Of march today and the weather is looking a little bit quieter. Certainly quieter than yesterdays storm which brought very strong winds and also heavy rain, which has led to dozens of flood warnings being issued across the country. Todayis being issued across the country. Today is quieter, we will see more sunshine around, if you wintry showers, and here winds should start to ease down too. Join me later for all the details. Its sunday, march 1. Our top story doctors could be brought out of retirement to help tackle coronavirus in the uk. Its one of a range of contingency measures being considered by the government if the outbreak worsens. There are currently 23 confirmed cases of the virus here. Andy moore reports. Willowbank school at wokingham in berkshire, were about 180 children in infant classes have been told to stay at home for the next few days. The head teacher wrote to parents saying a member of staff had been diagnosed with coronavirus. The school, she said, would be closed
All sport voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i m alice morrison, an adventurer and writer. i ve cycled across africa and run across the sahara. now i m on the trail of a mysterious and forgotten arabian civilisation the nabataeans. are we standing in the birthplace of written arabic? i think i would say that, yes. they were nomads who forged a rich civilisation here in the harsh desert conditions of western arabia from the fourth century bce.
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i m alice morrison, an adventurer and writer. i ve cycled across africa and run across the sahara. now i m on the trail of a mysterious and forgotten arabian civilisation, the nabataea ns. are we standing in the birthplace of written arabic? i think i would say that, yes. they were nomads who forged a rich civilisation here in the harsh desert conditions of western arabia from the fourth century bce. they ruled for around three centuries until they were swallowed up by the roman empire. now all that s left are the enigmatic remains of their great desert cities of petra and hegra, in modern dayjordan and saudi arabia. and this is where i have come to explore, to find out how they survived and thrived here, who they were, and even
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