Tonight at six. Scotlands finance secretary resigns after his texts to a teenage boy are made public. Derek mackay was forced to quitjust hours before he was due to deliver a multi billion pound budget. Derek mackays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister and indeed he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. Also on tonights programme a third person has tested positive for coronavirus here in the uk. In china, a full on effort to contain the spread of the disease. Blick gatherings like weddings and birthdays are banned. Public
gatherings. Why disability and poverty go hand in hand a shocking report into how some of our most vulnerable families are let down. Down to earth with a record Christina Koch completes the longest ever spaceflight by a woman. Kirk douglas, one of the greatest stars of hollywoods golden age, dies at a 103. Im spartacus. And coming up on bbc news, ben youngs has been dropped to the bench
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, carrie gracie. The headlines. Plans for fundamental changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists are to be announced by the government, following yesterdays attack on shoppers in south london. Sudesh amman stabbed two people before he was shot dead by police. The 20 year old had been released from prison recently, after serving half his sentence for terrorism offences. We for terrorism offences. Have got to make sure that prisons we have got to make sure that prisons are not universities of crime. If people have been convicted ofa crime. If people have been convicted of a terror offence, that they become more radicalised. That means revisiting policies like cuts to present and privatising probation. China says it urgently needs
protective Medical Equipment to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of deaths is confirmed as 361. Borisjohnson sets out his vision for a trade deal with the eu, saying theres no need for th
Im katty kay. Welcome to bbc news, live from the Iowa Caucuses. We are waiting for the first result to come in from the First Contact in the democratic race to see who is going to be the candidate to try and unseat donald trump in november. And im mike embley in london, with the days other stories forced medical care people held down to be sprayed with disinfectant. China takes extreme measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. A knife attack in london brings a promise from the government of fundamental changes to the way convicted terrorists are handled. Welcome to this bbc special, reporting on the Iowa Caucuses. We are in des moines. We are waiting. Still waiting. We we re waiting. Still waiting. We were told about an hour and a half ago that the results were imminent but were still waiting. We think there is some delay because of the Democratic Party is determined to make sure when they do release the result they are absolutely sure. We are told it is down to a control issue
H a fi itafi fi ituie dont think the answer should be that if you are looking at. Salah charges in towards him to score here we are, in early february and liverpool are 22 points clear. It is a procession. Does that concern you . It doesnt. My view is that last year we had the most incredible title race and i always back the premier league to provide a story, if you like, that gets fans excited. We are seeing one of the premier leagues great sides and we should celebrate that. Liverpools long wait for the title now looks all but guaranteed, but for the premier league there is plenty of issues to be resolved. Dan roan, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather, heres ben rich. Things is remaining calm until
friday and then a big change for the weekend. For the time being High Pressure is in charge. Some sunshine around and some cloud also around in parts of Northern Ireland and scotland. That could produce some rain. Some spells of hazy sunshine in the south of england. Two the evening