Another 200 people being held in quarantine on this ship injapan test positive for coronavirus, amid mounting disquiet about how japan is handling the situation. And moeen ali smashes england into a strong position, in their t 20 match against south africa. And in sportsday later in the hour, we report on the struggles of liverpool in the womens super league, battling relegation. A stark contrast to the mens team, in many ways. Good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. 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 60mph. 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 is in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire for us tonight, which was flooded just a week ago. It has been a tough week for People Living around here because some of them have been flooded for the third time in eight years, then the horrible task of having to clear up the flood and now there appears to bea the flood and now there appears to be a worse Case Scenario developing with a storm forming in the atlantic ready to sweep in across the uk, with the heaviest rain predicted around here on the heels of the pennines, which means these people are here again are getting ready for are here again are getting ready for a flood. In the Calder Valley in east yorkshire, they are still clearing up from storm ciara last weekend. 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 ouse 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. So, how bad is it going to be . The head of flood defence at the Environment Agency, john curtin, said ina Environment Agency, john curtin, said in a press briefing this afternoon 800 homes were flooded last weekend and his feeling is itll be at least as bad, probably more so itll be at least as bad, probably more so this weekend so that amber warning here in north england goes from Hebden Bridge, goes to another place where there was another severe flood warning, appleby, yorkshire dales, and the catchment for the river eden that flows through carlisle but they are not the only amber warning errors. The scottish borders, central wales and parts of dartmoor, too. It is hard to predict how bad itll be but it looks like it will be a difficult weekend. Danny savage, thank you. Well, storms like dennis and ciara last weekend certainly caused 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. Our 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. There were more than 5,000 cases of mumps last year in england, the highest level in a decade. The outbreaks have been largely driven by young adults in universities and colleges who did not have the mmr measles, mumps and rubella jab as children. Public Health England says the rise looks set to continue this year, and is urging people to have both parts of the mmr vaccine, for maximum protection. 0ur Health CorrespondentCatherine Burns reports. This is david now, and this is him when he became ill with the mumps. As the days went by, his face became more and more swollen, it started to affect his breathing. He says the pain was excruciating. It was indescribable. I kind of woke up and i couldnt do anything. It com pletely i couldnt do anything. It completely took over my body. So, you started to feel better and then you started to feel better and then you got a complication. you started to feel better and then you got a complication. I then went into. It went into my balls. I felt like someone had kicked me in my balls. 0n felt like someone had kicked me in my balls. On my right side, it swelled up like an avocado. It was huge and really painful. Mumps cases are at the highest level for a decade in england. Theyve dropped in Northern Ireland but have also risen in wales and scotland. Most people get better without treatment but it can lead on to serious complications, including meningitis, deafness and infertility for men. The mmr vaccine prevents most cases. Babies have the first dose just after they turn one and it gives between 61 91 protection. A second jab before they start school boost that level to about 95 . But in 1998, a doctor, andrew wakefield, wrongly linked to the vaccine with autism. That has been totally discredited now but the effects of the controversy linger on. The increase in mumps is partly linked to outbreaks in universities and colleges and is thought some stu d e nts colleges and is thought some students now might have missed out on being immunised in the late 19905 and early 20005. Even if you had the vaccine, it can become less effective over time. If you do get mumps after being vaccinated, it probably will not be as severe and you are probably will not be as severe and you a re le55 probably will not be as severe and you are less likely to have complications. The official advice i5 complications. The official advice is to make sure you are fully protected. David found out he only had the first injection as a baby. He has had the second one now but wi5he5 he has had the second one now but wishes he hadnt mi55ed he has had the second one now but wishes he hadnt missed out all tho5e wishes he hadnt missed out all those years ago. Catherine burns, bbc news. 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 a5 a hate incident, despite conceding that hed committed no crime. The judge said the forces action5 were disproportionate and that britain didnt have gestapo or sta5i 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 former force. He was investigated. Today his tweets we re was investigated. Today his tweets were found to be comfortably within the bounds of free speech. Mr justice knowle5 wa5 the bounds of free speech. Mr justice knowle5 was very clear, we have never had a gestapo or stasi in Great Britain or the actions of the police came too close for comfort. Women, comedians, 5tudents, even politicians rediscover what it is like to think, then go forth and tweet without fear. Harry miller believe5 biologically a man cannot become a woman and tweeted about it sometimes using graphic language. Humberside police warned him he could be prosecuted if he continued. They logged a non hate incident which can be disclosed on certain background checks. Harry miller challenged Police Guidance and behaviour. The guidance wa5 challenged Police Guidance and behaviour. The guidance was found to behaviour. The guidance was found to be lawful but the judge ruled the police acted disproportionately. He said. Many people will regard the words of mrjustice knowle5 a5 a robust, muscular defence of free speech. Some will fear they will be taken as a green light by people who want to direct offensive and hurtful comments at minority groups. |j direct offensive and hurtful comments at minority groups. I think trans people will be worried that it could become open season on us because the court didnt really define what the threshold for a cce pta ble define what the threshold for acceptable 5peech define what the threshold for acceptable speech was. And i think itll reinforce an opinion that the courts dont really understand tran5 live5 courts dont really understand tra ns lives and are courts dont really understand tran5 live5 and are not there to protect tra n5 tran5 live5 and are not there to protect trans people. Harry millers next step is to appeal the ruling the Police Guidance is lawful to the uk supreme court. The investigation of non prime hate incidents face5 another legal challenge. Clive coleman, bbc news. The time is 6 15pm. Our top story this evening. Preparations for high winds, heavy rain, and more flooding, as another big storm is about to hit britain. And still to come well have the full forecast, looking at where and when storm dennis is likely to hit this weekend. Coming up in sport5day at 6 30pm, we are joined coming up in sport5day at 6 30pm, we arejoined by fallon coming up in sport5day at 6 30pm, we are joined by fallon sherrod, becoming the first woman to compete in the Dance Premier League and earning a impre55ive drawer. The death toll from coronavirus continues to rise in china, bringing the total number to almost 1400. And theres been a rise in the number of confirmed cases of the virus, that now stands at more than 5000. 60,000. The largest single outbreak of the virus outside china is on a cruise ship, docked injapan, where 218 people have become infected. More than 3,500 passengers are being held in quarantine on board the diamond prince55. Japans government has allowed a few to leave the ship, but there is growing di5quiet at the way japan is managing the outbreak. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from yokohama. For ten days now, the giant diamond prince55 has been tied up at yokohama. Its 3,700 pa55enger5 shut in their cabin is allowed out to exercise only once every two days. Today they finally got some good news. No new infection5 for the last 2a hours. And, this afternoon, this bus began taking some of the most elderly and frail pa55enger5 off the boat to be quarantined elsewhere. The japanese authorities are now finally allowing some people from the diamond prince55 to disembark. Tho5e over the age of 80 and with Underlying Health conditions are being given the choice to be quarantined elsewhere. There are still many questions about how the japanese government has handled the outbreak on board this ship, not the least of which is why have they still not tested everyone on board . From their cabin, phil and gail from florida tell me they are in good spirits. They say they are extremely frustrated the japanese government is taking so long to test everyone. We absolutely should have been tested. The test results could have been back. The people who tested immediately and were clear should have been off the boat. Why couldnt we have all been tested . Why couldnt we be off the boat . Why couldnt we be home by now . We are the worst cluster after wuhan, china, in the world, and we have people here from every country. Doesnt that call for at least testing us . Public Health Experts agree. They say the cramped conditions on board the diamond prince55 could be allowing the virus to continue spreading. I dont think it is the best solution, for many people on the ship are affected a5 a result. If it is an airborne infection, they might be infected via the ventilation systems. But tokyo is about to host the Olympic Games and japan is determined the virus will not be allowed to get loo5e on5hore. It may already be too late, though. Japan has now recorded its first death from the virus and today nine new infections, including a tokyo taxi driver. All had no connection either to the diamond prince55 or to travel from china. Rupert Wingfield Hayes, bbc news in yokohama. Here, Health Officials have contacted hundreds of people who attended a uk bus conference in london last week, after one of them was later diagnosed with coronavirus. Two labour mp5 who were there said they dont have symptoms but theyre cancelling public engagements for another week as a precaution. So, just how worried should we be about coronavirus here in the uk . Almost 3000 people have been tested for it but only nine have been positive. Flu is still a far bigger threat here. It kills thousands of people in the uk every year. Heres our medical correspondent, fergus wal5h. The new coronavirus has been described as public enemy number one by the head of the World Health Organisation but how much of a threat is covid 19 locally as well as globally . The epidemic is still mostly limited to mainland china, over 63,000 cases. But those tracking the disease reckoned the true total is at least ten times that figure because the vast majority have such a mild disease, they dont need treatment. So, out of probably hundreds of thousands of cases, there have been almost 11100 deaths in mainland china. El5ewhere, there have been around 600 cases 5pread to another 2a countrie5. There have been just three deaths outside mainland china, in hong kong, japan and the philippines. Cases with no link to china are concerning. Singapore has the most. If the virus spreads out of control beyond china, that is when a global outbreak, a pandemic, would be inevitable. In the uk, nearly 3000 people have been tested for coronavirus and there are 5tillju5t nine positive. One has gone home and eight are isolated in hospital. So, how bad could it be if we get an epidemic of covid 19 here . Well