here's caroline hawley. caroline: new year's eve, 2019. by now it has been 30 days since a chinese man in his 70's was hit by a mysterious, and ammonia-like disease. but the world was unaware of the virus that is about to change all of our lives. preparing to ring in the new year, an american virologist takes a call from this man. george, director of china's center of disease control. >> he had identified the virus, a new coronavirus, and it was not highly transmissible. well, this did not resonate, because i had heard about many people who had been infected. caroline: the world health organization should have been informed about the new disease, but it first learned about it from social media. internal meetings, who officials made their frustration plain. the associated press shared some leaked recordings from the second week of january. >> the evidence of no transmission is not good enough. we need to see the data and determine for ourselves. caroline: hospitals were filling up, and health workers were becoming more alarmed. they are not

caroline hawley, bbc news. britain's jobless rate has soared to its highest level you can see more you can see more on you can see more on that report at nine o'clock tonight on bbc two. britain's jobless rate has soared to its highest level for more than four years. latest figures showed 1.72 million people were out of work in the three months to november — but economists say the picture would be far worse without the furlough scheme — which has been extended until the end of april. sarah corker reports. in retail, we are always at risk, we never know what's going to happen because you know, it is struggling in recent years because of the rise of online. �* , , in recent years because of the rise of online. �* ,, .,, ., in recent years because of the rise of online. ~ , _ .,, ., ., of online. abby was made redundant in september _ of online. abby was made redundant in september when _ of online. abby was made redundant in september when american - of online. abby was made redundant | in september when

caroline hawley, bbc news. the pandemic has done a a lot of damage to the enjoyment of live music on much else but the band the flaming lips have come up band the flaming lips have come up with an ingenious way to play live and stay safe and brought a whole new meaning to the phrase stay in your bubble. i've been doing it as part of our sort of theatrical freak out stuff at our concerts since i started doing it in 2004. i haven't done it every night, but i have done it virtually every night since i've started to do it. we are the only group in the world that probably would embrace this and say we can do a concert like this. but it didn't begin like that. i don't want people to think that we jumped right to this. i knew, quite a few years ago, because i would get in the space bubble and we would do a parade here in oklahoma city, that's what i'm talking to you from, oklahoma city, and i would walk down the street in this space bubble for over 45 minutes and the only reason i would it out and into another one was

caroline hawley, bbc news. palaeontologists in argentina have unearthed fossils of what could be the largest dinosaur to have ever plotted around this planet. first discovered in 2012, experts onlyjust realised the significance of the remains after investigations by a number of argentine museums and universities. mark labelle reports. could this be the largest dinosaur ever to have roamed the planet? feast your eyes on this colossal titanic saw. just announced more than a decade ago, experts are now sticking their neck out with a big claim. this incomplete skeleton is thought to belong to a huge, li—tonne herbivore, a member of the longnecked, longtailed, pillar like leggett patagonian sorter pods, towering over fellow creatures near 98 million years ago. now thought to be the largest discovered dinosaur to have walked the earth. the final resting place for these fossilised remains, including 2a vertebrae and fragments of pelvic bone, under the muddy plains of west central argentina. the muddy plains of west

caroline hawley reports. new year's eve 2019. by now, it's been 30 days since a chinese man in his 70s was hit by a mysterious pneumonia—like disease, but the world is still blissfully unaware of the virus that's about to change all of our lives. preparing to ring in the new year, an american virologist takes a call from this man, george gao, director of china's centre for disease control. he'd identified the virus. it was a new coronavirus. and that it was not highly transmissible. well, this didn't really resonate with me, because i'd heard about many, many people who had been infected. the world health organization in geneva should have been officially informed about the new disease, but it first learned about it from social media. at internal meetings, who officials made their frustration plain. the associated press shared with pbs frontline and the bbc some leaked recordings from the second week of january. back in wuhan, hospitals were filling up and health workers were becoming ever more alarmed. they are not allowed to

caroline hawley, bbc news. palaeontologists in argentina have unearthed fossils of what could be the largest dinosaur to have ever walked the earth. first discovered in 2012, experts have onlyjust realised the significance of the remains after investigations by a number of argentinian museums and universities. mark lobel reports. could this be the largest dinosaur to have ever roamed our planet? feast your eyes on this colossal titanosaur. first found almost a decade ago, experts are now sticking their neck out with a big claim. this incomplete skeleton is thought to belong to a huge, 40—tonne herbivore, a member of the longnecked, long—tailed pillar—like—legged patagonian sauropods, towering over fellow creatures a mere 98 million years ago — now thought to be the largest discovered dinosaur to have walked the earth. the final resting place for these fossilised remains, including 24 vertebrae and fragments of pelvic bone, under this muddy valley of west central argentina. now rising once again on top

caroline hawley, bbc news. that is the picture from what was going on in wuhan this time last year but this is what is going on over here. the delay between a person contracting coronavirus and then being admitted to hospital means that despite a fall in cases, the pressure on the nhs continues to grow. with different parts of the country experiencing a peak of infection at different times, our health editor hugh pym has been to ashfield in nottinghamshire to see the effect the loss of life is having on those working on the frontline. people need to know it is not a game. it is frightening. barbara lived with cancer before it went into retreat. they're brilliant, lovely nurses. then she was struck by covid. she was keen to get this message across. just wear your mask and wash your hands. that's all it is, isn't it? that's all they've got to do. i think it was last wednesday when i came in, i think, i don't remember. going in? no. along the corridor is paul who is 53 and considers himself fit. he's over the wors

caroline hawley, bbc news. sophie raworth will be here with the news at six in a couple of minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the weather is turning milder from the south—west today, but as it pushes in with a lot of rain bearing clouds, this no turning back to reigr over —— this no turning back to reign over the pennines. it is really north of the central belt we are likely to see the heaviest snow over the high ground —— snow turning back to rain. we see this working across wales and southern counties of england and for most a lot of low cloud around. some mist and hill fog pretty extensive. but a lot milder thanit pretty extensive. but a lot milder than it has been for a number of nights. from two to as much as eight or nine across the southwest. a bad start to the day on wednesday. most parts of the country, i suspectjust quite grey and cloudy, with mist and hill fog patches. best of the sunshine in northern scotland and there are likely to be a few wintry showers coming and going from time to time. later in the afternoon,

are going to stand against the american democracy, against the 60 judges, against the history that caroline talked about, they will defend the coup attempt. explain that. >> they are going to defend the coup attempt even after hearing this tape. they are not just going defend the coup attempt they are still going defend this coup attempt and stay tuned for it and wear this thing for the rest of their lives this, vote that they are going to have to take or multiple votes they have to take. they are begging to take. they are going to wear this for the rest of their lives even after hearing this tape and seeing the corruption on display, they are still going to do it. i got to say, i said this to you the other day i think maybe not on air but i'm grateful for josh hawley because i think it is good for the country to see, to get these people on record. we're at that place right now where knowing who is on team democracy and who is on team coup. who is on team subversion are of democracy. we need to know this. the you're a republican of if i stripe or anyone else to have these people to have to