and nhs tayside, because they've allowed this as well. we need questions asked in the scottish parliament. we need the waking up and make sure that this never ever happens again. good evening, it has been a mixed e—learning across the country so far and that is not going to change during sunday. different places will have different types of weather but it will be wet and breezy at times, equally a bit of sunshine. the night, rain returning to western parts of england, wales, northern england as well, rain across northern ireland and heavy burst of rain across scotland, the far north—east holding on to clear skies so north—east holding on to clear skies so relatively chilly here, elsewhere quite mild night. tomorrow, patchy rain in western parts, heavier rain moving northwards across scotland. brighter in southern and eastern scotland. northern ireland not having a bad afternoon. england and wales, patchy cloud and sunny spells, warming the south—east corner. wet and windy across north and west scotland during sunday night. cooler

the chairman of nhs connell, has resigned. in recent years, nhs tayside has but i've been investigating other serious concerns — claims that patients have been irreversibly damaged by a brain and spinal surgeon. i want to find out what the health board knew about these concerns and why they allowed the surgeon to carry on operating. tonight on our programme, scandal which defies the profession‘s oath to, first, do no harm. pain wears you down. and knowing that there's nothing that can be done... ..scares me. david vile was someone who enjoyed life, an active family man who liked to travel. but now he lives in constant pain. hi, david. his problems started a prolapsed spinal disc. i needed the surgery because i couldn't function, literally. i was just in unbelievable pain. he was referred to ninewells hospital in dundee and to sam eljamel, the top consultant neurosurgeon. there, he'd have an operation on his damaged disc. i had faith in this man that he was going to sort my back. a little bit of finesse, he's a brain surgeo

and nhs tayside, because they've allowed this as well. we need questions asked in the scottish parliament. we need the waking up and make sure that this never ever happens again. good morning. the weekend is upon us. many of us will see a little bit of rain at some stage in the weekend. that is by no means the whole story. there will be a lot of dry weather around as well and some spells of sunshine. quite a complex pressure pattern. high pressure to the south. one area of low pressure to the north—east. then this wriggling weather front pushing in from the atlantic. this is essentially going to send a pipeline of moisture in across central parts of the uk. for wales, the midlands, northern england, we will seek outbreaks of rain through the day, the odd heavy burst. some of that rain dribbling down into east anglia. the further south you are more in the way of dry weather, some brightness and brighter skies to be had further north through saturday afternoon. extra cloud through the far north—east of scotland. get yourself into some s

and in 2016, nhs tayside settled her case out of court. since the operation, she suffers pain and constant dry—eye problems. she's been depressed and runs the risk of her condition deteriorating. it's atrocious for nhs tayside to allow this surgeon, who had blatantly made a mistake the first time, to allow him to perform another complex operation. it's unthinkable. it's not acceptable. nhs tayside told us they acted immediately to suspend mr eljamel after they received the results of the royal college of surgeons' review of his work. but that's not true. the royal college of surgeons told us it sent the report on the 6th of december — a full three days before jules rose's operation — and that it completed the interim report two months ahead of that. so, why was mr eljamel allowed to carry on operating? if the health board had come to the conclusion that they were going to suspend him, i would have expected that that would have been immediate. there must have been someone who knew he was to be suspended the day before that operating l

if it saves the nhs a bit of money, i wa nt it saves the nhs a bit of money, i want what is effective, as long as it is as safe and effective as the existing treatments. i will go for the cheaper option and save the nhs some money. when the health budget is under pressure, as it has been for many years now, all those savings are immensely important. rescue operations to find survivors of a ferry that capsized on lake victoria in northern tanzania resumed at first light today. more than 100 people are now reported to have died when it sank yesterday. hundreds are still missing. the vessel overturned close to the shore on lake victoria in the north of the country. caroline rigby reports. rescuers at the scene of tanzania ‘s latest boating disaster. reports suggest this passenger ferry may have been overloaded when it capsized with as many as 400 people on board. witnesses described seeing it sinking in front of them. translation: look, look, there is the ferry, it has sunk. it has just sank right now. the vessel overturned on lake victoria, the largest in africa. capsizing between the

to help develop systems which work across the various elements of the nhs and the new nhs act which will be tested in five parts of the country. the nhs is really running to catch up on them. and it does seem extraordinary how much is still recorded on bits of paper in files, and individual gps' surgeries. i think that is right, and i i think what matt hancock does well here is join up those records. he highlights the tragic case of tamara mills, a 13—year—old from newcastle had died of asthma attack occurs when she was rushed to hospital records were not easily available, pointing out medication and so forth that she was on. i think it really is a pressing issue. do i have much confidence that this can be achieved easily? not really, the government doesn't have a good record in terms of ambitious it projects. £200 million and a small app trial i think is going to take a lot longer and more money than that to get somewhere.- hints that part of the solution, which is allowing patients to have a lot more access to the details and information that is kept on them and a clinical re

the drug — avastin — could save the nhs £500 million a year. more than 130 people have died after a ferry carrying hundreds capsized on lake victoria in tanzania — many are still missing. bbc research has revealed councils across the uk have nearly a0 different sets of rules for recycling plastic. back to our top story, and with the eu and the prime minister at stalemate over brexit, what are the different options now for the uk? there are just six months left until we leave the eu and our deputy political editorjohn pienaar has been to paignton in devon to look at where we could go from here. how will trade work, after brexit? will we be richer or poorer? why haven't we left yet? will it definitely happen? where's the brexitjourney leading? the leavers' slogan was about taking back control, so the promise is a return trip to the way things used to be — a more british way. but from here, britain's post—brexitjourney could take any number of directions. there's the unique, bespoke trade deal that theresa may wants, or a free trade agreemen

an nhs england spokesperson told us: "nhs england launched the nhs gp health service in 2017, a world first, nationally—funded confidential service which specialises in supporting gps and trainee gps experiencing mental ill health and which has already helped more than 1,500 gps. nhs trusts and clinical commissioning groups, may offer additional support for professionals in their area, for example ccgs in london have commissioned the nhs practitioner health programme for their staff." we will talk more about that later in the programme. if you are a doctor, a particular a doctor, but a medical professional generally, who looks after your mental health? who do you turn to when you have mental health issues. still to come. we'll be speaking to a mother and her ten—year—old son about the huge costs that come with getting your child to and from hospital if they have cancer. reality star lucy mecklenburgh is here for herfirst reality star lucy mecklenburgh is here for her first interview since here for her first interview since her boyfriend ryan thomas was accused of physical abuse

this is a huge win for the nhs and one with potentially far—reaching ramifications. it is, especially when you consider that there are around 26,000 people in the uk that suffer from wet amd, age—related macular degeneration. there are two existing treatments that are used to help people with this condition, which is very debilitating and can lead to rapid eye loss and inhibit people in their day to day lives. but there is a third figment that doctors in 12 commissioning groups in the north of england wanted to be able to offer their patients. that is the drug avastin which is usually used to treat cancerous tumours. but for more than a decade it has been known to be very effective in also treating wet amd. it is widely used in the united states. it is widely used in parts of the european union as well, but is not licensed for the treating of that particular condition in this country. but doctors in these 12 clinical commissioning groups in the north of england wanted to be able to offer that treatment. the crucial thing is, it is all so much, much cheaper than the

of the fastest funding approvals in the history of the nhs. dominic hughes reports. you're fine, i know you're fine. they're some of the most vulnerable patients the health service looks after. children with cancer require special care. targeting the disease, while protecting the patient from the side—effects of treatment. the chief executive of nhs england, simon stephens, was in newcastle to witness that care first hand. and to announce a ground—breaking treatment for children with leukaemia would now be available on the nhs. nhs patients are the first in europe to get this new treatment. and because we are at the beginning of a new era of personalised medicine, where cells from your own body are being reprogrammed to provide treatments for previously untreatable conditions. leukaemia is a form of blood cancer and, in most cases, is highly treatable. but some patients don't respond, so researchers have been looking at the potential for individualised therapies. this is cutting—edge science, and it's expensive. but within a few weeks, v

what about the finances of the nhs in england? we have learned the underlying deficit for all trusts for the whole year will be £45 billion. we have never had that figure before god stripping out one of financial support factors and thatis of financial support factors and that is the difference between the money coming into hospital trusts and what they have to spend on rising levels of patient care. thank you very much. a brief look at the day‘s other stories. the bbc‘s director—general has said the policy of providing free television licences for those aged over 75 is to be reviewed. speaking to a parliamentary committee, lord hall said he couldn‘t guarantee the subsidy would continue in its current form after 2020. the bbc agreed to shoulder the full cost of free licences from that date, as part of its funding deal with the government. hundreds of thousands of people have flooded the streets of barcelona to mark catalonia‘s national day. it‘s the first since catalan leaders were prevented from declaring independenc

if money has to be found from somewhere forthe nhs. if we money has to be found from somewhere for the nhs. if we have another winter health crisis it will be so serious and as he pointed out that government has foregone £46 million in revenue from the freeze. that was a comparison between keeping it frozen or continuing with leaders duty escalation which he never would have done. this whole idea that if cut tax you create more economic activity perhaps is an argument for that. petrol is at a four year high, will he really out of that? thank you, that is it for the papers now. you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week. if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. we'll be back at 11:30 with another look at the front pages — thank you, steve and jane. thank you for watching and goodbye for now. it was 25 degrees today in exeter and london. we have this band of cloud heading towards the uk and thatis cloud heading towards the uk an

nhs england says it will respond in the next couple of months. the metropolitan police have admitted for the first time that senior officers knew about a sexual relationship, which an undercover officer was having with an environmental activist in a group he was spying on. legal documents seen by the bbc reveal that bosses allowed the relationship between mark kennedy and kate wilson to continue. until now, the police had maintained such relationships would never have been authorised. a bbc news investigation has found that police are struggling to combat child grooming taking place on kik, a smartphone messaging app popular with teenagers. kik has played a part in over 1,100 police investigations into child sex offences over the past five years. but officers say the company won't help identify predators, unless they overcome major bureaucratic hurdles. angus crawford reports. mark, you're wanted. not the wake—up call he was expecting. hello, mate, you all right? mark kirby is about to be arrested. police officers. under his duvet, two phones �

well, it is the latest snapshot on the state of the nhs from the regulator nhs improvement, the official body and illustrates the continuing pressure on the system. one example, the number of visits to a&e units between april and june in england was 6.23 million, that was a record. trying to cope with that and other aspects of the rising workloads, the nhs has been trying to recruit more staff but finding it difficult. so we have got this figure for the april to june difficult. so we have got this figure for the april tojune period of more than 107,000 vacancies in the nhs in england out of a total workforce of more than a million and the regulator says that will continue to increase, one factor, more people are leaving, but they don't try to explain why. what about the state of the finances of the nhs in england? they don't look great based on these figures. they say the total deficit for all hospitals and trusts was, and underlying figure of £4.3 billion for the year. they have not come up with that figure before, it is stripping out the one off bits of funding support. that is the di

of the fastest funding approvals in the history of the nhs. dominic hughes reports. you're fine, i know you're fine. they're some of the most vulnerable patients the health service looks after. children with cancer require special care. targeting the disease, while protecting the patient from the side—effects of treatment. the chief executive of nhs england, simon stephens, was in newcastle to witness that care first hand. and to announce a ground—breaking treatment for children with leukaemia would now be available on the nhs. nhs patients are the first in europe to get this new treatment. and because we are at the beginning of a new era of personalised medicine, where cells from your own body are being reprogrammed to provide treatments for previously untreatable conditions. leukaemia is a form of blood cancer and, in most cases, is highly treatable. but some patients don't respond, so researchers have been looking at the potential for individualised therapies. this is cutting—edge science, and it's expensive. but within a few weeks, v

nhs england says it will respond in the next couple of months. the metropolitan police have admitted for the first time that a sexual relationship between an undercover officer and an environmental activist was known about by senior officers and allowed to continue. until now the police had denied that such relationships would ever be authorised. a woman dubbed the "snapchat queen" has been jailed for 11! years for manslaughter, after posting a video of her boyfriend dying in a pool of blood on the social media platform. the old bailey heard fatima khan had grown tired of her boyfriend khalid safi — an afghan asylum seeker. she plotted with another man — raza khan — who carried out the knife attack in december 2016. he is still on the run. a bbc news investigation has found that police are struggling to combat child grooming taking place on a smartphone messaging app called kik, which is popular with teenagers. kik has played a part in over 1100 police investigations into child sex offences over the past five years. but officers say the com

the nhs says children in england will receive a revolutionary

nhs england are making a moraljudgment? we have evidence of that in the reporting after the trial with nat. they threw prep out of the commissioning process and the press release wasn't even veiled homophobia. it was disgusting. press release wasn't even veiled homophobia. it was disgustingm press release wasn't even veiled homophobia. it was disgusting. it is cost saving, and we have evidence that it cost saving, and we have evidence thatitis cost saving, and we have evidence that it is already starting to work. infections in gay men have started tumbling in the last few years and it is partly down to prep. talk me through the stigma. somebody somewhere thinks we can't roll it out on the nhs because of what? finish that sentence. it's saying that gay sex is very stigmatised. still. that's what i think. prep has a great public health potential and is already having that potential. hiv rates have started to tumble, in 95v hiv rates have started to tumble, in gay men and the rest of the population that is affected by hiv. tha

it's the first time this kind of therapy is going to be used in the nhs and in europe. for people... for children with blood cancer it's going to make a huge difference for them, but we can expect to see this kind of therapy be rolled out in blood cancers and other types of cancers over the next few years. this announcement marks a big step forward for a form of therapy that many believe is game changing. after years of promise, personalised medicine is becoming a major weapon in the fight against cancer. dominic hughes, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: research led by the world health organisation finds a quarter of all adults don't take regular exercise and could end up with heart disease and cancer. —— world health organization. the united nations has called on russia and turkey to act urgently to avert bloodshed in the rebel—held syrian province of idlib. explosive revelations about president trump's white house in an investigation by veteran journalist bob woodward. his book portrays an administration having a nervous breakd

genetic testing on the nhs —— michael gove. children and people with blood cancer amongst the first to benefit from the holy grail of health. that's the phrase used by dame sue hill, the chief scientific officer for england. there would be a study of genes and the dna, that would be used... if you have a tumour, look at the genes, if you like to get individualised treatment rather than the general treatment you get at the moment and therefore you get at the moment and therefore you can more specifically tailor it to what's happening to a person's body and the treatment therefore stands a much better chance. this is quite an important and significant development in making sure diseases are cured, and diseases that often are cured, and diseases that often are killers. the point is that this testing service is set to be rolled out across the nhs in england? yes. we are used to many headlines about moaning in the nhs, waste, bureaucracy, it is old, more fax machines than e—mail systems, you name it, it is good to see innovation a

switching to avastin could save the nhs up to £500 million a year. when pharmaceutical companies are prepared to put their shareholders' profits above absolutely anything else, then that does put us in a position of conflict that we didn't really want, but we've had to take on that challenge on behalf of our patience. 0k, look straight ahead...and blink. doctors are now likely to be looking at other treatments that could take the place of more expensive drugs. the two pharmaceutical companies involved in today's case say this judgment marks a bad day for the nhs, undermining the regulations set up to protect patients, and they're considering an appeal. dominic hughes, bbc news, sunderland. well earlier i spoke to cathy yelf who is the chief executive of the macular society, a charity fighting to end sight loss caused by macular disease. i started by asking cathy what she made of the landmark ruling. it has the potential to do a great deal of good for patients with one proviso. that the money, if there is any to be saved from switching the drugs, if t

nhs england as it will respond in the next couple of months. a woman dubbed the snapchat queen has beenjailed for 1h months. a woman dubbed the snapchat queen has been jailed for 1h years for manslaughter after posting a video of her boyfriend dying in a pool of blood on the social media platform. bill bailey heard that she had grown tired of her boyfriend, an afg ha n asylu m had grown tired of her boyfriend, an afghan asylum seeker. she plotted with another man who carried out the knife attack in december of 2016. he is still on the run. at least 131 people have drowned after a packed ferry capsized on lake victoria in tanzania. it was sailing between two islands when the accident happened. tanzania's president said negligence had contributed to the disaster. from nairobi in neighbouring kenya, anne soy reports. they stand and watch, helpless. just a few hundred meters away, the upturned hull of the mv nyerere. rescuers who arrived by boat recovered bodies from around the capsized vessel. back on shore, relatives waited anxiously for news. tr

we have found the nhs has?carried out almost 570,000 hernia mesh operations in the past six years alone. surgeons believe the complication rate is between 12 and 30% — and that treating the patients who have been affected by these complications could cost billions of pounds. removing the synthetic material is extremely difficult and few surgeons have the necessary skills. those who successfully campaigned for vaginal mesh to be suspended say our findings suggest the problem is the material itself and that a government review is needed. but the uk's medical devices regulator, the royal college of surgeons and nice continue to back the procedure. we're going to devote most of the the first of two reports this morning. we're going to devote most of the the first of two reports this morning. here's anna collinson. what do all these people have in common? hernias, surgery, chronic pain, difficulties walking, pain clinics, not being believed, lost jobs, relationship breakdowns, isolation, depression, suicidalthough

is fed up with picking up the nhs is fed up with picking up the pieces. he won some of these betting companies, sponsors of footballing tournaments to contribute to a fund to help treat addicts. what do you make of this? an interesting idea because there is a moral hazard element of what is going on. there have always been problem gambling like problem smoking. the advertising that goes around these high—value big—ticket brands is huge. half of the premier league is sponsored by gambling companies. gambling is a big problem but so is smoking and formula i was sponsored by tobacco companies for a long time and we tackled that. this is the beginning. it could be forwardthinking. i suspect the gambling community will have some strong thoughts on that but the simple fact is that the nhs is strapped for cash in the uk and this isa strapped for cash in the uk and this is a lifestyle choice and perhaps there is an argument for that. that it is quite 50—50 for me. there is an argument for that. that it is quite 50-50 for me. speaking of 50-50 it is quite 50

there's about 240,000 doctors working in the nhs. we rely on many of them to treat our mental health issues but is enough being done to help them with theirs? doctor lauren spooner‘s daughter sophie had been diagnosed but took up sophie had been diagnosed but took up own life. she came back from holiday, went to work, did a morning clinic, no one noticed anything was wrong. at 12 o'clock she took all the pills she had and was found the next morning by her sister. so when she finally could not go on, it was behind this front that had been so good that even in the clinic that morning, nobody had noticed. sophie had tried to accept the nhs practitioner programme, the only confidential service that offers doctors a full range of treatment and assessment for mental health problems. in text messages to her mum she was delighted when she was told about the php and vented their anger on the fact that in london anyone can refer them softer than bad and the rest of england only gps can bad and the rest of england only gps ca n a ccess bad an

it is another indication on the pressure on the nhs. the figures doubled going into a&e injune, 6.2 million. more patients coming in and hospitals and other trusts are trying to increase staff numbers to cope with the higher demand. as we have heard, 9000 more vacancies, 107,000 now for all staff, nurses and doctors. that is up on the previous three months compared with the same time last year. and the regulator improvement is saying one of the reasons for this is people leaving does raise the question about whether these pressures are proving too much for some staff, who wa nt to proving too much for some staff, who want to get out. but there will a lwa ys want to get out. but there will always be some vacancies, but this increase is quite disturbing. always be some vacancies, but this increase is quite disturbingm always be some vacancies, but this increase is quite disturbing. is it possible to drill down into what is the story behind is leaving? is it because of the pressures and leaving at the stage when they could very easily carr

julie wood is chief executive of nhs clinical commissioners. what is your reaction to this decision? thank you, good afternoon. we are delighted by today's ruling, because it clearly shows that the northern clinical commissioning groups who were the defendants in this case acted lawfully in introducing the treatment pathway, including the use of avastin. how pivotal was it bad avastin has been licensed in the past for cancer treatment rather than this eye condition? you are right, avastin is licensed in this country for use in treating a variety of cancers. but it was found some time ago that it was actually also clinically effective in treating this eye condition and so elsewhere in the world, in the us and europe, it is widely used. but in this country, it is not actually licensed for that use. and so it was considered unlawful for commissioners and clinicians to use it and this landmark ruling makes it clear that it is indeed lawfulfor clinical commissioning groups to make decisions, but also doctors, pharmacists, clinicians, can now feel co

and how we tackle the right end of problems in the nhs. any number of different things. we must have somebody who will not be detoxified by brexit to take this forward. that's why it's not a theresa may problem, it's whoever is prime minister at this time problem. fascinating stuff, great to have a nice amount of time to talk to both of you. justine greening and mark garnier, thank you for your time. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. today has been a little bit more straightforward, breezy spells and scattered showers for most. the wind direction has changed from the north—west and a cooler fuel for all, 11 to 18 and the best. through the night to night, a ridge of high pressure building, quietening things down, a chilly night to come before we see more wet weather pushing into the south—west. a cool start but a sunny one. cloud gathers as this spring arrives from the south—west, some of it quite persistent across the south coast, south—west england and into south wales. that will make it feel cool across so

for the nhs to run than but the company aims to make it cheaperfor the nhs to run than its american rival. the first operation ona american rival. the first operation on a patient will be early next year. fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. a fire has destroyed part of one of liverpool's most famous landmarks — the littlewoods pools building. it's feared that the roof and upper floor of one wing of the art deco structure — which has been empty since 2003 — have been lost. merseyside fire and rescue service say 50 firefighters tackled the fire at its height. no one was injured. two water companies have set out plans to cut bills for millions of customers in england and wales as part of their business plans. united utilities said it would reduce the average bill by 10.5% between 2020 and 2025 while severn trent said it's looking at a 5% reduction. thames water said bills would be unchanged. somerset county council has tonight revealed that it may have to make millions of pounds worth of cuts — this year — in a desperate effort to balance its books. services for young people a

nhs patients in england will become the first in europe to receive a revolutionary new treatment. labour mps will vote today on the decision to include the full definition of anti—semitism in their party rules. good morning. time to balance the scales. a new report says the uk economy is not working. the archbishop of canterbury says a fundamental rethink is needed to make it fair for all. in sport, the history girls do it for scotland. they've qualified for the women's world cup for the first time ever, after beating albania. after a record breaking summer for renewable energy, we'll ask what the future holds for solar power in the uk. the solar panels will be working ha rd across the solar panels will be working hard across many parts of the uk, if you are in east anglia and the south—east, some rain and later on western scotland and northern ireland, it is your turn. it's wednesday 5th september. our top story: a revolutionary new treatment to tackle a rare form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available through the nhs in england. health experts say the therapy, which

national, judge led, independent inquiry into how thousands of people were given contaminated blood by the nhs. about 5,000 people with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were infected with hiv or hepatitis over a period of more than 20 years. some 3,000 people have died as a result of the contamination. and it's estimated that up to 30,000 transfusion patients were exposed to contaminated blood. the inquiry began with a video hearing from those affected — and this report by our health editor hugh pym begins with their words and contains some flashing images. lies have been told, papers have been destroyed, and for too long everything has been swept under the carpet. when they told me what they'd done to me, i stood at a motorway bridge tojump off it. ijust hope upon all hope that i'm still alive by the time this enquiry ends. the experiences of some whose lives have been blighted by the contaminated blood scandal played at an emotional opening of this public enquiry. that's the two of us... barbra's husband ronald was a haemophiliac who developed hiv from infected blood products provi

ten different nhs trusts handle 10 million emergency calls a year. most of them lead to an ambulance crew being called out. now a review says some big savings could be made if paramedics are able to treat people closer to the scene. in some areas of the country we are taking more people to hospital than we need to. the effect of that is people fill the beds up, particularly in the winter that we need for other people, so critically sort of keeping that down is the way to do it. and the diagnosis, that early diagnosis, when the paramedic arrives on scene, is the critical factor in this. this review makes clear that ambulance service staff, both paramedics and call handlers, are busier than ever. demand has been rising consistently for the last five years and that's forecast to continue. but today's report makes clear that efforts to improve response times are being undermined. the report into the state of the ambulance service in england found that paramedics are having to work with an ageing fleet of vehicles that will soon need replacing. levels of

what about the finances of the nhs? we learnt today the underlying deficit is for £20 billion, the first time we got that figure, stripping out all the special support funding from the centre, stripping out one of savings and so on, that's the amount that hospitals and other trusts need to provide for the cost of care and it has to come from somewhere, it has to come from elsewhere. thank you. wages grew faster than expected in the three months tojuly, as they continue to outstrip inflation. official statistics show that pay, excluding bonuses, rose by 2.9% during the period, well above the 2.4% rate of inflation. unemployment has continued to fall, and remains at its lowest level for over a0 yea rs, as our economics correspondent, andy verity reports. the firm that runs this construction site in salford has no shortage of work, but a shortage of skilled workers is a growing problem. until this year, its subcontractors could find the staff they needed easily. mostly from the rest of the european union. we've got easter

we know nhs tayside asked the royal college of surgeons to investigate mr eljamel. and its review is damning. it talks about a surgeon who failed to supervise his trainees, who regularly got his juniors to do his operations for him, and who rushed surgery. mr eljamel no longer works at the health board. his lawyer told us he has no comment to make. nhs tayside told us there has been much learning by the organisation and many improvements made. but for patients likejules rose, that is not good enough. lucy adams, bbc news. and the full programme — harmed by my surgeon — will be on bbc one in scotland tonight at 7.30, and on the bbc news channel this weekend. petrol and diesel cars will be banned from nine roads in east london from today, in an attempt to tackle air pollution. 0nly electric or hybrid models will be allowed on selected roads during the weekday rush hour. it‘s said to be the first scheme of its kind in the uk. john maguire has more. london‘s dirty air is blamed for around 9500 premature deaths every year. air quality is monitored constantly acro

bbc news has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now examining more than 100 cases. the government announces plans to make an extra £2 billion available, to build more affordable social housing in england from 2022. and scooping up space junk. a british satellite, nearly 200 miles above earth, clears up tonnes of rubbish, using a giant net. a very good evening, and welcome to bbc news. european union leaders are meeting in salzburg where theresa may will try to get their support for her vision of brexit. we will go over to salt for now and join christian fraser. welcome to salzburg. tonight the eu needs, and it is an invaluable moment for theresa may to put her case a cross on what moment for theresa may to put her case a cross on what she wants from the brexit negotiation. she is looking to the october summit, which is just around the corner, and possibly another november summit, a special summit on brexit. not many opportunities now to get this deal over the line. we do sometimes obsessin over the line. we do sometimes obsess in britain about

in running the nhs people have to make priority decisions. with the increased funding that is coming with the national health service, £20.4 billion over the next five yea rs, £20.4 billion over the next five years, some of those resources will go to increase the number of paramedics copy some of your report sounds quite alarming, other parts as you have described, there is a great deal of confidence. given what you said about the funding coming down the pipeline for this service, are you confident the changes that are you confident the changes that a re necessary are you confident the changes that are necessary will be made? i think the great thing about this is, that as ever, some parts of the country are doing it really, really well. is not as if nationally we don't know what to do. the challenge we face is getting everybody up to the standards of the best. i think we can be confident that we can get there if we apply the right help and discipline to those people delivering the cat. lord carson, thank you very much for your time this mor

the nhs now, the front page of the telegraph. using ai could avoid the need to find 600,000 more staff? this is ian cummings, the chief executive of health education england and he has his crystal ball and is saying the demand for nhs services will inevitably rise in forthcoming years, not least of all because of the ageing population, and says edu use ai much better than we are doing —— he says you need to use. if i am allowed to say this, when i say a i think of a different set of letters so to speak. i always think of artificial insemination. or, 0k! think of artificial insemination. or, ok! i am a farmer 's daughter! when i see that, i think... that would be another story altogether, ruth. i said that because i need to think of something to say. keep going. it is recommended that there needs to be a real effort on unhealthy lifestyles which would also be key to easing the pressure is on the nhs. we have seen this before. nevertheless... the sunday times has a story about the defence secretary ordering hundreds of british

people say you must hate the nhs, but the staff were great and the nurses were great. it was the department of health, they arranged for the blood to come in. i want someone held accountable for it. next week a public inquiry finally opens into this scandal. the start of a long process that families hope will finally answer at least some of their questions. we're expecting the prime minister to give an update on the brexit talks shortly, and we'll bring that to you live here on the news channel. but a little earlier, the brexit secretary, dominic raab told the bbc‘s brexitcast programme, that the government is resolute in achieving an final agreement with the eu. we will proceed to negotiate in good faith. i think the uk is going to stick to the course that we set which is to find a deal that addresses the three key issues. first of all, frictionless trade at the border. secondly northern ireland and if we're not met halfway and no serious movement on the eu side then frankly what looked like an attempt at the last minute to try and trip up the prime minister, i don'

last week, the chief executive of nhs england, simon stevens, raised the issue about costs to the nhs which problem gambling is causing. in the wake of these and other concerns, is it not time to bring in tougher regulations on online advertising and also to reconsider having a mandatory levy on gambling companies to contribute towards the cost of treating gambling addiction? specialist treatment for gambling addiction, including the nhs national problem gambling clinic, is funded by gamble aware, and we believe that this is a valuable addition to publicly funded treatment for other addictions and mental health conditions. gamble aware has published donations and pledges covering the first quarter of the year. on the right reverend's question on the levy, we are very clear that if the voluntary system does not provide sufficient funding, we will consider all options and that includes a mandatory levy. the time for talking is passed. when will we follow the lead provided by italy this summer in banning all gambling advertisements on tv, radio and online? well, i know about the examples

we are committed to providing local nhs with the funding they need. we have announced over 3.9 billion of new additional capital funding for the nhs up to 2022. the majority support the implementation of plans from local communities. i understand the walsall health care nhs trust have resubmitted an application for the 36.2 million funding injuly for the walsall manor hospital emergency department. the department of health expects the scheme is to be announced in the autumn but the health secretary would be pleased to meet my honourable friend to discuss. what took you so long? laughter will scotland is facing a depopulation crisis. a crisis exacerbated by brexit. last week the chief executive of argyll and bute council added his name to those calling for a more flexible devolved and regional immigration policy. and offered argyll and bute as a test case to test this. will the prime minister agreed to meet with myself and the chief executive of argyll and the chief executive of argyll and bute to discuss the merits of such a proposal? can i welcome th

pressure on the nhs.” growing older, it will put huge pressure on the nhs. i think the answer to this, there is no silver bought or are easy answer because it is such a huge problem, but it can notjust be is such a huge problem, but it can not just be about targeting is such a huge problem, but it can notjust be about targeting sugary foods and the children have to be more at this. i remember when i was growing up in the 70s and 80s we we re always growing up in the 70s and 80s we were always outside and running around. it sounds like rose tinted glasses and it is true, too many children are sitting in front of the tv and they are not active enough and it is to change. if you instil a culture of exercise early on in primary school, it becomes a sort of, you become addicted to exercise rather than sugar. sorry, i think the problem with you in westminster at the moment from the tories are worried about, there is no vision, no programme, the odd announcement here and there but no package of what we are try

the nhs relied on pa per letters questioned why the nhs relied on paper letters in a digital age. completely. the number of times i've spoken to my gp and they say they haven't got the letter. bay could e—mail it. i get texts saying when i gotan e—mail it. i get texts saying when i got an appointment —— they could. there's no reason you couldn't e—mail it if you get the systems in place. one of the doctors here who helped draft this advice says he was one of the first doctors ten years ago to write directly to patients. instead of writing to the gp and asking the gp2 relate the information, having a one—on—one conversation with patients —— gp2. it is so much quicker and will save money. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to dawn foster and steven swinford. coming up next it's sport. goodbye. good evening. alastair cook has annou

that their babies died unnecessarily or suffered life changing injuries because of mistakes made at an nhs trust. the bbc has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now looking at what happened to more than 100 babies going back to the year 2000. the families have come forward after the bbc revealed last month that there were ongoing concerns about errors made by maternity staff at the trust. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. two children born one year apart. two children born one year apart. two toddlers now finding their way in the world. two people whose pa rents fear in the world. two people whose parents fear might have been affected by maternity errors he doesn't talk, walk. when his mother was 28 weeks pregnant, a scan revealed a problem with his skull. but despite the concern, staff encouraged her to have a natural birth. birth. it didn't work, she needed an emergency caesarian. experts have repaired his skull and insisted it is not the cause of his delayed development. why, did you let me try natural birth when yo

even backin will be available on the nhs. even back in cambridge, we are in a position where we are looking to self fund some of the testing that we believe will help nhs patients so we believe will help nhs patients so we can offer that testing, because the commissioners are not in the position where they confront it. where do you get the money from? from our own resources, we had to pull them from other areas. i believe this commissioned them so they have a better insight into where they are, before they offer them ivf. thank you, all of you. we really do appreciate it. still to come, is the conservative party at risk of splitting over theresa may‘s brexit plan? that is the warning from steve baker. until recently, he was the brexit minister. we have heard a grenfell survivor, just ofjohn, talking about the trauma of his experience. he received an apology from the victims commissioner. many of the emergency services who arrived on the scene have suffered mental health issues as they come to terms with what they witnessed.

put your questions to us now foran nhs. put your questions to us now for an expert to answer. the metropolitan police has admitted for the first time that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist with the knowledge of his bosses. officer mark kennedy posed as mark stone and had a two—year relationship with kate wilson. legal documents seen by the bbc show that his bosses knew about the relationship and allowed it to continue. scotland yard said it would be inappropriate to comment because of ongoing legal action. rescue teams in northern tanzania have resumed their efforts to find survivors of a ferry that capsized on lake victoria, after halting operations overnight. local media say at least 80 people have died, with many still missing. officials have said the ferry was carrying more than a00 passengers. security concerns have been raised about the imminent release from prison of the radical preacher anjem choudary and other followers of the banned al—muhajiroun group. choudary was jailed for five and a half years in 2016 for his supp

the programmes are not available on the nhs. some experts say they only work if eating habits change permanently. for a full summary of the news, you can go to our website and find more details. one of the men accused of the salisbury nerve agent poisoning has been named as a high ranking russian military officer. the uk—based online investigation website, bellingcat, claims the man, who was known as ruslan boshirov, is actually a decorated colonel who fought in chechnya. jon donnison reports. he called himself ruslan boshirov when he arrived in the uk in march. he said he was a tourist. but this is who it‘s thought he really is, colonel anatoliy chepiga, a russian military intelligence officer. the online investigative journalist the site bellingcat said he was born in 1978. he is thought to have fought with the russian military in chechnya and was awarded russia‘s highest decoration, hero of the russian federation. using the alias ruslan boshirov, the british government believes he travelled to salisbury with another age

i think in the nhs it is a challenging situation. quite a few assaults are from patients who may be confused, not aware of what they're doing. so in some cases it is appropriate to go down a criminal route. there is a lot of under reporting as well, so people think nothing is going to be done so what is the point in reporting it? so i think this act will send out a strong message that actually this is not acceptable to assault and nhs nurse or a health ca re assault and nhs nurse or a health care worker. and the full force of the law will be against you. underlining all this of course are these attacks on people who are there to help others in times of need. can you tell us about some of the stories you have heard about these assaults? absolutely, it is a heartbreaking to hear some of the situation is our members find themselves in. punching, bites, equipment being thrown at them and even sexual assaults as well, sickly when they're on their own either in a patient‘s home or an isolated part ofa a patient‘s home or an isolated pa

the latest figures rubbish by the regulator nhs improvement cover the april tojune regulator nhs improvement cover the april to june period showing... regulator nhs improvement cover the april tojune period showing... that isa april tojune period showing... that is a shortage of nearly a0 2000. if we... overall overall, 9.2% of all health jobs in england were not filled, that's a shortage of nearly 108,000. danny mortimer, chief executive of nhs employers is here. a quick reminder to viewers. your responsibility? we represent the employee organisations in the english nhs. what do these figures today represent fight you question mark had reality at a time when demand is rising? i think that is the key. they reflect the demand for health care is rising. there is a marked increase in attendances at amd in the spring rather than winter. we see far more patients waiting for treatment. the demand for clinical staff, particularly nursing staff, continues to grow. we are struggling to keep pace. the government is not being passive in terms of responding to that. we have seen increases in starting sa

the nhs services that provide blood and transplant apologised today. their lawyer said they would be honest and transparent when they ta ke honest and transparent when they take part in the enquiry. he said, we get it and enquiry is likely to include the uncovering of facts that are seriously unpalatable. he said whatever those troops are, he said they were all so very sorry. -- truths. the enquiry also heard an extraordinary intervention from the former prime minister, john major, on this when he suggested i one time that the victims of contaminated blood could compensated with lottery money rather than government money? the enquiry were shown a letter that the then prime ministerjohn major wrote about financial aid for the victims and their families. it is something that has been of great concern to people who have been extremely sick for many, many decades, some of them. they have never had formal compensation. they have had some payments, assistance payments, not all of them have had those. when they were asking for response after asking for financ

you take it for granted on the nhs. i thought it would be in tomorrow, it would not be a problem, but i constantly phoned ten different pharmacies for the epipens and asked for the prescription to be changed to an alternative and i noticed there were shortages with those as well. it so happened that when i found two alternatives i also found two epipens. while i appreciate that our easy—to—use it is something you have used several times, it is difficult to have another pen with another set of instructions because you have been so used to using this one that in time of emergency when you are stressed or not feeling well you wa nt to stressed or not feeling well you want to be familiar with the pen you are using. also for your family and friends who you have taught. although people are saying it is very simple it does cause quite a few problems. you said it is potentially the shortage of these thatis potentially the shortage of these that is a risk but you have said you canjust talk that is a risk but you have said yo