Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today disappointment at the palace after the duke and duchess of sussex tell the world theyre stepping back from royal duties without consulting the queen. Prince harry and meghan say theyll split their time between the uk and north america, and work to become financially independent. Demands for whirlpool to offer refunds as the recall of hundreds of thousands of faulty Washing Machines gets under way. It was the worst year on record for british retail. Christmas high street sales end the poorest 12 months everfor the uks shops. Well also get the latest results from tesco and m s. Injury forJimmy Anderson englands leading wicket taker is out of the final two tests in south africa after breaking a rib. Good morning. The wind will ease. The rain and health snow in Northern Areas were clear, more into the south later in the brightest skies in northern scott. Its being touted as the movie of the year,
Today at 05 00 growing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Chinese authorities confirm the death toll has climbed to 26 as they struggle to cope with the increasing number of patients. Here, the governments emergency cobra committee. Officials say they want to trace 2000 people whove flown into the uk from china in the last fortnight. Well have the latest guidance from the chief medical officer. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A coroner says the death of this baby at a Maternity Unit in kent was wholly avoidable. Words cannot do itjustice but we have suffered a lot over the last couple of years and we hope that todayis couple of years and we hope that today is the start of a new
beginning for us. Harry dunns family say theyll continue their fight after the us refuses to extradite the woman accused of causing his death. A woman who was attacked byJoseph Mccann, one of the countrys most dangerous sex offenders who was wrongly released from prison, tells the bbc shes never r
Nine to 11 degrees. And with that cloud around, by night, it means that wednesday night into thursday morning is not going to be a cold one. Temperatures widely above freezing. By thursday, we are in this milder air and more of a south westerly flow and the yellow tones gcioss westerly flow and the yellow tones across the country, but the front, the dividing line between the colder airup into the the dividing line between the colder air up into the north. By thursday, again it is a cloudy story. But it is largely dry. The rain in the far north west will feed some water into the Northern Isles and the Western Isles and north west of the great glen and elsewhere temperatures around seven to ten degree. That front sinks south, a band ofjust nuisance rain as it weakens off. But again more cloud around on friday. Brighter and cooler, seven to nine degrees the high. We start to see a change as we head into the weekend. Turning increasingly wet and windy with a front starting to push in from
Ow now it is time for all for me but now it is time for all the sponsors. Hello, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme suspended then sacked, the Houston Astros coach and general manager punished for cheating on their way to winning the 2017 and sackings all around as barcelona part ways with their manager Ernesto Valverde. And we speak to south africas Rugby World Cup winning captain on his initiatives to help the communities that made him. Some people have it, some dont, some people give a bed but it means a lot to me because it has may be the person i am today. Hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. We start with a story thats sending shockwaves through Major League Baseball the sacking of both the manager and general manager of the Houston Astros. Aj hinch and jeff luhnow have been dismissed from the posts, following an investigation which found they cheated by stealing signs when they won the world series in 2017. Here are th
This is bbc news. The headlines at 11. 00. More than 65,000 retired doctors and nurses are asked to return to work to fight the coronavirus. It comes as the Health Secretary moves to reassure nhs staff that theyll have the protective gear they need. In terms of getting the protective equipment out, the masks and the other protective equipment, that is a massive operation thats ongoing right now. The chancellor is expected to announce new measures to try to protect millions of british jobs hit by the pandemic. Ministers urge people to shop sensibly, saying there is no need to stockpile food. It comes as one Critical Care nurse appeals to people not to buy more than they need. People are just stripping the shelves of basic foods. You just need to stop it because its people like me that are going to be looking after you when youre at your lowest. Just stop it the number of dead in italy overtakes that of china. Almost 3,500 people have now died. And the queen issues a message of solidarit