tom burridge, bbc news in the west midlands.phil mackie. if you have been covering this whole his if you have been covering this whole h is two saga for many years. yes, i mean it is a massive moment notjust for the west midlands but the east midlands as well in terms of not just the construction of this site but what we're seeing. the skyline here has transformed over the past decade and beyond that you can just about make out another eight or nine cranes on other sites which are moving into the city and what they are telling me and what they are saying not just here are telling me and what they are saying notjust here birmingham but across the west midlands is that there are a lot of other projects which will come once the green light is given. of course there are opponents as well to the projects, around the country but also here in the midlands. yes, we have seen state m e nts the midlands. yes, we have seen statements from birmingham city council, for example, welcoming it today, but i know that once you get outside this ar

west midlands police are also looking at another employee.s recommending that the cases of more than 11,000 other patients should now be reassessed, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. ian paterson's malpractice was on a devastating scale. the number of patients affected became clearer today. many of these women were told they had cancer when they didn't and underwent needless operations. others were subjected to untested surgical techniques. they had campaigned for this independent inquiry, which found they had been failed by the health care system at every level. if you were a paterson patient, you were 50% more likely to get a re—occurrence of breast cancer because you had been left with breast tissue, basically a time bomb, in your chest, ready to explode, ready to give you cancer, because he didn't remove it. ian paterson had treated thousands of patients. concerns had been raised about him in 2003, but he continued to practice, both in the nhs and the independent sector, until 2012. he'd moved between hospitals in the west midlands

but now the conservative mayor of the west midlands has come up with a solution.ased on incomes, rather than prices. it would mean developers having to build smaller, cheaper properties. our home editor mark easton has more details. what does affordable mean? here in wolverhampton market, traders woo customers with bargain vegetables. apples and pears, rabbits as big as hares! with homes, affordable is officially defined as 20% below average local prices or rents. but housing's so expensive, that still translates as unaffordable for millions. the government's focus is on affordable home—ownership with discount schemes for first—time buyers and key workers. but even with treasury help and even in less pricey areas like here in wolverhampton, most workers can never even dream of getting on the housing ladder. take zoe, who will qualify as a nurse later this year. with a salary of around £22,000, buying a house is simply out of the question. at the moment, zoe and baby amaya live at her mum's place and she's desperate for a home of their own. but even renting an aver

as well as parts of the west midlands.ilant and pay attention to their flood warnings. in a moment will talk to, leanne brown in mytholmroyd. but first let's go to tomos morgan, who is in tonna in the neath valley. it sounds like there have been serious disruption, in parts of wales, in places elsewhere, as well as where you are. let me tell you about where i am in the south wales valleys. this area has been hit with a red warning. that happened in 2018 and we have not seen one since then, it is rare. it is affecting things like this river that has burst its banks here and it has affected a row of houses just over here. we cannot get to them because the road is com pletely get to them because the road is completely flooded. at aam, the emergency services were called and when we arrived they were still here and a bus was taking residents to safety to a nearby sport centre. a few have decided to remain in their houses, but we understand the majority have been taken to safety. this is one of the few areas in wales hit with a

i have richard butler from the cbi and the west midlands, a really important day for the west midlands do you think hst was necessary? —— and the north of england. we have not had the formal newsletter, so on the assumption it will be positive it is positive for a number of reasons. we need additional rail capacity, we need additional rail capacity, we need to regenerate the midlands and the north and speed up travel times to london. high—speed to has the capability of addressing those. —— high speed 2. many sceptics would argue that the money is too much and would be better spent elsewhere, may be just would be better spent elsewhere, may bejust and would be better spent elsewhere, may be just and working across the existing network. i noted those arguments but i think it is missing the point that we have a victorian rail system creaking at the seams, more and more people want to travel, we need to do something about capacity and it is almost impossible to upgrade the current network without closing it down indefinitely to achieve that. high speed 2 is the only way of bringing in the

a big day for birmingham in the west midlands, andindeed for birmingham in the west midlands, and indeedus, it meansjobs and investment, so it is a good day. do you think this decision from the prime minister was in doubt? was it finely balanced ? prime minister was in doubt? was it finely balanced? i think it was, actually. the review was set up, and i think it was done in an open—minded way, to decide on the best way forward, and we have seen lobbying on either side, frankly, andi lobbying on either side, frankly, and i was not completely confident until the chancellor made his intervention two weeks ago and said, i have looked at the numbers. this is the right thing to do. i think that was the decisive moment. he said he has looked at the numbers, but when we will look at them, they are scary, people talking about may be £100 billion plus. can the country for this? the current number is 85 billion. it is a huge amount of money, no one doubts that. it won't be spent all at once what about over 20 years. my answer is, yes, we can afford it, and the analysis has shown that. we are standi

affordable in the west midlands will mean homes with rents or mortgages costing less than 35% of typical incomes among lower—paid key workers. private house—builders will have to offer smaller and cheaper houses. will there be some developers who will say, "we can't make the numbers add up"? i suspect that there probably will be. not every developer has a business model like our own. we are a partnership housing company. so i suspect, yes, there will be companies who see this as not being able to make the returns that their business might demand. so, can the private sector be relied upon to deliver the genuinely affordable homes needed? labour's mayoral candidate in the west midlands argues for state intervention, not just redefining affordable. it's a lovely idea, but do you know what, we just need to build more houses. so the number of houses for social rent, council houses as we used to call them, we're building 17% fewer in our region than we were last year. at that pace, it's going to take us until 2052 to clear the council waiting list. when it comes to housing, affordability is mo

right honourable friend's comprehensive announcement today will be widely welcomed across the west midlands and in birmingham, and nowhere more so than in the royal town of sutton coldfield. will he pay tribute to the superb leadership of the west midlands mayor andy street, and the case he has put which will underwrite our economic prosperity for the future? my right honourable friend is absolutely right. i salute the work of andy street, his vision for transport in the west midlands, and that will be supported, encouraged and cemented by hs2. supported, encouraged and cemented by h52. i welcome the announcement as far as hs2 and the further project is concerned. can the prime minister confirm that there will be morejobs in the north of england if as well as building hs2 from london to the north, we also started building from the north of the south chris a final ambition, should you not agree that hs2 should go to scotland, which would help to unite the two countries? we will certainly get on with building hs2 already. hsz get on with building hs2 already. hs2 already does go to scotland,

west midlands police are also looking at another employee.cases of more than 11,000 other patients should now be reassessed, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. ian paterson's malpractice was on a devastating scale. the number of patients affected became clearer today. many of these women were told they had cancer when they didn't and underwent needless operations. others were subjected to untested surgical techniques. they had campaigned for this independent inquiry, which found they had been failed by the health care system at every level. if you were a paterson patient, you were 50% more likely to get a re—occurrence of breast cancer because you had been left with breast tissue, basically a time bomb, in your chest, ready to explode, ready to give you cancer, because he didn't remove it. ian paterson had treated thousands of patients. concerns had been raised about him in 2003, but he continued to practise, both in the nhs and the independent sector, until 2012. he'd moved between hospitals in the west midlands without criticism being

in the short—term, it's flooding that is cause for concern, wales, the west midlands and north englandacus and has done his sums and there was money. this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: the first coronavirus death in europe. a chinese tourist in his 80s dies after being diagnosed in france. because the ukrainian airliner. or down over tehran in january. the popular british tv presenter caroline flack has been found dead at her london home. a family say she took her own life. troops are deployed in the north of england. is storm dennis hits the uk and northern europe.

now, some of the heaviest falls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west englandnd there will be some heavy falls as well in northern england at times. given that we already have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. cooler air across the north—west with blustery showers. now, looking at the weather picture through the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. now, there is a risk that this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. in other words, there could still be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here, but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts of wind inland again 50—60mph. 70 around some of our coasts, and those winds still strong enough to bring down an odd tree or two. so there is the risk of transport disruption whether from the flooding rain or from those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed in across the north and western. as we go on into sunday

ten more days of difficult conditions are predicted for parts of yorkshire and the west midlands alreadyit by flooding. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, lance price and jo—anne nadler. stay with us for that. good evening. welcome to bbc news. three more people have tested positive in the uk for coronavirus, with northern ireland confirming its first case tonight. all of them were infected after travelling to italy or tenerife. they are now being treated at specialist nhs infection centres. to date, more than 7,500 people in the uk have been tested for the virus. 16 were positive. eight of them have now been discharged from hospital. but, with more cases expected to emerge, the government is set to launch a new public health campaign. fears about the impact the virus could have on the global economy has caused markets to plunge today. more on that in a moment. but first, here is our health editor hugh pym. another frustrating day for british tourists confined in quarantine at this tenerife hotel. an italian visitor tested positive for th

we can speak now to the conservative mayor of the west midlands, andy street.f that report you could hear but it was sad listening to some of those young people talk about how they had to save from the age of 14 and still couldn't afford to buy a home. can't even begin to think about a partner because they don't have anywhere to live. what do people like you, in positions of power, intend to do about this? people like you, in positions of power, intend to do about thi57m was indeed a sad report, but i think the good news is we have some positive stories here in the west midlands. the underlying point of your report was that there were not enough houses being built and the good news here is we have doubled the house build rate in the last five years. and they are houses of all types, increasing the number of affordable homes and we have changed the definition of affordable that we are trying to build to make them accessible to people on basic pay. what is an affordable home in your new definition? so, the way... the big difference here is that affordable has alw

there'll be another ten days of difficult conditions in parts of the midlands devastated by flooding, according to west warning of snow and ice has been issued for much of the midlands, including the river severn in shropshire, where flood defences have buckled under the pressure of water. residents forced from their homes in ironbridge are facing further problems as more wet weather is forecast. phil mackie is worcester. the real question is how bad will the weather get over the next couple of days? because over the last couple of weeks we have watched the water come up, go down, come up, go down again, and come back up. these homes flood a lot, they have flood gates protecting them but the water has been so high for so long. as you said, the problem is this could go on for a long time yet. the only severe flood warning in place is in ironbridge in shropshire where the force of the river caused the flood barriers to buccal. it still looks dramatic today but it is going down. those railings were com pletely going down. those railings were completely submerged yesterday. going down. those railings were

some patchy mist and fog developing particularly around cheshire and the west midlands down towards the established in the uk on wednesday. lighter wins for the rest of us. still a little bit breezy across scotland, and that for bringing a bit more cloud and some showers that the day. but of cloud throughout northern ireland. the mist and fog may be stubborn to clear. if it does, it might stay a little bit grey in places, but around that there will be some sunshine. certainly drier weather for england and wales. this area of high pressure will gradually move its way east as we move to thursday and friday. still lots of fine and settled weather. the mornings could start off again quite misty and murky. some places could stay quite grey. some sunny spells elsewhere. at the end of the week and into the weekend, i want to show you the jet stream. that is what influences what happens on the ground, and it is ramping up by a few years. very strong jet stream from across the atlantic. it will give us some areas of low pressure. that will possibly bring in some strong wins on saturday and sunda

some of the heaviest falls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west england, if northern england at times. given that we already have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. cooler air across the north—west with blustery showers. now, looking at the weather picture thorugh the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. now, there is a risk that this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. in other words, still could be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts inland, 50, 60mph. 70 around some of our coasts, and those winds still strong enough to bring down an odd tree or two. so there is the risk of transport disruption whether from the flooding rain or those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed in across the north and western. and as we go on into sunday night, if anything, the winds will get stronger for a time as th

some of the heaviest balls of rain across wales, the west midlands and south—west england, if anythingrn england at times. given we have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get nasty for a time as we head into the first part of sunday morning. call across the north—west with blustery showers. looking to the rest of sunday, the weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. there is a risk this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. still quite a bit of rain lept over into the afternoon but it's going to be afternoon but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts inland, 50, 60 miles an hour. those winds are strong enough to bring down a tree or two. the risk of transport disruption. often those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed and across the north and western as we gone into sunday night. when will get strongerfor a time into sunday night. when will get stronger for a time as the centre of dennis passes close to the north of scotland. the winds could cause problems here. it's a day broadly speaking of sunny

now, some of the heaviest falls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west englandheavy falls as well in northern england at times. given that we already have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. cooler air across the north—west with blustery showers. now, looking at the weather picture through the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. now, there is a risk that this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. in other words, there could still be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here, but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts of wind inland again 50—60mph. 70 around some of our coasts, and those winds still strong enough to bring down an odd tree or two. so there is the risk of transport disruption whether from the flooding rain or from those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed in across the north and western. as we go on into sunday night, if anything, th

the west midlands mayor, conservative andy street, thinks the government definition of an affordableon, based not on prices but incomes. we're proud that we're the first region of the country that has actually got on and changed that definition so it is related to incomes of key workers, and i hope it's exactly what the role of a conservative mayor is. this will be a great contribution to the national debate to get people to think, well, maybe they are onto something there. affordable in the west midlands will mean homes with rents or mortgages costing less than 35% of typical incomes among lower—paid key workers. private house—builders will have to offer smaller and cheaper houses. will there be some developers who will say, "we can't make the numbers add up"? i suspect that there probably will be. not every developer has a business model like our own. we are a partnership housing company. so i suspect, yes, there will be companies who see this as not being able to make the returns that their business might demand. so, can the private sector be relied upon to deliver the genuinely a

now, some of the heaviest falls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west englandfalls as well in northern england at times. given that we already have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. cooler air across the north—west with blustery showers. now, looking at the weather picture through the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. now, there is a risk that this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. in other words, there could still be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here, but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts of wind again inland 50—60mph. 70 around some of our coasts, and those winds still strong enough to bring down an odd tree or two. so there is the risk of transport disruption whether from the flooding rain or from those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed in across the north and western. as we go on into sunday night, if anything, the wind

now, some of the heaviest falls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west englandavy falls as well in northern england at times. given that we already have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. cooler air across the north—west with blustery showers. now, looking at the weather picture through the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. now, there is a risk that this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. in other words, there could still be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here, but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts of wind again inland 50—60mph. 70 around some of our coasts, and those winds still strong enough to bring down an odd tree or two. so there is the risk of transport disruption whether from the flooding rain or from those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed in across the north and western. as we go on into sunday night, if anything, the

some of the heaviest bowls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west england.l be some heavy falls as well in northern england at times. given that we are ready have a number flood warnings at invoice, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first pa rt here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. colder air across the north with blustery showers. looking through the picture for the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way to the south—east. there is a risk this front could be slower to clear in southern and is in areas of england. in other words, there could be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here. it's going to bea the afternoon here. it's going to be a windy day everywhere, gusts in than 50—60 miles an hour, 70 on some ghosts and those winds strong enough to bring down and old tree or two —— gusts was not whether from the flooding rain or from those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed inland across the north and west as we go on into sunday night. if anything, the winds

many areas of concern include the west midlands, south wales, these areas have severe flood warnings upon severn. the flooding risks continue especially as we have more showers and areas of rain moving in from the west over the next few days. that's the satellite imagery through this morning, speckled cloud indicative of the showers and they will be wintry over higher ground of scotland. i secure this morning as well. more significant band of rain spreading south and east as we go through tuesday. moving to the south—east, torrential rain for a time, some hail, thunder, sunny spells in between, maximum temperatures about 7—11d. that band of rain will clear away to the south—east, clear skies tonight, further wintry showers in scotland, risk of ice again into tomorrow morning as temperatures fall away to about 1—3 possibly 4 degrees. during wednesday, fine start to the day, small ridge of high pressure before this next weather system pushes its way in from the west. bright start, plenty of sunshine, counting over all the while, with that rain moving its way through northern ireland, i

west midlands police are looking at another employee. inquiry is recommending the cases of more than 11,000 other patients should not be reassessed. their lives have been changed forever by ian patterson. many women were told they had cancer when they did not and underwent a needless operations. 0thers when they did not and underwent a needless operations. others were submitted to untested surgical techniques. they had campaigned for this independent inquiry which has found they had been failed by the health care system at every level. this is important for people who died to be heard. because without any exaggeration, there are so many unnecessary deaths. people fail to realise is this gap and you start looking at the stats in he and move between hospitals in the west midlands of the criticism being shared in the places he'd worked. two years ago, he was found guilty in a criminal court and his sentence for wounding later increased from 15—20 years. today, the man who chaired this inquiry said opportunities to stop him had been repeated

i thank the prime minister, the transport secretary for working with the west midlands mayor andy street confirm that as we move towards net zero that this extra capacity on our railways will allow lorries carrying freight to come off our motorways? that is one of the many advantages of the proposal. is a nearby west london mp, cani proposal. is a nearby west london mp, can i as the mp —— the prime minister over to my patch where hs2 is already impacting lives? also to see what the reality on the ground ofa see what the reality on the ground of a super development opportunity looks like for people who tend to be fo rg otte n ? looks like for people who tend to be forgotten? i have fond memories of walking the streets of her constituency and listening to her will lobby me in person, and no doubt i will be doing so again all too soon. does the prime minister agree with me that we now have a wonderful opportunity to win hearts and minds on high—speed north by getting smes involved in procurement, apprentices getting trained up, huddersfield university doing innovation, and fully integrating

winds, particularly frequent in north—western areas, the cheshire gap, greater manchester, north—west midlandses. for western scotland and northern ireland, showers through the morning and afternoon. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. four of the cruise ship passengers taken to the wirral test positive for coronavirus and are transferred to specialist infection centres. the virus has spread to 21 countries. six people have now died in south korea, and a third death has been confirmed in italy. politicians in south wales say westminster needs to stump up more money for those affected by the region's recent floods. in las vegas, tyson fury produces the best performance of his boxing career, to become the new wbc heavyweight world champion. with house prices in england hitting record highs, we report on the struggle to make homes affordable for first—time buyers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, chief features writer at the ft, and john rentoul,

wales especially, parts of the west midlands and northern england.ces with a significant risk of flooding and disruption. it stays windy overnight, blustery wind, up over the high ground in the north. through sunday, the band of rain pushes southwards and eastwards. it could become slower moving. it could linger across southern and eastern england. further falls of heavy rain. eventually, showers will turn into the north and west. another blustery day. gusts around 50 or 60 miles per hour, 70 around the coast with wind picking up through the english channel. the risk of further disruption, wind strong enough to bring down tree branches, rain causing flooding problems. through sunday night, as the centre of dennis passes close to the north of scotland, stronger winds into scotla nd scotland, stronger winds into scotland on the far north of england. these strong winds around for the first part of monday. monday rush—hour looks like it could be a magic in scott and with the risk of disruption here. the wind very slowly eases down through monday. broadly

go on through this evening and overnight, particularly across wales, south—west england and the west midlandstoday overnight. that sets the scene for some pretty big problems as we head into the first pa rt problems as we head into the first part of sunday morning, with flooding becoming a serious concern. further north, plus three nights and a mixture of clear spells and showers, some will be wintry on the high ground. for sunday, it could well be that this weather front is even slower to clear across southern england. that is something to watch out for. a measurable day and still very one day. the wind will increase for a time very one day. the wind will increase fora time and very one day. the wind will increase for a time and later in the day we will see they won't really start to mmp will see they won't really start to ramp up across parts of northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england as well. becoming very windy here. as far as the temperatures go, the south—east is the mail this area. further north temperatures closer to normal but feeling cold where we are due to the stre

working at both private and nhs hospitals in the west midlands, he treated thousands.ases, he would encourage people to undergo surgery more than once, knowing that what he was doing was totally u nwa rra nted. today, his victims are seeing the results of a major independent enquiry into his malpractice. the enquiry report contains 87 pages of patient accounts. the suffering described, the callousness, the wickedness, the failures on the part of individuals and institutions as well as patterson himself. my report sets out what can only be described as wilful blindness in relation to his behaviour and aberrant clinical practice. colleagues avoided or worked around him. some could have known, others should have known. and a few must have known. with a bit of luck everything will be implemented, things will be put in place, especially in the private sector, where the patient was not protected at all. so hopefully things will be put in place. ian paterson more or less coerced us into going privately by telling me that my operations were urgently needed. and in actual fact,

what's happening in the west midlands is described as a "once—in—ioo—year" event, but it's the fourthf a hotel in central worcester. and normally i'd be looking down at the footpath about eight feet below that then leads on to the river. and now, this is all buried beneath a mass of water. this is what saved this hotel — these pumps were put in after the last floods. for people living beside this river, it's now about taking the initiative to adapt. this is where, in 2014, the water levels literally filled the cellar. i was here in waders, and it was up to my stomach. it's ridiculous, because it's getting worse. the misery is mirrored in sneath in yorkshire. the river aire burst its banks on tuesday. waters are still rising, and pets and their people were still being rescued today. here in worcestershire, there's been a welcome window of calm. but a lot more rain is forecast for the weekend. it is eerily serene. you might be able to make out the bin behind me and what the river levels should be. this should be a road going through this area, and that is one tiny example. this calm wil

further west in parts of wales and the midlands where flooding has been a problem, it is drier and sunnierut with some showers. similar in northern england, sunshine and wintry showers, and in northern ireland but in scotland, the showers contain some snow over a high ground but even at low levels with the winds picking up they will be blizzard conditions over some mountains. tonight we get a window of dry weather in the southern half of dry weather in the southern half of the uk, still showers further north and then from the west another band of cloud and heavy rain. the wind going south—westerly so it will turn milder through the night and most start tomorrow between four and 8 degrees. this is tomorrow's rainmaker, another area of low pressure and frontal system but the further south you are, closer to high pressure and you will not see much rain. the rain focuses on western counties of northern ireland, high ground in western scotla nd ireland, high ground in western scotland and north—west england. not as much rain to the east of the pennines and scotland but here there will be some r

what's happening in the west midlands is described as a "once—in—100—year" event — but it's the fourth a hotel in central worcester, and normally i'd be looking down at the footpath about eight feet below that then leads on down to the river. and now, this is all buried beneath a mass of water. this is what saved this hotel — these pumps were put in after the last floods. for people living beside this river, it's now about taking the initiative to adapt. this is where, in 201a, the water levels literally filled the cellar. i was here in waders, and it was up to my stomach. it's ridiculous. over the last seven months, we've lost the footpath, six, seven times. it's getting 100% worse. the misery is mirrored in sneath in yorkshire. the river aire burst its banks on tuesday. waters are still rising, and pets and their people were still being rescued today. tonight in central worcester and across the county, emergency traffic measures are still in place. i've worked over 30 years in highways in worcestershire and we've seen some floods and some disruption, but i would say this is the worst

west midlands police are looking at another employee, and the inquiry is recommending that the casesre than 11—thousand other patients should now be reassessed. sian lloyd has more. their lives have been changed for ever by ian paterson. many of these women were told they had cancer when they didn't and underwent needless operations. others were subjected to untested surgical techniques. they had campaigned for this independent inquiry, which has found they had been failed by the health care system at every level. this was important to me. this was important, for the people that have died to be heard, because without any exaggeration, there are so many unnecessary deaths. what people fail to realise is, this guy is another shipman, and you start looking at the stats in this report, you will understand why. ian paterson had treated thousands of patients. concerns had been raised about him in 2003, but he continued to practise, both in the nhs and the independent sector, until 2012. he had moved between hospitals in the west midlands without criticism being shared between the places wh

ten more days of difficult conditions are predicted for parts of yorkshire and the west midlands already hit by flooding. good evening and welcome to bbc news. three more patients in the uk, including the first in northern ireland, have tested positive for coronavirus, caught while they were in italy and tenerife. that brings the total number of cases in the uk to 16. with more cases expected to emerge, the government are set to launch a new public health campaign. our health editor, hugh pym reports. an empty school in derbyshire closed for a deep clean because a parent had returned from tenerife having caught the coronavirus. a local gp practice also asked patients to stay away because of the case, one of two newly diagnosed in the uk today. all this with the public keen to know more about the virus and getting tested. the nhs is expanding the options, including this drive—through facility. we were given the first look at how it works. laura here is a member of nhs staff. she is going to demonstrate what actually happens. she stays in the car, she winds down the window and then two mem

further heavy rain and a significant risk of fighting affecting parts of south—west england, the west midlandsthe headlines at 11. the love island presented caroline flack has been found dead in this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: there have been many tributes. itv‘s phillip schofield wrote: "you poor darling girl. my heart is breaking." claudia winkleman tweeted: "such heartbreaking news." the army helps prepare for the worst, as storm dennis begins battering the uk. france announces the first death in europe

it's not just here in the west midlands. more rain has caused flooding further north.wn the river severn in worcestershire. it'll be at its highest later in the village of severn stoke, which has spent most of the past fortnight underwater. and that is the restaurant you saw in my package from the early side of the river, you can see the water being pumped out. they are hoping that assumes dust as soon as it goes down, they can get back in. further along down the river is the cathedral and a place called the watergate there where they have marked historic heights of floods. they have two new signs commissions to go up after the water comes down. what we are waiting to see is how high they will go. will they go higher than 1947? the two absolute highest marks there are 1672 and 1770. it will be quite close to those as well. not record you want to beat there. thank you so much for the amazing pictures there, phil. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. i'm afraid it is not good news. we've got another named storm heading our way for the weekend, whi

still got six severe flood warnings in forest, stretches of the river in south wales and in the west midlandsed. —— flood warnings in force. at over 300 flood warnings elsewhere in the uk. even as the rain stops falling, we can see the flooding gets worse before it gets better in some communities. storm dennis, it's final act is pushing close to the north of scotland and a swathe of powerful wind gusts here which could get gusts of around 75 miles an hour and can cause some disruption into monday morning's rush hour. for monday itself, a day of sunshine and blustery showers and one of those days are most of us will see a downpour or two, showers most frequent across northwestern areas where they'll have some hail and thunder mixed in, but nowhere is immune from catching an odd downpour, it will feel quite cool in the wind and will stay windy all day. temperatures between 8 and 11 degrees. hello this is bbc news. a major incident is declared by police in south wales — as flooding and landslides caused by storm dennis lead to a number of road closures. heavy rain and strong winds continue to la

tom burridge, bbc news in the west midlands.any things about this and there are so many things we just don't know yet. this is a politically toxic issue but that pledge from the conservatives to voters in the north and the midlands that they were trying things up was critical. also the amount of work that has been done on phase one of the project here right down to london, you can probably just make out here right down to london, you can probablyjust make out behind me the remains of the old station here, they give you a sense of how much work has been done along the route. a lot of opposition, environmental groups including extinction rebellion were very unhappy about today's announcement. they say hs2 is going to cause damage through the countryside. and along the route. hs2 countryside. and along the route. hsz i countryside. and along the route. hs2 i saying they're doing all they can to mitigate environmental in parts and they say more broadly, the railway will be a low carbon form of transport. it has been a dilemma for th

through the irish sea to affect north wales, cheshire, merseyside, greater manchester and the north—west midlandsconcerns we could see some disruptive snow through this morning. heavy rain around as well, and that's likely to cause some further flooding problems as we go through the next few days. welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: south korea raises its disease alert to the highest possible level as the coronavirus outbreak claims a sixth life. italy imposes quarantine restrictions and the venice carnival closes early to contain europe's largest outbreak. we have a special report from syria where civilians trapped in idlib, the last rebel stronghold, are under ferocious attack by forces loyal to president assad. it's now the biggest exodus of the conflict. they have fled time and time again and now they can go no further, so they ask, now that there are so many of them, can the world continue to ignore their fate? india prepares for donald trump's visit. so can narendra modi and the us president

school children in the west midlands are being trained in methods to stop catastrophic bleeding from k. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. this lesson could mean the difference between life and death. it's a trauma pressure bandage, which you can put on a bleeding wound... in a departure from normal critical care work, midland's air ambulance paramedics are now delivering training to schoolchildren on how to deal with stab victims. i try to stop his blood circulation so he doesn't bleed out. these teenagers are learning how to use the specialist bleed control kits. they contain heavy duty bandages, like this, and also a military—grade tourniquet. they're designed to save lives, particularly in the event of catastrophic injuries from stabbings. there's a lot about youth crime kind of growing up these days, so i think it's more important for, like, young children especially to kind of learn this. when we see something, we're the ones to first see it — it's not the ambulance. we are the ones that have to make the call for the ambulance. these teenagers are doing a public services course at wor

there are ten more days of difficult conditions predicted for parts of yorkshire and the west midlands. they have already been hit by flooding. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news...(f12)saudi evening on bbc news...(f12 saudi arabia has temporarily halted the entry of pilgrims entering the country to visit holy sites, in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus. after eight o'clock we'll speak to rashid mogradia, the founder & ceo of the council of british. at eight thirty we'll dig in to the issues surrounding the heathrow third runway being ruled unlawful, with a pro—expansion campaign group and a clmate change research institute. and at ten a0 and 11.30 we'll look at tomorrow's front pages with former labour director of communications lance price and former conservative stafferjo—anne nadler. that's all coming up on bbc news. it's now time for sportsday. good evening and welcome to the bbc sports centre. you're watching sportsday with me, ben croucher. coming up... inter miami will finally play their first

part of cheshire, merseyside, greater manchester and the north—west midlands will see frequent showersto feel pretty chilly for the next few days as well. that is your latest weather. a very good night. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: south korea's president has put the country on the highest possible alert as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus surges past 600. india prepares for donald trump's visit by building a wall along the route of his motorcade. but can narendra modi and the us president break down trade barriers? indian officials have hinted that they could be an announcement on defence, but the trade deal president trump wa nts the trade deal president trump wants so badly looks unlikely. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. also in the programme: idlib in syria is under ferocious attack by forces loyal to president assad. we have a special report.

crime involving knives in the west midlands, for example, has tripled since five years ago.e of anywhere in the country. these figures followed a government announcement to increase police funding by more than £1 billion. with premier league football awash with cash... grey! what impact. grey believes clubs should devote more of it to their communities to help all kids focus on their dreams instead of carrying a knife as he did. did football save your life? whether or not i would've gotten killed, i don't know. but i'm sure i would've ended up injailat don't know. but i'm sure i would've ended up injail at some point, the way i was going. it definitely saved my life. it gave me a career, gave me everything i ever dreamed of. natalie perks reporting there. and afc wimbledon's hopes of moving into their new stadium this summer are still in the balance, due to a funding shortfall on the building costs. so, their dreams of returning to their spiritual home on plough lane are now dependent on fans lending the club the money to complete the construction. chris slegg has the story.

flooded streets and that is the street we have seen around some parts the west midlands and into southhine and it has turned more showery but does not mean that the flood waters receipt straightaway. at the centre of the storm, storm dennis, we have had this conveyor belt of warm and wet air on that weather front which is belt of warm and wet air on that weatherfront which is brought belt of warm and wet air on that weather front which is brought with it that persistent and heavy rain. that is moving away towards the southeast and we are seeing bands of showers heavy as well pushing down from the northwest too. focusing into scotland to this evening and overnight, there is a centrist of storm dennis getting closer so we make it a squeeze of the wind from northern scotland tonight and certainly lots of showers keep going it will still be windy but quite a bit chillier than it has been of late across england and wales. it looks like it's going to be a day of sunshine and blustery showers we may find some heavy downpour is pushing eastwards a cross find some heavy downpour is pushing east

what is happening in the west midlands is described as a once—in—100—year event, but it's the fourth standing on the balcony of a hotel in central worcester, and normally i'd be looking down at the footpath about eight feet below, that then leads on down to the river. and now, this is all buried beneath a mass of water. this is what saved this hotel. these pumps were put in after the last floods. for people living beside this river, it is now about taking the initiative to adapt. so claire, this is where, in 2014, the water levels literally filled the cellar. i was here in waders and it was up to my stomach. it's ridiculous. over the last seven months, we've lost the footpath six, seven times. it's getting 100% worse. the misery is mirrored in sneath in yorkshire. the river aire burst its banks on tuesday. waters are still rising, and pets and their people were still being rescued today. tonight in central worcester, and across the county, emergency traffic measures are still in place. i've worked over 30 years in highways in worcestershire, and we've seen some floods and seen some d