breakdowns, long term sick leave, self—harm. and... ..suicide attempts. today's culture review agrees that uhb has serious problems. "an adverse working environment has become normalised," it says. it goes on... "this is clearly having an impact on psychological well—being, with many staff expressing a significant impact on their mental health and general well—being." it just felt that at times there was far too much emphasis on the reputation and trying to mitigate against reputational damage and not listening to... or not taking seriously and acting on the whistleblowers�* concerns. so yet another highly critical report about university hospitals birmingham. but this time it does seem to have

shaken loose some of the senior executives who've been at the trust for many years. the longtime ceo of uhb announced his retirement from the nhs on the day the first review was published. in the few days before the latest publication, the trust's chief legal officer, david burbridge, and the chief medical officer, simon ball, both abruptly announced their departures. i'm jonathan, nice to meet you. pleased to meet you. but the trust ceo jonathan brotherton, brought in to help change the culture of the trust, is still in place. although he was only appointed to the top job injuly, he has been a senior manager at uhb since 2014. it was he who responded on behalf of the trust to today's report. but clearly the experiences that people have shared with the culture review team demonstrate that there are... there are unacceptable behaviours

in this organisation and there are really poor working practices in some areas, and those are the areas that we now need to go after. and we're really grateful to the 4000 people that contributed to this review and gives us the chance now to act upon that and make sure that we repay their faith in us. however, according to lynn busfield, mr brotherton was part of the problem. before covid, i tried five times to have a coffee meeting with jonathan brotherton. each time got fobbed off, or he said he'd get back to me or his secretary would get back to me. it never happened. he's the current ceo. the current ceo. so do you think the culture is going to change? i'm a priest, you know, i believe in... i believe people can change. and, you know, a leopard can change its spots. uhb told us that they were sorry that no time had been found for a meeting between lynn and mr

brotherton. the trust has acknowledged it has significant problems but says it is on a path to improvement. there are, though, many — both inside and outside the organisation — who are yet to be convinced. that's all from us tonight. faisal�*s here tomorrow. until then, goodnight. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day — this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. a teenage boy has been arrested after a 15—year—old girl was stabbed to death in croydon in south london on her way to school. police say the boy, who may have known the victim, was arrested shortly after she died at the scene. she was attacked after getting off a bus. the uk's first consumption room for illegal drugs has been approved by officials in glasgow. the facility is backed by the scottish government as a way to tackle the country's drugs deaths crisis. the pilot scheme will be based at a health centre and users will take their own drugs under the supervision of trained health professionals. mps are calling for a much bolder approach to reducing persistent school absence in england. the latest figures show,

more than a fifth of pupils are missing at least 10% of lessons — about double the pre—pandemic total. ministers say they're increasing support for schools, including introducing mentors to work with families. you're live with bbc news. and staying in the uk, the tv channel gb news has suspended two of its main presenters after comments they made on air. the broadcaster described the remarks about a female political journalist as completely unacceptable. our entertainment correspondent david sillito reports. let's move on to the bbc, laurence... dan wootton, gb news presenter, talking to actor and regular gb news contributor laurence fox, in a discussion about a debate that had taken place on the bbc, featuring the journalist ava evans. laurence fox was asked what he made of it...

we're past the watershed, so i can say this. show me a single self—respecting man who would like to climb into bed with that woman ever? he then went on to repeat the comments, but in rather more blunt language. the comments, but in rather this time, with laughter from dan wootton. who'd want to shag that? oh, laurence... look, she... laurence fox has also been suspended and ava evans has received a formal apology. honestly, not to cast doubt on our media landscape, but i didn't actually think anything was going to happen, especially not when i first saw the clip last night. i didn't think anything would come off it. i don't want to say i'm pleased by it. i just think that that's probably the best outcome i could have hoped for.

it is, of course, not the first time the channel has run into trouble. this, one of three breaches of tv rules about impartiality and politicians presenting news. you're watching gb news... and on tonight's dan wootton show it was... ..mark dolan. laurence fox may be unrepentant, but for gb news, this has crossed a line. we have freedom of speech, - but not freedom from the fallout. now for a discovery that could shed new light on one of the mysteries of the universe — namely. of the mysteries of the universe — namely, why it even exists — and why it is made up of matter. scientists at cern have been investigating the opposite of matter — anti—matter. they wanted to see what happens when anti—matter is exposed to gravity. does it fall down or up? our science correspondent pallab ghosh had exclusive access to the lab. at a lab near geneva, scientists are making a shadowy substance that's

the very opposite of what our world is made from. antimatter is just the coolest, most mysterious stuff you can imagine. it's taken 30 years and £1 billion to build a lab that can make and store large amounts of it. what we have here is the actual nerve centre of alpha g. jeffrey hangst wants to find out whether antimatter falls up or down. our world is made of atoms. which consists of a positively charged proton in the middle, a negatively charged electron orbiting it. anti—hydrogen is the opposite — negative in the middle and a positive version of the electron around it. there's only one place in the known universe where antihydrogen atoms exist for more than a fraction of a second, and it's here. inside are thousands of antihydrogen atoms, kept in place by a magnetic field.

antiproton request... the team turn off the magnet to see whether the antihydrogen atoms fall up or down. we found that antimatter falls towards the earth in the same way that equivalent matter would. is that not a bit of a disappointing result? well, obviously, if it went up, there's a nobel prize, right? it goes down, everyone says, "yeah, i told you so!" but the work is the same, you have to do the same due diligence either way. although the results show that there's no difference between the way matter and antimatter fall, researchers are going to continue to see if there's even the slightest variation, because that could still be really important. just after the big bang, matter — the stuff our universe is made

from — and its exact opposite, anti—matter, existed in equal amounts. they should have combined and cancelled each other out, leaving nothing but light, but here we are. we don't understand how our universe came to be matter dominated, and so this is what motivates our experiments. we measure the fundamental properties of anti—matter, and that might be a clue towards how our theories need to be revised. the scientists at the anti—matter lab know that the current theory why the universe exists at all. pallab ghosh, bbc news, at the cern's anti—matter factory outside geneva. nepal's cricketers have made history at the asian games. whilst a 13—year—old girl became china's youngest gold medallist so far. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more on day four of the games what a day it was for nepal's cricketers, smashing records. take a look at the ones that they broke. they became the first team to score

300 in a men's t20 international. if that wasn't enough, they also broke the record for the fastest 50 — 9 balls, for the fastest 50 — 9 balls — and the fastest t20 international century — 3a balls. they beat mongolia, who it has to be said, are newcomers to the sport. 13—year—old cui chenxi became china's youngest gold medallist when she won the women's street skateboarding event. she only took up skating during covid in 2020. her modest reaction on winning: "i did quite well today." from one of the youngest gold medal winners gold medal winners to a veteran. this is kuwait's abdullah al—rashidi. now, he equalled the world record in the men's skeet shooting to take his country's first gold — his fourth asian games gold overall. now, asked what his secret of success was, the 60—year—old replied, "i don't look at the phone or twitter "because this is not good for your eyes."

and he added, "i look after my body and my health, and i go to sleep "early and i wake up early." now, the asian games�* host china continue to dominate the medal table, including two more golds in the pool for zhang yufei. finally, david beckham has made his asian games debut in the same in the same team as ronaldo. ok, it's not these two. rather, its two members of india's cycling team. their parents named them after the football stars. and it has to be said, they did "bend it like beckham" as they whizzed around the velodrome. many historic cathedrals are known for their incredible architecture, but now canterbury cathedral is the venue for something even more impressive. the walls of the building are being used as a canvas for a spectacular light show as artists try to bring the renaissance to life. simonjones reports. let there be light.

and let there be sound. the aim — to take the audience on a physical and emotionaljourney transforming their sense of place, and space. the theme, a journey into the renaissance world, political and economic spheres, with canterbury cathedral acting as the canvas. as an artist, i don't think you can get better. it's a remarkable place to work. but actually, it's not what we do with it, it's the reaction that the audience have when they come here. that's the bit that makes it special. an artwork is an artwork in the studio until you put it in front of an audience. and when you put in a building like this, it's really those three parts — ourselves, the artwork and the building and the sense of place here. it's the second year that the cathedral has embraced light and sound like this on a huge scale.

last year's show focused on space and science. those behind the display say they're a bit like the cathedral�*s famous stained glass windows, telling stories with the help of colour and light. it's quite a contrast to the more tranquil atmosphere of the daytime, but the evening shows are expected to bring a new audience to the cathedral. luxmuralis attracts people who wouldn't necessarily declare that they have an interest, either in the arts or in organised religion. last year, when we did a similar event by the company, we had 12,000 people, and over 60% of them were coming to canterbury cathedral for the first time. it's great, because it raises the profile both of the church and of the festival. so the invitation to the audience is to indulge their senses in a setting unlike any other. simon jones, bbc news. some of us remember yogi bear and his love

for pinching picnic baskets. well, that experience turns out to be rather more nerve—wracking in real life. this black bear gatecrashed a picnic in a nature park in northern mexico, chomping his way through several tacos and other snacks before hopping down and going back into the surrounding forest. as you can see, the family managed to keep their cool, staying perfectly calm to avoid agitating their uninvited guest. you have been watching newsday. before we go — a recap of our top story. the us soldier, travis king, who was being held in north korea, is due home in the coming hours. he was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. private king entered north korea by running across the demilitarised zone from south korea injuly. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there.

well, it's rather stormy on wednesday out towards the north and the west. storm agnes clearing, of course, overnight. and then thursday, it's looking a lot calmer. it'll still be rather blustery, particularly through the morning. still some coastal gales in northern scotland, but some sunshine around for most, clouding over from the west into the afternoon. so, there goes storm agnes, that deep area of low pressure, gradually filling the winds, lightning and the rain pulling away, too. it is a mild start to thursday morning. temperatures no lower for most of us than 13—15 celsius, so more or less what some spots would expect to see by day at this time of year. now, we're between weather systems, so it's a dry and a bright start. still rather blustery out there. brisk south—westerly winds, possibly some coastal gales for northern scotland clouding over from the west as we head clouding over from the west as we head through the afternoon and parts of northern ireland and western scotland, maybe western wales will see some showers a bit later on through the day as well. temperatures a little lower than they were on wednesday,

but still mild for the time of year — 16—20 celsius for most. now, on thursday night, it does stay very mild indeed. we'll still see some outbreaks of rain, possibly a little feature into friday morning, to potentially a mild start to the day. lows between i2—i6 celsius at this time. now, a little feature could possibly give us some outbreaks of rain towards the south and the east on friday morning, perhaps, but that is set to clear away. some showers towards the north—west of scotland again. but in the middle, there'll be a lot of dry, bright weather, plenty of sunshine around. the winds are a lot lighter, and again, temperatures are expected to peak at around 17—20 celsius. so, again, above the seasonal average, and that's generally where they're expected to stay as we head through the course of the weekend as well. now, there will be some wet weather around at times, i think particularly on saturday, from this area of low pressure just pushing in from the west there. so, turning rather wet, rather windy, towards western areas of scotland, northern ireland, possibly west

western wales as well as we head through the afternoon. but further south and east, it does look as if it will stay largely dry. again, temperatures in the mid to the high teens maybe 20 celsius in the south. those temperatures in the south and the east climbing further on sunday for the start of october. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from tallinn. i'm stephen sackur. estonia has vivid memories of invasion and rule from moscow, and that collective hurt underpins this country's staunch support for ukraine in its war with russia. but standing up to vladimir putin doesn't come risk—free for this small baltic nation. my guest today is estonia's prime minister, kaja kallas. are people here beginning to question her decision—making when it comes to russia and ukraine?