breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin is in york, which is expecting high water in a few hours. car park. —— river ouse. it is com pletely car park. —— river ouse. it is completely submerged. even though the river ouse has burst its banks, even though this is what has come a pairand even even though this is what has come a pair and even though it is going to get worse in the next few hours, so far, so good for. this is all under control. let me tell you about where we are. this is the river ouse behind me and it meets with the river foss. as it meets, there is the foss barrier. aimlessly in the boxing day floods in 2015, the foss barrier failed. boxing day floods in 2015, the foss barrierfailed. —— boxing day floods in 2015, the foss barrier failed. —— famously. boxing day floods in 2015, the foss barrierfailed. —— famously. and some 200 houses were flooded and this area was really significantly impacted. when that happened they pumped an awful lot more money into the foss barrier to make it more resilient, make it work better, and the real test of that investment came last weeke

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jayne mccubbin, bbc news. woman. the us astronaut christina koch spent 328 days onboard the international space station. a russian soyuz spacecraft, carrying her and two male colleagues, landed in kazakhstan this morning. the astronaut had already achieved a major milestone during her mission. in october she took part in the first all—female spacewalk in more than 50 years of space travel. christina koch completed more than 5,200 orbits of the earth and travelled 139 million miles — the equivalent of 291 round trips to the moon from earth. tributes have poured in for the actor kirk douglas following his death at the age of 103. he's been remembered as an unforgettable film icon whose career spanned seven decades. he rose to fame during hollywood's golden age and went on to play the title role in the 1960 classic spartacus. david sillito looks back on his life. for the first time in my life, people cheering for me. it was 70 years ago that kirk douglas made his name in the film champion, a story a tough guy fro

iam i am jayne mccubbin i amjayne mccubbin in i am jayne mccubbin in york, where there are 16 flood warningsplace, with water levels are still rising and expected to peak as almost as high as the devastating floods of 2015. other headlines: love island will air for the first time tonight following the death of its former host caroline flack. hundreds of americans are on their way home after being quarantined on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship off japan, raising questions over whether the british passengers will be taken off too. amazon is forced to withdraw unsafe car seats from its website — after a bbc investigation multiple noncompliant products for sale. a leading cancer charity launches a campaign to ban sunbeds in england. and coming up in sport — former manchester united goalkeeper harry gregg, who survived the 1958 munich air crash, has died at the age of 87. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. communities around britain are facing another day of flooding and travel chaos as storm dennis continues to batter the country. almost 300 flood warnings are in place — including f

jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. the process there today? well, as you say, the school is closed this morning. this process began on wednesday when a child was kept off from school as a precaution by the parents, with agreement from the school, because one of the pa rents the school, because one of the pa re nts ha d the school, because one of the parents had come back from holiday in tenerife and wasn't feeling very well. by wednesday night the parent was in hospital and was another confirmed case of the coronavirus. the school was contacted and took the decision on its own, without advice from public health england, to close for this deep clean, and they are going to reopen on monday. now, public health england has said that their advice is for schools not to close. there is no risk to public health, they say, unless there is a confirmed case of the virus amongst the staff or pupil population, which is not the case here at burbage primary school. but they have taken this decision as a precaution. we are going to ch

support to those schools and find a way of helping them to open up again as soon as possible. jayne mccubbinad contracted coronavirus. there's been a few people coming and going this morning at burbage primary school in buxton in derbyshire, but the school remains closed for a second day to pupils. that's after one pupil's parent was taken to the royal liverpool hospital with a confirmed case of the coronavirus after coming back from holiday in tenerife. the child did not go on that holiday but the parent did, and that's one of the three cases confirmed yesterday in the uk. the school took that decision as a precaution saying they wanted to do a deep clean of the school just as a precaution to keep everybody safe inside. about a mile away from here, a gp's surgery was also closed yesterday, again as a precaution, but it will open up again today. we heard from schools minister nick gibb in the last hour or so and he said it's not the official guidance to close schools unless there is a confirmed case of the virus amongst the teaching staff or the school pupil population. we can chat to one of

our correspondent jayne mccubbin was in york nthis morning — she explained how residents are coming tothe future. there are 16 flood warnings in place from the environment agency and the water levels are expected to peak at their highest levels since those devastating 2015 floods around about 10115 this morning. have a look over here and you will see what has happened. so the river ouse is actually about 100 metres away from us. all of this in the foreground here is actually the public car park in the centre of york. you can see the pay—and—display machines over there in the distance and see how far the river ouse has come in. as i say, the highest level expected since those 2015 floods. now, an awful lot of money was invested back then into the foss barrier, the main defence in this area. which, if we use actually the mast cam on the top of the satellite truck, you will be able to see a bit better where we are. we've got on one side of us the river foss, on the other side of us the river ouse and where they meet is the foss barrier. that, at the moment, after £70 million—worth of fund

jayne mccubbin reports. i have because it was the last hour of his life. he is there in the warmth of my arms and tojust cuddle him and tell him i love you so much. he knew, "ok, i'm with mum, it's all good, i can go." minutes after this photo was taken, baby angelo ray died, just eight days old. look at the mess up there. this is the story of one amazing mum, one amazing nurse and one amazing baby who died but whose legacy lives on. after a 39—week healthy pregnancy, valentina collapsed. she was rushed into hospital and told she very nearly died and she was told her son almost certainly would. i remember thinking, "you've got to feel better, you've got to get better, you've got to see that baby, because i wonder what he's thinking, ‘where is my mummy, i've been with her nine months, where has she gone?” angelo ray held onjust long enough for his mum to recover and hold him and take these precious pictures. he met his father, luigi, his big brother leone and between them they thought there was only one possi

she's been speaking to our correspondent, jayne mccubbin. was going to be. i said, i can't believe that they'd do this. marie mccourt has long dreaded this phone call. just four days before the 32nd anniversary of her daughter's murder, her killer, ian simms, was released from jail. it's helen's anniversary on sunday. ijust think, could they not have shown just a little bit of sensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence, without the discovery of a body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away, yet simms refused to admit his guilt, or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law — no body, no parole — and last year, the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families caused by offenders refusing to disclose inf

thank you, jayne mccubbin.nues to fall. the home secretary, priti patel, has criticised "false allegations" in the media, after reports of bullying, and claims that she wasn't trusted by intelligence officials. ministers have defended ms patel in recent days, amid accusations that she has mistreated staff. we can get more on this with our political correspondent, helen catt. what's the latest? there has been some strong pushback this morning against these claims. we understand that there has been a genuine disagreement between home secretary priti patel and the most senior civil servant at the home office, and she tried to get him removed from his post. a source told the bbc there was no animosity. we had a joint response this morning from both of them to say they were deeply concerned about what they say are false allegations in the media. this idea that she is not trusted by security services, strong pushback from that on the government too. a source saying it is a baseless claim and she gets exactly the same

but first, let's cross to hebden bridge in west yorkshire and join jayne mccubbin.uation 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 is still quite high today but yesterday, it was almost at the top of the arches there. it is important to say that here in hebden bridge, after those famous boxing day floods,

jayne mccubbin has been following the story. there was jack. it was like a prison, really. to die. there was stephen. and when i see him crying, he would scream, "mummy no go, mummy no go". there was eddie. "get me out, get me out. i just want to go home. i want my mum." she was told it would be a nine—month stay. and, um, its six and a half years later. there was tony. if he'd killed somebody he'd be out now. he's done 16 years — that's a life sentence. i'm frightened he's going to die there. there was beth. they had no ability to manage her condition so they placed her in a seclusion cell and left her there for two years. i kneel on the floor with my hands on the doorway of that hatch and i put my chin on that hatch and i talk to my daughter. and there was ben. an injury that was described to us as something that would normally be seen in a car accident. why doesn't it matter? because it doesn't seem to matter. and there was stephanie. they can't hurt her now. she died locked in a single room for the best part of eight years. we have to stop this. and the government has r

and hampshire police havejust reported that a 58—year—old man died our correspondent jayne mccubbin isire — one of the affected areas. what is it likely are jane? it is terrible down here. if you look inside the shop, you see what businesses are waking up to this morning — a terrible mess. this is the second time ramsey has had to deal with these flood levels. in 2015, on those boxing day floods, the water level was up to about 3.8 metres. yesterday, 3.5 metres. some flood defences have been put in, floodgates have helped businesses keep some of the water and sludge out. look at the mess here, they have been mopping out all morning, you can see nothing fully keeps listen morning away. this is the problem this morning, the river was almost at the top of the archies yesterday. it is important to say that here in hebden bridge, after those famous boxing day floods, flood defence works were promised, but they were due to begin later this year. flood defence were further up the river, they are due to come to an end this summer, but even though they are well under weight there, that village

marie has been speaking exclusively to breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin about why, in the case of her daughter'sthe call this morning, i knew that's what it was going to be. i said, i can't believe that they'd do this. marie mccourt has long dreaded this phone call. just four days before the 32nd anniversary of her daughter's murder, her killer ian simms was released from jail. it's helen's anniversary on sunday. ijust think, could they not have shown just a little bit of sensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence without the discovery of her body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away. yet simms refused to admit his guilt or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law — no body, no parole. and last year the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families caus

she's been speaking to jayne mccubbin.they'd do this. marie mccourt has long dreaded this phone call. just four days before the 32nd anniversary of her daughter's murder, her killer, ian simms, was released from jail. it's helen's anniversary on sunday. ijust think, could they not have shown just a little bit of sensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence without the discovery of a body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away. yet simms refused to admit his guilt, or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law. no body, no parole, and last year, the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families. but the legislation has stalled so, for marie, that commitment has come too late. i can go th

jayne mccubbin has been following the story. there was jack. it was like a prison, really.. there was stephen. and when i see him crying, he would scream, "mummy "no go, mummy no go". there was eddie. "get me out, get me out. "i just want to go home. "i want my mum. i want my mum." she was told it would be a nine—month stay. and, um, it's six and a half years later. there was tony. if he'd killed somebody he'd be out now. he's done 16 years — that's a life sentence. i'm frightened he's going to die there. there was beth. they had no ability to manage her condition so they placed her in a seclusion cell and left her there for two years. i kneel on the floor with my hands on the doorway of that hatch and i put my chin on that hatch and i talk to my daughter. and there was ben. an injury that was described to us as something that would normally be seen in a car accident. why doesn't it matter? because it doesn't seem to matter. and there was stephanie. they can't hurt her now. she died locked in a single room for the best part of eight years. we have to stop this. and the gove

jayne mccubbin is outside arrowe park hospital where 28 people have spent their first night in quarantine four others have been transferred to specialist units after they tested positive for the coronavirus. we know they arrived at tea—time on saturday in four coaches that had police escort front and back. one of those coaches had nobody on—board, it was there in case any of the other coaches broke down. on board were health professionals wearing full protective clothing. public health england put out a statement yesterday saying those health officials had seen the people in japan before they went on to the flight and had seen they had no symptoms at all as they travelled over to the uk and landed at an airbase in wiltshire. but after that they travelled up by coach in a convoy to arrowe park and it was only when they were in what used to be a staff accommodation unit that has been turned into a quarantine unit, into a quarantine unit, it was only once they were inside there that four people, all brits, tested positive for the virus. they were then transferred out to the specialist hospit

jayne mccubbin has been to todmorden, where residents are braced for more.how bad it will be but we know we will get hit, but we don't know how bad. you are here with loads of volunteers. how bad was it last weekend? very bad. a lot of properties are flooded on this occasion that had never flooded before. it is soul destroying for the people who do get flooded. we are here to help and try and do our best for them. the water levels rose very quickly and in the end of 500 homes flooded, about 400 businesses, serious? the river rose four metres infour serious? the river rose four metres in four hours. keep up the good work this weekend. step inside the town hall, which helpfully is on high ground. this is where the volunteershub ground. this is where the volu nteershub is. ground. this is where the volunteershub is. good morning, you have been cooking for people all week? since sunday afternoon. once i could get out my house, because our street was flooded. we were fine, we weren't actually flooded in the building. came here sunday afternoon and got things in m

marie has been speaking exclusively to breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin about why, in the case of her daughter'snew what it was going to be. i said i can't believe that they'd do this. marrie is lunge at it this phone call, just days before the 32nd anniversary of her murder, her killer ian simms was released. anniversary of her murder, her killer ian simms was releasedm was so close to her birthday. good they have not shown just a little bit of sensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. sims was one of the very first people convicted in the uk through dna evidence. an airing was found in his pub, another in his car, fibres are found on tails dumped miles away. yet sims refused to reveal where the body was hidden. for yea rs, where the body was hidden. for years, marrie petitioned for helen's law, no body, no parole. those will be introduced to recognise the pain of victims and their families caused by offenders refusing to disclose information relating to their crimes stopped but the legislation has stalled. so for marrie, that commitment has come to late.“ stalled. so for

chaos following the torrential rain and strong winds brought by storm dennis. 0ur correspondent jayne mccubbinfloods around about 1045 this morning. have a look over here and you will see what has happened. so the river 0use is actually about 100 metres away from us. all of this in the foreground here is actually the public car park in the centre of york. you can see the pay—and—display machines over there in the distance and see how far the river 0use has come in. as i say, the highest level expected since those 2015 floods. now, an awful lot of money was invested back then into the foss barrier, the main defence in this area. which, if we use actually the mast cam on the top of the satellite truck, you will be able to see a bit better where we are. we've got on one side of us the river foss, on the other side of us the river 0use and where they meet is the foss barrier. that, at the moment, after £70 million—worth of funding, can try and control some 50 tonnes of water every second to try and stabilise the rivers, where they meet and prevent flooding. i'm told by the environment agency, who

but first let's go to hebden bridge where breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin is for us this morning. time people there have been flooded is it? a horrific time here. the river colder is still so fast moving but nowhere near as high as it was yesterday. —— river calder. yesterday people woke up to those old wartime sirens signalling that dangerous levels of water were on the way. within a few hours, the river calder had burst its banks and was also ad almost at the record levels it sought back in 2015. s siren wails. roads in and out of the square siren wails. roads in and out of the square we are siren wails. roads in and out of the square we are in right now were com pletely square we are in right now were completely cut off and the whole area submerged. walking with me across the road now, you can see some of the flood defences that have been put in place since the floods of 2015 were here yesterday and those sirens gave people the chance to get them up in place but you can see the bistro he has brought out all the chairs and tables because of the cleanup operation under way inside.

brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is in todmorden. good morning to you.on't know what time it is going to hit us, how bad it is going to be and what effect it will have. but the main thing is if you're ina will have. but the main thing is if you're in a flood prone area make sure you get prepared. be prepared! how bad was it last week? we have visuals. last week we ended up with the river rising four metres in four hours. more areas flooded on this occasion than we had had before. it was rather devastating for the areas that flooded and my heart goes out to the people who got flooded. that flooded and my heart goes out to the people who got floodedm was about 500 homes, 400 businesses, just in this area. i believe so, yes. listen, we're moving inside now to the town hall which helpfully is on high ground. step inside with me and you can see some of the community effort going on. good morning to everybody in the kitchen. hello! this is sophie and helena. you have been feeding people or we, haven't you? i have been feeding people all week. you are doing wel

breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been looking back on hisjourney.iving other people the chance he had to start over. thank you. and what a smile he has put on the nations as with every step documented on social media and right here on breakfast. 'speedo mick' your spirit, yourjoy for life here on breakfast. 'speedo mick' your spirit, your joy for life is infectious. looking at the windows for this man. come on, enough of that! romeo, romeo, where art thou romeo? the thing that gets me through this,... who knew scotland was so through this,... who knew scotland was so big! when storm ciara and storm dennis struck, ‘speedo mick‘ battled on. storm ciara is given me a beating at the moment. with every step he has reached closer to his target. thank you so much. that is absolutely unbelievable. 282,000 485,000. absolutely unbelievable. 282,000 a85,000. even a measly 65,000 to get to the target. and with every step, word of the man in the pants has a spread right around. tomorrow, it all comes to an. look out for him and look after him, he has come a long

well workshops have now begun in ellie's hometown and our reporter jayne mccubbin has been along to takeered. # nice to meet you, where you been? her life was full. yeah, she was a perfect daughter, really. i would hate it for any young girl to go through what ellie went through and what we went there was a family. ellie gould was young and smart and happy. she had ended a brief relationship so she could spend more time on her studies. the day after, she was killed. if we are going to save one life, if we couldn't save one person being mugged. this is why at home in wiltshire, ellie's three best friends i've campaigning for self defence to be a mandatory part of school pe lessons. it is such a life skill you need to know. hopefully this will give us a police, actually, we do the knowledge to escape an attack. not everyone is going to be attacked, is just giving people the confidence to go out and live their life knowing they can protect themselves. it's empowering. it is, yeah, that is the whole point of this thing. ellie's mum caroland mp whole point of this thing. ellie's mum carol and

jayne mccubbin has been following the story for us. there was jack. it was like a prison, really.ould be a nine—month stay. and it's told it would be a nine—month stay. and its six and a half years later. there was tony. if you kill someone he be out now. he's done 16 years, that's a life sentence. i'm frightened he is going to die there. there was beth. they had no ability to manage her condition so they faced in a secure —— seclusion cell and left are there for two years. i kneel on the floor with my hands on the doorway of that hatch and affirmation on that hatch and talk to my daughter. and there was ben. an injury that was described to us as something that would normally be seenin as something that would normally be seen ina as something that would normally be seen in a car accident. why doesn't it matter? because it doesn't seem to matter. and there was a stephanie. they can't hurt her now. she died locked in a single room for the best part of eight years. we have to stop this. and the government has repeatedly promised action, specific promises and deadlines are set in 2010

jayne mccubbin has been following the story. there was jack. it was like a prison really. floor with my hands on the doorway of that hatch and i put my chin on that hatch and i talk to my daughter. and there was ben. an injury that was described to us as something that would normally be seen in a car accident. why doesn't it matter? because it doesn't matter. and there was stephanie. they can‘t hurt her now. she she died locked in a single room for the best part of eight years. they have to stop this. and the government has repeatedly promised action. specific promises and deadlines set in 2010, after the winterbourne view scandal, to get people out of inpatient care. repeated again the promise of homes, not hospitals. fresh promises and new deadlines in 2015 and again in 2020 after the bbc‘s walton hall expose but every promise has been broken, every deadline missed, so today unprecedented legal action is being launched to take the secretary of state for health to the high court. we‘ve seen too much and heard too much. the hallmark of a civilised society is how we treat t