Raised questions about britains defences, how much we spend, and whether it is in the right places. The uk and welsh governments have activated emergency money for areas affected, but what does it take to protect communities . Here is our science editor david shukman. The river wye tearing along at a record height in monmouth, in wales. The torrent so large, it has even overwhelmed the Water Treatment works. In derbyshire, the river trent has burst its banks, flooding one village after another. The fridges, has got all ourfood in. Stephenjohns, a pub landlord, shows me his cellar, where the food and drink are now ruined. The beer barrels are floating. They said we are going to flood, but they didnt tell us a time, when it was going to flood. Itjust came up from about 8 00am in the morning yesterday, and then by 9 00am was underwater. Do you think you should get more help . Yeah, course. Yet again, the country faces the difficult challenge of how to stay safe from flooding, how much pub
That is the highest level in a decade. It has been largely driven by young adults at universities and colleges who didnt as children have the mmrjab that is measles, mumps and rubella. Public Health England says the rise looks set to continue this year, and it is urging people to have both parts of the mmr vaccine for maximum protection. Catherine burns reports. This is david 0rwood now, and this is him when he became ill with the mumps. As the days went by, his face became more and more swollen. It started to affect his breathing. He says the pain was excruciating. It was just indescribable. Ijust kind of woke up and i couldnt do anything, and it completely took over my body. So you started to feel better, and then you got a complication. It then went into. My balls. And ijust felt like i had this someone had kicked me in the balls. And on my right side, itjust swelled up like an avocado. It was huge, and really painful. Mumps cases are at the highest level for a decade in england. Th
Peoples government has to get on with delivering the peoples priorities and, in the next few years, we must get on with our basic work. The number of cases of mumps in england is at its highest for a decade. Chinese Officials Say hundreds of Health Workers have been infected by the coronavirus and six have died. And why are the Liverpool Womens team facing relegation when the men are top of the league . And coming up in the sport on bbc news the World Health Organisation tells those running the olympics that theres no need to cancel tokyo 2020 because of the coronavirus. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. In a landmark case on freedom of expression, a high courtjudge has warned police against acting like the gestapo or the stasi when they investigate allegedly transphobic messages on social media. Thejudge ruled that Humberside Police acted disproportionately when they turned up at harry millers place of work and told him his tweets about tra nsgender people were a hate
For the First Time Since yesterdays dramatic resignation of sajid javid as chancellor. The number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest for a decade. Hey Everyone Welcome back to my live stream. Today were destroying robots step one. And the speedy blue hedgehog comes to the big screen. Find out what mark kermode thinks of sonic the hedgehog, and the rest of the weeks big cinema releases, in the film review. Good evening, welcome to the bbc news at 5pm, im jane hill. Its 5pm, our top story in a landmark case about freedom of expression, a high courtjudge has warned police against acting like the gestapo or the stasi when they investigate alleged hate messages on social media. Thejudge ruled that Humberside Police acted disproportionately when they turned up at harry millers place of work and told him that his tweets about tra nsgender people were a hate incident. The judge said the police visit had a potentially chilling effect, saying we have never lived in an or
Brace themselves for more rain. Many residents have had to leave their homes along with the river wye. £20 million in insurance and counting as thousands of farmers way up counting as thousands of farmers way up the damage of storm ciara and storm dennis. A rare defeat for liverpool they were beaten 1 0 by Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. It isa it is a cold start to the date with the risk of ice. Many of us will begin with sunshine but the cloud will thicken and we will see rain coming in today, overnight and over affected flooded areas already. I will have more in about ten minutes. More than 300 passengers, who have tested negative for the coronavirus, have disembarked a cruise liner moored off the coast of japan, after 14 days of quarantine. More than 500 people have been infected on the ship the biggest cluster outside mainland china. The uk government is preparing to fly home around 70 british tourists. Simon jones has more. Finally release