going into downing street now.se senior ministers are being confirmed in the posts or not, we will have to see. when it comes to reshuffles, there are always questions about whether people haven't had long enough to really make a difference in their posts, movement for the sake of movement. what is the big idea behind this reshuffle for boris johnson, do you think? you remember when boris johnson johnson, do you think? you remember when borisjohnson came into power, he had a new make—up of government straightaway, to fulfil the brexit duty, as he saw it. now brexit is done, in his view, the first stage and britain has come out of the european union so there is a chance to shape the government in a new image. i think there will be a bigger vision here bit behind the reshuffle. this is a game of moving parts so people have gone, people will be reshuffled. borisjohnson will be reshuffled. borisjohnson will have had time here to think about who he wants there. there is a reshuffle in the context of a crisis and you rem

downing street basically wants to have more control over the treasury and have a joint team of downingn advisers. sajid javid couldn't accept that and he said no. he had already seen one of his former advisers frogmarched out of downing street by armed police after being sacked by dominic cummings, so in the circumstances he felt he had no choice but to resign. a former adviser sacked by dominic cummings, and let's talk about who is behind this attempt to control what is going on at the very heart of government. call it a power grab, call it what you will. over here, there is often a tendency to suggest that dominic cummings is behind everything, it's all dominic cummings taking control, but actually this is the prime minister's decision. he might have taken advice from dominic cummings, but he has decided he needs more control over the treasury, and the kind of fissures that racked labour under the brown—blair years, there should not be a risk of those, and there were warning signs last week when sajid javid appeared to make it public he was supporting hs2 before a public decision was

we know there are those inside downing street, including cummings, who want to see downing street go in terms of spending, and the number 11 has been telling them there is not enough money. they can invest in infrastructure, but they can't spend a lot on day—to—day spending. now with sajid javid out of of the way, it's possible this new chancellor, who we don't know much about, it might take a different view or might be told to ta ke different view or might be told to take a different view by his boss. it's difficult when delaying the budget in terms of how the numbers look. so we've just had a very bad report in terms of economic growth in the uk, the last three monthly report has shown virtually flatlining gdp. if you throw out the budget further, the office budget response ability, the watchdog that checks the government's maths, will have to deal with the worst growth outlook based on the latest gdp figures. so if you throw the line out further, you're putting more pressure on the fiscal rules. but if you try to instigate more spending now, you have to have it run through a fresh

now, after growing criticism, he tonight said he had quit that downing street role, taking twitter toast online comments was mad, that he had been a victim of character assassination, that this was a distraction from the work of government so he was going to go. but i think part of the problem here was that, earlier in the day, downing street had repeatedly refused to answer questions about this appointment, or about borisjohnson's views about the comments that andrew sabisky had made. that prompted anger, not just from labour, but from some conservative mps. 0ne saying that he was uncomfortable with some recent trends coming out of number 10. remember, this is a government that won an election with a big majority, that come in wanting to do things differently, wanting to do things in its way, and one of the prime minister's most senior aides, dominic cummings, put out an advert wanting misfits and weirdos to work in downing street, to shake out whitehall. what this shows is it doesn't matter how packed the parliamentary benches are with conservative mps, there is still some unease am

iam i am live from downing street where it doesn't feel remotely like mystique. there is a cabinet reshuffle under way. the latest comings and goings as there is a parade of personalities and the power and patronage throughout the day. the city watchdog investigates past links between the boss of barclays bank and the sex offenderjeffrey epstein. criminal gangs are blamed for a big increase in fly tipping across england. also, why are roundabouts are good for your health? good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. china has sacked two of the most senior communist party officials in hubei province, amid accusations the extent of the coronavirus epidemic has been suppressed. the pair were fired after authorities revealed yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak, with 254 people dying from coronavirus. there was also a big increase in the number of new cases, although doctors have changed the way they diagnose people. here, the number of people who've officially contracted the virus has now reached nine. but the group of britons quarantined at a hospit

downing street adviser andrew sabisky has announced his resignation amid criticism over controversialments he made in the past. the bbc sees evidence of what appears to be mass state monitoring by the chinese government of the persecuted uighur muslim community. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent for the financial times, and the economist and member of labour's policy forum, grace blakeley. stay with us for that. good evening. the extreme conditions — created by storm dennis — are still causing major problems in parts of the uk — and the environment agency has warned the disruption could last for several days. parts of south wales are badly affected — as are areas of worcestershire, shropshire and herefordshire. one woman died after being swept away by floodwater near tenbury wells — and hundreds of people have been forced to abandon their homes. there are more than 200 flood warnings in force across the uk with around 30 each for the rivers severn and trent. of those — 9 are classed as severe —

a downing street adviser, who's been widely criticised for his comments on issues including race andd tonight. andrew sabisky had only been in post for a short time. labour had called for mr sabisky to be sacked for suggesting in the past that black people had lower average intelligence than white people. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster. what is going on in the background? just a brief background on the appointment, andrew sabisky was hired as an advisor, a contractor in number ten and that was quickly condemned when comments made in his name appeared. among other things he said, compulsory contraception could be used to stop a permanent underclass and women's sport is more comparable to the paralympics than to men's. after growing criticism tonight he said he had quit the downing street role taking to twitter to say the media hysteria about his past online comments was mad and he had been the victim of character assassination, and this was a distraction from the work of government so he would go. i think pa rt government so he would go. i think part of the

downing street and used to be a ski has announced his resignation over controversial comments he maden the past. flying home the british passengers quarantined on a cruise ship off japan because of coronavirus. and how birds of prey are being killed in increasing numbers, and game keepers are being blamed dutch rogue gatekeepers. good evening, welcome to bbc news. the body of a woman who went missing yesterday after being swept away by floodwaters and were sister has been found. yvonne booth, pictured here with her late husband, has —— was caught up in the waters. in a statement, herfamily caught up in the waters. in a statement, her family said they were devastated by the news. storm dennis battered uk over the weekend with wins over 90 mph and torrential rain. winds have died down but river levels are still rising and hundreds of people have been flooded out of their homes. 0ver of people have been flooded out of their homes. over 200 flood warnings are across the uk, nine are severe, meaning a threat to life, there along the rivers of y and trent. jon kay has spent the day at harva

but in downing street, there is this habit tojump downing street, there is this habit to jump changening street, there is this habit tojump change and it downing street, there is this habit to jump change and it does seem a little proportion that you could potentially go to prison for not paying something which is not true for any other service, such as not paying electricity bill. this is an idea of a tiered system where if you watch lots of bbc, you would pay more if hejust watch lots of bbc, you would pay more if he just watched a little bit of it, just use the website, you would pay less but the passwords and it is all coming out of the consultation, not problem though because public really value the bbc, particularly the news elements and also a lot of the entertainment in the sense that the op ed, basically, the sense that the op ed, basically, the bbc moving into the digital world to compete with netflix, and competitive blockbusters saying that it is going out of date. at any time the bbc tries to do that, it also gets attacked for spending too much on making commercial enter

i could go down the street to the grocery store and someone can have an opinion about me.at stop me from exploring the world. and there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. your dance break. now, sri lanka is like heaven for nature lovers. almost half the people who come here do some sort of wildlife activity. beyond the big beasts like leopards and elephants, there's a trove of smaller critters — many that you will find nowhere else on the planet. and that's why we have come to the wet zone on the south—west of the island. now, i know you can't see much apart from really tall trees but mother nature's soundtrack is truly spectacular. birds chirping. this is the edge of sri lanka's last primary rainforest, sinharaja. it's a hotspot for biodiversity — rare plants, unique bird species, amphibians and snakes all thrive here. it's so important ecologically, that there are plans to quadruple it in size. the only way to explore it is by foot. and for that you'll need some serious legwear. so the forest is also home to bloodthirsty leeches, so i picked up these attractive anti—leec

replaced by rishi sunak who in the past half an hour arrived in downing street for the meeting. javid said he rejected an ultimatum from the prime minister to fire his advisers. the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in china has continued to rise. but there are doubts over the true scale of the epidemic as china deployed the military to combat the virus, officials said a further 121 people died yesterday. it signalled a marked decline in wednesday's dramatic increase. the who is concerned over the way cases have been counted. cases of mumps in england are at the highest level in a decade. public health england says the increase has been largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges among young adults who missed out on the mmr vaccine when they were children. police are looking for a british woman missing in new zealand have said they have found her body. 32—year—old stephanie simpson from essexis 32—year—old stephanie simpson from essex is thought to have gone on a hike last weekend in mount aspiring national park in the country's south island. us attorney gene

it was interesting being there, i was covering it for work, i popped in to downing street and down theament square and that was a good vibe there. it is very easy sometimes watching coverage to focus on the negatives and complications and negotiations going wrong because that is where the news lies, but in reality i saw many thousands of people who presumably represent many millions of people around the country who are actually extremely happy last night and in a celebratory mood, as you say, towards downing street, boris johnson was apparently locked away, wasn't seen all evening, it was left to nigel farage to give the rousing speech to the thousands who were there in parliament square. and it was interesting, i thought he release that will speech he did, the pre—recorded one, as you say, on facebook but then, interestingly, the bbc didn't run any of it. sky ran a tiny section of it, i believe itn, itv, also didn't run it. it shows a change, i think, in how the prime minister is trying to speak to the nation. going to the european reaction, there was not a mood of good riddance that

downing street adviser andrew sabisky has announced his resignation amid criticism over controversials he made in the past. the bbc sees evidence of what appears to be mass state monitoring by the chinese government of the persecuted uighur muslim community. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne — the whitehall correspondent for the ft and the economist and member of labour's policy forum, grace blakeley. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro goes with the story that a newly appointed downing street adviser has quit over a row about his past comments — including claims that black people are less intelligent than white people. the guardian says the resignation of andrew sabisky represents a defeat for dominic cummings, the prime minister's most powerful aide, whose approach to government is causing concern among some tories. the financial times goes with a speech by britain's top trade negotiator insisiting the uk would never agree to eu regulatory demands in order to get a trade deal. the tel

at half past ten this morning, sajid javid arrived in downing street as chancellor. a half later he had resigned. here he was the other day standing loyally behind his boss, but a source says he turned down staying on in government because he refused to see his whole tea m because he refused to see his whole team of advisers sacked as a condition of keeping hisjob. here is the man taking over the top job at the treasury, rishi sunak. long seen as a at the treasury, rishi sunak. long seen as a rising star, he had been mrjavid's deputy. how do you feel about taking over in these circumstances? lots to get on with, thank you very much. reshuffles, even for governments with a big majority, can and so often do come with big twists. they area often do come with big twists. they are a complicated jigsaw puzzle, and if one piece does not fit for whatever reason, the whole thing can get messy. not least because you a lwa ys get messy. not least because you always end up with people who are a bit miffed. the cabinet minister leaves home and... have you heard from the prime mini

but in downing street, there is this habit tojump downing street, there is this habit to jump changeing street, there is this habit to jump change and it does seem a little proportion that you could potentially go to prison for not paying something which is not true for any other service, such as not paying electricity bill. this is an idea of a tiered system where if you watch lots of bbc, you would pay more if hejust watch lots of bbc, you would pay more if he just watched a little bit of it, just use the website, you would pay less but the passwords and it is all coming out of the consultation, not problem though because public really value the bbc, particularly the news elements and also a lot of the entertainment in the sense that the op ed, basically, the sense that the op ed, basically, the bbc moving into the digital world to compete with netflix, and competitive blockbusters saying that it is going out of date. at any time the

at 10:30 this morning, sajid javid arrived in downing street as chancellor. later, he'd resigned. good afternoon. mrjavid turned down starying on in the second—biggest role in government because he refused to see his whole team of advisers sacked as a condition of keeping hisjob. here's the man taking over the top job at the treasury, rishi sunak. long seen as a rising star, he had been mrjavid's deputy. how do you feel about taking over in these circumstances? delighted to be appointed. lots to get on with. thanks very much. are you going to be the prime minister's puppet? reshuffles, even for governments with a big majority, can and so often do come with big twists. they are a complicated jigsaw puzzle and if one piece doesn't fit for whatever reason, the whole thing can get messy, not least because you always end up with people who are a bit miffed. a cabinet minister leaves home and... are you confident about your post? have you heard from the prime minister already? she soon did, and she was sacked as business secretary. cue some warm words on social med

in downing street said mrjohnson once individual ministers to take charge.seen to be everywhere. but there isa be seen to be everywhere. but there is a huge risk here, and the risk is of the perception developing that now that he has won the election and got himself a huge great majority, maybe he can afford to take his foot off the gas. maybe he doesn't have to be seen to be out and about so much. it's a very dangerous perception to allow to take hold. norman smith, thank you very much. the former chancellor of the exchequer, sajid javid, has warned the prime minister that planned changes to the treasury would not be in the national interest. he was speaking in the commons following his surprise resignation last month. a chancellor, like all cabinet ministers, has to be able to give candid advice to prime minister so he is speaking truth to power. i believe that the arrangement proposed would significantly inhibit that and it would not have been in the national interest. let's talk about this to our political correspondent leila nathoo. how stinging was his

now, if you wa nt in downing street. on our website. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcmaryam. thank you for your company. to stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye. hello there. it was another windy day on friday. as we head on into the weekend, low pressure will always be nearby. so it will stay rather unsettled. mild for most, and there will be some rain at times, but also some sunshine too. so here it is — low pressure to the north of the uk on saturday. this will bring some rain to northern areas. quite a few isobars on the chart there, hence the windy weather. and this area of low pressure will arrive saturday night into sunday. the very mild air will be pushed off into the near continent on saturday, and something a little less mild will move in. but it's still going to be pretty mild across the south. so, a blustery day for most. that weather fronts i showed you, affecting scotland, northern ireland and northern england. we could see a little bit of rain across the south—east but that will clear away and then

what does downing street really wa nt extent. want to do with the country? maybe some people will like that. some people will say we voted for borisjohnson and some people will say we voted for boris johnson and we want some people will say we voted for borisjohnson and we want him to do whatever the heck he likes. but normally checks and balances is how governments work. number ten and 11 may have differed on opinion on the money available for projects. in america they have the congress, but here with an 80 strong government majority, if number ten is running everything and can do what it once in parliament, there aren't many checks at all on how they approach running the country —— what it wants. i think dominic cummings, the pm's wants. i think dominic cummings, the pm's chief adviser has been made in charge of all special advisers and he is very much the prime minister's right—hand man. so the slightly aggressive approach you made say he has taken to running the country, we willjust be more and more of that, i expect. let's m

now we can go to downing street because the new business secretary is walking up downing street, and eet. matt hancock was going up a moment ago, just whilst we were with the sport. the new culture secretary. matt hancock staying at health. some staying in some going. keep an eye on the shiny door and we will go back there as and when. the headlines on bbc news: after a dramatic reshuffle that saw his chancellor quit — borisjohnson prepares to chair the first meeting of his new cabinet at number 10. coronavirus is not on the rise outside of china despite a sharp spike in hubei province, according to the world health organisztion. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. cases of mumps in england are at their highest level in a decade. public health england says the increase has been largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges amongst young adults who missed out on the mmr vaccine when they were children. tim muffett reports. i would literally be screaming, from being in pain... lectures, essa

but there is something bigger going on here about how downing street controls the rest of the governmentertise and those departments saying this it is or isn‘t a good idea, downing street suggested something... that is how government normally works. what dominic cummings is

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street.ick eardley, who is in westminster. a change of chancellor, that no one saw coming. unless of course boris johnson did all along. what is your ta ke johnson did all along. what is your take which ella looked, there is speculation about that. maybe if borisjohnson speculation about that. maybe if boris johnson knew all along that speculation about that. maybe if borisjohnson knew all along that he was. making too many demands of sajid javid in this made easier to put somebody new into the job. maybe he wanted him the whole time. the truth is we will never know for sure. sometimes these machiavellian things do go on in westminster. speaking to number ten last night, and into this morning, when i woke up and into this morning, when i woke up this morning, we all expected this to be fairly modest. a fairly dull reshuffle where some of the ministers that may be some of us have heard of or some we haven't would be moved around like chess pieces and also an ever so slightly but this wouldn't

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street.on letter, mrjavid pointedly urged the prime minister to ensure the treasury retained "as much credibility as possible". and he said it was important that leaders had people around them who could give "clear and candid advice." our economics editor faisal islam looks now at the tensions between the prime minister and the former challencellor, and the challenges that await his successor. it's only two days since the prime minister and his then chancellor joined forces to back high speed rail in birmingham. sajid javid'sjob had been guaranteed, but he didn't look too comfortable, as the relationship between no 10 and ii was itself coming off the track. partly because no 10 wants other hard hat, high viz big spend moments exactly like this beginning at the budget in a months time. yeah i would, love to... famously the son of a bus driver, this chancellor never got to use his budget red box. he spoke to the bbc though about how a stalling economy could be boosted by spending. we've now got

downing street says the pm has full confidence in the home secretary — following the resignation of theost senior civil servant in the home office. i have been the target of a vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign. it has been alleged that i have briefed the media against the home secretary. this, along with many other claims, is completely false. a historic moment for afghanistan — the us and the taliban sign a deal that will see the withdrawal of thousands of american troops. borisjohnson and carrie symonds announce they‘ re engaged and expecting a baby. and coming up, all the day's premier league results in sportsday —— that's in half an hour on bbc news. good evening. three more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk, as public health officials try to establish how a man from surrey become the first person to contract the illness without travelling abroad. it brings the total number of cases here to 23. the virus — a respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia—like symptoms, has so far infected more than 85,000 people in over 50 countries. 0utside china, south ko

it's about borisjohnson and downing street taking back control of this government.ave been sacked who may have descended from the prime minister or not necessarily always loyal to him. those of the two key themes. if you takejulian smith for example, the northern ireland secretary, he's a somebody who is well respected in northern ireland. he's achieved something that was thought to be impossible, getting storment up and running again, but he clashed with downing street back in october and the prime minister didn't really forgive him for that. when you look at sajid javid, that was all about loyalty that there has been a briefing warm between number ten and number 11 in downing street over the past couple of weeks and borisjohnson said "i'm taking control of this, you have to sack all your aids and let me essentially run your private office." sajid javid said no and that's why he was out. he was replaced by another loyalist, rishi sunak. it's pretty much as it was. we're down about one female member attending cabinet but we still haven't had the full details where w

it was interesting being there, i was covering it for work, popped in to downing street and parliamentere was a good vibe, it is very easy sometimes watching coverage to focus on the negatives and complications and negotiations going wrong because that is where the news lies but in reality i saw many thousands of people who presumably represent many millions of people around the country who are actually extremely happy last night and in a celebratory mood but to downing street borisjohnson was locked away, it leaves to nigel farage to give the raging speech to mark a rousing speech and she listed on facebook but the bbc did not run any of it. sky ran a section, it shows a change in how the prime that is trying to speak to the nation. going to the european reaction, there was not a mood of good riddance that i could detect, it was a sad and contemplative mood. you cannot change anything about it, it is an unfortunate moment in history for britain to be leaving because the eu is developing into direction that brits always wanted to be, a more intergovernmental relationship, greaterfreedo

of situations, national broadcaster, either the bbc, itn, or sky news, would be invited into downing street record the prime minister's words. instead, the statement was recorded by borisjohnson‘s team and distributed via facebook and twitter. the bbc decided not to broadcast it. instead, using a graphic with a quote spoken by the presenter. many viewers complained about this decision and so did the former chairman of the bbc, lord grade, who voiced his concerns on the today programme on thursday. i'm very critical of the bbc not defending decisions it makes editorially. the most recent one, not running the prime minister's brexit speech. fine, that's a... decision the director—general or the head of news and current affairs should be up front, defending that decision. or not, as the case may be. the bbc hides, when it's under criticism, it hides. and i'm very critical of the bbc for that. and that's completely wrong, because they expect everybody else to come on and be accountable to the bbc‘s journalists when they are enquiring. well, we asked the bbc for an interview to explain the decis

who want have to get over the line, quite low—key from the prime minister, no speech outside downing streetas interesting being there, i was covering it for what, popped there, i was covering it for what, poppedin there, i was covering it for what, popped in to downing street and parliament square and that was a good vibe, it is very easy sometimes watching coverage to focus on the negatives and complications and negotiations going wrong because thatis negotiations going wrong because that is where the news lies but in reality i saw many thousands of people who presumably represent many millions of people around the country who are actually externally happy last night and in a celebratory mood but to downing street bodice johnson like mike borisjohnson was locked street bodice johnson like mike boris johnson was locked away, it lives life to nigel farage to give the raging speech to mark a rousing speech and she listed on facebook but the bbc did not run any of it. sky runa but the bbc did not run any of it. sky run a section, it shows a change in how the prime that is trying to speak to th

but downing street is refusing to confirm that the budget will be delivered as planned on the 11th ofategist, rabobank. it was quite a shocker in the course of thursday. a lot of people having to work out what that meant. what do the markets make of it all? we saw sterling push higher on the news and also the government bond market sell off. the reason for that is the markets anticipation that perhaps a new chancellor will be spending more money. we have known for a while that there has been some tension between number 11 and number 10 downing st. we saw on the 30th of january, we saw the old chancellor say to other department that they need to rain back spending. that perhaps didn't go down very well with downing street, who have made various electoral pledges that spending would go up. of course, growth this year has been revised lower. the bank of england at the end of january revised to lower the forecast for inflation, less money into the government's offer so less room for the chancellor to play with. it does seem like this new chancellor could be about to tear up the fiscal rul

it's not as if the lobby are excluded from ten downing street's briefings, but in this situation, they it wasn't left or right, the guardian was invited but papers like the 'i' and the daily mirror were not. invited but papers like the 'i' and the daily mirrorwere not. in invited but papers like the 'i' and the daily mirror were not. in many ways, this is a westminster inside story but for the rest of the public, it is highlighting those tensions that number ten are intentionally creating with certain media outlets because they don't like how they've been treated. they won't send the cabinet ministers. i think that bubbly has gotten a bit more public intention about our numberten is more public intention about our number ten is operating on whether or not people think they are being given fair treatment all the time. are there dangers for thejohnson administration in treating the press like this? i don't think any government would want to alienate the lobby because you depend on them. on the other hand, this is a government that wants to be seen to be different and i'm not convinced by

at politics on this side of the atlantic, and this rather bizarre situation where number ten downing streetrters from a government briefing. well, this is the kind of thing that is parfor is the kind of thing that is par for the cause is the kind of thing that is parfor the cause for is the kind of thing that is par for the cause for the trump white house, but we don't expect to see it here. it appears director of communications decided that when these correspondence who came infor when these correspondence who came in for the technical european briefing came into downing street, the favoured journalist, the senior ones for the bbc, laura kuenssberg and others, were told to go to one side of the corridor, and reporters for publications like the daily mirror, the huffington post, the independent, were told to stand on the other side of the podium. they weren't sure why until they were then told you quys until they were then told you guys on the right, you leave. you are not welcome. you guys on the left, you can come in. instead of saying 0k, we will go home and we will go in, they all left

it is only two days that that countdown clock was emblazened all all over downing street.f the story. tomorrow, both the prime minister and the eu will set out their stalls for the talks to come. the negotiations proper won't start until next month. brexit noise is going to continue throughout this year and possibly beyond. four victims of the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein have written an open letter to prince andrew, urging him to talk to the fbi, about his relationship with the disgraced businessman. published in the mail on sunday, it says epstein's victims have lived a life of suffering, shame and humilation. the duke is asked to co—operate with the us authorities, and to take what's described as the "decent and moral path". prince andrew denies any wrongdoing. in the us, the presidential race kicks off in iowa on monday where democrats will cast the first ballots to decide who will be their nominee to take on president trump in november's election. it's a close race with the party divided between leftist candidates and moderates. nick bryant reports. the

despite that, when he became prime minister, she moved into downing street with him.w made this announcement today that they are expecting a baby in the early summer, and that they have become engaged. now back to lizzie greenwood hughes at the sports centre. thank you, shaun. leeds united strengthened their grip on the automatic promotion places in the championship — thrashing hull city 4—0 and closing the gap on leaders west brom to just a point. luke ayling put the visitors ahead after five minutes, with pablo hernandez adding a second just after the half time break. two goals in four minutes from tyler roberts sealed the victory for leeds who are five points clear of fulham in third. hull meanwhile are without a league win since the start of the year. so, a big win for leeds with leaders west brom slipping up at home to relegation threatened wigan. fulham stay third after an own goal from david nugent helped them on their way to a 2—0 victory over play—off rivals preston . bottom side luton scored a penalty in added time to earn a draw against stoke. the scottish

the metro goes with the story that a newly—appointed downing street adviser has quit over a row abouting claims that black people are less intelligent than white people. the guardian says the resignation of andrew sabisky represents a defeat for dominic cummings, the prime minister's most powerful aide, whose approach to government is causing concern among some tories. the financial times goes with a speech in brussels by britain's top trade negotiator, insisiting the uk would never agree to eu regulatory demands in order to get a trade deal. the telegraph also picks up on that speech from the uk's brexit negotiator, david frost, highlighting what he called the opportunity for economic competition presented by brexit. the times says the prime minister, borisjohnson, is at odds with his senior downing street advisers over plans to scrap the tv licence fee and replace it with a voluntary subscription system. and the daily mail asks what is the point in saving as national savings and investments slashes its rates to rock—bottom levels and cut its premium bonds prizes. let's start with th

at 10.30am this morning, sajid javid arrived in downing street as chancellor. d resigned. here he was the other day standing loyally behind his boss, but a source says he turned down staying on in government because he refused to see his whole team of advisers sacked as a condition of keeping hisjob. here is the man taking over the top job at the treasury, rishi sunak. long seen as a rising star, he had been mrjavid's deputy. how do you feel about taking over in these circumstances? delighted. lots to get on with, thank you very much. reshuffles, even for governments with a big majority, can and so often do come with big twists. they are a complicated jigsaw puzzle, and if one piece does not fit for whatever reason, the whole thing can get messy. not least because you always end up with people who are a bit miffed. the cabinet minister leaves home and... have you heard from the prime minister already? she soon did, and she was sacked as business secretary. cue some warm words on social media and a trundle to the backbenches. this wasjulian smith as northern irel

atjust after 5.30pm, we'll be talking to a former downing street adviser to theresa may.will go ahead as planned, on the 11th of march. there had been speculation that it would be postponed after sajid javid's resignation in friday's reshuffle, but the chancellor has said he is cracking on with preparations for the statement next month. the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, says he's committing $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change. he said the money would be spent on scientists, activists and non—governmental organisations to help protect the natural world. hundreds of amazon staff signed a blog last month, saying the company didn't have enough environmental policies. —— wasn't doing enough on environmental policies. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. everybody watching closely for rivers rising, rivers falling. it's interesting, isn't it? we have changed the weather in the last couple of days. we have seen some record river levels on the severn, on the wye and on the trend as well and we still have a number of severe flood warnings of course. we

andrew sabisky may be out, but downing street's refusal yesterday to condemn the remarks attracted searingused disquiet too on tory benches. i think his comments were racist, they were deeply unpleasant towards women and disabled people, and that is why yesterday i had to call out the fact that number ten were not distancing themselves from his comments. announcing his resignation, andrew sabisky claimed he'd been selectively quoted, saying... this number ten operation has repeatedly signed a willingness to take on its critics, but even though its power doesn't actively lie behind this door, mr sabisky‘s departure shows that downing street isn't immune to political pressure. jessica parker, bbc news. —— power does lie. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. is this the end of the matter, do you think? i suspect it may not be, because the absence of one little word and that is sorry. despite the fa ct word and that is sorry. despite the fact under sabisky ‘s comments have been described as racist, repelling, unacceptable there hasn't been a hint of repentance, contri

so, will the new chancellor be under pressure from downing street to loosen the purse strings? budget will tell us when it comes. another thing worth saying is that behind—the—scenes there are much more radical changes taking place. notjust merging no 10 and number 11 advisors, also moving some of those advisers around to make sure they are not working to specific ministers, ie increasing downing street's power, and also i think this is the first stage in a much wider reorganisation of whitehall and how government works which we will see further down the line. iain watson, many thanks. iain watson, oui’ watson, many thanks. iain watson, our political correspondent. the number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is the highest for a decade. 5,000 cases were confirmed last year — almost five times more than the year before. public health england says it's partly down to people not getting the mmr vaccine in the 1990s and early 2000s. tim muffett reports. i would literally be screaming from being in pain. lectures, essays, the odd party, and mumps — flora, ben and ollie's se

here, borisjohnson arriving back in downing street.thank you for the moment. we will be back with you. do you want to finish? no, i was going to say no comment from borisjohnson as he goes in. now he will be preparing to bring his ministers to downing street. we will keep an eye on who walks up the street and who will be in line for a promotion. thank you. good morning. welcome to our programme. live from new broadcasting house with the four people who want to be the next leader of the labour party and the next prime minister. in a room full of labour supporters. some are members, some lapsed voters, some could bring bring themselves to vote labour at the last election. what would be your number one priority we re would be your number one priority were you to become leader of the labour party and the next british prime minister? i have got a few. tackling anti—semitism within the party is one. and the second priority is developing a policy programme that is transformational, building on the green industrial revolution, democratising ou

lpret key here at downing street. but nobody can know what the future holds.hristian: vicki young, thank you. with us in the studio is the leader of the liberal democrats how do you reflect on this moment, and historic moment? >> it is in one sense. in another, thea politics hi coupleonths ago, that drained the emotion from it. as your correspondence have been pointing out, we are jt one staging of a long and complex journey. we don't know what will happen in the next year. there will be ae, chohe government will face by june, we will see how they are going. on the one hand, what they call a candida-style agreement, whic is limited but has tariff exemptions. the european union will exist that there is a high level of ncconver with the rules on environment, labor, other things. that.overnment may not except we may finish the end of the year with a more limited agement, with various political dimensions of it. some understanding around the things. christian: youere the former minister of innovation and skills, so you are well-placed to ansr this. tawhen the abou

i marry and london with the top stories from europe including drama on downing street person's finance minister in a shock resignation just weeks before the budget. and. organizers of the. olympics say they are not considering canceling or postponing the upcoming games because of the corona virus. the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak is not spreading dramatically outside china the assessment came as 15000 new cases were confirmed in china on wednesday the sharp rise said to be because of a change in the testing criteria w.h.o. says the rise in cases needs to be considered in context. we must take all numbers into account we must look at all numbers seriously we also must try and interpret what those numbers mean and not react directly to the number itself the number of countries reporting cases has still not changed and outside outside the cases on the diamond princess cruise ship we're not seeing a dramatic increase in transmission outside china nearly 1400 people have died from the illness as china grapples to contain the situation it's sacked for officials fr

monetary stations and even use refuse lorries, have monitors fitted to refuse lorries to go down every streete bill made a commitment to set a legally binding target to drive down pollution, and he turned to the section dealing with waste. it will encourage manufacturers to develop different packaging and strong sustainability policies making them responsible for the entire net cost of disposing of used packaging. and it will stimulate the creation of alternatives to the single use plastics that wreak havoc on the marine environment. the bill sets up a watchdog, the office for environmental protection, the oep, but many argue they didn't have enough powers. it is still lacking in ambition, the office of environmental protection, still lacks teeth. the mod is still exempt, the armed forces can still cause environmental havoc, national security is still off—limits for environmental consideration, renewable energy still doesn't get the big licks it should be getting. and this bill is still, in my view, insipid and weak. back to brexit now remember that? although the uk left the european union at

sinister and use a biscuit should be nowhere near the government's labor party call for number 10 downing street researcher andrew sibierski to be sacked from his job we have no words to describe his comments really backers your call to get this person removed from the center of government so basically describes itself as a political forecaster but following his very public statements and his actions on social media one of which involved in eating tweets where he called a number of female labor m.p.'s it many are criticizing his appointment and wondering how on earth he managed to get through and apparently strict government fighting process whether any of this backlash will be enough for biased johnson to overturn his employment is yet to be seen. major her fears are being raised over what's become one of the west's main dumping grounds for electronic waste namely the african country of ghana everything from old mobile phones to computers are being burned releasing highly toxic chemicals known to cause cancer and other deadly diseases. don't you fall would. get into you. know will feed these wi

opportunity to see the country i love boris johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today to join his mind only. in this government to work flat out to give this country the leadership he deserves this school has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful void and that no if it corresponds to call for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his projects it. is a fight for the soul of our country. to win the world with to deliver the people of this country yet. we are now in a position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives now is the moment precisely as we leave the e.u. to let the healing begin. i know you're going to miss i know you want to go national tax but we're going to wave goodbye from john to the 31st what we're going to do is work with our friends around the world this food to not just. destroy it mr president this in my opinion only the. action adventure we're going underground hours after the u.k. officially left the e.u. ending 47 years membership of the wor