Shock at westminster as sajid javid resigns as chancellor in the middle of the Prime Ministers reshuffle. He was asked to stay on but refused after the Prime Minister ordered him to sack his entire team of advisers. I dont believe any self respecting minister would accept such conditions and so, therefore, ifelt the best thing to do was to go. He was quickly replaced by 39 year old rishi sunak, his deputy at the treasury whos had a meteoric rise. A relative newcomer tonight in one of the biggestjobs in government, a more dramatic today than anyone had expected. Also tonight. One of the 15 babies whose deaths could have been prevented families welcome an independent review into maternity services
at east kent nhs trust. China at war with the coronavirus theres been a record rise in the death toll and the number of people infected has soared dramatically. And rewriting the text books. Nasa scientists on how the planets in our solar system were really formed, its being hailed as a major d
Today at 5pm battling to contain the coronavirus theres a shortage of protective clothing and masks worldwide, as the numbers of people infected continues to rise. On board a cruiseliner quarantined in yokohama, a british man is one of more than 60 people to have contracted the virus. One of whom is a friend of ours, on honeymoon, who has been, who was going to be split from his wife, you know, on honeymoon. Ill be speaking to a professor of Infectious Disease, who has been working with the World Health Organisation. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A gp who committed 90 sexual assaults on female patients has been given three life sentences, with a minimum term of 15 years. I have made this decision, which is essential for i have made this decision, which is essentialfor me, i have made this decision, which is essential for me, and i have made this decision, which is essentialfor me, and essentialfor my head, and that is principally the reason that ive done this. Phillip schofi
The baby death scandal at an nhs trust. The woman in charge appears to downplay what has happened. At least ten babies died at east kent nhs trust whos boss is now questioning how many of those deaths are preventable. There are six or seven cases that are viewed likely is preventable. This is not credible. I can give you ten names now. It isnt always quite as clear cut as that. Now. It isnt always quite as clearcut as that. Also on the programme tonight. A 52 year old man charged in connection with the murder of lyra mckee in londonderry. Trying to crack down on harmful content online, the government gives the media watchdog ofcom new powers to punish social media firms. After 14 days in quarantine on the wirral, 83 britons people who were flown out of wuhan are told they dont have coronavirus and leave tomorrow. And how the footballer Rio Ferdinand is trying to help parents worried about their children and screentime. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, the chine
Thats incredible. What might his team mates have embraced him after he opened up to them about his views, and fans locally feel excited about having one of the best playing for them. Its quite tough, fans dont seem to bit quite hysterical around here about issues. I think the media will move on. I think that will disappear. Sport has a long history of granting second chances. The question is whether greater talent should equal quickerforgiveness . Natalie perks, bbc news. The sporting calendar in asia continues to be decimated with two rugby sevens events the latest to be postponed due to the coronavirus. Olympic organisers though insist tokyo 2020 will not be moving. Austin halewood has more. First it was sporting events in china. We saw the chinese grand prix postpone on wednesday. But now events in other countries are starting to be affected. Today its been the singapore and hong kong tournaments that have been rescheduled. Theyve now been more than 40,000 cases of this coronavirus
To the south and takes a low dives to the south and takes a low pressure away. Mid week it buckles north turning things wet and windy but at the end of the week back to square but at the end of the week back to square one, but at the end of the week back to square one, sitting in the chillier air with square one, sitting in the chillier airwitha square one, sitting in the chillier air with a showery north westerly weather regime. For the following week, still chilly with temperatures a couple of degrees below average. Many of us should see some distance both of sunshine but there will be showers in the air will be cold enough for them to be wintry across high ground and then through the middle of the week, windy spell of weather. Not named storm type weather. Not named storm type weather but the windiest of the five days of the week ahead and probably the wettest as well. In the short term it is that wintry weather for a bring our focus to as we had through tonight and particularly for