we'll bring you up to speed from their meeting with clubs in salford today. iam here i am here in belgrade, where the great britain basketball team are hoping to make history this week. with the chinese grand prix the latest sporting event in doubt due to the coronavirus, the international olympic committee tries to calm fears that toyko 2020 could be cancelled. also coming up in the programme: he's walked out of north london and moved to milan, but does christian eriksen feel like he was made a scapegoat during the end of his time at tottenham? yeah, i was honest. yeah, iwas honest. i yeah, i was honest. i wanted to try something new and i said that. but i did get the blame for a lot of stuff, for being the bad one. the super league is less than a week old, and already there have been several headlines on and off the pitch, mainly involving israel folau. he's the australian rugby player who last year was sacked by rugby australia for homophobic comments. he's been given another chance in rugby league afterjoining the catalans dragons for the 2020 super leagu

sonny salford, thank you very much, 01’ sonny salford, thank you very much, or your weather is headingunted in ireland's general election, chris page has no idea what the weather is like because he has been stuck in account centre. the results won't be getting to us quickly, we have a sense in a shift in irish politics. yes, we certainly do have that sense, although it is the early stages of the official count process. we had an exit poll as polls closed at night and perhaps more firmly, we have had indications from the party workers in count centres like this in dublin going around doing the tally as ballot boxers had been opened and they have confirmed what has been the story throughout this election campaign and that is the rise of sinn fein, the party that is the second biggest in northern ireland as part of the devolved government across the irish border is now a majorforce in politics in the irish republic. it looks like they are around level with the two parties that have historically dominated government here, both in the political centre, fine gael led by prime minister leo va

meanwhile, the side who beat salford in that grand final last year, st helens, take on nrl winners sydneygan to lift the trophy last season. so, that game returns to britain later — with saints aiming for a third win in the annual clash of champions of super league, and the australian nrl. so, that game returns to britain later — with saints aiming for a third win in the annual clash of champions of super league, and the australian nrl. it's the second successive season the roosters are taking part, having triumphed in the fixture against wigan warriors at the dw stadium in 2019. richard askam has more. when super league's best meet the aussie champions — sparks are guaranteed to fly. the title on the line is for the best team in the world — you don't need much more motivation than that. we have some really high class players that have played for great britain and other countries as well. they certainly want to put their name forward as being considered as some of the best. the sydney roosters are aiming to become the first team to defend the trophy. saints won it more than a decade ago.

last year's beaten finallists salford were beaten at home 12—10 by huddersfield.erted try proved decisive. shaun murphy beat world champion judd trump 5—3 to reach the last four of the welsh open snooker. he'll play yan bingtao next — who surprised four time world champion john higgins. rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead into the back nine at the pga tour event in los angeles. it's his first tournament since 2015 as world numberone..... justin rose is one four under par. golf's european tour has postponed two tournaments in april because of the coronavirus outbreak. the maybank championship in malaysia scheduled to start on april 16th and the china open the following week have both been called off. discussions are ongoing regarding the possibility of rescheduling both events later in the year. last night, fallon sherrock was the talk of the darts world again after becoming the first woman to play in the premier league. and she impressed — drawing with former world champion glen durrant. she's in scotland tonight ahead of another competition this weekend befo

off to a flying start last week with the demolition of sa lfo rd , last week with the demolition of salfordns are looking good. torrington are down to 12 men, but they will tell you they thought they should have one. when these two sides meant super league last year, three times on all separate occasions, st. helens were the winners. kevin is alongside us, former england world cup finalist and a former warrington player, as well. have warranted got something to prove tonight? i think so. i think they will be excited to play for third dashed with 13 men. i think they did fantastic last week, but they'll be licking their lips tonight, having an awful good crack at saracens who... they look fantastic last week. they did, and they were fantastic. i got to see they were fantastic. i got to see the clubs, which was a tough night. but for me, they look like they got all the stuff thatjustin put into them. but christian put it all in them. but christian put it all in them. they were playing harder than i've ever seen them. so it was ominous for the rest of the super league. and we are looking forwa

meanwhile, the side who beat salford in that grand final last year, st helens, take on nrl winners sydneyest indies a bit of a scare. the 2016 champions appeared set for an expected easy victory after restricting thailand to a modest 78 for nine off their 20 overs. but the west indies struggled at 27—3 in the chase before captain stafanie taylor and shemaine campbelle chased down the total with 20 deliveries to spare. and new zealand had to work hard for their seven—wicket win over sri lanka, trying to overhaul sri lanka's127—7, far from in control at 65—2 after 12 overs. but captain sophie devine anchored a chase that was completed inside 18 overs, with 75 not out. that's all the sport for now. next, it's the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode, as ever. hello, mark, what have you been watching? we have greed — for which the tag line rings, "the devil is in the retail." littlejoe — a sci—fi thriller. or is it? is it all in the mind? and, like a boss — a comedy that needs to be a lot fun

the bbc has established a major hub in salford and that drives a lot of what we do. 2020 oscars broadcast at work and had to back give us your ta ke work and had to back give us your take on this. why are people tuning out of the oscars? it is three and a half hours long and ratings are 20% down on normal viewing and it is a0 minutes of commercials. if i think about it, i only want to know the top four macro categories. i wake up the next morning and go, who won? do you think there is the donald trump effect. he goes on about the glitterati and does it on an almost daily basis. i don't know if it is just that we are getting cynical and sceptical, that people who are having fantastically successful careers are wearing beautiful dresses and that is fabulous but i do not want to watch it for three and a half hours. we will get your views as well. you have not helped by this time. lovely to see you. —— held back. still to come... ways to tackle climate change. we'll talking to one guest who says he has come up with a substance that removes carbon from the atmosphere and traps it in the ground

they've begun the defence of their title by thrashing salford red devils 48 points to 8.ran in eight tries on their way to a convincing opening win for them. england's women beat world t20 champions australia in a super over to register their first win of the tri—series. captain heather knight made 78 as england scored 156—4 and then hit two boundaries to win the super 0ver. wayne rooney scored from a phenomenalfree kick for derby county in the championship last night to help them to a 4—0 win over stoke. the former england captain found the top corner from 20 yards out to beat the keeper for derby's third goal and rooney's first at pride park. derby are up to 13th in the table, while stoke remain 20th. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather with matt taylor. hello, i think many of you will find it is turning increasingly windy as we go through the rest of today with gales in places. that is with rain, which started the day in scotland and northern ireland, erratically pushes its way into northern england, north and west wales. it allows a bit more sunshine to

next week, rebecca and other residents willjoin the city's mayor along with salford city mayor, paulestminster. they want the government to stump up funds to make these buildings safe and allow residents to move on. just get the cladding down, get it off these buildings because then people will have peace of mind that it is safe. i don't want my residents here in greater manchester to continue another nearly three years of this absolutely shocking turmoil that has transformed their lives, turned their worlds upside down. this is really not good enough. the duke and duchess of sussex have confirmed they'll stop using the word "royal" as a brand name, after giving up their official roles. the decision means the couple's application to trademark "sussex royal" has been withdrawn. here's our royal correspondentjonny dymond. royal no more. this was not what they wanted. harry and meghan thought they could create a new role, half in, half out. but now that idea is finished. their website, sussex royal, will go, their social media id will have to change, their foundation will have to find a

last year's beaten finallists salford were beaten at home 12—10 by huddersfield. trump has been knocked out of snooker‘s welsh 0pen, beaten in the last eight 5—3 by shaun murphy. he'll play yan bingtao next — who surprised four time world champion john higgins. ronnie 0'sullivan will face kyren wilson in the other semi. we've more live sport for you on the bbc this weekend with one of the most prestigious events in the indoor athletics calendar taking place in glasgow. the indoor grand prix will feature the likes of middle distance runner laura muir and heptathlete katarina johnson thompson, and laura isn't just using it to help her prepare for the olympics. she has something else special planned this weekend. i have run one k before. i have the record for it and i want the world record for it and i want the world record for it and i want the world record for it, to go one step better. i know it will be tough that i feel i better. i know it will be tough that ifeel i am better. i know it will be tough that i feel i am close. better. i know it will be tough that if

they began the defence of their title thrashing salford red devils 48—8.ight tries on their way to a convincing opener. england's woman beat australia to register the first one of the series. captain heather knight... hit two boundaries to win. for paul and wayne rooney scored from a phenomenalfree kick for and wayne rooney scored from a phenomenal free kick for county in the championship last night to help them to a four win over stoke. he found the top corner from 20 yards out. beating the keeperfor found the top corner from 20 yards out. beating the keeper for derby's third goal and renee's first at the park. stoke are 20th in the table. kobe bryant's first team has played the first game since his death. a minute silence was held for the basketball legend who died in a helicopter crash in california on sunday along with his 13—year—old daughter and seven other people. the national hand and was sung ahead of the game —— the national anthem was sung. the lakers lost to the portland team. there is more on the sports website, including updates on the open f

next week, rebecca and other residents willjoin the city's mayor along with salford city mayor, paul to stump up funds to make these buildings safe and allow residents to move on. just get the cladding down, get it off these buildings because then people will have peace of mind that it is safe. i don't want my residents here in greater manchester to continue another nearly three years of this absolutely shocking turmoil that has transformed their lives, turned their worlds upside down. this is really not good enough. some of england's top rugby union clubs are backing a new scheme being rolled out to help young boys to spot the signs of mental health problems. just yesterday, former international danny cipriani, spoke about his own struggles with depression, in a video he posted following the death of his former girlfriend, caroline flack. this report is from frankie mccamley. a man who is used to hard tackles, but yesterday, danny cipriani tackled a very hard subject — the death of his former girlfriend caroline flack. i was so vulnerable with her in my moment, when we first met, an

more evacuees have arrived and are in qurantine. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, is in salford back from wuhan? british nationals and members of theirfamily. not british nationals and members of their family. not all of them are british, some are chinese. as we understand it, they landed at raf brize norton last night. they came out on a flight organised by french officials so they flew first to marseille and then were transferred to brize norton. 0n marseille and then were transferred to brize norton. on that flight, one of that group of 11 people fell ill or started to feel unwell and they did exactly the right thing, they isolated themselves and reported it to health officials on the flight so when they got to brize norton they we re when they got to brize norton they were taken to a separate hospital for testing and the remaining ten people travelled here to the north west of england to arrowe park hospital, where they were put in quarantine along with those 83 people who arrived at the tail end of last week. there is one person undergoing tests. as i understand it, they re

the canadian side — starring all black legend sonny bill williams — lost by 2a points to 16 to salfordtill to come on sportsday... a stunning last five minutes from great britain's women's basketballers — but was it enough to secure them a place in at the olympics? and we meet the former armed forces personnel finding help for their past, and hope for their future, on the golf course... all that still to come this evening. great britain's fed cup team are fighting to stay in their qualifier against slovakia. they started the day 2—0 down in the five rubber match. heather watson got them off to a good start... she beat rebecca sramkova — ranked just outside the world's top 200 in straight sets. she was due to play the slovak number one, victoria kuzmova. but she had to pull out of the match due to illness. 0n court now is harriet dart she has been fighting in the second set to stay in. it is match point. we just start set to stay in. it is match point. wejust start anna set to stay in. it is match point. we just start anna scmiedlova beating harriet dart, unfortunately a straight sets d

beating salford red devils 12—10.of golf world rankings and has been pretty so far. two shots off the pace in los angeles. the american map future is still out in front in the lead. ronnie 0'sullivan has continued his march, he eased past mark selby 5—1 to reach the semifinals where he will play the other semifinalist. that is all. plenty more to come. the french health minister has confirmed that chinese tourist in france has died of coronavirus, the first fatality in europe. meanwhile, health officials in china say another 143 people have died from the virus, most of them in hubei province, where the outbreak originated. it brings the total number of deaths caused by the infection in china to more than 1500. lets go to hong kong now and nick beake is there. 0n on this question of the revised numbers, has that created any nervousness about how accurate the previous figures have been? we were eating a lot into the idea that the virus had slowed —— were reading a lot into. when we had a few days ago in the middle of th

the daughter of a docker, she did a whole range ofjobs before being elected to represent salford.s. but she also did this. i worked in a pawnshop, that's p—a—w—n shop. laughter. she is backed by the left—wing grassroots group momentum and the big unite trade union. her critics call her the continuity corbyn candidate, and certainly she rated his leadership ten out of ten. she's the candidate closest to his politics but, unlike the current labour leader, she wouldn't rule out pressing the nuclear button. if you have a deterrent, you have to be prepared to use it. she thinks too much was crammed into the 2019 manifesto, but she doesn't distance herself from the contents. she said she didn'tjust agree with the policies, she's spent the last four years writing them and as shadow business secretary she is particularly proud of her work on her party's environmental stance. it was a great set of policies, both for our quality—of—life but also for our industries, and we need to recognise that we didn't really do enough to sell that in the election campaign. 0n brexit, unlike some of her r

the canadian side — starring all black legend sonny bill williams — lost by 2a points to 16 to salfordday... a stunning last five minutes from great britain's women's basketballers — but was it enough to secure them a place in at the olympics? and we meet the former armed forces personnel finding help for their past, and hope for their future, on the golf course... great britain's fed cup team have lost their qualifier against slovakia. they started the day two nil down in the five rubber match. heather watson had got them off to a good start. she beat rebecca sramkova — ranked just outside the world's top 200 in straight sets. she was due to play the slovak number one, victoria kuzmova. but she had to pull out of the match due to illness. and that meant that harriet dart needed to beat anna scmiedlova — she lost the first set on a tie—break and saved 2 match points in the second, but went long with a backhand — so slovakia are through to the inaugralfinals in budapest, for gb its back to a qualifier for next year's competition. disappointment for the british team. great britain's hope

joining me from salford is louise perry who works for we can't consent to this louise, tell us more about. we run a campaign that documents cases where uk women have been killed and their killers had claimed in court that they died as the result of consensual violence as part of rough sex so consensual violence as part of rough sex so the case of grace millane is the 60th we've documented so far. what we've been seeing an increasing frequency with which this is being used by defendants, they've been meeting with increasing success so in the last five years for instance we documented 18 cases where defendants have used the rough sex defence and in just under half of those cases they had met with some success those cases they had met with some success using it so instead of being found guilty of murder they've been found guilty of murder they've been found guilty of manslaughter or had their sentence reduced or in a couple of cases happened been found guilty of any crime at all so we are really concerned about the success defendants have been using this. i'm sure you've been listening very

they've come together in salford with several clubs, backing a letter from hull krs owner to the dragonsal legal action if they suffer financially as a result of the signing. catalans owner bernard gausch was not in attendance. folau was sacked by rugby australia for his homophobic comments. england winger anthony watson will miss saturday's six nations match with scotland. he was forced out of the opening defeat in paris with a calf problem but suffered a setback in training and missed today's session. former tottenham playmaker christian eriksen feels that he was blamed for their slump in recent months and paid the price for being honest about his desire to leave the club. he told a danish newspaper last summer that he wanted a new challenge elsewhere and after being linked with real madrid and manchester united, completed a £17 million move to inter milan at the end of the january transfer window. if you have a short contract, you will be the black sheep, and of course i did the interview. i was very honest. i felt that i had to be honest. i did not want to hide stuff like a lot of pl

where i live and the anger was palpable in our community and i was knocking on doors and people in salford like you, but we can't vote for you this time because they we re vote for you this time because they were so angry and vote for you this time because they were so angry and they saw us playing parliamentary games and not talking to our communities and we paid the price for that. many of the leave voters thought we were trying to undermine the referendum result and the remaining voters thought we weren't going far enough in having a strong relationship and the compromise didn't work and we cannot regurgitate the arguments of the la st regurgitate the arguments of the last four years. what we have to do now to win back trust is set out a positive vision of what britain looks like outside of the european union. and we can do that. and to touch on the point the gentleman made about public ownership, and i prefer calling it that, that was central to our economic plan but we didn't have a message that showed people that the economic plan was about creating industries of the future, it was a

the daughter of a docker, she did a whole range ofjobs before being elected to represent salford.racts. but she also did this. i worked in a pawnshop, that's p—a—w—n shop. laughter. she is backed by the left—wing grassroots group momentum and the big unite trade union. her critics call her the continuity corbyn candidate, and certainly she rated his leadership ten out of ten. she's the candidate closest to his politics but, unlike the current labour leader, she wouldn't rule out pressing the nuclear button. if you have a deterrent, you have to be prepared to use it. she thinks too much was crammed into the 2019 manifesto, but she doesn't distance herself from the contents. she said she didn'tjust agree with the policies, she's spent the last four years writing them and as shadow business secretary she is particularly proud of her work on her party's environmental stance. it was a great set of policies, both for our quality—of—life but also for our industries, and we need to recognise that we didn't really do enough to sell that in the election campaign. 0n brexit, unlike some of h

williams and toronto wolfpack remain in search of their first super league win after losing 24—16 to salfords super saturday at newbury today, featuring some of the final warm—up races ahead of next month's cheltenham festival. one of the star names on show was altior. his i9—race winning streak was ended at ascot in november, but he was the 3—1 on favourite today, and took the exchange chase for trainer nicky henderson. former cheltenham gold cup winner native river also looked in impressive form at newbury this afternoon. the odds on favourite eased to victory in the denman chase for a third time. great britain's men and women were back in action in hockey‘s pro league earlier. the women recorded their first win of the competition after beating new zealand's black sticks 3—0 in auckland — shona mccallin scoring the third for the olympic champions — her first goal in gb colours. the men meanwhile could only manage a 1—1 draw with new zealand, despite this late equaliser from chris griffiths. the sydney sixers have won the big bash league in australia. they beat melbourne stars by 19 runs. t

joining us now from salford is rashid mogradia, the founder & ceo of ‘the council of british hajjis',tariat to ‘the all—party parliamentary group on hajj & umrah', that's the two kinds of pilgrimage made to saudi arabia. thank you forjoining us. just confirmation that there are a no reported cases in the country? yes, we are glad that the saudi authorities have taken the steps that they have to protect notjust pilgrims that are currently in saudi arabia by people from all around the world as you can imagine, as i'm on 125,000 british nationals who go for a pilgrimage each year and they could be potential carriers to and from picking themselves they are doing everything to a precautionary measure to protect people from all around the world. how are people who are planning to travel to saudi arabia within this time reacting to this news? what sort of stories are you hearing? as you can imagine, once this news broke in the early hours of this morning, we have been really busy working with the licence had organised as to try to get out some information on pilgrims who are quite literally

the daughter of a docker, she did a whole range ofjobs before being elected to represent salford.n shop. laughter. she is backed by the left—wing grassroots group momentum and the big unite trade union. her critics call her the continuity corbyn candidate, and certainly she rated his leadership ten out of ten. she's the candidate closest to his politics but, unlike the current labour leader, she wouldn't rule out pressing the nuclear button. if you have a deterrent, you have to be prepared to use it. she thinks too much was crammed into the 2019 manifesto, but she doesn't distance herself from the contents. she said she didn'tjust agree with the policies, she's spent the last four years writing them and as shadow business secretary she is particularly proud of her work on her party's environmental stance. it was a great set of policies, both for our quality—of—life but also for our industries, and we need to recognise that we didn't really do enough to sell that in the election campaign. 0n brexit, unlike some of her rivals, she's said she'd been against a second referendum and th

but first to annabel in salford. what's the situation at the moment in derbyshire?rson is one of the two new confirmed cases of the virus in the uk, bringing the total number to 15. they are being treated at the royal liverpool hospital and the royal free hospital in london. also in buxton a doctor's surgery has been shut. they had a note on the door telling patients to seek treatment elsewhere while it too underwent a deep clean. it's answerphone message says they have a confirmed case of coronavirus. so it's fair to assume this is the same person connected to the school. as for the school, in the school. as for the school, in the last hour or so parents have been told it will remain shut tomorrow as well and they will be an update over the weekend. it has asked parents to be sensitive when explaining to the children why they are not going to school. matt barlow asa are not going to school. matt barlow as a reporterfrom bbc radio derbyshire and he has a child at burbage primary. the pupil didn't go on holiday with the parent. the people went to school on monday and

they've begun the defence of their title by thrashing salford red devils a8 points to eight.them. could james bond end up driving a formula 1 car? james can do anything, and it could happen because 007‘s favourite car company will have a formula 1 team from next year. the canadian billionaire lawrence stroll, who owns the silverstone based racing point f1 team, has bought a share of aston martin. he's invested almost 200 million in the car company and racing point will become aston martin racing from next year. if only they won't do so many rules with formula one cars. it could have looked very pretty. very sexy, the aston martin. the man with the golden gun could also have a golden calf. thank you. we will see you later. we stick with the sporting theme. as a teenager, ben cull had a promising football career ahead of him, until a seemingly innocuous knock to his knee changed everything. his injury led to a discovery that would turn most people's lives upside down, but ben decided he wanted to do things differently. our reporter matt graveling went to meet him. it was my lif

he's in our salford studio.(0s) we have to be sceptical of promises of money. £5 million over five yearsis gets us back to where we were in 2010. that is the scale of the money. so you don't sound terribly enthused by that. i think that focusing on buses is the right thing to do, this is the majorform of public transport in our country, it is the right thing to do. putting it in the perspective of replacing cuts that have happened over the last decade is the right way to look at it but there some interesting stuff in there. there are some suggestions of more electric buses, an example of more electric buses, an example of that would be in harrogate, harrogate buses have been running electric buses for a while now, they are electric buses for a while now, they a re really electric buses for a while now, they are really popular with customers, we've seen an are really popular with customers, we've seen an increase are really popular with customers, we've seen an increase in user ship. the scale of it is what's important though. you say that they offer a real choice to consumers who do want

hejoins me now from salford.y. we have thought about the big two before, fine gael and fianna fail, well you can call it big feet now because sinn fein are not going away. the question is will sinn fein form a government? the second on beam, with? the likeness is a sinn fein— fianna fail coalition. whether sinn fein will want to play second fizzle to fianna fail is a open question, you could even have rotating prime ministers. either way, you could even have rotating prime ministers. eitherway, it you could even have rotating prime ministers. either way, it looks certain that sinn fein will be in government, with all the implications that come up from that. this is not a company built on support for a united ireland, but pressure for a border paul will increase as a consequence of this victory for sinn fein. why did sinn fein do so well? mainly, campaigning very well and effectively on homelessness, housing, rent phrases and the retirement age. and getting rid of the old associations of sinn fein, you know, suppo

they beat salford red devis12—10.t ham. and dancers they will be successful in their appeal. —— dan says they will be successful in their appeal. the rnli is warning the arrival of storm dennis poses a ‘severe safety risk‘ to those visiting the british coastline this weekend, with people continuing to put themselves in danger. it comes after six volunteer lifeboat crew almost capsized trying to reach a surfer during storm ciara last weekend. our correspondent fiona lamdin is at the rnli's headquarters in poole. what can you tell us? what precautions are being taken and what is there advice? let me just first show you how sheltered we are here. we are in the lifeboat station. some swa ns still we are in the lifeboat station. some swans still enjoying the calm. just out there on the bay it is still calm. the flags are flying a little bit more wind in the air. but actually out on the english channel things will certainly pick up. let's meet ed davis who is on standby this weekend. he is now wearing his dry suit, since yo

matt hancock said there was "still much more to do". 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes is in salfordve been talking about a number of places around england to have come marmot cities, where people are trying to counteract these negative trends, tell us more about that. the idea is that underpinning our health, it is notjust about the provision of local health services, the nhs in your area, having access toagp the nhs in your area, having access to a gp and the nhs in your area, having access toa gp anda the nhs in your area, having access to a gp and a good hospital, it is about the wider determinants of health, so it is these circumstances into which we are born, our early yea rs, into which we are born, our early years, the education we receive, the work we do, the housing that we live m, work we do, the housing that we live in, the sort of communities that we grow up in, and these are all the sorts of things that can dictate how our health will develop in the coming years as we age, and indeed how we age. so sir michael marmot was looking at different areas of the country, and he

joe nellist is from the lgbt foundation — hejoins me now from our salford studio... experiences will not be unique, there will be many out there who have gone through similar experiences. we know that there are many lg bt people experiences. we know that there are many lgbt people aged 55 plus who are ardent able to live their lives fully out and open. —— ardent in table two. a recent survey that receives hundreds of thousands of responses showed that lgbt people aged 55—65, 12% of those were unable to share their sexual orientation with the ones they love. what is it do you think that holds people back? we heard phillip schofield talking about the many difficult dark moments in coming to this decision and kind of getting himself to the point of making the statement. what is it, do you think, in that age group that is the thing that most holds people back?” group that is the thing that most holds people back? i think everybody‘s experiences are unique, so it wouldn't be wise to speak broadly, but some of the experiences of people, particularly of philips age, are rel

the building behind me and also in the building behind me and also in the building where you are in salford, asking people to come up with their opinions on what should happen and the bbc will be very wary about the answer, i think it is fairto very wary about the answer, i think it is fair to say. at the moment, the licence fee is set to rise by £3 at the beginning of april to £157.50, a rise that was previously agreed between the bbc and the government. despite most people buying a license if they need it, it is fairto buying a license if they need it, it is fair to say that some people do try and get off scot free and in 2018, more than 121,000 people were prosecuted for not having that licence. it is a real issue for the bbc, though, that it wants to get sorted very soon but it is wary about the answers. thank you for joining us. we can see the figures on the screen as well. thank you for your comments and messages about that this morning. it is something we will be talking about the next two weeks. it is nearly 8:10am. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, a

rugby australia for saying "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post in april last year. in salfordr israel. the board has unaminously to put in place measure to ensure the owners came together to speak to one another after the letter from carl kr's owners warning them of potential legal action if they suffer financially as a result of signing, catalan signing israel folau. the catalan chairman was absent, and this was because israel folau was sacked by rugby australia for what they say were homophobic comments last year. he grew up playing rugby league and said he was very grateful to be at catalan was raring to get started with his new side in action against wakefield on sunday. after that six nations defeat to france on sunday, england are gearing up for the match against scotland this weekend. england winger anthony watson will miss saturday's six nations match with scotland. the bath back trained on tuesday but suffered a recurrence of the problem and sat out wednesday's session. he was forced out of the opening defeat in paris with a calf problem but suffered a setback in trai

let‘s go to north west tonight‘s annabel tiffin who is in salford, she is talking about the latest updates beautiful lake district to see what is happening to tourism. the region has enjoyed a boom in tourism from china in recent years and this time last year chinese visitor numbers reached a record high up by 286% since 2016, and that was because of new direct flights from china to manchester. those flights have been suspended. you might have had a clip there, i thought, but to sum up what the tourism person was going to say, she was going to say that cumbria has worked really hard to attract chinese visitors to come from london on their way to scotland, to stop on the weight of the lake district, and they had been doing that, but this year it‘s a different story —— on the way to the la ke different story —— on the way to the lake district. we have spoken to the owner of a windermere cruise boat, he had a party of chinese tourists booked on, but they have not turned up, and if that continues he is looking at large losses. hoteliers also have cancellations and although they say it is not h

there are 151 cases in 23 countries outside china. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, is in salford time to find out as much about how this virus works as possible put it is and you mentioned the vaccine that scientists around the world are trying to develop. that was helped immensely by the fact that the chinese authorities released the genetic code they had found out very quickly, and released that to the international committee which allowed scientists to collaborate around the world in trying to formulate a vaccine. but we were warned yesterday when we got the announcement of the £20 million from the uk government towards a global partnership trying to find it, that is months away from being widely available. all those short—term measures that people have been talking about to try to contain the virus, good personal hygiene, using and disposing of tissues, washing your hands properly, all those sorts of things, that is probably the most effective way of containing the spread of this disease as well as putting people into quarantine. quarantining people or putting people into qua