the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's "honesty" in her brexit speech yesterday helped bring together remain and leave supporters. the use of video assistant referees throughout world football has been unanimously approved by the body that sets the global rules for the game. and coming up, the dateline london panel discuss the brexit talks and weigh the political implications in china of indefinite rule for president xijinping — that's in 30 minutes here on bbc news. good afternoon. hundreds of people in the north of england and in north and mid—wales, are without power — as the uk struggles with the continued effects of the week's bitter weather. motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect continued disruption, with scotland receiving the heaviest snowfall, and some of the lowest temperatures, in the uk. elsewhere it's expected to get milder. as the snow begins to melt, the environment agency has 12 flood warnings in place for parts of the north east and south west england. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. another day of britain taking a b

jeremy hunt has said that the prime minister's brexit offers showed it was possible to get frictionless trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. theresa may's speech which he made in london yesterday has largely been welcomed by leave and remain supporters in the conservative party. mr hunt said the prime minister's vision should please all shades of opinion: the prime minister and i think this is why this speech has worked in terms of bringing people together is very honest about that. she says... everyone is going to have to compromise, everyone will find something the can nit pick on. but in reality, for people who are passionate about brexit this is a package which gives the british parliament control over the destiny of the british people and therefore restores democratic control. for the people on the remain side one of the biggest worries is that we would lose that close business relationship with the eu, and here you've got a vision that which goes as far as becoming as associate member of european agencies and potentially becoming sub

jeremy hunt has been talking today and he says, what we have seen here is that actually when it comes down to it, balls sides recognise a need for compensate. everyone is going to have to compromise, everyone will find something the can nit pick on. but in reality, for people who are passionate about brexit this is a package which gives the british parliament control over the destiny of the british people and therefore restores democratic control. for the people on the remain side, one of the biggest worries is that we would lose that close business relationship with the eu, and here you've got a vision that which goes as far as becoming as associate member of european agencies and potentially becoming subject to some european court ofjustice rules in those areas. that is the cabinet view. we had stephen kennett, a leading remain support from the labour party thing, there is not enough there for a specific offer for the there is not enough there for a specific offerfor the eu. even though where there is, there is no precedent for these things. how is the eu responding? they are on the

the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has said the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. theresa may's speech, which she made in london yesterday, has largely been welcomed by leave and remain supporters in the conservative party. andrew rosindell is one of those leave—voting conservative mps and joined me earlier to give his reaction to the prime minister's speech. she has clinched it, in my view. she has put things into perspective. we wa nt to has put things into perspective. we want to be part of europe, to trade, cooperate and work with our neighbours and have bilateral understandings and agreements, like most countries in the world like to do with their neighbours, but what we will not do is be part of a political union where the european court ofjustice has power over us, where our own laws are not ultimately made by the british parliament, where our immigration is under control of our own regulations, ourfishing industry is restored, all these things are wh

what about jeremy hunt's idea that a single midwife works with other? would you welcome that as well rather than having a mother having a whole series of midwives working with her? in an ideal world thatis working with her? in an ideal world that is fantastic. the continuity and trust level is great. however midwives cannot be on—call 2a hours a day seven days a week for nine months. there are pockets of midwives who take on that role in independent midwifery and a one—to—one scheme but it is not possible for every midwife to do that. to sum up, you welcome what the government is doing but you want them to go further? what the unions are saying, great. if there is investment and resources and people to train and assess the students, then great. more midwives, great. alison edwards, thank you for being with us, senior lecturer at the university of birmingham in midwifery. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has dismissed allegations of cheating by the leave campaign during the eu referendum as utterly ludicrous. in interviews with channel 4 news

following theresa may's speech yesterday, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. the use of video assistant referees throughout world football has been unanimously approved by the body that sets the global rules for the game. now on bbc news: the nile is the world's longest river, flowing from lake tana in ethiopia, through sudan and into egypt. it's vital to all three countries. but who controls the water? alastair leithead reports in this special programme, damming the nile. the river nile is the world's longest river. it's where the world's first war over water could be fought. the first of its two great tributaries, the white nile, flows from lake victoria, but ourjourney begins in ethiopia, following the blue nile from lake tana as it sweeps through africa's grand canyon to where a dam is being built close to the sudan border. lake tana, the source of the river, is a place of myth and legend. it's the biggest lake

following theresa may's speech yesterday, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. the use of video assistant referees throughout world football has been unanimously approved by the body that sets the global rules for the game. now on bbc news, click heads to the mobile world congress in barcelona to find out the latest in the world of smartphones. this week, we are up, up and away. taking apart the first order. holograndpa and confetti cannon. this week, 108,000 people landed in barcelona with one thing on their minds — mobiles. welcome to the mobile world congress. the enormous annual expo where we get to hear about the latest in phones, tablets and, increasingly, anything that moves. a smartwatch with a built—in projector, anyone? the mobile industry is increasingly important to the economy of the world. last year it was worth $3.6 trillion. 5 billion of us have mobiles, 3.3 billion use the mobile internet. and des

hunt. video assistant referees are set to be used at this year's world cup in russia after football's lawmakers voted to approve the technology. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me hugh ferris and lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines this evening: swansea take a huge step towards survival. their 4—1 win over west ham in the premier league lifts them up five places in the table. the premier league aren't so sure after teething problems in england. but fifa look set to have var at the world cup this summer. another nailbiter in new zealand. england hold on to beat the black caps by four runs in wellington and take a 2—1 lead in the odi series. and i'm in brooklyn ahead of the heavyweight title. hello, again, thanks forjoining us on sportsday. lots to come, including redemption for riyad mahrez, and swansea's surge up the premier league table. lizzie will take you through it all injust a moment. while we'll hear from deontay

jeremy hunt wants to see announced? jeremy hunt wants to see a big statement in the summer sometime with a ten year plan ideally, just showing a real commitment to long—term funding. he is also in charge of social care in england now and he will be making an important statement on that so he will want to give evidence of further joined will want to give evidence of furtherjoined up thinking. he is supported we are told by boris johnson, the foreign secretary, who wa nts to johnson, the foreign secretary, who wants to see the demonstration of a brexit dividend that the nhs. but on the other hand the chancellor philip hammond has already said he will not meet making any decisions about spending until he sees the state of the publics finances later in the year. so there is a vigorous debate going on in cabinet, with increasing demands for more resources for the front line. hugh pym, thank you very much. australia's cricket captain steve smith has been banned from playing in the final test match in south africa amid a bal

jeremy hunt. now, prime minister's question time is supposed to be one of the highlights of the week. but on wednesday, some mps were very slow to take their places on the green benches and some even left before the end. to top it all, a little boy brought in as a guest of a labour mp to watch democracy in action fell asleep on his father's lap in the visitors‘ gallery. in the chamber below, there was more than a hint of local election campaigning in the air. does the prime minister believe that the collapse in northamptonshire was a result of the incompetence at a local level or is it conservative incompetence at a national level? obviously, there has been the report into northamptonshire county council, but let's look at what we see across the board in councils. let'sjust...yes, yes, yes. if you look at what is happening and councils up and down this country, there is one message for everybody. and that's that conservative councils cost you less! jeremy corbyn! mr speaker, my question was actu

well, the health secretary jeremy hunt has been speaking to itv‘s peston on sunday, where he said that the move could save hundreds of babies' lives. there are all sorts of things that we have already done to improve maternity safety but in the end, if we are going to have this continuity of care, the same team of midwives, we think that could potentially save 700 lives every year, potentially prevent 500 babies being born with brain damage, but it needs more midwives. and one of the things this prime minister has done is thought about the nhs workforce issues. do we have enough doctors, nurses, midwives. this is a 25% increase in midwives who are training. a little earlier i spoke to the royal college of midwives, who welcomed the news, but said that the government still needs to do more. this is something we have campaigned for for a number of years so it is very welcome but we cannot underestimate the complexities of getting 3000 new midwives into the service. what are the complexities, why is it so hard to train them? it is not hard to train them but you need educationalists in uni

jeremy hunt is expected to pledge that by 2021, most women will have a named midwife. he says figures show dedicated staff reduces stillbirths, miscarriages, and neo—natal deaths. this announcement comes after the lifting of restraints on pay rises in the health service, which means a newly qualified midwife will begin on a salary about i2% higher by 2020. but it is not yet clear where the funding for staff will come from. and while welcoming the move, given the time it takes to train, the royal college of midwives says it doesn't help mothers now. lebo diseko, bbc news. well, in the last hour, the health secretaryjeremy hunt has been speaking to itv‘s peston on sunday, where he said that the move could save hundreds of babies' lives. there are all sorts of things that we have already done to improve maternity safety but in the end, if we are going to have this continuity of care, the same team of midwives, we think that could potentially save 700 lives every year, potentially prevent 500 babies being born with brain damage, but it needs more midwives, and one of t

jeremy hunt said it was recognition that stuff have never worked harder. labour has said it was long overdue. there has been a mixed response from health unions, some pointing out that the writer is still quite small in real terms. porters. paramedics. nurses, who care for millions of patients. the staff who keep the nhs going are finally to have a bigger pay rise. it‘s nice for us to be recognised for all that hard work. but obviously, it doesn‘t detract away from the last few years, where we actually haven‘t had anything. most of us live on a strict budget. that can ease off a bit and the future will look better and brighter. i have two young children, so having this pay rise will help out even more with childcare, things like that. i'll be able to do more things. they chant: scrap the cap! forfive years, there have been calls to do just that. aside from some automatic rises, the limit on public—sector pay increases of 1% meant wages fell behind. the secretary of state for health and social care, secretary jeremy hunt. and the election left the t

but as jeremy hunt says, this is a negotiation. we will never get the eu saying, thank you very much, let assign on that. they will always say they want more detail. from the government's perspective that is inevitable, but certainly not the degree of positivity we have seen from theresa may's own mps. the headlines on bbc news: warnings of snow and icy road remain in place of much of the uk as the weather fresh disruption. temperatures are expected gradually to rise. several flood temperatures are expected gradually to rise. severalflood warnings have been issued to parts of england you to high tides and strong winds. facing up to hard facts, the prime minister says neither side will get everything they want from brexit, but the uk and eu are close to a deal on transition. sport now, and time for a round up from the bbc sport centre. england are celebrating victory against new zealand in the third one—day international. that gives them a 2—1 lead in the five match series, despite not setting the biggest targets of 234. kiwis m

jeremy hunt is expected to pledge that by 2021, most women will have a named midwife. he says figures show dedicated staff reduces stillbirths, miscarriages, and neo—natal deaths. this announcement comes after the lifting of restraints on pay rises in the health service, which means that a newly qualified midwife will begin on a salary that is about i2% higher by 2020. but it is not yet clear where the funding for extra staff will come from. and while welcoming the move, given the time it takes to train, the royal college of midwives says it doesn't help mothers now. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's speak to denise linay, head of organising and engagement at the royal college of midwives. what is your position on this? you welcome the news? it is something we do welcome and we have campaigned for this for many years so it is something we welcome but we can't underestimate the complexities of getting the new midwives into the service. what other perplexities and why is it so hard to train them quiz .it is why is it so hard to train them quiz . it is notjust about training

we heard from jeremy hunt, the secretary of state, in the house of commons, that it is about shared pa rental leave, commons, that it is about shared parental leave, better use of annual leave, much bigger package thanjust a pay rise. i worked as a nurse under the paid freeze and pay cap. and there was real understanding from colleagues. we saw european nurses coming here to work because they were being made redundant because their economies were performing badly. so we recognised times were tough but after seven yea rs, times were tough but after seven years, the appetite for a pay cap was wearing thin and that is why with the rcn there has been a lot of work done to get the pay rise and i'm pleased that the government has listened and they are rewarding as for hard work. you will be aware of the number of people walking away from nhsjobs. the number of people walking away from nhs jobs. according the number of people walking away from nhsjobs. according to figures from nhsjobs. according to figures from last year 33,000 nurses walked away. they were not going to come back just becaus

the speaker: the secretary of state for health and social care, secretary jeremy hunt. and the election left the tories in no doubt about the irritation. so... today's agreement on a new pay deal reflects public appreciation forjust how much they have done and continue to do. rarely has a pay raise been so well—deserved for nhs staff, who have never worked harder. when a nurse pleaded with the prime minister for a pay rise on national television, she was told there was no magic money tree. so, can he tell us how this pay rise will be paid for? has the prime minister's horticultural skills grown said magic money tree? taxpayers' money for the rises will come from the treasury to start with, not out of existing health budgets, so the big unions are on board. it's not solved the problems, it's a start, and we would expect it to be the start of a new process, that recognises the hard work of our nurses and our people who work in our health service, that recognises the value and that we value those people for what they do. but staff still have to approve the deal. and with

jeremy hunt said nurses will get a small pay rise, it is quite topical and there are conservative mps who are very aware that after years of austerity and squeezed wages and caps on salaries, that maybe now is the time if the economy is doing a bit better to give our policemen and teachers pay rise as well. and now a few of the other stories. invitations for the royal wedding, expecting to get one? it has not come through my front door, may be a mistake. lost in the post. maybe the milkman has stolen it. it would have been like christmas morning for some people, running down to see if they had one of these letters. have you had one? i have not. will you be watching the wedding? probably not. i'm sure it will do big numbers. yes, the public are obsessed and it will be a wonderful day. you will be watching the cup final instead. what a day. also in the telegraph, potholes, they make you fat they stop recycling. give you a pot belly, maybe. —— they make you fat, they stop you cycling. i thought this was a joke. but this is about people feeling more confident cycling. i have never hea

one of the issues here is jeremy hunt's the pressures. one of the issues here isjeremy hunt's emphasis on the continuity of care, so right from your first appointment to deliver you would have the same midwife. so interesting tweets coming in from that. a pregnant lady said she has been disappointed by the number of midwives she has seen and he thought she would seek the same one. and this woman has lost count of the number of midwives her daughter has seen in both of her pregnancies in the last four years in community and in hospital. resignation, holidays, sick pay, snow, car breakdowns, all of those have inhibited continuity of care. what difference does that make for the mother? i think you have an effective childbirth experience, it is fantastic to have the same person and you develop trust with them, especially when you're going into labour, a time of extreme stress, and the last thing you want to stress, though a familiar face can alleviate a huge percentage of that. and you get consistency of information. however it is not that re

jeremy hunt is expected to pledge that by 2021, most women will have a named midwife. base a dedicated staff reduces stillbirths, miscarriages, and deaths. this comes after the lifting of restraints on pay rises in the health service, meaning a newly trained midwife will have a salary 20% higher by 2020. but it is not yet clear where the funding will come from. and while welcoming the move, given the time it takes to train, the royal college of midwives says it does not help but is now. lebo diseko, bbc news. —— mothers now. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across the united states to demand tougher gun laws. the demonstrations were led by survivors of the mass shooting at a school in florida last month. washington saw the biggest anti—gun rally for a generation. here's our correspondent, chris buckler. in america's capital, this rally was presented as a rising, an attempt by stu d e nts to presented as a rising, an attempt by students to take on this nation's powerful gun lobby, and to deliver a warning to politicians, change t

hunt. video assistant referees are set to be used at this year's world cup in russia after football's lawmakers voted to approve the technology. now on bbc news... witness introduces five important moments from history, including a judge's memories of serving on the truth and reconciliation commission in south africa. welcome to witness, with me, tanya beckett. i am here at the british library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from recent history. we will meet a south african judge who took part in the truth and reconciliation commission after the fall of apartheid. we will spend time with one of chairman mao's barefoot doctors. and we will hear from a british scientist about the smog that used to engulf london. but we start with the 50th anniversary of one of the turning points in the vietnam war. during the holiday of tet in 1968, communist north vietnam launched a huge surprise offensive across south vietnam with the support of local guerillas, the vietcong. one of

hunt,. the use of ‘video assistant referees' throughout the world of football has been unanimously approved by the body that sets the rules for the game. from this day

jeremy hunt says the prime minister's honesty in her brexit speech yesterday helped bring together remain and lead supporters.

we are waiting to hear from jeremy hunt, nature of the pay rise. we are waiting to hearfrom jeremy hunt, he has just put out a statement, saying that... nhs staff admiral harder —— camerawork ardour and this is recognition of the importance of their work. and in terms of retention, you're saying earlier one in nine nursing posts until, so it's a big issue. it's a serious issue, and may get worse, as one of the ramifications are brexit if as many people fear a good deal of the eu nationals working in the nhs may decide they wa nt to working in the nhs may decide they want to go back home. so that to could intensify the difficulties facing the nhs. albeit, i am sure many schools would say they have a similar problems in terms of retention so they will make the same argument. but i thinkjeremy hunt is just about to be questioned and we can hear what he has got to say. the whole house will want to pay tribute to the hard work and nhs staff up and down the country have done during one of the most difficult winters. this deal shows appreciation for t

jeremy hunt, the health and social care secretary, wants to see a long time 10—yearfunding plan, giving certainty to the service and he wants an increase in the money available. he hasn't ruled out the idea of a dedicated nhs tax, may be refocused from national insurance. he's also in charge of social care and there is an important policy statement to make there. foreign secretary by the johnson —— boris johnson there. foreign secretary by the johnson —— borisjohnson is behind the idea of a brexit dividend. chancellor philip hammond has said he wants to see at the end of the year to see how the public finances are faring before making any big decisions. a vigorous debate is being held in cabinet. on the front line of this service, among workers, a belief that something must be done soon, a significant increase, with the pressures of winter not over and hospitals struggling to find beds, even now. thank you. a 14—year—old girl has been seriously hurt after a group of children were run down by a car in glasgow. police say the car, with two men in it, was driven deliberately at

that the nurses are going to get more money because already some criticism that whatever jeremy hunt is offering it still amounts to a four fourteen percent sixteen percent index linked since twenty ten well at least something i mean the problem has been and i've been looking back in the records and there was. statement from all the presence of the colleges the role cultures of certain surgeons physicians and so on the n.h.s. is about to collapse and we'll soon reach a situation where recovery will be very difficult or impossible you know that's the sort of statement but the date of that statement thirty years ago she every so often they have these terrible sort of. things are terrible and that things are difficult and we have to cope with different changing circumstances but if you if you look at the thing that's really changed in this country over the last twenty years experience of beastie epidemic blisse going to be zero second leg zero s. just it's just britain is the worst in europe we we've not seen life expectancy falling in germany and yes we have it's falling in germany it'

the speaker: the secretary of state for health and social care, secretary jeremy hunt. and the election left the tories in no doubt about the irritation. so... today's agreement on a new pay deal reflects public appreciation forjust how much they have done and continue to do. rarely has a pay raise been so well—deserved for nhs staff, who have never worked harder. when a nurse pleaded with the prime minister for a pay rise on national television, she was told there was no magic money tree. so, can he tell us how this pay rise will be paid for? has the prime minister's horticultural skills grown said magic money tree? taxpayers' money for the rises will come from the treasury to start with, not out of existing health budgets, so the big unions are on board. it's not solved the problems, it's a start, and we would expect it to be the start of a new process that recognises the hard work of our nurses and our people who work in our health service, that recognises the value and that we value those people for what we do. but staff still have to approve the deal. and with in

that the nurses are going to get more money because already some criticism that whatever jeremy hunt is offering it's still a. to a full fourteen percent sixteen percent in the index linked since twenty ten well at least it's something i mean the problem has been and i've been looking back in the records and there was this statement from all the presence of the colleges the role cultures of certain surgeons physicians and so on the n.h.s. is about to collapse and most soon reach a situation where recovery will be very difficult or impossible you know that's the sort of statement but the date of that statement thirty years ago see every so often they have these terrible so i burst but things are terrible and that things are difficult and we have to cope with different changing circumstances but if you if you look at the thing that's really changed in this country over the last twenty years it's basically epidemic blisse going to be zero second leg zero s. just it's just britain is the worst in europe we we've not seen life expectancy falling in germany yes we have it is falling in ger

following theresa may's speech yesterday, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. and the body which sets the rules for world football is expected to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport when it meets in zurich later. -- it —— it has approved. now on bbc news... have drivers got the message a year after tougher penalties for texting and driving were introduced? inside out investigates. hello and a warm welcome from malton. in the next half hour — just put the mobile away. that's the call from a cumbrian who is living with the consequences of drivers who use their phone at the wheel. you cannot risk it because it is not just the fact you will be heavily fined or go to prison, it's the lives that get ruined. can a north yorkshire jockey help change dangerous practice when it comes to the all—important weigh—in? if you go out and have six, seven, eight gin and tonics and do not eat you w

and when we questioned jeremy hunt on that agency bill, a phenomenal £3 billion across the whole nhs, as well as what he's got to do about pfi debts committee did not have an answer. we need money to pay our staff, it is long overdue, but we also need to get a better handle on finances of the nhs. there isa handle on finances of the nhs. there is a danger of having a churlish response to this, some of the those paid staff will get an increase of 2996, paid staff will get an increase of 29%, a new nurse will now be paid nearly £27,000. these are decent increases. we have been campaigning foran end to increases. we have been campaigning for an end to the pay cap and proper pay for our nurses. what i am worried about is that if we don't tackle the problems in the nhs would this budget and its underfunding, what could happen as we would see hospitals still trying to find ways of cutting corners and we have been clear about the ways this might happen. some of the changes in the way nurses are applied in the nhs that might lead to that. all of us to see nurses being paid more but we also w

hunt is offering it's still about it's to a full fourteen percent sixteen percent in the index link since twenty ten well at least it's something i mean the problem has been and i've been looking back in the records and there was a statement from all the presence of the colleges the role cultures of certain surgeons physicians and so on the n.h.s. is about to collapse and we'll soon reach a situation where recovery will be very difficult or impossible you know that's the sort of statement but the date of that statement thirty years ago see every so often they have these terrible sort of. things are terrible and. things are difficult and we have to cope with different changing circumstances but if you if you look at the thing that's really changed in this country over the last twenty years it's been a busy city epidemic blisse going to be easy. the second leg still in s. just it's just britain is the worst in europe we we've not seen life expectancy falling in germany and yes we have it is falling in germany it's falling in the united states and it's falling here and what do those th

the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has suggested that plans to reform the adult social care system in england will include a cap on the cost of care. mr hunt has set out seven key principles which he says will guide the changes, acknowledging that patients with conditions such as dementia faced a far greater financial burden than those with other illnesses. the government is due to publish its strategy later this year. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. 0k, charles? are you going to watch... charles, are you going to watch ginge? the care system in england is a punitive lottery for people like charles major, who has dementia, according to today‘s speech by the health and care secretary. here at woodbury manor in north london, he gets good care, but his wife who used to look after him at home had to fight for the local authority‘s support they needed. they don‘t have funding, enough funding, for everyone. and i think you‘ve got to really get to the state where you‘re at rock bottom before they really take notice of you. here, care staff work alongside nhs

the health and social care secretary, jeremy hunt, has called for a ten—year spending plan to provide stability for the nhs. mrs may hasn't said how long it will be, but clearly more than the usual three—year spending review period. well, i'm very sceptical, because the government have refused to give the nhs the funding it desperately needs over eight years now. that's why the nhs is in crisis. that's why waiting lists have grown so dramatically. the government has decided it needs to come up with a plan before another pressurised winter in the nhs, and ahead of the spending review for other departments due next year. but that doesn't leave a lot of time to come up with credible proposals. the government has been increasing health spending in england above inflation, but patient demand has been rising faster, and trying to assess where that trend goes, with all the demographic pressures, will be quite a challenge for the government as it works out how much more money will be needed. under current plans, health spending in england is rising above £125 billion a year. and if current

that the nurses are going to get more money because already some criticism that whatever jeremy hunt is offering it's still a. to a full fourteen percent sixteen percent in the index link since twenty ten well at least it's something i mean the problem has been and i've been looking back in the records and there was this statement from all the presence of the colleges the role cultures of certain surgeons physicians and so on the n.h.s. is about to collapse and will soon reach a situation where recovery will be very difficult or impossible you know that's the sort of statement but the date of that statement thirty years ago see every so often they have these terrible so i burst but things are terrible and. things are difficult and we have to cope with different changing circumstances but if you if you look at the thing that's really changed in this country over the last twenty years it's the obesity epidemic bliss good job easier second the latest illness just it's just britain is the worst in europe we we've not seen life expectancy falling in germany and yes we have it is falling i

here now jeremy hunt u.s. army officer and opinion writer. wendy osefo is a professor and political commentator. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> sandra: jeremy, i wonder how hearing all of that makes you feel. >> yeah, you know, it is just so disheartening to hear the code pink is on a campaign to end high school jrotc. >jrotc. i was in the program four years. it teaches leadership, selflessness, integrity. these are values that our nation desperately needs. what better embodiment of those values than those that gave their lives trying to help their friends. peter wang was buried in his rotc jr. we should be taking this moment to highlight the incredible things, incredible contributions the jrotc makes in our community especially under privileged communities and communities of people of color. i cannot talk enough about the incredible values that i learned in that program. to hear code pink trying to come against j rotc for their own agenda is hard to hear. >> sandra: pointing to jrotc is part of the problem tha

how does it reflect on jeremy hunt, do you think? i think the new money was critical because the services, if there had been no money to fund this, we would have had to pay for it in jobs or terms and conditions. it is long overdue. we have been saying for many years that people are leaving the service because of pay. at long last, that has been heard. we need to build on this and keep the nhs pay structure competitive in the future. very good of you to come in. thank you for coming in. following that news about nhs pay in england, figures out this morning suggest the squeeze on household income may be easing with wages growing at a rate just below the rise in prices. official statistics showed that average wages grew by 2.6% in the three months to january. they come a day after figures showing inflation falling back to 2.7%. some breaking news from new look on thejobs front, some breaking news from new look on the jobs front, creditors are saying they will shut 60 stores, resulting in the loss of up to 980 jobs. we will have more on

the daily mail, jeremy hunt talking yesterday about care for the elderly and this is how they have put it, let's put our elderly first. steph? i have two stories for you. i'm going to start with something i know annoys lots of people, car insurance, the cost of it, there's a report in the ft this morning saying the government has set down roles to cut down insurance claims for whiplash, which is why some firms say premiums go up every year —— rules. now they are going to say the changes would save £35 a year in car premiums. not a lot but it is good to see it going down rather than up. in most of the papers today, something i will talk about later, the church of england is going co nta ctless the church of england is going contactless with collection plates. rather than having to put in coins, you can use your card or whatever to donate. this might catch your eyes, this cracking picture of a starling staring at a sparrowhawk, it has pinned it to the ground. did it get away? it did, moments later they we re away? it did, moments later they were startled by a pedestrian and disappea

ed: opinion writer jeremy hunt joins us now. jeremy, what do you think is happening here? >> honestly, definitely a dark moment for our nation when we see someone like louis farrakhan has a legacy of bigotry. basically we can see how he is so closely associated with leaders in our nation. and worst part of it all is we see the radio luck tans of the media to really talk about it. this is something that we should be able to stand up and say that racism has no skin color. hate is hate. and it ought to be condemned from louis farrakhan to david duke. the fact that our leaders can't say what i just said, i find is very problematic. rachel: it is. and it was actually, most of the members that have this association with farrakhan. by the way, he is out and proud racist. he fills auditoriums with thousands of people. he has followers. we have members of the black congressional caucus who have very close relationships with him. they must know it's bad because they are the ones that tried to hide the photo barack obama 10 years ago with farrakhan. >> we have seen many of them takin

we have the ex—mp tristram hunt calling for the london mayor and david miliband to launch a new party. the journalist, who i respect, ran a piece saying that in his view this could be the end of jeremy corbyn and the labour party as we know it. but set against that as we know it. but set against that a poll in the times said 80% of labour party supporters backjeremy corbyn and think he has handled the situation well. eddie izzard is a great supporter ofjeremy corbyn, i was looking back to comments he made on the today programme in on, at the time that the nec were voting, he saidi time that the nec were voting, he said i would urge the labour party to keep their eyes on the general election. he is not a huge supporter ofjeremy corbyn. that is why he wasn't elected, because he was on the the momentum slate, which organised jeremy corbyn‘s supporters to get them on to the nec. so so jeremy corbyn didn't want him. and now they have got him. now, the next story, i was looking atjeremy corbyn‘s twitter feed tonight seeing if there was any reaction to the news today... he never mentions

in a way has i think forced to resume his hunt that this is actually going to international institutions but of course that is not such a nice simple argument to present in the commons as saying our evidence is that russia did it and we're expelling twenty three diplomats presumably to recruit solid support from friends and allies. where you think we stand with that at the present moment it's not so easy for britain to gather that support that it was always so used to and i think this may be the shape of things to come clearly the government drew back from any suggestion of withdrawing links football team as opposed to royalty and government ministers and going to going to russia to a finger on the pulse at all of the public are making of all this my feeling is that there's much more questioning among the public at large as saying well you know maybe there's a hole in this argument maybe it's not quite as cut and dried as people think it is or as it's being presented to us and i think one of the origins for this is the enormous amount of mistrust that you have munger public for the polit

"new york times" reporter jeremy peters is with us as well. washington bureau chief for usa today susan page joins us. also with us member of the senate arms and finance committees, top ranking democrat on the homeland security committee. senator of missouri running for re-election this year. claire, good to have you on board. >> good to be here. >> how's the campaign. >> campaign is great. i actually enjoy. >> this is what you do. >> this is what i do. it's really hard work. i've moved around missouri with a vengeance and i will continue to do that. try to -- and i love that part. i love actually going into the very small communities and sitting down and walking in the diners and talking to people about what they're angry about. and what they're frustrated with. >> what are you hearing. >> what is really missing, everybody in washington is mi missing this. health care cost and health insurance cost. that is the notion of the republicans came in and said we're going to repeal and replace. and we're going to do something to alleviate the spiral

hunt urges 10—year deal to fix the crazy nhs budget is the front page of the times. the telegraph talking about jeremy corbyn, as we mentioned in oui’ jeremy corbyn, as we mentioned in our news bulletin, and england raise eyebrows as cricket cheating furore rocks australian cricket. and the palm sunday procession yesterday. here is the front page of the guardian, students from a school in florida where17 people were shot dead last month, sharing the stage at the march four hour lives rally. —— march for our lives. at the march four hour lives rally. -- march for our lives. and in the daily mail, they are talking about hedge funds is, a hedge fund bidding to make a killing from the sale of the firm which makes spitfires. and stormy daniels on the front page of the daily mail and the daily express. and hollywood stars lining up express. and hollywood stars lining up to boost takeaway‘s usa finale. they are bringing in stars to try and jazz up the final episode of the series, a couple of weeks away. on the front page of the business section of the daily telegrap