today at one — the test firing of a uk trident missile has failed for the second time in a row. the incident — injanuary — raises questions about the effectiveness of the uk's nuclear deterrent. we'll be looking at how embarrassing this is for the ministry of defence, and what it says about its trident programme. also this lunchtime... martha mills, who died aged 13 when her sepsis went undiagnosed — from april, martha's rule allows patients and families a rapid second medical opinion. sanctions against six russians at the penal colony where opposition leader alexei navalny died, are announced by rishi sunak. two people linked to a medical charity are killed in gaza after israeli shelling. this lunchtime mps in the commons are debating a call for an immediate ceasefire.

and the moment the doctor who was diagnosed with a rare and serious cancer, meets the man who saved his life. and coming up on bbc news, bayern munich say manager thomas tuchel will leave the club at the end of the season, as they undergo a sporting realignment. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. for the second time in a row, a test firing of a trident missile from a royal navy submarine has failed. it was supposed to have flown several thousand miles before landing harmlessly in the atlantic between brazil and west africa. but instead, the missile — which was a dummy — dropped into the ocean off florida, close to where it was launched. the ministry of defence insists the deterrent is still effective.

here's our defence correspondent jonathan beale. it is the uk's weapon of last resort, the ultimate guarantee. the nuclear weapons carried on these royal navy submarines meant to deter any aggressor. trident is the us made ballistic missile on board. and this is how it's supposed to launch. but in this recent test, itjust plopped into the ocean near the launch site. all the more embarrassing because this was the second successive failure. this test actually took place injanuary, but only now have details been revealed. the missile was launched from britain's hms vanguard off the coast of florida. it was supposed to fly about 3700 miles and land harmlessly in the sea of west africa. instead, the unarmed test missile hit the water close to the launch site.

so what do we know about the missile itself? its us manufacturer says it has a range of more than 4,5000 miles and can carry multiple nuclear warheads, each of which can be directed towards different targets. there have been 191 successful test launches, most carried out by the us, just a dozen by the uk. and the last two of those uk tests have gone wrong. of course, when the launch is announced in advance and the defence secretary is on board, it doesn't look good. and of course it's not good, i think for the morale of the crew which now goes on patrol and morale across the submarine service to have this kind of scrutiny. malfunctions like this one in the eighties in the early tests of trident are relatively rare. but in 2016, another uk test missile also veered off course.

the mod still says the uk's nuclear deterrent remains safe, secure and effective. it says everything went according to plan inside its submarine at the time, the drills were being watched by the defence secretary himself, who travelled thousands of miles to see what was supposed to be a successful launch. instead, grant shapps is having to reassure a source close to him insisted, "we could absolutely fire in a real world situation if we needed to. that's in no doubt after this." despite the embarrassment of the two most recent uk tests going wrong, the government remains committed to trident. it's now spending more than £30 billion to build a new fleet of submarines to carry the missiles. labour, too, is committed to keeping trident, as is the united states, which developed the missiles. this latest so—called anomaly will not alter policy, but for the public, it might raise doubts.

jonathan is with me. the defence secretary has just issued a statement on this? what does it say and how embarrassing is this? yes, he has issued a written _ embarrassing is this? yes, he has issued a written ministerial - issued a written ministerial statement to inform mps, informing them after they have read about it in the newspapers, online, heard about it from the bbc. in that statement grant shapps says, "this test reaffirmed the effectiveness of the uk nuclear deterrent." you may ask, how can that be? but he then goes on to say, "the anomaly was event specific. there are no wider implications, norany event specific. there are no wider implications, nor any implications for the uk's ability to fire nuclear weapons." what is essentially saying is there was something wrong with the test missile. it wasn't of the submarine. they say the submarine was certified, which means it passed its test. but yes, something did go wrong. i think the embarrassment of

this is grant shapps travelled all the way to america to witness what was meant to be a successful test, and then watch this missile from the submarine plopping to the ocean nearby. this was not the message he wanted to send. particularly a message to russia at a time of increasing tensions. we have seen president putin rattling the nuclear sabre himself. he wanted grant shapps to give a message of both deterrence and reassurance, and i think people will have doubts after this. thank you very much. jonathan beale. seriously ill patients in hospitals in england can request a rapid second opinion from april, if they are worried about a condition getting worse. the scheme known as martha's rule will be rolled out to around two thirds of hospitals — at least 100 can initially apply to participate. it follows a campaign by the parents of martha mills, who died of sepsis aged 13 because her symptoms were missed. 0ur health correspondent

sophie hutchinson reports. this was martha mills, a fun, determine a 13—year—old with an appetite for life, but in 2021 she was injured when she fell off her bike and develop sepsis. doctors at king's college hospital in london failed to spot the fatal infection and matter�*s parents went through the agony of watching their daughter deteriorate while their concerns were ignored. == deteriorate while their concerns were ignored-— deteriorate while their concerns were innored. n, , ,., , were ignored. -- martha's parents. since martha's _ were ignored. -- martha's parents. since martha's death _ were ignored. -- martha's parents. since martha's death i _ were ignored. -- martha's parents. since martha's death i have - were ignored. -- martha's parents. since martha's death i have said . were ignored. -- martha's parents. | since martha's death i have said two people who have gone into hospital, if you're worried, if you think something is going wrong, you should scream the water down, because that's what i didn't do, and i regret it, i will regret it for the rest of my days. —— the ward down. but the very existence of martha's rule says you don't need to do that, you just call this number because we have martha's rule. what you just call this number because we have martha's rule.— you just call this number because we have martha's rule. what is martha's rule? it would _ have martha's rule. what is martha's rule? it would provide _ have martha's rule. what is martha's rule? it would provide a _ have martha's rule. what is martha's

rule? it would provide a quick - have martha's rule. what is martha's rule? it would provide a quick and i rule? it would provide a quick and easy way for a family to request an urgent second opinion if they are worried their loved one is not receiving the right treatment. contact details will be displayed on posters, leaflets and possibly tv screens in hospitals, that will connect to a critical care team, who will come to carry out a rapid review. nhs england says that at least 100 hospitals, two thirds of those with critical care units, can now apply for funding and support to introduce the scheme. we now apply for funding and support to introduce the scheme.— introduce the scheme. we all know that mums — introduce the scheme. we all know that mums and _ introduce the scheme. we all know that mums and dads _ introduce the scheme. we all know that mums and dads have - introduce the scheme. we all know that mums and dads have that - that mums and dads have that instinct— that mums and dads have that instinct for their children, but also — instinct for their children, but also with_ instinct for their children, but also with elderly patients, particularly elderly patients who may be — particularly elderly patients who may be confused, family members will often know— may be confused, family members will often know what is, if you like, their_ often know what is, if you like, their normal state and they will be able to— their normal state and they will be able to help clinicians understand if they're — able to help clinicians understand if they're very worried that they're deteriorating further.— deteriorating further. martha's arents deteriorating further. martha's parents say — deteriorating further. martha's parents say the _ deteriorating further. martha's parents say the pain _ deteriorating further. martha's parents say the pain of- deteriorating further. martha's parents say the pain of losing l deteriorating further. martha's - parents say the pain of losing their daughter is hard to describe and they are desperate to protect others from it. {131 they are desperate to protect others from it. . ., ,

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correspondent james landale. what does this amount to? well, these are the first sanctions by any country in response to the death of mr navalny. these six individuals, the prison governors, effectively, will be banned from travelling to the uk, any assets they have here will be frozen. that said it is pretty minimal. it is not clear if these people have any financial links with the uk, or if they had any plans to come here. lac occurrence, the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, has said we need to go further, a lot further. correct or alicia kearns. the united states are planning on friday to announce what president biden described as a major package of sanctions on russia notjust because of mr navalny's death, but because of mr navalny's death, but because we're coming up to the second anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. the eu is in the process of agreeing another round of sanctions against russia. the problem is this. over the last two years russia has been subject to

the biggest sanctions that have ever been imposed on any country in any capacity, and it has not had the effect that memory people thought it would. —— many people. russia has been able to get around many of these sanctions. the focus now is and how you stop any third countries helping russia, and also, do you go for seized assets?— for seized assets? thank you very much. for seized assets? thank you very much- james _ for seized assets? thank you very much. james landale. _ the medical charity, msf, says israeli shelling has killed two people in a shelter housing its staff and their families in southern gaza. the attack happened in the al—mawasi area. israel had urged people to evacuate to the sandy, narrow strip of land next to the mediterranean at the start of the war. it's not far from the overcrowded city of rafah, where the military has threatened to launch a full—scale assault. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is injerusalem for us. bring us up to date with the latest. israel continues to defy international pressure and continue its bombardment of the whole of the

gaza strip. there is growing international concern about the human cost of israel's war in gaza, launched in response to the hamas attacks of october the 7th. we hear from hamas officials on the strip that well over 29,000 people have now been killed. aid agencies are warning that people there are not at risk only from israeli air strikes, but from hunger and disease too. last night at the un, the us vetoed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. now britain abstained on that vote. both parties are believed —— believe an immediate ceasefire would jeopardise negotiations, which are going on still behind the scenes, and i said to be at a sensitive place. the us has put forward its own proposal for a temporary ceasefire as soon as it is practically possible. it is also calling on israel, one of its

closest allies, to hold off, rethink plans for a ground offensive in the southern city of rafah. benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, has repeatedly insisted he wants to go into rafah, despite the million or so civilians who hold up children, because he says there are hamas fighters in the city, battalions of them. he needs to press on and finish the job and he will do so within the next three weeks unless hamas releases all israeli hostages. right now in rafah there are civilians, as is the case across the gaza strip, who are simply unable to do anything but watch and wait as the world tries, and he yet fails, to find a solution. thank you, jerry. here, labour's stance on the war in gaza will be put to the test in the commons later, when mps vote on the snp�*s call for an immediate ceasefire. labour has shifted its position — saying for the first time there should be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. it's submitted an amendment to the snp motion to try to unite labour mps over the party's stance on the violence in gaza.

0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. henry, what do we expect to happen in the commons this afternoon? there are two possible ways this could play out. we will find out any minute now which one we are going to get. it all hinges on whether sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, will select a labour amendment, the one you referred to there, for a debate and vote. if he does he will have three political parties broadly united within themselves behind three slightly different positions. you will have the scottish national party, who triggered this debate, calling for an immediate ceasefire. you will have the labour party, for the first time also calling for an immediate ceasefire, but unlike the snp, emphasising that requires hamas to lay down its arms. you will have the conservative party calling for an immediate humanitarian pause, but not using the ceasefire language. that is if lindsay hoyle decides

that convention, president, allows him to call the labour amendment for a vote. if he decides it doesn't, the labour party will have its divisions on this issue exposed again, because they will be divided on how to vote on that scottish national party motion. perhaps some people in sir keir starmer�*s front bench team will decide they do want to vote for that snp motion. that would necessitate then resigning from the front bench role. of course, the question of whether this is an important moment for parliament to voice its view on this conflict before the international committee, or whether this is lee —— linguistic gold commons navel—gazing , . .. the row between the government and the former chairman of the post office shows no sign of dying down. henry staunton has now released a note, made after a meeting with a senior civil servant, which he says shows he was told to delay compensation payments to the victims of the horizon it scandal. our business editor, simonjack, has read it. what does it say and where

are we in this tale? some tight language on both sides in this unusual bad—tempered spat. he said in the sunday times he was told effectively to stall payments to victims of the scandal and that was violently rejected in the house of commons yesterday by kemi badenoch. she called the comments are a disgrace and said there was no evidence that they were said. and then henry staunton produced a memo from the time which said he was told this is not the time to tackle long—term issues, the plan should be to hobble to the next election. henry staunton said that he took long—term issues to include the scandal specifically but the government today issued a rebuke saying long—standing issues around post office financing did not include postmaster conversation which was funded separately by the

government. in their words they said henry staunton was either confused or mixing up the issues and accused him of misrepresenting his conversations with officials. and there were questions to rishi sunak in the commons this lunchtime, over what the government knew early on? and also a piece of work from the bbc reporting that a secret investigation into whether the horizon system could be tampered with by fujitsu officials remotely, that investigation was shut down. the current cabinet office minister lucy neville rolfe was aware that that was shut down and the accusation is she showed no curiosity as to why it was shut down but had she done so it would have revealed that the horizon system could be hacked into remotely by fujitsu employees and that would have helped the case of many postmasters and post mistresses.

keir starmer said heavy as these current ministers, including lucy neville rolfe what they knew at the time and he said no because the ongoing statutory inquiry is the right place to do that. that is ongoing and more fireworks expected. many thanks. the time is 13.18. our top story this afternoon. the test firing of a uk trident missile has failed for the second time in a row. in a moment, hospital sewage leaks, floods and partially collapsing ceilings — the bbc investigation that uncovered more than 2,500 potentially harmful incidents in england. coming up on bbc news. arsenal prepare for their first knockout game at the champions league for seven years as they face porto this evening. a bbc investigation has found that

disrepair in nhs hospital buildings has caused more than 2,500 potentially harmful incidents in england in the last financial year. events such as sewage leaks, floods and ceilings partially collapsing led to clinics being cancelled and patients sent home. the government says "significant sums" have been invested to modernise the nhs. our health editor hugh pym reports. aging buildings, substandard materials and running repairs. issues like those are having a serious impact on patient care across england. a bbc investigation has revealed more than 1,300 potentially harmful incidents in hospitals last year caused by failures in the hospital environment. they included sewage leaks, floods and broken heating systems. this is queen elizabeth's hospital in kings lynn, built in parts using poor quality aerated concrete known as raac, which sparked

concerns last year that a ceiling could collapse. rebecca and her six year old daughter cleo go there frequently because of cleo's hypoglycemia. you want to feel like you can put all your trust in the hospital and when you're seeing workmen and scaffolding and timber beams holding up roofs, it doesn't give you that sense of safety and security. but the roof was not rebecca's only concern. a year ago, she saw sewage leaking on hospital grounds. as we walked up to the door, we noticed a really foul smell and we looked down and there was sewage coming out of the manhole cover, which was about, i'd say, about four foot away from the door that leads into the hospital. as we stood there and we could see the sewage, there was rats running around. a trust spokesman said it worked immediately to clear the blocked drain and that all work to reinforce raac concrete is now complete. the health secretary said more money was available to improve hospital buildings.

of course we accept that in parts of the country those buildings are not as we would wish them to be, which is precisely why we have said to chief executives of trusts, here is money, please invest it as you deem appropriate locally. and that is for them to make those decisions. so really, for all of the population that want to travel here... it's notjust crumbling old hospitals. some nhs leaders say new facilities are urgently needed to help patients. in luton, they found a site for a new diagnostic centre but can't secure the funding. they are struggling to pay their bills in this cost of living crisis. they can't necessarily get to appointments, they can't stop work to get to them, so they miss out on a number of things. we even have some terrible cases of people who have stopped having cancer treatment because they haven't been able to travel to their appointments when they're distant away from the town. and the nhs confederation, which represents trusts, says in a new report today that the next government must invest in cutting

edge technology as well as repairing dilapidated buildings like these. hugh pym, bbc news. people who work with children in england and wales are to be given a new legal duty to report evidence of child abuse, in a long—awaited change announced by the government. mandatory reporting was a key recommendation of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. anyone who doesn't comply could be barred from working with children. i'm joined by our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. who does this affect and what does this new responsibilty mean? it is professionals working with children so they will know the guidelines and regulations they already work under and this adds to the guidelines but does not for example affect parents. the other question is when do people need to report concerns about child sexual abuse and this is interesting

because the independent inquiry into child which went to and 15 investigations, this was its number one recommendation and the government pretty much had to implement it. the independent inquiry said reports should be made when the disclosure of child sexual abuse from a child or potentially perpetrator or when you witness a child being sexually abused but then the third one, when you recognise indicators of child sexual abuse. things like teachers noticing if the child is subdued or hanging out with the wrong sort of person. the home office confirmed this third category 0ffice confirmed this third category is not included in the duty and that is not included in the duty and that is controversial. lawyers working with victims of child sexual abuse says this is one type of crime were people do not come forward to report it and you do need to cover these kind of situations where teachers may have concerns or health or youth workers and this does not cover that. against that the government says we have to balance our requirement to protect children with

requirement to protect children with requirement not to professionals working with children in situations where they do not think they have the evidence.— junior doctors in wales have begun a 72—hour strike as part of a pay dispute. it is their second walkout this year. more than 3,000 junior doctors are expected to withdraw their services, with most planned operations postponed. the welsh government say its 5% offer is all it can afford. a man has beenjailed for 29 years for killing three generations of the same family in county fermanagh in northern ireland six years ago. the judge told daniel sebastian allen who is 33 that he would not be considered by parole commissioners for release until 2047. chris page is outside laganside crown court for us now. what did we hear today in court? the

crimes of what did we hear today in court? tie: crimes of daniel allen were so serious thatjudge to consider a whole of life sentence which would have meant he would never have been released from prison. in the end the sentence was a minimum of 29 years injail although the sentence was a minimum of 29 years in jail although the judge did say it was farfrom in jail although the judge did say it was far from certain whether he would ever be a free man again. daniel allen had previously pleaded guilty to three charges of murder and one of manslaughter. back in 2018 the bodies of his four victims were found in a burned out cottage near the village of derrylin in county fermanagh. they were denise gossett he was a5, her children roman who was 16 and sabrina who was 19 and her baby daughter morgana quinn who was 15 months old. daniel alan was originally from the midlands in england, he met denise gossett on the internet and moved in with the family. initially they lived in scotland and then the republic of ireland before coming to northern ireland and the judge said that daniel allen had lived his life online in a fantasy world and there

was a very dangerous and disturbing part of his make—up that had led to the killings. after the hearing here at belfast crown court a police officer read a statement on behalf officer read a statement on behalf of of the daughter of denise gossett, samantha, who said her mother had been her rock and her life would never be the same again. chris page reporting. hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in plymouth after a suspected unexploded second world war bomb was found in a garden in the keyham area. police say a 200 metre cordon could be in place for 36 hours, while bomb disposal experts try to make the device safe. 0ur corresponedentjenny kumah is in plymouth. continued disruption for people? this morning some people have been coming to get some essentials, escorted back to their properties by the police. this does vice was found a week ago by a man digging in his garden who did not at first realise

what it was but as the rain washed them at a weight he realised what it could be and reported back to the police yesterday morning and then a major incident was declared. police say around 1000 people have been asked to leave their home and evacuation centres have been set up at a nearby library and community centre. we spoke to some of those affected. it's very shocking. it's in my street. yeah, it's very shocking, very scary. and being left in the dark, you don't know what to think. i'm praying that, you know, they will be able to dismantle it and everyone will be safe. the authorities are looking at extending this gordon which could mean more homes need to be evacuated. it is not unusual for these type of bombs to be found here in plymouth, the city was heavily bombed during the second world war. but it is about three years since we have seen this level of disruption when a bomb was detonated near the

university of exeter which did cause some damage to nearby properties. jenny, thank we're just going to step away from the news at one now and take you to westminster. mps are due to vote on the snp�*s call for an immediate gaza ceasefire later this afternoon. the government says there should be an "immediate humanitarian pause", while labour is calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire". let's speak to our political correspondent, rob watson. thank you forjoining us. took us through what is expected to happen in parliament today. the through what is expected to happen in parliament today.— in parliament today. the first thing we are looking _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for is _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for is to - in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for is to find - we are looking out for is to find out what the speaker decides as to exactly what members of parliament are going to be rebooting on. for sure they will vote on this motion put forward by the scottish national party which absolutely says above all else, there needs to be a permanent ceasefire right now. the

question for the speaker of the house of commons who decides all these sorts of procedural issues is, does he select an amendment put forward by the main opposition labour party which says, which is slightly softer in the sense it calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, or does it instead go straight towards allowing the government motion, the conservative party's motion which is different and because for a humanitarian pause but does not use the word, ceasefire. in many ways, of course, the three motions are miles apart, or kilometres apart, but obviously there is quite a lot of domestic politics involved.— there is quite a lot of domestic politics involved. labour is in the opposition _ politics involved. labour is in the opposition but — politics involved. labour is in the opposition but the _ politics involved. labour is in the opposition but the focus - politics involved. labour is in the opposition but the focus is - politics involved. labour is in the opposition but the focus is on - politics involved. labour is in the | opposition but the focus is on this vote means for the labour party. explain for us. vote means for the labour party. exolain for oe— vote means for the labour party. explain for us. essentially up until now, the labour _ explain for us. essentially up until now, the labour leadership - explain for us. essentially up until now, the labour leadership in - explain for us. essentially up until now, the labour leadership in the | now, the labour leadership in the form of sir keir starmer has essentially taken the same view as

the government, led by the conservatives, which is to essentially give israel and say it has a right to self defend and essentially have supported israel's monetary actions of course, urging restraint but in the hope that hamas would be defeated on the hostages released. right from the start, many labour party activists, including mps and some supporters, have been very keen that right from the start, there should be an immediate ceasefire. they have never supported israel's military action and that is what has created tension for sir keir starmer. he has now moved his position, as has the government somewhat. the political landscape has changed here in the uk but there is still some in his own party, either mps, activists or supporters in the country who just want labour party to take as tough line as they would as the scottish national party.