what awaits them, jon donnison? training and conference centre just outside of milton keynes, and we are expecting them any moment, actually. that plane touched down at brize nortonjust after that plane touched down at brize norton just after 7:30am. we that plane touched down at brize nortonjust after 7:30am. we believe there was a delay because of the awful weather, but they were due to arrive by bus here within the next few minutes. we have been told that there will be around 150 people evacuated from wuhan who are staying here. they are all apparently at the moment in good health. we heard they are from the british ambassador that two people were not allowed onto the plane because they had high temperatures, but all of the people currently staying here are in good health and they will be here for two weeks. what facilities have been made available to them? well, look, we have been told that they will have access to things like netflix, there will be amazon kindle tablets, computers for them to read and so on. bu

jon donnison reports.weekend's pummelling from storm ciara, britain is now bracing for storm dennis. in hebden bridge in west yorkshire, so often the victim of flooding, people are once again preparing for the worst. the anxiety levels are a little high. but we have left the flood defences on the back door, we will put them on the front door tonight. and then we willjust wait and see and see what happens really. slowly move any valuables and things upstairs. just down the road in mytholmroyd, they are trying to shore up the only part built flood defences. it's terrifying, the impact on the community is massive. we have lost all the shops, all the businesses. just over your shoulder there is barbers, hairdressers, there's sainsbury's, all these places were rude. —— places are ruined. they will be brewing for months. it is going to happen again and again. many rivers, this is the ouse in york, are already at the limit. and with some places expecting a months worth of rain over the next 48 hours, they are unl

jon donnison, bbc news.facing europe's biggest outbreak of the virus, with more than a hundred cases. in parts of the north of the country, schools, universities and cinemas have been closed, with the venice carnival being closed two days early. the italian government has announced strict controls on movement in 11 towns near venice and milan, with no one allowed in or out. from italy, mark lowen has more.. lockdown in northern italy. streets deserted, shops shut in the european country with the worst coronavirus outbreak. with towns in the affected area closed off, more than 50,000 people are under quarantine, an unprecedented step as italy scrambles to curb the outbreak. at supermarkets they waited to stock up, taking every precaution, unsure of how long the special measures will last. police were brought in to control the situation and limit numbers queueing. the region worst affected is lombardy around milan. its mayor said schools are closing as well as universities, libraries and museums. "it's just a

jon donnison reports. health system is at full stretch, with these figures suggesting it was the coronavirus‘ deadliest day. 2a2 deaths is almost the previous highest daily total. the sudden increase can partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. but such a rise challenges the assertion made in geneva just yesterday by the world health organization that infection rates may have peaked. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has stabilised over the past week. but that must be interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile, overnight, doctors at saint thomas‘ hospital in london continued to treat the latest coronavirus case here in the uk, a woman who is thought to have flown into heathrow from china in the last few days but had only developed symptoms after she arrived. officials are now trying to trace everyone she may have been in contact with. elsewhere, two weeks after they were put into q

first tonight, jon donnison reports on the latest cases here in the uk.ust a day after arriving back in the uk, four of those flown home yesterday have now tested positive for coronavirus. they were among the 30 british and two irish evacuees who had just been transferred to arrowe park hospital on the wirral to begin two weeks of quarantine. all had been passengers aboard the diamond princess cruise ship injapan where health officials say they had picked up the virus. but there will be concerns that having all travelled back from japan together, there could eventually be more cases among those being held in quarantine. the airplane takes you to united states and then you get your passport. 18 of the american passengers evacuated from the diamond princess and flown back to the us have also since tested positive and there have been similar australian cases. meanwhile, more than 100 british people evacuated from wuhan in china ended two weeks of quarantine at a conference centre in milton keynes. they were allowed to go home having been given the all clear.

well, jon donnison sent this report from milton keynes.he royal free hospital, in north london. they apparently picked the virus up in france from another british person, already confirmed as infected. and this morning, the last uk evacuation flight out of the chinese city of wuhan — epicentre of the virus — touched down at raf brize norton, carrying around 200 british and foreign nationals. we've not got everybody out, we know that. unfortunately, two people failed temperature checks early this morning, they've had to go back into wuhan. a convoy of buses transported those british citizens who made it back to a hotel and conference centre in milton keynes — out of china, but still not in the clear. we understand that there are about 150 passengers on these coaches who have now been evacuated from wuhan. all of them are, for the moment, we are told by nhs staff, in good health. this will be their home, though, for the next two weeks, where they will be kept in isolation. the coronavirus has now killed more than 800 people, surpassing the n

——jon donnison. cruise ship which was under quarantine in hong kong. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been speaking to some of them. these are some of the passengers now being allowed off the ship, how was it on board, sir? clearly, a pretty difficult time. for the past four days, they haven't been able to leave the ship, but now passengers are coming out and the is, even reason though there are about 40 people on board who said they had the fever and flu—like symptoms, they have all been tested and it turns out no one has the new coronavirus. so they are making their way to the taxes and going on to their homes, wherever that may be. the reason people were concerned is that there was a previous cruise involving the same ship last month and eight people tested positive for the new coronavirus, so that was the concern. but the authorities in hong kong tonight has said there was no cause for alarm and there is a lot of media attention, particularly local camera crews talking to people about what it has

jon donnison reporting there from milton keynes. ship which was under quarantine in hong kong. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been speaking to some of them. for the past four days they have not been able to leave the ship. and they are now coming out, although a0 people on board had fever and flu—like symptoms, they have all been tested and it turns out that no one has the new coronavirus, so they are making their way to the taxis and going on to their homes, whenever that may be. the reason that people were concerned was that there was a previous cruise, involving the same ship, last month, and people tested positive for the coronavirus. the authorities here in hong kong tonight have said there is no cause for alarm and, as you can see, there is a lot of media attention, particularly local cammock was talking to people about what it has been like to be confined to this ship —— local camera crews. shalit, you're finally? finally on the ground. how does that feel? -- charlotte. most of the facilities are closed. most of the time we

jon donnison reports. translation: everything has changed in the last three days.rreal atmosphere. you see very few people. shops and businesses are closed. we have been ordered by authorities and our bishop not to celebrate mass. at least one school, in northwich in cheshire, has closed for a week after some peoples returning from a ski trip reported flu symptoms. meanwhile, at this hotel in la nza rote, flu symptoms. meanwhile, at this hotel in lanzarote, around 1000 people are now in quarantine after one guest, a doctorfrom northern italy tested positive for the virus. we have got to stay in the hotel, we have got to stay in the hotel. there isa have got to stay in the hotel. there is a cordoned around the hotel by the police. in iran, some hospitals are struggling to cope. at least 16 people have died and the deputy health minister has now been infected. this turkish airlines flight infected. this turkish airlines flight out of tehran was diverted after a suspected case among its passengers. several airlines in the region are restricting flights in and out of ir

jon donnison reports. the latest british victim is now being treated at the royal free hospital in north london. they a p pa re ntly hospital in north london. they a ppa re ntly ta ke hospital in north london. they apparently take the virus up in france from another british person already confirmed as infected. this morning the last uk evacuation flight morning the last uk evacuation flight out of the chinese city of wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, touched down at raf brize norton carrying around 200 british and foreign nationals. we have not got everybody out. unfortunately two people felt the temperature checks early this morning and they have had to go back into wuhan. a convoy of buses transported those british citizens who need it back to our hotel and conference centre in milton keynes. 0ut hotel and conference centre in milton keynes. out of china but still not in the clear. we understand there are about 150 passengers on these coaches who have now been evacuated from wuhan. all of them are for th

jon donnison reports. a relative calm before the storm.ll clearing up from storm ciara last weekend, residents in the calder valley are bracing themselves for another onslaught. this area has borne the brunt of the bad weather. flooding is expected later, which could further devastate this community. the army has been deployed here in calderdale to help once the storm hits. the first thing they are going to be providing is reassurance reassurance to people that actually, we are doing everything we can to keep them safe during storm dennis. the second thing is that we're actually, with their engineering experience, basically check our river walls and reinforce them where there are weaknesses. as well as the army, volunteers are preparing for what is to come. across most of the country, there are severe weather warnings in place. forecasters say that a months worth of rain could fall in some places. this is sidmouth in devon, where storm dennis has already made an entrance. and there is already massive disruption for travellers on trains and

evacuated passengers have now arrived at a milton keynes hotel to be quarantined. 0ur correspondent jon donnisonell us what facilities have been made available. well, these passengers, and we are told by nhs staff here that there are about 150 who are going to be staying at this training and conference centre just outside milton keynes, they arrived ona outside milton keynes, they arrived on a convoy of coaches, not too many on a convoy of coaches, not too many on each bus, it looked like they we re on each bus, it looked like they were trying to keep them not too crowded, many of the passengers we could see were wearing masks, and they are going to be kept in isolation for two weeks here. we are told by nhs staff that there is no one else going to be staying here, although some of the staff at the conference centre have decided to keep on working, but there are going to be two different teams, one team who has contact with those patients, and another team who doesn't. as to what they are going to do, well, they are going to be provided with things like netflix and kindles, books and magazines.

jon donnison reports. last weekend's pummelling from storm ciara, britain is now bracing for storm dennis. in hebden bridge in west yorkshire, so often the victim of flooding, people are once again preparing for the worst. the anxiety again preparing for the worst. the a nxiety levels again preparing for the worst. the anxiety levels are a little high, but we've left the flood defences on the back door. we'll put them on the front door, and then we'lljust wait and see and see what happens, really, slowly move any valuables and things upstairs. just down the road, in mytholmroyd, they are trying to shore up the only part built flood defences. it is terrifying. the impact on the community is massive. we have lost all the shops, all businesses. just over your shoulder there's barbers, there's hairdressers, sainsbury‘s, all these places are ruined. they will be ruined for months. it's going to happen again, and again. many rivers, this is the ouze in york, are already out there are limits, and with some places

jon donnison reports.ealth system is in full stretch, with these figures suggesting it was the coronaviruses deadliest day. 2a2 deaths is almost the previous highest daily total. the sudden increase could partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. but such a rise challenges the assertion made in geneva just yesterday by the world health organization that infection rates may have peaked. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has stabilised over the past week. but that must be interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile, overnight, doctors at saint thomas is hospital in london continued to treat the latest coronavirus case here in the uk, a woman who is thought to have flown into heathrow from china in the last few days but had only developed symptoms after she arrived. officials are now trying to trace everyone she may have been in contact with. elsewhere, two weeks after they were put int

now around the world, her supporters can be counted in the millions. jon donnison, bbc news.ve been acquitted of charges of fraud in the only criminal trial of senior bankers in the uk over events in the 2008 crisis. 0ur correspondent andy verity has been following the case and has this report. former senior barclays executive, rogerjenkins, once described as the best paid banker in the city, along with former senior banker tom kalaris and a lower ranking executive, richard boath, were accused by the serious fraud office of committing a fraud in the midsts of the 2008 crisis. charges they have spent a year on trial denying. in may 2008, barclays, like other banks, was running dangerously low on cash. regulators were pressing the bank to beef up its finances and put billions more aside in case some of the loans it had made weren't repaid. directors set in motion a plan to raise funds privately from sovereign wealth funds around the world. with tom kalaris co—ordinating it, one of then chief executive bob diamond's trusted lieutenants, roger jenkins, the head of barclays capita

jon donnison reports.res suggesting it was the coronavirus' deadliest day. 2112 deaths is almost the previous highest daily total. the sudden increase can partly be explained by a change in the criteria doctors in china are using to confirm infections. but such a rise challenges the assertion made in geneva just yesterday by the world health organization that infection rates may have peaked. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has stabilised over the past week. but that must be interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile, overnight, doctors at saint thomas' hospital in london continued to treat the latest coronavirus case here in the uk, a woman who is thought to have flown into heathrow from china in the last few days but had only developed symptoms after she arrived. officials are now trying to trace everyone she may have been in contact with. elsewhere, two weeks after they were put into quarantine at arrowe park hospital on the wirral,

jon donnison reports. it's known as the red zone.50,000 people, now under police lockdown in northern italy. and today, the british government stepped up its advice for those returning from the country. anybody who's been to italy north of pisa should, if they have symptoms, flu—like symptoms, should self—isolate, which means go home and try to stay out of contact with other people. if people have been to the affected areas that the italian government have quarantined, then they should self—isolate, whether or not they have symptoms. from the air, the streets of the red zone do seem eerily quiet. with more than 200 confirmed cases and seven deaths, nowhere near the same scale as in the far east, but it's the centre of europe's biggest coronavirus outbreak. this man is a priest in the quarantined hamlet of zorlesco. translation: everything has changed in the last three days. there is a surreal atmosphere. you see very few people. the shops and businesses are closed except for takeaways and supermarkets. even at church, we are being or

jon donnison, bbc news.nd, professor chris whitty, said preparations to deal with coronavirus included planning for a possible scenario of more people here in the uk testing positive for the virus and said such an event would inevitably put pressure on the system. we are clear that... we are clear that. .. this is part of the strategy that if this happens, we are than in a best position to get the nhs working as effectively as possible. which could be more beds and people being treated at home? it certainly will be a component of this as with any epidemic, that people don't need hospitals but to have symptoms will need to stay at home. thus true for most infections in general. we don't encourage people who have infections and our ashley will to go into the health service and that would be true for this as with any other epidemic. what is your advice to people planning a holiday in italy? people have been over there, people are planning on going over to the east for a holiday. with the advice? the advice as f

our correspondent, jon donnison, is at the foreign office.on in the risk outside of the province and the city of wuhan where the virus originated, but they feel there is a chance in the next few days or weeks that the chinese could tighten travel restrictions and it simply me not be possible to leave china as people do not do so now and they want to do so. what sort of help can the foreign office gets to make sure they can get out? at the moment, they are seeing that there remain commercial flights out of china. we know that british airways have cancelled all their flights and they are not going to be running for the rest of this month. the options are becoming more limited. about 100 british citizens we re limited. about 100 british citizens were flown out of wuhan in the last few days and they are now in quarantine, in isolation on the world for two weeks, and we understand a further 14 citizens we re understand a further 14 citizens were able to leave china today on an air new zealand flight, but in terms of those 30,000 estimated british

jon donnison is at the old bailey. jon, tell us what has been said in court so far.d injury and died in hospital the following day. now, thomas hanlon is accused of causing death by careless driving. he was writing a regular mountain bike that he had bought second—hand, that had been modified with an electric motor. now, he is also charged with driving without insurance and also without having a licence. under the law, if you have an electric bike, an e—bike, which have become very popular in recent years, you don't have to have insurance or a licence if the power is limited up to 250 watts , if the power is limited up to 250 watts, and if the motor automatically switches off at 15.5 mph. the court heard today that his bike was capable of doing double that speed. thomas hanlon denies all the charges against him, the case is expected to last for four to five days. jon, thank you. let's get an update on the weather, more rain on the way, ben rich has the forecast. some parts of the uk that have not had snow might see some tonight, down towards the south this lump of ra