the course covers the damage caused by storm dennis and storm ciara. back on theirfeet great at helping businesses get back on their feet after great at helping businesses get back on theirfeet after a great at helping businesses get back on their feet after a devastating winter floods. if it wasn't for the people in this community, even as far... we would not be in the situation right now. we started trading this morning. we have been busy all day and it is our local people, all people who came to supporters, and we are genuinely humbled by everything f b body has done. there is still a long and expensive journey ahead. the insurance industry is cutting the cost and more than 3000 households have made false claims of an average of £32,000 each. —— flood claims. the cost of doing up the aftermath of storm dennis and storm ciara is £360 million. that is more than triple the damage of floods that hit the midlands last november but still relatively small compared to the cost of floods in 2015 which was £1.73 cost of floods in 2015 which was £1.3 billion.

storm dennis didn'tjust bring flooding to the valleys. whoa! footage of a landslide went viral. around 30,000 tonnes of colliery waste and soil slid down the mountain. and since the storms, more slips have appeared. there are more than 1200 disused tips across wales — the majority in the south wales valleys. it's where geologist dr peter brabham was brought up. this is one of the most heavily mined areas in the world. there's something like 65 recorded coal mines in this area, and obviously the coal mines dumped colliery waste indiscriminately around the valley sides. post—aberfan, a lot of these tips have been dealt with, but there are one or two legacy tips still left lying around the valley sides. thankfully, with this one, there were no houses below the tip and it'sjust gone into the river. what warning signals does this send out to us? well, i think with these heavy rain storm events, them tips which we deemed to be stable ten years ago, we have to factor in now much heavier rainfall and revaluate the stability to see what we can do about d

the cost covers damage from storms ciara and dennis. ent, katie prescott. the long clean—up operation continues. when storms ciara and dennis spread through the uk, they left devastation in their wake — homes, businesses and transport underwater. now the insurance industry is counting the cost. more than 3000 households have made flood claims for an average of £32,000. our initial estimates are that storm ciara and storm dennis are going to cost around £363 million, that's how much insurers are paying out to help customers recover from these devastating incidents. to put this into context, at £360 million, the cost of clearing up after storms ciara and dennis is triple that of the floods in the midlands and south yorkshire last november, which cost £110 million, but below the three successive storms — desmond, eva then frank — in december 2015, which cost £i.3 billion. several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses. direct line's profits were down 10%, while aviva says it's paying out £70 mi

the cost covers damage from storms ciara and dennis. h hit the uk in february. floods affecting transport, businesses and residents. people like mike, who's had floodwater in his home for almost four weeks. we're on a septic tank system here, so the system backs 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. now the waters are receding, the insurance industry is counting the cost of the damage to people like him. more than 3000 households have made flood claims for an average of £32,000. our initial estimates are storm ciara and storm dennis will cost around £360 million, that's how much insurers are paying out to help customers recover from these devastating incidents. to put this into context, at £360 million, the cost of cleaning up storms ciara and dennis is triple that of the floods in the midlands and south yorkshire last november, which cost £110 million, but below the three successive storms desmond, eva then frank in decembe

the course covers damage from storms here and dennis. here is katie prescott. these in ironbridge are helping businesses get back on their feet after devastating winter floods. if it wasn't for the people in this community, the people of ironbridge, coalbrookdale, further on into telford, even as far as far away as australia, we wouldn't be in this situation we are in now. we started trading this morning. we've been busy all day and it's all local people, it's all the people that came out to supporters and we are genuinely humbled, by everything everybody‘s done. but there's still a long and expensive journey ahead. the insurance industry is also counting the cost. more than 3,000 households have made flood claims, for an average of £32,000. the cost of clearing up and dealing with the aftermath of ciara and dennis is a £360 million. that's more than tripled the damage from floods which hit the midlands and south yorkshire last november, but still relatively small compared to the cost of three successive storms, desmond, eva and frank, which hit in december 201

the cost covers damage from storms ciara and dennis.y need? girl—mac yes, it will cover things like re—flooring, the amount they get passed. and rebuild costs. they are finding it expensive to insure properties because come on the residential side, people are covered by a scheme that the government introduced in 2016, which is really to say things will not go up is really to say things will not go up in plant that might flood prone areas and they can get insurance. if the house is flooded again, they are covered ? the house is flooded again, they are covered? they are still covered all of us put into this scheme when we pay our home insurance. about £10 go into a pot and that money goes to subsidise about 350,000 people who live in flood prone areas. the scheme will last for the next 25 yea rs scheme will last for the next 25 years and only covers homes built before 2009. that is to encourage developers to make sure they don't built in flood prone areas. premiums depend on so many other things. flooding is one but it can be if you are i

speaker, i would like to associate myself, helping in the aftermath of storm dennis. it's brought record high water levels. will do the prime minister use of as the budget. over a hundred properties in my constituency have been flooded to those isery affected. prime minister use his influence in the budget in the comprehensive spending review to infrastructure spending on flood defenses for at risk as parts of his determination to show global action on taking climate change and adaptation mitigation? >> indeed i can, mr. speaker. thank my honorable friend. the government is able to extend and i can propriate also tell my friend it is, of course, we're investing defenses, n flood $2.6 billion pounds has already and we're pledged to commit another four billion this country nd against flooding. you.ank i want to send prayers and from all medical staff over the world for what they are doing to try to stop the spread health. i hope they will get the resources they need and there is this afteruestion on question time s today. # across the people country are still dealing wi

the cost covers damage from storms ciara and dennis. ome for almost four weeks. we're on a septic tank system here, so the system backs 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. now the waters are receding, the insurance industry is counting the cost of the damage to people like him. more than 3,000 households have made flood claims for an average of £32,000. our initial estimates are storm ciara and storm dennis will cost around £360 million, that's how much insurers are paying out to help customers recover from these devastating incidents. to put this into context, at £360 million, the cost of cleaning up storms ciara and dennis is triple that of the floods in the midlands and south yorkshire last november, which cost £110 million, but below the three successive storms desmond, eva then frank in december 2015, which cost £1.3 billion. large insurers have said how winter floods are hitting their businesses. direct line's profit

more rainfall in the next ten years, with weather experts warning that the devastation caused by storm denniss reports. the floods that tore through these communities have left devastation in their wake and residence driven from homes. a man in his 90s rescued by stretcher on his birthday. a young woman almost drowned in her bed by rising water levels. people are shellshocked. i'm surprised that everybody survived. the water came in so quick and people were surprised to quickly, people could have drowned. lives and livelihoods we re drowned. lives and livelihoods were completely overwhelmed as the river taff burst its banks and rising waters at this car showroom meant that hundreds of vehicles were written off. businesses like this furniture store were cleaned out. this will cost thousands to replace and unlike some big stores, they are not covered. the council is giving flooded businesses £1000 each to get them back on their feet and the welsh government has promised £10 million towards emergency help but it is nowhere near enough. lives have been turned upside down in communities like this.

paid by insurance companies to clean up paid by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms to dennisand ciara. two elf brothers turned to magic to try to spend one more day with their late father. find out what mark kermode thinks of 0nwards and the rest of the week's cinema releases in the film review. taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers joe twyman, in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjoe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll, and ruth lee, economic adviser at arbuthnot banking. stay with us for that. good evening. the number of coronavirus cases in the united kingdom has passed 200. tonight, the family of one of the two patients who died after being affected have spoken of their pain in not being able to grieve as they say they are 110w able to grieve as they say they are now in isolation. in total, 209 people have now been infected in the uk. both of those people who died we re uk. both of those people who died were elderly and with underlying health issues. globally, there are more than 100,000 cases, just over 3500 people have died

there are families and businesses that were left devastated after storm dennis. the strength of our union is aced on a shared resources. not a penny announced by the government would benefit those. hundreds of millions of pounds. they talked talk the talk on the union. they will provide the major new funding. that's not right to raise the issue of blood he. it is committed to working flat out. to ensure that everybody gets the relief that they need. it will certainly be possible to get through. with 25 million pounds investment by the government pound to find. >> thank you. we are looking to use this money to secure a university near this campus. and have a great opportunity i think it might honorable friend for what he's doing to champion that and the backcountry. i will look at what i can do. be careful. be careful what you wish for. >> what just seems to be the citizenship or questions. with those questions. we will make sure that they uphold their end of the deal. the honorable gentlemen raises a crucial issue which i particularly am concerned to defend. and

in other news, £360 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms dennisa. now it's time to explore the hidden treasure underneath the streets ofjerusalem in the travel show. this week on the travel show, we're injerusalem. where i go under the streets of the city to discover its ancient treasures. ooh, look at this. i also get my coffee cup bread in jerusalem's albanian quarter. two people are disturbing you, in a way. mm—hmm. you've got to watch yourself. that sounds worrying. we meet the transgender traveller who found freedom in india. and london's original fast food. anyone fancy some pie and mash? it's a city that's home to the world's three major monotheistic faiths, drawing in more than 3.5 million tourists a year. and, of course, it's the diversity of ancient monuments, civilisations, and architecture that everyone finds so compelling about jerusalem. and historyjust keeps on giving, because every day, even now, new discoveries and secrets are being revealed and, in fact, one of the world's most significant and controversial excavations is taking

in other news, £360 million will be paid out by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms dennisara. now and bbc news, it is click. this week, the truth about the truth about coronavirus. can ai help to treat it? can it predict its spread? could quantum computers find a cure? also, self—driving wheelchair departing now from terminal seven. ifeel like the queen. hello. this week marks three months since the world first heard about a newly identified disease. i am of of course talking about covid—19, which is caused by a new type of coronavirus. to date there have been over 3000 deaths from nearly 100,000 confirmed cases in 81 countries. and this is how i know that. this is thejohn hopkins university covid—19 dashboard. since it went live injanuary, it has gone viral and in a good way by demystifying the stats and the numbers behind the spread of this disease. it is amalgamating data from many of the world's health agencies and so for example right now i can see the total number of confirmed cases isjust over 93,000, these are the countries where they have confirmed cases and, just

£60 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the storm from —— the damage from storms dennisow on bbc news, the berlin internationale film festival is a top event on the calendar celebrating the best of world cinema, but how does it compare to venice and cannes? hello from berlin. i'm tom brook, and welcome to this special edition of talking movies, in which we look back at highlights from the berlin film festival on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. so, the 70th anniversary of the berlin film festival, one of the big three in europe, ranking alongside cannes and venice. 70 years ago, the festival opened with a screening of alfred hitchcock's romantic psychological thriller, rebecca. since then, it has grown to become one of the biggest public film festivals in the world. this year, it screened around 340 features. the festival might take place in a metropolis, but it has an intimate connection with its audiences. it is cherished by its followers. well, i live here and it's nice to see that one of the most important film festivals of the world is hosted here in berlin, an

we were flooded out december 2015, march last year, storm ciara, more effects from storm dennis.rnment, you have said in your question and response to me, no further reviews. people in llanrwst feel you are not interested, minister. you have to have a mechanism to be able to deliver that funding. do you want to listen or not? i am listening. so, every house that's had internal flooding... you can smirk, janet finch—saunders, i'm not even going to look at you because you're just...in fact, deputy presiding officer, i don't think she's worthy of an answer. lively exchanges in the welsh assembly. although flooding dominated prime minister's questions at westminster, borisjohnson also faced questions about his advisers, in particular andrew sabisky, who resigned after his past comments about eugenics and race came to light. an snp mp took personal offence. graham was born with cerebral palsy, unable to talk, walk or feed himself. he broughtjoy and love to all who knew him. and last week one of the prime minister's advisers resigned when a basic check of their internet history reveale

the cost of clearing up and dealing with the aftermath of storm ciara and dennis is £363 million. s last november. but it is known small due to the three successive storms that hit in december of 2015. they hit £1.3 billion pay—out. december of 2015. they hit £1.3 billion pay-out. insurance companies expect dance like this to result in millions of pounds worth of damage. it is what the are used to and what the plan for the true cost is not going to be done for many months, as was badly flooded properties get a chance to dry out and we can assess the full extent of the damage. several large insurers say that —— talk about how winter floods have hit their business, and with climate change expected to increase floods, managing business is going to become more expensive. —— this risk. rebecca maguire is the owner of the swa n rebecca maguire is the owner of the swan hotel in ironbridge as you joint is no. how are things? we are 0k. it joint is no. how are things? we are ok. it has been a massively emotional roller—coaster over the last few weeks we are just trying to look forward to th

in other news, £360 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms dennisand ciara. and in the six nations rugby, england held on to beat wales 33—30 at twickenham. now on bbc news, lucy hockings finds out what covid—19 is, how it spreads and answers your questions about what action you should take at home, work and when travelling, in a bbc news special. it's the biggest global health crisis for a generation. you're watching coronavirus explained, a bbc news special with me, lucy hockings. the outbreak began in december, in the central city of wuhan, home to more than 11 million people. all these shops are closed. there's pretty much nobody on the street here. the infection is a new type of coronavirus. put on a mask, even if you are not ill because others may be. the world health organization declares a global health emergency as china's coronavirus... this metro network is pretty much empty. but now, the new coronavirus has claimed its first victim outside asia. this is the exclusion zone now, the centre of the outbreak. covid—19 is a new virus to which

this event, we have water from storm ciara, during this event, we have waterfrom storm ciara, storm dennisunately, the levels got so high in the washlands, they have actually over—topped some of those barrier banks, which is why we have had the flooding here. so, while things have operated as designed, we do need to find out exactly why this happened and what we can do in the future. volunteers in snaith are providing hot meals, tea and coffee and donations of food and clothes. after weeks of flooding across the country and, with more weather warnings in place this weekend, the kindness of communities could well be called on again. 0livia richwald, bbc news, snaith. here, prime minister boris johnson and his girlfriend carrie symonds have announced they are expecting theirfirst child. the couple are also engaged, and a spokesperson says they're "very pleased" to have announced their news. but is just about it from me. —— that is just about it from me. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @sipusey. you can also get more news on oui’ you can also get more news on our website. thanks a lot for wa

million will be paid out by insurance companies to help with the clean—up following damage from the storms dennisow on bbc news, victoria derbyshire ta kes a now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at the some of the highlights from her programme this week. hello and welcome. for the next half an hourwe hello and welcome. for the next half an hour we will show you some of the highlights of our award—winning journalism in the last seven days. this week we revealed that aston villa and leicester have agreed to pay damages to five victims of a paedophile football scout put it both clubs have settled a civil case just weeks before it was due to be heard in the high court. the victims came forward as a result of an investigation by our programme in 2017. our reporter has been following the case. it's about a man called ted langford it was a football scout in the 80s and you can see him here in this newspaper picture which is the only photo we have. we think he was responsible, 01’ have. we think he was responsible, or suspect he was responsible for abusing dozens of boys in the 80s. he

more rainfall in the next ten years, with weather experts warning that the devastation caused by storm dennisailed. a leading meteorologist has told the bbc that a report, written four years ago, had warned the government to prepare for further episodes of extreme rainfall. wales' environment minister denies that her department has been complacent in dealing with the threat of floods. coming up shortly we have victoria derbyshire. we will take a look at the weather and hopefully a bit drier in wales and hopefully a bit drier in wales and elsewhere. absolutely, we've had a very wet february and thankfully, this week is looking quieter than it has been recently. we haven't got those storms in the forecast. this morning we have had lovely sunshine, shower clouds in gloucestershire and throughout this week, there is some rain in the forecast but not as much as recently. a mixture of sunshine and showers, not as windy but feeling quite chilly, particularly through the nights with some overnight frosts. through today, an area below pressure to the north and west of scotland bringing a weather front

storm dennis brought widespread flooding and disruption to wales. their homes. a man in his 90s rescued by stretcher on his birthday. a young woman almost drowned in her bed by rising water levels. people are shell—shocked. i'm surprised that, you know, everybody survived, because the water came in so quick and a lot of people were surprised so quickly, a lot of people could have drowned. lives and livelihoods were completely overwhelmed as the river taff burst its banks. rising waters at this car showroom and that hundreds showroom meant that hundreds of vehicles were written off. businesses like this furniture store in pontypridd were cleaned out. this will cost thousands to replace, and unlike some big stores, they're not covered. the damage isn'tjust financial. insurance was due for renewal recently. the flood cover was removed by the insurance company so we've had to renew with no flood cover. i'm not sleeping right at the moment. there's a lot of stress, there is a lot of worry. i've spent two years building up from nothing. there was nothing

much of the uk was soaked byjorge in the past few days and before him, storms ciara and dennis helpedted. the wettest february since records began. where iam standing february since records began. where i am standing is half a mile from the nearest river. the fields are designed to flood but the sheer amount of water this time just overwhelmed the mad made defences and loaded the town and now there is no if that water to go. u nfortu nately no if that water to go. unfortunately the level no if that water to go. u nfortu nately the level scott no if that water to go. unfortunately the level scott so high, some of the barrier banks, also have operator, we need to find out exactly why this happened. volu nteers out exactly why this happened. volunteers in snaith are providing ten coffee, food and clothing. two people who have experienced the flooding in snaith first—hand are kevin and catherine lorryman. their home was almost completely submerged. we first saw kevin and catherine on breakfast yesterday, when we were filming in snaith. and from birmingham we can talk to paul cobbing, the

dennis is £360 million. that's more than triple the damage from floods which hit the midlands and south yorkshire last november, but still relatively small compared to the cost of three successive stormsh hit in december 2015. they cost £1.3 billion. insurers expect storms like this to result in millions of pounds' worth of damage. it's what they're used to, it's what they plan for and, actually, the true cost is not going to be down for many months, as those badly flooded properties get a chance to dry out and we can assess the full extent of the damage. several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses. and with climate change expected to increase the number of floods in the uk, managing this risk is only going to become more expensive. katie prescott, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex attended one of their final public engagements tonight before they step back as senior royals and just a warning that the pictures we're about to show you contain a lot of flash photography. the couple attended the mountbatten festival of music at the royal albert hall. the festival brings together world class musicians, composers and conductors of th

dennis is £360 million. that's more than triple the damage from floods which hit the midlands and south yorkshire last november, but still relatively small compared to the cost of three successive stormsnk, which hit in december 2015. they cost £1.3 billion. insurers expect storms like this to result in millions of pounds‘ worth of damage. it's what they're used to, it's what they plan for and, actually, the true cost is not going to be down for many months, as those badly flooded properties get a chance to dry out and we can assess the full extent of the damage. several large insurers have recently said how winter flood claims are hitting their businesses. and with climate change expected to increase the number of floods in the uk, managing this risk is only going to become more expensive. katie prescott, bbc news. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, has ordered his country's coastguard to prevent migrants crossing the aegean to greek islands. the coastguard said this was because of the dangers they faced. but pressure continues at turkey's land border with greece, where thousands of young men — some from syria but most from elsewhere — are attempting to get to europe. david