To bring more flooding across england and wales as another 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 overflowed 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
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The World Health Organization 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 2300. Heres the who director general. The continued increase in the number of cases and the number of affected countries over the last few days are clearly of concern. Our epidemiologist have been monitoring this development continuously. And we have no increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of covid19 to spread and the risk of impact of covid 19 to very high, at global level. Heres the bbc persians kasra naji about the spread of coronavirus in iran, and how people are coping. We are getti
The rain may have eased, but dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still underwater and likely to be so for days yet. Thomas cromwell is now 50 years old. And we talk to author Hilary Mantel about her final book in her blockbuster trilogy in the court of henry viii. And coming up on bbc news, six time olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy says gb cyclists will not dominate at tokyo this year, after they struggled at the track cycling world championships. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The to the bbc news at six. Prime minister has warnec could the Prime Minister has warned there could be a very significant expansion in cases of coronavirus and has pledged to give the nhs all it needs to handle the outbreak. Another three cases have been confirmed in the uk all of whom had recently travelled to italy. The patients from hertfordshire, devon and kent, bring the total number of people across the country known to have contracted the virus to 39. Across the world, nearly 90,000 pe
The flooding misery continues for some residents in parts of east yorkshire are evacuated as water levels rise. Devastated. Weve been here 20 years. Weve got a beautiful home and just look at it. I will not stand aside and watch. I will not be silent while the world is on fire. And the teenage activist Greta Thunberg marches with thousands of young people in bristol against Climate Change. And in sportsday at 6 30pm, well react to the eight year ban handed to chinese swimmer sun yang after he missed a doping test back in 2018. Good evening. 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 on board to have died from the virus. The respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia like symptoms, has infected almost 84,000 people in more than 50 countries. 84,000 people in more and although the vast majority of cases remain in china, the virus is now spreading faster outside the country. The World Health Or
Provision in place, but as i say, at the moment, we are in the container phase of our response to the outbreak. More than 140 british nationals are among thousands stranded on board a cruise ship in quarantine off the coast of california. As the race to develop a vaccine continues, the government pledges a £46 million for research. Also, when the water will not go away. The enduring misery of an east Yorkshire Village flooded for more than a week. And when harry met hamilton. The prince opens a new museum at silverstone with the formula 1 world champion. Any moment is going to be a time for sports day, but a look at what else is coming up on bbc news. At 7 30pm we will be talking to scientists who are trying to develop a coronavirus diagnostic test and then after it came, we will look at how the drastic measures taken by china had affected society there. And then at 10 40pm and at 11 30pm, we will take a look at tomorrows front pages, joining me is a jason a look at tomorrows front pa