1984. do you see there, derek, the extra ct of 1984. do you see there, derek, the extract of your records which summarises the blood products which you were receiving, in particular in 1984 and 1985? ido, 1984 and 1985? i do, yes. could i ask you to tell you're watching bbc newsroom live. the enquiry it's ham, and these are the main what illnesses you were infected stories this morning... with as a result of the worst treatment scandal being a given in the history of the nhs — that those blood an inquiry begins into how thousands of patients were given products. contaminated hiv and hepatitis c. blood. it is right to think you don't know the precise date of my my father's death has been recorded your infection 01’ the precise date of your infection or widely precise batch that caused falsely in history as an accident your infection, but you and this was not an accident, so we hope the enquiry will actually get have estimated in your witness statement that it appears to have been to the bottom of why this happened, who was responsible, what was known sometime between august that we have not had that before, 1984 and august 1985? we based on some of the records that have just completely ignored. suffering in silence — we re based on some of the records that were sent by the a new report says victims

of anti—social behaviour uk national are still being let down by the police and local councils. haemophilia database, yes. and we maternity services under scrutiny can put at a health board in wales following concerns over the death that up of a number of babies. again, please. death threats for wildlife broadcaster chris packham — this is derek the latest hate mail martindale, he was sent to him in a row over given contaminated blood, we bird shooting. saw the lists of some of the transfusions it is designed to elicit as much that he was given between fear as possible, they are unspecific about where 1984 and 1985 and he said and when, that as a result they are principally saying, you of will never be safe, you will never those transfusions he contracted be able to go out, we will always hiv and hepatitis c. be there. and bowing out — the first japanese the background to monarch to abdicate in more this goes back a long way, than two centuries, in the 19705 this goes back a long way, in the 1970s and 1980s, the emperor akihito has stepped down nhs was imparting factor eight from the us from his throne. where high—risk groups like prisoners were paid to blood. it was blood used for transfusions after an operation or childbirth, good morning. welcome to but bbc newsroom primarily for haemophiliacs. the

resulting scandal has been called to the worst treatment scandal in the live. we have breaking news that one history of the nhs was of the uk's biggest health up 4800 people with haemophilia infected care providers is set to go into with hepatitis c, hiv in the 1970s administration. it later today. a two of the holding companies that 01’ with hepatitis c, hiv in the 1970s or 1980s. 0ver with hepatitis c, hiv in the 1970s or 1980s. over 2000 site to have own the group have been struggling died. this is the first witness with a heavy debt load that the enquiry are and intend to hearing from. the appoint administrators four seasons enquiry is expected to has got 250 care homes across the go on vote uk caring for more yea rs. than 30,000 people enquiry is expected to go on vote years. —— for two years. and sources at the company are two welsh maternity units have been saying residents and patients will placed into special measures not be affected by following a review prompted by a number of babies the administration while it seeks a being stillborn or dying within the first few weeks. buyer. the part of the an independent review has found company that that maternity services i’u ns buyer. the part of the company that runs the care homes will not at the royal glamorgan and prince charles hospital formally enter administration and were "under extreme pressure" and had "sub—optimal" leadership. continues to have access to cash the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecology, and the royal college of midwives — for its operations. important to who carried out the review — note says they heard stories for anybody that may be concerned which were "distressing, about this as the result of a difficult and sometimes shocking to listen to". relative being on one of the cwm taf health board says planned changes have the care homes. residents and patients will already eased not be affected pressures. by the jessica western's daughter macie

administration while four seasons died from rain damage after 19 days. health care seeks a buyer. we will her case is one of bring you more on that as we the 43 being looked at. get it. we also hearing separately that we weren't listened to, there is breaking news coming and it felt like it didn't matter who you addressed your issue to, out of glasgow airport, all have been nobody really had time. suspended in and out of i do agree that it was overstretched, and we saw that glasgow airport, the airport has confirmed ourselves on the ward. the runway is not but, at the same time, our baby was critically ill, operational, an and we had no incident was declared just a little answers then and we still have no while ago, 10:25am, and answers now. we have no just simple things as further detail at the moment on exactly what the nature of the well, like my placenta should have incident is, but we can tell you been sent away for histology, flights have been suspended in and out of glasgow airport and we will which might have brought us some answers, but it was thrown. stay across that and keep you and when we asked why, updated as soon as we hear all we got was, "we don't know why." 0ur reporter tomos morgan any more. a public inquiry into what has been is in merthyr tydfil in south called "the worst treatment scandal wales for in the history of the nhs" is to start taking us now. evidence this morning. bring us up to date with what you some a800 people have been with haemophilia were infected with hearing. as you mentioned, hepatitis c or hiv in the 1970s and 1980s. this independent more than 2,000 are thought to have died. review has found that the maternity thousands more may have been exposed through blood transfusions services at cwm taf health after an operation or

but, it's two main childbirth. in the past half hour, the chair of the inquiry hospitals, just sir brial langstaff north of opened the inquiry. there may be moments in the cardiff and merthyr tydfil have had testimonies you are about to issues of staffing and management. the review found staff were working hear, 110w testimonies you are about to hear, now and over the coming under extreme pressures and days, which may bring you close to a sub up tears away that they may excite indignation to now, clinical and managerial leadership. there has been some in any reasonable person. historical issues that is only with staff human andi any reasonable person. that is only and human and i do not ask you to be managerial issues, there was another anything else. but do review by the welsh audit office please respect the fact that the which found there were issues with staff shortages then. witness will be giving evidence. it is never easy to this was give evidence. please prompted discussions on changes to maternity services in the two main hospitals in this health board and bear that in it was only march this year mind. that those changes actually took place. and that's been underway for a little over half an hour now. this independent today we've also heard from jenni richards was ordered qc, who is lead counsel by the welsh government's health to the inquiry. 0ver over the 11 weeks of hearings minister and that was ordered just a between now and mid—0ctober, you day after the 5th of will hear and will hear october last year that cwm taf themselves evidence from some of the thousands of individuals who were said themselves they were investigating

infected with hiv, with hepatitis c, in some cases 43 cases of irregularities which led to some of them with other infections in being serious direct incidents in babies being born consequence of being treated with here infected blood or infected which led to eight stillbirths and blood farm neonatal deaths products by the national health service. you will hear from —— make farm neonatal deaths. people whose spouse or partner died, whose this was pa rents whose spouse or partner died, whose parents died, whose sibling died, whose child died conducted indirect by alongside the royal college of consequence of being treated with midwives and they had heard stories that were distressing and difficult infected blood or infected blood and sometimes really had products by the national health to listen service. you will hear how it lives to. they found there were 11 have been cut areas of immediate concern, some of short our irrevocably those included fragmented consultant cover for the damaged or altered. you will hear in a phrase used in one of labour while, the many and acceptable state m e nts a phrase used in one of the many statements received, people have —— unacceptable consultant been forced to live a life that was availability and inadequate not the life they were meant midwifery staffing compared to normal standards. it is to lead. it is important that this also been suggested that although the cwm evidence is heard and brought out taf review is only looking into the at incidents between 2006 and 2018, that actually open.

sophie hutchinson is should look back at the inquiry for us. to 2010 to this has been a long time coming, determine the extent the it has lots of ground to cover. tell us underreporting of issues provided by what has happened the health board. thank you so far. very much. you were just hearing from the we are hearing at glasgow airport main qc to the enquiryjenni richards, has reopened. we told you earlier and before that the chair there was an issue and of the flights were enquiry, sir brian langstaff. i grounded for about half an think you have got a flavour there hour or are the sum of the emotion so, but we are hearing that now all the there is likely to be as part flights are resuming. the airport of this enquiry. sir brian has reopened. we will, we have no langstaff spoke of the evidence he further detail at the moment as to has already what caused the flights to read, there have been many, be many hundreds of documents that have been grounded. japanese emperor akihito is stepping down submitted to this enquiry. he said from the throne today, making him the first monarch some of the evidence will be to abdicate in more than 200 years. harrowing, he found it the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health. incredibly he will moving, and sometimes even chilling. he described it as an be succeeded active bravery by his that people had come to give son tomorrow. evidence here and said inevitably for some people it the country's annual spring holiday would stir up has been extended to a record 10 very distressing memories. he days to mark occasion. promised, though, the victims would joining us now from the

have a swift and enquiry imperial palace in tokyo is mariko as was possible in order to be thorough. 0i. talk us through what has been we expect the enquiry to last about happening there. a more monumental two yea rs. snowmen. happening there. a more monumental thank you snowmen. white has the reaction been to it? very much. let's listen to derek martindale, -- whose blood was infected. snowmen. white has the reaction been to it? —— make a monumental moment. he's the first witness a truly historic day forjapan. it speaking at the inquiry. he is speaking. is the end of an era, he is not quite literally. today is the speaking final day of right now, but we expect to hear the current era, and from him at any moment. let's listen in and see what is happening now. the new era that looks like a record of will begin tomorrow. about blood transfusions discussed. two hours ago, the emperor has and here formally declared to abdicate. he remains the emperor until midnight when he will we be, his eldest have a 1984. son will take receiving different types to the of blood throne. the mood has products, nhs been celebrated fe“, eight and throne. the mood has been celebrated re—, what i then arm have compared to eight. 30 yea rs re—, what i have compared to 30 and then if years ago, the country was mourning the death of the previous emperor, we go to but people now are looking forward

to this new era. with me the next page. is our tokyo correspondent. you were inside the imperial palace, it was a this should come up truly historic day forjapan, another extract how do you from your think emperor ahkeeto will be remembered? asa remembered? as a very important figure injapan. records, he is not going, he is stepping down derek. but he is going to next page. thank be emperor emeritus, so he will still be you. and if around, hopefully enjoying his you could highlight, please, 1985 and retirement, but when you talk to people here in japan, retirement, but when you talk to people here injapan, specialists and the general public, there is a feeling of enormous affection and gratitude towards the emperor. and in particular areas, so here in japan he is seen as changing the role of emperor from being an aloof godlike figure of his father to being much more of an ordinary person, someone who goes out being much more of an ordinary person, someone who goes out and meet people, particularly in times of trouble when japan

has suffered large earthquakes and disasters, the emperor has gone out, particularly after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, he went out and went to evacuation centres and he knelt down with people who had lost everything. and he talked to them and drank tea with them and consoled them. this was something the japanese people have never seen before in an emperor and in that way he has really won the hearts of japanese and in that way he has really won the hearts ofjapanese people and change the role of the emperor. asi change the role of the emperor. as i was saying, i find change the role of the emperor. as i was saying, ifind it sometimes difficult to explain this change of the era, but i guess, injapan, we use the emperor's rain, so i refer to my birth year as the irate year. there is lots of excitement from the public. we do not know much about how he will be as an emperor. japan is the only country that still uses the imperial eras and we will

go to uses the imperial eras and we will gotoa uses the imperial eras and we will go to a year one tomorrow, which is rather strange, so my driving licence, the expiry date on there will never be reached, so i am not sure how that works. we have a new younger emperorand sure how that works. we have a new younger emperor and empress taking over tomorrow. we don't know that much about them, we know they are much about them, we know they are much more highly educated, the crown prince went to university for some time, his wife went to harvard university, they are much more cosmopolitan and there is a great deal of hope and i hope there is a great deal of people are really supportive of them, wanting them to be successful, but i think the truth is we don't know how they are going to fulfil these roles and they will have to find their own way, like emperor akihito did, of making their mark and we will have to wait to see how that evolves. thank you so much for that.

tomorrow brings the era of akihito when crown prince naruhito becomes emperor. a man wanted in connection with the abduction and rape of two women has been named by the metropolitan police. joseph mccann is wanted by detectives investigating the abduction of the first victim in chingford on 25 april. the second woman was abducted in edgware 12 hours later and both were taken separately to a hotel in watford, but managed to escape. 0fficers believe mr mccann, 33, may use disguises and has connections in watford, aylesbury and ipswich. labour's ruling national executive committee is holding a crucial meeting today to finalise the party's manifesto for next month's european elections. labour's leader, jeremy corbyn, is facing pressure to commit to a referendum on any final brexit deal. the deputy leader tom watson said the party must "listen to the members" who support a public vote on any brexit deal. let's go over to westminster

now to and talk to our assistant poitical editor, norman smith. thank you very much. a lively reception from mr carbon ahead of the crucial nec meeting in which he will be under real pressure to come off the fence over a second brags that a referendum. tom watson, the deputy leader has been leading the charge for that, appealing to party members to e—mail the nec. you see mr watson here getting a hard time himself when he arrived ahead of the meeting. mr carbon as we know has spent the past 2.5 years trying to avoid committing to another referendum because the fear is he would risk splitting the party and losing is the part of those labour leave voters, so he has adopted this policy of rather carefully cultivated ambiguity. today there is a real push to try and get him off

the fence, with the party deputy leader saying he must listen to the abuse of party members. —— the views of party members. well, look, in the last few days, like most of my colleagues on the nec, i have been inundated with thousands of e—mails from labour party members who are saying that labour party voters recognise the parliamentary failure and they think the only way to break this impasse is for a people's vote on any deal that parliament can agree. so, you know, we have got to listen to the members, we have got to listen to our european parliamentary candidates who support this, but there will be a debate soa so a crunch meeting, but my sense is mr corbyn will defeat those attempts to get him to commit to another referendum because he has a clear majority on the nec, he has only been defeated once since he became leader, back in 2016. now his grip on the nec is much stronger for stab