This is bbc news. The headlines at 11am. If five british people including a child have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france meanwhile, as the number of victims has increased in china, theres been growing anger at the handling of the crisis. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. This is not about money any longer. Yes, of course you want to have a system that works and not to pay too much, but the truth is, security, the protection of the uk, is the absolute number one priority for any government. Officials working on borisjohnsons pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave. The met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. Preparations are under way for the england scotland and ireland wales matches in the six nat
This is bbc news im simon mccoy. The headlines at 103m thousands of people seek refuge on the beach and in boats to escape bush fires in Australia Military helicopters and the navy are deployed to help them. Nothing prepares you for that bearing down of a fire front, charging at a community. I mean, were talking massive walls of fire, coming straight at you. Former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. The National Living wage is to rise in april by 6. 2 four times the rate of inflation. Heterosexual couples in england and wales will be able to enter into Civil Partnerships from today, giving them similar rights to people who are married. Meet the seal that commutes between the isle
of man and cornwall as record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals are reported in british waters. Coming up in half an hour, we bring you some of the highlights of the Victoria Derbyshire programme from the last year, includ
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a week long state of emergency in australia with a warning that a heatwave forecast for the weekend could make the bushfires worse. There are fears of fuel shortages thousands take to their cars to flee the areas under threat. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only have four trucks to defend our time . We dont have much money. Delays and cancellations on the railways but most fares still go up an average of 2. 7 from today. Artificial intelligence outperforms doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancerfrom mammograms according to the latest study. Coming up on afternoon live
all the sport john watson. After sickness and defeat in the first test we find out how england are shaping up ahead of the second test against cape town stop thanksjohn, and sarah ahead of the second has all the weather sarah. Ita mile it a mile day to day today and i
,bea Parliament Earlier, it will be a sharp spike in cases from the number announced yesterday which was 36. We have said consistently now for the past couple of weeks that we have been expecting to see cases rise and that will continue to be the case. The other significant factor from the update today is that we have evidence in a further two cases of community transmission. And that is clearly significant in some of what im coming on to talk about around the the cobra meeting hasjust concluded. It was attended by the Scottish Government first minister of wales and Northern Ireland as well. The decision has been taken that we have now moved from a contained phase into the delay phase, where the objective is to seek to slow down the spread of the virus, to reduce the numbers who will be infected at peak, the
numbers infected at any one time. That is clearly important in terms of trying to alleviate the pressure that at any one time placed on oui that at any one time placed on our Natio
Good morning welcome to breakfast, with rogerjohnson and Rachel Burden. Our headlines today a clean break harry and meghan will drop their hrh and end all royal duties under a new agreement with buckingham palace. The queen says they remain much loved members of herfamily. The couple are expected to spend most of their time in canada and will pay back taxpayers money used to refubish their windsor home. New powers to help protect potential stalking victims while Police Investigate allegations are due to come into force. After the calls for big ben to bong for brexit well look at the debate over whether britains church bells should chime too. Saracens are relegated the premiership champions will play next season the second tier of english rugby, after paying too much in wages its pretty cold out there this morning. Some widespread frost. Otherwise its going to be a dry day and we will have some sunshine as well. Its sunday, january the 19th. Our top story. A deal has been agreed on the