several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses. news. liverpool are just three victories away from winning their first league title for 30 years. they beat bournemouth 2—1 at anfield to go 25 points clear at the top of the premier league table. michael redford reports. when things aren't going your way, it's always nice to return to home comforts. three successive away defeats had seen liverpool's magnificent season just begin to stutter. bournemouth have been stuttering for too long, but they did start strongly at anfield. too strongly for liverpool's liking. no foul for this challenge and, moments later, bournemouth were ahead. liverpool are behind! but not for long. their defence became complacent, liverpool's attack took full advantage. mohamed salah rarely misses when given such an opportunity. it was a goal that changed the momentum. the home side now on top and soon in front. anfield had found its roar once again. and it wasn't just the attackers playing their part. captainjames milner led by example. the home side pushed fo

several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses.ed 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 the massed bands of her majesty's royal marines. with all the sport now, here's lizzi greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much, kate. good evening. england have kept alive their hopes of winning this year's six nations championship after beating wales 33—30 in a fiery match at twickenham. they're now level on points with leaders france who play scotland tomorrow. ireland's game in italy was postponed due to the coronavirus. adam wild reports. fans arriving at twic

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several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses.le aviva says it's paying out £70 million because of floods and wind damage claims. and these costs are still just estimates. they could yet rise as more damage emerges. katie prescott, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. thank you and good afternoon. with england's women six nations match in glasgow between scotland and france postponed, as you heard, because of a scotland player contracting the coronavirus, the only games in the competition this afternoon are involving england in london. england's swimmingly by welsh opponents 26—0 at half—time, england's men are hoping to avenge last yea r‘s defeat to england's men are hoping to avenge last year's defeat to the welsh last year. our correspondent is there. i guess coronavirus will be on the minds of the 82,000 fans arriving? nominally this was the penultimate weekend of this year's six nations, but such is the competition it is mired in uncertainty. there were 92 games in the men's tournamen

several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses. aviva says it's paying out £70 million because of flood and wind damage claims. and these costs are still just estimates. they could yet rise as more damage emerges. katie prescott, bbc news. the new chancellor is due to hold his first budget this week, with all eyes on what measures he'll announce to help people through the coronavirus outbreak. 0ne separate, expected move, is the scrapping of the so—called "tampon tax", from january next year. five percent vat is currently added to female sanitary products under eu rules. the treasury says removing the levy will make a pack of 20 tampons, 7 pence cheaper, with 5 pence coming off the cost of 12 sanitary pads. since 2015, women in the uk have paid around £62 million in tax on sanitary products, most of which is passed on by the government to charities. a little earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake about the implications of the tax cut. it is only a saving of a few pence on each but campaigners argue that so m

several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses.viva says it's paying out £70 million because of flood and wind damage claims. and these costs are still just estimates. they could yet rise as more damage emerges. katie prescott, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus in the uk has increased by 43 in one day, bringing the new total to 206. 140 british people remain on board a cruise ship of san francisco, where 21 passengers have tested positive for the virus. and £360 million will be paid out by insurance companies to help in the clean—up following the damage from storm ciara and storm dennis. in sport, liverpool are three victories away from winning their first league title for 30 years. they beat bournemouth 2—1 to move 25 points clear at the top of the table. england women thrashed wales in the six nations to retain their hopes of winning the grand slam. they are within a win of his second successive grand slam and a record. british number one johanna konta successive grand slam and a

several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses.viva says it's paying out £70 million because of flood and wind damage claims. and these costs are still just estimates. they could yet rise as more damage emerges. katie prescott, bbc news. it's just it'sjust approaching it's just approaching 14 minutes past two. the headlines. 140 british people remain on board a cruise ship off san francisco where 21 passengers have tested positive for the coronavirus. it has been announced injapan coronavirus. it has been announced in japan that coronavirus. it has been announced injapan that a former passenger of the diamond princess cruise ship which was infected with the virus has died. and in other news, £360 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the damage from recent storms. it's time to get answers to some of your questions on the coronavirus. joining me today to answer them is chris smith, the virologist and presenter of the naked scientist. he is in our cambridge newsroom. lovely to speak to you on bbc news. we are going

several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses.only going to become more expensive. katie prescott, bbc news. duke and duchess of sussex attended one of the final public engagement before they stepped back a senior royals. the pictures we have attache 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 the bands of her majesty royal marines. and we will be taking a little in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers joe twyman from data in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjoe twyman from data pole and ruth believe from barbara plot banking. that is coming after 11:30pm. now it is time for a look at the weather. here is phil avery. thanks. i was at the royal albert hall last night, if you haven't been, it is really worth a visit. where you shouldn't have been today, if you had a choice was the western side of scotland because it was pretty miserable fare. 60 millimetres of rain f

several large insurers have recently said how winterflood claims are hitting their businesses.loods in the uk, managing this risk is only going to become more expensive. katie prescott, bbc news. now, could you lift one and a half times your own body weight? a struggle for most of us but certainly not for ted brown who at 89 years old it is thought to be britain's oldest power lifter. ted also lifted his way to gold at the british championships last month. we caught up with him at training. as far as caught up with him at training. as farasi caught up with him at training. as far as i know, caught up with him at training. as faras i know, i caught up with him at training. as far as i know, i think i am the only 90—year—old class to still be competing in british championships. ican think competing in british championships. i can think of anybody else that is the same age as me. ted and his training partner henry who isjust atr in the gym three times a week. training partner henry who isjust atr in the gym three times a weeklj love powerlifting. unfortunately, because i had a hip

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