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to 5096. it is london it is down to 50%. it is those areas that cee lo vaccine uptake are seeing a resurgence of a virus that we thought at one point had been eradicated in the united kingdom. had been eradicated in the united kinudom. ~ . . had been eradicated in the united kinadom. ~ . a, had been eradicated in the united kindom. . ., ., ., kingdom. what are the health authority is — kingdom. what are the health authority is trying _ kingdom. what are the health authority is trying to - kingdom. what are the health authority is trying to do - kingdom. what are the health authority is trying to do to - kingdom. what are the health - authority is trying to do to redress that low uptake?— that low uptake? there is a big aublici that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. _ that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. we _ that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. we have - that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. we have had i that low uptake? there is a big | publicity drive. we have had the chief executive of the uk health security agency in birmingham today making the point that if families and children haven't had the first and children haven't had the first and second dose of that mmr jab they should come forward and get it. some young adults as well come up to the age of 25 or 30 can still get the vaccine if they missed out on childhoods. so a big push for vaccines. we have seen vaccine mobile units going into areas of north london to try to increase the take—up, but also within schools themselves because vaccine uptake in
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schools is critical. the idea is that pupils, families, might respond better to people they know, they trust, the school nurse, so there are a big vaccine clinics being set “p are a big vaccine clinics being set up in some schools in the west midlands at the moment and that is all to try to get the vaccine uptake back. we thought measles had been eradicated into kingdom, rates are very low, but they have started to come back. for some children can be a very serious disease. between one in five and two in five children will end up in hospital with measles. the mortality rate is between one in 3001 in 5,000. for some people it will be like getting the flu with a rash, for other people can be very dangerous. that is why health authorities are pushing families get vaccine uptake as much as possible. the inquiry into the post office scandal, where hundreds of post—masters and mistresses were wrongly convicted of fraud
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or stealing charges, continues in central london today. facing a second grilling of the week today is paul patterson, european director of fujitsu, the technology giant behind the flawed horizon software. he used the start of the hearing to again apologise to the victims of the scandal. to the sub—postmasters and their families, we apologise. fujitsu apologises and is sorry for our part in this appalling miscarriage of justice. this inquiry is examining those events forensically over many, many decades, which involved many parties, not least fujitsu and the post office, but other organisations and individuals. we are determined to continue to support this inquiry and get to the truth wherever it lays and at the conclusion of the inquiry and the guidance from this inquiry engage with government on suitable contribution and redress to the sub—postmasters and their families.
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for more on this we go live now to our correspondent zoe conway, who is outside the inquiry in central london. what put the main themes that emerged during this morning session? what paul patterson was being asked about was the role of fujitsu in the prosecutions of sub—postmaster is because over many years for gypsy employees were giving evidence in court cases that led to sub—postmaster is going to prison. they were signing with the statement saying that the horizon system is operating properly, but those statements did not contain any mention of errors, bugs, faults in the system that fujitsu staff knew about. we know they knew about it because that is what has been coming out of the inquiry in the last few days. what paul patterson said about that was that it was shameful and appalling that the witness
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statements didn't reflect what was going on with the system. he also talked about the quality of the day said that was being presented in those court cases. let me give you a real—life example. lee castleton was wrongly accused of stealing £26,000 and he went to court and was bankrupted because he ended up having to spend £300,000 in legal fees. what mr paterson said today was that the data presented by fujitsu in court was knocked a gold standard, not any standard, it's a very simple excel file which tells you not very much at all. so what he is essentially saying is that the data that was presented that led to lee castleton being bankrupted wasn't up to scratch, so it really wasn't up to scratch, so it really was a remarkable morning of evidence from paul patterson. the other thing that he talked about was an
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acknowledgement really that the knowledge of these errors, these bugs was known by fujitsu right from the very start, 1999, so for more than two decades. he also said that information about those bugs was shared with the post office, but what we are still not clear about is how high up the post office that information whence. just how understandable was this evidence about bugs and errors being put forward by fujitsu. i think we might find out more about that when paul patterson comes back for questioning later this year. patterson comes back for questioning later this year-— later this year. four people have been found _ later this year. four people have been found dead _ later this year. four people have been found dead at _ later this year. four people have been found dead at a _ later this year. four people have been found dead at a house - later this year. four people have been found dead at a house in i been found dead at a house in norwich. norfolk constabulary said officers forced their way into an address in allan bedford crescent un costessey, shortly before 7am following a call from a member of the public. the bodies of four people were found inside and the police believe
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they were all known to each other. a newborn baby girl has been found wrapped in a towel in a shopping bag in east london. police say the baby was discovered in newham by a member of the public, who kept her warm until paramedics arrived. with more on this is bbc reporter charlie rose. are we getting more information on the circumstances of this? yes. are we getting more information on the circumstances of this?— the circumstances of this? yes, the details are still— the circumstances of this? yes, the details are still coming _ the circumstances of this? yes, the details are still coming through. - details are still coming through. but during what must have been a very cold night, probably freezing temperatures, a dog walker was out and about in the newham area of east london at around 9:15pm last night when they came across a shopping bag. what was inside that shopping bag. what was inside that shopping bag was a newborn baby girl wrapped in a toil. that dog walker picked up the baby girland in a toil. that dog walker picked up the baby girl and kept her warm until paramedics arrived. the metropolitan police say that baby
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girl is now safe and well in hospital, but the metropolitan police say the actions of that dog walker and picking up the baby girl in freezing conditions helped keep the baby alive. the police are now extremely concerned about the welfare of the mother of that baby. they say that she probably requires immediate medical attention after giving birth and, in a statement to the media, they had made a plea to the media, they had made a plea to the mother of the baby, saying please note that your daughter is safe and well. no matter what your circumstances, please seek help by dialling 999 or walking to the nearest hospital or police station. they say that trained medics and specialist officers are ready to support the mother. they are also asking for anyone who believes they may know the mother of that baby to get in touch with them as a matter of urgency. believe it or not, this
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is the third baby to have been found in newham since 2019. in this case, it looks like without the actions of that dog walker in freezing conditions, finding the baby, picking her up and keeping her warm, that tiny vulnerable child may not have survived.— that tiny vulnerable child may not have survived. charlie rose, thank ou. four people have been found dead at a house near norwich. norfolk constabulary said officers forced their way into an address in allan bedford crescent in costessey, shortly before 7am following a call from a member of the public. the police have said this is obviously a very distressing and tragic incident.
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now you might have heard of �*the singing detective', but how about the singing binman? you might well have done because he's become a tiktok sensation. ramon marshall has taken the internet by storm as he brightens the streets of norfolk on his daily rounds, as andrew turner reports. # behind a lorry, the noisy lorry. # the binmen walk for miles. where there's muck, for some, there's stardom. binman ramon marshall says he's had over a million views on tiktok. is this real? like, is this real, like, like... i can't believe it. and i'm like, every minute i'm refreshing, refreshing. every second someone is seeing my video, every second. within two days, i had 1 million views and 12,000 followers! iwas like... is this true?! that's all i can ask myself. # these trousers, when they're wet, they're very heavy. within a few days of starting thejob, he'd rounded up his bin buddies as his camera crew.
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then we started singing a few silly songs round the back of the wagon together and then his tiktok empire commenced and all of a sudden i found myself being cameraman. i can't say dance coordinator or anything of that nature, but i did quite a few things. the kids love him and - the public have taken him to their heart and that. yeah, it's good, yeah, it's fun. and since then, bin days have become so much more fun. we were at the park today and we heard the bin lorry and we had to sprint across the field so we could have our weekly fix of seeing the bin crew, who always wave at him, always say good morning. great just to have somebody who's . so happy in the mornings, you know, always smiling, singing. you know, it just sort of helps wake you up during the day, _ and is just a lovely experience. scarlett's one this week and ever since she was about three months old, she's been waving at the bin men. so, yeah, it's a sort of tradition every wednesday, isn't it? # bin, my superstar, that is what you are.
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ramon gave up working at the hotels and the cruise ships around his native barbados. he now sings to help people understand his work. when i first started thisjob, a lot of negative comments that we got — i wanted to change people's perception of what a binman is. lecturing someone, it doesn't get through — some people don't want to sit and listen to someone talking. so what better way to get through to people than music? and now he's found a new life in norfolk, and a new audience. andrew turner, bbc news, long stratton. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. a named storm coming our way later on through the weekend, but, for today, still a quiet day of weather. it's still cold out there. temperatures dipped as low as minus eight degrees celsius in parts of oxfordshire earlier on this morning. but we're now swapping the cold, wintry weather for something a lot milder as we go through the weekend, but it's going to be wet and really very windy. storm isha with us on sunday night into monday morning.
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more on that in just a moment. for the rest of today, though, it's starting to feel a little less cold. brisk westerly winds across western scotland turning more south—westerly. there is still some wintriness over the tops of the hills, but largely the showers now falling as rain. for most, it will stay dry with some more weak wintery sunshine. temperatures more widely up to five or six degrees celsius, so not as cold as it has been over the last few days or so. the winds picking up towards western coasts in particular as we head through this evening and overnight with some downpours of rain across western scotland and north—west england. there could be some snow melt here, as well. that could lead to some problems, perhaps. temperatures dipping below freezing initially in eastern england, but then rising again with that milder air as we head through into saturday morning. a series of weather fronts with us as we head through the weekend. this is storm isha — a tight squeeze on the isobars. we'll come on to that injust a minute. for saturday morning, some more rain across western wales, through north—west england and across the pennines. more showers approaching western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. i think south—eastern
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areas of england likely to stay largely dry. temperatures will rise to nine or ten degrees celsius in that milder feeling air and it will feel increasingly more windy towards those western coasts, with some more heavy rain for western areas as we head through saturday night and into sunday. here is storm isha, then. that's going to be swinging through. the worst of the winds as we head through sunday night and into monday morning itself. but, on sunday during the day, we're likely to see some heavy downpours of rain across western wales, into north—west england, northern ireland, moving into southern scotland. temperatures all the way up to between nine and 13 degrees celsius. there are warnings across the whole of the uk for the strength of the winds, but for some amber warnings are in force. we will widely see gusts of 50 to 60mph, some locations 70mph. towards exposed coasts these gusts could reach 80mph. of course, it will have an impact on your monday morning travel. bye— bye.
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live from london. this is bbc news. we continue with our live coverage of the post office rising review. the second grilling of the week todayis the second grilling of the week today is paul patterson, european director of fujitsu, the technology giant behind the rise in software. our business correspondence looks at what happened this morning. the system was made by fujitsu. the boss appeared before mps earlier.
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