the giant cockerel that's part of a new exhibition at the yorkshire sculpture park... we reflect on what england manager phil neville described as a damaging start to the shebelieves cup as england lose their opener to the united states. last month was the wettest february ever recorded in the uk with storm after storm sweeping the country. in east yorkshire, more than 80 homes in snaith and cowick still can't be reached and the water is taking a long time to recede. 0ur correspondent danny savage has been speaking to some of those affected. he joins us now from east cowick. exactly a week ago i was standing in this very street talking to you about flooding. the difference between now and then as last friday we had to be right at the other end of the street because where we are now was under about five feet of floodwater. so, you can see loads of it has gone and you may be able to hear the noise behind me, that is the environment agency pumps used to remove more water, other pumps to my right as well. as you may be able to see over my shoulder, plenty of water lying

will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire.

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west yorkshire's police and crime commissionerfor eight west yorkshire's police and crime commissioners burns—williamson has said sorry for mistakes in his office. there has been errors made. so, yes, i absolutely do apologise for that. this is neil taggart. he worked with mark burns—williamson at the west yorkshire police authority. when neil taggart left, mark burns—williamson became chair the next month and went on to become the police and crime commissioner, the watchdog of west yorkshire police. but for neil taggart a public downfall, in 2016 police discovered he had thousands of indecent images of children. neil taggart handed in his computer hard drive when he left the police authority in 2003. detectives would eventually find and in seasoned images of children on that hard drive, but the bbc has discovered it was kept for 1h years ina discovered it was kept for 1h years in a safe at the police authority, later the office of the police and crime commissioner. the hard drive was handed over to police nine months after neil taggart‘s arrest. the day after he pleaded guilty. a memb

yorkshire sculpture park near wakefield hosts many and impressive works.e wedding ring, and this giant multicoloured cockerel. 0ur arts editor will gompertz went to find out why. a chicken in the countryside is not uncommon. cockerel crows. but a massive cockerel covered in ceramic tiles, which emits a soundtrack, is more of a rarity. even for the award—winning yorkshire sculpture park, where contemporary art vies with mother nature for your attention. the portuguese sculptorjoana vasconcelos has added some colour and a monumental mirrored mask. this has taken on a contemporary resonance because, ironically, this is a venetian mask, right? yes. and venetians had these masks to stop them from getting the plague, originally? exactly. so, the mask is a device that is used for many cultures all over the world for two things. to protect yourself from evil — and it can be from a virus, like the coronavirus, or in venice from the plague — but also it can be to protect yourself from yourself, and so you create an identity of yourself to communicate with the world.

generally, in yorkshire, we arejust people to.i am getting barracked here. is there a sense that the transport issue is being dealt with? both medium and long—term solutions and hs2 and northern powerhouse available fundamental to creating the extra capacity but in the meantime, we need to get on with the trans— pennine route and we need to create extra batting on the existing network so if you are not getting fast trains to other cities actually, your local network has more capacity to put more trains on it. and of course freight. we need to move it off the roads and onto trains. that is what hs2 will create. it is interesting, in the north, when we talk about the north—south divide, the south forgets there is also a divide between northwest and northeast. is there a feeling that is being addressed? i can only speak on behalf of west and north yorkshire but there are device within our region. that is what devolution will healthily solve, we know where we need to put the infrastructure investments and what we know where we need to

the rain may have eased, but dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still underwater and likely to beo for days yet. thomas cromwell is now 50 years old... and we talk to author hilary mantel about her final book in her blockbuster trilogy in the court of henry viii. and coming up on bbc news, six—time olympic champion sir chris hoy says gb cyclists will not dominate at tokyo this year, after they struggled at the track cycling world championships. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the to the bbc news at six. prime minister has warnec could the prime minister has warned there could be a very significant expansion in cases of coronavirus and has pledged to give the nhs all it needs to handle the outbreak. another three cases have been confirmed in the uk — all of whom had recently travelled to italy. the patients from hertfordshire, devon and kent, bring the total number of people across the country known to have contracted the virus to 39. across the world, nearly 90,000 people have been infected by the virus. the majority of the cases are in china. 3,000 have died acro

will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire. hello there.with spells of wind and rain. it's going to last as we head on into next week as well. for many of us to the first part of the night it's going to be dry with clear skies, temperatures will tumble further west for signs of this next weather system moving in, it will bring more clout, bricks of rain, and also strengthening wins. could see some snow as that rain arrives, cold night to come to eastern areas with a touch of frost, where it will turn milder out west. so for the beacon from its unsettled, low— pressure ta kes beacon from its unsettled, low—pressure takes control, it will be windy at times, all bricks of rain initially in the northwest of country through saturday, the wet and windy weather will sweep across the country during saturday night and into sunday. it's a blustery day with sunshine and showers, and it will feel cooler as well. mild on saturday, as that wind continues to pick up, gales around irish seacoast, bricks of rain spreading eastwards into sunday, chilli with

this village in east yorkshire, where residents tell me it has not flooded here since 19117. called back lane. earlier today we were on the other side, filming where several houses had been flooded. residents there had borrowed a canoe to ferry people backwards and forwards to flooded homes to pick up valuables and treasured possessions. the problem is this floodwater is not receding. the longer it stays in people's houses, the more damage it does and the more things will not be able to be retrieved and used once again. meanwhile, more than 20 pumps are in operation, run by the environment agency over there. they are trying to take this flood water into the river don to clear it as it as fast as possible. but with the ground is so saturated, no—one knows how long that will take. it is a very nervous time for here. residents are doing their best to help each other. the village hall is filled with volunteers making hot cups of tea and snacks and people bringing donations. it is an extremely nervous time here. services on the northern rail network are now running under governmen

will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire.cording to a nasa report. astronaut at the space station succeeded in growing the vegetable samples while orbiting 400 km above the earth's cervix. while orbiting 400 km above the ea rth‘s cervix. —— while orbiting 400 km above the earth's cervix. —— surface. i prefer my lettuce to remain on earth. that's it for me. bye— bye. 0n the plus side, the weather will not be as bad as it has been on some weekends but it will still be windy and it will be wet at times. this area of low pressure will feed in these weather fronts over the weekend, especially during saturday, saturday night. behind this cold front on sunday, it will feel a bit colder, but some sunshine again and also some heavy showers. for the weekend, it will be wet at times. certainly not all the time. could be blustery throughout, but we will see some sunshine especially by sunday. temperatures warming up after an early frost. particularly where we have some cloud towards and west of the uk and some outbreaks of rain. any earl

i've moved south into yorkshire.rsk, i'm waiting for my next bus, the 150, heading to the village of helperby. wow! this is a service that runs just twice a week. tuesdays and thursdays, that's your lot. morning. is this the 150 to ripon and helperby? yes. great, i'll get on, then. i hope you know where i'm going, because i don't. no private operators when a scheduled service, so it's another route run by the local council. “ i’ui’i. they charge just £1. it's a minimal service. i don't even know where the bus stop is. he's looking for the bus stop, he doesn't know where it is. he's found it. customers! right, i need someone to sit there and tell me where i'm going. you tell him. because this is the first day i've done this. how regular does this bus come, then, to your village? tuesdays and thursdays. so, you're pleased to see it? yes, because it didn't come tuesday. what you think about a twice a week service? we can't get to hospitals, dentists. this is it, yeah. councils can step in to subsidise private operators

much of the water which flooded homes on the board of east and north yorkshire hasn't gone away.ill dealing with the consequences. if we'd have been stood in this spot at the peak of the flood, we would have... probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike, who's had floodwater in his home for nearly four weeks now. we are on a septic tank system here. so, the system backed 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 or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden, even the tree house was under the water at one point. it's notjust home owners affected by these floods. it was farmers as well. this is a vast greenhouse full of lettuce but, it was underwater for days, so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, and that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this. residents here were so desperate to protect their homes, they built their own flood barrier. it worked for a while, t

the enduring misery of an east yorkshire village flooded for more than a week.after months of fighting, a ceasefire in syria's idlib province appears to be holding. it's 35 years since dna fingerprinting helped solve this double murder and revolutionised detective work. and prince harry meets racing royalty for a tour of silverstone. and in the sport on bbc news: reaction to england's 2—0 defeat to the usa in their opening shebelives cup game. the manager said it was damaging to their title defence. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government is promising to spend another 46 million in the battle against coronavirus, including more money in the race to find a vaccine. it comes as the number of confirmed cases in the uk rises to 116. a woman in her seventies has died of the disease, in hospital in reading. meanwhile, ministers have said there's "absolutely no need" for people to panic buy in the shops. the health secretary says the government is working with retailers to get supplies to people who self—isolate. lauren moss reports. containin

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire. in other news...all the sexual assault charges against him. the former first minister of scotland has walked free after being cleared by a jury following a trial at the high court in edinburgh. the jury returned a not proven verdict on one charge of assault with intent to rape, but found him not guilty of all the other 12 charges, including an attempted rape. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. faced with shocking allegations alex salmond always maintained he had never attempted a nonconsensual sexual encounter in his entire life. throughout the trial he argued that people were making up claims against them for political reasons. he didn't go into details. there was certain evidence i would have liked to have seen led in this trial but for a variety of reasons we were not able to do so. at some point, that information, those facts and that evidence will see the light of day, but it will not be this day and for a very good reason. there will be a scottish parliamentary investigation into this whol

danny savage has been talking to business owners in the yorkshire dales and the lake district.lready being felt in the lake district. for the main ferry company in windermere, they are already dealing with visitors not coming. now people living within driving distance are staying away. what we are seeing now is the reluctance of uk visitors to move around the uk and we are hearing reports from hotels, self catering accommodations, they are not receiving the level of bookings that they would imagine two at this time of year. these boats are tied up because it is low season, but there isa because it is low season, but there is a fear this could be the scene months to come, and that would be a real indicator ofjust how big a hit tourism is taking. 0ther real indicator ofjust how big a hit tourism is taking. other businesses are not hiring seasonal staff this year, because they don‘t believe the demand will materialise. well, we have already had quite a few cancellations already. louise let's a spacious self catering annex in her home to tourists. cancellations have consequences, n

in east yorkshire, more than 80 homes still can't be reached and the water is taking a long time to recedevage has been speaking to some of those affected. much of their water hasn't gone away. people are still dealing with the consequences. if we had been stood in the spot at the peak of the flood we would have probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike you have had flood water in their homes for four weeks now. we are on a knife edge dick tank system here, the system backed up, and so although we have been able to live in the house we are very careful about how many times we flush the toilet or how many times we get a shower or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden even the treehouse underwater at one point. and is not just homeowners affected by the floods, it was farmers as well. this was a vast greenhouse full of letters. for days it was underwater. so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this. residents who were so owns all of this

britons are among those in quarantine when the water won't go away — the enduring misery of an east yorkshirellage flooded for more than a week. campaigners say that the government must bring to justice the leader of dubai after he was fined responsible for the kidnappings on two of his daughters. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with sarah — england's women footballers in disappointing form. yes, big questions about england's women's football team, and how the site have gone backwards since they run to the world cup semifinal last year. i will have more on their overnight loss in florida. thanks, sarah. and chris has all the weather — a bit less windy this weekend. a little bit, still unsettled for the week ahead with more rain around. we will also be taking a look at what has been a record—breaking winter in europe, so thatis record—breaking winter in europe, so that is all coming up a little later on. also coming up: prince harry meat racing royalty for a tour of silverstone. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. the government is promising to spend anothe

when the water won't go away — the enduring misery of an east yorkshire village, flooded for more than. when harry met hamilton — the prince opens a new museum at silverstone, with the formula one world champion. singing. and harmonies and heartache for the military wives — that and all the other new releases in the film review with mark kermode at 5.45. good evening, it's 5 o'clock. i'mjane hill, our main story. the number of people around the world infected by the coronavirus has topped 100,000. the number of confirmed cases in the uk has risen to 163, in the biggest dailyjump, out of more than 20,300 people tested. the government is promising to spend another £46 million on coronavirus, including more money on the race to develop a vaccine. ministers have said there's ‘absolutely no need' for people to stockpile food. meanwhile more than 140 british nationals are among thousands of people stranded on a cruise ship off san francisco, after some passengers developed flu—like symptons. lauren moss has the latest details. this is one of our test kits, very simple. containing the virus,

this is our biggest letting room. 40 miles away — in the heart of the yorkshire dales — neil and jane16 nights of future bookings. but — because it's a virus — they understand why. if we get somebody coming here with a cold, if we get a slight sniffle, when do you know...? that's what the difficulty is, the uncertainty. nobody knows at the moment, which is why i think our future bookings are quieter. i'm very optimistic, yeah. i think it will pick up once people understand what's going to happen next. i think there's a lot of uncertainty about what's going to happen. back in the lakes, this is what it should look like this spring, but will it? the losses are already stacking up, and they are worried not just about their health but about their incomes, too. danny savage, bbc news, windermere. measures to help tackle coronavirus are expected to feature prominently in tomorrow's budget — the first for the newly—appointed chancellor rishi sunak. he's also expected to promise to boost infrastructure spending to its highest in decades — on rail, roads, affordable housing, broadband and rese

in east yorkshire, people evacuated because of severe flooding still can't go back to their homes.ld reports residents in the village of east cowick were rescued by canoe today as efforts to alleviate flooding in east yorkshire moved into their fifth day. we thought we would wait, because this is totally unprecedented and then, at god knows what time of the morning, bang, bang, bang, we heard, you've got to get out. so, here we are. residents sandbagged their homes and environment agency pumps tried to prevent more homes from being inundated. it has been the wettest february since records began. pictures filmed on a drone show flooding up to the roof of kevin and catherine laurieman's bungalow in the town of snaith. it has just been heartbreaking. we are going to have to demolish, i think. so, that has gone. we are up to the gutter line, as you have said. and, you know, i can't even explain. where i am standing is half a mile from the nearest river. this area is called the wash lands and these fields are designed to flood, but this time the sheer amount of water just overwhelmed th

some areas, such as west yorkshire, are still suffering the effects.constituency. a culvert had overflown, and from the top of the hill, a slurry had come down full of cold dust, debris and a fair amount of sewage as well. i mean, it swept down through a whole part of the constituency, and what was particularly upsetting was not only what those people had to suffer on the first occasion, but three days later, in pleasant street, ironically named, the flooding came all over again because the brash that got stuck in the middle of the culvert was now further down and water was coming out of a completely different place. so when nobody else was being flooded in the country, all over again, the people in pleasant street were flooded. why this is particularly upsetting for so many people in my constituency is that i've met dozens and dozens of the people who have no insurance, not because they're in a flood plain or anything complicated, very simply because in the run up to christmas, so many families in my patch are on boarderline finances. they are literal

well as parts of wales. 0ur reporter 0livia richwald reports now from east yorkshire.ewage, oil, and by this. the village landed on friday and the water hasn't receded. 65 homes here are flooded and residents had borrowed this canoe to help their neighbours retreat valuables. i did get a chance to know some things before but i put some things in the left which i thought better if i get away. the agency has deployed 36 pumps reliving 5000 l every second. but residents are angry and feel their village has been sacrificed to save more popular spaces. the environment agency says it is doing all that it can, and the flooding here is now stable. the labels are still high, are talking at least days and possibly longer. the plan is to get water off the wash lens, back into the river for that we need to river levels to solve. we have 36 pumps operating across the community that are supporting that. but that will ta ke are supporting that. but that will take days. residents living here tell me this village has not flooded for more than 70 years. when a gay bale is nowhere near t

devolution deal which will be massive for yorkshire.n your region, yorkshire, what has been the response today? local leaders are happy and they've been talking about it for a long time and fighting for it for a long time and fighting for it and it has been difficult along the way with disagreements between local leaders, who wants to be in and out, but they are celebrating because this is a massive amount of money, £1.1 billion over 30 years, and they will have control over transport and planning and it is a big deal and people are pleased. quick final thought on where this leaves the labour and conservative battle in the kind of terrain they are both occupying. has that moved today? i think it has. there are points when if you close your eyes you could have believed it was a labour chancellor rather than a tory government in its tenth year so they have moved on to labour‘s territory toa have moved on to labour‘s territory to a degree. you heard jeremy corbyn‘s reply but the important reply will be in a couple of weeks‘ time when you h

in east yorkshire more than 80 homes in snaith and cowick still can't be reached and the water is taking long time to recede. our correspondent danny savage has been speaking to some of those affected. much of the water hasn't gone away. people are still dealing with the consequences. if we had been stood in the spot at the peak of the flood we would have probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike who's had flood water in their homes for four weeks now. we are on a septic tank system here, the system backed up, and so although we have been able to live in the house we are very careful about how many times we flush the toilet or how many times we get a shower or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden even the treehouse was underwater at one point. and it's notjust homeowners affected by the floods, it was farmers as well. this was a vast greenhouse full of lettice. for days it was underwater. so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this.

the rain may have eased but dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still underwater and likely to be sos yet. the bargaining begins — trade talks get underway in brussels — between the uk and the european union. the prime minister has warned "there could be a very significant expansion" in cases of coronavirus — and has pledged to give the nhs all it needs to handle the outbreak. another three cases have been confirmed in the uk — all of whom had recently travelled to italy. the patients from hertfordshire, devon and kent, bring the total number of people across the country known to have contracted to virus to 39. across the world nearly 90,000 people have been infected by the virus. the majority of the cases are in china, 3000 have died across 62 countries. in a moment we'll look at the nhs response, and how businesses and workers are being affected, but first, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the gates are locked at a school in south—west london. a pub in surrey closed its doors, when a customer took ill. a business park in kent, where one worker has been diagnosed and is

our reporter olivia richwald reports now from east yorkshire. the village flooded on friday and the water has not receded. 65 homes here are flooded and residents have borrowed this canoe to help their neighbours retrieve valuables. i did get the chance to move some things beforehand. but i have just taken some more important things that i put in the loft which i felt better if i got them away, you know. the environment agency has deployed 36 pumps. they are removing 5,000 litres every second. but residents are angry and feel that their village has been sacrificed to save more populous places. the environment agency says it is doing all it can and it believes the flooding here is now stable. the river levels are still high. we are talking at least days and possibly longer. the plan is to get water off the washlands, to the flood plains and back into the river, for that we need the river levels to fall. we have 36 pumps operating up and down the area across our communities that are supporting that but it will take days. residents living here tell

in east yorkshire, many homes are still under water after the river aire overflowed its banks following unprecedented rainfall in recent weeks. and we talk to dame hilary mantel as she publishes the much—anticipated third part of her trilogy about the life of thomas cromwell. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, it's fa cup fifth round week as portsmouth face arsenal, with a place in the quarterfinals up for grabs. good evening. the prime minister has warned there could be "a very significant expansion" in cases of coronavirus and has pledged to give the nhs all it needs to handle the outbreak. another three cases were confirmed in the uk today. all of those affected had recently travelled to italy. the patients, from hertfordshire, devon and kent, bring the total number of people across the uk who are known to have contracted the virus to 39. across the world, nearly 90,000 people have been infected. the majority of the cases are in china, and 3,000 have died in 62 countries. in a moment, we'll look at the nhs response and how businesses and workers are affected but first, our polit

in east yorkshire, many homes are still under water, after the river aire overflowed its banks, followingdented rainfall in recent weeks. and at 11.30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jack blanchard, editor of politico's london playbook, and kate andrews — economics correspondent at the spectator — stay with us for that. did evening. the prime minister has warned there could be ‘a very significant expansion‘, in cases of coronavirus, and has pledged to give the nhs all it needs, to handle the outbreak. another three cases were confirmed in the uk today, all of those affected had recently travelled to italy. the patients, from hertfordshire, devon and kent, bring the total number of people across the uk, who are known to have contracted the virus, to 39. across the world, nearly 90,000 people have been infected. the majority of the cases are in china, and 3000 have died, in 62 countries. in a moment, we'll look at the nhs response and how businesses and workers are affected, but first, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. the gates are locked a

just weeks ago in flooded yorkshire, the church was a focal point. us? everybody‘s already really fatigued from dealing with the flooding and now, to move straight into this is just exhausting. but we have the advantage that community spirit was so built up then that itjust continues and that is brilliant. there are unsold mother's day flowers, the nation told to keep away from mum. for many, this is how mother's day greetings had to be made. happy mother's day, mum. sorry i can't be there this year. that's ok, phillip. i quite understand. it's the same for everybody. and for these mothers in lockdown in a care home in prestwich, a message to their families. the point is to take each day as it comes, carry on regardless, be happy. it is a weekend when we have distanced ourselves from the ones we love, but it has seen people come together in new ways. philip norton, bbc news. all countries around the world seem to be want the same thing, this is about stopping the transmission of this virus. not allowing it to spread any more than it is necessary. bet

just weeks ago, in flooded yorkshire, the church was a focal point.the vicar in snaith todaym almost feels like, what else can you throw it is, everybody is really fatigued from the flooding and just to move straight into this is exhausting but we have the advantage of the community spirit that was built up then has just continued. unsold mother's day flowers as the nation are told to keep away from mum. the many, this is how mother's day gratings have had to be made. i'm sorry i can't be their mum. it's 0k philipl i'm sorry i can't be their mum. it's 0k philip i understand. i'm sorry i can't be their mum. it's ok philip i understand. and for these mothers in lockdown in a care home, a message to their families. the point is to take each day as it comes, carry on regardless, be happy. it is a weekend when we have distanced ourselves from the ones we love but it is seen people come together in new ways. this about the this coronavirus outbreak on the bbc news app and on our website. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. good eveni

danny savage has been talking to business owners in the yorkshire dales and the lake district. already being felt on tourism in the lake district. for the main ferry company on windermere, they're already dealing with foreign visitors not coming. it's having a huge impact on the business. but now people living within driving distance are staying away. what we're seeing now is the reluctance of uk visitors to move around the uk, and we are hearing reports from hotels and self—catering accommodation that they are not receiving the level of bookings that they would imagine at this time of year. these boats are tied up because its low season, but there's a fear that this could be the scene in months to come, and that would be a real indicator ofjust how big a hit tourism is taking. other businesses aren't hiring staff this year, because they don't believe the demand will materialise. well, we've already had quite a few cancellations already. louise lets a spacious self catering annex in her home to tourists. cancellations have consequences, not just for her. it's the cleaning lady,

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire.emic, despite restrictions being ramped up. thousands of army reservists have been called up in switzerland to relieve hospitals under pressure as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus jumped by 15% in 24 hours — it is now more than 8,500. spain has again registered its highest daily death toll of people from the virus, 462 have died in the past day. the deputy prime minister, carmen calvo, is being tested in hospital. in italy, there is some good news, the rate of infection has dropped for the second day in a row but it's still europe's worst affected country. 6,078 people have now died, with 602 deaths in the last day. in a moment we'll hear from mark lowen in italy, but first damian grammaticas reports from the spanish capital madrid. coughing listen to the coughing from virus patients sprawled in the corridors of a madrid hospital. this is a health service starting to be swamped. inside another hospital. spain's capital is the epicentre of this country's outbreak. m

england, up to wales, up through the midlands and up wales, up through the midlands and up into yorkshirek its way down towards the south and east. loud ahead of it. behind it, we should start to see it brighten up, a few wintry showers across scotland. and then into next week, and as they say, high pressure starting to have a greater influence on our weather. you can see the isobars opening up but low pressure still close by for this area of rain, it will try to move in later in the day and the winds will pick up, too. elsewhere, though, it is a fine day. lengthy spells of sunshine on offer, lighter winds and temperatures starting to do a little better, there may be a bit more cloud towards the far south and east. as we head into tuesday, we still have low pressure close by and it will try to send a weather front oui’ it will try to send a weather front our way, but it bumps into the area of high pressure and will probably wea ken of high pressure and will probably weaken as it does so. quite a bit of cloud associated with it, outbreaks of patchy rain, too. the far north of patchy rain,

will gompertz, bbc news, yorkshire. now it's time for newswatch.his week, samira ahmed puts the bbc‘s coverage of the coronavirus under scrutiny. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. does the extensive air time the bbc is devoting to the coronavirus mean it's guilty of scaremongering? and how can reporters provide all the information on the virus that the public needs without encouraging a sense of panic? one subject has led almost all news bulletins this week, and it seems likely to remain top of the agenda for some time to come. here's hugh pym, on thursday's news at ten, reporting on warnings that the coronavirus was likely to spread further in the uk. the warnings today have been on the basis of a worst case scenario. case numbers may be less than expected, but health leaders feel they need to prepare hospitals, their staff and patients for a potentially very tough time ahead. while some viewers have applauded the way the topic‘s been handled — with a twitter user called jonathan posting this... but chris stapleton had a differ

dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still underwater after the river air ove rflowed are still underwaterrflowed its banks following unprecedented rainfall in recent weeks. the water remains in several feet deep in places and is expected to bea feet deep in places and is expected to be a few more days before people will be allowed back into the worst affected homes. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. the rain which caused all this flooding is now a distant memory. but the problems it created go on and on. in the village of east calvert, 69 homes have been flooded. you need waiters to reach many of them. i was watching every day and thinking another flood, and other flood. thinking we would get away with it. and then when actually goes in, it still looks finished. is just sodden, isn't it? and when you lose the battle, this is what is left. people's homes, their sanctuaries destroyed. when my mum came yesterday, she saw the house and just fled into years. it was horrible. don't know where to start with that —— into tears. horrible. don't know where to start with that -- into tears. ac

pumped out of this landscape to be pumped out of this landscape to erase the great inland lakes of yorkshire. nasa has revealed that they have managed to grow lettuce in space. here are the astronauts giving it a try on the international space station. inches and 15. this is one of three batches that were grown there over two years. nasa says that astronauts may in the future be able to grow their own food on longer voyages. bon appetit. type the headlines now and bbc news. another big rise the number of people affected by coronavirus in the uk. there's no 163 confirmed cases. the government has pledged an extra £46 million for research into coronavirus vaccines and faster testing. reassurance for shoppers, ministers say that retailers do have robust plans in place and that's amid concerns that people have been stockpiling. one known bbc news it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what have you been watching this week? a very mixed bag. we have onwards which is an animated quest

art of north yorkshire nearly nine hours of sunshine today, but it was a different story further southad over an inch and a half of rain in parts of eat sockets today —— cease suck us —— east of sussex. we will see the temperature is falling away then in the next few hours. first thing tomorrow morning, we will see temperatures down or just tomorrow morning, we will see temperatures down orjust below freezing in a few places. the exception, the far southeast. more cloud here getting into northern ireland. here we can have a scattering of showers. elsewhere, some early morning mist and fog passes will lift away and it will be dry, predominantly sunny. we will see a scattering of showers becoming more widespread. if you dodge the showers, some sunshine, it will certainly feel warmer for many in comparison to today. 7—iid. as a move at a friday into the start of the weekend, this area of low pressure pushing in. it will bring some wet and windy weather with it, but it's really worth emphasising that for many, the weekend is not going to be a wash—out by any means. there will be some drier

nice weather across yorkshire, the midlands and the south, although you cannot miss this next weatherls rain for belfast, south—west scotland and the irish sea later on saturday afternoon, but the further east and south you are, the better the weather will be. 0verall, south you are, the better the weather will be. overall, the weekend is looking pretty mixed. we have rain and sunshine in the forecast. bye—bye. tonight at six: the world health 0rganization declares europe the focal point of the global coronavirus outbreak. in the worst affected country, italian doctors are treating patients in field hospitals because of the pressure on services. europe has now become the epicentre of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from china. here the premier league, english football league and scottish fa fixtures are all off until april and there's no six nations rugby this weekend. with alarm deepening around the world, we'll have the very latest on the spread of the coronavirus. there's new uk guidance for those with flu—like symptoms —

the rain may have eased but dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still under water and are likely to be so for days. the bargaining begins. trade talks get under way in brussels between the uk and the eu. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7pm on beyond 100 days on the eve of the biggest day in the us election calendar so far, super tuesday, we'll be live at the white house. will mayor pete's withdrawal from the race help the weekend's big winnerjoe biden? at 8:30pm questions will be answered ina at 8:30pm questions will be answered in a special programme about coronavirus. and at 10.40 and 11.30 we'll be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages, my guests this evening will be jack blanchard from the politico website and the spectator‘s economics correspondent, kate andrews. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. will we start seeing this at stadia around the world? fans being checked for signs of the coronavirus in italy. we look at the impact on world sport. antonyjoshua confirms he will fight

and things like a mayor for west yorkshire, with that make a difference? certain issues that happen on the high street, may be landlords tidying up their properties, making everything more... you know, nice. on that basis, things like signage that are very expensive for small businesses, business rates, these arches we want looked at. if business rates were lowered, even if we could lower vat for the high street, lowered, even if we could lower vat forthe high street, keep lowered, even if we could lower vat for the high street, keep it with online so it would encourage people onto the high definitely. landlords need to come out and tidy up the frontage and signage, definitely. we will be watching later. thank you for joining will be watching later. thank you forjoining us. we will be back later, monitoring the budget but back to you. in a a minute, we'll be going over live to westminster for a bbc special on the budget, but for now we saying goodbye now to viewers on bbc two. we'll be answering your questions about what the budget means to you and your fa

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