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The information, the guidance, that we are given today im sure will be contradictory to what we were giving yesterday. So i had to make the decision and i put the welfare and health of our children first. Nearly 200,000 patients in england waited more than four hours on trolleys after being admitted to a e in december and january. Flood defences are breached in worcestershire, as the river severn reaches record levels. Delhi suffers its worst violence in decades as violent mobs clash over new citizenship laws. Singer duffy reveals she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. And italian participation in the six nations is under threat from the coronavirus. The Irish Health Minister says italy should not come to dublin for the match in ten days time. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. Coronavirus continues to dominate the news agenda with several European Countries announcing their first cases of the infection all appear to be linked to the growing outbreak in italy. In tenerife, three new cases of coronavirus have been reported at the hotel where britiish holidaymakers are among hundreds of tourists ordered to stay in their rooms since yesterday. An italian doctor, his wife and two friends who were staying in the hotel have tested positive for the virus. At least eight schools in england and at least one in Northern Ireland are known to have sent pupils and staff home after they returned from visiting northern italy over half term. Austria, croatia and switzerland now all have cases of the virus with spain also confirming their first mainland case following those in the Canary Islands. In south korea 284 new cases have been confirmed today, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 1261. And the first case of the illness in latin america has been recorded in brazil. A man in his 60s has tested positive after returning to sao paulo from a business trip to northern italy. Well go live to our correspondents in tenerife and italy in the next few minutes but first this report from andy moore. Its not what you would want to see from the balcony of your four star hotel. Instead of a fleet of taxis, theres a fleet of ambulances waiting outside the Costa Adeje Palace Hotel. Hundreds of holiday makers are on lockdown, though the spanish Authorities Say some who arrived after the first person became ill may be allowed to leave soon. That original case was an italian doctor. Translation this citizen arrived on february 17th on a plane. He got on a bus, he was part of a group of ten italians, and they went to the hotel. He has spent all his time in or around the hotel. The Authorities Say other guests at the hotel should be allowed to leave eventually if they test negative and have no symptoms of the disease. But thats a process that could take some time. If they do not have symptoms, according to our protocol, they ought to be free to do whatever they want. But we will need some days to test all these people. Coronavirus has now got a foothold in europe, and italy is the worst affected country, with more than 300 cases and 11 deaths. In milan, the cathedral and many museums have closed. In the uk, this private school in cheshire has shut down completely after pupils and staff returned from an italian ski resort. And this school at nantwich has closed its sixth form for a similar reason. The official advice from the government is that anybody returning from the italian towns in quarantine should self isolate. Anyone returning from the wider region of northern italy who feels ill should do the same. Andy moore, bbc news. 0ur correspondent fiona trott is outside the Costa Adeje Palace Hotel in tenerife. As you can see, the police here are still manning the huge cordon around the hotel complex. Most of them are wearing face masks. 0vernight a couple of ambulances have arrived and specialist emergency vehicles. Police tell me they are here on standby because as we now know, four people are infected. The doctor who is holidaying here with his wife, who is from italy, and two other people they were travelling with. I understand they are being treated at a hospital in the north of the island. There are a couple of tents outside the main entrance. They are being used by medical staff as a temporary station because they have a huge task at the moment. Looking at the size of the hotel, there are a thousand guests and staff staying here at the moment. From what i understand from guests i have spoken to inside the hotel, those medical teams are just going from door to door checking their temperatures and giving them advice, giving them a facemask. Thats the work thats going on inside the hotel to monitor patients. But its very tough for them. Some of them now have not left their rooms in 2a hours. They are beginning to wake up and i have spoken to some of them this morning on the telephone. They just want to go downstairs and have something to eat and drink. They cant. They have been told they have to stay inside. The spanish Health Minister is trying to ask all the guests inside the hotel to be patient. Since they were in the hotel, all the people that were in this hotel have been tested and examined by our health teams. If they have symptoms, minor symptoms, then we will apply our protocol. If they do not have symptoms, according to the protocol theyre going to be free to do what they want, but some days we need to test all the people. Some positive news this morning. The president of the Canary Islands has says he hopes around 100 guests from this hotel can leave in the next few hours because they arrived on monday and would not have come into contact with the infected people. Fiona trott in tenerife. Professor paul cosford is medical director for Public Health england and gave this advice. If you are in the hotel in tenerife then you should make sure you comply with what the spanish authorities ask you to do. Thats obvious for anywhere. At the moment we are monitoring the situation very carefully across anywhere where there is an outbreak of the infection to make decisions about whether places need to go on to the list of countries we are most concerned about. Our key advice about those countries is that if you have been in one of those countries and you are returning to the uk and you have symptoms of concern, you are coughing, you have a fever or shortness of breath, then telephone nhs iii and we can make sure you are assessed and tested if necessary. We are not advising a ban on travel to the Canary Islands or to tenerife. But what we do know is that although the risk of getting severe complications from this virus are much lower for children and healthy adults, for older people and people with serious underlying illnesses, they are more at risk of those complications. So people will need to make their own individual decisions about whether to travel or not. A professor from public a professorfrom Public Health england. Doctor Margaret Harris is from the who and explains why it is not described as a pandemic. We talk about a pandemic to describe what is going on. And we talk about a pandemic what it means we have outbreaks in all parts of the globe but also sustained Community Transmission first up as you are effectively reporting, there have been cases reported in many countries around the world but remember, these are cases that have been identified as people arriving in the country and they have not shown onwards transmission. This is what we are seeing in the uk at the moment. There has been very good work from Health Authorities and by the community because people are saying, i have travelled, i am not feeling well, and they are identifying themselves as having a case perhaps. That means you are identifying people very early and it gives you a very good chance of stopping onward spread. Italy is a concerning outbreak but the authorities are doing everything they can do to stop further spread elsewhere by locking down the communities and asking people to self isolate and stay put. Naturally, its a place eve ryo ne everyone has been visiting, so when people return there is that concern that they need to be aware that there is the possibility. The highest number of cases currently in europe is in italy. That country is linked to other new cases in europe and the first case in brazil as well. We can talk now to our correspondent bethany bell who is in milan for us. Some more information is emerging today about why italy might be a hot spot and why the number of cases has grown rapidly there over the last few days. Those cases are now over 300 that have been recorded here. There are 11 people dead. Of the dead we understand they are elderly people, people with pre existing medical conditions. Its hitting them the hardest. Doctors are saying you see a similar pattern with things like influenza. The italian Prime Minister has suggested that a hospital in an area just south east of milan may have not followed the correct protocols when they handled the initial cases of this outbreak and there has been something of a backlash with local politicians about that, but the Prime Minister has said that might have been the reason we saw a spike in cases. There are communities south east of milan and a couple in veneto where people are in quarantine and people are asked to stay home. The police have erected roadblocks around there. The Prime Minister has said he is confident the contagion will be contained soon and he spread the message to the world that italy is safe to visit. You mentioned roadblocks around those 11 towns at the centre of the outbreak. Is italy doing anything more beyond that given that it seems to be exporting the virus to other parts of the world and other parts of europe, and brazil, as i mentioned. Are any other steps being taken . There are a lot of other steps being taken first appear in northern italy schools and universities are closed, museums are closed, and even the milan cathedral you see behind me, the duomo, one of the biggest Tourist Attractions here, has been closed because of fear of transmission. If you come into an airport here in italy then they will take your temperature as you arrive. You see a lot of people in the streets wearing face masks. There has been a run on things like hand gel. People are aware of the measures being ta ken hand gel. People are aware of the measures being taken and they are waiting to see what happens. Yesterday was the climax, or should have been the climax, of the venice carnival. Those celebrations were cancelled so things have been happening. Health ministers from a number of italys neighbouring countries met in rome yesterday and made the decision not to shut italys borders. They said that would be a disproportionate reaction. They promise to keep in close contact and would give information to travellers and they would also be in close contact about controlling how the best we are trying to control the infection. Bethany bell in milan, thank you. We are hearing from the head of the French Public service that there is one new death from coronavirus in france as well as one new case confirmed in the country. That news just in from the head of the French Public service. If youre planning a trip to any of ii quarantined towns in italy affected by the coronavirus, the Foreign Office has some simple advice for you dont go. It follows the deaths of 11 people there, making it europes worst affected country. The italian outbreak has also had an impact here, with several schools in england and Northern Ireland advising staff and students to stay at home after returning from ski trips in northern italy. Four schools have completely shut their doors for whats been described as a deep clean after pupils returned from the affected areas. One of those closed schools is Trinity Catholic college in middlesbrough, where a small number of pupils and staff began showing mild flu like symptoms. Hugh heggerty is the ceo of the schools trust. We are pretty much working in the unknown. Public health did contact me after i made the decision to close the school yesterday afternoon and they said, you dont have to. That was their latest guidance, but theres been conflicting messages from ncs and Public Health. And as youll see over the last 24 hours this story has increased significantly. Last evening on the bbc, for the first time i believe, the general public was made aware of what self isolation actually means. So due to the risk, that i perceived, i made the decision that it was in the best interests of our community, of our children, to close the school. Its an ever changing picture. The information, the guidance, that we are given today im sure will be contradictory to what we were given yesterday. So i had to make the decision and i put the welfare and the health of our children first. The headlines on bbc news. Four cases of coronavirus are now linked to a hotel in tenerife. Up to 1,000 holiday makers remain in lockdown. Here, at least nine schools are known to have sent pupils and staff home after they returned from visiting northern italy over half term. Nearly 200,000 patients in england waited more than four hours on trolleys after being admitted to a e in december and january. Delhi remains on edge after the third consecutive night of rioting over new citizenship laws. And in sport. The Irish Health Minister says italy should not come to dublin for the six nations match in ten days time, because of the spread of the coronavirus. A harsh lesson for chelsea at stamford bridge. Theyre beaten 3 0 by Bayern Munich, as their chances of reaching the Champions League quarterfinals fade. And englands women secure their first win of the t20 world cup in australia. Captain Heather Knight claimed herfirst t20 International Century on their way to beating thailand by 98 runs. Ill be back with more on those stories after 9 30. Almost 200,000 patients in england waited more than four hours on trolleys in a e over the last two months, because of a shortage of beds, according to bbc research. It means this winter was officially the worst for the nhs in a generation. The Royal College of nursing says its members are now under intolerable pressure. Heres our health correspondent, nick triggle. So, where does it hurt . Ijust feel dazed. Ethel has come to hospital after a fall. I didnt think id get to 102. With an ageing population, demands on hospitals are rising. Many who come to a e need to be admitted for further treatment. The bbc has been looking at the delays these frail and seriously ill patients faced during december and january. Nearly one in four patients had to wait over four hours for a bed. That amounted to 199,000 trolley waits in corridors and side rooms. Thats more than double the number seen four winters ago. And a growing number of Patients Experience delays before they were even seen one in seven arriving by ambulance waited over 30 minutes before being handed over to hospital staff. Similar pressures are being reported in other parts of the uk. 93 year old kate milsom was taken to londons Hillingdon Hospital after a fall. She spent six hours on a trolley. I was in the corridor, in pain, and you cant think of anything else. Just wondering what was going to happen. And i thought, ive broken this hip before, i thought, oh, my god, what have i done this time . The hospital said. Caroline straiton is a new type of nurse aimed at helping hospitals cope. She looks after patients who end up waiting in corridors. I am here to ensure Patient Safety from the time they arrive to hospital and until the time they are seen by the doctor. Im able to observe these patients and prioritise them and make doctors aware that i think these patients should be seen quicker than what they would normally be if they were left out in the corridorfor any length of time. A Royal College of nursing survey suggests these are commonly used now, with nine in ten emergency nurses in england reporting it exists where they work. Nhs england says its investing extra money to help recruit staff and cut waits, but in the meantime, patients are likely to face continued delays. Nick triggle, bbc news. Joining me now is Harry Quilter pinner, Senior Research fellow at the institute for Public Policy research, where he heads the health and better care programme. The Royal College of nursing talking about corridor care becoming the new norm. Ina about corridor care becoming the new norm. In a survey they have done they talk about 49 of respondents say the term corridor nursing is formally used in their workplace. Is that the new norm as far as you are concerned . I think increasingly it is, yes. This has been one of the worst performances for a e and access times on record. I think particularly concerning is the numbers we are seeing in the summer months. Last summer the performance we saw was equivalent to previous winters. What is that is suggesting is we are in a permanent winter crisis in the nhs. We talk about winter pressures a lot but more and more that pattern and pressure is seen right through the year and not just in the coldest months. Exactly, and that suggests to us there is a structural and systematic mismatch between the amount of demand, the number of people who need care, and the capacity of the nhs to provide that care in a timely manner. What difference is that making to the quality of care, do you think, and to the stress placed on health care professionals, nurses and doctors . 0verall, what we have seen is that outcomes for most areas of care have been improving in the last decade. But access has deteriorated so people is level of stress, the amount of time they wait in corridors has got a lot worse. And to get out of ambulances into a e as well. The latest figures are pretty bad. Exactly. You make the point about nurses and when you speak to staff they say it is getting harder and harder to deliver the care they wa nt to and harder to deliver the care they want to give and they feel increasingly under pressure. The problem is, thats a self fulfilling crisis because nurses and doctors then say, i dont want to work full time, i dont want to work in these conditions, so they leave the sector and we have an even bigger crisis and we have an even bigger crisis and the capacity problem gets worse. The Royal College of nursing is talking about a need for an in depth examination of the primary care sector, of creating more of what they call the neighbourhood nhs with more focus on gps, pharmacies and so on. You talk about structural problems. Is that where the answer lies . I think there are two parts to the solution, two priorities. The first is exactly as you mention, the primary care crisis. If you cant see a primary care crisis. If you cant seea gp primary care crisis. If you cant see a gp then you are likely to turn up see a gp then you are likely to turn up at a e instead and we know patients are doing that. Particularly if you have a long term conditions, if you are not supported by the gp and the team of professionals around the gp, to support yourself properly in the community, Long Term Care plans and supporting the community, then you end up at a e, so part of it is about dealing better with that in the community. The people who should not be in hospital ending up there because of issues with the primary ca re because of issues with the primary care its mismanaged care, effectively. The second point is about discharge. We are seeing the length of stay in hospital going up. When you are in hospital, the length of stay is going up and the root cause of that is there is not enough capacity in the Community Sector and social care system so when people move out of hospital they are looked after. A survey has shown that 30 of beds in some acute hospitals have been taken up by people who are medically fit. They could be in the community and back in their home but u nless we community and back in their home but unless we put a package of care around them and support them with a social care system, we cant discharge them from hospital and that creates problems when youre trying to move people into hospital through a e. So you have the situation of hospitals trying to deal with patients who we shall call medically unfit but they are being squeezed at either end. Exactly. We need investment and reform in both primary care, to prevent people turning up at a e in the first place, but also investment in capacity in social care so we can help you move back into the community when they are well. And finally, what will the government say about its plans for the nhs, social care and so on, are they in any way matching what the sector saysis any way matching what the sector says is needed 7 any way matching what the sector says is needed . We have what is the nhs long term plan, put together by the nhs and the government, which is a very good plan, setting out all the measures we have talked about. There is a big question about whether they they can deliver that and in particular workforce constraints and delivering the staff to deliver that. In social care, we have had decades of promises to solve the social care problem and get a proper long term funding settle m e nt get a proper long term funding settlement and we still dont have a solution. The government has committed to cross party talks and they say they want to make it a priority but we have heard this before from a succession of governments. Until we get real evidence that there will be more money put into social care and a long term solution, we will not solve this problem. Harry, Senior Research fellow at the institute for Public Policy research, thank you. Water has started to pour over flood defences in bewdley in worcestershire, as the river severn reaches record levels. People were evacuated from their homes just before midnight. As you can see water is coming over the top of the flood barriers, and the Environment Agency is continuing to pump water away. Two severe danger to life flood warnings are in place in shropshire for the river severn at shrewsbury and ironbridge. The indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for calm after the capital delhi has suffered some of the most violent sectarian clashes in decades. The violence which erupted on monday during clashes between supporters and opponents of the new citizenship law has killed at least 20 people, and more than 200 others have been wounded. The indian chief minister has called for a curfew in parts of the city amid the riots. Bbc reporter Pratiksha Ghildial joins us now from delhi. First of all, remind our viewers about the controversy around this citizenship law which is behind this rioting. This was when two groups of protesters came face to face. 0ne group opposing the new controversial citizenship law and the other is for it. What is this citizenship law . It allows Illegal Migrants from some neighbouring countries to get indian citizenship, but not if you are muslim. That has caused a lot of concern among secular indians, liberal indians, who think this is a ploy by the ruling hindu nationalist government to undermine the secular foundations of the country and to marginalise the muslim community. As a result, protests have been going on in the country for more than two months now. But what happened in delhi in the last few days is something nobody anticipated. There we re something nobody anticipated. There were mobs on the rampage, properties we re were mobs on the rampage, properties were set on fire, people were injured in large numbers. They were being rushed to hospital. Schools remain closed today again. There we re remain closed today again. There were sos messages asking for help. Its really unprecedented scenes. How quickly do you think the authorities can bring this under control because this has spiralled beyond what they initially anticipated. Absolutely. It seems to have caught the authorities com pletely have caught the authorities completely by surprised. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last hour or so tweeted, appealing for calm and saying he has taken stock of the security situation with officials. But a lot of criticism of how all this has come a bit too late. This all came when the Prime Minister was busy hosting us President Donald Trump over the last two days, thats when this violence started to unfold. There has been a lot of criticism on how this was not addressed by either the police or the government authorities much more quickly and they did not make any attempt to quell the violence immediately. Thank you for that update from delhi. The influential independent think tank the institute for fiscal studies is warning that the new chancellor will either have to raise taxes or break the governments own borrowing rules. Rishi sunak will deliver his first budget in two weeks time. Hes under pressure to increase spending on the nhs, social care and schools to meet manifesto commitments. The grammy Award Winning singer duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. The 35 year old welsh star posted on her Instagram Account that her recovery took time. The performer had a uk number one single mercy in 2008 and a multi platinum album, rockferry, came out the following year. Her second album came out in 2010 and she hasnt released another one since. In the post she said shes not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. She then told fans that, the truth is, and please trust me i am ok and safe now, i was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. She went on to say that in the last decade she committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in her heart again. Addressing why she hadnt released any new music she wrote i asked myself, how can i sing from the heart if it is broken . And slowly it unbroke. Lets speak to our entertainment correspondent colin patterson. Tell us a little bit more about what duffy has been saying in this message and do we know when it was exactly that she was attacked or if anyone has been arrested for it . So this all happened last night, posted on her official Instagram Account, this revelation that she said she was raped, drugged and held captive over some days. The crucial thing is we do not know exactly when she is referring to. In the post, she refers to having to let sunshine and theyre heart again over the last decade or so we believe it was sometime in the past, but we cannot know for sure. We also do not know if the police have been involved. We have reached out to duffy for comment and have had nothing back so far, but genuinely a really shocking story. Why now . We have a duffy fan site which takes screen grabs of each Instagram Post she puts up because whenever she puts up a message she replaces it for example last december, she had a message whichjust said 2020, last december, she had a message which just said 2020, and at that time we thought it must mean shes bringing out a new album. She may well still do that but two days ago, she posted this in response to the Harvey Weinstein case. She said Harvey Weinstein case. She said Harvey Weinstein, sentenced up to 29 yea rs Harvey Weinstein, sentenced up to 29 years in prison, today is a breakthrough for women who have been victims of sexual violence. Thank you, justice system, thank you heroines. It would seem her decision to actually announce at this last night could be a direct result of the Harvey Weinstein verdict. 0ne other point, she talks in her post about journalists she other point, she talks in her post aboutjournalists she spoke to last year, a journalist who approached her in an interview about why she had disappeared and she said speaking to a stranger, someone who didnt know her story felt amazing. That journalist has not didnt know her story felt amazing. Thatjournalist has not been given the interview. That was all off the record. But now duffy seems to be taking it into air control and releasing an interview, her statement through instagram. As for what happens next, she says she will doa what happens next, she says she will do a spoken word interview which she will post, so presumably through instagram, in which she will answer peoples questions. When she burst onto the music scene she did so in a really big way, look set to become a huge star and then after a relatively short time she disappeared. This goes to explain why. People forget how massive she was back in 2084 than her debut album rockferry came at the same year as a dells album and duffy was a bigger star. In year as a dells album and duffy was a biggerstar. In 2009, iwas year as a dells album and duffy was a bigger star. In 2009, i was there the night she became the first ever woman to win three brit awards in one night. She won album of the year over cold plate, over radiohead, elbow, thats how big she was fourth in one night. She won album of the year over coldplay, radiohead, elbow, thats how big she was. Their second album did not sell nearly as well and in the last ten years, all she has done in public is appear in a tom hardy movie about the crazed twins. She played a 1960s singer. As you say, this goes a long way to explain why she has not been more in the public eye and this sounds like they will be another interview and possibly music to come later this year. 0k, colin, thank you very much. Weve just year. 0k, colin, thank you very much. Wevejust had year. 0k, colin, thank you very much. Weve just had a statement from jack to company, in relation to the palace hotel in tenerife, the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, with four italian guests testing positive for coronavirus and 1000 holiday makers at the hotel now under lockdown. Jet2 holidays saying about under the advice of the regional and spanish authorities the hotel is been placed under quarantine, they say we have stopped all quarantine, they say we have stopped a ll sales quarantine, they say we have stopped all sales to the hotel and customers who are due to travel to the hotel, because the Canary Islands are huge winter sun destinations for travellers from the uk, jet2 holidays are saying customers who we re holidays are saying customers who were due to travel with them to the costa palace hotel in tenerife will be transferred to other accommodation. They say in line with Commonwealth Office advice and they are flying to the Canary Islands and it remains unchanged. Thats the latest from the situation in tenerife. That statement from jet2 holidays. Now its time for a look at the weather. Matt has all the details for us. Good morning to you. A chilly start out there. Sunshine for money but as this weather watcher shows behind me, in shropshire, a bit of snow on the hills. Quite wintry across the uk today. Showers across northern and Western Areas of the moment. You can see them on the radar chart. They will make their way eastwards but are not in the eastern half of england and scotland will stay dry through the day. We will find the west will start to continue in scotland, Northern Ireland. A noticeable breeze adding to the wind chill but temperatures similar to yesterdays values on the face of it but the wind is actually a little bit lighter. As you go into the overnight, the far north of the country will continue to see showers come and go, icy conditions here. Further south, temperatures will drop. South of the m4, likely to see some rain around. Head further north across wales, the midlands, temperatures very close to freezing. Rain moving in. We could actually see snowfall for part of the midlands, the home counties, towards east anglia. A potentialfor snow especially over the hills tomorrow morning. Simon will keep you updated on that throughout the day. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Four cases of coronavirus are now linked to a hotel in tenerife. Up to 1,000 holidaymakers remain in lockdown. Here at least nine schools are known to have sent pupils and staff home after they returned from visiting northern italy over half term. Nearly 200,000 patients in england waited more than four hours on trolleys after being admitted to a e in december and january. Delhi suffers its worst violence in decades as mobs clash over new citizenship laws. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. The story thats currenrtly most read on the bbc website, and is the one of the most talked about stories all around the world at the moment is the continued spread of the coronavirus. Several European Countries have announced their first cases, with all appearing to be linked to the growing outbreak in italy. The outbreak is causing issues for some people travelling to affected areas, but paul cosford from Public Health england says people dont have to avoid travel to places Like Northern italy. Everybody will make their own decisions about where to travel in what circumstances. The advice about travel is not to avoid travel to northern italy, of course. There is 11 specific towns that that you wouldnt be able to travel to anyway. But if youve got a specific illness that makes you more worried than you may want to think about that and talk that through with friends and relatives. But we are not putting advice out to say dont travel to italy. John holland kay is the chief executive of Heathrow Airport where more than 200,000 people arrive or depart from every day. He says the airport is taking extreme precautions, but has to stay open to passengers. We have to be responsible with this whole coronavirus outbreak. Were monitoring the situation very closely. We have to balance between keeping people safe and of course, keeping the economy moving and keeping heathrow flowing. But we will always start with taking the advice of Public Health england. We need to listen to the experts on this. And so we have been implementing our plans according to the guidelines, and that has worked very well so far. Weve also gone beyond thatjust to make sure that we make it as easy as possible for people to say safe. We are deep cleaning the airport so that handrails and things that people might touch will be as clean as possible. And also making sure that theres a provision of Hand Sanitizer as well as the usual bathrooms and cleaning to make sure that people can keep their hands clean because, as we know, is the biggest risk of infection. How is this affecting travel for brits already abroad and those of us planning trips at the moment . Lisa minot is the travel editor at the sun and joins us from central london. Good morning to you. Interesting to see that statement from jet2 holidays a few minutes ago about tenerife, anyone who had booked with them at the palace hotel in tenerife will be transferred to another hotel, but flights continue as normal. Are you surprised we havent had any updated advice yet on spain, because we have a yesterday for italy, didnt we . Yes, i think to be honest, its one of these fast moving situations. The authorities are moving situations. The authorities a re really moving situations. The authorities are really trying to balance it between keeping this under control and a sense of perspective on it but at the same time making sure we dont see the situation that has happened in china. Now, they have changed the foreign advice for italy, advising against all but essential travel to those towns in northern italy on lockdown. That means that certainly your travel insurance, if you were due to be going there, would now be paying out, and if you are with a tour operator, they would have to make alternative arrangements. These are quite small towns. Probably not many people going to them in the first place. Most people go to the italian ski resorts or going to places like tenerife, the ca nary ski resorts or going to places like tenerife, the Canary Islands, which isa tenerife, the Canary Islands, which is a classic winter sun destination for us. Anyone planning to go to the ca nary islands, tenerife for us. Anyone planning to go to the Canary Islands, tenerife in particular, needs to watch out for the updates very quickly, and carefully because a quickly moving situation. Thats right, yes. Anyone who is due to be going out in the next week i would say it wouldnt do any harm to contact your travel agent, tour operator, if you have booked a package holiday, just to reassure yourself whats happening. Ido reassure yourself whats happening. I do know British Airways have changed their policy slightly. Anyone due to be flying to the northern italian airports if they are now feeling that they dont want to fly at the moment, ba are looking at making sure you can actually delay your travel and perhaps fly at a different time. They wont say they will give your money back, but are looking out may be delaying your travel and putting it forward. What is your sense of exactly how much disruption, the scale of disruption caused by coronavirus to travel to and from the uk, holiday makers, business, school trips etc . |j and from the uk, holiday makers, business, schooltrips etc . I mean, its already been extremely impactful. You have to remember that the chinese were a huge market for us, very, very important market for us, very, very important market for us, spending a lot of money here, and that in itself is going to be an issue for us. All of those Chinese Tourists who come in the last two months, Chinese New Year was a time when lots of them came to the uk. We already had that impact here and if we start to see it in our traditional Holiday Market as well, there will be a big problem for the outbound market, and it could cause great problems. 0k, lisa, thank you very much. And then theres this. Two of the worlds most famous young women, 17 year old climate activist greta thunberg, and 22 year old education campaigner Malala Yousafzai met up yesterday. Sharing a picture of the two in oxford, where she goes to university, malala tweeted with the caption, shes the only friend id skip school for. The post has already had 65,000 retweets and more than half a million likes. Thats it for todays morning briefing. Sport now, a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Good morning. Englands women have their first win at the t20 world cup in australia and it was a comprehensive one, against thailand. England captain Heather Knight hit her first t20 century, as they made 176 2. And thailand fell well short, only managing 78 7, with three wickets for anya shrubsole. England won by 98 runs. Knight is the first woman and the first england player to hit centuries in test, one day. Their next match is against pakistan on friday. Really pleasing, i guess im enjoying being up the order and facing more balls are so obviously very pleased and im pleased its come at a peak time for us but we know weve got a long way to go in this competition. Weve got another game ina this competition. Weve got another game in a day or so, to win again, so, yes, its important we take momentum from today and keep moving forward. The coronavirus has already affected many sporting fixtures and it could have a major impact on the six nations. Irelands Health Minister says their match against italy in dublin on the 7th of march should be postponed. Italys mens and womens teams are due to host england in the final round of games a week later. Scotland womens match in italy on sunday was called off because of the virus. The very clear view of the Public Health Emergency Team was that this game should not go ahead, that it would constitute a significant risk because a very large number of people would be travelling from what is now unaffected region, so my department an affected region, so my department will be contacting the irfu in relation to this. I know it will cause a great disappointment to many, but its important we make decisions in relations to Public Health above and beyond all other considerations. Earlier, i spoke to our rugby correspondent chris jones, who told me no decisions have been made yet over whether to postpone italys games. As things stand they are still on but there are urgent talks taking place this morning between the Irish Rugby Union and simon harris, the Health Minister in ireland. As for englands games, men and women over in italy in two weeks time for the final game of the championship, at the moment its anyones guess. The six nations say they are closely monitoring the situation as are the rfu. There is a precedent for this, going way back to 2001 with the foot and mouth outbreak. Back then, ireland had to have three of their games rearranged in the autumn but the rugby calendar is so congested at the moment, rearranging the games and it throws up so many questions and problems. As we speak, its all in a bit of a state of limbo and the next 24, 48 hours i imagine will be crucial. The threat to the six nations features on some of this mornings back pages. Coronavirus chaos is the headline in the daily mail. They talk about the olympics and Cheltenham Festival being under threat too. The mirror focuses on last nights football serge and destroy the headline, after gnabrys goals against chelsea in the Champions League. And the guardian describe him as ruthless power serge the headline there. Chelsea were totally outclassed by Bayern Munich in that Champions League first leg tie at stamford bridge. Former arsenal winger serge gnabry scored twice, as bayern dominated the match, winning 3 nil. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard asked his side to play with pride in the return leg in munich in three weeks time. It was a harsh lesson, reality for the players, of the levels we want to go to. This is Champions League football. We, as a club, i suppose havent been fighting in the knockout stages, getting through to the back end of it for some years and the reality of what it takes. Manchester city are at real madrid tonight, in the first leg of their round of 16 tie. Its live on bbc radio 5 live, with text commentary on the bbc sport website, where you can also follow Rangers Europa League second leg at braga. Thats live on bbc radio scotland. Britains Katie Boulter is through to the third round of the mexico 0pen, after coming back from a set down to beat francesca di lorenzo. Shell face Chinas Lin Zhu for a place in the quarter finals. Heather watson plays Kateryna Bondarenko later. Dan evans also had to come from behind to beat fourth seed Fabio Fognini and reach the second round of dubai championships. Hell face Pierre Hugues Herbert later. Something to cheer us all up. Forget tyson fury and deontay wilder. The big fight was actually in belfast last night. Take a look at this. This is belfast toddler Daithi Mac Gabhann taking on 0lympic bronze medalist paddy barnes at the ulster elite boxing finals. The three year old was ruthless from the off, taking paddy out in the first round in his ring debut. Daithi was actually born with a heart condition and has already undergone a number of major surgeries, but what a debut for the youngster who deservedly took the belt and the title. Paddy taking that one on the chin. Thats just about it from me but dont forget sportsday at 6. 30, here on bbc news, for all the very latest. Back to you. I dont often think of boxing is key to that certainly was. I love it. Thanks very much, see you soon. Coming up in turn, its the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Good morning, today how to become a detective in just three months. We will bring you exclusive access to police now, the graduate scheme to tackle the shortfall of 5000 detectives in england and wales. When you put that uniform on you know its going time and whatever date youve had, however you feel, as soon as you get into work, get your boots on, youre there to do a job. If you are a detective, what is yourjob like . Do send me an e mail. Join us live at 10am on bbc two. The bbc news channel. And online. Some breaking news on the coronavirus story. Iran is saying that it is confirmed 44 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. It is deemed to be a hotspot in the region. The deputy Health Minister confirming yesterday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Also in that region, kuwait, the Health Ministry saying a number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus rising to 18 hours are six more cases are confirmed. The french details we brought a few moments ago, france has confirmed its first death from coronavirus and says there are three new cases in the country. Scotland has the highest number of drug related deaths in europe, with officials there declaring the problem a Public Health emergency. As the government hosts a summit in glasgow today to try to come up with a solution, our correspondent lorna gordon has been to meet some of those dealing with the human cost of the crisis. Jay makes crosses, he makes hundreds of them, one for every life lost to drugs in scotland. Drugs have been a problem for me all my life and eventually it was heroin was involved. And after decades of abusing drugs, jay has been clean for almost a year. He knows all too well the impact addiction can have. And recently hes had to struggle with even more loss. Every cross passed in one shot and i know not personally. I lost my son to addiction on the 7th of january, alcohol. I lost my son to addiction on the 7th ofjanuary, alcohol. 23 i lost my son to addiction on the 7th of january, alcohol. 23 years old. Each one of these crosses casts a long shadow. His mum, myself. 1187 people died of a legal drug misuse in scotland last year. Entire communities affected. Its easy not to the human cost of that. Many drugs. One in four deaths here are drugs. One in four deaths here are drug related. Yes, 200 funerals a year. It gives you an idea of the families im dealing with. We had a funeral for a 16 year old in the summer. A drugs related death. I made a promise to the mother i would face this as far as i can. Such is the scale of the problem, the city council backed by the Scottish Government would like to introduce drug consumption rooms or safe rooms to get users off the streets and taking their own drugs in a medically supervised environment. The home office as no. A safe injecting room, and a place where individuals can also blab smoke illicit drugs as well. But a room or a facility where you can engage those individuals in Harm Reduction behaviour, Harm Reduction intentions, and engage them to come into treatment and care. Charities would also like more space for rehab. As those in charge search for solutions, recovering addicts mourn are so many lives lost. I do get angry about it, people dying. Its only going to get worse. Young lives are only going to get worse. Young lives a re lost, only going to get worse. Young lives are lost, generation. And there is every indication the numbers dying from Illegal Drugs are continuing to rise. Emma gordon, bbc news, glasgow. Seven democratic president ial candidates have held another heated televised debate before saturdays South Carolina primary. The left wing senator, and current front runner bernie sanders, came under attack. He was repeatedly criticised over his plan for universal health care and his stance on gun control. Barbara plett usher reports from charleston in South Carolina. Line from the Gilliard Center in charleston, South Carolina. This is the cbs news democratic debate. Bernie sanders took center stage as the clear front runner with a target on his back, and pretty soon they were slugging it out. I think that donald trump thinks it would be better if hes president. I do not think so. Vladimir putin thinks that donald trump, as should be president , did states, and thats why russia is helping you get used to him. Michael bloomberg led the charge on reports that russia is trying to help mr sanders get elected. Joe biden needed to land some early punches on the candidate threatening to overtake his frontrunner status in South Carolina. He went straight for mr sanders record on gun control. He was talking about being progressive. Walking dishes, heres mother emanuel church. Nine people shot dead by a white supremacist. Bernie voted five times against the brady bill. Im hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. He was challenged in particular about the cost of his ambitious social agenda, especially a Government Health care plan. I think we were talking about math and it doesnt take two hours to do the math. Lets talk about what i got out with that. Mr biden put in his strongest debate performance yet and the loudest. He did a lot of shouting. And you spoke over time. And im going to talk. Heres the deal. Foreign policy got an unusual amount of attention. The coronavirus, middle east peace, syria and mr sanders praise for cubas late leader, fidel castro. I have condemned authoritarianism. Whether it the people in saudi arabia that the United States got like iraq is cuba, nicaragua. Authoritarianism of any stripe is bad. Beirut that is different than saying that governments occasionally do things that are good looking. With super tuesday looming, every candidate knew they had to come out fighting. And they did united for the first time against bernie sanders, warning that he would cost the party the white house. The question is how this raucous, messy debate will translate into crucial votes over the next week. Barbara asher, bbc news, charleston, South Carolina. One of the biggest names in Corporate America bob iger is standing down as chief executive of the walt disney company. Hes overseen huge changes at disney during his fifteen years there, including major takeovers such as that of twenty First Century fox. Three baboons have surprised onlookers in sydney in australia, after escaping from their cage inside a hospital. The primates were bred for medical research and had been transferred to the royal prince Alfred Hospital so one could have a vasectomy. After making their way outside, the baboons were later captured in a nearby building. Heres something you dont see every day. Its a hippo Walking Around a petrol station. It happened in saint lucia in south africa. Drivers were seemingly shocked to see the animal taking a stroll around the petrol pumps, but the garage owner says his forecourt is becoming an increasingly popular destination for visiting hippos, who live in a lake nearby. Now its time for a look at the weather. Simon king has the details. We have had further wintry showers moving their way through the night, a chilly start to the day. But forecast is similar to yesterdays. Sunny spells and showers. You can see the show was moving their way through. This area of cloud out towards the atlantic, this is an area of low pressure which will move its way eastwards. That could bring some interest in whether through tonight into tomorrow. For the rest of today, further showers moving their way through for north west england, the midlands, one or two coming into eastern and southern areas and like yesterday, though showers will be wintry, hail and sleet, snow, mainly over the Higher Ground, maximum temperature is about 68. Ground, maximum temperature is about 6 8. Plenty of sunshine for most of us. Through tonight, reina is going to move its way in from the west. Anywhere south of the m4, it will stay as rain, but the north of it, snow falling. Much of it over the Higher Ground but even down to lower grounds, the rush hour, there could be some snow falling, so you may well notice that over the midlands, wales, eastern areas of england. Further north, wintry showers, some ice, thursday, temperatures falling below freezing. A mixture of rain, sleet and snow moving its way south and eastwards. It will eventually clear away. A few showers towards the north and west and most of them could be wintry. Sunny spells into the afternoon and a maximum temperature tomorrow, very similar to today. 6 9. Now then, going to the end of the week, another area of low pressure developing and moving its way in but this time, milder air comes in with it, so the rain spreading its way north and eastwards as we go through the day and as it bumps into the cold air there could be snow over Higher Ground of Northern England and scotland, but it will be raining for most of us, as it moves in, and it could be heavy during the afternoon in those flood hit areas of wales in the west midlands. Temperature starting to rise on friday, double figures across southern areas, and then into saturday, further outbreaks of heavy rain moving its way eastwards linking into the area of low pressure, but as likely as a way to the east, we open the door up again to this north westerly air stream, so it will turn colder as the weekend goes on. But there will be some heavy rain as i mentioned through friday and saturday. The rain clears away into showers and then we will have a chilly winter moving in behind it so well temperatures will get into double figures during friday and for a time on saturday, it will turn colder again as we go through the weekend. Thats all from me. Have a good day. Goodbye. Hello, its wednesday, its 10 oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire, and were live from new broadcasting house. Patients with flu like symptoms at 11 hospitals in the uk are to be tested for coronavirus, and at least 11 schools are closed, as more European Countries announce new cases linked to the growing outbreak in italy. The World Health Organisation says hospitals need to be vigilant. Some of the treatments that you would use to help somebody who is having trouble breathing can actually increase the spread so, yes, all hospitals have to be on high alert that if somebody comes in with breathlessness, and symptoms like pneumonia, they must think of coronavirus first. Were talking to british tourists stuck in a hotel in tenerife and experts about what precautions you should, or shouldnt, be taking