Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its ham and these are the main stories this morning. Health officials have traced patients of two doctors whove tested positive with coronavirus. Between them, the healthworkers worked at four different places. Worthing hospital is operating as normal today, but there is growing concern in the local community about the latest developments. Policing the internet the media regulator ofcom is being given new powers to protect people from harmful online content. The road to the us election Bernie Sanders narrowly pips Pete Buttigeig to win the new hamsphire primary. And a bad night forformer frontrunnerjoe biden he came fifth. A human rights body threatens the government with legal action for what it says is the repeated failure to place people with learning difficulties and autism in appropriate accommodation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. All 12 patients treated by two british gps with coronavirus have been traced. One worked in a e at Wort
This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the british man linked to 11 coronavirus patients has been discharged from hospital. Steve walsh, who is no longer contagious, contracted the virus in singapore before unwittingly infecting his friends whilst on a skiing break in france. How to police the internet. As media regulator 0fcom is to get new powers to force social Media Companies to remove harmful content, questions are raised about how effective they can be. The veteran senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary, a key stage of the contest to decide the democrats president ial candidate. Sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. Another sporting event affected by the coronavirus . It was expected that the chinese grand prix would be postponed because of the coronavirus
outbreak. Confirmation came just a few hours ago from formula 1 hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. That it would be postponed. Today at 2pm. The race was scheduled to be held i
were hurt. ajudge in honduras has authorised the extradition of the former president juan 0rlando hernandez to the united states on drugs trafficking and firearms charges, which he denies. officials say mr hernandez has three days to appeal against the verdict. the supreme court in cuba has said that 128 people who took part in lastjuly s anti government protests have been given jail sentences ranging from 6 30 years. only one defendant was acquitted in the trials that took place between last december and february. ireland s prime minister micheal martin has tested positive for covid 19 while on a trip to the us for st patrick s day. he will no longer be able to attend a ceremony at the white house, during which he was due to presentjoe biden with a traditional bowl of shamrock. the actorjussie smollett has been released on bond from jail
leaked reports and at the present time no new restrictions will be put in place. time no new restrictions will be put in lace. . ~ time no new restrictions will be put in lace. ., ~ i. the american actorjussie smollett has been foud guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. the 39 year old star of the television drama empire paid two men to attack him in the apparent hope the stunt would raise his profile and boost his salary. here s our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. he was once a rising star but, for the last three years, jussie smollett has been fighting for his reputation and career. walking into court surrounded by his family, the 39 year old has always maintained he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack, but a jury didn t believe him. after deliberating for nine hours, they found him guilty of lying to police. after the conviction, prosecuters spelt out the impact this case has had on the city. 26 chicago police officers spent 3,000 hours of time costin
also asking people to wear a face mask when inside pubs and restaurants when they are not sitting down. face masks had been normal in wales and had not gone away from public transport and inside public spaces and temper macro passes had been the case for around six weeks or so. they go further than in england and wales as people here need a covid pass to go to the cinema and theatre as well as nightclubs and big events. what the first minister is saying is he s putting a warning out there. things are looking 0k putting a warning out there. things are looking ok on the hole when it comes to covid in general in that hospitalisation is in critical care beds are coming down but there is a fear that omicron could take over and if something does happen, further restrictions could come on in the weeks before christmas. thank ou. the american actorjussie smollett has been found guilty of staging a hate