Efforts are continuing to trace 12 patients in the uk treated by two doctors whove been diagnosed with coronavirus. One of the doctors worked at a hospital in west sussex; the World Health Organization says its still too early to understand the Global Impact of the disease. It might end up as an outbreak that, of course, unfortunately has killed over 1000 people but can still be controlled and contained. 0n the other hand, we dont know it might have already spread outside to many countries and so this may become, still, a global outbreak or even a pandemic. And formula one hasjust announced that the shanghai grand prix will not go ahead in april. Also this lunchtime chanting bernie, bernie, bernie the veteran left wing senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins
the New Hampshire primary a key stage of the contest to decide the democrats president ial candidate. This victory here is the beginning of the end of the donald trump cheering. Making the internet safer the media regulator 0fcom is to get new powers to force social Media Companies to remove harmful content. And, three sporting heroes talk to the bbc about their greatest challenge living with motor neurone disease. Coming up in the sport on bbc news another major sports event is set to be hit by the coronavirus. The formula 1 grand prix in china, scheduled for april, to be postponed. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Efforts continue to trace 12 patients treated by two british doctors whove been diagnosed with coronavirus. One of the doctors worked in the a e department at Worthing Hospital in west sussex. The other is a gp in brighton. Both are now in isolation, and the department of health says all services at Worthing Hospital are operating normally. The Chinese Government has asked formula one to cancel the grand prix in shanghai, as the authorities there continue their efforts to contain the infection. Andy moore reports. The accident and emergency unit at Worthing Hospital operating as normal today, despite the confirmation that a gp working there had tested positive for the virus. Health officials emphasise that the risk to the public is minimal. We now know that two doctors
working on the south coast cost the virus from a french chalet from steve walsh who, in turn, contracted the disease at a conference in singapore. Government sources say there was two doctors treated about 12 patients between them before they were diagnosed with the virus. Those people are now being traced. This woman was trying to contact the a e department to find more information, because her son was there last week. I am concerned. When we initially saw it breaking in china, it kind of didnt have the impact it does now over here. In brighton, it was frightening enough, but now it is in worthing. It is scary. There is an understandable concern here in the local community. Coronavirus has established a toehold on the south coast. Health officials are working hard to ensure it doesnt spread any further. 118 people on the second evacuation flight out of wuhan into the uk are in quarantine. They should find out soon whether they test positive for the virus. We cant leave our rooms for the first 48 hour because they are doing tests. I think people are glad to be here and back in the uk. I mean, i certainly am. I think my parents were probably more worried than i was. Department of Health Figures show 1358 people have been tested in the uk for the virus, but only eight have proved positive. Our best estimates are that the transmission will get going in the uk in the next few weeks, unless we are very lucky, probably peaking to or 3 weeks after that. It has to be borne in mind that the epidemic in wuhan is peaking at the moment, but it has been going for three months since the beginning of december. We have no real idea what is going on in the rest of china. The measures that china has taken to really contain the outbreak might work, and so it might end up as an outbreak that,
of course, unfortunately has killed over 1000 people, but can still be controlled if contained. 0n the other hand, we dont know, it might have already spread outside to many countries, and so this may become still a global outbreak or even a pandemic. Injapan, its now been confirmed that more than 170 people who were on a cruise ship the diamond princess have coronavirus. It is the largest outbreak outside china. Andy moore, bbc news. Our health correspondent, catherine burns, is here. So, what is expected here in this country specifically . So far it is a case of so far, so good, for now at least. We have eight cases in the uk. Two of them were Chinese People from the same family, the others we re from the same family, the others were all linked. After one man inadvertently caught in singapore and passed it onto others at a skiing holiday. Then there is the question of what happens next. The phrase the Health Secretary often uses phrase the Health Secretary often uses about this is a marathon, not a sprint. We might be at the very beginning of this marathon. You saw
in andys piece, the worse case scenario, the professor say people might start to spread this amongst themselves in the next two or three weeks and then we will be looking at a peak for the virus in may orjune. We have to put some context on that. We have to put some context on that. We know where most people get this, they dont become very ill. Their symptoms tend to be very mild. In terms of actually stopping the virus, experts say we could be looking by the end of the year before we get some kind of vaccine but i think this virus has a weakness. It likes us to be close together. So there are precautions we can take. They really are the kind of things you would take to stop yourself getting any bug. Wash your hands, try not to touch your face too often, if you cough or sneeze, make face too often, if you cough or sneeze, make sure face too often, if you cough or sneeze, make sure you face too often, if you cough or sneeze, make sure you cover your mouth. Really, its a case of using oui mouth. Really, its a case of using our common sense. For now, catherine, thank you. In the us, the veteran left wing senator Bernie Sanders has narrowly won the New Hampshire primary the latest stage in the contest
to choose a Democratic Party candidate for novembers president ial election. Close behind Bernie Sanders came the more centrist contenders the former mayor pete buttigieg, and senator Amy Klobuchar. The former Vice President , joe biden, a one time front runner, finished fifth, as Chris Buckler reports. Cheering. Bernie sanders is the political polar opposite to donald trump. But he inspires the same sort of devotion among his supporters, and in New Hampshire, it helped him win the biggest share of the vote, in this, the second stage of the contest, to find a challenger to the president. Thank you and let me say tonight that this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. Cheering. But this primary turned out to be a three way fight, with the former mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg, cementing his reputation as a front runner. And Amy Klobuchar surging up the field to stand out from the pack. Chanting amy, amy amy Amy Klobuchars campaign seems to have caught fire. After an impressive performance on the debate stage last week, all of a sudden, the minnesota senator looks and sounds like a contender. We are going to South Carolina. Cheering. And we are taking this message of unity to the country. Hello, New Hampshire cheering. To take third place, senator klobuchar leapfrogged elizabeth warren, who in a speech paid tribute to her rivals success, saying the pundits were wrong to count a woman out. And also i congratulate my friend and colleague, Amy Klobuchar, for showing just how wrong the pundits can be when they count a woman out. Cheering. We just heard from the first two of the 50 states. And she also beatjoe biden,
the former us Vice President who left the state rather than stay to see the results. That appears to be an obvious acknowledgement that mr bidens campaign is flagging, despite his fame and experience. The vote in New Hampshire has helped to whittle down the field. The Entrepreneur Andrew Yang and the colorado senator Michael Bennet have both dropped out. But there are many states to go, and despite their individual successes, there are several candidates still in with a chance of challenging mr trump. Chris buckler, bbc news, New Hampshire. 0ur north america correspondent, gary 0donoghue, is in concord in New Hampshire. Does all of that mean that the field is still open, what is your analysis of this . Yes, this field is still very much open. This is not sewn up in any way, shape or form. Very much open. This is not sewn up in any way, shape orform. Bernie sanders has the status of the front runner at the moment but if you look
at the other is clustered around the middle lane, the moderate lane of the Democratic Party, they are still polling in excess of 50 Percentage Points of the vote. So there is an Unfinished Business element to this in terms of the ideology, as well as the delegates for getting the nomination. The circus rolls onto nevada in ten days time and South Carolina at the end of the month and thatis carolina at the end of the month and that is the moment when the biden campaign, the former Vice President , thatis campaign, the former Vice President , that is what he is staking his whole effort on, his whole campaign. Can he do sufficiently well in that state, amongst those African American voters, to reinvigorate his challenge for the nomination . Because at the moment, the man who was favourite nationally for so long, is now struggling really badly. Gary odonoghue in New Hampshire, thank you. Local authorities in england will no longer be allowed to place Vulnerable Children in care homes, which arent inspected by the regulator, under new government plans. Last year, bbc news revealed that
children as young as 11 were living in unregulated accommodation, and more than a dozen cases of organised abuse were linked to the sector. Our special correspondent, ed thomas, is here. You are part of the team that has been working on all of this. What does this actually fundamentally mean now . Last year, as you are saying, we spoke to many children who had horrific experiences. 0ne child was exploited by a county lions gang. He was kidnapped, stabbed and waterboarded was that we spoke to another young person in an unregulated home. He said his home was like a drug den, with constant drug deals. 0ur investigations, as you say, revealed children as young as 11 years age were placed in these types of homes. We expose they were a dozen cases of organised abuse linked to the sector. The education secretary said he had to act. The report exposed that there are children that are being placed in that type of care. That isnt something that were going to allowed to continue to go forward. So, if a local authority thinks they can continue to place children in those types of environments, quite simply, they will have their powers withdrawn, in order to be able to continue to look after childrens services. And so, what is the response to that . Councils are under huge pressure. The number of children in ca re pressure. The number of children in care has reached a ten year high in england. But the education secretary says if councils continue to place children in unregulated homes under the age of 16, they will have their Children Services departments taken off them. But there are questions today from the care sector. This ban is for children only under 16. People are saying what about 16, 17, 18 year old . We people are saying what about 16, 17, 18 year old . We had people are saying what about 16, 17, 18 year old . We had from the independent Childrens Home association, they say this distinguishing of vulnerabilities
between the age groups is misguided and more needs to be done. Ed thomas, thank you. The media watchdog, 0fcom, is to be given new powers to force social media firms to remove harmful content. Until now, Companies Like facebook, youtube and snapchat have largely been left to regulate themselves, but critics say independent rules are needed to keep people safe. Its not yet known what penalties companies will face if they fail to comply. Heres our media editor, amol rajan. Good afternoon. If you make a habit of asking young people across the country about their digital lives, you find a generation both addicted to smartphones and alert to their dangers. We just go past the terms and condition, just press agree, but, really, no one actually takes time to actually read it. Those dangers, which evolve every week, and test parents tech savviness, have led to long awaited legislation on online harms. Its centrepieces are a statutory duty of care for companies that allow User Generated Content and the appointment of 0fcom, as the uks first internet regulator. But theres still no detail
on what the penalties will be for Companies Breaking the law. Is the reason that this has been a Long Time Coming that there is a mismatch between the nature of regulation, which is slow and consensual, and the nature of technology, which is rapid and unpredictable . I think theres something in what you say there and i think when we are drafting the regulations and the law, we are going to have to be very aware of the fact that actually technology is changing so fast, there are new platforms being invented all the time, new ways of sharing content. So, actually, thats why its really important to have an independent regulator, who in a way can be more nimble than government legislation can, in terms of being able to keep up with those changes. We know that nine Million Girls in europe have experienced cyberbullying before the age of 15. For a lot of people, this is long overdue. Seyi akiwowo hosts workshops, like this one to local counsellors, to help people what she calls digital self care. The government need to put in the provisions and make sure theres clarity in the law. Tech Companies Need to invest in their moderation and their policies and then citizens
need to think about their language online online etiquette. Responding to the proposals, facebooks head of uk public policy, rebecca stimpson, said. We need to see a regulator that has teeth, that has the resources and the sanctions that are necessary to take on clearly some of the Largest Companies in the world. Now, if the uk government has the appetite to do that, it absolutely can deliver this. The aim here is to give britain the toughest internet laws in the world, while protecting free speech and enterprise. But without clarity on the punishments for offenders, its impossible to know if thats what well get. Amol is here. Is itfairto is it fair to say this is still really short of detail . Very fair. What has been announced today is a direction of travel rather than a
final destination. It is hard to regulate the internet. Lots of people have tried and failed. There is no universally agreed way of doing it. To mention some of the challenges, there is the sheer scale of it. 500 hours of footage are uploaded onto youtube every single minute. How can you believe that . Regulation is national and a lot of the companies are global, which is a different challenge. It is not clear which companies will qualify under the scope of the regulation. The sanctions these companies will face is completely unclear. Baroness morgan told me it is unlikely the companies will face criminal prosecution but if it is fines, penalty fines, well defined to be big enough to hurt companies, which in some cases could be 1 trillion . We had a new chief executive of 0fcom announced this morning. In the reshuffle we are expecting, our
ninth culture secretary in eight yea rs, ninth culture secretary in eight years, this is very much a work in progress. Our top story this lunchtime. Health officials are trying to trace 12 patients seen by two british doctors who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. And coming up. The british scientists trying to solve hunger with mattresses and a little water. And coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news a blow for clubs in the rugby union championship. Theirfunding is set to be halved by the rfu for failing to meet their targets. Universities across the uk are using gagging clauses to silence student complaints about sexual assault, bullying and poor teaching. Research carried out by the bbc found nearly a third of institutions have used non disclosure agreements to resolve grievances in the last four years. Universities uk, the body that represents the colleges, says ndas should not be used to stop
students from speaking out. Rianna croxford reports. Do british universities have something to hide . Our investigation has found widespread use of gagging clauses across the uk. Students asked to sign nondisclosure agreements or ndas to stay silent on serious issues, like sexual assault. Thats what 0livia, not her real name, says happened to her when she spoke to university staff. They told me not to tell my parents, to not tell my friends and just basically be quiet about it. She reported being raped by another student on campus. Her university asked her to sign a contract that said she will be expelled if she goes public. It felt like something to be ashamed of, something i couldnt talk to anyone about, and i couldnt raise issues about they handled things. The police dropped her case, saying it would be hard to prove in court and so her university wont investigate. Ive been waking up multiple times a night to check my doors were knocked and i was still having nightmares. Were locked. Nearly a third of universities have used non disclosure agreements when resolving student complaints, paying out more than £1. 3 million since 2016. I feel they treated me like dirt, like an inconvenience, somebody to get rid of. This former Oxford University student has broken her nda to talk to us at the risk of being sued. She was paid off after raising concerns about the treatment of suicidal students. There were a number of students, who we knew were suicidal. I saw no responsibility or no care of students well being. Why do you think it is important to speak out . Why now . I have witnessed and experienced so many problems. If people dont speak out, things will never change. Oxford University Says it doesnt
comment on individual cases but confirmed it did carry out a review into student welfare after the complaint adding it provides a high level of support to students. Our investigation also found not all students got a pay out. 0livia didnt. She signed her nda so that neither her, or the student she accused could contact each other. Basically, to feel safe, i had to promise never to tell anyone or face expulsion. They should acknowledge there is a problem and try and take steps to tackle it. The government has told the bbc the use of ndas for student complaints is unacceptable and is clamping down on the practice. Lawyers say universities are often using these agreements to protect their reputations but students wonder who is protecting them. Rianna croxford, bbc news. Scientists from sheffield are working in a refugee camp injordan on a project to try to grow fresh food
by using foam from old mattresses. The foam works as soil, meaning not only are the mattresses recycled, but vegetables are grown in a place where the soil is too poorforfarming. Victoria gill reports. Gardening in the confines of a refugee camp. Mohammads family lost their home and their farm when they fled the war in syria. Now, here in thejordanian desert, hes able to teach his children how to grow vegetables in a very unconventional way, using old mattress foam. It sounds like the garden has made this more of a real home. Is that fair to say . Translation yes, absolutely, it makes me feel like im in my home village back in syria. About 80,000 people live here. This is essentially a city that sprang up in a very short period of time. Most of the people that lived here used to farm in syria and now there is very limited space. The soil is extremely poor. Enabling people to grow their own food is a vital step towards making this a sustainable place to live. Everything gets reused, repurposed. Nothing gets thrown away. On a Sustainability Mission to the camp, the scientists found that what was thought to be a problem here was actually the way to give everyone a garden. There was a warehouse full. And it was, oh, we dont know what to do with these. There was no disposal mechanism. Id been to a landfill site and seen a tomato plant growing on an old sofa. Really . Yeah, yeah, yeah. And thats why i knew it would work. This is hydroponics. The foam supports the plants, so theres no need for soil and this method requires much less water because its kept where its needed, rather than draining away. In zaatari, this whole system is made from recycled materials. This is just one of the plants. Theres a whole, i dont even know how many are here, hundreds. Old coffee cup, bit of foam, theres the old mattress, and thatjust pops in there so it can get all its nutrients. Its amazing. Everything is recycled. So far, more than 1000 people had signed up for demonstration sessions like this. Everybody gets a bit of a starter kit. Yeah. The starter kit and they take it back with them to home so they can start their own. Right. Growing nutritious food in a place with limited water and limited space could provide lessons for urban environments all round the world. Victoria gill, bbc news, jordan. Three sportsmen, one fight. The opponent . Motor neurone disease. Doddie weir, rob burrow and Stephen Darby are all living with mnd an illness with no cure. For the first time, the three men have spoken with each other about the impact of their diagnosis, and their determination
to keep fighting. Sally nugent reports. Mnd is a part of our life, but i dont want mnd to take over our lives. The average Life Expectancy is between one and three years. Im here overthat, still living, still smiling. Im not giving in till my last breath. Too many reasons to live. I know this is a club that you didnt ever want tojoin, and a team that you didnt ever want to be on, how much does it help to sit here and to be able to talk to each other today . Its through unfortunate circumstances that weve come together but its something which we need to turn into a positive, and i think, just by being here today and talking about what we are going through and talking about mnd, and how devastating a disease it is, its important that we raise that awareness and get that message out there. You are all at different stages of life, arent you . Not long married, youve got
children who are a little bit older. Rob, i know, your kids are very, very young. Whats it been like talking to your families about the diagnosis . Telling your wife, your mum and dad, family, friends, thats the most difficult thing. Its probably harder for them. Its very difficult. My wifes been on the journey with me as well. She was there when the professor said youve got mnd. She burst into tears but i was rugby resilient. I knew what id had, knew what the issue was, so when they said to me, 0h, right, youve got this, we are going to try and fight that. Then i did the dreaded google. What have i got . Whats going on . Then it came up the dreaded mnd. Uh oh. Rob, i know one of the things you want to do is you want your children to remember how you speak. Yeah. You think, when your voice is gone, you want them to know what it was like. You have taken practical steps about that, havent you . Yeah, im pretty keen
to record my voice. Unfortunately, i cant really speak. This is nothing like my voice was. But, hopefully, through lots of interviews and audio, i can tell the kids off and still do that, you know, and tell them i love them. And for my voice to say that is important for them, so hopefully i can communicate on many levels. Rob, this is your chance. Any voice accent you want. This is your time to be scottish. Not scottish. Broad yorkshire, like, iam, yeah. Now doddie, youve mentioned a couple of times this morning, i think you said twice, im further
down the road than these two. You were diagnosed a longer time ago, youve been diagnosed longer than these two have. What do you say to them about how to think about whats coming . Theyve got a very fantastic attitude, a great family. That inspires you to keep going. Not only to the three of us but to everyone else with mnd. 2020 is going to be quite a special year because there are things on the table for us, so keep working. Lets stop for a minute. Do you want a drink . I wont give up. You said, accept the diagnosis, fight the prognosis. What are the things that you want to do . The main thing for me is normality. I dont want people feeling sorry for me. I want to get on with life, take the kids to school. For me, the immediate future is normality. A very good point there. I am further down the line, maybe live for the day and the weeks and months will look after themselves. Being here with these boys, and meeting your good self is a very special day. Dont take anything for granted and realise it doesnt really take a lot to be happy. So just enjoy today and do what makes you happy. Gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. Thank you. No, thank you. Sally nugent with that report, on three sporting heroes battling motor neurone disease. One of David Hockneys most famous paintings, the splash, has been sold for more than £23 million at sothebys in london. The work, painted in the 19605 in california, captures the moment seconds after someone dives into a swimming pool. The sum paid is nearly eight times what it last sold for, 1h years ago, as David Sillito reports. The splash is perhaps
David Hockneys best known image. This is actually one of three splashes he painted in the 605. Having grown up in bradford, the sun and lifestyle of california was utterly seductive, and the thing that truly symbolised los angeles for him were the swimming pools. What i quite liked about doing it was the perversity of painting something that lasts for one second, but it took me 7 days work to paint the splash itself. This painting is incredibly recognisable. I think its not quite the mona lisa or van goghs sunflowers, whatever anyone says, but you know its david hockney, and hes a bit of a national treasure. But its also painted at a time of his life when you can feel the exuberance of a young, gay man who has left bradford and london and seen the colour and the light and the more liberal society of california. The david hockney, the splash from 1966. And now, more than 50 years later, its been sold. The last time it came up for auction in 2006, it made almost £3 million. The price now. Sold to you. Thank you very much. Eight times higher. More than £23 million. Its below his record price, but proof enough of his place amongst the biggest names in the global art market. David sillito, bbc news. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the weather prospects. And we have any californian sunshine . The weather could turn disruptive into the weekend, another name to storm on the way. Before that winter is still biting areas of the uk. Further
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