are medicine shortages and difficulties dispensing prescriptions. the department of health and social care said there were supply issues with creon throughout europe, and they were working closely with others to resolve the impact as quickly as possible. for mick and diana, whatever the reasons, they just want a solution for his quality of life and her peace of mind. hugh pym, bbc news. hugh pym joins us now — and we've had an update from the government on the shortage.... yes, nina, it came on bbc breakfast, when the health and social care secretary wes streeting was doing an interview about the number of different topics and he was asked about the shortages and the sometimes severe impact on patients and what he had to say. and he came up and what he had to say. and he came up with was in assessments an apology. i up with was in assessments an

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jackpot for superleague this weekend, which is in las vegas, with wigan and warrington set to make history. see ya later, alligator! see ya later, alligator! an uninvited guest on the pga's florida golf course is given it's marching orders! it's marching orders! hello there and welcome to sportsday this lunchtime. as the fa cup rolls back into spotlight, the first of the fifth round games is tonight, with aston villa against championship side cardiff city. championship side cardiff city. villa's form in the league has drifted a little of late, beaten comfortably by crystal palace we grew up with the fa cup, you know. i said this before.

this week, but they are still very

we said it also before liverpool. of english football. the highest mountain to climb, but it's just a beautiful adventure. it is not unknown. it is not unknown. you are able to the best in the country this season, liverpool, they wanted to beat them, even brentford — it is not unknown. they defend really, really aggressive in the up front. they allow you to go they allow you to go outside and it is like outside and it is like a trigger, after they make incredible movements — the wingbackjumping on the central defenders — and of course the ball, the transitions that they do the transitions that they do with attacking midfielders, they are inside and they link really well with the strikers, the runners for attacking midfielders. in championship, league 1, league 2, the set piece is a main, main thing. did i think the premier league

learn from this type of leagues? following changes to legislation and fa guidance to prevent discriminatory language, there are reports that the number of mass homophobic football chants being sung are finally decreasing. it comes after years of campaigning by groups such as �*kick it out'. our sports correspondent katie gornall has been speaking to one fan who who was found guilty of homophobic abuse at a match and, as part of his sentence, went through an education programme. his words in this report have been voiced by a bbc producer. 0h, chelsea bleep, chelsea bleep. it's been an ugly soundtrack to english football matches for decades. homophobic chanting usually directed at chelsea players and supporters. these are wolves fans you can hear from a match back in april 2023. 0h, bleep, bleep. but many other clubs have fans guilty of using the slur

and they include this man.

chanting are falling. it follows a change in the law and updated fa guidance, which means that homophobic chants, including the chelsea one, are now a chargeable offence. after hearing homophobic chanting at white hart lane. itjust took me straight back to when i was younger at school, because people are using a term that has caused a lot of harm to me over the years. ifelt like, "i can't be here" and i left and i didn't come back for nearly ten years. and then one day, lee spotted a pride flag in the stands at white hart lane. you think it's changed you? yeah, massively. i accept what i did was awful.

katie gornall, bbc news. could australia be the next big name to fall, at the icc champions trophy? they're chasing 274 to win, and make to check afghanistan's progress.

soil tomorrow night. have been lapping up, the unique atmosphere that vegas can bring.. brilliant. honestly, it's fantastic. i'm loving life. it's all brilliant. we're talking to nrl fans, w3e're talking to wigan fans, which wouldn't normally happen! it's absolutely amazing! thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. brilliant. to las vegas and i'm loving every minute of it.

get opportunities like this often. we enjoyed it and all the fans are here behind us. there's so many fans that have travelled out here, but the americans seem to be really getting behind it, as well. on and that's what they're doing. and finally, to the seventh hole. he managed to coax it back into the water with one of his clubs and later remarked "majority of the time, they're fine". majority of the time, they're only going to come after you. during mating season

with a little aggressive. but majority of the time, listen, they're fine. when they're on the side of the bank, you know, but i've done it with a club. so, uh, yeah, it's not that big of a deal. england's one day captain jos buttler has announced his resignation, you can keep across that story on the bbc at the usual address, as well as the bbc sport app,

deeply harming the uk's reputation". our political correspondent iain watson joins us now. there has reaction to anneliese dodds' departure from inside and outside the labour party. it is to emphasise that she is interesting ts emphasises—that; shs is first interesting te ereehesise—thet she is first of four senior the first of four senior ministers to resign from keir starmer�*s over an issue policy government’overanissue of policy and who had been a alone and somebody who had been a ally of keir starmer�*s. to quote the u mentioned, she suggests that the prime minister has misrepresented the scale of the he said he the scale of the cuts. he said he to maintain �*gaza, sudan ukraine, ’ ukrainefwhich " ' ’ ukrainefwhich jodi": ' 7 flirsinefwiifcfi will; 7 and ukraine, which would be impossible given the depths of the that it would be far greater

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a farmer in devon who's had nearly half a million park is becoming like the wild west. of rustling that's going on. pixie! come here. every year, he brings his sheep down from the uplands, more and more are missing. he estimates he's had more than 4,000 sheep stolen over the last ten years. with each other, saying, "is it worth carrying 0ther farmers are giving up and other farmers aren't even bothering to turn out because of the numbers that are going missing.

yep. but they don't always deter thieves and can be removed. 0h, youjust... it makes you sick to the stomach, you know. all year round, and with the ewes, you know, it can be several years of work and breeding and genetics and trying to improve things, you can'tjust walk in off the street and steal livestock. on and then sell whatever is at the end of the line. so all of that requires really good knowledge of the industry. police believe some stolen

sheep are slaughtered for the illegal meat trade. the uk's first national livestock theft officer has been meeting farmers around the country to get a sense of the problem. it's driving knowledge into police forces. the tags of livestock, etc, and working with those critical partners and then moving into tracking and monitoring those trends of behaviour. are and trying to disrupt them the best we can. technology can help track sheep, but while it's hope for the future, and this year, it's 440 ewes — he believes, the majority stolen. charlotte cox, bbc news. things a bit better.

0ur reporter tim muffett went to meet him. a simple question. excuse me, i don't suppose you want a cup of tea? i don't suppose you want a cup of tea? an offer which is often declined. er, no. but when accepted, can lead to conversation. shall we sit over there? friendship. i'm will, nice to meet you. black tea without milk is lovely. one day i was in my flat and i felt like i wanted to get out and speak to people. society has got more fragmented recently and sometimes people need life story imaginable. i don't suppose you want a cup of tea? in just a few weeks, will's mug of life videos have

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this is bbc news. at the white house, with a minerals deal on the table. here, the government's international development minister, annelise dodds, resigns after the uk aid budget was cut to fund extra defence spending. violence has broken out during protests in athens —

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