchildren at buckingham palace in his first public appearance since announcing he and meghan will be stepping back from front line royal duties. and coming up, calls for urgent reform of the business rates system as empty premises cost taxpayers a billion pounds a year. coming up on bbc news, british tennis player liam broady has described an e—mail sent to players about air quality at the australian open as a slap in the face after he was made to play his first round qualifying match on tuesday. for the first time, tv cameras are to be allowed to film in crown courts in england and wales. the broadcasts will be restricted to the sentencing remarks the judge makes at the end of a trial. some barristers have warned tv coverage could lead to unfair criticism ofjudges. here's our legal correspondent, clive coleman. this is a moment of history. this is the first time that we have been allowed to broadcast television pictures from court number one at the old bailey — th

danny shaw, bbc news. the bank of england has left interest rates unchanged at 0.75%.ank of england governor mark carney gave this assessment of the uk. in the uk, entrenched brexit related uncertainties added to the global drag on domestic activity. last year the uk economy grew at its weakest pace since 2010, as business investment remained subdued despite having grown barely at all in the prior few years, and households began to rebuild savings and cut back on durable spending despite the resilient labour market. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is here now. so rates stay unchanged, but... there are positives and negatives. the lack of business investment has meant there hasn't been much improvement in productivity, the amount each of us can produce, therefore the capacity of firms to play as inflation beating pay rises. you had economic growth actually shrinkage in the economy of not .3 cents according to the estimates in november and it's anticipated that when we get the official figures anticipated that when we get the officialfigures for anticipated that

our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. just a foreboding inside your belly.t challenging jails in the country, dealing with outbreaks of violence and disorder, and having to help prisoners who'd harmed themselves. this former soldier — who doesn't want his real name to be known — eventually cracked under the pressure. i started to be, on occasion, sick on the way to work. actually physically vomiting. my sleep was disordered. my personal relationships were strained, and certainly i lost one relationship through the period. and i started to shrink back socially as well. the stressful nature of prison work is seldom talked about and the impact on staff even less so. but figures obtained by bbc news suggest increasing numbers of prison officers in state—run jails are suffering from mental health problems — 1,900 last year. alanjones became depressed after a prisoner hit him with a chair. he sustained serious injuries to his arm — a metal plate had to be inserted. the former prisoner officers sued the ministry ofjustice for failing to handle the incident properly

our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. year, people come to commemorate the grenfell tower fire. now an engineer, benita mehra, has resigned. she was going to provide advice to the inquiry, but it is emerged she has a past link to the company which supplied the cladding to the block. the cladding did not comply with building regulations, and was the principal reason for the massive spread of the fire. benita mehra said herformer role massive spread of the fire. benita mehra said her former role as president of the women's engineering society, which had accepted a donation from the charity, cause can serious concern to the families. she said: the gren united group welcomed benita mehra's resignation, but accuse the government of failing to carry out basic checks before appointing her. it said a new panel member must be found urgently. a cabinet secretary has said it is his gut feeling that hs2 should go ahead. brexit secretary steve barclay described as an important part of the future. a decision is expected soon. i have be

our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports.r since the granville fire, people come to remember those who lost their lives. they hope the public enquiry that has been set up will provide answers as to how the fire took hold. but now there are fresh concerns about the process from survivors and the bereaved after an enquiry panel member resigned. the engineer was going to provide expert advice to the enquiry, but it has emerged she had a past link to the company which supplied the external cladding for the tower block. the enquiry has found the cladding did not comply with building regulations, and was the principal reason for the rapid spread of the fire. she said her former role as president of the women's engineering society, which had accepted a donation from the charity had caused serious concern to the families. charity had caused serious concern to the families. the genfell united group welcomed mrs mehra ‘s resignation, but accuse the government of failing to carry out basic checks before appointing her. they said a new p

danny shaw.ws... david attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle climate change need to happen now. we are going to go straight to buckingham palace, sorry to interrupt the headlines, to see pictures of prince harry there. as we know, this is his first public appearance since he and his wife announced that they were stepping back from their public duties. he will be conducting the draw for the 2021 rugby league world cup, and in his role as patron of the sport will launch a mental fitness charter to run alongside the competition. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell canjoin us. royal correspondent sarah campbell can join us. this royal correspondent sarah campbell canjoin us. this is the royal correspondent sarah campbell can join us. this is the first time that prince harry has been seen conducting a public duty since the events of last week, isn't it? yes, indeed. it was last wednesday that the couple meghan and harry released that statement, about 6:30pm last wednesday saying they wished

danny shaw, bbc news.jails across england and wales has reached a new all—time high. ministry ofjustice figures show there were 61,461 incidents of self—harm in prisons in the 12 months to the end of last september. that's up 16% on the previous year and double the total in 2015. assaults by prisoners on staff remained at record levels. there were 10,059 attacks, but the overall number of violent incidents including prisoner—on—prisoner assaults fell slightly. the number of rape prosecutions in england and wales has fallen, though the number of suspects being charged has increased slightly. the crown prosecution service has published its first quarterly rape prosecution statistics in an effort to be more transparent, amid concern about the low number of convictions. and for more, kate ellis a solitictor with the centre for women's justice joins me now. thank you forjoining us today. what do you make of these figures, if a woman has been sexually assaulted, attacked, is this going to encourage her to come f

danny shaw, bbc news.le were killed when the building caught fire in june 2017. our reporter sarah campbell has been at the inquiry. today we have heard opening state m e nts today we have heard opening statements from the legal teams representing those families who had believed members, survivors, and residents of the grenfell tower. this is phase two of the enquiry, and it is largely dealing with the refurbishment of the tower. when that cladding was installed between 2012 and 2016. one of those representing families said that, in both the management and refurbishment of the tower, fire safety concerns were ignored or overlooked, and she said, everything from the removal of door closers to failing to provide an evacuation plan for resident she used the phrase and epidemic level of incompetence from a fire safety perspective. the enquiry has already heard this week opening statements from all the companies involved in that refurbishment, and so today, the legal representatives have gone through those comp

let's talk to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw, he's been at the meeting this morning where released. morning where this well, morning where this i think the key message from the well, i think the key message from the report and from professor manning is that the government must make decisions on this really quickly. they don't have a lot of time. we leave the european union on friday, the government wants a new immigration system to be in place at the beginning of next year. and if they adopt all these changes there isa they adopt all these changes there is a lot of work to do in the next 11 months or so. is a lot of work to do in the next 11 months orso. in is a lot of work to do in the next 11 months or so. in terms of that salary threshold, there is no doubt the committee found that there is a definite argument to have this minimum requirement for people, for skilled workers to come to the uk, that they must have a job where they are going to be earning a certain amount. that is to avoid undercutting by other employers. even though some businesses are worried that if you

just want to bring you some news from our home affairs correspondent danny shaw that the number of peopleeptember last year, 14,135 offences of knife possession were dealt with by police and the courts. now, that is the highest number since the figures we re highest number since the figures were first compiled in 2009. we will bring you more on that as we get it. for the first time, tv cameras are to be allowed to film in crown courts in england and wales. it means that sentencing remarks in serious high—profile cases can be seen on tv and online. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. this is a moment of history. this is the first time that we've been allowed to broadcast television pictures in court number one in the old bailey, the most famous criminal court in the world. it's here that people like the kray twins, ruth ellis, the last woman to be hanged in britain, the wartime traitor lord haw—haw and the yorkshire ripper, peter sutcliffe, were tried and sentenced. but when they were sentenced, the only members of the public got the only members of the public who got to see it

danny shaw, bbc news.ited to the role. people should ask themselves if they can. i didn't, and i couldn't. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. what a gorgeous picture you got there. isn't it lovely? good morning everybody. if you're stepping outside, not as cold as it was this time yesterday across the board. it is overnight actually went up on that mild theme will continue over the course of today. barely cloudy though in some of us seeing that rain. rain moving across southern england. this area of low pressure has two fronts. the second one which isa has two fronts. the second one which is a cold front, sinking south. 0ne look at those isobars tells you it's going to be a blustery day, windy across the north and west. we start off with the weather front pushing a crossover scotla nd, off with the weather front pushing a crossover scotland, a weakening feature into northern england. what we're within scotland scotland as a blustery day, windy with exposure and heavy showers but brighter s

let‘s talk to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw.phone line, people find the number, order their drugs, everything is arranged via the mobile phone and it means that these gangs can move across the country, set up operations in towns and cities right across the uk. we know that county lines drug gangs have spread over the last five years or so. spread over the last five years or so. what the government did was introduce laws three years ago that allowed police to apply to the courts to block these phone numbers. 0nly courts to block these phone numbers. only about 50 or so of those court orders were made in what police found was as soon as the number was blocked, the criminals with then go toa blocked, the criminals with then go to a phone shop, buy a pay—as—you—go phone or a burner phone anonymously, didn‘t have to disclose their details, and set up another number and the dealing would continue quickly. that measure has not worked. what is now being suggested is that you would actually have to give your identification details, your

our home affairs correspondent danny shaw gave us some more insight into the figures.ences have been compiled in this way since 2007 and what they show is that knife possession is at an all—time high, 1a,135 cases in the year to september as you say. when you add in other types of weapons as well, it's the highest figure for about a decade. now, what is happening to these people is that more of them are going to prison. 38% were sent to prison immediately, with an average prison term ofjust over eight months. that has been on the increase, but what is concerning the government is an increasing proportion are repeat offenders, people who have been caught before carrying a knife or a weapon. approaching a third had already been cautioned or convicted before. the number of cases being looked into by an independent inquiry into maternity care at shrewsbury and telford hospital trust has risen to 900. the cases include the deaths and serious injuries of babies and women, and those where families have concerns about the care they received. some date back a0 years. the govern