hugh pym, bbc news. pym's report. thanks for being with us. i heard you say you thought that that extra compensation for pupils at the treloar was insulting. before we come onto your reaction, what exactly happened to you there and a bit more information about what you experienced? figs bit more information about what you exoerienced?— experienced? as a severe haemophiliac, _ experienced? as a severe haemophiliac, my - experienced? as a severe| haemophiliac, my parents experienced? as a severe - haemophiliac, my parents were advised for me to go to this specialist boarding school in hampshire because i was losing so much schooling at home, spending time in hospital. a long way for me to travel, 300 miles, back and forth but my parents decided that, "ok, we will send our son down the." they offered world—class care and on—site education. it was a win—win, it was perfect, or it seemed that way. after a few years, a few months, they started changing treatments and giving me excessive amounts of freeze—dried

here's our health editor hugh pym.tion. david has found writing poetry about his mental health struggles has helped. one even estimated step—free access across all stations will not happen before 2070. people in crisis with mental health problems can now access services through nhs iii in england, giving them another way to get urgent help. wales and scotland offer similar services. the phone number connects the caller to a local team with mental health training, available around the clock, offering mental health support alongside that for physical problems. here's our health editor hugh pym. keep it together, it's all that i've got, only work can cope with strong medication. david has found writing poetry about his mental health struggles has helped. he is supported by staff at this drop in centre, the cove, in north—west london. he said it was hard to find the right support, and a helpline like 111 will make it much easier. i have gone through every service. we can arranges for a crisis team to come and see you at ho

hugh pym, bbc news. in gaza is much closer than it's ever been, but that it's not there yet. negotiators will meet again next week to try to finalise an agreement between israel and hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. it comes after the funeral of a 22—year—old palestinian man, shot dead whenjewish settlers stormed his village last night. the attack took place injit in the north of the occupied west bank and was condemned by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. no one knows who made rashid asidi a village hero. who shot the young it worker as he threw stones to keep armed jewish settlers at bay. but they know who to blame. translation: even the ambulance that came for him was _ blocked by the army. they waited until he died. the blame is more on the army, because they are not controlling the settlers. they protect them. his mother said she didn't know if it was a settler or a soldier who fired the fatal shot. rashid's brother

hugh pym, bbc news.es that flow into windermere in cumbria. the water company united utilities said the overflows are designed to work during heavy rainfall. campaigners say storm overflows are only supposed to occur in exceptional circumstances and the system should have been able to cope with recent weather. here's danny savage. windermere on a day like today always looks stunning. for much of august, though, it's been raining here and the water company responsible for sewage in the area says that's why effluent has been pumped into this lake in recent days. unfortunately, us reporting on sewage flowing into windermere is nothing new. but what is new is that real—time data is now available showing exactly when it's happening. and what that tells us is that for the last eight days, at some points around this lake, it's been going on continuously. so this is one of the places that united utilities is allowed to dump sewage into windermere. campaigners say it's unacceptable and more information is needed.

hugh pym, bbc news.screening for goods and people coming from areas where the new highly contagious strain of mpox has been detected. the world health organisation, which declared a global public health emergency on wednesday, says more cases of the dangerous variant are likely to be found in europe in the coming days. it follows sweden reporting the continent's first infection, and stockholm has urged wealthy nations to share treatments and vaccines. simonjones reports. in the democratic republic of congo, the country hardest hit, public health campaigns are under way to warn people of the dangers of mpox. 0riginally known as monkeypox, it is transmitted through close contact such as sex, skin—to—skin contact or breathing close to another person. it causes flu—like symptoms and skin lesions. they often clear up within a few weeks but mpox can be fatal for people with weakened immune systems. translation: three of my children and i were infected. _ one was treated here and the other two were taken to a h

our health editor, hugh pym, reports.paigners who gathered in may to mark the publication of the public inquiry report felt that had been delivered. it said the scale of the scandal was horrifying and that doctors, the nhs and government had repeatedly failed patients. today, more details of the final compensation package have been published. payments to those infected will start by the end of this year and to those affected, including families, some time next year. existing support schemes will continue as well as compensation. about 3,000 people so far have been in touch with the official body running the scheme, but it's not clear how many will claim. it's important that the support schemes do continue because that gives financial security to our community and it is an important recognition of past loss. it's separate compensation because compensation is a recognition of the damage that was inflicted on the whole community through treatment given to them by the nhs. earlier plans from the government have been assessed

hugh pym, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.nt are likely to be found in europe in the coming days, after sweden reported the first infection outside africa. it says the person was infected while staying in an african country. a growing outbreak of the illness prompted the who to declare a global public health emergency on wednesday. simonjones reports. in the democratic republic of congo, the country hardest hit, public health campaigns are under way to warn people of the dangers of mpox. 0riginally known as monkeypox, it's transmitted through close contact such as a sex, skin to skin contact or breeding close to another person. it causes flulike symptoms and skin lesions. they often clear up within a couple of weeks but mpox can be fatal particular for people with weakened immune systems. for people with weakened immune s stems. �* ,, �* for people with weakened immune s stems. ~ ,, ~ ., systems. translation: three of my children _ systems. translation: three of my children and _ systems. translation: three of my children and

hugh pym, bbc news.ublic holiday in italy. the volcano began spewing lava, ash and smoke early on thursday, leading to flight cancellations. etna is one of world's most active volcanoes. finally this half hour, a rarely—seen deep sea fish has been found in california and scientists want to know why. the silvery 3.6—metre—long oarfish was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the san diego coast by a group of snorklers and kaya kers. it's only the 20th time an oarfish is known to have washed up in california since 1901. experts are now studying the fish to try find out how it died and what it reveals about the health of the ocean. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. whilst some of us had some pretty heavy rain yesterday and overnight, today and into the weekend brings a window of drier and more settled weather on the cards. so for most of us, the weather is looking predominantly dry through the rest of today and into the weekend with some sunshine around, and things will feel pleasantly warm in t

hugh pym, bbc news. by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at kennedy space center. the team — led by the billionaire entrepreneurjared isaacman — will become the first privately—trained individuals to take part in a space walk. the capsule lacks an airlock and will completely depressurize for the spacewalk, requiring all four crew membersto rely on their suits for survival. the astronauts will also test laser—based satellite communication between the spacecraft and starlink — which is the 6,000 strong constellation of internet satellites. you know, we're the four lucky ones that get to go on this ride but i can't tell you how many teams have been working nonstop for the last two and a half years, building a new eva suit to do a space walk, and the operations associated with it, and the vehicle changes, the starlink lasers. a bunch of things we're going to talk to you about in order to make this possible, all supporting that bigger dream so that, you know, maybe in the not—too—dis

hugh pym, bbc news.ntonio guterres, has told the bbc that the small islands in the pacific are facing an enormous environmental injustice. mr guterres is in tonga to attend the pacific islands forum leaders' meeting. his warning came as the world meteorological 0rganisation said the pacific islands were facing a triple threat of warming waters, a rise in sea levels and growing acidity because of carbon dioxide. a worldwide catastrophe is putting this pacific paradise in peril. global average sea levels are rising at rates unprecedented in the past 3000 years. the reason is clear, greenhouse gases overwhelmingly generated by burning fossil fuels are cooking our planet. and the sea is taking the heat, literally. guterres has been meeting with global leaders as they make key decisions on tackling climate change in the region. let's speak to blakejohnson, senior analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for c

hugh pym, bbc news. it is football transfer deadline day across much of europe.. it is always frenetic in these last few hours as clubs try to get those transfer targets over the line. i've been speaking to football commentator and broadcaster who told me what we can expect over the next few hours. ~ ., i. �* ., ., ., few hours. what you're going to have is a situation — few hours. what you're going to have is a situation where _ few hours. what you're going to have is a situation where you _ few hours. what you're going to have is a situation where you have - is a situation where you have certain players desperate to move before the end of the window, but that may not happen because of the numbers. so raheem sterling obviously an experienced england international looking to be the odd man out at chelsea, he would love to leave but there is nothing materialising at the moment. there has been talk at man you, but they are well—stocked in that area. arsenal could do with a wide forward, but no concrete move from them. so at the moment sterling faces a position wher

hugh pym, bbc news.ruck in 2019 to 2020 there almost 99 thousand new referrals of patients aged 17 or under. but from 2023 to 2024 that figure jumbs to over 204,000 new referrals where the primary cause was anxiety. that means more than 500 children a day in england or 4,000 every week were waiting to begin treatment. that's one every three minutes. let's speak to nil guzelgun, head of policy and campaigns at the charity mind. welcome to the programme. those numbers are really alarming, aren't they? numbers are really alarming, aren't the ? , ., ., ., . ., they? they are alarming. we have seen an increase _ they? they are alarming. we have seen an increase of _ they? they are alarming. we have seen an increase of mental - they? they are alarming. we have seen an increase of mental health| seen an increase of mental health problems amongst young people and children since before the pandemic but essentially since the pandemic has been going on. we know that children and young people trying to access mental

hugh pym, bbc news.t with the daily telegraph — which leads on new research into so—called weight loss drugs like ozempic and wegovy. scientists say they could have far—reaching benefits beyond what was ever imagined. the times has the same story on its front page. the research seems to show that the drugs could effectively curb the effects of getting old. there's also a photo of british swimmer — tully kearney. earlier today — she won her second gold at the paris paralympics. another paralympian success story on the front cover of the guardian — lizzi jordan celebrating after winning the first cycling gold of the games for paralympics gb. but the paper leads on a story about thames water. it claims the company lobbied the government to intervene with the regulator to allow it to charge far higher bills. the daily mail reports that the prince of wales and the duke of sussex did not speak to each other when the both attended a memorial for their mother's brother in law. and the daily mirror claims to have

hugh pym, bbc news.tiators will meet again next week to try to finalise an agreement between israel and hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. it comes after the funeral of a 22—year—old palestinian man, shot dead whenjewish settlers stormed his village last night. the attack took place in the north of the occupied west bank and was condemned by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. no one knows who made rashid asidi a village hero. who shot the young it worker as he threw stones to keep armed jewish settlers at bay. but they know who to blame. translation: even the ambulance that came for him was _ blocked by the army. they waited until he died. the blame is more on the army, because they are not controlling the settlers. they protect them. his mother said she didn't know if it was a settler or a soldier who fired the fatal shot. rashid's brother mahdi took me to where he was killed. the village boundary fence, broken in several

hugh pym, bbc news. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.esto, which is threatening powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and heavy rains. it already passed through puerto rico, and left more than half of homes and businesses there without power. currently a category 2 hurricane, ernesto is forecast to strengthen into a more powerful one, before hitting the atlantic islands of bermuda late on friday. hundreds of flights and bullet train services have been cancelled, as another typhoon approaches japan. typhoon ampil is expected to skirt the tokyo region, home to almost a0 million people, before heading up the pacific coast. it comes days after tropical storm �*maria' dumped record rain. jim dale, meteoroligist and co—author of �*surviving extreme weather�* has been monitoring the progress of of typhoon ampil. looking at the radar picture at the moment, it is a real spinning jesse. it is about 150 miles off the kanto region ofjapan which includes tokyo. so it is a very vivid storm. it has a nice eye which appears to be very placid but certa

our health editor hugh pym has the details.ommonplace, withjunior doctors and consultants walking out, and now general practice is showing its frustration. gps aren't going to strike, but as of today, some practices will limit services. they argue they're underfunded and consistently under pressure with a growing workload. so from today they'll stickjust to the letter of their contracts. they say they want the government to realise that urgent action is needed to shore up primary care. we've seen thousands of practices close. thousands more gps leave the nhs. we're going to have to do something. every patient you probably speak to will tell you the same story that their local practice has changed or their service has diminished. this is an emergency. i would much rather be seeing patients than spending my time filling in a 16 page referral form when i'm trying to get my patient reviewed by another part of the system, and often we're doing work that is part of other bits of the nhs, but is falling to us, and that takes us away f

our health editor hugh pym joins me now. hugh, give us more details.under. this overall waiting list for plant treatment appeared to be falling in england, earlier this year. but the trend now is firmly upwards. let's take a look at the overall figure, 7.62 million injune on the list for operations, procedures and so on. the highest since october. the number waiting for very long periods of time within that list, more than 18 months, came down a bit. but for the nhs in england, a key target is to eliminate weights of more than 65 weeks, and there were just over 58,000 still waiting that long in june. nhs chiefs also say that a&e units were under extreme pressure. it's very difficult for staff, very busy. if you look at the number of visits injune and july, into a&e departments, 4.6 million over those two months, that was a record. why is that happening? well, often a&e is as yet in the summer because there are more people out and about needing hospital care. there was a bit more covid in those months. also, the issues of finding community care, more pe

our health editor hugh pym has more. so, where are you at the moment? are you on your own? yourself safe for now, yeah? callers will be connected to a team of trained staff like this one, including nurses and clinicians. they can refer to mental health support or treatment from the local services available. specialist mental health helplines were set up during the pandemic, but the new 111 option will make it easier to access and find the right support. we can arrange for a home treatment team, a crisis team, to come and see you at home, or for you to go and see them if that's safe. gemma's team is taking around 300 calls a day. we are always busy. it's never quiet. this phone doesn't stop ringing, ever. we are trying to make the system as easy as we can make it so we can help people as quickly as possible. 0k, could you tell me a little bit about that, if that's ok? chris is one of the call handlers. she admits it can be emotionally challenging. to do that when people are having some of the worst days of their life, pretty consistently, through an entire working week, it c

our health editor hugh pym explains. inquiry found that been consistently failed by those in authority and today, ministers have firmed up details of the scheme announced by the previous government and it is been widely welcomed. what is decent compensation? it is difficult to say. some like gary aren't happy. he was infected with hiv and hepatitis c during his treatment for haemophilia. he didn't know he was part of a medical trial, in his own words, a guinea pig. because of that, he qualifies for an extra amount on top of his compensation. but, at £15,000, he thinks it is an insult. because of the cohort of boys there, they had an ideal opportunity to research and experiment on us, which they did for many, many years. and we think that is worth more than £15,000. there are different levels of compensation depending on the severity of the infections. joe is angry that the maximum award for those like her who contracted hepatitis c is half that potentially available to victims of hiv. she was infected during a blood tran

our health editor hugh pym reports.who gathered in may to mark the publication of the public inquiry report felt that had been delivered. it said the scale of the scandal was horrifying and that doctors, the nhs and government had repeatedly failed patients. today more details of the final compensation package have been published. payments to those infected will start by the end of this year, and to those affected, including families, some time next year. existing support schemes will continue, as well as compensation. about 3,000 people so far have been in touch with the official body running the scheme, but it's not clear how many will claim. no amount of money can make up for those people who suffered so much during their lives, nor can it make up for a lost partner, lost child in some cases, lost parent, lost sibling. i do hope today will be seen as a step on the journey to justice. the plan has been broadly welcomed by campaigners but some groups are disappointed. pupils at the treloar school in hampshire, which ha

pym, is here.ignificant, because it follows this review by doctor hilary cass earlier this year, which found that children and young people had been let down, in her words, because of a lack of robust medical research on the sort of interventions which were going on. just before that the tavistock clinic which had been providing these services closed, and a block on the routine use of puberty blockers, that's designed to hold the onset of puberty or slow it down, that was implemented. so nhs england have followed this up today by saying there will be six new centres on top of two which have already opened, and referrals will be made by a mental health or paediatric expert rather than directly from gps. and there will be trials of puberty blockers under robust clinical conditions next year. this comes at a time when it said that around 5700 children and young people are waiting on average 100 weeks for care in these services. the british medical association has said that it is a welcome move but the

pym is here.lly is quite a moment for the victims, the families who have campaigned for this for so long. yes, it was a dramatic moment when the public inquiry reported after campaigners spent decades trying to get a proper investigation of this scandal and a search for truth and justice. very soon afterwards, the general election was called, and there were real fears general election was called, and there were realfears in general election was called, and there were real fears in these communities that the whole thing would just be put on hold, but now we have this government, in the middle of a summer recess, not waiting for parliament to resume, publishing really important details of how the infected and affected will be compensated. here is my report. will be compensated. here is my reort. . , ., . report. victims of the infected blood scandal, _ report. victims of the infected blood scandal, some - report. victims of the infected blood scandal, some who - report. victims of the infected - blo

hugh pym reports. his new surroundings after a transfer from new surroundings after a transferfrom hospital. the transfer from hospital. the clinical director transferfrom hospital. the clinical director is reassuring him. �* . clinical director is reassuring him. �* , ., him. i'm christie and i will have a chat _ him. i'm christie and i will have a chat with _ him. i'm christie and i will have a chat with you - him. i'm christie and i will| have a chat with you about him. i'm christie and i will- have a chat with you about how things have been, how you are feeling, is that ok? how are you doing? it feeling, is that ok? how are you doing?— you doing? it has been difficult. _ you doing? it has been difficult. and _ you doing? it has been difficult. and in - you doing? it has been difficult. and in a - you doing? it has been difficult. and in a lot i you doing? it has been j difficult. and in a lot of pain _ difficult. and in a lot of ain. �* ., ., pain. but getting on top of it. christian the _ pain. bu

here's our health editor, hugh pym., only work can cope options which callers to 111 could be referred to. keep yourself safe for now, yeah? they will be put through to people like arthur, who can point to community support in their local area, or more urgent crisis care. specialist mental health helplines were set up during the pandemic, but the new 111 option will make it easier to get access to them. we can arranges for a crisis team to come and see you at home, or for you to go and see them if that is safe. gemma's team is taking around 300 calls a day. we are always busy, it is never quiet, this phone doesn't stop ringing, ever. we are trying to make the system as easy as we can make it, so that we can help people as quickly as possible. chris is one of the call handlers. she admits it can be emotionally challenging. to do that, when people are having some of the worst days of their life, pretty consistently for an entire working week, to community support in their local area, or more urgent crisis care. specialist

hugh pym, bbc news.settlers have set fire to houses and cars in a palestinian village in the occupied west bank, killing at least one person and seriously injuring others. israeli political leaders — including the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu — have condemned the violence. the settlers — some wearing masks — were armed with batons, rocks and molotov cocktails as they descended on the village ofjit. two people have been charged with terrorism offences following an investigation by the met�*s counter terrorism command. 18—year—old rex william henry clark, from ilford in east london, and 19—year—old sofija vinogradova, from cheshunt in hertfordshire, will appear at westminster magistrates�* court today. 0nline safety campaigners are accusing whatsapp of failing to stop the spread of child sexual abuse images. citing the recent case of the disgraced bbc broadcaster huw edwards, who accessed indecent images of children on the app, the internet watch foundation said more safeguards should be introduced.

our health editor hugh pym reports.mpensation package have been published. payments to those infected will start by the end of this year and to those affected, including families, some time next year. existing support schemes will continue as well as compensation. about 3,000 people so far have been in touch with the official body running the scheme, but it's not clear how many will claim. no amount of money can make up for those who suffered a lost a partner or a lost child, lost parent commando sibling. i do hope today will be seen as a step on a journey tojustice. this sum was subject to high—risk treatments, they will receive £15,000 extra, as well as compensation. they say that is not nearly enough. the compensation. they say that is not nearly enough-— compensation. they say that is not nearl enou:h. ' :::::: , nearly enough. the £15,000 proposed award is both — nearly enough. the £15,000 proposed award is both the _ nearly enough. the £15,000 proposed award is both the rocketry _ nearly enough. the £15,000 propos

our health editor hugh pym reports.west midlands, andrew, who has renal cancer, is getting used to his new kalmar surroundings after a transfer from hospital. christie the clinical director is reassuring him. i am 'ust director is reassuring him. i am just going _ director is reassuring him. i am just going to — director is reassuring him. i am just going to have _ director is reassuring him. i am just going to have a _ director is reassuring him. i am just going to have a little - director is reassuring him. i —n just going to have a little chat with you about how things have been and how you're feeling, is that ok? how are you doing at the minute? it has been difficult. so we were truly getting _ has been difficult. so we were truly getting on— has been difficult. so we were truly getting on top of it.— getting on top of it. christie and the senior— getting on top of it. christie and the senior management - getting on top of it. christie and the senior management team i getting on top of it. christie and l the senior

hugh pym, bbc news. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning.xed. at the moment we have heavy rain across the north and west. also a windy day, particularly in the north—west and the irish sea. in the south—east it will feel quite worn with hazy sunshine in the afternoon. you can see this when in the north the west. a weather warning in south—west scotland. we could see up to a0 millimetres of rainfall. on higher ground more than that. this rain is going to be steadily pushing south and east during the day. behind it, in scotland and northern ireland, a return to bright spells, sunshine and showers. ahead of it across england and wales we start off with sunshine. as the rain arrives the cloud will build turning the sunshine hazy. the street today. the wind will ease during the afternoon. highs of 25, 26 in the south—east. 20 in belfast. through this evening and overnight a weather front starts to weaken as it bumps into an area of high pressure in the south. the rain will turn more showery. again some showers coming in across the north and west.