six people missing after a road bridge collapsed into a river in baltimore are now presumed dead. public satisfaction with the uk health service is at a record low according to a new report. israel's defence minister faces tough words in washington as the rift over the gaza conflict grows deeper. thailand has become the first south—east asian country to pass a marriage equality bill — paving the way for same—sex marriage. and check your passport — the message to millions of britons planning a trip to europe — to avoid being caught out by the ten—year rule. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start in the us city of baltimore. six people still missing after a container ship brought down

a key bridge are now presumed dead. the coast guard said it had suspended its search and rescue operation and now will focus on a recovery mission. these are live pictures from the scene, where it is sam, local time. as you can see, there is poor visibility and the debris from the bridge in the water are making the recovery efforts extremely challenging. the focus is now turning to the investigation into what went wrong, with a team of transportation safety experts hoping to board the stricken ship and recover its data recorder. the vessel is registered in singapore and the port authority there says it passed two inspections last year. the container vessel lost power after departing from baltimore's port, causing it to crash into the bridge. our correspondent, will vernon, has more from baltimore. the search for the missing. emergency services worked all day to locate the six construction workers who had been on the bridge when it collapsed. but the rescue operation was unsuccessful.

based on the length of time that we've gone in this search, the extensive search efforts that we've put into it, the water temperature, that, at this point, we do not believe we are going to find any of these individuals still alive. the search area was huge and efforts were hampered by cold weather and wreckage in the water. the search and rescue mission that was going on just behind me has been suspended. next, the recovery operation will begin. now, the focus will turn to the crucial work of the investigators to establish exactly how this tragic accident could have happened. investigators here say they now need to get aboard the stricken ship. they want to analyse the recording device, like a black box found on aircraft. shortly before the collision, the ship had suffered a power issue. warning all traffic on the key bridge. there's a ship approaching that has

just lost their steering. in this recording, police can be heard desperately trying to clear the bridge. the whole bridge just fell down! start, whoever, everybody, the whole bridge hasjust collapsed. the collapse of a local landmark has shaken the city. it's a great shock. it didn't look real. we saw it on video. some of us thought it was staged, because how could this happen? this is iconic to our community. so, it's a real shock. # this is my song...# shock and sadness in a baltimore church last night, families and friends gathered to pray for the lost. will vernon, bbc news, baltimore. let's speak to donya hajializadeh, who's a senior lecturer in engineering, university of surrey. thank you very much forjoining us

on bbc news. i think certainly from my point of view, watching those pictures yesterday, a lot of people want to know why did the bridge come down so quickly?— want to know why did the bridge come down so quickly? thank you very much for havin: down so quickly? thank you very much for having me- — down so quickly? thank you very much for having me. this _ down so quickly? thank you very much for having me. this is _ down so quickly? thank you very much for having me. this is a _ down so quickly? thank you very much for having me. this is a continuous - for having me. this is a continuous truss bridge, there is nothing unusual from a construction view but to give your view is a bit of context, imagine what we are looking at from a structural point of view, imagine a very long slander dinner table, a very simplistic form of looking at this bridge. you are knocking one of these legs, very extreme force laterally. the dinner table has no choice but to collapse. that is what we are seeing here. 100 thousand tonnes of vessel hitting the peer thousand tonnes of vessel hitting the ee �* , �* the peer inaudible significant - the peer inaudible significant in - the peer inaudible significant in this i the peer inaudible - significant in this context. it

the peer inaudible _ significant in this context. it has produced an incredibly huge lateral force and it is knocking one of the critical points of the support of this bridge. this bridge was built in the 1970s — how many other bridges like this are there? i assume other bridges may have to be checked, just in case, what do you think? be checked, 'ust in case, what do you think?— be checked, 'ust in case, what do outhink? �* , , ,, . you think? any bridge, in essence, is designed — you think? any bridge, in essence, is designed for _ you think? any bridge, in essence, is designed for 100 _ you think? any bridge, in essence, is designed for 100 year— you think? any bridge, in essence, is designed for 100 year life - you think? any bridge, in essence, is designed for 100 year life span, | is designed for 100 year life span, 50 years is not considered a very old bridge, if you like. but an incident like this is actually a cool for taking the rigorous assessment very seriously —— actually a call. as a designer, you need to think about what are the biggest vessels you could have in the next 100 years. there is uncertainty attached to that and it is critical that we look at how these profiles of these hazards are

changing. that is exactly what we're doing surrey, not only the operational loading, current operational loading, current operational loading, current operational loading, whether that is primarily because of traffic loading or the environmental loading. the loading info date back imposed and how that changes the degradation profiles of infrastructure systems that sometimes their safety is taken for granted. that sometimes their safety is taken for ranted. ., ,. ., i assume vessels were smaller then? and bridges that have been built later have more safety features in them as we go forward to cope with them as we go forward to cope with the fact that barges are bigger now? absolutely, you are spot on. to give you context, the bridge in 2007 in china, that was because of a 3000 tonne sand barge which actually led tonne sand barge which actually led to the damage of several peers. this was hundreds of thousands of tonnes.

—— several piers. that was naturally translated to the increasingly hard lateral force on this pier.— lateral force on this pier. thank ou ve lateral force on this pier. thank you very much for _ lateral force on this pier. thank you very much forjoining - lateral force on this pier. thank you very much forjoining us - lateral force on this pier. thank| you very much forjoining us and giving us your insight into bridge design, fascinating stuff, thank you very much indeed. mi; design, fascinating stuff, thank you very much indeed.— design, fascinating stuff, thank you i very much indeed._ these very much indeed. my pleasure. these are the live pictures _ very much indeed. my pleasure. these are the live pictures and _ very much indeed. my pleasure. these are the live pictures and search - are the live pictures and search divers are expected to return to search those waters where the key bridge collapsed a little later on. as we said earlier, they are moving from a search and rescue operation to a recovery operation. we will keep an eye on those pictures. how quickly can you see your doctor if you are ill? have you had to wait for an operation? are you happy with your health service? well, here in the uk, public satisfaction with the national health service has hit the lowest level on record according to a long—running survey. let's take a look at a few of the stats. fewer than one in four — 24% — people were satisfied with the health service last year,

down five percentage points on the previous year. satisfaction was at 70% as recently as 2010. the main reasons for dissatisfaction are waiting times for gp and hospital appointments followed by staff shortages and the government not spending enough money on the nhs. however, support for the founding principles of the nhs remains high, with 91% believing the nhs should be free of charge when people need to use it, 82% agreeing it should be primarily funded through taxes. let's speak to rachel power, who is the chief executive of the patients association. what's your reaction to this survey? unfortunately we're not surprised the survey. we have been reporting that the relationship between the patients and nhs is fractured and

the work that needs to go into it. we ran a survey last year that we did on patient experience and it talked about access and communication but it also talked about the impact that weighting has on people's ability to live their lives and how that has an impact on their mental health —— the impact that waiting has. who; their mental health -- the impact that waiting has.— that waiting has. why is it happening _ that waiting has. why is it happening and _ that waiting has. why is it happening and why - that waiting has. why is it happening and why has i that waiting has. why is it happening and why has it| that waiting has. why is it i happening and why has it got so that waiting has. why is it _ happening and why has it got so bad? 70% in 2010 to 24% satisfied now. i wonder if what you said at the beginning, you know... people haven't lost faith in the nhs, which they have done is lost confidence in they have done is lost confidence in the nhs being able to provide the care that they need. there are lots of reasons. we know how hard front line staff are working. and the stress that they are under. there is a real need for a fully funded workforce plan that looks recruitment and retention. we need a

really good plan for social care. why is it happening? people are waiting longer and there are lots of reasons around the pandemic, industrial action over the last year hasn't helped. but we really need the government and the political parties going forward in the year of a general election to look at the sustainability of the health and care system in the uk. we need some of the really good plans out there to be implemented. earlier you talked about accessing gps, we know thatis talked about accessing gps, we know that is a big issue, there is a primary care transformation plan and we have been trying to work with nhs england to really make sure that, as individual patients, we are aware of the different roles that we can access through that. people need to think about individuals behind the numbers and the impact it has on them, trying to wait and access service. d0 them, trying to wait and access service. ,, them, trying to wait and access service. , ., ~ them, trying to wait and access service. ~ , them, trying to wait and access service. ~ . ., , ., service. do you think politicians do think enough _ service. do you think politicians do think enough about _ service. do you think politicians do think enough about it? _

service. do you think politicians do think enough about it? if - service. do you think politicians do think enough about it? if we i service. do you think politicians do think enough about it? if we have l think enough about it? if we have five year terms in parliament, it is quite hard to turn the tanker around and make changes that last a long time through different governments, as we go forward. i time through different governments, as we go forward.— as we go forward. i think so. obviously. — as we go forward. i think so. obviously. a _ as we go forward. i think so. obviously, a lot _ as we go forward. i think so. obviously, a lot more i as we go forward. i think so. obviously, a lot more has i as we go forward. i think so. obviously, a lot more has to j as we go forward. i think so. i obviously, a lot more has to be done. you saw it in the survey, the public feel the system is underfunded. think tanks and the health foundation, they are reporting on that underfunding. but what we really need to, we just issued our general election manifesto a few weeks ago and one of the things we talk about is health at the heart of government. and looking how government departments work together to enable the better outcome of society. technology has a lot to do with that. we were delighted this morning to issue a report around the nhs app which showed a high percentage of people who found the nhs app really helpful in managing their health care.

there's a lot more that governments need to do and they need to work... but the thing i think all political parties need to do is think about how they work in partnership with patients, how they design and deliver services with patients. we have an nhs constitution which is due a review but that needs to start with patients and we need to make sure we commission services that have shared decision—making with patients at the heart of what we do. rachel power from the patients' association, thank you very much for joining us. association, thank you very much for “oininu us. ., ~ association, thank you very much for “oininu us. . ~ i. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's return to our top story and the us bridge that collapsed in baltimore. this is sam. authorities saying this is a recovery operation,

this is the six people missing and presumed dead. and we'rejoined byjarred hill cbs news correspondent who's in baltimore. this is now a recovery and not a rescue mission. you can really hear how difficult it was for the us coast guard is to make that determination last night. they said they believe that it is almost impossible for anyone to have survived in the water for that long at those temperatures. they are planning on going back into the bodies of those six construction workers presumed to have died. the other aspect is continuing the investigation into just watch what happened. we know this cargo ship crashed into one of the main columns of the key bridge in the baltimore area. it lost power and propulsion in the minutes before hitting that

column. but the question still remains exactly why did that happen to begin with? the national transportation safety board in the us will continue looking at things like the black box recorder, any other audio recordings there might be a board that ship which would give more insight into what is happening leading up to this crash as well as looking into any potential safety issues with the boat itself. there is also this question, as we are moving forward, regarding what can be done to better secure bridges like this across the country. were there certain safety barriers that were not in place in front of this bridge that potentially could have prevented this? essentially, all the engineers we have been speaking with say that once that ship of that magnitude and size hit that concrete pillar like that, there was no chance that any bridge in the country could have survived. �* ., , bridge in the country could have survived. �* . , . survived. and what is the impact now? iiooth _ survived. and what is the impact now? both the _ survived. and what is the impact now? both the bridge _ survived. and what is the impact now? both the bridge and i survived. and what is the impact now? both the bridge and the i survived. and what is the impact l now? both the bridge and the port are vital as transport links and

supply chain links there? that's ri . ht. supply chain links there? that's right- the _ supply chain links there? that's right. the bridge _ supply chain links there? that's right. the bridge itself- supply chain links there? that's right. the bridge itself is i supply chain links there? that's right. the bridge itself is a i supply chain links there? that's i right. the bridge itself is a pretty significant piece of infrastructure in the baltimore area. but along the eastern coasts of the united states talking about washington, dc, the baltimore area carries about 30,000 people a day on that bridge. that is now wiped out. people will be able to find alternative routes. this might create some back—ups when it comes to traffic throughout the area but the real concern for locals and officials in this region is the fact that the port of baltimore is now closed and this is one of the largest ports on the east coast. this does a significant amount of commerce, business, in this area. this brings in or deals with tens of billions of dollars a year. there are countless people who have jobs that rely on this. that economic impact, economic activity, is essentially shut down. they are really working on getting the port of baltimore back open and that won't happen until the debris in the

area is cleared up and at least some of the beginning stages of the investigation are wrapped up as well. ., ~ investigation are wrapped up as well. . ~ , ., some breaking news from here in the uk. a ten—month—old baby who was murdered by his parentsjust weeks after being placed back into their care "should have been "one of the most protected children in the local authority area", a safeguarding review has concluded. derbyshire safeguarding children partnership had been looking into finley boden's murder at the hands of his parents. baby finley died 39 days after a family court ruled he could be returned to the care of stephen boden and shannon marsden. he was then attacked and died on christmas day in 2020. his parents were ordered to serve a minimum of 29 and 27 years respectively for finley�*s murder.

let's speak to our correspondent, sean dilley, who is in the newsroom and has been reading the report. just remind us of the background to this horrific case. yes, it is deeply tragic, as you say. the key dates of february 2020, that was the month that finley was born and the report said there should have been a pre—parenting plan in advance, that is one of the criticisms it has made of the local authority. social services actually acted very quickly to remove the child from the care of the parents on several grounds very shortly after the birth. they were that the couple had a long history of drug use and domestic violence. and that conditions were in sanitary, there was faeces on the floor and there were unhygienic conditions. as the time passed on, and the child was subject to being in, essentially, local authority care, the parents were showing social services that

they were making improvements by sending photographs to them. remember, 2020, viewers will be aware, was when the pandemic lockdown took place. social workers were not routinely visiting houses, for obvious reasons. as the time progressed, social workers, and others, believed that the parents had been making positive steps forward. this is something also that was supported by an independently appointed guardian, who reported the same to the court. in fact, the report was also quite critical that there was an overreliance on parents assessment as opposed to anybody else. moving on two november, the middle of november, was when the court ruled that finley boden should be returned to his parents. there was some concern, a great deal of concern, by social services in particular. at that point, they said, if you are going to do this, they said there should be a two month implementation transition period. his guardian said that

period. his guardian said that period should be shorter and indeed the courts ordered a shorter period and returned finley to their care 39 days before his eventual death. when paramedics were called in the early hours of christmas morning 2020. they found a very, very badly injured baby, ten—month—old boy in finley, in a cot that had traces of faeces, saliva and blood. this re ort, faeces, saliva and blood. this report. that _ faeces, saliva and blood. this report, that is _ faeces, saliva and blood. this report, that is out _ faeces, saliva and blood. this report, that is out this - faeces, saliva and blood. this report, that is out this morning, what does it say? the report, that is out this morning, what does it say?— what does it say? the report is deel what does it say? the report is deeply complex _ what does it say? the report is deeply complex but _ what does it say? the report is deeply complex but some i what does it say? the report is deeply complex but some of. what does it say? the report is l deeply complex but some of the what does it say? the report is i deeply complex but some of the key points we have run over. one criticism it did make is that it said the local authority wasn't effective enough in communicating information up to managers. they said the local authority should have been better at sharing information with external agencies. this is a familiar echo among many safeguarding reports, because you have multi agencies involved in those actions, then reviews after the fact. but the key points they

made in relation to social services is that, at one point, there were two social workers involved in the case, one of whom was new to that job, not fully qualified. indeed, the second social worker, at that point, had no previous experience of statutory child services.— statutory child services. thank you very much- — statutory child services. thank you very much. derbyshire _ statutory child services. thank you very much. derbyshire county i very much. derbyshire county council's children's services have reacted and they say they accept there had been missed opportunities in the case of finley boden. we will return to that later and get more reaction to that report out this morning. check your passport issue and expiry dates or risk being refused entry to cities and holiday destinations across the european union. that's the message to as many as 32 million people in uk. it's because of post—brexit entry rules and has reportedly already caught scores of people out.

we are nowjoined by simon calder, travel correspondent of the independent, who can bring us the details from salford. so, simon, explain why this has happened. 0k, up until brexit, it was very easy, you had a british passport that was valid up to and including the expiry date. after the democratic vote to leave the eu, the government negotiated, on our behalf, to become third country nationals. that's the same status as people from venezuela or somalia or macau. that then brings into play existing european union rules, which means that the issue date of your passport suddenly becomes relevant. so, if your passport was issued more than ten years ago, then you

.it . it wasn't a problem when we were in the eu but now it is. everyday i hear from in the eu but now it is. everyday i hearfrom people in the eu but now it is. everyday i hear from people who were turned away at the departure gate because they simply didn't realise it. they thought we had six months left on our passport, that shouldn't be a problem, untilthey our passport, that shouldn't be a problem, until they find out tenby in late that it is. they lose the money for their holiday —— they find out too late. the insurer won't be interested, it is always your responsibility to be compliant. we have heard stories about people being turned away. i'm quite interested because if you book a flight online, you have to put your passport details in, don't you? could airlines do more? alerting us before we get to the airport, getting into the queue and being told, sorry, you can't go? absolutely and i have been doing all i can to persuade the airlines to do

this. of course, if you have a good human travel agent, they will demand to know your passport details well in advance and alert you to any possible problems. the airlines do ask for information but they are not doing it to check that you are compliant, all they are doing is checking your identity details, the expiry date of the passport, date of birth and so on, because they have to do that to supply what is called advanced passenger information for security purposes. it doesn't say at all whether or not you will be let in. i talked to the airlines. basically, they say it is terribly complicated, we fly dozens of different nationalities to dozens of different nationalities to dozens of different destinations around the world, we simply cannot police this for everybody. 0ne world, we simply cannot police this for everybody. one exception i'm glad to say is tui, the big holiday company, they are working on a system which they hope will flag things up early. but, for now, please just go and check your

passport expiry. if it is over ten years or you haven't got three months left before... sorry, if the passport is over ten years old or you haven't got three months before the expiry when you plan to leave the expiry when you plan to leave the european union, you have a problem. if you will renew, please do so online. conversely, don't renew unnecessarily. there is loads of places, america, canada, tunisia, you can go to up to and including the expiry date on your passport. simon calder, the travel expert at the independent, thank you for joining us. if you are in the uk and planning a trip to the european union, the advice is, as simon said, check your passport and make sure that those dates match up. i'm going to have to go and do that soon. stay with us on bbc news.

hello. it's been pretty miserable for the morning rush with driving rain, hill snow across the north and even a dusting of snow in the heavier downpours further south, as well. this is exmoor earlier. so it is slightly windier today as this area of low pressure to the west of us continues to deepen. so, there are more isobars around, particularly in the south and the north, where we'll have gale force winds to accompany this rain and this hill snow. so, a pretty cold day here. after the heavy rain moves away from northern ireland, heavy showers will follow, those heavy showers pushing their way across england and wales as well after some sunshine first thing. the sunshine does return, but with it, some heavier showers, hail and thunder mixed in. and so the strength of the wind as well will temper the feel, even though we'll get to perhaps 9 to 12 celsius. 0vernight, the rain breaks up in the north, the showers follow. we've got more rain and hill snow to come in southern areas,

hill snow for the moors, into the welsh mountains, the peaks as well, because it's going to be a chilly three or four, perhaps a touch a frost in the north. but, by and large, there's more wind overnight to prevent a frost, particularly in the south. this deepening area of low pressure has been named storm nelson by the spanish met service. it will have big impacts further south and it will have impacts for ourselves tomorrow because not only have we got the rain and the hills now, but gale force winds. so, gusts of perhaps 60mph buffeting southern and western coasts in particular. but the winds will pick up further north, driving those bands of rain and hill snow as well northwards. and, again, only 9 to 12 degrees celsius. so, feeling chilly despite some march sunshine between those showers. now, on balance, we should see more of that march sunshine on good friday, but that low pressure is still with us to the west. butjust gradually, the shower activity and the winds are easing down. so it will feel a little bit more spring—like, 12 to 1a degrees celsius. and bear in mind, of course, we're into the tree pollen season now.

so, if you're struggling a little, that's the reason why. into saturday, this low pressure brush is close to the south and the east, and we've got a succession of low pressures to move in from the south and east, as well. so, the concern is how far into the uk they'll bring their rains. there's a lot of uncertainty at the moment, so please do stay tuned to the forecast, more of which you can find on the website as well as all the warnings.

there has been quite a drop. here are the figures for you. specific reasons for dissatisfaction. 71% not enough nhs staff, 47% say the government doesn't spend enough on the nhs, 42%, money is