Direction is a south westerly, milder, 14 degrees. Low pressure will bring wet and windy weather across the country overnight. The heaviest rain across north west england and wales. That moves south and east. Not arriving into east anglia until the end of the day. Following behind, sunny spells and scattered showers. The wind direction turn into a northerly, it will feel colder. Next week, a week by the front will clear away. High pressure builds giving dry weather and Early Morning frost. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Plans to ban Mass Gatherings are being drawn up to curb the spread of coronavirus. Our whole approach has been, what does the science tell us . What is the guidance from the chief medical officer and the other experts around him, bringing in behavioural science . So that we take the right steps at the right time. There are now 798 confirmed cases of the virus in the uk, 11 people have died from the disease so far. Many sporting bodies have already cancelled events, including professional football leagues. A number of European Union countries say theyll close their borders to most or all foreigners. Us President Donald Trump declares a National Emergency releasing £40 billion in federalfunds. How is coronavirus affecting the way we get from a to b . In the united states, a ban on non americans travelling from 26 European Countries has come into force. Denmark, poland, slovakia and the Czech Republic have closed their borders. Here, the Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to certain regions of spain. We are hearing thatjeptoo has made some cancellations on some flights. More detail on that later, it involves spain. Here to answer all your travel related questions is the independent travel agent sheila stamp. Shejoins us from our lincoln newsroom. We have a number of questions. First of all, sheila, on thejeptoo news coming in. People have got two check all flights before they travel anywhere. Jet2. I havent seen that news, only what i havent seen that news, only what i have heard from yourself. In terms of what we have heard from British Airways in the last couple of days. Having to ground flights. Is there any information for passengers who have already booked and wanting to know their situation . They need to check with their travel agent if they have booked through a travel agent. They need to check with the airline directly. Let me bring in some questions we have been getting from some of our viewers. Jenny says, my daughter has a flight to la in may. Should she buy travel insurance now to cover it . What she should have done, travel insurance is a prerequisite, if you dont have an annual policy, she should have bought travel insurance after buying her flight. Should have bought travel insurance after buying herflight. Yes, she does need travel insurance in order to fly. Angela asks theirs. They have booked a sleeper train, had a hotel for a scottish road trip over easter. Do they need to wait for government advice before waiting for a refund . Yes, she does. That applies to every ones the fco will advise on their travel, then, if you cancel now, thinking that may happen, you will lose any money you have paid. This is within scotland. Not one for the Foreign Office. Well, no, there is no alert in scotland. That would be down to scotland. And this, a five hour stopover in miami, flying from cancun. Can they still travel there to transit if they dont intend to leave the airport . Speak to the travel agent, see if they can change it to a direct flight they can change it to a direct flight because the chances are everything is changing, the us may say only flights in transit, there is no definitive. Something that is fluid. A transit through the us. Ali says, if you are in a country imposing a ban on incoming flights, can you get home when you are already there, will they send an empty plane . That will depend on guidance and the airlines. Again, we are not short on the exact situation. No, not sure. John asks, i am on a ca rava n no, not sure. John asks, i am on a caravan site in spain, what can i do to get to the eurotunnel in calais, will i be allowed to travel . It depends where in spain he is. There are three areas of spain where you cannot travel. It will depend where in spain he is as to whether oi where in spain he is as to whether or not he can come out. Many thanks indeed for that. The cancellation affects men and spain, the islands, with immediate effect. Jet2 it is based in nine airports here. This is their website statement. The airline has cancelled all flights to mainland spain, bulgaria islands and ca nary islands with mainland spain, bulgaria islands and Canary Islands with immediate effect balearic islands. People with disabilities and their carers are calling for more support from the government as the number of uk cases of coronavirus continues to rise. Theyre among the group most vulnerable to the effects of the virus and many say theyre worried about who will care for them as the outbreak worsens. Jayne mccubbin has been hearing their stories. Its hard to avoid the fear, but what do you do when your loved ones rely solely on you . Hello, dan. Hello. Tell me whos in this picture. Ok, in this picture is my wife, amy, and my daughter emily, who has spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and is a wheelchair user. Im currently looking after both. But i love them absolutely both to pieces. Love the stardust of them. But youre worried. But im very worried. Because as it stands, if i were to contract coronavirus whos going to step in and do the very personal care which both of them need . I cant leave it to a friend or neighbour, it has to be to a care professional, and, unfortunately, they are a very rare breed. Right now there are over 120,000 vacancies in the social care system. What happens if a suggested coronavirus sickness rate of 20 hits . Hello, liz. Hi, jayne. Tell me about your brother and daughter. My brother and daughter both have downs syndrome. Elsas 23 and she lives at home with me. And my brother lives around the corner in his own flat with a 24 7 support team. This is why youre so worried. People are going to get sick. Much has been said about the risk to the elderly, but there are other sectors of society for whom this outbreak is a huge concern. I mean, youre also worried because routine for your brother is so very important. I dont know how hell cope when he cant do the things he loves. And theyre just ordinary Little Things like going to the shops. He loves to shake peoples hands. Thats a bit of a no no right now, isnt it . Were working on teaching him elbow bumps. The routines the change to routines could really upset his mental health. These are the many and varied consequences of a virus which were told, repeatedly, for the majority is no worse than the flu. This mother spoke to me anonymously about her five year old son who has a multitude of complex Progressive Health problems. Now, we tend to make a mini hospital at home these days so wed only go in when we need intensive care. Ijust dont think my child is going to be one of those children that would receive a ventilator if push came to shove. Because there are so many other complications with your boy . Yeah, so hes progressive and hes non verbal. Regressive. So there are lots of reasons for them to say we wont bother with him. These are the heartbreaking fears surrounding children and adults with disabilities. Lucy is a journalist within the bbc. She has spent many hours recently chasing detail from the government about its plans to help people like her who rely on personal assistance to remain independent. This plan emerged yesterday, suggesting volunteers could be drafted in to replace professional staff. And detail is exactly what these people are so desperate for, before a crisis hits not after. Earlier, the care minister was also asked by bbc breakfast who will be caring for Vulnerable People if the carers are sick. So, we know that one of the things we have to plan for is that some of the Care Workforce, and i should say absolutely brilliant Care Workforce, such an important and really skilled job that requires a real commitment and compassion, but we know that some people may fall sick. Of course it is really important for that workforce, as well as the rest of us, that if we experience any symptoms, so specifically if you have a new, persistent cough, if you have a High Temperature then you should self isolate, you should not be going to care for someone who might be vulnerable. And im sure thats absolutely the approach that the Care Workforce will take. But thats why local authorities are working with care providers to contact them and establish methods of providing mutual support, so that, for instance, if one provider should find that they have sickness in their workforce, another provider may be able to step in and help out. This is exactly the kind of planning thats going ahead to make sure that there is the care that people need. There are 120,000 vacancies even as we speak in social care, where are these people who are suitably qualified coming from . The notion there was a pool of people who are sufficiently well qualified or trained to do the kind of roles were talking about, some which are quite specialised roles, people are very concerned that there is not a pool of people. No matter how many times you say you can ask around and swap amongst each organisation, theres not a pool of people available. We know that organisations will work together, the nhs, care providers will get together. Well also be drawing people who already have the skills but, for instance, who may at the moment be doing otherjobs, but may be able to volunteer to come back and help out. Of course we would make sure anyone doing any particular job, particular caring role, would need to have the right skills for doing that. How much money is being. . We know about the nhs commitment, which is effectively a blank cheque. How much money for social care is being put forward by the government . Well, as the chancellor said in the budget, he committed upfront for a five billion funding pot which will go to the nhs, to support local authorities, to support social care providers with the pressures and if more money is needed, there will be more money. Money will not get in the way of us making sure that there is the care that people need. So, if a care home has closed its doors and they are facing a staffing crisis in as much as, say, 20 , which is not an unreasonable figure, of their own workforce is not there, would loved ones be able to go in to help their family members in those circumstances . Its a really good question you ask, because quite a few people have asked me about Visitor Policy for care homes over the last few days, which is why we worked with industry experts, with medical experts on what would be the best guidance we could give and in the guidance that was published yesterday, the recommendation is that somebody whos unwell should not visit a care home. In fact, thats the normal situation, if youre unwell you shouldnt go visiting, but particularly if you have the symptoms of coronavirus, a new, persistent cough or a High Temperature, then you should absolutely not visit. My question really was more along the lines, if youre healthy and if youre concerned that, within a care environment, your loved one will not be receiving the right amount of care, and the home is effectively closed to visitors, what then . Well, as i was saying, about the Visitor Policy, it is up to care homes to establish their own Visitor Policy, but our advice at the moment isnt to completely closed to visitors because actually it is really important for family to be able to visit relatives who are in a care home. We should be addressing this as something thats not, this isntjust about steps that can be applied for a couple of weeks, we know that this may take many weeks, it may take a couple of months. Weve got to have more sustainable approach. And, as i said, local authorities are working with care providers to make sure that they are prepared to cope in the event of staff sicknesses. And you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus and how to protect yourself on the bbc news app and on our website bbc. Co. Uk news. Now, on bbc news, click. In 1998, the release of First Person Shooter half life sent a seismic shock across the world of video games. It featured cinematic storytelling, taut action sequences and some of the creepiest bad guys ever to grace a video game. Well, lets just say your hour has come again. I remember when half life came out, november 1998, a massive moment in pc gaming. Before than, it had been doom that defined shooter games. Half life reset the bar. A sequel followed in 200a. Gunfire. Cheering. Fans patiently awaited new half life content but its makers, a Company Called valve, went very quiet on the half life front. Until now, that is. Marc cieslak has been to valves headquarters in the us, where hes got his hands on their latest addition to the franchise a game which has surprised many by embracing Virtual Reality. Bellevue, washington is home to valve software, an Award WinningGames Development company. It has plans to reinvigorate Virtual Reality, with half lifes help a title which changed games forever. Hey, mr freeman. I had a bunch of messages for you but we had a system crash. There has been a lot of hype and high hopes around the rebirth of Virtual Reality. Vr headsets have arrived from a variety of different companies. But in recent years, interest in the technology has waned. Virtual reality, it seems, is lacking a killer app. That, however, could be about to change. Morning, mr freeman. Looks like youre running late. Everyone has been so excited on the idea of a new half life game for years. The first one gave us such a new cinematic way of experiencing a game. The second one, it handed us the gravity gun, we had much more puzzling, much more storytelling. My god, we made it and it has almost become a kind ofjoke over the last 13 years of half life 3 being announced, because valve has always teased that something would come. There were lots of rumours, everybody wanted something new, but now finally, being told that we have got something in that universe, its a whole new full length story. Its probably fair to say that a new half life game will be one of the most keenly anticipated titles of the last decade. But is making it a Virtual Reality only title a way of shifting vr headsets . I mean, this is a way to sell vr headsets. The minute you put a half life game on vr, its going to make people buy something or potentially look into buying something they hadnt had before. But its notjust available on valves headsets, its available everywhere. So what this will do is potentially reinvigorate and kick start everybodys interest in the entire vr space. One of our goals here was to hopefully show a bunch of people who looked at vr and thought it looks interesting but not yet, it hadnt convinced them yet, to say oh, theres an experience over they really want, and hopefully they will see this and say, actually, ill go check that out. This is the moment that ive been waiting for. Its been 16 years since half life 2 was released and 13 years since weve had any new half life content. Right now, im going to try out the latest game in the series in Virtual Reality. Im playing using valves own vr hardware, called index. The controllers features sensors which translate my hand and finger movements. This will allow me to interact with the game world in much the same way as i would in the real world. Here weve got an opportunity to try out some of the gameplay mechanics, so we have the gravity gloves, which should allow me to pull this. And grab it. And throw it towards one of those barnacles. Let the barnacle eat it. When you see items, you can grab them with the gravity gloves, catch them, store them in your backpack for later. The title has been designed to work with a wide variety of different vr headsets but the games demanding Technical Specifications means that it will have to run on a pretty high end pc. The full index vr set up like this one isnt cheap, either, costing nearly £1,000. Cant open these doors theyre jammed. Ah, that opens up for me. Here we go. Almost everything you interact with in the game works like it does in the real world everything apart from travel. Getting around turns out to be one of the more interesting things in Virtual Reality. Its one of the trickier problems to solve. In so many things that are local scale allow you to just use your body in a natural way, like, im going to pick up a bucket to look at whats underneath it. Traversing space doesnt quite yet allow you to use your body in that way. There are a couple of different styles of teleportation and then a more Traditional Movement that is we call continuous motion. And some people are more comfortable with one than another. This is genuinely extremely tense. Argh ok, well, i need new underwear. This adds an entirely new dimension to video game combat one of absolute pant wetting fear. Well find out what kind of impact half life alyx has when it releases on march 23. Were all being told that the best way to combat the coronavirus is by washing our hands thoroughly with soap and water. But when we cant get to a basin, many of us are also using alcohol based hand sanitiser. So much so that supplies have been running low. One company we met in taiwan last year hopes to have found the solution. This is the eleclean, a device that is claimed to create your own disinfectant. Hopefully that will do the trick. The company does expect that this protects against the coronavirus. The issue is, they have actually sold out of them. But its notjust about keeping our hands clean. How about our devices . This week, apple issued new advice about how to keep our phones clean but i would suggest that you dont do anything until youve heard what chris fox has to say. With the growing concern around coronavirus, i thought i would be better safe than sorry and smothered my phone with antiviral gel. But it turns out that some hand gels and sanitisers can actually damage the oliophobic, oil repelling layer on your phone screen which is supposed to keep fingerprints off. So check this out. If i put my phone next one that has the layer intact, you can see that this one looks like ive been eating pizza off it. Its covered in fingerprint and oil. This one does have some fingerprints on it still, but not nearly as many. And now, if i wipe down this phone with a microfibre cloth, the fingerprints come off super easy. And if i try this one, some of the oil comes off but you can see it is still really smeary. And as a final test, if i pop my fingerprints on there. You can see that this is absolutely gross and this one not nearly as dirty. So how can you clean your phone without damaging it . Well, this week, i met with microbiologist dr lena ciric and she told me how. You dont actually need to use antibacterial or antiviral products on your phone, you can just use simple soap and water. Unplug your phone, turn it off and remove the case. Dampen a microfibre cloth with water and simple household soap. Gently rub the surfaces of the phone with the damp cloth. Take care not to get moisture in any of the openings because even water resistant phones lose their protection over time. Finally, dry your phone with a clean microfibre cloth. We havent used any anti bacterial or antiviral gel on this phone so how do we know they are clean . Well, we can use these swabs and this device which tells us the level of microbial activity on the phone in relative light units or rlus. So the higher number we get, the higher number of germs. The results are pretty good. So we would want a surgical surface to be a reading of 50 or less and all of the phones have readings of less than this, so thats pretty good. So theyre significantly cleaner, with just soap and water . Yep, they are. And how is that possible without using antiviral gel . Whats going on here . The main ingredient in soap, which is a detergent, which is basically lifting off the grease and the grime and the germs from the surface of the phone, which is then rinsed off with water and thats what makes it clean. There are a few other ways you can clean your phone safely. This week, apple changed its guidance and said if you have an iphone, you can safely wipe it with a 70 isopropyl alcohol wipe the kind you can get from a computer shop, or online if they havent sold out. There are also devices that can sterilise your phone using ultraviolet uv c radiation. This ones called phonesoap. It costs about £80 although there are cheaper ones available and what you do is pop your phone inside and let it cook for about ten minutes. The manufacturer says it shouldnt harm your device but some phones or cases could be discoloured over time. Finally, what can you do if, like me, you have stripped the oil repelling coating off your phones screen . Well, there are some ways to fix it. First of all, you can get a screen replacement, although that is not going to be the cheapest option. Or you could stick on one of those glass screen protectors, which is a quick and easy way to fix the screen. Or you can try this, its called liquidnano and this wipe puts a silica dioxide coating over the display which says it will restore the oliophobic properties for 12 months. It cost between £20 and £30 and you have to let it set on the phone for at least half an hour. So i tried it out on the phone i ruined and i have to say it seems to have done a pretty good job so thats one solution to what could have been an expensive mistake. Just remember that if you do clean your phone, as soon as you touch it, youre putting germs back on it again and the most important advice remains to wash your hands thoroughly and frequently. That is it for the short version of this weeks click. As ever, the full length version can be found on the bbc iplayer. You can keep up with the team throughout the week on instagram, facebook, youtube and twitter at bbcclick. Thanks for watching. Hello, there. Its an improving weather story across the uk as we go through the rest of the day. Early morning rain has eased away, leaving a legacy of cloud in its wake but hopefully that will then and break in a few places, maybe staying drizzly in scotland. And by the end of the afternoon into northern ireland, well some heavier rain and stronger winds developing. But with the wind direction coming from a south westerly, a little milder than the last couple of days, 8 11; celsius the high. So this area of low pressure will bring wet and windy weather across the country overnight tonight. The heaviest rain likely to be across north west england and parts of wales. So thats going to be the story first thing on sunday. That moves south and east, perhaps not arriving into east anglia and the london area until the end of the day. And following on behind, sunny spells and scattered showers but with the wind direction here turning to a northerly, its going to start to feeljust that little bit colder. Now into next week, a weak weather front to clear away, but generally speaking, High Pressure builds giving us some dry weather but Early Morning frost. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11. Plans to ban Mass Gatherings are being drawn up to curb the spread of coronavirus. The whole approach has been, what does the science tell us . What is the guidance were getting from the chief medical officer and the other experts around him, bringing in behavioural science so we that take the right steps at the right time. There are now 798 confirmed cases of the virus in the uk, and 11 people have died. Many sporting bodies have already cancelled events, including professional football leagues. A number of European Union countries say theyll close their borders to most or all foreigners. Us President Donald Trump declares a National Emergency releasing £40 billion in federalfunds. And in half an hour dateline will look at all the weeks coronavirus related developments