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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00. prime minister theresa may is to set out plans to increase nhs spending in england. the home secretary uses exceptional powers to allow doctors to treat severely epileptic billy caldwell with illegal cannabis oil. the home office can no longer play a role, in fact play any role, in the administration of medication for sick children in our country. no otherfamily should sick children in our country. no other family should have to go through this sort of ordeal. a second devastating fire in four years at the glasgow school of art has caused extensive damage. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, praised the response of the emergency services. the most important thing today is that we are not mourning the loss of life, and we should not forget that, and that is down to the skill and the speedy response of the fire
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service, and for that i am immensely grateful to all of them. sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. a moment to forget for one of the greats. lionel messi misses a crucial penalty, as underdogs iceland secure a draw against argentina on day 3 of the world cup. and joining me tonight to review the sunday papers will be owen bennett from huffpostuk, and the journalist and broadcaster penny smith. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may will tomorrow unveil a long—term funding plan for the nhs in england. she had promised to come up
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with details before the nhs‘s 70th anniversary next month. the spending plan means that £114 billion a budget will rise by 3% per year on average in the next five yea rs. with me is our health editor, hugh pym. just take us through the details, as we know them so far? there has been several weeks of talks in whitehall over getting this package of measures together. prime minister theresa may made it clear she wanted a long—term plan for england in time for the 70th birthday celebrations of the nhs and early next month. but the nhs leadership, jeremy hunt, the health and social care secretary, wa nt health and social care secretary, want it quite a big increase. the treasury, mindful of the state of public finances, were anxious to keep it to what they thought was sustainable. so these talks were going on as late as last night. the
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deal has finally been thrashed out and it gives the nhs in england 3.4% in real terms over five years. that means more than £4 billion more next year, and by the final year, £20 billion more than this year. now, thatis billion more than this year. now, that is more than what was on the table originally. after the lobbying, it came up to that level. some health think tank sent experts are already saying that actually, it isn't enough. it needed closer to 4% to deliver the real increases needed to deliver the real increases needed to deliver the real increases needed to deliver improvements in services. but the head of nhs england, simon stephens, has said tonight that he welcomes this and he thinks it will involve an ability to make improvements in the next few years. very quickly, just to reiterate, do those figures add up on paper? when you look at them? well, they look convincing. it is sustainable. the key question is whether it will do enough, because already waiting times are rising, waiting lists are getting longer, particularly for
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routine surgery, and in amd —— a&e, and to cope with the ageing population and all the new medicines coming onstream, is going to involve more money. as the years go on people might look at it and say that even more will be required. it is very difficult to get the sums precisely right at this stage. ministers will argue they have done enough, and they have given the nhs and lot more than some other departments can expect in the next few years. —— a lot more. in an extraordinary intervention by the home secretary, a 12—year—old boy with severe epilepsy is tonight receiving treatment using an illegal form of cannabis oil. billy caldwell‘s mother bought the oil in canada to help control his seizures, but it was confiscated on her arrival at heathrow airport in a move described by a former drugs minister as "cruel and inhumane." sajid javid said he used "an exceptional power" to issue
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the licence for what he said was a medical emergency. richard lister has the story. charlotte and billy caldwell flew back to britain on monday after taking the law into their own hands. to treat billy's epilepsy, they bought cannabis oil in canada containing an ingredient banned in the uk. the drug which had kept billy's seizures under control for almost a year was confiscated and four days later billy was back in hospital. he's still there but today charlotte was told the home office had backed down and licensed billy's cannabis treatment, leaving her relieved but angry. my experience throughout this leaves me in no doubt that the home office can no longer play a role, in fact play any role in the administration of medication for sick children in our country. no other family should have to go through this sort of ordeal.
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sajid javid indicated that this wasn't a full policy change but a response to a complex situation. he said... but many others are watching. alfie's parents asked theresa may for the same access to cannabis treatment three months ago. now they want action. one former minister says the law on medicinal cannabis must change. we can't have british patients having to smuggle medicines across the border while european patients can acquire medicinal cannabis products. i think the mood is changing. and i think this case highlights it. billy's cannabis treatment has resumed but so too has the debate on whether others like him should be able to benefit, too. earlier i spoke to barbara zieniewicz, who has recently started working
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with charlotte caldwell to care for billy. he is so lively and he is doing really well, he's glowing today. he had his first administration today of his anti—epileptic medicine. just describe to us the billy before the cannabis oil was administered to what you sawjust before coming in here? i can tell you from my own personal observations, the past week, since monday, since his medicine has been confiscated but also not only that, but the time that i had seen him before then, when we went together to canada, he was completely fine. as soon as he had his medicine. as soon as we returned, his medicine, as you know, has been confiscated and ever since then he was having seizures. it was very upsetting because he was not his lively self. after a 20—hourjourney to canada,
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he was completely fine and active. a bit tired but nevertheless... when you travelled to canada, just tell us what happened? did it feel as if you were doing something illegal? how did you feel? the process, was it very open and were they understanding? 100%. going to canada and going to see one of the top paediatric neurologists who specialises in this treatment in cannabis, and speaking to her about it, itjust seemed completely normal. what did not seem normal was coming back and having to face the entire ordeal that has been going on since the confiscation. what did you make of the decision by sajid javid?
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what does it mean? it is triumphant. i strongly believe this is the first push. from here it is a ripple effect. to me it means there is hope for notjust billy, which is why this campaign is so important, but for all the families who need it. last night's fire at the glasgow school of art has been described as "heartbreaking" by scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon. she was surveying the extensive damage caused by the blaze which broke out late last night in the mackintosh building. it was being restored after another fire four years ago. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie reports. a site know one imagined they would never see again. glasgow's cherished mackintosh building was engulfed in
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fla mes mackintosh building was engulfed in flames for a second time. as the fire took hold in the early hours of this morning, thick smoke could be seen this morning, thick smoke could be seen from miles around. as the fire rapidly spread, some local residents we re rapidly spread, some local residents were evacuated from their homes and businesses. more than 60 firefighters have been tackling this major blaze for several hours, and it now looks as if the flames have spread to a second building. it had indeed spread, to the nearby campus nightclub, and be 02 abc music venue. more resources were drafted in from across scotland, and at its height, 120 firefighters fought to save these buildings. as dawn broke and the smoke subsided, the remains of the mackintosh building began to emerge. the extent of the damage was far worse than from the fire four yea rs far worse than from the fire four years ago. we are working on all fronts, we are working on four different parts of the building, and
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the main operation at the moment is trying to extinguish the fire com pletely trying to extinguish the fire completely within both the school of artand completely within both the school of art and adjacent buildings. affectionately known as the mac, the grade a listed building was completed in 1909 was that considered to be charles rennie mackintosh‘s masterpiece, it can be seen mackintosh‘s masterpiece, it can be seen here in its former glory. but four years ago, fire ripped through the library. valuable archives and original furniture the library. valuable archives and originalfurniture and the library. valuable archives and original furniture and fittings, designed by mackintosh, were reduced to blackened rubble. the building was being restored and was due to reopen next year. as scotland's first minister paid tribute to firefighters this afternoon, that looked increasingly unlikely. the most important thing today is that we are not mourning loss of life, and we should not forget that. that is down to the skill and the speedy response of the fire service, and for that i am immensely grateful to
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all of them. investigation teams will now begin their painstaking work to find out why such a devastating fire broke out on this historic site a second time. —— for a second time. sinn fein delegates at their annual conference have voted to liberalise the party's policy on abortion. it follows last month's referendum result in the republic of ireland which overturned a de facto ban on most terminations. the motion, backed by sinn fein's leadership has, however, divided party members. from belfast, our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. anti—abortion campaigners turned out to greet sinn fein delegates this morning. these views were once in the party mainstream, but not any more. capitalised and commercialised! today, sinn fein delegates of a new generation spoke in favour of abortion reform. we
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must face the reality that the lives of some women are placed in danger and real risk due to their pregnancy. during the recent referendum campaign, i was struck by the scores of women that came forward and told their personal stories. last month ireland voted decisively to overturn its ban on abortion. today sinn fein passed a motion requiring its politicians to back new laws in the irish parliament, allowing abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. but not without some internal division. the 26 counties of ireland has lost something beautiful and precious, the protection of the unborn, but we the already born did not lose on may the 25th — the unborn child did. leading the call for change, sinn fein's first new leader in 35 years. marylou mcdonald gave herfirst conference speech since taking over from gerry adams a few months ago.
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emery woman who calls this island home must have access to compassionate medical care at home. the north is next. now that sinn fein has officially changed its own stance on abortion, the party will continue pressing for the law to be changed here in northern ireland. where abortion remains illegal in most circumstances. but achieving this will be harder. sinn fein is not in government after power—sharing with the dup collapsed 17 months ago. change has come in the party, but deadlock over access to abortion for northern ireland remains. a murder investigation is underway after the death of a man in warrington. officers were called to wilderspool causeway in latchford just before 3:00am, where they found a 21—year—old man with serious injuries. he later died in hospital. a 31—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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at least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured by a suicide bomb in the eastern afghan province of nangarhar. the so—called islamic state group said it carried out the bombing. the attack happened as taliban militants and afghan security forces embraced during a three—day ceasefire as the country marks the muslim festival of eid. the afghan president has urged the taliban to extend the ceasefire. the migrant rescue ship the aquarius is heading for the spanish port of valencia, where it's expected to dock tomorrow. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel, which has 600 people on board. france has now also offered to help by taking in some of the migrants. jon donnison reports. i'm wanted, homeless, but at least safe. turned away by italy and
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malta, more than 600 african migrants aboard the aquarius are now heading to spain. they are due to arrive in valencia tomorrow, and now france has offered to take some of those on board as well, and processed their asylum claims. finally, something to celebrate. after what has been a terrifying journey, they were rescued off the coast of libya as their boats broke up. and even now they have had to face difficult weather. we started proceeding away towards spain, we we re proceeding away towards spain, we were hit by four metre waves that we re were hit by four metre waves that were crashing over the deck. the spray was going over the bridge onto the decks on the aft part of the ship. these people are already so vulnerable that it is just putting a huge amount of strain on already extremely tired, vulnerable people who just survived a shipwreck. so not a great situation on board here. at the port in valencia, the red cross and msf are preparing for a
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various' arrival, with more than 1000 volunteers on hand to help. translation: vulnerable people are travelling on aquarius and the italian vessels, including children and pregnant women. there is also a group of people who have suffered urns, some second—degree burns, due to the mixture of water and fuel. in general, medical teams are used to this kind of situation and the patients are stable. but it is clear that such a long trip in such harsh conditions doesn't help. spain and france say europe has a humanitarian and legal duty to give those saved at sea say planning. italy's new populist government, though, is continuing to push its tough line. but for these people, afterjourneys lasting weeks and maybe months, they are finally about to set foot in europe. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister, theresa may, is to set out plans to increase nhs spending in england.
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work is continuing to make the glasgow school of art safe, following the fire which gutted the historic building. home secretary users powers to help billy connelly, an epileptic, with cannabis. work is continuing to make the glasgow school of art safe, following the fire which gutted the historic building. fire crews will remain at the scene throughout the night. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. we've now seen half of the teams at the world cup play their opening match with eight making their bow on the tournament's only day with four back to back matches. so if you had to leave your sofa for any of the last 12 hours, this should help. the final match of the four was in group d between croatia and nigeria. and it was something of a bizarre affair in kaliningrad. croatia took the lead without even managing a shot on target after stoke city's latest signing oghenekaro etebo turned mario mandzukic‘s header
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into his own net. it was more like wwe than fifa in the second half when william troost—ekong wrestled with mandzukic. luka modric then registered croatia's first shot on target to secure the 2—0 win. so croatia's win takes them top of group d. that's because argentina could only draw with iceland who registered a famous point in their first match in the world cup. we also had the opening games in group c today which included a win for france over australia. adam wild reports. when you have lionel messi it is hard not to believe. perhaps the greatest of his generation. a world cup, then, a moment to prove it. it was another of argentina's stars who lit up this occasion — sergio aguero is rarely outshone. unburdened by such expectation were iceland. still, as england once found out, reputation counts for little. finnbogason with their first ever world cup goal. but predictably messi
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would have his moment. it came from the spot. the outcome less predictable. messi and argentina stillhave a lot to live up to. as france took on australia few saw much wrong with this challenge, that was until the video referee took a look. a france penalty was the decision, griezmann ending that discussion. australia's response was clear to see butjust as difficult to explain — this handball a moment of madness. jedinak levelled the match. france's winning goal required assistance, taking technology to show this effort from paul pogba did cross the line. france's campaign beginning with a win. adam wild, bbc news. so that was one game involving a penalty decision influenced by var and it wasn't the only one today. also in group c peru also had a spotkick given after the intervention of the video assistant but christian cueva smashed it high over the bar. and it proved costly for peru in their first world cup appearance in 36 years
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because yussuf poulsen scored the only goal of the game for denmark. dustinjohnson dropped six shots in his opening nine holes on a tough third day of the us open. the world number one had a commanding overnight advantage of four shots. but now finds himself in a share of the lead with brooks koepka with england'sjustin rose two back. none of the field are under par and there was a remarkable moment earlier in the evening. the course on long island has been much criticised and even one of the game's best has been struggling. phil mickelson admitted to deliberately hitting the ball while it was still rolling after a putt on the 13th, incurring a two shot penalty to leave the hole with a 10. he did eventually complete a round of 81 and some called for him to be disqualified but he told those offended to toughen up. england's cricketers have gone 2—0 up in their five match one day series with australia after a 38 run win in cardiff. in a rain interrupted match england made 342 for eight from their 50 overs. jason roy hit 120 and jos butler
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made an unbeaten 91. shaun marsh scored a fine 131 for the aussies but they were eventually dismissed with 17 balls remaining. the third match is in nottingham on tuesday england have lost a fifth rugby international in a row for the first time in four years after again squandering an early lead against south africa. last week it was 21 points, today 12, as the springboks came back to win 23—12 in bloemfontein and take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. meanwhile wales have won impressively in argentina tonight by 30 points to 12 to complete a 2—nil series win. wing josh adams' brilliant solo try was his first for his country — one of two scored by wales, with rhys patchell adding the other 20 points with his boot in santa fe. so confirmation of thos two results. elsewhere, ireland beat australia in australia for the first time in 39 years, winning 26—21 in melbourne. that series is 1—1 with a decider to come next weekend in sydney. while overnight scotland
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play the usa in houston. johanna konta is through to the final of the notthingham open, beating the defending champion donna vekic in the last four. the british number one lost in the final to vekic last year but showed no such frailties this time around, winning a rain—interrupted match in straight sets. she'll play australia's ashleigh barty in the final tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. dozens of flights have been delayed or diverted away from birmingham airport after the runway was temporarily closed this afternoon. passengers have been expressing their frustration on social media following hours of delays. the ru nway following hours of delays. the runway was shut following an emergency landing by a norwegian aircraft. passengers are being
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advised to check with their airlines before they travel. from anti—freeze to lemon coloured snails that could potentially fight cancer, the oceans of antarctica are full of unique animals that scientists hope could hold the key to some major global problems. members of the british antarctic survey in cambridge, spend months diving in freezing waters. our science correspondent, richard westcott has been given special access to the creatures they bring back to study. up up top, antarctica is a frozen desert that beneath the ice, it is teeming with life. creatures that hold clues to how the animal world will cope with climate change. we have been given a rare behind—the—scenes look that creatures have been brought back to to study. —— scientists have brought
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back to the uk. this is one of my favourite creatures. it is like the other starfish we were looking at except one obvious and very obvious difference. can you flip it over? this one, it has a whole. studying these animals could help save lives. from the sea spider that can grow as big as a dinner plate. to the starfish that looks a bit like back course. some aren't free —— full of natural antifreeze that could be goodin natural antifreeze that could be good in the medical world. this one might fight cancer and infections. there are a range of animals from things like this to spongers and things like this to spongers and things going in the rocks that could have imported chemicals for human society. so it like the rainforest where you find medicines?
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absolutely. you go through the eyes and it is all pitch black and as your eyes adjust, you lock up and your eyes adjust, you lock up and you have this amazing ice cover with colours, browns, greens. it is like a cathedral like feel. you could be anywhere. the thing in 0 degrees waters makes these animals grow much slower but much bigger than usual. this is the same group of animals as the woodlice you find in the gardens but one obvious difference, it is very big. this is an example of polar gigantism. from health and food supply to the impact of warmer oceans. these animals are helping us to understand the world our children will grow up with. handsome fellow, that. let's cross to another one. here is thomas with the weather.
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i don't think i will be able to sleep tonight after all of the creepy crawlies. these creatures, my goodness. i've never heard of a sea lemon. what is happening on the weather front? the weather is not looking at a meeting. on sunday, a lot of cloud in the sky and for some of us, quite drizzly for much of the day. at the moment out there, it is relatively clear. a gap in the clouds but this gap of cloud is it drifting in on an atlantic wind and all of this cloud will be sitting right on top of us during the course of sunday. through the rest of the deepening and overnight, you can see the clear skies towards eastern areas and all of the cloud behind me rolling in. by the early hours of sunday morning, i suspect some of the cloud will also bring a bit of light rain or drizzle to the western coasts. here is what happens to the course of the day. not a awful lot.
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it is light rain moving in with the cloud. the best of the weather, i suspect, on sunday, will be across northern and eastern parts of scotland. and in aberdeen. the pollen will be high across england but it is moderating across western areas because we have the breeze coming in off the atlantic so that is freshening things up a little bit. low pressure to the north of us. bit. low pressure to the north of us. weather fronts sliding across the uk on wednesday but the trend through the week will be for fewer of these weather fronts moving across. to the south, we will see weather conditions improving. in fa ct, weather conditions improving. in fact, the air across the south on monday, warm already. temperatures could be getting up to 24. still in
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the teams in the scotland with rain on and off. on tuesday, the warm air establishes itself across much of england and wales and temperatures will be widely into the 20s. i emphasise england and wales, not northern ireland and scotland here. in fact, it will stay relatively cool in fact, it will stay relatively cool, mainly in the team. belfast and aberdeen. in the south, london will be warming up to 27 celsius come wednesday. yes, the weather is warming up in the coming days but not everywhere. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. the prime minister, theresa may, is to set out plans to increase nhs spending in england.
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