This is bbc news, im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 7pm. Within the last few minutes, Manchester City has been banned from the Champions League for two seasons and fined 30 Million Euros for breaching financial fair play rules. 20 £5 million. The uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 80 mph. Storm dennis is expected to batter the uk this weekend. A landmark free speech victory at the high court, for a man who was warned by police about allegedly transphobic messages on social media. We have never had a gestapo or a stasi in great britain. But the actions of Humberside Police came way too close to comfort. This is a watershed
moment for liberty. Borisjohnsons new cabinet meets for the First Time Since yesterdays dramatic resignation of sajid javid as chancellor. The number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest for a decade. And on newswatch as storms hit the uk, is it necessary or responsible for reporters and camera crews to be out in their midst . Join us tonight at 7 45pm here on bbc news. Good evening. Manchester city fc and banned from
european competition for the next two season after being found to have committed serious breaches of uefas clu b committed serious breaches of uefas Club Licensing and financial fairplay regulations. The reigning champion have also been find 30 Million Euros, around £25 million. Lets get more on this. Joe wilson is here with me now. This is a huge story . If you think about this whole project of manchester to become a what has it been working towards . Winning the Champions League, being the best club in europe, in effect the best club in europe, in effect the best club in europe, in effect the best club in the world. Pep guardiola has said in recent times thats what hes here for, and he will bejudged as thats what hes here for, and he will be judged as a success or failure by whether he does that. This is also the financial fairplay regulations and rules showing its teeth in a way that i think we never thought would happen. We should say right from the outset thatManchester City fc will appeal against this and there i believe for this punishment to be weakened or changed. But as it stands, this is really big. What it boils down to is theissue really big. What it boils down to is the issue of how football clubs are funded. Traditionally their money would come from spectators. We know that tv money has a huge amount to do with it these days, also these wealthy individuals who come and effectively by success at a football club. Now Manchester City fc are owned by the abu dhabi ruling family, they also get a lot of money from sponsorship, which is legitimate. It had airlines. What uefas investigation basically decided is that sponsorship money is really in effect just decided is that sponsorship money is really in effectjust more money from the abu dhabi ruling family. So the amount of money they get directly in effect from that ruling family, from their wealthy owner brea ks family, from their wealthy owner breaks uefas rules. And we know
there is a financial penalty which some people say is just small change to them theyve been hit where it hurts . £25 million is a lot of money to anyone, unless you are. In terms of the prestige, the whole status and ambition of that football club, to be banned from their competitions for two seasons is huge. When we talk about uefas competitions, it is also the Champions League and the uefa league. Youve thought finish in the top four, youre allowed to play in the uefa league. Chasing that dream of being the best club in europe in effect they would say probably the best clu b effect they would say probably the best club in the world is what has been motivating this whole process process and manchester cities up you said they will appeal, but will we continue to see them playing for the next few weeks . 0bviously we continue to see them playing for the next few weeks . Obviously the Champions League this season is about to resume in its knockout stages. I think therell still be
there because Manchester City fc had they will appeal and everything goes on hold for a moment. Theyve said in their statement that what they cast doubt on is the independence of u efa cast doubt on is the independence of uefa in this whole process and the legitimacy of that process. They say theyre going to the court of arbitration as soon as i can. We just got the statement on the screen there, we will be watching how this story develops. Thank you very much indeed. In other news. Another storm is heading our way, bringing with it high winds, a months worth of rain and warnings of more flooding. The met office has raised the threat level for storm dennis, including weather warnings in some parts of england and wales that flooding could cause a danger to life, as britain braces itself for a second weekend of disruption. Storm dennis will sweep eastwards tomorrow across england and wales bringing very unsettled conditions with spells of heavy rain
and widespread high winds, with some up to 60 mph. The poor weather is expected to continue on sunday and spread to northern scotland and Northern Ireland with warnings in place across the country until sunday evening. Danny savage reports from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire which was flooded just a week ago. In the Calder Valley in east yorkshire, they are still clearing up from storm ciara last weekend. West yorkshire. Its filthy work. But they are also shoring up the partially built new flood defences because there is a huge concern that storm dennis will overwhelm this village again. Its terrifying because you see the effects, third time in eight years, could be the fourth time, but the impact on the community is massive. Weve lost all the shops, all the business just over your shoulder, there is barbers, hairdressers, there is a sainsburys. All these places are ruined. They will be ruined for months. Its going to happen
again and again. At the blue teapot cafe, there is a family effort under way to prepare. Theyre getting ready for the second flood in a week. People are really frightened. People are saying ive had all this stuff donated but, actually, if we flood again, thatll go as well. So we are kind of all speaking to each other and seeing how we can help and get things out of the village. Lets have a look. 0k, sure. Older people are struggling, though. Flooding destroyed janets Bakery Business in 2015. She is waiting for family to come and move her furniture upstairs again. Its heartbreaking, really. We have got insurance but youre still having to peel money after money after money and there is no offer of any compensation from anybody. Has flooding ruined your life here . Yes ina word. Will it flood again, though . The Environment Agency is concerned it will. Unfortunately, if we see some of the repeat totals we saw last weekend, in some of our more sensitive
catchment areas, we could see further flooding but it is very uncertain at the moment, and we will continue to monitor that situation. Across the north, this is the problem the big rivers, like the 0use in york, are already very high. If this is the starting point before a rain storm with an amber warning attached, it is realistic to expect problems. Back in Hebden Bridge, they are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. We were looking to hopefully be back open tomorrow but we have put it off, weve gone lets get the defences up and wait until tuesday to see it out, and see the way it goes. Flooding, power cuts and travel disruption are predicted in the worst affected areas this weekend. Lets go to our news correspondent, peter marshall, whos in billington. Those flood defences behind you . They are, these new temporary flood defences that have been put up throughout the day, stretching across two ends of the street here in billington. Thats to prevent a repeat of last weekends flooding when the river called or overtopped its banks and water came crashing here, a0 homes were flooded out. Thats why they brought in these temporary barriers. Ive spoken to residents today who say they are reassured by the fact that these have been put in place. 0thers reassured by the fact that these have been put in place. Others say it isa have been put in place. Others say it is a little bit like bolting the sta ble it is a little bit like bolting the stable door when the horse has already bolted. Too little too late. They would prefer a more permanent solution, the Environment Agency say that economically is not possible at the moment, although they are working on the Bigger Picture to try to work out how to do better flood defences for this area. Very quickly, our residents planning on staying in their homes this weekend . A lot of residents are still in their homes now, some residents have moved out to temporary accommodation. They are all really just keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that storm dennis, although it will bring Something Like 50 80 mm of rain within a 2a hour period, they hope it wont be as bad as the previous storm. Fingers crossed. Peter, thank you. Well, storms like dennis and ciara last weekend certainly cause short term disruption, but the Environment Agency is also warning about the long term threat to coastal communities because of rising sea levels. Research suggests that polar icecaps are melting fast and that raises the height of the oceans. 0ur science editor David Shukman reports. Mountainous waves as storm ciara struck last weekend battering the coastal defences. In west sussex, the barriers
were overwhelmed and the sea broke through. As the world heats up, raising the level of the ocean, the threat will grow. Hemsby in norfolk has no defences at all and the waves have undermined many houses over the years. Lance martin now lives right on the edge. He is doing what he can but gets no help so he worries about every storm. I look down on the beach and i think is it going to protect me . What else can i do to protect myself . Because, at the moment, there is nobody else that is going to do myjob for me. Like many villages, hemsby is too small to get government funding to keep the sea back but local people say they deserve it. It is a real danger to us all now. We have no protection from the sea coming into the villages and flooding all the areas. There used to be a row of houses on this sand dune but the sea kept eroding it dramatically and as Climate Change raises
the level of the ocean, more and more stretches of coastline right around the uk will be put at risk. At the moment, only key areas will be defended. It is one of the biggest flood schemes we are currently building. Just come up the gantry. Up the coast, boston, with many more people, is getting serious help. The Environment Agencys flood director guides me around a new tidal barrier. Costing more than £100 million, this great, steel wall could be lifted up to block a storm surge. It was ordered after boston was badly hit seven years ago. 800 homes and businesses were flooded. When it is finished, the barrier should safeguard the town but with big rises in sea level coming, officials want people to realise the coastline will shift and that some areas might have to be given up. If we dont start having those conversations now, in 50 100 years,
the sea will take them anyway. So now is the time to start thinking about what the future might be. Do you think people will have to move . I think in some places there will be some very serious questions we will have to have. For the moment, for the people of boston, there is a feeling of comfort with the construction of their new barrier. It is quite a significant piece of kit. And i think itll bring a lot of security, and a lot of safety. The much bigger thames barrier often holds back storm surges to save london but in a warming world, higher seas mean painful choices for our island nation. Where to save and where to retreat . A question given new focus with the next big storm this weekend. David shukman, bbc news. Drivers are being warned not to drive through flood water, after a person was rescued by firefighters in sussex. News correspondent sean killick sent this from pulborough in west sussex a little earlier. This location, pulborough, really illustrates the problems as storm dennis approaches this weekend. 80 mm of rain are expected, a months worth of rain in one day alone on sunday. Thats bad enough but the problem is river levels are already high, ground across the south is sodden. This year as a flood plain, but thats meant to be fields ordinarily. Look at this sign the only ordinarily. Look at this sign the o nly a ccess ordinarily. Look at this sign the only access through here at the moment will be by boat. 0ver only access through here at the moment will be by boat. Over here is the a 29 coming in from pulborough. Theres the village sign, look at the water level there and see what its normally like. Now have a look at what its like today, just see how high at the river is already. Getting around will be difficult this weekend, as well. Trains and planes, people being advised to check for the travel. 0n the roads there is also expected to be severe
problems, the fire service in west sussex have a campaign at the moment this weekend on social media too with the hashtag turn around, dont drown. Nick millerjoins us, youve been kept quite busy by denis . Denis isjust preparing people, getting the message across this weekend, it is throughout this weekend, saturday and sunday, going into monday morning. There is some pretty nasty weather on the way yet again, due to this new storm out there, rapidly deepening area of low pressure, as you can see at the moment. This is saturday and it goes into sunday. Clearly the isobars are close together, another spell a very strong winds. The blue there is
rain, and that just strong winds. The blue there is rain, and thatjust keeps on going for 2a a8 hours. So all those elements are combining, but in terms of wind, very few people will not notice that again this weekend. 5060 notice that again this weekend. 50 60 mph gusts widely inland, but there is 70 mph in some places, large waves hitting our coastline especially south. Into sunday night, parts of scotland, Northern Ireland and england can see potentially damaging winds. The winds may not be as strong as we saw previously, but it will be a very fine line. We dont want to get too drawn into those details and relax about anything because these are still potentially damaging winds. But as we saw earlier from sean, it is the rain people are worried about. And perhaps more even that we had then we had leading up previously, because we had huge amounts of rains across the uk. We saw that weather
across, which has led to a Yellow Met Office warning for wind, but amber warnings, the next level up, for rain across some parts of the uk. Ican for rain across some parts of the uk. I can show you some of the areas affected here. Again, nowhere will escape a lot of rain. 20 a0 mm, but the areas highlighted here across parts of southern, western and Northern England into wales, the high ground of whales could see over 100 mm of rain, southern scotland may be not that huge, but its some snow melt. So there will be some flooding, thats likely. Some areas will respond very quickly in their catchment, but once youve had that rain and you think its ok by the end of sunday, it you think youre out of the woods because it takes a lot of time for this rain to feed into other rivers. That flooding in
some spots may continue well on next week. Just to remind viewers where they can track whats going on in their weekend . They can check out their weekend . They can check out the bbc weather website, just round up the bbc weather website, just round up the warnings there. The best message is dont wait until youre about to head out over the weekend into it. Make those decisions now about whether your journey is into it. Make those decisions now about whether yourjourney is worth it at the weekend. Find out what is happening with those warnings where you are and be prepared. Thank you very much. Just head to your local bbc radio station, and online at bbc. Co. Uk weather. Thank you, nick. 0n on to our next story. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 a0pm and 11 30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin bentham, Home Affairs Editor at the Evening Standard and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. It is approaching 7 19pm. The headlines on bbc news. Within the last few minutes, manchester said has been banned from competitions for two seasons, and find a £25 million for breaching fairplay rules. The uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 80 mph. Storm dennis is expected to batter the uk this weekend. A landmark free speech victory at the high court, for a man who was warned by police about allegedly transphobic messages on social media. A high courtjudge has ruled that police acted unlawfully when they turned up at a mans workplace after he posted comments online about transgender people. Harry miller took the humberside force to court after they recorded his tweets as a hate incident, despite conceding that
hed committed no crime. The judge said the forces actions were disproportionate and that britain didnt have gestapo or stasi style police. Clive colemans been following the case. Emerging victorious. Former policeman harry miller, whose comments on social media about gender identity caused a trans woman to complain to his formerforce. He was investigated. But today, his tweets were found to be comfortably within the bounds of free speech. Mrjustice knowles was very clear, we have never had a gestapo or stasi in great britain. But the actions of the police came way too close for comfort. Women, comedians, students, even politicians rediscover what it is like to think, then go forth and tweet without fear. Harry miller believes biologically