Following the resignation of her top official amid allegations of bullying. The bargaining begins. Trade talks get under way in brussels between the uk and the European Union. The greek coastguard uses force to stop migrants from trying to enter the country by sea from turkey. And its the literary event of the year. Hilary mantels long awaited final book in the wolf hall trilogy is finally published. His chief duty, it seems just now, is to get the king new wives and dispose of the old. His gaze are long and arduous. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the worsening situation surrounding the global outbreak of coronavirus, including here in the uk, where the total number of cases has now increased to a0. The a patients diagnosed today are all in england and all had recently travelled to italy. The Prime Minister chaired an emergency meeting of the Cobra Committee earlier and said the government was doing all it could to be prepared and he warned the virus would probably become a much more significant for the uk in the weeks ahead. A plan of action for the uk to deal with the new Virus Outbreak will be announced tomorrow. Looking at the global picture, there have been more than 3000 deaths worldwide. More than 90 of those are in Hubei Province in china, but there have been deaths in 10 other countries. 0ur health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, reports. Have you got a grip on this . Morning. Are you worried . Morning. 0fficials arriving this morning for the emergency cobra meeting on the growing threat of the coronavirus. It was chaired by the Prime Minister. Its aim, to produce a plan to tackle what is now highly likely to become a widespread transmission of the virus in the uk. Wash your hands to the National Anthem weve agreed a plan so that as and when, if and when, it starts to spread, as im afraid it looks likely that it will, we are in a position to take the steps that will be necessary, that will be reasonable and possible, to contain the spread of the disease as far as we can and also to protect the most vulnerable. The uk has seen a surge in the number of cases of coronavirus, with at least a0 people now infected. One of them is being treated here, at the Princess Alexandra hospital in harlow in essex. Its unclear how they became infected, as they hadnt travelled to a hotspot abroad. Another infected person is a teacher from this school, Wimbledon College in london, which was closed today for a week. And this pub in haslemere in surrey was being deep cleaned today, after one of their customers tested positive for the virus. Of course, the increase in numbers of people that we have seen affected, both in this country and other countries in europe and in south east asia, do, ithink, make it likely now that we will see, in due course, widespread transmission in the uk. What we dont know is exactly how widespread that will be. This morning, the European Commission raised the official risk level for coronavirus, after the latest figures showed at least a0 eu citizens have now died from the virus. The risk level has risen from moderate to high for people in the European Union. In other words, the virus continues to spread. Around 86,000 people have now been infected and, as the virus continues to spread from its epicentre in china, there is a growing acknowledgement of the potential impact on the uk. Scotlands first minister, who attended this mornings cobra meeting, explained why it is so important to do Everything Possible to curb the virus. It is particularly potent with coronavirus, because there is no treatment or vaccine yet for this infection. So, it is particularly important that we take all of the steps that we can to contain the infection and to do everything we can to prevent it taking hold. And, as the uk prepares for a wider outbreak, dozens of britons who have been stuck in tenerife are now finally on their way home. But they face a further ia days in self isolation once back. Sophie hutchinson, bbc news. We can speak now to our correspondent simonjones who is outside itv news meridian in maidstone where staff have been sent home following a coronavirus case at an nhs office based in the same complex. What can you tell us about it . what can you tell us about it . I am outside the maidstone studios. This is home to itv show is like take me out and also the itv news meridian team. There is also on the same site and number of other businesses and organisations. A north london Nhs Foundation trust. They have confirmed that last night, a member of their staff was confirmed to have coronavirus. That member of staff had coronavirus. That member of staff ha d rece ntly coronavirus. That member of staff had recently gone to italy. They have now been transferred to london for treatment. The trust is stressing that they had an office role so this is not a member of staff who came into contact with patients, nevertheless, other Staff Members at the trust who were based here have been put into self isolation. And also, on top of this, the trust is monitoring the situation very closely. To make sure that any danger of the spread is contained. In terms of other organisations base year, itv news meridian have taken the decision to send home all the staff based at the complex over the past week. 0ther businesses are being told to follow government advice so it is really up to them to monitor the situation and decide what to do. Some businesses have decided to remain open, others have decided to remain open, others have decided to send their staff home because although they are based in separate offices, on the site, they would have shared some facilities such as a restaurant which has now been shut and also to i lets. Which has now been shut and also toilets. Sweat easily up to individual businesses to decide the way forward, some have decided the best way forward is to monitor the situation. This is also close to a number of houses. There is an Industrial Estate and Housing Estate here. I have been speaking to some residents were concerned, they say they simply had about this on the news, they were expecting to get something to do their door explaining the situation or offering some advice. Public Health England and the county council here in kent are like advising people the risk is still low and the advice is to make sure you wash hands carefully, after going to the toilet or after touching things out in public and also if you are coughing or sneezing, to do that into a handkerchief and threw that away straight afterwards. Adam kucharski is an associate professor in mathematical modelling at the London School of hygiene tropical medicine and the author of the rules of contagion why things spread and why they stop. He is with me now. Thank you for coming in. Everyone is talking about spread, everyone is talking about spread, everyone is talking about spread, everyone is talking about the scale and extent of it. The Prime Minister today saying we in the uk are likely to face a significant challenge in the weeks ahead. What light can you shed on the kind of strength of that spread . I think we are certainly seeing a very serious situation potentially in terms of the spread in the uk and elsewhere. Although we are at the stage where we have isolated cases, what we have seen from other regions is that we can have undetected transmission and that can establish within a population, potentially undetected for a while so the key is to focus on containing cases as much as we can but prepare potentially for an epidemic which is getting more widespread. If we talk about an epidemic, affecting possibly hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, is that what were talking about . In terms of the extent . One thing to emphasise with this outbreak that there is a lot of diversity by age in terms of severity, in particular much more severe outcomes and older group so i think what will be key during any of containment is ensuring we reduce transmission to those groups as much as possible. In practical terms, over and above what is being done, what should be done in order to further restrict the spread among that group . I think a number of things are being considered. I have been doing a lot of modelling, other groups are to support advice to government. Here and internationally. I think a lot of the strategies considered are really going to be around social interactions and what things can potentially be targeted to reduce that risk to those risk groups. To press you about, in practical terms, what does that name . It means keeping people where they are, restricting movement and contact . In practical terms, what is it mean . At an individual level it would be getting people to really extensively change behaviour as much as possible to reduce infection so hand washing, being careful about surfaces, touching the face, being vigilant about that. It also thinking about contact about that. It also thinking about co nta ct you about that. It also thinking about contact you have particularly with older groups. Are there ways are potentially dramatically reducing that if the need to be . We have had quite a bit about the kind of resources going into the Health Service and the Prime Minister insisting today the Health Service would have everything needed to do with it. Lots of viewers will think, hang ona with it. Lots of viewers will think, hang on a second. If you are talking about something on the scale an evident, the resources needed to deal with that surely would be very, very significant indeed. So, for you, as a scientist and mathematician, do you think currently that the uk, this is a tough question, is in a position to prepare itself properly for that or not . I think if we were in the situation where it was a complete uncontained outbreak and we had continuous transmission at the level of elsewhere, and potentially we would be looking at a serious situation but the government is considering a number of mitigation strategies and our hope is that although it may not be possible to complete. Transmission, we can reduce it substantially in the groups that will be most affected by this. Final point, again to do with timescale. Because there is a lot of vagueness around it. When you model this, and model the kind of way that it progresses, are you looking in terms of weeks, in terms of a very sharp rise, months, what guidance can you give us and that . Good rule of from four this outbreak as the early stages we will see transmission doubling every week. 100 cases, one week later 200, that may well change but i think certainly if we start to see increasing numbers appear, that should not be a surprise based on what we know of this virus. Thank you very much for coming in. Continuing coverage on coronavirus here on the news channel, well talking to a biologist who specialises in the science of epidemics at 5. 30pm. Also you can watch a bbc news special on tonight on bbc one. Rachel burden and fergus walsh will be answering all of your questions in coronavirus everything you need to know. Thats tonight at 7. 30pm on bbc one. Negotiations between the uk and the eu are under way in brussels, as part of attempts to agree a post brexit trade deal. Ahead of the talks, the British Government has also published its objectives for a Free Trade Agreement with the united states. 0ur correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. Bring us up to date with whats going on and crucially the atmosphere. The first day of discussions between david frost and Michel Barnier are wrapping up about now. Pretty general today over a couple of hours, the real detail Technical Work will start tomorrow. There are 100 british negotiators here, matched by probably roughly the same number from the here, matched by probably roughly the same numberfrom the eu side and they will breakdown into 11 different negotiation streams. There are so many with so much work that it is too big for the European Commission headquarters here in brussels so they are going to a Conference Centre down the road and there will be 11 negotiating streams, looking at things like trade and goods, services, security corporation, transport, how the deal is actually structured. In terms of the atmosphere, we have seen some pictures from inside the room, eve ryo ne pictures from inside the room, everyone looks prettyjolly. Although they are not shaking hands to stop the spread of coronavirus. So that is one news story meeting another. If you look at the mandates that both sides, there were areas we could see a little bit more convergence than the rhetoric might suggest, for example, competition policy with the uk offering to work quite closely with the eu any future but there are still some big areas where there is some big divergence. For example, how much eu law and standards should be in this agreement. How many agreements should there be . The uk would like lots of separate ones for different areas each with its own terms and conditions. The eu once one big overarching agreement with an overarching agreement with an overarching framework which could refer questions of the European Court ofjustice. Refer questions of the European Court ofjustice. Thank you again for the update on the talks there. The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Office to establish the facts about the conduct of the home secretary, priti patel, following the resignation of her departments chief Civil Servant, sir philip rutnam, whod accused her of bullying behaviour. Lets talk to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. This has been mentioned again today in parliament. What is the latest on this . They have looked at this and the situation in the home office got com pletely the situation in the home office got completely out of hand, that incredible resignation by the most senior Civil Servant in the home 0ffice. There were clearly a problem between him and priti patel. You would normally expect that we sorted out behind the scenes, not unusual for that kind of thing to happen. But this has exploded into the public domain, not least because there have been several briefings to newspapers and to the bbc about alleged behaviour by priti patel. So, today, Jeremy Corbyn came to the house of commons, demanding that an inquiry take place. The person responding that was michael gove and this is what he had to say. Allegations have been made that the home secretary has breached the ministerial code. The home secretary absolutely rejects these allegations. Hear, hear. The Prime Minister has expressed his full confidence in her and having worked closely with the home secretary overa numberof years, i have the highest regard for her. She has a superb minister, doing a greatjob. She is a superb minister, doing a greatjob. Mr speaker, this government always takes any complaints related to the ministerial code seriously and in line with the process set out in the ministerial code, the Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Office to establish the facts. Depending whether you talk to priti patels friends or to others, you get a different story. Her friends say she is very demanding, she expects high standards, there is a lot to get through in the home 0ffice lot to get through in the home office and she needs people around her who can implement what she wants to happen. I too can make all that work and make it work pretty quickly but there are others who have made these allegations against her which he denies, saying that she has won several servants and she has tipped over into bullying so there is this inquiry. That allows the government, whenever asked about it in the coming weeks, we are already looking into it, and interesting question from hilary benn, labour mp, he said well the inquiry look at what happened in other departments and michael gove said that yes, they would look at everything, if there are other allegations from her time in previousjobs. Are other allegations from her time in previous jobs. Many thanks. Turkeys president erdogan is to hold talks with president putin of russia on thursday, to try to find a diplomatic solution to the worsening crisis in syria. Turkey says it can no longer cope with the numbers of refugees streaming out of syria, and opened its borders to those migrants wishing to reach europe. 0ur correspondent, jonah fisher, reports from the greek side of the turkish border. The route overland to europe has been given new life by turkeys president. This road runs very close to the border between greece and turkey. There are a couple of official crossing points which are now closed and heavily protected, but there are, weve been told, plenty of other places along this stretch where people can get through. As the icy rain falls, we come across a family group from afghanistan. Pawns in a geopolitical crisis, and now shivering and alone. They tell us theyve been bussed up to the border by the turkish authorities and then crossed into greece by cutting the barbed wire on the borderfence. Further down the road, we find a group of west africans. They say they walked along a dirt track to get here, evading tear gas and border guards. We want to go over to germany. We dont want to stay here in greece, you understand . Yeah. We want a better life for us, our families, thats why we cross, you know . Then, as the clock approached midnight, we came across four young migrants from the middle east. You guys have come from iraq, and youve come from syria . As we started to talk, men with their faces covered and no insignia arrived. The migrants were put in the back of a van which had no number plates. Excuse me, where do they get taken now . To the police station. And what will happen to them . Im not a sergeant, 0k . Im not an officer, 0k . 0k. Greece has announced that anyone caught illegally crossing will not have their asylum claim processed, but will be sent straight back. Arriving by sea is the hardest route to stop, and also the most dangerous for the migrants. This morning, a boat capsized as it approached the island of lesbos. Most were rescued, but a small boy drowned. The door to the European Union is not wide open or easy to find, but there are still ways to get in. Lets speak to professor elena fiddianqasmiyeh, co director of the Migration Research unit at University College london. Thank you very much for talking to us. Can we ask you first about why has turkey taken this action . This is certainly not the first time the turkey has responded in this kind of way. But this is a result of the escalating military tensions in north west syria and the extent to which due to the extent of turkey feeling that it has offered military losses last week suffered. As tu rkeys losses last week suffered. As turkeys escalating conflict with syria and Russian Forces has taken its toll on turkey shoulders, turkey is easy using this as a way of exerting pressure on the European Union, demanding that the eu become involved and support its ongoing military activities and using refugees as bargaining chips as turkey has done in the past and indeed as other countries such as libya have done in the past. How effective and your view well this tactic be . It will destroy peoples lives and it already has, as we just heard, led to the death of a four year old child. A man was shot and killed as well this morning so we can see that it is resulting in deaths and it is potentially leading to escalating political negotiations of course. 0ne to escalating political negotiations of course. One cannot assess whether it is successful or not successful at this stage, given that what we really need is a political resolution to the conflict in syria which leads to peoples rights and lives being protected and writes being upheld. Meanwhile, we are looking at the impacts on greece and probably bulgaria. What is your view of the challenges posed to those countries by this . Those countries of course because they are bordering turkey are experiencing the arrival of some people on the border. The response has been very heavy handed and the extent to which police have been involved as i said earlier or somebody being shot by the authorities and today, indicates that there is a very strong and not a very measured response taking place. This is a very small proportion of people who are actually arriving as we know the vast majority of refugees remain within the neighbouring countries. This will not be a large number of people proportionately speaking who will be attempting to cross the. And what we really need is to ensure peoples rights are being respected and that safe routes for migration are being provided to ensure people are being provided to ensure people are not taking the risks they are taking at the moment. Greece is using this as an opportunity to exert pressure on the European Union by declaring that it as ceasing processing asylum claims in violation of international and eu law. They have confirmed that greece does not have the right to respond by ceasing asylum claims processes and by deporting people who have arrived with out the prerequisite documentation. So this is a response which is not in line with International Principles and it is undermining peoples rights and well being and that is obviously not a cce pta ble well being and that is obviously not acceptable on so many Different Levels including being a man with International Principles. To underline the point you refer to during your answer there, which was to do with the proportion of those refugees, coming out of syria lets say, he will stay in turkey. The assumption in some quarters is that most of these people will come out of syria, desperate to start up elsewhere. But they will go through turkey and into the European Union, but surely most of them, if i am understanding correctly, will stay in turkey . Absolutely. We now over1 Million People have been displaced from this syria. We often think about International Border crossings but we know that the major crisis at the moment is within border zone syria, it is a matter of internal displacement and the crisis people are experiencing and syria itself. A relatively small proportion of those people will be able to cross into turkey, given that that is a very heavy military eyes border. Some of those people will reach turkey and they will remain within turkey. When we think about forced migration we a lwa ys we think about forced migration we always need to think about the immobility of those people. Who typically remain stuck and stranded in situations which do not uphold their rights. People will remain primarily within syria, u nfortu nately. Primarily within syria, unfortunately. Having been displaced and those who reach neighbouring countries will again remain within those countries. This will not result in a Mass Movement to europe. Europe should be attentive to the violation of human rights within syria and ensure that rights are being respected within bordering and neighbouring countries. Good to talk to you again. Thank you forjoining us this afternoon. Dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still flooded after the recent bad weather. In east cowick, flood water is still several feet deep in places after the flood plains surrounding the river aire overflowed into the village. The rain which caused all this flooding is now a distant memory. But the problems it created on and on. In the village of east cowick, 69 homes have been flooded. You need waders to reach many of them. We we re waders to reach many of them. We were watching every day and thinking another flood, and then we thought we would get away with it and when it goes on, it is done, it is finished. It is just it goes on, it is done, it is finished. It isjust a sodden, isnt it . When you lose the battle, this is what is left. People was back homes, their centuries destroyed. When my mum came and saw house yesterday, it was floods of tears, it was horrible. I dont know where to start with it. Across the road, it was much worse. Make lettuce into his bungalow where the water had forced his full floor up. It has come up in a big company. Notjust the carpet, the whole floor, the floorboards. You have an island in your living room now. Sandbags are 0k your living room now. Sandbags are ok for your living room now. Sandbags are 0k fora your living room now. Sandbags are ok for a little bit. But. Not to this extent. Try and keep it nice and there you go, it is all done for, isnt it . As you can imagine, the water here is not very clean but what is making it worse is that kerosene has got into it, they use it here as heating oil and it is given the water a film, a type stinks and it is getting into peoples houses. Down the road, another 2a houses are still flooded. Water level might be dropping, but it is not making much difference. Pumps are moving water off the flood plain and into a nearby canal. But just look at how much there is. It could take days for levels to drop off enough so people can get in here and start assessing the damage. Bbc news has seen further details about a complaint made against the home secretary, priti patel, when she was a minister at the department for work and pensions. Legal correspondence alleges a female member of her private a woman who does not want to be named received £25,000, after bringing a complaint of bullying, harassment and discrimination against the department. The government has announced that all allegations against the home secretary will be investigated by the cabinet secretary to determine whether she has breached the ministerial code. Our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is here. What do we know about this case . This is a complaint made by a female member of priti patels private office, the team of Civil Servants that work directly to ministers, when she was at the department for work and pensions in 2015. We have seen work and pensions in 2015. We have seen legal correspondence with the department in which the woman at the centre of this sets out a series of allegations, some of these allegations, some of these allegations do not consent to put, but concern other individuals, and some of the claims predate her time at the department. Should make that absolutely clear. But there was a key incident according to this document which took place in october 2015, when the woman who i will call miss m act the way feeling fragile because of an incident in priti patels office. Without warning, according to this document, priti patel shouted at her to get lost and get out of her face. Despite miss g, being used to this, and official told her she was to be removed from her role because she does not like yourface. Her role because she does not like your face. According to this legal letter, the woman took an overdose of prescription medicine, returns to her office and lay her head on the desk. Her husband later collector and took home and she attempted to kill herself when she got home. That is in the legal correspondence we have seen. So, what was the outcome . As it settles. What has been said by the department . Set was it settled . The woman brought a complaint against the department for work and pensions through her lawyers. She claimed unfair dismissal and the dwp settle m e nt unfair dismissal and the dwp Settlement Claim in april 2017 they paid her £25,000 but did not admit liability but we should sit at that point priti patel was not in the department, she had moved on to become International Development secretary. In terms of responses, the main response really was set out today by michael gove, the cabinet 0ffice minister in the house of commons, when he said that priti patel, the home secretary, absolutely rejected denied any allegations of bullying, including allegations of bullying, including allegations of bullying, including allegations of the home office. A full enquiry has been set up as you say to establish facts and mr gove said that would look at all allegations, not just said that would look at all allegations, notjust those at said that would look at all allegations, not just those at the home office. Thanks for taking us through that. Now its time for a look at the weather. It has been a day of sunshine and showers to start the week and we have more showers to come overnight and into tomorrow. This is the past few hours. You can see those showers have been wintry, there has been some hail and some snow of the hills but it desire to dry for the eastern side of england to end the day. There will be a scattering of sound coming to england and wales this evening but wetter weather is likely to post on across Northern Ireland, move to post on across Northern Ireland, m ove a cross to post on across Northern Ireland, move across scotland with some snow over the hills, down into the north west of england and wales was top with a scattering of sound coming to england and wales this evening but wetter weather is likely to post on across Northern Ireland, move across scotla nd across Northern Ireland, move across scotland with some snow over the hills, down into the north west of england and wales will stop with their showers tomorrow some sunshine but the showers can be quite heavy for a while and actually push their way into eastern parts of england so more showers than we have seen today, more cloud as well but out to the west we see the showers easing off through the day and were on the web centric, particularly wales and west in england. The temperatures like today stay at around eight or nine degrees. This weather system here is likely to bring some rain as far north as wales and the midlands, might bring some sleet and snow of the hills but it could go even further north. This is bbc news. The headlines the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk rises to a0, as the Prime Minister warns that it is likely to spread further across the country. The nhs prepares for a major outbreak as the goverments Cobra Emergency Committee meets the government will publish plans to tackle the outbreak tomorrow. The Cabinet Office is to investigate allegations of bullying by the home secretary, following claims by a former senior Civil Servant. The bargaining begins, trade talks get under way in brussels between the uk and the European Union. Now it is time for the sport. Anthony joshua has announced that his next fight will not be the all british heavyweight showdown against tyson fury. But instead, against his mandatory ibf challenger, kubrat pulev. It will be on 20thjune at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. This will be the first fight since regaining his three heavyweight belts from andy ruinunior in december. The two men were due to fight back in 2017 but pulev pulled out with injury. Joshua may be world champion, but pulev is the former european champion and has only lost once in 29 fights and says hes keen to show the world how strong i really am. If he wants to keep his eyes on the enormous prize, the First Time Ever that two heavyweight champions will fight for all four belts hes got to keep the belt. To keep the belt, he has got to fight kubrat pulev. It is that simple, we have been saying it for 18 months. Its hard to avoid, but at the same time most people want to avoid it. Pulev is a dangerous fighter. When he didnt fightjoshua back in cardiff 18 months ago, i thought that was going to be the hardest fight ofjoshuas career. What pulev has got is nothing to lose. And in heavyweight boxing, that is the most danger thing you can deliver. It happened tojoshua last year. Madison square garden. Ao i outsider. Andy ruiz knocked joshua out even with his big belly. He ruined all the plans. Nothing to lose, that is the danger. The everton boss Carlo Ancelotti has been charged with misconduct his fine has also been doubled to. Former england and liverpool forward daniel sturridge, has been banned from football for almost four months. Its after a successful appeal by the Football Association to extend his original ban, for breaching betting rules. Sturridge was banned for six weeks lastjuly, after providing his family with inside betting information on impending transfers. His fine has also been doubled to £150,000 by an independent appeal board. The 30 year old is now a free agent, after announcing a sudden end to his three Year Contract with turkish side trabzonspor, both sides agreeing by mutual consent, and he now wont be able to play anywhere in the world until the summer. The everton boss Carlo Ancelotti has been charged with misconduct in their 1 all draw with Manchester United yesterday. Ancelotti approached the referee Chris Kavanagh at the final whistle after Dominic Calvert lewins goal was ruled out for off side. If he accepts the charge, hell receive a fine and will avoid a touchline ban for the trip to his former side chelsea on sunday. Its the start of the fa cup fifth round week tonight and the opening game sees arsenal against portsmouth. Mike artetas side will be looking to bounce back from their bruising defeat to 0lympiakos in the europa league. Arsenal have won the cup a record 13 times, and its the only trophy arteta can possibly win this season following their early exit from europe. But after a little over two months in thejob, he admits its a work in progress. We are still farfrom we are still far from the objective that we will have and we have to keep fighting. Game by game, theres no point in making big plans. The most important thing is that we have to lift up, we have to keep going and react immediately. Coronavirus continues to have an impact on sport around the the world. The Swiss Football League have announced that all matches have been suspended until at least march 23rd and another wta tennis tournament in china has also been cancelled. Football in italy is still badly affected tonights serie a game, between verona and sampdoria is off. But juventus have confirmed their coppa italia semi final with ac milan will go ahead. Fans can attend, providing they have a membership address unaffected by the outbreak. Lecce against atalanta, was one of only five top flight games to take place over the weekend. Thats all the sport for now. More now on our top story, and the worsening situation, surrounding the global outbreak of coronavirus, including here in the uk, where the total number of cases has now increased to a0. The eu has raised the coronavirus risk level from moderate to high with a number of events across the world being postponed or cancelled altogether. In paris, the most visited museum in the world, the louvre, remains shut. The countrys Health Minister has also advised people to stop participating in the traditional bise, the greeting by kissing someone on both cheeks. In italy, europes worst affected country, all sporting events have been postponed in the affected regions until at least the weekend. In rugby, meetings are taking place about the future of the six nations, the ireland game against italy has already been postponed. In switzerland, the government has banned Public Events of more than 1,000 people, leading to the cancellation of the geneva motor show. In amsterdam, nike has closed its headquarters until wednesday, after an employee was infected. And further afield, qatar has cancelled the opening motogp race of the season because of travel restrictions on visitors from italy. The list goes on and on. So just how worried should we be and what can we do to protect ourselves . Jennifer rohn is a cell biologist at University College london and is here with me now. It is good to have you with us. 0k, the Prime Minister is saying to wash your hands. If you were to give a list of things to people which are practical, reasonable, proportionate, which will have a proper effect, what would they be . Washing your hands would be at the top of my list and the second thing would be to try really hard not to touch your face with your own hands because of it as an instinct we all do it throughout the day and that is one of the main reasons of how you can get infected by viruses. When we look at hand washing or using other materials to clean our hands, one of the questions i saw online today from a viewer was, should people be using sanitisers or soap and water . What is your answer . using sanitisers or soap and water . What is your answer . I think they are both 0k. Nice hot water is a classic. Doing it thoroughly and often is a very good thing to do. When people like at i suppose the efficacy of things like that, they immediately think about door handles and seats on trains and all the rest of it and for that reason people think that you may actually want to just what your hands becker wash your hands but within 30 seconds the effect of that could have gone, is that there . It is, as you say, we touch things all the time, we touch the surfaces, door knobs, keyboards, it is really hard to avoid and i dont think it is possible to com pletely dont think it is possible to completely this risk. Here in a building like this which shares lots of territory six with others where people share desks. I would think thatis people share desks. I would think that is a recipe for passing things on . It probably pales in comparison with your morning commute. In some ways, there is nothing you can do but we can take these simple precautions, washing your hands as much as you can stand. Desert wearing a mask make any difference . Aim mask can block a big goblet of something but the cheap ones you see dont tend to fit very well and viruses can go through those and get into your eyes. A lot of people dont wear masks properly, they tend to fiddle with them. I dont know, i feel like it might give you a sense of false security, using a mask, but it certainly cant hurt. Having said that, i am it certainly cant hurt. Having said that, iam not it certainly cant hurt. Having said that, i am not wearing one and i dont think i will. We have talked about the mask and not touching your face and hands, anything else . People are starting to wonder, should i go on holiday, should i ta ke should i go on holiday, should i take the business trip or cancel my plans. It is a personal choice but surely being on an aeroplane and going on a to a foreign country. Where do you class the level of the publics knowledge or information or education on this because meco do you think in the last few weeks there has been a noticeable uptake of searches for information and trying to find out what the good thing is without getting to people panicking . Especially when the Prime Minister turns up and says this could be a much bigger problem in the days and weeks ahead was not where do you class peoples level of i suppose intelligence about the potential . I think people are very well informed. Theyve been keeping up well informed. Theyve been keeping up to date. People are worried, get a lot of enquiries myself. I tried to buy some hand sanitiser today and failed, the shells are completely clear. This is a good thing in a way because it means people are using it. Because it means people are using it. The shelves are completely clear. Thank you very much indeed. Fishing is likely to be a key Sticking Point in the negotiations between the eu and the uk. The uk says it wants to take back control of waters that have been shared with eu countries and the eu says its own fishermen must not end up any worse off. Damian grammaticas has been investigating why fish could prove such a difficult issue and is in the danish port of frederikshavn. It was one of those big promises from the brexit referendum that uk fishermen would be able to catch more fish in uk waters and that the Current Situation is that about half the catch by value there is taken by uk boats, half by others. What the eu sides say is that no nothings should change because those historic fishing patterns stretch back way before the eu. And what they say is that the uk benefits because its able to sell its fish over on into eu markets. But here there are thousands ofjobs at stake and thats why this is such a difficult issue. As we found just up the coast in the port of skagen, laden with more than £1 million worth of fish caught onjust one trip. The boat is danish. The fish in the whole blue whiting were caught in irish waters. But soon itll be the season to trawl uk seas. Exactly the areas the uk says it alone will control after brexit. These big danish fishing boats access to uk waters is crucial about aa. About a0 of their catches come from there. Saying, yes, they will take back control, we dont know what that means. Will we go back to what . Into history . We have to be able to be fishing in the north sea and the uk water for all times. Sandy, in this area here, that history of sharing these rich fishing grounds maps now by danish trawlers is the reason the eu says its not ready to give up either its access to uk waters or its part of the catch here. Well, i cant really accept the argument of handing anything back to the uk. And the eu has a weapon in this fight over fish tariffs. This factory alone produces 800 million herring fillets a year. The uk could catch the herring, but if the eu puts a tax on imports, where will the uk sell all this fish . The biggest volumes of herring will be consumed in europe and not that much in uk. So if the uk insists on catching more herring, its still got to sell it over here. Yeah, thats how i see it or english people have to learn to eat herring. A lot of it. Brexit has been painted as a chance to revive coastal towns. The fear is brexit might hollow the economy out. Fishing supports 3,000 jobs here. Its what this community is built on too. We have a fish as a monument because its so much part of our dna. Dna that goes back to viking times. The mayor says both sides need to avoid new hostilities. We have to find some sort of agreement where we can come and fish in the seas. That is connecting us. And the british fishermen can sell their fish and they can do trade. When it comes to trade, fishing is only a tiny part of all the exchanges between the uk and the eu, but its an emotive one and failure to agree could scupper an overall deal. And the real leverage the eu has is saying if it doesnt get access for its fishing boats, well, then all uk businesses might suffer in access to the eu market. Tomorrow is the biggest day so far in the democratic contest to take on donald trump in novembers president ial election. 0n super tuesday, 1a american states decide who they want to be their president ial candidate but it will not be Pete Buttigieg the 38 year old former mayor from indiana has ended his bid for the white house. Katty kay and Christian Fraser report from North Carolina. They are winding up for super tuesday. Time to step up to the plate. From a crowded field, democrats have not found it easy picking a winner, but the students at nc state know who they want bernie sanders, the man who promises revolution. I think we have been raised to be global thinkers. We are really concerned about what it means to be an american and we look around and we see injustices in our world and we really want those remedied and i think he speaks to that. Culturally, North Carolina is more conservative and the number one target for the billionaire and former new york mayor mike bloomberg. He has invested more money here than bernie has spent in the entire country. Local politician dan blue is feeling the vibe. In fact, he recently switched allegiance from joe biden. Did his Campaign Reach out to you . Yes, yes, sure. To ask for your support . Sure, so the message just started resonating and i thought that this guy might could do it. He certainly has the resources to do it. He is delivering a message that people can relate to and i think that once that started resonating among the electorate, bloomberg became much more popular and seem like a viable alternative. One week ago, joe biden was dead and buried, and senator dan blue was not the only one to re evaluate. But this weekend victory of bidens in South Carolina was bigger, more emphatic than many had predicted. On tuesday, we have a chance, a chance to change and set a new path. And maybe he is now the real alternative to bernie sanders. Bernie sanders does not stand for what i feel that joe represents. He and 0bama, president 0bama, started something that needs to be finished, that they did not get a chance to finish. We hoped to bring you what the candidate himself himself thinks he brings to super tuesday, but we lost out to a dog. A dog in goggles. Christian fraser and katty kay reporting there. A bbc investigation has found that a major call centre in india has been targeting uk consumers, with fake warnings about a Security Breach on their computers. Bbc panorama obtained recordings of 70,000 calls, made from a centre in delhi. But the owner of the call Centre Denies its a scam, as our correspondent rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. These cctv images take us right inside a criminal call centre in the indian capital, delhi. Its running a scam which is ripping off thousands of people around the world. Your computer has been locked up. A fake pop up sent to computers, telling victims to call a microsoft helpline. This is Windows Security server, microsoft windows. Right. Yeah, its got microsoft, so youre microsoft, yeah . That would be 899. Bloody hell where do i find that sort of money . They are then charged hundreds of pounds by the fraudsters to fix a problem that wasnt there in the first place. He kept throwing in, you know, these nine people have been trying to use child porn, which, you know, scared the life out of me. And thatjust kept frightening me again, so i actually believed that i had to buy a firewall, some sort of firewall, just to save my computer and save my name, really. Panorama was given the footage by an online vigilante whos hacked into dozens of illegal call centres in india. He goes by the name ofjim browning. Disrupting criminal organisations, and some of those organisations can literally make millions of us dollars per month. Jim browning records some of his calls with the fraudsters. In this one, the scammer falsely claims to be in california. Are you in sanjose or not . Definitely, sir. 0k, can you name me one restaurant in san jose without looking at google . Why should i tell you these questions, sir . Well, i bet you are looking at google right now. Im not doing that, sir. The call centres making about £300,000 a month. The owner denies its a scam. But weve got the recordings of 70,000 calls, and they show customers are being ripped off. Indias call Centre Business is one many rely on, but it also has a dark side, which is heard but rarely seen. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. And there is more on that story in panorama, spying on the scammers, thats tonight at 8 30pm on bbc one. Its the literary event of the year. After an eight year wait, the third part of dame Hilary Mantels trilogy about the life of Thomas Cromwell, the mirror and the light, is finally published this week. The previous two books in the series, set in the court of henry the viiith, have sold more than five million copies around the world. But the double booker prize winner has stepped into a more modern royal story by suggesting theres been racism in the treatment of the duchess of sussex. 0ur arts correspondent Rebecca Jones reports. A80 years ago, Thomas Cromwell was here at the tower of london awaiting execution. What better place then to discuss the final novel in Hilary Mantels turbulent tudor history . But at 900 pages and with a vast cast of characters, she acknowledges it is a challenging read. I cant deny its demanding. But i make no apologies for asking the knot of commitment from my reader. The mirror and the light completes the story of henry viiis chief adviser, Thomas Cromwell, begun in wolf hall and bring up the bodies. Our case is slender. Both were prize winning novels adapted successfully for stage and screen. Do not be a viper in my bosom. And Hilary Mantel says our relentless scrutiny of the monarchy, especially royal wives, spans the ages. I think there is still an intense concentration on the bodies of royal women. We only have to look at what happens when our royal ladies give birth. They are perceived as public property in the same way that tudor women were perceived. It is simply turning the individual woman back into a breeder. I did wonder what you made of the treatment of the duchess of sussex . Do you think she has been a victim of racism . It brings me back to this question of the body. It does include the skin so racism is a factor and i think it is more deeply embedded in peoples consciousness than any of us are willing to admit. Couldnt it have been managed with less bloodshed . Hilary mantel is already adapting her new book for the stage and she says she would now rather work in the theatre than at home writing novels. I have spent enough time sitting in a room by myself and, you know, im not sure i want to die here at my desk so we have got to be sane about this. Hilary mantel talking to our arts correspondent, Rebecca Jones. Time for a look at the weather, heres darren bett. Before we look ahead, i want to have a quick word about last month. It was an extraordinary month really, a record breaking month, the wettest february on record in the uk. This is the rainfall anomaly map and ive never seen is the rainfall anomaly map and ive never seen anything quite like this before. All the areas in blue are typically twice as much rain as you would expect. Errors in pink, four times as much. That is where we had all the extensive flooding and ireland it was the wettest month ever recorded. We have had some showers in Northern Ireland today but many places have actually seen some sunshine. Feels more like spring after that very wet winter. These are the showers we have had earlier on. Theres been some winter us over the hills, some hails on the heavy ones too. Generally a dry and to the day across eastern parts of england there will be a scattering of showers overnight and then we are at soweto whether to move back into Northern Ireland, across scotland with some snow over the hills and they showers turn heavier in the north west later, too. Haemorrhages close to freezing, particularly in the countryside there might be some icy patches as well. Temperatures close to freezing. We will see more of these heavier showers putting eastwards through the day, allowing some sunnier skies across england through the afternoon. Wintry showers over the hills. Temperatures nine or 10 degrees like today for is that they will be changing much over the next few days. Doing this call met showeryjet the next few days. Doing this call met showery jet stream but there is a convocation on wednesday because we have this area of low pressure and that means some wetter weather. We will find rain pushing its way further eastwards. They may even be a bit of snow over the hills as well. Further north will be brighter, the best of the sunshine in scotland where we will see most of the showers in the north west of the country. Those temperatures are sitting at seven to 9 degrees after a chilly stance. This area of low pressure which is bringing out wetter weather could potentially reach further north, taking wetter conditions into england. Clearing away from south eastern parts of england during thursday morning, the cloud eventually breaking up. Elsewhere, sunshine, showers, mainly western scotland, Northern Ireland. Again, wintry of the hills. You guessed it, temperatures are seven to9 guessed it, temperatures are seven to 9 degrees was that it is a week where we are still going to find some showers, some spells of rain around but nowhere near as wet and windy as it has been. No name to storms in the forecast but it will be quite cold, particularly at night. The most important thing now is that we prepare against a possible, very significant expansion of coronavirus in the uk population. A big increase in calls to the Emergency Line 111. A Government Action plan will be published tomorrow. And British Airways cancels hundreds of flights as the spread of coronavirus causes a drop in demand. Also tonight. The bbc sees details of another formal complaint of bullying against the home secretary priti patel. Shock tactics the greek coastguard use force to stop migrants trying to enter by sea from turkey