danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire. in other news...all the sexual assault charges against him. the former first minister of scotland has walked free after being cleared by a jury following a trial at the high court in edinburgh. the jury returned a not proven verdict on one charge of assault with intent to rape, but found him not guilty of all the other 12 charges, including an attempted rape. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. faced with shocking allegations alex salmond always maintained he had never attempted a nonconsensual sexual encounter in his entire life. throughout the trial he argued that people were making up claims against them for political reasons. he didn't go into details. there was certain evidence i would have liked to have seen led in this trial but for a variety of reasons we were not able to do so. at some point, that information, those facts and that evidence will see the light of day, but it will not be this day and for a very good reason. there will be a scottish parliamentary investigation into this whol

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire.emic, despite restrictions being ramped up. thousands of army reservists have been called up in switzerland to relieve hospitals under pressure as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus jumped by 15% in 24 hours — it is now more than 8,500. spain has again registered its highest daily death toll of people from the virus, 462 have died in the past day. the deputy prime minister, carmen calvo, is being tested in hospital. in italy, there is some good news, the rate of infection has dropped for the second day in a row but it's still europe's worst affected country. 6,078 people have now died, with 602 deaths in the last day. in a moment we'll hear from mark lowen in italy, but first damian grammaticas reports from the spanish capital madrid. coughing listen to the coughing from virus patients sprawled in the corridors of a madrid hospital. this is a health service starting to be swamped. inside another hospital. spain's capital is the epicentre of this country's outbreak. m

art of north yorkshire nearly nine hours of sunshine today, but it was a different story further southad over an inch and a half of rain in parts of eat sockets today —— cease suck us —— east of sussex. we will see the temperature is falling away then in the next few hours. first thing tomorrow morning, we will see temperatures down or just tomorrow morning, we will see temperatures down orjust below freezing in a few places. the exception, the far southeast. more cloud here getting into northern ireland. here we can have a scattering of showers. elsewhere, some early morning mist and fog passes will lift away and it will be dry, predominantly sunny. we will see a scattering of showers becoming more widespread. if you dodge the showers, some sunshine, it will certainly feel warmer for many in comparison to today. 7—iid. as a move at a friday into the start of the weekend, this area of low pressure pushing in. it will bring some wet and windy weather with it, but it's really worth emphasising that for many, the weekend is not going to be a wash—out by any means. there will be some drier

good morning to you, i think this picture from north yorkshire sums it up picture from north yorkshire of us today. many of us will have a similar picture, without the frost, into the afternoon. there are exceptions, though. the bulk of the showers in these areas. there will be one or two drifting eastwards but for the vast majority, your day sta rts for the vast majority, your day starts dry and sunny and it will finish in the same way. the sun is now getting a bit stronger day by day. by the time we get to the evening rush—hour, a bit blustery towards the south west but across the western half of england, particularly wales, we will continue to see a few showers. western scotland, there could be a few downpours for the journey home from work. it does mean oh frost will form very quickly tonight across many parts of the country. but second half of the night, as the cloud comes in, patchy rain or drizzle, temperatures lifting tomorrow morning. there could be a bit of snow preceding it on the scottish mountains. these are the temperatures at eight o'clock on saturday morning. there is m

much of the water which flooded homes on the board of east and north yorkshire hasn't gone away.ill dealing with the consequences. if we'd have been stood in this spot at the peak of the flood, we would have... probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike, who's had floodwater in his home for nearly four weeks now. we are on a septic tank system here. so, the system backed up. and, so, although we've been able to live in the house, we're very careful about how many times we flush the toilet or how many times we get a shower or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden, even the tree house was under the water at one point. it's notjust home owners affected by these floods. it was farmers as well. this is a vast greenhouse full of lettuce but, it was underwater for days, so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, and that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this. residents here were so desperate to protect their homes, they built their own flood barrier. it worked for a while, t

people are working closely with the 2 new underworld at helicopter base that are if leaning in north yorkshire to meet requests for assistance from any chess boards and trusts across scotland and northern england a 2nd helicopter facility covers the middle inns and southern england working out of the aviation task force headquarters at ar e. of benson in oxfordshire. and wildcat helicopters normally based at r.e.i. odium n r n a s yo built in respect of the support to the southern areas and these helicopter facilities have been set up to support medical transport across scotland and the rest of the united kingdom but of course is also available for general support such as moving equipment and personnel to where they are needed across the united kingdom and the canals based support follows the use of an r e f a 400 m. transport aircraft working with the scottish ambulance service to evacuate a critically ill patient from the shetland islands to aberdeen to receive intensive care treatment i'm deeply grateful for everyone in the armed forces and in the public sector who are doing so much to help

and we're the country has entered war against the infectious disease as the crisis in daegu in north yorkshire but province has reached the highest point into 10 shut the strip supermarket shelves of toilet paper and other essential tokyo has confirmed almost 1000 cases the prime minister shinzo abbott says he's ready to boost government spending to protect the economy we were scrutinised impact of the core of the virus on the global and japanese economies a further steps are necessary we would take action without hesitation. straightly a central bank cut interest rates to a record low about 40 cases a big concern to their chinese cities brought to a standstill by the virus coming back to life some provinces of preparing to reopen the schools as early as next week the government says the outbreak is under control but with many tough restrictions still in place nationwide it seems to be having trouble from vince in the public to be alert but not alarmed katrina al-jazeera. the un's nuclear watchdog is demanding answers from iran over under clear that target here at 3 sites the international ato

much of the water which flooded homes on the board of east and north yorkshire hasn't gone away.. if we'd have been stood in this spot at the peak of the flood, we would have... probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike, who's had floodwater in his home for nearly four weeks now. we are on a septic tank system here. so, the system backed up. and, so, although we've been able to live in the house, we're very careful about how many times we flush the toilet or how many times we get a shower or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden, even the tree house was under the water at one point. it's notjust home owners affected by these floods. it was farmers as well. this is a vast greenhouse full of lettuce but, underwater for days, it was so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, and that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this. residents here were so desperate to protect their homes, they built their own flood barrier. it worked for a while, then the water got through and rui

bought british steel, securing the future of more than 3,000 workers in scunthorpe, teesside and north yorkshire machinery, but it'll come at a cost of up to 500 jobs, a price unions say is worth paying to secure the future for the remaining workforce, as our business editor simon jack reports. this plant has been on government life support since last may when british steel faced closure again. today, the future looked secure for most but not all of the nearly 4,000 workers and thousands more in the supply chain. there are 500 jobs that have gone, so some people are a bit upset about that, but, on the whole, it's positive for the town. yeah, i think it's fantastic. it will be good. it'll be good for all the contractors as well because we've got so many thousand, but the contractors as well, you've got another 15—20,000 people. i am pleased to announce that day jingye group has completed the acquisition of british steel's assets. british steel's new chinese owners today promised a bright future, supported by over £1 billion of new investment. at the grange lane cafe in the shadow of the plant, fe

we are talking about a new chancellor, a north yorkshire mp. question mark quite possibly. he is the richmond mp and that has been a conservative seat for some time. it is different to a place like wakefield which was labour since 1932 until the last election. but i suppose there is cautious optimism that with someone from the region in the oppression dance of downing street that will hopefully translate into a better quality—of—life for people around here. what'll read -- be really good to see is we now have a mayor covering 60% of the population in the north and what we need now is a roll—out of devolution to the rest of the north and indeed to other parts of england as well. let's talk money. i think you had hopes for the shared prosperity fund. anything? not that i have seen unless i have missed it. ithink not that i have seen unless i have missed it. i think that is a real concern for an area like wakefield and the north of england. we know that brexit is good to be a challenge. we need to have some certainty about what services will be ma

those are pictures there from north yorkshire police in north yorkshire enforcing those rules.go about their vital duties.‘ it comes after a man admitted three counts of assaulting an emergency worker after claiming to have coronavirus, and directing coughs at police who were arresting him for a separate offence. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more on what the cps is saying. it almost beggars belief. the director of public and has has felt it necessary to spell it out the director of public prosecutions has has felt it necessary to spell it out that he will prosecute people who either use coughs as a means of assaulting emergency workers or anyone else, shop workers, and that he will make sure are prosecuted to the highest shop workers, and that he will make sure they are prosecuted to the highest level and his prosecutors will seek verey severe penalties when doing so. people may not understand this, but it is an assault to threaten someone with something that might do them harm. if you cough towards a police officer or anyone else and say you have corona

much of the water which flooded homes on the board of east and north yorkshire hasn't gone away.we would have... probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike, who's had floodwater in his home for nearly four weeks now. we are on a septic tank system here. so, the system backed up. and, so, although we've been able to live in the house, we're very careful about how many times we flush the toilet or how many times we get a shower or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden, even the tree house was under the water at one point. it's notjust home owners affected by these floods. it was farmers as well. this is a vast greenhouse full of lettuce but, it was underwater for days, so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, and that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this. residents here were so desperate to protect their homes, they built their own flood barrier. it worked for a while, then the water got through and ruined more homes. in nearby east cowick, you still can't get to som

these pumas are working closely with a chinook and a wildcat helicopter from north yorkshire to meetility covers the midlands and southern england, working out of the aviation task force headquarters at raf benson in oxfordshire. chinook and wildcat helicopters normally based in yeovilton support the southern areas. these helicopter facilities have been set up to support medical transport across scotland and the rest of the united kingdom. the task force is also available for general support such as moving equipment and personnel to where they are needed across the united kingdom. the kinloss—based support follows the use of an raf transport aircraft working with the scottish ambulance service to evacuate a critically ill patient from the shetland islands to aberdeen, to receive intensive care treatment. i'm deeply grateful to everyone who are doing so much to help us in the fight against coronavirus, and all of us can continue to play our part in supporting them and the health service by staying at home, supporting the nhs and saving lives. now, i want to ask stephen to run through

today, cloudy across northern scotland, patchy rain into the western isles, cloud in the north yorkshireold. some high cloud spilling towards northern ireland, northern and western scotland, for some, to which is not going down too far. for eat in scotland, —— eastern scotland, a frosty and bright start. monday, fine, barely a cloud in the sky, bright will eastern parts of scotland. northern and western scotla nd scotland. northern and western scotland and northern ireland, the cloud thickening in the breeze picking up and you will notice quite a bit of rain moving in towards the north—west of scotland, northern and western isles, particularly the western isles, particularly the western isles. very wet into the afternoon. temperatures will creep up afternoon. temperatures will creep upa degree afternoon. temperatures will creep up a degree also on monday. another look at the bigger picture shows this weather front. as we get into tuesday, high pressure being squeezed, still there for england and wales on tuesday. for scotland and wales on tuesday. for scotland and northern ireland, more

and we're the country has entered war against the infectious disease as the crisis in daegu in north yorkshire but province has reached the highest point into penn shut the strip supermarket shelves of toilet paper and other essential tokyo has confirmed almost 1000 cases the prime minister shinzo abbott says he's ready to boost government spending to protect the economy we were scrutinised impact of the core of the virus on the global and japanese economies a further steps are necessary we would take action without hesitation. australia's central bank cut interest rates to a record low of about 40 cases have been confirmed to their chinese cities brought to a standstill by the virus a coming back to life some provinces are preparing to reopen the schools as early as next week the government says the outbreak is under control but with many tough restrictions still in place nationwide it seems to be having trouble convincing the public to be alert not alarmed katrina al-jazeera inching. still ahead on al-jazeera tribal loyalties in libya put to the test concerts shows no sign of slowing. and su

police in north yorkshire have begun carrying out spot checks on motorists, in a bid to halt the spreadtopping vehicles and asking motorists where they are going, why they are going there, and reminding them of the message to stay at home, protect the nhs and save lives. the crown prosecution service has warned that people who deliberately cough at police, shop workers and vulnerable people will face criminal charges. the director of public prosecutions says the cps stands behind emergency and essential workers and will not hesitate to prosecute anybody who threatens them as they go about their vital duties. it comes after a man admitted three counts of assaulting an emergency worker, after claiming to have coronavirus, and directing coughs at police who were arresting him for a separate offence. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is with us from his home in north london. it beggars belief that people actually do this! it is quite extraordinary. we have had two cases now of people falling foul of this desire to make sure that emergency workers are not threatened essentiall

not too many showers here, dry across parts of yorkshire, north—east england and eastern scotland but we'll see some more snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. if only 13 south—westerly wind today, maybe not quite as strong it was yesterday and temperatures this afternoon, 8—9dc. may be double figures in some areas of eastern england. some showers to come, there come in the evening. in the western side of the uk, some heavy ones. some will blow into eastern parts of england and later in the night, the showers become fewer, skies were clear, enough of a breeze to keep temperatures typically 23—4dc. call the of scotland, maybe patches here. one of your early showers to start off with on monday but they will not last too long. sunshine for a while but if we look out nus, thickening cloud, rain coming in from the atlantic, which will probably reach eastern scotland, eastern england was the end of the day but, as it turns wetter, winds pick up as well and we see temperatures that 8—10dc. those strengthening winds will push their way eastwards on monday evening, all seeing rain over

probably won't be too many showers, dry up across parts of yorkshire, north—east england and easternr of jobs across southern eastern scotland, but a fair number ofjobs across southern england, wales, northern ireland and western scotland, some heavy with hail and thunder. we may see snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. a fairly blustery south—westerly wind today, not quite as strong as that was yesterday. temperatures this afternoon a tie for ninth, still double figures across eastern areas of england. quite a few showers to come, especially because the western side, heavy showers here, some blown into eastern parts, but later the showers become fewer, skies were clear, enough of a breeze to keep temperatures typically to three or four services, colder in the north—east of scotland. early showers to start with, don't think they were last long, sunshine for a while but if we look out to the waste we have thickening cloud, rain coming in from the atlantic, reaching eastern scotland, eastern england to was the end of the day, turn sweater to the west, went picking up, we will

not a bad start as you can see in north yorkshire this morning.h gales on exposed coasts and with the wind direction swing to a northerly, it‘s going to be quite cold this afternoon with temperatures struggling, 4—5. maybe we will see double figures into that south—east corner by the end of the day, but what is going to be interesting is once the rain and the afternoon showers ease away, and they will do so, skies will clear and through the night to make those temperatures are likely to fall away quite sharply, so be prepared for a bit of a shock to the system tomorrow morning. temperatures hovering around the freezing mark, just below in scotla nd freezing mark, just below in scotland and northern ireland, the blue colours denoting that there could be some frost around us well first thing in the morning but with those clear skies, that means there will be some lovely spells of sunshine. for much of the country, much of the day. the exception, the north west, a weather front moving and bringing rain into northern ireland, western fringes of scotla

this is one weather watcher who has been out taking a view of a gorgeous sunrise on the north yorkshires weekend, take note that there are some frosty nights on the way. this is the area of high pressure settling things down and the core of it is in scandinavia but it is close enough to keep us mainly dry and the isobars here, white lines are close together so if you see that, you can take it there is a brisk wind and it is the case and these arrows are coming in from east which is a chilly direction and temperatures close to average but when you factor in the wind, it does feel colder. we had a few showers across eastern scotland and one or two out there which will slowly fade away and a weather system not too far away to our west so there is a bit more high cloud at least across the western side of the uk and had with elsewhere, so some hazy here. —— so the sun is hazy. average wind speed gusting along 50 miles an hour along the coast of south—west england and as for temperatures, we are getting into double figures but because of the wind it is going to feel more like 5— eight out the

north. it has not told us which place this is. it is yorkshire.places which just cannot seem to get back to any semblance of normality with storm after storm and all of this rain we have had this month. yes, record rainfall. i am sure it does not feel like venice for the people who are living there. it isa for the people who are living there. it is a good reminder that actually this is still happening and not very far away, still within the uk, in spite of everything else that we are focusing on, this is the daily lives of people at the moment. named storm after named storm bringing all this. venice is now a ghost town because of the virus, you do not want to provoke this image. let us stay with the metro, they are not giving as much to play with on the front cover, but not looking pretty at the home office, the bullying claims, priti patel being called by the labour party to answer some questions in parliament tomorrow.|j have lived in this country for three decades and maybe i am wrong, but i have never known a permanent secretary to actually qu

north of the country. and something to crow about, why this giant cockrell is resting at the u.k.'s yorkshireculpturek. ♪ >>, and welcome to world news today. the coronavirus outbreak has reached a grim milestone, now more than 100,000 confirmed cases th over 3400. deaths in the last couple of hours, italy announced its largest daily increase in the tallies, rising by 49o 197, the second-highest number of deaths from the virus after china. i asked the journalist what we know about the latest spike. >> i think it has all to do with the kind of policy italy has died -- tied to this since the beginning. the government decided to speak very clearly about all cas. moreover, we have to underline that when we talk about 4646 total cases, w are talking of people proof positive to the test, but that does not mean that they are actually ill. it does not mean that they are in serus condition and so on. and, moreover, i think ihas to do with the fact that many karma many people are actually tested -- that many, and t people are actually tested for the corovirus. so there is a very thorough way of dealing

now in place from cornwall to the north of scotland and across to northern ireland for snow, ice, wind or rain, alongside around 100 flood warnings. in east yorkshire of severe flooding still can't go back to their homes. from there, olivia richwald reports residents in the village of east cowick were rescued by canoe today as efforts to alleviate flooding in east yorkshire moved into their fifth day. we thought we would wait, because this is totally unprecedented and then, at god knows what time of the morning, bang, bang, bang, we heard, you've got to get out. so, here we are. residents sandbagged their homes and environment agency pumps tried to prevent more homes from being inundated. it has been the wettest february since records began. pictures filmed on a drone show flooding up to the roof of kevin and catherine laurieman's bungalow in the town of snaith. it has just been heartbreaking. we are going to have to demolish, i think. so, that has gone. we are up to the gutter line, as you have said. and, you know, i can't even explain. where i am standing is half a mile from the nearest river. this area is called the wash lands and these fields a

north—west of england and in wales, where it's dropped by almost a fifth. for some communities, buses have almost gone. i've moved south into yorkshire.rsk, i'm waiting for my next bus, the 150, heading to the village of helperby. wow! this is a service that runs just twice a week. tuesdays and thursdays, that's your lot. morning. is this the 150 to ripon and helperby? yes. great, i'll get on, then. i hope you know where i'm going, because i don't. no private operators when a scheduled service, so it's another route run by the local council. “ i’ui’i. they charge just £1. it's a minimal service. i don't even know where the bus stop is. he's looking for the bus stop, he doesn't know where it is. he's found it. customers! right, i need someone to sit there and tell me where i'm going. you tell him. because this is the first day i've done this. how regular does this bus come, then, to your village? tuesdays and thursdays. so, you're pleased to see it? yes, because it didn't come tuesday. what you think about a twice a week service? we can't get to hospitals, dentists. this is it, yeah. councils can step in to subsidise private operators

they spoke about levelling up and really balancing that kind of north— south divide, so we have seen that come true with a west yorkshireose promises they made. what has been the response? in your region, yorkshire, what has been the response today? local leaders are happy and they've been talking about it for a long time and fighting for it for a long time and fighting for it and it has been difficult along the way with disagreements between local leaders, who wants to be in and out, but they are celebrating because this is a massive amount of money, £1.1 billion over 30 years, and they will have control over transport and planning and it is a big deal and people are pleased. quick final thought on where this leaves the labour and conservative battle in the kind of terrain they are both occupying. has that moved today? i think it has. there are points when if you close your eyes you could have believed it was a labour chancellor rather than a tory government in its tenth year so they have moved on to labour‘s territory toa have moved on to labour‘s territory to a degree. you heard jeremy corbyn‘s reply but the importan

yorkshire, as well as parts of wales. services on the northern rail network are running under government control from today. the operator, arriva rail northpped of its franchise after years of poor performance. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has set up a panel of local politicians, industry experts and passenger representatives to try to improve services. the former us vice president, joe biden has revived his campaign to become the democratic party nominee to take on donald trump in this year's presidential election in the united states. mr biden won a resounding victory in the democratic primary in south carolina, after he performed poorly in three previous state ballots. barbara plett—usher reports. back in the game, this is the big win joe biden needed. for all of those of you who've been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. propelled to victory by an outpouring of support from black voters — he always predicted they would revive his struggling campaign, and they came through. if the democrats... ..nominate me, i believe we can beat donald trump. already, 0bama's vice president has had a surge in fund

have a yorkshire mp to deliver a budget and what better place or person, but this is about opportunity being spread through the uk and we know that talent is evenly spread but people in the northies that some people in the south and south—east have so spending more money on transport infrastructure ads also about better deals for local services and we hope that these will be in the budget today. and presumably that is something labour can get behind?” am still sick of these slogans that do not end up meaning anything and we saw with hsz, those great big train that tory mp shout about from the dispatch box don't get us far but when it comes to giving opportunity to people who have not have it, the consequences of ten years of tory government are all around us. they just years of tory government are all around us. theyjust need to go into their town centre, they go into birkenhead and they see the consequences of tory government all around us. that is the test for the chancellor today. we'll what he announces shut down the food banks we have everywhere ? announces shut down the food banks we have everywhere? we'll what he announces stop the rough sleeping thatis announces stop t