we live, as kent said, in upstate new york. so we started with kent's best friend and roommate at harvard who lived about two hours away, and we just kept widening the circle and if looking for the guys -- and looking for the guys. little by little, we did. it took a long time, maybe eight or ten of them being harvard graduates, they had a lot of letters after their names, and they had high profile jobs. so we googled them, and they came right up. others were more difficult. and then, sadly, we did learn that four of the men had died before we even started the project. but then we went and looked for their widows and their children and friends, and, you know, started to amass enough probably data for a 2,000-page book. and the years went by. but we did, yes, gather some great life stories. and, of course, everybody always asks us, i bet you had some surprises along the way. oh, yeah. kent's going to tell you about a couple. >> yeah. i mean, the challenge actually in doing the video expect challenge in writing the book -- and th

we live, as kent said, in upstate new york. so we started with kent's best friend and roommate at harvard who lived about two hours away, and we just kept widening the circle and if looking for the guys -- and looking for the guys. little by little, we did. it took a long time, maybe eight or ten of them being harvard graduates, they had a lot of letters after their names, and they had high profile jobs. so we googled them, and they came right up. others were more difficult. and then, sadly, we did learn that four of the men had died before we even started the project. but then we went and looked for their widows and their children and friends, and, you know, started to amass enough probably data for a 2,000-page book. and the years went by. but we did, yes, gather some great life stories. and, of course, everybody always asks us, i bet you had some surprises along the way. oh, yeah. kent's going to tell you about a couple. >> yeah. i mean, the challenge actually in doing the video expect challenge in writing the book -- and th

to have told us their babies would have survived if medics in east kent had provided that care. ble addition to the sudden preventable deaths revealed last month. the trust have apologised in two of the new cases, and denied wrongdoing in the third. an inquest last month found harry redford's death in 2017 was wholly avoidable. now the coroner in that case has written to the trust demanding they make 19 improvements to ensure better maternity care. ministers are due to receive two reports into maternity care at east kent today and will decide whether today and will decide whether to ta ke today and will decide whether to take any action. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: history at the oscars — as korean—language drama "parasite" becomes the first non english language film to win best picture. it also picked up prizes for best original screenplay, best international feature film, and best director. joaquin phoenix was best leading actor and renee zellweger won best leading actress. millions of chinese citizens are due to go back to work after the extended

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.ars, bringing flooding and travel chaos. about 100,000 properties have also been left without power. the authorities are warning of potentially life—threatening flash floods. but the rains have also put out many of the bushfires which have torn through new south wales in recent months. a new space probe has lifted off on its quest to study the sun from close quarters. the spacecraft — called solar 0rbiter — is a joint european space agency and nasa mission and was assembled in the uk. it will study the inner workings of our star in unprecedented detail, and help us to better understand how it affects us here on earth. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. three, two, one, zero... and lift off! blasting off — a mission that's been 20 years in the making. their spacecraft called solar 0rbiter on its way to the sun. everything is looking good. it's jam—packed with instruments, and will take images from closer to our star than any spacecraft has before, but it will be operati

john maguire, bbc news, kent.department of health says the individual did not acquire the virus in the uk. the patient is being transferred to a specialist nhs centre. more on this story throughout the afternoon on the bbc news channel. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. we will start in the usa, with footage from oklahoma, where a winter storm has brought record—breaking amounts of snowfall and some disruption from that, as you can see. but why am i showing you can see. but why am i showing you this? well, it is the same system that will bring

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.r of people killed by the coronovirus. beijing said that yesterday more than 240 deaths were recorded in hubei, the province at the centre of the outbreak, bringing the country's death toll to almost 1,400. the total number with the virus also soared to almost 60,000. that's partly because of changes in the way officials there are diagnosing people. here, a ninth case has been confirmed. more on that in a moment, but, first, from beijing our correspondentjohn sudworth reports. china's at war with this virus, flying in extra supplies and a reinforcement of 2,600 extra troops. but there is still deep confusion about the enemy they are fighting, how many it has infected and how many it is killing. until now, only those with a positive lab test were counted as confirmed cases, but lab tests take time. now patients confirmed by much quicker ct scans are being included. it's slightly less reliable, but it means the number of cases has rocketed. what is far more worrying is the big leap in de

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.of people killed by the coronavirus. beijing said that yesterday more than 240 deaths were recorded in hubei, that's the province at the centre of the outbreak, bringing the country's death toll to almost 1,400. the total number with the virus also soared to almost 60,000, that's partly because of changes in the way officials there are diagnosing people. here, a ninth case has been confirmed. more on that in a moment, but first, from beijing our correspondent john sudworth reports. china's at war with this virus, flying in extra supplies and a reinforcement of 2,600 extra troops. but there is still deep confusion about the enemy they're fighting, how many it's infected and how many it's killing. until now, only those with a positive lab test were counted as confirmed cases, but lab tests take time. now patients confirmed by much quicker ct scans are being included. it's slightly less reliable, but it means the number of cases has rocketed. what's far more worrying is the big leap in de

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.ials to look at the idea of building a bridge between scotland and northern ireland. the prime minister has described the idea of a bridge connecting the british mainland to the island of ireland as "very interesting". his spokesman says the government is looking at it as part of a series of infrastructure projects aimed at levelling up the country's economy. back now to storm ciara, and thousands of people will now be making insurance claims for damage caused by gale force winds and flooding. toby foster has met one woman whose home near doncaster was flooded back in november. she has been waiting three months for repair work on her home. come on. this is the sound of patricia meadows, being rescued from her bungalow in tickhill near doncaster on the night of the floods. it was a scary moment for her. but one thing she thought she didn't have to worry about was insurance. we need to be quick. yeah. my friend phoned the insurance company the next morning and informed them what i am. i'

at least ten babies died at east kent nhs trust who's boss is now questioning how many of those deaths are preventable. there are six or seven cases that are viewed likely is preventable. this is not credible. i can give you ten names now. it isn't always quite as clear—cut as that. now. it isn't always quite as clear-cut as that. also on the programme tonight... a 52—year—old man charged in connection with the murder of lyra mckee in londonderry. trying to crack down on harmful content online, the government gives the media watchdog ofcom new powers to punish social media firms. after 14 days in quarantine on the wirral, 83 britons people who were flown out of wuhan are told they don't have coronavirus and leave tomorrow. and how the footballer rio ferdinand is trying to help parents worried about their children and screentime. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, the chinese grand prix is postponed because of the coronavirus but will it have to be cancelled this year? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it's a major nhs trust at the centre of a scand

from kent, our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. died. i am so glad we got to spend those seven days a fan and see him. he was a real living human being for seven days and that means everything to us. he died because of a number of serious failures in the treatment that he and my wife received and which amounted to neglect. since his wholly avoidable death in 2017 his family have fought to reveal the feeling that caused his death than that of other babies in east kent. today the campaign has taken a huge step forward when the government announced maternity care that their trust will be scrutinised. nhs england and nhs improvements will be commissioning an independent inquiry. the inquiry will look back at preventable deaths or injuries at the trust over a number of years and will be chaired by the person who investigated the morecambe bay maternity scandal. the announcement was made as the trust board were meeting in there. 410, maybe 50 minutes they had no idea what the minister had said and it certainly was not what they were expe

harvard university's class of 1963 that graduated 18 african-americans including our next author, kent garrett. stay tuned for more from georgia in just a moment. >>> while we wait for the next author event to begin, we want to show you a portion of this weekend's "after words" program. pacific research institute's sally pipes offers her thoughts on health care reform. >> host: now, you're from canada. you've mentioned that a number of times. being a canadian native, you've seen it firsthand. you've seen government-run health care. >> guest: i grew up under it. the federal government fully took over the canadian health care system in 1984. no private coverage is allowed for anything considered medically necessary. most things are medically necessary in health care. a couple of things that aren't, cosmetic surgery if i want to make myself look younger, better, lasik surgery for your eyes. the prices have gone down, not gone up because the government isn't involved. in canada in '84 the government took over. i worked at the frazier institute where we started a project called waiting your

after we finish shooting, kent sees a news report. he's shaken.nese government says 23 people disembarked from the cruise ship without being retested for the virus. >> i'm not one of those 23, but i also wasn't test ed right before coming off the ship. >> reporter: he says his last throat swap was february 8th. more than two weeks ago. two weeks of sitting in the cabin he shared with rebecca. kent's left second guessing wondering if he's putting other people's health at risk. >> if i have any symptoms or anything, i don't have a fever. but neither does my wife. >> reporter: he contacted the cdc immediately. and got this email telling him to keep taking the usual precautions. limit contact with others, cover his coughs and sneezes, regular hand washing, monitor his symptoms. >> so i just wonder how many folks out there are in the same situation as me. >> reporter: let go and free to roam around tokyo. what's your impression overall of how the japanese government has handled this? >> completely unprepared. >> reporter: now he's left to wonder what's

among the parents who lost children at the east kent hospitals trust, there's a sense that theirfightontinues. this failure to learn and this culture of denial, which is causing real safety issues at the trust, and i really am confident that if we hadn't have spoken out, things will continue. we'll have an extended interview with the head of the trust involved. also tonight: another coronavirus case in the uk, but the dozens of people who arrived from china and were held in quarantine for two weeks have tested negative and will be home tomorrow. following the killing ofjournalist lyra mckee in londonderry, a local man has been charged with her murder. and we meet alice dearing, who's hoping to become the first black woman to represent great britain in olympic swimming. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, it all came down to the final ball, but england's cricketers were beaten by one run in south africa. good evening. the head of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable deaths of babies has claimed that the extent of the failings is not clear. susan acott, who's chi

she cut off all contact with her mother and moved to kent.cted she was staying with her friends, but i couldn't be sure. you know, when i tried to call her on whatsapp, nothing. callie had begun to think seriously about ending her own life. callie spent hours searching the internet and eventually came across a website where she felt she might be able to get some help. we are going to name the site because it contains extremely harmful content, but it was a chat forum where she would post anonymously. and in one of the first posts that she left, she said "i'm glad ifound this site as it feels near impossible to discuss suicide openly." callie had been staying in her friend jan's spare room. when she'd had suicidal thoughts, in the past, she used to talk them over with him, but not anymore. it was at that point where she just totally engrossed herself with the suicide websites who were encouraging her how to do it. so she felt if she communicated with me, she wouldn't be able to do it. but if she cut me off and communicated with them, they woul

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.horities are warning of potentially life—threatening flash floods. but the rains have also put out many of the bushfires that have torn through new south wales in recent months. a new space probe has lifted off on its quest to study the sun from close quarters. three, two, one, zero. and it left off! the spacecraft — called solar orbiter — is a joint european space agency and nasa mission. it was assembled in the uk and is being described as, "the most significant uk investment in a space science mission for a generation" . the probe — protected with special heat shields — will study the inner workings of the sun to help us better understand its affects here on earth. earlier the international director of the uk space agency alice bunn told my colleague carrie graice it's a really big moment for the uk. we built the overall mission, delivered in partnership with the european space agency as it is a european space agency as it is a european space agency mission and we are part of that o

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.omes from derry, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm and membership of a proscribed organisation, the ira. lyra mckee was shot dead during riots in the city last april. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. lyra mckee's death has led to heightened tensions in derry. members of the group police say are the political voice of the new ira clashed with officers outside court. paul mcintyre, a 52—year—old man from the city, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm and membership of the ira. it gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better. lyra mckee, a writer and gay rights activist, stood next to a police land rover during rioting in the city in april last year. a gunman was seen on mobile phone footage, stepping out and firing towards police. the dissident republican group, known as the new ira, later claimed it was behind the shooting. the violence was widely condemned, bringing back memories of northern ireland's troubled

east kent hospitals nhs trust say they accepted they could have done more to help helen. is 6:16pm. our top story this evening. new flood warnings for towns and villages across the country. in shropshire residents are told they could endanger themselves if they stay in their homes we are live on the red carpet, and here is stormzy, a double winner two yea rs here is stormzy, a double winner two years ago. more in a few minutes. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. head coach phil neville names his england team for the shebelieves cup in the us next month. drugs delivered to your door quicker than it takes to order a takeaway. drugs charities say the ease with which people now have access to drugs makes it increasingly difficult to break the cycle of addiction. home office figures show that 53% of young people say they could get illegal drugs within 24 hours. an undercover bbc investigation found that dealers in some parts of the country are now handing out business cards to attract new customers, with deliveries made in under seven minutes. alasdair gill reports. people wi

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. let's get more now on coronvirus in the uk. as in every case, every person we diagnose with the novel coronavirus we undertake a process of contact tracing for all the people who have beenin tracing for all the people who have been in close contact with them. one thing we do is make sure the individuals themselves get the right ca re individuals themselves get the right care and treatment, and that will be ina care and treatment, and that will be in a place of isolation where they will not be risked to others and then we go through a process of contacting and identifying all those people who have been a particularly close contact, and it has to be quite close contact in order to be a risk to anybody else. that's the process we've got under way at the moment for these four new cases, for all previous cases we've just about completed the contact tracing, out of which the four new people identified today were identified. a european spacecraft which aims to take the closest ever pictures of the sun has been launched from cape canav

east kent hospitals trust say they accept they could have done more to help helen gittos.month, when a man stabbed two people before being shot dead by police, raised serious questions about the reintergration back into society of islamist prisoners. sudesh amman had only been freed from jail about a week earlier, afte serving time for terror offences. well, in south east asia, malaysia has been battling islamist extremism for many years and it's de—radicalisation programme carried out in prisons, has proved successful, with police claiming a 97% success rate. but as our correpsondent anna foster reports, the programme, is also highly controversial. moving in against islamic state... the group is malaysia's biggest threat and these anti—terror forces have foiled 25 attacks so far. many planned and organised from syria. but now police want to bring members of the failed caliphate home to keep people safe. if we abandon them in syria they will travel to other countries. what if they conduct attacks in other countries? so, for us, it is better to bring them back. at least 116

kent is pushing for japanese officials to be more proactive and get out ahead of the growing cases ont just sit here and wait day after day hoping that people self-report. >> will ripley reporting for us. will, thank you very much. more news just ahead. he wanted a man cave in our new home. but she wanted to be close to nature. so, we met in the middle. ohhhhh! look who just woke up! you are so cute! but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance. yeah, it was really easy and we saved a bunch of money. oh, you got it. you are such a smart bear! call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. i'm happy to give you the tour, i lohey jay. it. jay? he helped me set up my watch lists. karl! he took care of my 401k rollover. wow, you call a lot. yeah, well it's my money we're talking about here. help from a team that will exceed your expectations. ♪ >>> there's a new baby boom right here in "the situation room." we want to welcome lincoln michael robert and vivian louise georgia into the world. lincoln is the first child

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent.ld provide new insights into how the sun works and how it affects technologies here on earth. it would ta ke technologies here on earth. it would take the orbiter two years to reach the destination, 26 million miles from the surface of the sun. blasting off — a mission that's been 20 years in the making. the spacecraft, called solar orbiter, on its way to the sun. it's jam—packed with instruments, and will take images from closer to our star than any spacecraft has before, but it will be operating in an extreme environment. the instruments on—board the spacecraft are incredibly sensitive. and then to put it close to the sun — it's really, really difficult. and it's quite nerve—racking when you send your delicate little instrument on the top of a rocket towards the sun! you just hope that it's going to be working. at the royal astronomical society, records of our sun go back hundreds of years, charting huge solar storms. these would have had little effects on us in the 1800s — when thes

i think there will be a lot of questions for her. —— in kent. michael buchanan.nderry when she was shot dead in april last year. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy gave us the latest from derry. well, lyra mckee‘s death was felt very deeply here in derry. she was a writer, a gay rights activist and described as a rising star in northern ireland. she was shot by terrorists, police say, during in the city‘s ragan estate last year. after that, the group known as the new ira claimed it was behind the shooting. a52—year—old man from derry have now been charged with murder and possession of a firearm and membership of a prescribed organisation. he will appear in a magistrates court tomorrow. the violence that led to their key‘s death was widely condemned, something many people hope was consigned to the history book in northern ireland. both british and irish ministers attended the funeral. police say this is a significant step but they believe a number of people were involved in the event last —— that night and that the search for justice continues. senior ministers

flown out of wuhan at the centre of the outbreak. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa is outside the kentsill park conference centre in milton keynes where they have been leaving to return home this morning. there must be a huge amount of relief at finally the period of isolation is over and they can go home? yes, absolutely. the quarantine was lifted at 7am this morning, and taxis have been coming and going since about nine, in the last 20 minutes, 118... inaudible they were repatriated on a flight from china, phone into oxfordshire before being transferred by coach to this facility in milton keynes, they spelt a full 1a days in quarantine because that is the incubation period for the spiders. each of them... inaudible lots of sound problems there, we will try and get back to her with more on that later. the british boxer, tyson fury, has won the wbc world heavyweight title in las vegas, producing a devastating display to beat the american, deontay wilder, in their highly anticipated rematch. fury twice knocked his opponent to the floor, before the fight was stopped in the seventh round.

in kent, the dartford crossing is closed.umber bridge in yorkshire has closed to high—sided vehicles and could close to all traffic. 25,000 runners due to take part in the london winter 10k run were told it would not go ahead. manchester city's premier league game at home to west ham was postponed due to "extreme and escalating weather conditions", while all six of today's women's super league matches are also postponed. and london's eight royal parks have been closed, including hyde park and regent's park. in kendal in cumbria, the river kent has become a raging torrent, bursting its banks in a number of places. the environment agency are urging people to avoid low lying footpaths near the river. in teddington... under its own steam, looking like a boat rather than a trailer. there is a lot of those sorts of pictures coming into us from all over the country. very grateful to viewers who are sending them into us. there has just been an update which has come into me about the hull bridge. the hull bridge is currently closed to

jo ling kent, nbc news, seattle. >>> up next here tonight, the scientific marvel that could help saven entire species >>> finally, the scientific breakthrough giving the world new hope to save vulnerable species. here is gadi schwartz. >> reporter: tonight at the columbus zoo, a scientific marvel with spots. actually more like two little marvels to be exact. the world's first invitro cheetah cub, and then moments later, the second, a twin >> it's huge for cheetahs probably one of the biggest breakthrough that we've had. >> reporter: their birth natural and caught on camera, but their conception straight out of the future in an effort to save a species today there are only around 7,000 cheetahs left in the wild, where only 5% of cubs survive. poaching and a loss of hunting grounds have led to so few cheetahs that too many are too closely related. so now scientists are making new and very modern trees outside of the serengeti the cubs' biological mother kabibi and their father slash chosen for their bloodline. but kabibi is too old to carry, so it happened in a petri dish, the embryo pl

in addition to a faster refund, there is another benefit to filing now our jo ling kent has tonight's >> reporter: welcome to tax season. >> i'm filing my taxes tomorrow. >> usually my husband does it,a the last moment. >> every year i file an extension. >> reporter: the irs began accepting returns this week and for the more than 70% of us who will get a refund, filing early comes with benefits. >> the irs processes returns first in, first out, so first t done now also reduces the chance cyber criminals can steal your identity and file a phony return in your name. >> once your tax return has been filed, it is like locking your social security number nobody else can file a tax return with that social security number, so it helps to protect you. >> reporter: if you're thinking you're one of those people who doesn't need to file a return, consider this, experts say every year the irs has a $1 billion in unclaimed funds. so to see if some of that money belongs to you, go online and check out your state's unclaimed fund website all you have to do is enter your name and you might be surpris

jo ling kent now with that story. >> reporter: tonight, the country's fourth largest bank wells fargo is paying up agreeing to a $3 billion settlement with the justice department and the s.e.c. after employees under pressure to meet sales goals created millions of fraudulent bank accounts between 2002 and 2016. >> simply put, wells fargo traded its hard-earned reputation for short-term profits and harmed untold numbers of customers along the way. >> reporter: according to authorities, inside wells fargo employees called it gaming forging customer's signatures, creating pins to activate unauthorized debit cards and moving money to unauthorized accounts >> i had 15 accounts at once. it was frustrating these are accounts i never opened. >> reporter: according to officials, none of the $3 billion penalty will go back to defrauded customers. in a statement today wells fargo's new ceo called the past conduct reprehensible and wholly inconsistent with its values and promised to ensure that nothing like this happens again. tonight's fine does not clear individual executives from further inves

let's get that and more from jo ling kent. >> reporter: tonight, wall street sinking deeper into the red as fears of coronavirus grow. >> that's a wrap on an ugly week. >> reporter: the dow having its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis, plummeting 12% in just five days. the president reacting late today. >> well, i think it's just people don't know it's the unknown i think they are not very happy with the democrat candidate when they see them i think that has an impact. >> reporter: also calling on the federal reserve to intervene. >> i hope the fed gets involved you know, i'm not a big fan of the fed, you know that. i think they make a lot of mistakes. >> reporter: earlier the fed chair tried to reassure nervous investors. jerome powell saying the fundamentals of the u.s. economy remains strong but the coronavirus imposes evolving risks to economic activity. as coronavirus spreads, retailers are preparing with 58% of people saying they are likely to avoid public areas like malls and movie theaters if the outbreak gets worse. >> i'm not going to just go interact with large, n

ministers announce an independent inquiry into maternity services at an nhs trust in east kent afterof a number of babies. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport with adam wild. less than a year after being sacked by australian rugby for a homophobic social media post — israel folau looks certain to make his super league debut on saturday, he's been named in the catalans squad. thanks, and helen willetts has the weather... i know, we have barely had breathing space, have we? another storm, storm dennis is on the way. between then we have rain on the way. we will talk about the amber warning in half an hour. thanks. also coming up... remembering dresden — 75 years after british aircraft started an aerial attack that devastated the east german city. the extraordinary. the chancellor walked out over the prime minister's demand for him to sack his advisers — amid claims of a briefing war between number 10 and number 11. mrjavid's departure comes just one month before a crucial budget, intended to chart the course for the new government —— and makes him the shortest—serving chancello

ministers announce an independent inquiry into maternity services at an nhs trust in east kent after deaths of a number of babies there. commemorations to mark 75 years since the destruction of dresden in world war ii — one of the most controversial bombing campaigns in military history. good evening. our top story on bbc news at 5 is a dramatic day at westminster, where sajid javid has resigned as chancellor, as the prime minister reshapes his government. mrjavid walked out after borisjohnson told him to sack his team of advisers. it comes amid reports of a briefing war between number 10 and 11 — and a power struggle between mrjavid and mrjohnson‘s chief adviser, dominic cummings. sajid javid becomes the shortest—serving chancellor for more than half a century. mrjavid has been speaking to our political correspondent chris mason. it's political correspondent chris mason. venice huge i was it's venice huge honour and while i was very pleased, i was on unable to accept his condition. i felt it was never an option. my successor has my full support and the prime minister continues to ha

michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. the sun has been launched from cape canaveral in florida. the solar orbiter —assembled in stevenage — is carrying cameras and sensors that should provide new insights about how the sun works and how it affects technology on earth. it will take the orbiter two years to reach it's destination, 26 million miles from the surface of the sun. rebecca morelle reports. five, four, three, two, one, zero... ..and lift—off! blasting off, a mission that's been 20 years in the making. the spacecraft solar orbiter on its way to the sun. it's jam—packed with instruments and will take images from closer to ourstarthan any spacecraft has before. but it will be operating in an extreme environment. the instruments on board the spacecraft are incredibly sensitive. and then to put it close to the sun, it's really, really difficult, and it's quite nerve—racking when you send your delicate little instrument on the top of a rocket towards the sun, and you just hope that it's going to be working. at the royal

. >> reporter: she says the hardest part is being away from her husband kent.aving at us from their quarantined cabin. kent takes his temperature every day. every day he still does not have the virus. >> 37.3. i really don't have that much concern over it right now. >> reporter: the number of sick passengers on the ship grows by the day. including a couple they saw up to five times a day. both with barely any symptoms. >> this fear of, you know, unwarranted. >> reporter: rebecca were talking about the people online and what they were saying. >> i got a message from somebody today saying don't come home. >> i've actually got a couple of really threatening messages. people can be really nasty. >> reporter: she says they can also be really nice. flooding her phone with messages of love and support. a welcomed distraction when she's stuck in a place like this. if you were going to choose between being on the cruise ship or a hospital room, which would be better? >> i would say definitely the cruise ship still. >> reporter: you'd rather be on the cruise ship? >> yea

nbc's jo ling kent has details >> reporter: macy's is dramatically downsizing and rethinking what the like the legacy department store announcing it will close 125 locations over the next three years, eliminating 2,000 corporate jobs or 9% of its workforce and shut down its cincinnati headquarters, moving all operations to new york macy's ceo acknowledging the cuts are deep and impact every area of the business, but they are necessary and a better fit to compete in today's retail environment. the new plan is to build smaller stores called the market by macy's, put them away fromfrom traditional malls and sell not only apparel but also food and drinks the tectonic shift away from brick and mortar locations it comes as retailers close 9300 stores last year shoppers don't need big stores and they want convenience and they want value. and by the way, they can shop anytime, anywhere. so you have to give them a reason to go to the store. so closure news doesn't mean macy's is going out of business. the smaller store sfrajt follows what nortdstrom, target and best buy have been doing for yea

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what were your thoughts when you saw the chief executive of east kent hospitals trust?ggest there are about 134 baby deaths going back to 2013, and statistics from the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists suggest 70% of those would normally be avoidable, so her figure of 6— seven is completely inaccurate, i feel and as such we are calling for a public enquiry to find out the scale of the problem. once we know the scale of the problem, hopefully then people will be able to go in there and resolve the problems that are there. couple of the things she was asked about, what is a very personal thing and it is about the parents in this case, and this is you, you have lost your son harry. having someone talk to them. and that question was asked, who have you ever gone to speak to? how has that been for you and what difference does that thing may? that can be a significant difference. the people we spoke to in our situation, the conversations we had asked them numerous questions and the answer they gave us actually there more questions and because of that we kept g

now, there's to be an independent review into maternity services at east kent nhs trust amid concernble baby deaths. the trust's chief executive has said there could have been 15 cases over the course of the last decade. that includes harry richford, who was born in 2017 at the queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital in margate, and died seven days later after complications with his delivery and aftercare. the local mp told of a telephone call he'd had that very morning. i spoke for half an hour with a husband and wife living now in australia, who two months after the death of harry richford, lost their own child. under similarly tragic circumstances it was the most harrowing call i have ever taken. in 36 years of this house of commons. they deserve and need the opportunity to achieve closure and move forward. these parents need to know, that the failures in protocol, that the failures in clinical judgement, and the failures in management have been addressed. he told the minister there should be a full independent inquiry so that these parents and others would know that their child

ministers announce an independent inquiry into maternity services at an nhs trust in east kent after deaths of a number of babies. and remembering dresden — 75 years after british aircraft started an aerial attack that devastated the east german city. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news... odion ighalo is made to train away from the manchester united squad as a precautionary measure because of the coronavirus. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister's government reshuffle took a dramatic turn this morning, as the chancellor sajid javid resigned from the cabinet. it's understood he was offered the opportunity to stay on, but only on condition that he fire all his advisers, which he refused to do. he'll be replaced by another treasury minister, rishi sunak. the shock resignation has dominated boris johnson's first reshuffle since his election victory in december. a string of other senior ministers have gone, including the northern ireland secretaryjulian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government in stormont. so have the

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kent, for example, what has been happening has been happening right across the country, but here in kentt have affected services. we've had parts of the overhead power cables came down, that affected high—speed services. in addition, a train hit a tree in swa nley in addition, a train hit a tree in swanley and passengers were stuck on that train for several hours. fortu nately, that train for several hours. fortunately, nobody was injured there. we have had rather unusual delays caused by tramlines because we've had trampolines blowing onto the railway line, large trampolines that they have had to get network rail staff along to move and they had to check that the track has not been damaged and that has caused problems. agreement tonight and they we re problems. agreement tonight and they were running as it is likely to continue in parts of the country and there are weather warnings until midweek. let's speak now to debbie teale, who's in her home in myhemroyd fortu nately fortunately my house has not flooded, but the area around it has. areas have been deluged. they were deluged in 2015

she's representing the thousands of sussex and kent countians who now is there access to this crucial 21st century technology. kimberly, please stand and let us recognize you. [ applause ] and i'm told kimberly's smother a state employee. [ applause ] got that wrong. got that. our tech have i investments are having an impact in other ways as well this. past year we launched delaware one stop. it's a convenient centralized platform that allows small businesses to easily get licensed with the state. we should also make it easier for everyday delawarians to interact with their state government. we need a one stop for delaware citizens where you can buy your park pass, register to vote, renew your license or check for snow closures. i've asked our chief information officer james collins to lead a new effort to connect state government with delawarians through technology. this will will be a game-changer for our state. [ applause ] thank you a, james. together we've also v.invested in over $30 million in the high ireducation economic development fund. we want our colleges and universities

kent remains on the cruise ship.d she didn't qualify for the flight because of the fact she has coronavirus. so to now learn in the end at the last hour they decided to allow 14 others who tested positive, but not her, gosh, it must be gutting. that they're still here in japan, still separated from each other. and these, these other patients, well, they are isolated from everybody else on the plane, they are back, you know, on home turf. they're back in the united states. they're back on dry land. they'll be able to communicate more easily with their doctors. and just in many ways feel more comfortable about the medical care that they are receiving. obviously you feel more comfortable when you're at home than you do when you're away. my thoughts are with them right now and my thoughts are also with the 300 passengers from the diamond princess who had a really tough ordeal. it's all relative, of course. there is so much suffering in the world and everybody, everybody's pain is different, but it is still their pain. an

east kent hospitals trust say they accepted they could have done more to help helen.take away. drugs charities say the ease with which people now have access to drugs makes it increasingly difficult to break the cycle of addiction. home office figures show that 53% of young people say they could get illegal drugs within 24 hours. an undercover bbc investigation found that dealers in some parts of the country are now handing out business cards to attract new customers, with deliveries made in under 7 minutes. alasdair gill reports. people willjust pull over in cars and you expect tinted windows, they roll down their windows and you say something like, do you guys do coke, do you guys do weed? and if you say yes, they will give you a card. that's a business card from a drug dealer. in leeds, students say they get given them all the time and using hidden cameras, so did we. bud is cannabis, md is mdma, better known as ecstasy, and a class a drug. i've been given loads of these now, all apparently from different dealers and all offering everything from cannabis to cocaine

john maguire, bbc news, kent. russian soyuz spacecraft, carrying her and 2 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 fifty years of space travel. christina koch completed more than 5—thousand 200 orbits of the earth and travelled 139 million miles — the equivalent of 291 round trips to the moon from earth. now let's look at the weather. today brought some settled, dry weather and even some blue sky and that home weather looks set to continue into the start of the weekend before we see something stormy. store ciara set to move in through the second half of the weekend, bringing heavy rain and damaging and potentially destructive winds. looking at north america, the same winds. looking at north america, the sa m e syste m winds. looking at north america, the same system has brought some record—breaking amounts of snow fall to oklahoma, and it will get carried acro

the australian open now and the women's final where american associate kent in stunned to the time winner garbin to grab her 1st grand slam title now can and put immense pressure on the spaniard after dropping the 1st set but fought back and at the age of $21.00 she becomes the youngest player to lift the title in 12 year. and with that you're up to date you're watching. football sense of guy you don't need to keep a day you go to the people both for over a match at home the 4th time for the most recent article about looks that means the bottom of the bellies at the last dragons in this world has called a halt to use. this meter just. like red shows. are the way to get when you're going. to. be mobility everywhere w. . sarah and gary and what little is left of their terrain wildlife sanctuary. australia's bush fires raged through cargo population less than 800 leaving behind only ruins and claiming 2 lives. and now how can the community rebuild. and she's going to want. that anymore. to animal rights activists spring sheepskins blankets and bags as more and more people drop by with donati

in kent, the dartford crossing is closed. humber bridge in yorkshire has closed to high—sided vehicles and could close to all traffic. 25,000 runners due to take part in the london winter 10k run have been told it will not go ahead. manchester city's premier league game at home to west ham was postponed due to "extreme and escalating weather conditions". london's eight royal parks have been closed, including hyde park and regent's park. in kendal in cumbria, the river kent has become a raging torrent. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal is in dover. the weather conditions have been worsening since this morning here, and now, it has become so bad that all very services are suspended from the port due to the strong winds. it is not just here the port due to the strong winds. it is notjust here that ferry services have been affected, there have been disruptions and cancellations with irish ferry crossings and with services in scotland. a ferry tried to birth but could not because of the strong winds and it had to go back out to sea. a