and the ongoing of industrial action and the ongoing pay dispute in the nhs hasn't ended altogether. matt pay dispute in the nhs hasn't ended altoaether. a, a ~ h, altogether. matt hancock has apologised — altogether. matt hancock has apologised again _ altogether. matt hancock has apologised again for- altogether. matt hancock has apologised again for every . altogether. matt hancock has i apologised again for every death with a card during the covid pandemic. giving evidence this morning, mr hancock said that resources were ta ken morning, mr hancock said that resources were taken away from planning for a flu pandemic to focus on the threat of a no—deal brexit. l on the threat of a no—deal brexit. i take full responsibility for the fact that in the face of brexit and the threats that are disorganised brexit could do, resources were moved across the department to focus on that threats, including away from

pandemic preparedness planning. this was proposed to me by the permanent secretary in the cmo and i signed it off. i regarded the secretary of state was myjob not to run the department in terms of resource allocation, but to set the direction, but i signed up that decision. the thing is, you face a lot of risks and threats. mr hancock said that the _ lot of risks and threats. mr hancock said that the uk's _ lot of risks and threats. mr hancock said that the uk's attitude - lot of risks and threats. mr hancock said that the uk's attitude towards | said that the uk's attitude towards a potential pandemic was completely wrong. i a potential pandemic was completely wronu. ., , a potential pandemic was completely wron., a potential pandemic was completely wron , .,, ., ,, ., wrong. i was assured that the uk ”lannin wrong. i was assured that the uk planning was _ wrong. i was assured that the uk planning was among _ wrong. i was assured that the uk planning was among the - wrong. i was assured that the uk planning was among the best, i wrong. i was assured that the uk. planning was among the best, and wrong. i was assured that the uk - planning was among the best, and in some instances, the best in the world and, of course with hindsight, i wish i had spent that short period of time as health secretary before the pandemic struck also changing the pandemic struck also changing the entire attitude to how we respond to a pandemic. perhaps one

of the reasons i feel so strongly about the importance of this inquiry and why i am so emotionally committed to making sure that it is a success with full transparency and total brutal honesty in answering your questions to get to the bottom of this is because, because of this huge error in the doctrine that the uk, and by the way the whole western world had, and how to tackle a pandemic. that flawed doctrine underpinned many of the problems that made it extremely difficult to respond and if i may say so i am profoundly sorry for the impact that had. i am

profoundly sorry for the impact that had. iam profoundly profoundly sorry for the impact that had. i am profoundly sorry for each death that has occurred. let's get more on the long awaited independent report into the state of cricket in england and is, which said racism, sexism, classism and elitism widespread within the game. the independent commission for equity in cricket has made 44 recommendations. isabel westbury is a former captain of middlesex and the sports writer. {line a former captain of middlesex and the sports writer.— the sports writer. one thing i do want to steer _ the sports writer. one thing i do want to steer away _ the sports writer. one thing i do want to steer away from - the sports writer. one thing i do want to steer away from is - the sports writer. one thing i do want to steer away from is a - the sports writer. one thing i do i want to steer away from is a guest there are incidents of incredibly awful behaviour, but those are anomalies. what is not is the culture of the women county cricket team go and play on that pitch over there because the men's team didn't want to ruin their pitch. it is not so much the single horrific

incidents, because that happens in all walks of life and it doesn't matter if you are in an institution was sent endemic racist or sexist, it is that bad people do bad things. it is the culture at that to make sure that women get better pay, better training, they are notjust put on the back burner. this same goes for ethnic minorities, the same for people who went to state schools. they need the same infrastructure, pathways to convert that love of cricket, and that spans all races, classes and sexes, to having a viable future in the game. i want to steer away from those individual points of shock and up to how we can embed it for a game for all. for many of us it is one of the most soothing sounds on the radio. that is of course the shipping forecast,

but that famous list of 31 names has extra significance for katie. she is attempting to kayak and paddle in many of those waters to complete the challenge started by her late brother, toby. five years ago, toby carr embarked upon a truly original adventure. i'm off. over the next year i'm going to kayak in all of the areas of the shipping forecast. and now the shipping forecast issued by the met office on behalf of the maritime and coastguard agency. he even had a book deal, and when he'd finish, he'd publish his story. southeast seven to severe gale nine, occasionally poor until later. but toby had a life—limiting illness. toby was born with fanconi anaemia. one of the things that happens

if those patients survive childhood is that as an adult they have more propension towards cancer. all of us tried not to think about it. more than anything else, it was about living life as fully as possible. his sister, katie carr, will finish his mission. yeah, so this is the first time in this kayak. and it's really exciting, at the same time a little bit emotional, because i know that the last person who sat in this was toby. setting out from flushing, she has ten areas left of the shipping forecast to kayak. if you suddenly feel you might fall in, you just do that, it mightjust save you. but you've got to have your elbows up, really. friend julie is giving lessons. friend julie is giving lessons. the next stop is going to be ireland, and doing all of the irish sea areas that he never got out to. i'm a beginner, so i'm having to learn as i go along. and there was another challenge — toby's unfinished book. found his notebooks,

and started to realise that with that, with the voice recordings, the photos, i could piece it together. variable, three to four. fair, good, becoming moderate later. the shipping forecast is something which had real meaning, and he was also trying to deal with the grief from losing our brother marcus. he had the same illness as toby. toby died of liver cancer. and that was — again, it was a result of fanconi's. when we were kids, we were often told that we wouldn't live longer than 30 and the life expectancy is quite short. so i think that obviously puts in your mind a sense of determination to try and get the most out of things. toby was 110 when he died last year. so toby never knew i would finish the book or the journey. he'd just be delighted that his story was going to be told

and that people could feel inspired to get outside, to get in a kayak, to even think, ok, i've got a terminal illness or a life limiting illness, what can i do within those limits? and i think he'd just be delighted. "like many others, i often listen to the shipping forecast to drift off to sleep at night. and while the names of distant places drift in and out of my comprehension, somewhere out there, someone will be on the water."" bob mackie has designed costumes for many divas, including tina turner and cher. the exuberant outfits have gone on display at london's fee and a museum. michael mackenzie went to meet the man behind the feathers and the sequence.

cher opened the show with this in las vegas. there are many layers there, the feathers, beaded robes, all came up as layers as she wore them. it is like costume heaven in here, all the diva costumes from the last century or more are here. it is an amazing exhibit. well you always love that god s that you don't know and you know they must be fabulous. it is a start. it is like a movie star or a tv it is a start. it is like a movie star ora tv star ora it is a start. it is like a movie star or a tv star or a sport start. there is something very special about them. it was funny as a child when i used to say famous people dressed up, ijust thought, well, theyjust dressed up, ijust thought, well, they just come dressed up, ijust thought, well, theyjust come like that, nobody has to do it for them, theyjust show up

dressed to the nines looking amazing. of course, it is a lot more than that. you have to work harder at being a diva. always you have to be just the best. hello there. we had one or two lovely sunrise pictures sent to us earlier this morning, like this one from the isle of wight. the early rising sun picking out layers of clouds to the west of the uk, and that cloud is associated with an area of low pressure that's near iceland. we've actually got a warm front bringing some damp weather to the northern half of the uk. behind this warm front, the air is going to be turning really quite humid as we go through the rest of the day and overnight tonight, with these south—westerly winds pushing that humid air right across the country. through the afternoon, the cloud will be thick enough to bring us some patches of rain, most of it light, spotty really, from the midlands and wales northwards. but we are going to see some heavier bursts of rain across scotland for a time. it should stay dry and bright across the south. temperatures quite widely

still into the low 20s. overnight tonight, as that humid air works its way in, we'll have increasingly thick cloud across western areas of the uk, with extensive drizzle developing overnight. there will also be some mist and fog patches around our western coast and hills. the other thing that humid and cloudy weather will do is it will stop temperatures from falling very far, so 16 or 17 degrees overnight. tomorrow morning, it's going to be a damp start to the day with extensive drizzle. wales and western areas of england probably staying dry throughout the whole day, but we'll see another band of rain start to move across northern ireland, getting into scotland as we go through the day. could be one or two heavier bursts on that weather front. now, temperatures still for the most part into the 20s and could peak at 25 degrees. if we see a few brighter spells across east anglia and south east england. the best of any sunshine, though, will be for western scotland and northern ireland late in the day.

by thursday we start to see some fresher air arrive from the northwest. however, a band of rain to start the day across east anglia and south east england could be particularly slow moving. it might even last all day. if that happens, the rain could turn out to be quite heavy but will be welcome for some. for example, in parts of essex we've only seen seven millimetres of rain so far this month, so i'm sure gardeners and farmers would welcome that rain. temperatures, high teens, low 20s, with a fresher feel to the weather. into the weekend we go and low pressure stays to the northwest of the uk. we are going to see widespread showers on friday and showers or longer spells of rain through the weekend across the northwest.

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