Weekend storm is expected tomorrow. Up to 80mm of rain is expected to fall when storm jorge arrives, delivering another heavy blow for communities whove already been hit by floods. Danny savage reports from the east Yorkshire Village of east cowik. In the village of east cowick, numerous houses are now flooded. The east yorkshire flood plains have ove rflowed into settlements. Why have they flooded us . Why havent they done something about it . Never underestimate the misery flooding can cause when your home is ruined. Im absolutely devastated. Devastated. Weve been here 20 years, weve got a beautiful home and just look at it. The emotional impact is far worse than the actual impact of the work that youve got to do. People were so desperate to get back in, they were taking risks. The water is still rising, so sandbags are in front of nearly every door. Villagers have been told to move out. The drains have finally started backing up and we have had to move sharpish. The firemen came, di
On what was the dry side. Continuous waters threaten to overwhelm flood defences. So we have immediately authorised an evacuation of the premises. The former chancellor, sajid javid, the former chancellor warns the government sajid javid warns the government against higher taxes and overspending. Against higher taxes just call me harry, says the duke of sussex, as he attends of one his last and overspending. Official engagements as a senior just call me harry says the duke member of the royal family. Of sussex as he attends and in sportsday at half past on bbc of one his last official engagements as a Senior Member news, Manchester City and their fans of the royal family. Descend on madrid ahead of their Champions League last 16 tie against real. First a look at what else is coming up first a look at what else is coming up on the bbc news. After this part will be live in Yorkshire Village where people are facing challenges due to flooding. The home good evening and welcome to the bbc n
International military confrontation, after an attack by Government Forces in syria leaves 33 turkish soldiers dead. The flooding misery continues for some residents in parts of east yorkshire are evacuated as water levels rise. And the teenage activist Greta Thunberg marches with thousands of young people in bristol against Climate Change. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news britains laura kenny requires stitches to her eye, after a nasty crash at the track cycling World Championships in berlin. Good evening. The latest uk case of coronavirus is the first to be contracted within the country rather than abroad. The man walked into a gp surgery in surrey feeling unwell. It came as another patient, whod been quarantined on a cruise ship injapan, became the first briton to die from the illness. The respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia like symptoms, has infected almost 84,000 people in more than 50 countries. And although the vast majority of cases remain in china, the virus is
A british man who was quarantined on the diamond princess cruise ship injapan has died from coronavirus. He is one of six people who were onboard, to have died from the virus. Here a 20th patient has tested positive for coronavirus and they are the first to catch the illness within the uk. Public Health England said the latest case was a resident in surrey. The respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia like symptoms, has infected almost 84,000 people in more than 50 countries. And although the vast majority of cases remain in china, the virus is now spreading faster the country. The World Health Organisation says most, if not all countries, the virus is now spreading faster outside the country. The World Health Organisation says most, if not all countries, should expect outbreaks. In a moment, well look at the effect of coronavirus on the Global Economy. First our health editor, hugh pym, has this report. Its the first british fatality from the coronavirus. The man had been a tourist
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The World Health Organisation has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died, but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. In south korea, where 16 people have died, there have been a thousand new cases in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 2,300. Thereve been sharp falls in Global Stock Markets because of concerns over coronavirus the total cost of this weeks plunge in values has been more than five trillion dollars. Well take a closer look at some of the news around the markets in a moment. But first, the latest on the virus around the world. Rich preston has this report. The number of countries reporting new incidents of covid19 reporting new incidents of covid 19 continues to rise. New zealand, lithuania and belarus are the latest confirm their first c