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And in sport, boxing fans call for newly crowned World Champion tyson fury to fight anthonyjoshua. Furys camp say it would be the biggest sporting event since england won the world cup. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. We start with coronavirus news. Austria is considering imposing border controls with italy, which has the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in europe. A train from venice was temporarily denied entry to austria last night, because of two suspected cases on board. 152 cases have now been confirmed in italy and four people have died. Officials are yet to find the first carrier of the virus in the country, and in an effort to control the outbreak, around 50,000 people across northern italy have been put into quarantine. Meanwhile in the uk there have been four new confirmed cases amongst Cruise Ship Passengers who were flown back to britain on saturday. Its been confirmed they caught the virus on the diamond princess liner injapan. Theyve now been transferred to specialist centres for treatment. It brings the total number of cases in the uk to 13. 0ur correspondent sean dilley reports. Around 50,000 people are confined to several towns in two northern regions of italy as the country attempts to slow europes quickest coronavirus spread. Cities close to milan and venice have been particularly impacted. The venice carnival has been cut short by two days and other areas where crowds gather have been closed. Among them, schools, museums and sporting events. These Police Officers in lombardy are making sure no one gets in or out without official permission. Anxiety is high in neighbouring austria ,too. Neighbouring austria, too. 0fficials stopped a train from venice at the border after two passengers, who were later cleared, displayed fever symptoms. Austrian officials will meet later to consider preventative border controls. 30 british and two irish citizens arrived home on saturday after being evacuated from the diamond princess ship injapan. Four of them tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of cases in the uk to 13. Theyve now been transferred to specialist nhs centres in newcastle, liverpool and sheffield. It comes as more than 100 people ended their isolation in milton keynes. Its really good. The staff and everything . Everythings excellent. The nhs have done a brilliantjob. Cases have now been confirmed in 29 countries, with many patients having no obvious link to china. Authorities say they are doing all they can to stop the spread of coronavirus before it becomes a global pandemic. Sean dilley, bbc news. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is on the edge of the exclusion zone in the lombardy region, south east of milan. Whats the latest air . People here are extremely nervous. There is a sense. Are extremely nervous. There is a sense. We went a little bit earlier this morning to the actual zone, the checkpoint area and we we re zone, the checkpoint area and we were told to move back. The police would not allow us to stop near there. But even here at this little town where i am right now, the cafes and other businesses have all been closed by the authorities. Thats because of the coronavirus. In supermarkets you see empty shelves with people stockpiling. The bbc did actually speak to people inside the exclusion zone by telephone and they say they are nervous about Food Supplies running out. So there is a real sense here of insecurity, really. People not knowing how long this is going to go on for. The italian Prime Minister giuseppe co nte italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has urged people not to panic but there was news this morning again of another death being confirmed in this northern italian region, a man in his 80s. And put this into a political and Public Health context. We are familiar with the political instability is of governments in italy, which continue, and we are also familiar with the fact it has had a decade of austerity and the impact of that on Public Health preparedness. This is a situation where at the moment the authorities are still looking to try to figure out which individual started this outbreak here. They have not been able to trace that at the moment. They dont know exactly what it was that because this particular spike in this region. They have taken these measures, which some people have suggested might be exaggerated. 0ther which some people have suggested might be exaggerated. Other people might be exaggerated. Other people might suggest they have been overdue. It depends very much on who you speak to at the moment. But certainly, with having the biggest outbreak in europe at the moment, they are really trying to do the best they can to stop it from spreading further. Bethany bell, we will come back to you later, thank you. Jayne mccubbin is outside Arrowe Park Hospital where 28 people have spent their first night in quarantine and four others have been transferred to specialist units after they tested positive for the coronavirus. We know they arrived at tea time on saturday in four coaches that had Police Escort front and back. One of those coaches had nobody on board, it was there in case any of the other coaches broke down. On board were Health Professionals wearing full protective clothing. Public Health England put out a statement yesterday saying those Health Officials had seen the people in japan before they went on to the flight and had seen they had no symptoms at all as they travelled over to the uk and landed at an airbase in wiltshire. But after that they travelled up by coach in a convoy to arrowe park and it was only when they were in what used to be a staff accommodation unit that has been turned into a quarantine unit, into a quarantine unit, it was only once they were inside there that four people, all brits, tested positive for the virus. They were then transferred out to the specialist hospitals, royal liverpool, one in sheffield and one in newcastle, to get the specialist treatment they need. But they will keep a very, very close eye on everybody here. They are treating this slightly differently to the last quarantine period when nearly 100 people were here at the start of the month. Back then, people were allowed to socialise inside the unit but not so this time there is strict segregation in place. Not surprising, because they have come from that diamond princess cruise ship where just over one in five people had contracted the virus because the quarantine was so badly managed inside. Today that means there are now 13 people here in the uk with the virus. Four more are being treated overseas from that ship. News coming on in the last few minutes from china, china has decided to postpone the annual parliamentary meeting that normally ta kes pla ce parliamentary meeting that normally takes place in beijing. That was due to happen next week and has now been postponed. No date in prospect. The official reason given is to allow delegates to manage the unfolding Health Crisis in their home provinces. The other line that we should mention from china is that beijing has reversed the decision that was announced earlier by wuhan, which was to let nonresidents of wuhan, who were not showing symptoms, to allow them to leave the city, but that has now been reversed by beijing. They will not be allowed to leave and no date has been given as to when they will. We will keep you up to date on the latest from the coronavirus. Now we turn to floods in the uk. Heavy rain is expected to cause more disruption throughout the day. In scotland there are warnings of travel disruption because because of snow. In shrewsbury, a severe Flood Warning is in place, meaning there is a danger to life. Chris bainger is from the Environment Agency and hejoins me now from shrewsbury. A very wet shrewsbury. Bring us the latest on conditions there with water still rising. Good morning. The Environment Agency have issued a Severe Weather warning. Thats the top severe Flood Warning that we can issue and it means people need to ta ke issue and it means people need to take action. There is a risk to life and certainly you can see behind me that properties are being affected. We are seeing levels very similar to last week and the river is rising. We have a gauge here in shrewsbury, it is 4. 6 metres now. Last week it was 4. 85 metres. We have issued on the severe Flood Warning that we expect levels to be around 4. 8 metres up to 5. 2 metres. You say the risks to property, we can see property behind you but we cant see people. Where are all the people . have lived in this town for 30 years and its like a ghost town. Thats good news because people have been heeding the severe warning and we are asking people, there is really no need to come down to these areas of the town. I am stuck now in the main thoroughfare through the town, smithfield road, and it is like a ghost town. Normally at this time in the morning this road would be extremely busy with people going to work. All the roads have been closed. It is important we are putting out the message that we dont want people driving through flood water and we dont want people wading through flood water. What do you expect to happen next . We are hoping, fingers crossed, that the river doesnt rise beyond what you just described, but when will people be able to get back to normal . Thats a question in itself. If we listen to the met office and see we are locked into a number of weather systems coming through. As i speak it is very windy, it is raining at the moment and some of that rain is falling up in the welsh mountains. We have had between 40 and 50 millimetres in the last 24 hours. We will have to be vigilant here. If you look at the government website and our level gauges we are predicting another peak to come after this one in shrewsbury and down river. Hopefully it will be the same. Thats important, but we need people to heed those warnings we put out and act upon them. And importantly, keep an eye on the government website, where if you search for Flood Warnings in a search for Flood Warnings in a search engine, you will see for yourself the warnings to the level we are experiencing on that gov. Uk website. Thank you forjoining us and good luck to you and your collea g u es and good luck to you and your colleagues in dealing with that. Thank you very much. The home secretary, priti patel, has criticised false allegations in the media, after reports accused her of mistreating staff. The government has said it is deeply concerned about the number of baseless suggestions in the press. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster what do you make of all of this . Whats striking is the ferocity and flurry of denials we have had from across government, that somehow priti patel is not trusted by Security Officials and they are withholding briefings from her. I guess because it is such a damaging notion that the politician who is meant to be in charge of counterterrorism, domestic security, is in any way the as not being reliable. But we had briefings at the weekend in the sunday times suggesting that some in the Intelligence Service apparently just thought priti patels viewed Security Matters into black and white a manner and didnt have enough subtlety to appreciate what she was being told and therefore they were not giving her all the information. Now we have seen the Security Services themselves say those reports are completely untrue, a government source has said they are baseless. Priti patel and her senior Civil Servant have attacked what they have claimed false allegations. And Theresa Villiers has also said priti patel is the victim of misogyny. Im sick of spiteful briefings against women in high public office. It happens again and again. And i dont believe these allegations against priti patel. I think she is a highly effective home secretary, and i think whoever is making these briefings should stop it, because i think they are unfairand damaging. Interesting you say against women. Do you think theres an element of misogyny in this . Yes. Yes, i do. All this of course after we had earlier briefings suggesting priti patel had been bullying some of her senior Civil Servants. Meanwhile, on the labour side, today marks the beginning, at long last, of the ballot to choose someone to replace Jeremy Corbyn, so there will be a month for Labour Party Members to vote for either lisa nandy, rebecca long bailey or sir keir starmer. The consensus seems to be that sir keir starmer seems to be in a pretty commanding position. He got Something Like 60 of the nominations from constituency parties, so that seems to indicate he is ina parties, so that seems to indicate he is in a pretty strong position. This morning he was challenged, as was rebecca long bailey the other day, as to whether he would have a place forJeremy Corbyn in his cabinet. Rebecca long bailey said she would be prepared to offer Jeremy Corbyn a place. Keir starmer was a good deal more circumspect. If you can believe it, given that weve been at this for weeks, the ballot is only dropping today. No votes have been cast yet. Im focused on winning this race and getting as many votes as i possibly can through my argument about unity, effective opposition, and focus on winning the next general election. I have not discussed the shadow cabinet with anybody. And therefore whatever is swirling around, because there are names everywhere. Ed miliband . It is all rumour. I can tell you i have not had a discussion with anybody on this. It is all rumour. And although keir starmer is the favourite, he has fought what appears to be a pretty cautious campaign, anxious to alienate none of thejeremy campaign, anxious to alienate none of the Jeremy Corbyn supporters, saying that manifesto ofJeremy Corbyn would remain the foundation of his approach and he would not trash mr corbyns years. You sense he is trying to keep all sides on board. At the same time there has be no big plan or big picture yet presented by sir keir starmer. Norman, thank you. The headlines on bbc news. Italian authorities try to contain the biggest outbreak in europe after more than 150 people have been infected. A severe Flood Warning is in place in shrewsbury as heavy rain could force river levels to reach their highest ever point. The home office has dismissed reports that the home secretary priti patel mistreated her staff following allegations of bullying. In sport, a meeting is taking place this morning to decide if manchester should honour tyson fury for his victory over Deontay Wilder. There is debate because of controversial comments tyson fury has made in the past. England ended the irish grand slam hopes and reignited their own of winning the six nations after a convincing win at twickenham. And arsenal manager mikel arteta says they will fight to keep Pierre Emerick aubameyang at the club. The striker scored twice in their win over everton yesterday. Thats it for now, i will be back with all those stories after 9 30am. Donald trump has arrived in india on his First Official visit to the country. President trump has been appearing before a crowd of more than 100,000 people at a cricket stadium in the state of gujarat part of a lavish two day visit, described as unprecedented for a foreign visitor to india. Arunoday mukhari is in ahmedabad. So far, so good for donald trump. A huge crowd, bigger than he is used to even at home. Thats right. Even though donald trump had himself talked about tens of millions of people here, but what we saw at the stadium earlier today was about 100,000 people there. In the middle ofa 100,000 people there. In the middle of a speech some people decided to make an early exit, so some cameras ca ptu red make an early exit, so some cameras captured that, but it was a significant statement that came out from donald trump and Prime Minister in modi as they looked to address their own constituencies, their own voting bases. Donald trump talked about the importance of india playing a role as an old democracy, asa playing a role as an old democracy, as a pluralistic democracy and a tolera nt as a pluralistic democracy and a tolerant democracy. He was talking about several issues that bond both countries together. Prime minister modi managed to get plenty of applause and compliments from donald trump when he talked about how india had uplifted several millions of people from poverty. He said he has given electricity to several rural homes. It was a vote of confidence for Prime Minister lorenzo modi, which was also significant, and his brand of politics. 0ther which was also significant, and his brand of politics. Other issues important for india, the critical issue of pakistan and security. President trump talked about how he himself has had conversations with the pakistan leadership urging them to dismantle terror camps that have been engineering, according to him and several leaders in india, events and several leaders in india, events and terrorist acts here in india. All of this was part of the statement that came from donald trump and Prime Minister modi. And the large elephant in the room in this indian visit is the difficulties, conflict over trade. Thats right, both countries have not had any Common Ground when it comes to the issue of trade. It would have been strange if the president had not mentioned it or made any reference to it, so he did. He went to to say rather diplomatically that they could achieve something at a later stage. It could be very big but it is still work in progress. He expressed hope but said while there are still outstanding issues with both countries that need to be resolved. This was all about the optics. It is very well, both countries meeting, the leaders sharing a personal chemistry and making the right noises but when it comes to talking up noises but when it comes to talking up the table there is still a lot of ground both countries need to cover to resolve those outstanding differences. They will be speaking later today. Thank you for speaking to us. The uk has built 1. 2 million fewer houses than it should have done and the gap is growing. Findings in the bbc housing briefing out today show that it will take at least 15 years to make up the shortfall at current building rates. It means that many people are being forced to put their hopes of buying a house on hold as our personal Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. Ive lived here for a year and a half. Keeping a roof over your head for many it is a stress and worry. Zoe spends more than a third of her pay on rent in london. She dreams of the keys to a home of her own, but thats a distant prospect. I cant do things like buying a car, which i would like to. I cant move out. I have to still be in a flat share. I also keep getting evicted through no fault of my own, and each time that has cost me over £1000. So every time i have saved money that i could put towards a deposit, its gone. In a poll of more than 2000 for the Affordable Housing commission, 13 of adults say their Mental Health was affected. Of those in unAffordable Housing, costing more than a third of income, like zoes, a quarter said they were affected, and shes one of them. It makes me feel really anxious. It made me very depressed. It made it really difficult to look for work because i had so much of my mental time worrying about where i was going to live. You cant really present yourself best in an interview if you are sleeping on a friends sofa and you are really worried you are going to be homeless. Whats behind the worry is a shortage. Weve built more than a million fewer houses than we should have done in recent years, and with the population growing as well, itll take at least 15 years to fill that gap. Whats adding to the stress is that too few of the houses we are building our affordable. We are building are affordable. I do like drawing people. Hannah in 0xfordshire, whos 32, has lived with different family members rent free while saving to buy something affordable, earning extra by selling her illustrations. But it still means sacrifices. I started saving when i was 14. Ivery, very rarely, even now, spend anything on myself. Theres a sense of guilt. I cant spend anything on myself because i have to save for a roof over my head. I have to have security for my future. The Affordable Housing Commission Found that more than half of 18 24 year olds live with family, and 18 nearly one fifth are still doing it as 25 34 year olds. Its an increasing number. If you are living under someone elses roof, you are constantly under their rules, and therefore you cant have a relationship, really, what with anyone. Really, with anyone. You cant invite them back. Its quite lonely. Theres a lot of pressure. Hannahs homeowning dream may soon be more thanjust something on paper because she has saved enough for a deposit on a flat, but the housing challenge, she says, has been constant stress. Simon gompertz, bbc news. As part of our day of coverage, the bbc is on the port loop Housing Development on the outskirts on birmingham. We can speak now to the conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street. Thank you forjoining us. I dont know how much of 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 couldnt afford to buy a home. Cant even begin to think about a partner because they dont 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 always been described asa affordable has always been described as a ratio of the market price of the home. That has nothing to do with what people learn. 0ur definition applied across the West Midlands will make it relatable to peoples income. We are talking about it being 35 of people salary, on basic salary, so if you are a student nurse going on, we are making it accessible to you. So how many of the increase in House Building that you describe, is affordable . Perhaps i should explain how we are bringing this about and then i will come to your question. The way it is working here is that our way into this is through reclaiming derelict industrial sites. We are standing in port loop by the canal on the edge of birmingham and it has been derelict for decades. It comes back to use across the conurbation. The local authority puts in cash to clean up the sights and then they are redeveloped. Its a great idea in its own right and any any cash we give we insist on an affordable percentage of 20 and then we insist going forward, because this is a new definition, then it will be that new type of affordability. Coming back to where we started the conversation, and you said you have massively increased the speed of home building, are you increasing it fast enough . So that you are dealing with the huge backlog of people who need a home . Yeah, thats the nub of the question. Of course there is a backlog. Here as everywhere else. We say that is playing out across the country, where the economy are strong, house prices and rental prices, peoples ability to pay, that is stretching, so we need to build more quickly so both those affordability ratios come back more within reach. The good thing is that last year we built 17,000 homes across the West Midlands and that is on target for what we need to get to 200,000 homes by 2031. Thats the biggest number anywhere outside london. The good news is we are now on target, but there is a lot of catching up to do, as you say. On target, but there is a lot of catching up to do, as you saym sounds like you say you are operating under best practice. What is your message to those who are clearly lacking otherwise we wouldnt have this problem. wouldnt have this problem. wouldnt dream of telling others how to do it. I would say maybe there is something here that has worked. 0ne of my messages would be to government in fact. We have been able to move on in this way and accelerate and thats only been possible because we secured funding from the government through what we called a housing deal to actually clea n called a housing deal to actually clean up these sites. We are standing ina clean up these sites. We are standing in a very similar home to those that have enjoyed that cash. My those that have enjoyed that cash. My message would be, this is the right thing to do with national funding, to clean up brownfield sites and i hope other areas will be able to go more of it, and we do need more here as well. In some cases these sites have been vacant for 20 or 30 years and that is not good for the communities around them. There is a lesson of Good Practice around that. Andy street, thank you forjoining us this morning. And you can download the new bbc briefing on housing, by going to bbc. Co. Uk news and bbc. Co. Uk housing. It isa it is a complex issue and there are different details in different part of the country. British holidaymakers have been stuck in the Canary Islands because of a sandstorm that grounded flights yesterday. Heavy winds blew sand from the sahara affecting visibility. Almost all airports have now re opened, but many tourists are complaining about being left waiting for hours. Freya cole reports. Outside the terminal at tenerife, an ominous orange sky signals a warning. Inside, it is causing chaos. Translation weve been here since yesterday. Were exhausted. Airlines have been forced to cancel almost all flights in and out of the Canary Islands. The interrupted flight schedule is interrupting School Holiday fun. Hundreds of people are stranded. Some have settled in for the long haul. It is near impossible to see more than a few metres ahead, making it far too dangerous to take to the skies. This weather phenomenon is called a calima. Its when hot and strong winds collect sand and dust from the Sahara Desert and send them across the atlantic ocean. It happens every couple of years, but locals say this feels like one of the worst in decades. A long and tiring wait for the skies to clear. Freya cole, bbc news. In a moment, the weather, but first lets heres Victoria Derbyshire with what shes got coming up in her programme at 10am. Good morning. Do you agree with the law that says you are able to abort an unborn baby with down syndrome at any point in a pregnancy . Right up until the birth. Campaigners say babies with nonfatal disabilities including, down syndrome, should be protected in the same way as other babies, with abortions banned after 24 weeks. Well be talking to 24 year old heidi croter and two year old hectors mum and dad live at 10am. Dojoin us on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. We will. Heavy rain and snow in places. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. Thats more or less the forecast. We have heavy snow pushing north for the rest of the day and we got some heavy and persistent rain pushing south east through the course of the day. If we start off with the snow at the moment, moving out of the north west of england, hanging around the north east for a bit longer and journeying across southern, central and northern scotland. It should clear the Central Lowlands around lunchtime but in the north of scotland, it will hang around for much of the day. As we move to the other end of the country, rain moving across wales, continuing across the midlands, east anglia, the south west and pushing down towards the south east falling on already saturated ground where we have already had flooding issues. It may exacerbate that situation. But behind it, a return to something drier and brighter, still some showers and some winteriness. The other element is the snow on the hills and potential Poor Visibility if you are out and about. We carry on with a few showers, wintry in nature, gusty winds and there will be some frost tonight and the risk of ice on entry to surfaces. Tomorrow, dry weather but cold still with those showers coming in on a gusty wind and some of those will also be wintry. Hello this is bbc news with me carrie gracie. The headlines. Italian authorities try to contain the biggest outbreak of coronavirus in europe after more than 150 people are infected. A severe Flood Warning as more heavy rain falls in shrewsbury in scotland theres travel disruption because of snow. Secretary, priti patel, the home office dismisses reports that the home secretary, priti patel, is distrusted by intelligence chiefs and mistreated her staff following allegations of bullying. Us President Donald Trump addresses a big public rally in india on his First Official visit to the country. Labour members start casting their votes in the partys contest to replace outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn. Also coming up, a bbc investigation finds that workers at drive through restaurants may be exposed to huge peaks in pollution levels while serving customers in their cars. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. Lets get more now on the one of the worst sandstorms to hit the Canary Islands in decades. People have been sharing a lot of pictures of that. Strong wings from the sahara have caused travel disruption for holiday makers. All of the islands airports were forced to close yesterday, due to low visability with residents warned to stay indoors. Grace hopkins and her boyfriend, lee sharp, were due to fly home from gran canaria yesterday, but are still at their hotel. They told the bbc it was unclear when they would get home. Yesterday was definitely the worst. The day before was our last day, which was sunday. The saturday was when it first came in, we went down to the beach for our last day and quickly regretted that. I think we hopped in the taxi back. Because it went orange and we couldnt see the sun. We woke up the next morning and it seemed to have cleared. We thought it will be fine, we can get our flight. But as we were getting our transport to the airport it became very dusty and very sandy and we thought theres no way we were getting on this flight. We saw the flight coming from the uk had been delayed, and that was the plane we were meant to get on. We couldnt necessarily get on a plane that afternoon so it was a waiting game to find out what was happening. Jet2 have been really good, in all honesty, they put us somewhere quiet in the airport. The only irritation was that they took us to the airport in the first place. You could visibly see it was going orange outside with the sun disappearing. More and more flights were getting delayed and cancelled. We did think, why take that number of people to the airport, so that was the only irritation. But, to be fair, jet2 have been really good. We got vouchers for food, but all the outlets were out of food, because everybody was trying to get food, so that was a bit frustrating. They asked them to restock. They were quick at changing our flights, but it was unfortunate we were the last flight. We were there from around 1 15pm until around 9 30pm, ten oclock, so around eight hours, but you have to be positive. What can you do . It could be worse. The aftermath of the sandstorm has had a knock on effect for several uk airlines. Jet 2 tweeted that no flights will operate to and from the Canary Islands today, and advised customers with flights on tuesday or wednesday to not proceed to the airport until the airline publishes a new timetable later today. And the package holiday company, tui tweeted to apologise to customer who have been affected by the adverse weather conditions. Thats it for todays morning briefing. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. Not much restful tyson fury . Not much restfultyson fury . He mightjust have not much restfultyson fury . He might just have been not much restfultyson fury . He mightjust have been celebrating overnight and who can blame him. Following his victory against Deontay Wilder in las vegas over the weekend, there have been calls for tyson furys return home to be marked with a celebration. With questions as to whether a triumph for the gypsy king is appropriate given previous controversies, councillors in his home city of manchester are set to decide on this later this morning. Meanwhile, theres been plenty of speculation over who fury will fight next. Wilder has a clause in his contract to trigger a re match, but furys promter frank warren has seemed to warm to a fight with fellow brit antonyjoshua. Well, it seems ajs promoter is up for the fight. After furys victory, eddie hearn tweeted no need for a third meaning a third fight between fury and wilder lets go straight to it in the summer undisputed. Warren meanwhile thinks that a fury joshua fight would be the biggest single sporting event since england won the world cup in 1966, and former light welterweight World Champion amir khan agrees. I think it can be. It can be, because they are both huge names. And heavyweight boxing is how people know boxing as. Weve not had a heavyweight big major fight here for a very long time. To have that a, two big names, two World Champions, current World Champions at the peak of their career, it could be huge. We need that. It would be good for boxing and it would be great for british boxing as well. With ajay, he is an overall good fighter. Maybe a bit slower, but technical compared to how wild the was, if he were to fight ajay. With furys style, he could break everyone down. He has the speed, movement and accuracy. He will give anyone and everyone a tough fight and a tough night. Well not surprisingly, furys stuning win over wilder dominates the back pages of todays papers the story would have been too late for sundays editions. The mirror simply says fury v aj get it on. It quotes furys promoter, frank warren, as saying that the fight would be the bigest single sporting event in britain since england won the world cup back in 1966. Thats echoed in the daily express, which hails fury as a world beater. The paper also picks up on Chelsea Player antonio rudigers comments that the racists have won after he was booed by fans during saturdays Pemier League match against spurs. He had made allegations there were a racist monkey chanting during his match against tottenham. And then the reverse fixture. He was booed by fa ns the reverse fixture. He was booed by fans in the match against spurs. Early in the season he claimed he was racially abused, as we mentioned. An inquiry by police and club failed to identify culptrits and the case was closed. And finally, the telegraph has a picture of george ford celebrating after scoring englands first try in their six nations win in their six nations win over ireland, yesterday. That win means englands hopes of winning this years six nations are still very much alive. 24 12 was the fial score at twickenham. England started the better and led 17 0 at half time, thanks to two first half tries from george ford and elliott daly. Luke cowan dickie then scored in the second half to secure the win and end irelands hopes of completing the grand slam. Really proud, i think theyre a good team, this england team, and every time we have a small mishap, its the end of the whole, the whole worlds falling in. Its the end of the world, the whole worlds falling in. And the players, obviously they get a lot of criticism. And im really proud of what they did. Meanwhile, englands women are still on course to win the grand slam after beating ireland 27 0, scoring five tries. Elsewhere, france thrashed wales 50 0, while scotlands game in italy was postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. Manchester united are just three points off the premier leagues top four, after extending their unbeaten run to six matches in all competitions. They beat watford 3 0 at old trafford new signing Bruno Fernandes scored his first goal for the club with a penalty. Before goals from Anthony Martial and this strike from teenager Mason Greenwood sealed the win. There was also a 3 0 win for wolves as they beat bottom of the table norwich. Diogojota got two for the home side, meaning hes now scored five goals in just two matches. Arsenal have won back to back games in the league for the First Time Since august. Pierre Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in their 3 2 win against everton, including the winnerjust one minute into the second half. In scotland, celtic appear to be closing in on a ninth Successive League title. They came from behind to beat kilmarnock 3 1. Leigh griffiths with theirfinal goal. The win moves celtic 12 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after rangers could only draw 2 2 with stjohnstone. Manchester city remain top of the Womens Super League after a thrilling 3 3 draw with their nearest rivals chelsea. City led twice, but chelsea looked on course to snatch victory, thanks to this stunning goalfrom beth england. But lauren hemp made sure city got the draw, which keeps them a point clear at the top. Theres going to be a tight finish between australia and sri lanka at the t20 womens world cup. Australia lost their opening match of the competition, and are currently chasing sri lankas total of 122. Sri lankan captain Chamari Atapattu hit a half century before eventually being dismissed thanks to a meg lanning catch. But attempting to chase down their target has started poorly, losing three early wickets, including alyssa healy on just the second ball of the innings. Australia are currently 104 3 and chasing 123 with just four overs remaining. And you can listen to Live Commentary covering the end of that match on radio 5 live sports extra. Theres also Live Commentary of the game between india and bangladesh from 11 00am this morning and full text coverage on the bbc sport website. Theres more on all those stories throughout the day and a full round up on sportsday at 6 30pm. Thats all the sport for now. Chinas most important annual political gathering has been postponed because of the coronavirus. Every 12 months, nearly 3,000 delegates travel to beijing for the National Peoples congress, but that gathering will now be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in beijing. What are you reading into this . Well, i think we expected it would be postponed. Once there was an announcement there was to be a meeting to discuss a potential postponement of the congress, given the circumstances, it makes sense. It was supposed to start next week. Imagine 3000 communist Party Delegates from all over china coming to beijing. That would include delegates from Hubei Province at the heart of this coronavirus emergency. Apart from the obvious potential for them to be getting sick or to be passing on that sickness, they could be taking the coronavirus inside the great hall of the people, where all of chinas top leadership is. Including some very elderly delegates. You know, generals, senior people from across the whole. Sweep of senior people from across the whole. Sweep of society. It does make sense why its been delayed. Weve not heard when the new dates will be. Apparently there will be a later discussion as to when this yea rs later discussion as to when this years session, this Rubber Stamp Parliament will take place. But, officially at least, the government is saying the reason for this is so these delegates can handle the Health Emergency back in their home provinces. Again, that does make sense. These are senior people in the government from every province. They have a lot of their hands on their hands. They are trying to control a deadly Health Emergency and going to beijing to chat about things. I dont think it was ever going to happen next week. And i suppose, of course, it underlines how a government and a communist party that likes to run everything by clockwork and looked invincible and secure at all times, is rushing and secure at all times, is rushing and scrambling to catch up with events. Turning to one of those scrambles, a strange overruling today of a decision made in hubei yesterday overnight . Somebody in wuhan, the city at the heart of the crisis thought it was a good idea that those who can prove they dont live in the city and have a good reason to leave and who are not sick and not required to be in quarantine should be allowed to leave. The problem is, they didnt pass on this decision to chinas most senior leadership. Instead, theyve announced its going to happen and we reported it, too. If you are not from wuhan, you can leave the city under certain circumstances. You can imagine that somebody has walked into xijinpings office imagine that somebody has walked into xi jinpings office and said we are going to let people leave wuhan are going to let people leave wuhan are we . And in fact, are going to let people leave wuhan are we . And infact, no, that are going to let people leave wuhan are we . And in fact, no, that is not going to happen. A new announcement has been made that those who declared this was going to happen have been punished. In fact, the lockdown of wuhan will continue. mean, im just kind of. Lockdown of wuhan will continue. mean, imjust kind of. My lockdown of wuhan will continue. mean, im just kind of. My mind lockdown of wuhan will continue. mean, imjust kind of. My mind is boggling as im sitting here to think they would make that announcement without running it past xijinping first. Announcement without running it past xi jinping first. Yeah, announcement without running it past xijinping first. Yeah, it announcement without running it past xi jinping first. Yeah, it does. It seems absolutely incredible, given the bungling of this whole crisis. From the outset in wuhan. Remember, this is the government which initially tried to cover up the existence of the virus. This is the existence of the virus. This is the city where Police Called in the doctor when he tried to notify others about the existence of the virus. He was to be punished and he ends up dying from the coronavirus and is now seen as a hero. The government is struggling with this idea that there is a fundamental problem with the command and control structure within the communist party that they couldnt manage this crisis from the outset and the fact that people were so afraid of rocking the apple cart that they would rather withhold this crucial information about a dangerous disease. And, now, after all of that confusion and bungling, you have an announcement like this, which had to be overturned within hours of it being declared, i mean, yeah, it beggars belief. On that big and sombre thought, were going to have to leave it. Thank you forjoining us to leave it. Thank you forjoining us from beijing. The headlines on bbc news. Italian authorities try to contain the biggest outbreak of coronavirus in europe after more than 150 people are infected. A severe Flood Warning is in place in shrewsbury as heavy rain could force river levels to reach their highest ever point. The home office has dismissed reports that the home secretary, priti patel, mistreated her staff following allegations of bullying. The mother of martyn hett, one of the victims of the terror attack at Manchester Arena, has called on venues to help shape a new law to keep the public safe. Figen murray has been lobbying the government to bring in new security measures since her sons death in 2017. The home office has said it will now consult on martyns law to require venues to prepare for any terror risks. Our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports safiyya shaikh, convicted last friday of developing an extraordinary plot against the public. She wanted to take a bomb inside st pauls cathedral at christmas a woman so dangerous, she was a top priority for m15 last year. Major landmarks and venues have long been the target for terrorism, including in 2017, the Manchester Arena bombing that killed 22. Now, ministers have announced a consultation into how places used by the public can be legally compelled to review their security and how they would prepare and respond to an attack if it happened to them. The announcement is a victory for a campaign in the name of martyn hett, one of the victims manchester. His mother, figen murray, says martyns law will save lives. We live in an age where terrorism is unfortunately present, and i never thought it would happen to us but it did. There is no guarantee for any of us. I think it really is important we move along with the way terrorism has changed, and we need to change our approach. The most recent attack in the uk this month was a knife attack in the street in south london an example of how complex the threat of terrorism has become. The final shape of the law wont be clear for months, but ministers say they want it to be proportionate and sensible without being a burden on businesses. Dominic casciani, bbc news. A full extradition hearing for the founder of the wikileaks website Julian Assange, is getting under way today. The United States wants assange to return and face 18 charges of attempted hacking and breaches of the espionage act. If found guilty, he could face a 175 year prison sentence. Outside the hearing today at Woolwich Crown court, Julian Assanges father warned of the risks to journalism if the extradition is granted. The oppression ofjournalism, the ceaseless malice directed against Julian Assange by the authorities, the ten year long arbitrary detention ofjulian, as a witness of the United Nations working group on arbitrary detention, the torture of julian, as witnessed by the United Nationss wrap onto on torture, all of those reports are available. That is what will happen to journalists publishers and publications if this extradition, this political extradition, this political extradition, ofJulian Assange is successful. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5. 7 has killed at least nine people in turkey, three of them children. The epicentre of the quake was over the border in iran, where tremors were felt in several cities. Gail maclellan reports. Desperate to reach those trapped in the rubble. More than 1,000 buildings collapsed in South Eastern Turkey where the 5. 7 magnitude earthquake struck with the border of iran. Several of the dead are children and at least 50 people have been injured. Some are yet to be found. Translation we come from a neighbouring village, we were told that there are children under the debris of a house over there. We went there and began working. There are no words to describe it. There were children under the rubble. Rescue teams searched craters and ruined buildings, while homeless survivors sought shelter in the freezing snow, waiting for tents and supplies from the emergency services. More than 40 villages, on either side of the border, are believed to be affected. Several after shocks, including a large tremor with a magnitude of four, hampered rescue operations. Crisscrossed by major fault lines, turkey and iran are amongst the most ea rthquake prone countries in the world. And, though dozens are reported to have been injured by the quake in iran, the impact there seems to have been less severe there. Gail maclellan, bbc news. Workers at drive thru restaurants may be exposed to huge peaks in pollution levels as they serve customers queuing in cars. An investigation by the bbcs inside out programme, in conjunction with coventry university, found that pollution levels next to serving hatches were many times the legal limit. Unions have described the results as horrendous and are calling for urgent action. Jonathan gibson reports. Britains drive thru sector is booming. Theres more choice than ever before. But at what cost to workers . The bbcs inside out programme set up air monitoring equipment near to the serving hatches at ten drive thru restaurants across the country, recording levels of two of the biggest airborne pollutants over a two week period. All of the data that were gathering is being sent to a server and downloaded, so we can monitorjust how much pollution there is next to the drive thru window. At this drive thru in south east london, average levels of nitrogen dioxide, a known lung irritant, were 25 higher than the annual legal limit. So, the highest we had was 182 micrograms per metre cubed and this is quite harmful to health. At this kfc drive thru in liverpool, levels of pm 2. 5, the tiny particles found in exhaust reached 11 times the legal limit. And at this costa coffee drive thru in somerset, they peaked at 16 times the legal limit. Although, in both cases, average levels were much lower. I think this is worrying and these are the particles that will definitely get to the bottom of your lung, when you breathe them in. This is well above whats typical for a city and the fact that these are being maintained for longer periods of time is concerning. Mcdonalds, burger king and costa told the bbc they take their employees health extremely seriously and have measures in place to reduce their exposure to pollution, like rotating shifts and installing ventilation. We should be taking this to the likes of our parliamentary group. But i think, as a priority, we should be talking to the companies we deal with who have drive thru restaurants and see exactly what theyre going to do. In statements, mcdonalds and burger king said the readings were taken in their car parks and do not reflect pollution levels inside the serving hatches, where they have measures in place to minimise exposure. Is that a valid point . Well, its certainly true there will be Different Levels inside and outside, but theyre leaning outside, theyre leaning into the areas that youve measured in and youve already shown the levels of nitrogen dioxide pm 2. 5 are high there. Costa told the bbc its planning to review future signage to encourage drivers to turn off their engines when stationary. Kfc didnt comment. Jonathan gibson, bbc news. And if you live in the West Midlands, you can see that investigation in full tonight, on inside out, thats at 7 30pm on bbc1. Itll also be available afterwards on the bbc iplayer. Now its time for a look at the weather with simon king. The rain and the snow and the rest of the weather. The snow has been disruptive across northern parts of england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Weve seen quite a bit of it falling and thats just the rainfall radar with the snow mixed in, you can see that from scotla nd snow mixed in, you can see that from scotland and Northern England. Rain elsewhere quite a grim start to the day for many but snowfall totals in Northern Ireland, up to 14 centimetres throughout the night but quite widely in Northern England, two to 8 centimetres of snow falling and we have that snow falling, it is easing in Northern England and it will become confined to northern scotla nd will become confined to northern scotland this afternoon may be over Higher Ground. Scotland this afternoon may be over higherground. Rain at scotland this afternoon may be over Higher Ground. Rain at lower levels in the coastal area of aberdeenshire but it will ease off in many northern areas. It will move south and east where it will clear away from the south east eventually forced up some showers behind but sunny spells as well developing for wales, midlands, Northern England and this afternoon. Quite chilly particular where you have that snowfall but further south, temperatures just about in double figures this afternoon. With this rainfall, bear in mind we have one severe Flood Warning from the Environment Agency in shrewsbury and the river severn. Elsewhere 109 Flood Warnings in force. Tonight, we will continue with snow on Higher Ground but generally it becomes more showery overnight tonight with clear spells and it could turn quite chilly into tuesday morning. The overnight temperatures generally about 2 4 celsius. Throughout tuesday, north westerly airstream and some weather fronts within that. We will see showers moving through but there will be sunny spells in between. Not a bad start to the day, sunshine for many of us but one or two showers moving through and they could be wintry with the north westerly a i rstrea m, could be wintry with the north westerly airstream, especially across scotland, Northern Ireland and the hills of Northern England and the hills of Northern England and wales. Snow moving its way through. Maximum temperature is perhaps for many a bit chillier than today, the exception being across scotla nd today, the exception being across scotland where today it is quite chilly. We have this north westerly airstream continuing with colder air filtering through. Wednesday again a mixture of sunny spells and wintry showers. A bit blustery at times throughout the day. Thats all from me. Goodbye. Hello, its monday, its 10 oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire. Were live from new broadcasting house. The rapid spread of coronavirus around the world including in italy where there are now at least 150 cases is leading to fears that it may soon be declared a global pandemic. Cafes and other businesses have all been closed by the authorities because of the coronavirus, and in supermarkets you see empty shelves, people have been stockpiling. 24 year old Heidi Crowter is campaigning for a change in the law that allows babies with Downs Syndrome to be aborted right up until their birth. Well talk to her alongside her mum, liz,