seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshiref an hour, bbc wales investigates one of the biggest scandals to plague the welsh nhs nhs officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with two chinese nationals, diagnosed with the coronavirus. the two are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. one is a student at york university. elsewhere, 83 british nationals — evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday — are spending two weeks in quarantine at a hospital on the wirral. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz reports. life on campus at york university has carried on as normal today, but among the 18,000 students here, some are worried that one of their peers has tested positive for coronavirus. can you tell me why you are wearing a mask? are you worried to wear the mask? a little, a little nervous. because of this. when did you start wearing it here? today. i am not terribly bothered because i feel like, given that a number of students at university, i feel like it might not even spread. i

is seriously ill after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshireittal of president trump becomes all but certain as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. wales are on their way to a commanding win against italy as they start their defence of their six nations title in cardiff. and in half an hour —— a look back at the best stories and interviews from this week's victoria derbyshire programme. the university of york says it believes the risk of other students catching the corona virus is low — after one of its students was diagnosed with the disease. that student is one of two chinese nationals being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. elsewhere, more than 100 people evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday are spending 2 weeks in quarantine at a hospital on the wirral. dan johnson reports. to the absolute, you know, maximum that anyone could possibly expect... meet matt, one of the 83 people spending the next fortnight here in quarantine. the windows, i think maybe we can...? yes, we can actually open th

the investigation is being coordinated at warwickshire police headquarters here in leek wharton.ied and a 22—year—old woman is seriously ill in hospital after taking the illegal drug mdma. now we know that they were attending a student event at the assembly in leamington spa. the police are stressing they don't know if the drug was purchased in the assembly, or if it was bought outside. but there are deep concerns that there may be other young people who have bought the drug, have taken the drug, and the police are asking them to please seek help if they are feeling unwell. we're working with our partners at the moment to try and identify any other uses of this drug last night. but i would say is that if anybody has purchased this drug and have it in their possession and haven't taken it, please destroy it as soon as possible. obviously we don't know what we're dealing with at the moment, the necessary is being taken in account, in relation to its toxicology, etc. but that is ongoing, so please just be careful and mindful of what you might be taking, if you have this drug in your

woman is seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student event in warwickshirecquitted in the presidential impeachment trial after the senate voted against calling witnesses. he has been accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. 0ne senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a presidential cover—up. from washington, chris buckler reports. president trump left the white house to spend the weekend at his mar—a—lago resort in florida and he can afford to relax now after a vote that will cut short his impeachment trial. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote? if not, the yays are a9, the nays are 51. by the narrowest of margins, a request to call witnesses was rejected, two republican senators voted with the democrats to hear potentially damaging testimony and demand documents but that was half the number they needed. if the president is acquitted with no witnesses, no documents, the acquittal will have no value. among the people the democrats wanted to call to give evidence wasjohn bolton, the white hou

woman is seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student event in warwickshiretal of president trump becomes all but certain — as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. a commanding lead for wales against italy as they start their defence of their six nations title in cardiff. and in half an hour, click is in bangladesh, to see how global advances in automation technology could impact the lives of millions of garment factory workers. nhs officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with 2 chinese nationals diagnosed with the corona virus. the two are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. one is a student at york university. elsewhere, 83 british people and 27 others — evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday — are spending 2 weeks in quarantine at a hospital on the wirral. we can speak to luxmy gopal, who's in newcastle, at the royal victoria infirmary. this is the latest development. please can you remind us what university is saying about these two people, one of which is a student? absolutely. the

years, violent10 crime has risen 152% across the town of warwickshire. in my past two weeks constituency, two people have been killed and others remain seriously ill. the government has promised to reinstate 20,000 police officers. is it a simple truth that it is now our residents -- 6% this year. debtor ticking up -- that are picking up the old bill. at the party opposite is the party of fear and disorder? the honorableto gentlemen, he is making an important point about violent crime. i share his anger. that is why we are putting 20,000 more police on the streets. we are tackling the county lines drugs gang. we will get that crime down. >> the prime minister is conscious of the widespread concern about the plans to 5g networks.i in concern that was only increased when the news came of france building a new network, following the lead of australia. can my right honorable friend confirm that he wants to reduce huawei's involvement and can he give a timescale as to when that will hit zero? >> he is right that we are going to be reducing the involvement of

is seriously ill after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshirebc news, bbc wales investigates what's been described as one of the biggest scandals in the welsh nhs since devolution. these hospitals were meant to be places of safety. every year bringing thousands of new lives into the world. i was so excited when i found out i was pregnant. my dream was always to have a little girl. i was so happy to find out i was having a boy. parents trusted that they and their babies would be protected. we didn't give it a second thought. we just took them at their word and believed that myself and jennifer were in safe hands. but they were let down. finding out your daughter hasjust died, not knowing if sarah was going to survive and i was going to lose them both, it was just a horrific time. there are no other word to describe it. it isjust...all your worst nightmares wrapped up into one, you know? yeah, a lot to deal with. for years, despite warnings, the safety of mothers and babies was put at risk. patients were failed, futures destroyed. they made a mist

woman is seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student event in warwickshireof president trump becomes all but certain — as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. a commanding lead for wales against italy as they start their defence of their six nations title in cardiff. now on bbc news, let's get the latest from the world of technology in click. this week, high impact smashes. the cgi secrets of youth. and greener fashion through clothing hire and pants on fire. over the last decade or so, fashion has gotten faster. cutting—edge design techniques coupled with a huge reduction in the cost of production and the growing success of online clothing sites means new designs and trends can be turned into low—cost clothing much quicker than just once a season. as a result, more than1 million tonnes of clothes are now bought every year in the uk. the thing is, as fast fashion has grown, so has fashion waste. with everyone wanting to update their wardrobes more regularly these days, it means we're throwing away hundreds of thousands of tonnes

and places like chatham and amersham and other seeds that are directly affected —— other seats, warwickshire's not going to be enough to change their political allegiance long—term. change their political allegiance long-term. they were mostly remainers. let's move on to the mirror was that this is a powerful headline, 0livia. steve walsh, the businessman and also a scout leader or something or other, he's a good chap who does a lot of good things. he's very and unfortunately in being busy became this awful phrase of "super—spreader" of coronavirus. com pletely "super—spreader" of coronavirus. completely innocent, understandably fea rful of completely innocent, understandably fearful of being a scapegoat, being publicly outed like this.|j fearful of being a scapegoat, being publicly outed like this. i have noticed since this story came out and there is a man to the story, people are talking more sympathetically about him which is a relief. he has an incredibly busy day. he was at a conference in singapore, he flew back to france to have a quick ski trip with his friends, then he went home, w

it's not the news that rural communities along the route, like here in north warwickshire, wanted to road here, miles of hedgerows have been destroyed, trees have been chopped down, and many of the roads as well, so in front of your very eyes you can see sort of, you know, treasured landscape disappearing. taxpayers' money would be far better spent on local, regional transport project in the north, i mean, they're crying out for it in the north. but tomorrow's announcement will include a series of other commitments to improve transport links, particularly in the midlands and the north of england, where poor, overcrowded services have been too often the norm. hsz hs2 divided the conservative party, it has divided this government. tomorrow the government will announce £5 billion of extra spending on improving buses in england and wales, making them cheaper and greener, and also there will be more money for improving cycling in english towns and cities. not long ago, the conservatives with a party of austerity. they are now selling themselves as a party of big transport spenders. reeta.

seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshirel be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers mo hussein and dawn foster — stay with us for that. in a few minutes, reeta chakrabati will be here with a round—up of today's top stories. but first, nhs officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with two chinese nationals, diagnosed with the corona virus. the two are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. one is a student at york university. elsewhere, 83 british nationals — evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday — are spending two weeks in quarantine at a hospital in wirral. i've been speaking to paul hunter — a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. he said cases of the virus were always likely to emerge in the uk. i think it was almost inevitable certainly, nothing in life is ever totally inevitable but this was pretty much certain going to happen. you know, we were certainly not one of the first western countries to have cases, so, yeah, it was going to happen and

from euston in central london to west london, through counties like warwickshire and up to birminghame the ground for the first stretch of a high—speed railway has been going on for years. here in solihull, they're diverting a road over the m112 to make way for the railway. the amount of work going on here, building a new bridge, diverting a road over a motorway, gives you a sense of why it has always been hard to imagine that the government might scrap this project, particularly the first stretch of it, running from here in the west midlands down to london. gordon brown was in charge when the project was conceived a decade ago. the time for high—speed rail has come. 0ther prime ministers have given it their backing. today, borisjohnson will, too. he'll back the whole project — a y—shaped railway. the latter phase linking birmingham to manchester and leeds will be reviewed to try and cut costs. but it will go ahead. hs2 is needed, say supporters, because our railways are overcrowded. but the high—speed vision, this is what they hope birmingham station will look like, comes with a high

the railway will run from london euston to west london, cutting through buckinghamshire and warwickshiredy in ten years‘ time. but the lines to leeds and manchester, where the railways are badly overcrowded, will take ten years on top of that. the government wants to review that part of the project again to improve connections and to cut costs. we've got good headlines here, but not so much detail underneath them, and there are a number of issues now that i'll be pressing the government on if we're to get a new railway for the north of england to a reasonable timescale that's on the right route. work to prepare sites on the first stretch of the railway has been going on for years. here, they've dug up the foundations of an old station. well, this area here used to be one of the platforms in the old station, dating back to the 1830s. this whole area used to be a car park. it's been cleared. but now the real construction work of the railway, the new station, with new platforms here in central birmingham, can begin. this is what that station will look like. hs2 will reduce journey times to

it's not the news that rural communities along the route, like here in north warwickshire, wanted to road here, miles of hedgerows have been destroyed, trees have been chopped down, and many of the roads as well, and so in front of your very eyes you can see sort of, you know, treasured landscape disappearing. taxpayers' money would be far better spent on local, regional transport projects. in the north, i mean, they're crying out for it in the north. but tomorrow's announcement will include a series of other commitments to improve transport links, particularly in the midlands and the north of england, where poor, overcrowded services have been too often the norm. hsz hs2 decided the dust the conservative party. they have announced £500 million extra spending on buses in wales and there will also be more money for improving cycling in towns and cities. not long ago were the conservatives the party of its territories, they are now selling themselves as the party of big transport spenders. that was tom burridge in birmingham. our political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. i

seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshireback at the best stories and interviews from this week's victoria derbyshire programme. hello and welcome. for the next half an hour we will show you some of the highlights of our award—winning journalism over the last week. on tuesday, we heard from a mum whose ex—partner is a convicted child rapist. she told our programme exclusively, she fears for her daughter's safety after a family court granted him fornightly overnight access to her children. susie, whose name we've changed, found out whilst in a relationship with her ex that he had previously served ten years in jail for raping a young girl and is a registered sex offender. after they separated, the family court granted him overnight contact with his children and not formally supervised. she says one of her young daughters has returned home and made an unclear but potentially worrying disclosure. she believes the authorities have failed to properly assess the risk he might pose to them. susie spoke to us anonymously about what h

the railway will run from london euston to west london, cutting through buckinghamshire and warwickshirethat stretch could be ready in ten years' time. but the lines to leeds and manchester, where the railways are badly overcrowded, will take ten years on top of that. the government wants to review that part of the project again to improve connections and to cut costs. we've got good headlines here, but not so much detail underneath them, and there are a number of issues now that i'll be pressing the government on if we're to get a new railway for the north of england to a reasonable timescale that's on the right route. work to prepare sites on the first stretch of the railway has been going on for years. here, they've dug up the foundations of an old station. well, this area here used to be one of the platforms in the old station, dating back to the 1830s. this whole area used to be a car park. it's been cleared. but now the real construction work of the railway, the new station, with new platforms here in central birmingham, can begin. this is what that station will look like. hs2 will

then the high—speed route moves north, through buckinghamshire and up through warwickshire.d at several other sites along the route. at solihull, there'll be an interchange station with links to birmingham airport. the railway then divides at birmingham and onto crewe. the latter phases of the project, linking crewe to manchester and birmingham to leeds, via towns like mexborough, will be reviewed. the route could change to save money and to link it up more with other railways. he hasn't said where the money's going to come from. that's a big concern i have because hs2 was well over budget and it could waste all the money that could go to the regions. this is what birmingham's main station will look like. hs2 will reduce journey times to london by half an hour. and to leeds from birmingham by an hour. these apprentices already working on the project happy it's going ahead. we need more infrastructure to match the growing countries like germany, china. to be able to say on my cv that i worked on hsz is kind of going to set me up for life, really. hs2 was a real dilemma for hi

from euston in central london to west london, through counties like warwickshire and up to birminghampare the ground for the first stretch of a high—speed railway has been going on for years. here in solihull, they are diverting a road over the 42 to make way for the railway. the amount of work going on here, building a new bridge, devoting a rotor very motor gives you a sense of why it has a lwa ys gives you a sense of why it has always been hard why the government might scrap this project, particularly the first stretch of it here running from the midlands down to london. gordon brown was in charge when the project was conceived a decade ago. the time for high—speed rail has come. conceived a decade ago. the time for high-speed rail has come. other prime ministers have given it their backing. today, borisjohnson will, too. he'll back the whole project, a y—shaped railway. the latter phase linking birmingham to manchester and leeds will be reviewed to try and cut costs. but it will go ahead. hs2 is needed, say supporters, because oui’ is needed, say supporters, because our railways a

from euston in central london to west london, through counties like warwickshire and up to birminghamrepare the ground for the first stretch of a high—speed railway has been going on for years. here in solihull, they're diverting a road over the m112 to make way for the railway. the amount of work going on here — building a new bridge, diverting a road over a motorway — gives you a sense of why it has always been hard to imagine that the government might scrap this project, particularly the first stretch of it, running from here in the west midlands down to london. gordon brown was in charge when the project was conceived a decade ago. the time for high—speed rail has come. 0ther prime ministers have given it their backing. today, borisjohnson has, too. he's backed the whole project — a y—shaped railway. the latter phase, linking birmingham to manchester and leeds, will be reviewed to try and cut costs, but it will go ahead. hs2 is needed, say supporters, because our railways are overcrowded. but the high—speed vision — this is what they hope birmingham station will look like — comes

then the high—speed route moves north, through buckinghamshire and up through warwickshire.e and at several other sites along the route. at solihull, there'll be an interchange station with links to birmingham airport. the railway then divides at birmingham and onto crewe. the latter phases of the project, linking crewe to manchester and birmingham to leeds, via towns like mexborough, will be reviewed. the route could change to save money and to link it up more with other railways. this is what birmingham's main station will look like. well we ll over well over budget. it could waste all the money that could go to the regions. this is what birmingham's main station will look like. hs2 will reduce journey times to london by half an hour. and to leeds from birmingham by an hour. these apprentices already working on the project happy it's going ahead. we need more infrastructure to match the growing countries like germany, china. to be able to say on my cv that i worked on hsz is kind of going to set me up for life, really. hs2 was a real dilemma for his government, because the

from euston in central london to west london, through counties like warwickshire and up to birmingham ground for the first stretch of a high—speed railway has been going on for years. here in solihull, they're diverting a road over the m42 to make way for the railway. the amount of work going on here, building a new bridge, diverting a road over a motorway, gives you a sense of why it has always been hard to imagine that the government might scrap this project, particularly the first stretch of it, running from here in the west midlands down to london. gordon brown was in charge when the project was conceived a decade ago. the time for high—speed rail has come. 0ther prime ministers have given it their backing. today, borisjohnson will, too. he'll back the whole project — a y—shaped railway. the latter phase linking birmingham to manchester and leeds will be reviewed to try and cut costs. but it will go ahead. hs2 is needed, say supporters, because our railways are overcrowded. but the high—speed vision, this is what they hope birmingham station will look like, comes with a high price

from euston in central london to west london, through counties like warwickshire and up to birminghampare the ground for the first stretch of a high—speed railway has been going on for years. here in solihull, they're diverting a road over the m42 to make way for the railway. the amount of work going on here — building a new bridge, diverting a road over a motorway — gives you a sense of why it has always been hard to imagine that the government might scrap this project, particularly the first stretch of it, running from here in the west midlands down to london. gordon brown was in charge when the project was conceived a decade ago. the time for high—speed rail has come. 0ther prime ministers have given it their backing. today, borisjohnson has, too. he's backed the whole project — a y—shaped railway. the latter phase, linking birmingham to manchester and leeds, will be reviewed to try and cut costs, but it will go ahead. hs2 is needed, say supporters, because our railways are overcrowded. but the high—speed vision — this is what they hope birmingham station will look like — comes wit

in the past ten years, violent crime has risen 152% across the towns of warwickshire.aw and order but the party of disorder? he is making an important point about violent crime andi important point about violent crime and i share his anger. that is why we are putting an extra 20,000 police officers on our streets. that is why we are now tackling the cou nty is why we are now tackling the county lines drug gangs that are behind so much of this rise behind crime. the prime minister's conscious of widespread concern about involving huawei in our 5g network and france are not including huawei in building their 5g network. australia are also doing it. can my right honourable friend confirm he wa nts to right honourable friend confirm he wants to reduce huawei‘s involvement over time? we are going to be reducing the involvement of huawei below the 35% market cap. he is also writing as general vision which i share, what is happened is that there is a failure on like—minded countries to come up with a alternative 5g network. that is why we are doubling the science budget and w

we spoke to people, john and diana, they live in warwickshire, and where they live people are havingnot viewed so favourably. we lived here for 26 years and we were very happy. you can understand the difficulties of people. environmental groups also concerned. greenpeace said borisjohnson willl go down as the "century's largest destroyer of ancient woodland in the uk." friends of the earth say it's a damaging mistake which threatens wildlife. but the cbi says this is a fantcastic way of getting people moving out of their cars and describes it as "exactly the sort of bold, decisive action needed to create a truly balanced britain." they alongside business communities across the north say what must happen now is hs3. this east to west link, united cities. the prime minister said this will be part of that masterpiece, in the future. what would be great is to hear from the audience. the future. what would be great is to hearfrom the audience. not necessarily people losing their homes, but even taxpayers who are wondering whether this will be worth it. a 20-year-old going to wondering whe

seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshiretal of president trump becomes all but certain, as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me ollie foster and lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines this evening: the six nations championship is back and the grand slam champions wales turn on the style as they take italy apart in cardiff. these reds still unbeaten, liverpool's premier league lead now stands at 22 points. and after a fortnight of surprises in the womens‘ draw, there's another in the final, sophia kenin is the new also coming up in the programme: countdown to the superbowl — will it be the chiefs or the 49ers crowned kings of the nfl? and we catch up with great britain's basketballers, and their shot at olympic qualification. evening. all the football coming up for you in a couple of minutes, but we're going to start with rugby union because the six nations championship is back. we'll have the latest from dublin where

seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshireittal of donald trump becomes all but certain, as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. and coming up: josh adams scores a hattrick to seal an emphatic win for wales. sportsday rounds up today's six nations action and the day's other sport in half an hour. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. nhs officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with two chinese nationals diagnosed with the corona virus. the two are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. one is a student at york university. elsewhere, 83 british nationals — evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday — are spending two weeks in quarantine at a hospital on the wirral. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. life on campus at york university has carried on at normal but among the 18,000 students here, some are worried that one of their peers has tested positive for coronavirus. can you tell me why you are wearing a mask? are you worried? a little,