the environment agency said it wasn't true there was insufficient capacity and the rest of the sectorthe news that there was a backlog of medical waste at disposal sites, 15 nhs hospital trusts in england terminated their contracts with healthcare environmental services. the regulator, the environment agency, had said the company was in breach of permits and enforcement action was under way. but now, in an exclusive bbc interview, the managing director, garry pettigrew, has claimed he did have a plan to reduce the backlog and his company was treated unfairly. i feel that this company has been vilified severely for providing an excellent service. we have been a success story up until last week, and all of a sudden now everybody sees this as being our story. we feel it is a horror story, but purely because, in reality, we have told the truth and in reality at the moment, we do not feel that the news is getting out of air in the news is getting out of air in the way that we would like to. if people want to see the evidence we have, i can give that to anyone, and it is there in black and

not so says the environment agency.ve looked across the country, worked with other healthcare waste operators, we know there is no capacity issue with incineration gci’oss capacity issue with incineration across the country to deal with clinical waste. industry experts agree but say the cost of incineration is rising. we still got the same number of incinerators, we still got more or less the same amount of waste going through them, what has changed is the market price for that capacity. it fluctuates a lot over the years, over the recent 12 or 18 months, the price has increased considerably. the department of health and social care covering england said in a the environment agency said as part of its enforcement action, it had partially suspended the company's permit here at the normanton site. that means it won't be able to receive any more hospital waste for incineration while it concentrates on trying to reduce the backlog. with the regulator taking action, it is not clear what this will mean for the compa ny‘s futu

the regulator, the environment agency, told the government injuly, environment agency, told the governmentscussed it at a meeting of the cobra emergency committee last month, but it was only revealed yesterday and local mp yvette cooper told me mps should have been informed sooner. i think it's irresponsible that the health department and environment agency still haven't told us the full facts about what on earth is going on, on an issue where there are environmental health questions being raised and we still don't know the full facts. it's completely unfair on the local community. the other main site is in lanarkshire. the company is run from here. a new facility was opened in april by princess anne. the managing director wasn't available for comment today. the company had a contract to remove and dispose of medical waste, including body parts, from hospitals. now unions are questioning whether this sort of work should ever have been outsourced. this is a really solid example of what happens when we start to regard services that should be central to our public services, services like clea

it's irresponsible that the health department and environment agency still have not told of the fulls still have not told of the full facts about what is going on in an issue where environmental health questions are being raised and we still do not know the full facts. it's completely unfair on the local community. one week after an earthquake and tsunami hit the indonesian island of sulawesi, hundreds of people are still missing. the death toll stands at more than 1500, but there are fears more than a thousand people could still be buried under mud and rubble. a u—turn for unilever — the consumer goods giant scraps its plan to move its headquarters from the uk to the netherlands. and waking the giants — thousands turn out in liverpool to see the huge puppets for the last time. good evening. the appointment of president trump's controversial nominee for the us supreme court, brett kavanaugh, is in the balance tonight. earlier today, the us senate narrowly backed a motion to take a final vote on whether he should get thejob. 49 senators voted against the motion and ifjust two others j

not so, says the environment agency.health—care sector waste operators — we know there is no capacity issue with incineration across the country to deal clinical waste. industry experts agree but say the cost of incineration is rising. we've still got the same number of incinerators, we've still got more or less the same amount of waste going through them, but what has changed is the market price for that capacity. it fluctuates a lot over the years, but over the recent 12—18 months, the price has increased quite considerably. the department of health and social care, covering england, said in a statement, "we are monitoring the situation closely and have made sure that public services, including nhs trusts, have contingency plans in place." "there is absolutely no risk to the health of patients or the wider public." the environment agency said, as part of its enforcement action, it had partially suspended the compa ny‘s permit here at the normanton site. that means it won't be able to receive any more hospital waste for

also this lunchtime: a criminal investigation is launched by the environment agency after it emerged tonnes of medical waste, including body parts, have been stockpiled by an nhs contractor. political leaders from northern ireland meet the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels to discuss possible solutions to the irish border question. fuelling climate change and producing too much waste — mps say britain's clothing chains are damaging the environment and must reduce their impact. and — what i did in my summer holidays: the eight—year—old girl who uncovered a isoo—year—old sword. and coming up — as manchester united look to avoid their first home defeat this season, jose mourinho admits losing to newcastle tomorrow would be unacceptable. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. one week after the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of sulawesi in indonesia, officials say they fear more than a thousand people could still be buried under a housing complex in the city of palu. the number confirmed missing is more than a hundred, but rescue teams now believe more may have b

the regulator, the environment agency, told the government injuly, ministers discussed it at a meetingtee last month, but it was only revealed yesterday, and the local mp yvette cooper told me mps should have been informed sooner. i think it's irresponsible that the health department and the environment agency still haven't told us the full facts about what on earth is going on, on an issue where there are environmental health questions being raised and we still don't know the full facts. it's completely unfair on the local community. the other main site is at shotts in lanarkshire. the company, healthca re environmental services, is run from here. a new facility was opened only in april by princess anne. the managing director is garry pettigrew, who wasn't available for comment today. the company had a contract to remove and dispose of medical waste, including body parts, from hospitals. now unions are questioning whether this sort of work should ever have been outsourced. we've seen quite a few now that have all cracked in the same place. and you've got a test that you do on this par

the environment agency says that healthcare environment services, the contractor in charge of removingn secure, refrigerated containers. the health secretary chaired a cobra meeting to discuss the backlog last month, but there is anger that this was not made public sooner. if this issue was serious enough for a criminal investigation to be launched, serious enough for the environment agency to raise concerns about the wider environmental health consequences, and serious enough for the health secretary to convene a meeting of cobra, why was it not serious enough for parliament to be informed? today, the department of health says it is monitoring the situation and insists there is absolutely no risk to patients or the public. a spokesperson says: on its website, healthcare environment services describes itself as the uk's leading independent provider of health care waste management. the company says it has repeatedly told authorities that there has been a reduction in the capacity to use high—temperature incineration facilities. for now, the focus is on disposing of the waste. questions

a criminal investigation has been opened by the environment agency, after it emerged that hundreds ofy a contractor working for nhs hospitals. the private company blames the backlog on a shortage of appropriate incinerators. the government says there is no risk to the public. lauren moss reports. hundreds of tonnes of medical waste, backed up inside this treatment facility in west yorkshire. pharmaceutical refuge including chemicals and even body parts are waiting to be disposed of. there are also delays at five other sites in england and scotland, delays which have been described as staggering. this is a scandal that simply shouldn't have happened. this is a really solid example of what happens when we start to regard services that should be central to our public services, services like cleaning, catering, portering, as ones that can easily be contracted out and we can absolve ourselves of responsibility. the environment agency says that healthcare environmental services, the contractor in charge of removing and incinerating hospital waste, is in breach of its permit, and has launche

injuly environment agency informed the government in july that there environment agency informed thethere was a problem with medical waste from hospitals going to sites in england and scotland, and that at some there was a backlog building up, it was not being disposed of in a timely fashion, was not going to incineration in the time that should have been allowed. what has happened today is that the company that had this contract with about 50 hospitals has been stripped of that contract at 15 of them. the government made a statement this morning. another contractor has been found cause matey, well—known in the outsourcing world, they have taken over that contract. —— another contractor has been found called mighty. in due course, the other contracts will be moved from hes. there have been assurances that will be no harm to patients, but those hospitals will need contingency plans. ministers have been criticised for not telling the commons about this. matt hancock, the secretary of state for health and social care, chaired an emergency cobra meeting much earlier but it only emerged a

the environment agency said it was not true there was insufficient incinerator capacity and the restat the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, a saudi delegation has arrived to investigate his disappearance . the turkish presidential spokesman has said that ankara has accepted a saudi proposal to form a joint investigation team. joining me now is our security correspondent frank gardner. what more can you tell us about these claims around this audio and video recording of the alleged murder ofjamal video recording of the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi? video recording of the alleged murder ofjamal khashoggi7m video recording of the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi? it is becoming increasingly apparent that the turkish authorities, it looks likely that they had some sort of bugging equipment inside the sidey —— saudi consulate in istanbul. there are three explanations. one, which we can dismiss, the apple watch that jamal khashoggi was wearing could have transmitted something, but that has a very limited range of about ten or 15 metr

the environment agency says it's launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medicaling body parts, have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames. the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. let's get more on this with our corresponden lauren moss. how much more do we know about the extent of this problem? news of it emerged in the last 2a hours but the health service journal emerged in the last 2a hours but the health servicejournal is reporting the government was made aware of it last month and the health secretary cheered a cobra meeting to discuss the situation. it centres around five sites in england and one in scotla nd five sites in england and one in scotland which deal with clinical waste. this can be pharmaceutical referees like chemicals and even body parts. the responsibility of removing that waste lies with the firm health care environment services. they are

in a statement, the regulator, the environment agency said:.ay their former employees have come forward to us and said what they saw allegedly was u nsafe, and said what they saw allegedly was unsafe, very unpleasant, unhygienic, things happening at sites that would bea things happening at sites that would be a worry to the public.” things happening at sites that would be a worry to the public. i think they will look at any former employee, i don't know who you are referring to, but the reality is we work within permits, but in compliance, ia,001 company, we operate uk wide, and at the same time as well, we operate within the confines of a permit. what is not clear is what will happen to contract the company still holds with more than 30 hospital trusts in england. its contract with the nhs in scotland are continuing. hugh pym, bbc news. a delegation from saudi arabia has arrived in istanbul to investigate the disappearance of a journalist there earlier this month. jamal khashoggi, a critic of the saudi monarchy, was last seen entering his coun

setting a truck on fire is common practice here even the brazilian environment agency resorts to setting vehicles ablaze in the fight against illegal logging. still it's a risky trial the case. with forth about the trucks like this don't come cheap. you know so when we set one on fire we inflame the owner's anger at us even more. that annoys. boys now we can't even set foot on their territory. no longer say if you show up your body will kill you if you. see we is preparing for a meeting of the tribes members illegal deforestation and the loggers threats have become major issues more than sixty quassia showers have been murdered in recent years mainly because they like sure we went up against the longer. tribal members have come from all parts of the reserve even on the way to the meeting she we uses the opportunity to convince newcomers not to accept bribes from longers. i want each and every one of you to protect our land and that way. to see we is thirty and heads a group of fifteen warriors he's the coordinator of one of the reserves eight regions at their annual general meeting he's

it's irresponsible that the health department and the environment agency still haven't told us the fullg on, on an issue where environment health questions are being raised and we still don't know the full fact. it's completely unfair on the local community.

it's irresponsible that the health department and the environment agency still haven't told us the fullgoing on. the authorities insist there's no risk to human health. also tonight... attempted murder — a man is found guilty of pushing a 91—year—old complete stranger onto the tracks of the london tube. a u—turn for unilever — the consumer goods giant decides to keep its headquarters in the uk after all. a first for fracking. work could finally begin at this site in lancashire next week despite protestors' last minute bid to stop it. and waking the giants — thousands turn out in liverpool to see the huge puppets for the last time.

in a statement, the regulator, the environment agency said:.ormer employees have come forward to us and said what they saw, allegedly, was unsafe, very unpleasant, unhygienic, things happening at sites that would be a worry to the public. i think they will look at any former employee, i don't know what they refer to, but the reality is we work within permits, but in compliance, 14,001 company, we operate uk wide, and at the same time as well, we operate within the confines of a permit. what is not clear is what will happen to contract the company still holds with more than 30 hospital trusts in england. its contract with the nhs in scotland are continuing. hugh pym, bbc news. people on florida's gulf coast are starting to assess the damage to their homes and businesses, after one of the strongest storms ever to hit the united states. hurricane michael tore into north—west florida on wednesday, with winds of more than 150 miles an hour. emergency workers say mexico beach was worst hit. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue went to visit the town. two days a

had accumulated because they lack of incineration facilities and he had repeatedly warned the environment agencyas a small proportion of the ways the company handled and it was dealt with properly. the moment agency says this is untrue and the rest of the sector was performing well. hugh pym, bbc news. —— environment agency. several members of the cabinet are understood to have raised concerns about potential compromises with the eu over brexit at a number ten meeting on thursday. it's understood some cabinet members are worried about the so—called "backstop" — which would ensure there is no hard border between the irish republic and northern ireland if no trade deal can be reached. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has more. good morning. yes. a lot of discussion but no decision among ministers in cabinet yesterday. it seems as if the prime minister was adding them out about that backs up land. until now, the uk has said that if a trade deal can't be done than the uk will stake in a customs union with the eu for a time limited period. bat will stay. the eu does not want that, it wanted

there are questions with the environment agency watching an inquiry, the questions about what actually bottle into the bin because doesn't really get recycled? i think there is a real danger as i said just at the time when people wanted to work, lots in the whole industry. you hear about recycling, i was quite surprised to read recycling rates have i went over the past three years, you would think they have been increasing. friends of the earth calling for legislation. there isa earth calling for legislation. there is a crisis of confidence going on here and this is pretty serious. the piece here on the front of the telegraph makes the point that obviously this ban will be short—lived, but for the people who go through this who are affected by it, would they then go back to recycling when it is lifted again? would you really have the confidence in recycling that they're getting rid of it, going through all this effort? would you go back to it?|j probably would because i believed very strongly and... but... the plastic and if he gets to me as it does do an awful lot of people. we have s

it has emerged today that the environment agency informed the government at the end ofjuly.cialist contractor who had the contract specialist contractor who had the co ntra ct to specialist contractor who had the contract to remove medical waste from a significant number of hospitals. not all but a significant number in england and scotland. was taking the waste to disposal sites but not incinerating it fast enough so but not incinerating it fast enough so hundreds of tonnes have built up. it is being emphasised that it is being stored securely were appropriate for body parts and anatomical waste in refrigerated units so it is being emphasised by the government there is no risk to the government there is no risk to the public but clearly there is a concern because they should be disposed of in a timely manner. they met with ages last month to build up contingency plans so if this was deemed not appropriate to continue, there would be somewhere else for their waste to be picked up. at the moment the contract is being allowed to carry on under the supervision of the environmen

in a statement today, the environment agency said: in an e—mail seen by the bbc, mr pettigrew wrote toying: the agency said today, planned shutdowns did sometimes occur for maintenance. the company says it has been vilified for fulbright —— vilified for providing an excellent service. what do you say to those who have said there are body parts being stored at your site, that it is not hygienic or safe? that is not true. every single part that people are referring to there, is dealt with securely, professionally and any anatomical waste would he stored in fridges and prioritise. in response to allegations of former staff that there had been a range of practices are sites that would be worrying to the public? —— worrying to the public, the boss said they operated in line with guidelines. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, we're in cairo, as egypt's capital prepares to open the doors to the biggest archaeological museum in the world. it's fit for a king. you have lentils, it had chickpeas, it you have these fried onions. we sample some of the kitty —— city's culinary delights. a

the department of health and social care, the nhs, environment agency and cabinet office have workedssues with our priority has to be ensured proper measures are put in place to enable trusts to continue operating as normal. our health correspondent dominic hughes is in our salford studio. what you make of the statement, just put that in context for us customer win over 15 of these nhs contracts that health care environmental services held have now been terminated. that was done on sunday afternoon at four o'clock. we know that before that nhs improvement, one of the bodies that oversees standards in the health service, they went to health care environmental services and gave them 48 hours to prove that they could actually fulfil the contract in the light of this environment agency criminal investigation into the way that materials were stored on sites around england. after 48 hours it was concluded they could not fulfil the contract and so those 15 contracts were terminated. we know there are another 35 so nhs organisations who still have outstanding contracts and it is likely that

in britain, the environment agency is launching a criminal investigation into how hundreds of tons of including body parts, have built up at five disposal sites. the contractor, healthcare environmental service, is accused of failing to dispose of the waste within regulatory timeframes. the company is blaming a shortage of high—temperature incinerators. the netherlands, britain and the us have accused russia of orchestrating a string of cyber attacks around the world. the usjustice department has indicted seven russian intelligence agents. four of them were named in a joint british and dutch intelligence operation against agents from russia's military spy agency, the gru. russia has ridiculed the allegations. the record company executive marion suge knight has been sentenced to 28 years in jail for running down two men in his pick up truck. the argument on the set of the film straight 0utta compton left one man dead, another seriously injured. suge knight founded the label death row records, which launched the careers of dr dre and snoop dogg. the uk environmental audit committee have

it is being monitored closely by the watchdog, the environment agency, which has known about this forrs have met to review contingency plans if this company has to stop taking waste. sources have said there is no risk to patients and the public. labour says commit this has been known about for a few months, why was parliment not told about it sooner? 58,000 pregnancy tests have been recalled after some gave false positive results. women have been advised to return any clear & simple digital devices to their pharmacy and to use another testing method. the uk's medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency says patient safety is its highest priority. school spending claims by the department for education are being investigated by the uk's statistics watchdog. ministers say that the uk has the third highest level of education spending in the world but head teachers‘ leaders have called the government figures wdeceitfulw as they include the tuition fees paid by parents to private schools and by students to universities. —— "deceitful". 1a uk aid charities have launched an appeal for

it's it‘s irresponsible that the health department and environment agency still have not told of the

now it is being monitored closely by the watchdog, the environment agency, which has known about this have met through the cobra committee to review contingency plans, if this company has to stop taking waste. sources have said there is no risk to patients or the public but labour argued it is has been known about for a few months why was parliament not told sooner? no fewer than 14 uk aid charities have launched an appeal for emergency funds to help the survivors of last friday's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi. more than 1,500 people are thought to be dead, missing or injured, although that number is expected to rise further. 0ur south—east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from palu, one of worst—affected areas. a government office in palu and tempers are fraying. this woman wants to know why no help has come to her neighbourhood yet. "i'm also a victim," a volunteer shouts back, "but at least we're doing what we can." six days into this overwhelming disaster, they're now trying to count the missing. names and photos left taped on the walls. among

in a statement today, the regulator, the environment agency said: in e—mails seen by the bbc, mr pettigrewd: the agency said today planned shutdowns did sometimes occur for maintenance. the company says it has been vilified for providing an excellent service. what do you say to someone who have said that there are body parts being stored at your sites, and it's unhygienic, and it's not safe? none of that is true. every single part people refer to there is dealt with securely, professionally, and again, any anatomical waste would be stored in fridges, and at the same time prioritised for outward bound. in response to allegations from former staff that there had been a range of practices at sites which might be worrying to the public, the boss said they operated in line with official permits. hugh pym, bbc news. patisserie valerie's chairman has said it will be "business as normal" after securing a rescue deal, saving the cafe chain and almost 3,000 jobs. the company's finance chief had been arrested on suspicion of fraud, and was later released on bail. earlier this week, the firm said it h

have branded it a scandal partly because parliament was not told sooner. 0njuly the 31st, the environment agencysters discussed it at a meeting of the cobra emergency committee. but it was only last week that the issue was uncovered by the health service journal. i asked the health secretary why it had taken so long for the public to be told. my clear goal throughout has been to make sure that the public are safe and also that nhs services can continue. we have secured those goals. we have now moved the contract away from the company that was failing to deliver. we have got a new company in and that is the point at which we could go public about this issue. there will be continuing questions here at westminster about the more than 30 hospitals which still have contracts with the company hes. what contingency plans have been made, and whether there are still long—term problems with medical waste disposal which need to be tackled. hes itself strongly denies it has ever stockpiled body parts and says only about 1% of what it processes is anatomical waste. none of the company's contract with scottis

it backlog has built up so the environment agency, the regulator, which has known about this, is workingt. according to the health service journal who broke the story, the contractor is letting it be known and there is a shortage of incineration capacity to get rid of the waste, partly because other contractors have moved from landfill because it is more expensive. ministers have been meeting through the cobra committee to draw up contingency plans, so that if they stop the contract, there will be somewhere else to get rid of the west. they say there is no risk to public or patients. labour have been saying this was known about injuly, why wasn't parliament immediately told? government sources say they needed time to draw up contingency plans. there is another aspect, the issue of contracts. unison, the union, say it should not have been outsourced in the first place and government sources are conceding there needs to be a review of what happens in the future. thank you. in the past hour, the us sports giant nike has said it's "extremely concerned" by rape allegations made against the po

have branded it a scandal partly because parliament was not told sooner. 0njuly the 31st, the environment agencygovernment. in september, ministers discussed it at a meeting of the cobra emergency committee. but it was only last week that the issue was uncovered by the health service journal. i asked the health secretary why it had taken so long for the public to be told. my clear goal throughout has been to make sure that the public are safe and also that nhs services can continue. we have secured those goals. we have now moved the contract away from the company that was failing to deliver. we have got a new company in and that is the point at which we could go public about this issue. there will be continuing questions here at westminster about the more than 30 hospitals which still have contracts with the company hes. what contingency plans have been made, and whether there are still long—term problems with medical waste disposal which need to be tackled. hes itself strongly denies it has ever stockpiled body parts and says only about 1% of what it processes is anatomical waste. none of the c

a criminal investigation is launched by the environment agency, after it emerged tonnes of medical wastexit negotiator in brussels, to discuss possible solutions to the irish border question. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly hamilton. we'll be looking ahead to this weekend's premier league action with six matches tomorrow. including another home game for manchester united, but can they avoid a fifth defeat at old trafford this season?

the environment agency have issued flood warnings on the dorset coast.re warnings on the dorset coast. there were 58 warnings in place across england and people are being advised to check their local information. thank you. the united nations secretary general hasjoined growing international calls to reveal the truth about the disappearance of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. turkey says it has audio and video evidence that he was murdered inside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul. but the saudi interior minister described allegations that his country was responsible as lies. bill hayton reports. jamal khashoggi walked through this door 11 days ago — and was never seen again. leaks to localjournalists suggest turkish police have documented evidence that he was interrogated, tortured and murdered within these walls. translation: government officials say they are going to publish the evidence soon. the police have all the evidence, except for one thing — where is the body? that is what they are investigating. as investigations continue into what ha

it's irresponsible that the health department and the environment agency still haven't told us the full about what on earth is going on, on an issue where environment health questions are being raised and we still don't know the full fact. it's completely unfair on the local community. and still to come in the next half hour — one week after an earthquake and tsunami hit the indonesian island of sulawesi, hundreds of people are still missing. the death toll stands at more than 1500, but there are fears more than a thousand people could still be buried under mud and rubble. a u—turn for unilever — the consumer goods giant scraps its plan to move its headquarters from the uk to the netherlands. and before nine on bbc news — we'll take a look inside henley halebrown‘s chadwick hall in london, one of six contenders to win the royal institute of british architects‘ most prestigious award —— the riba stirling prize. the appointment of president trump's controversial nominee for the us supreme court, brett kavanaugh — is in the balance tonight. earlier today, the us senate narrowly backed a mo

the environment agency says it's launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medicalbody parts, have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames. the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. russia has hit back at claims it was involved in a series of cyber attacks, saying the accusations are part of an anti—russian campaign by the west. yesterday the uk, the us and the netherlands said kremlin intelligence agents have targeted political organisations in the uk, including the foreign office and the porton down defence research facility. high street stores are fueling a "throwaway culture" which is damaging the environment, mps have said. they're asking some of britain's top fashion retailers, including marks and spencer, next and primark, how they plan to reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes they sell. the environmental audit committee says the fashion i

in environmental news, a a new report from the european environment agency finds air pollution causes more than half a million premature deaths in europe each year. this comes as the u.n. released another report monday finding that that 93% of all children live in areas with excessively high levels of fine particulate matter. in i italy, three quarters of fe city of venice were under water monday as strong winds caused heavy rainfall to flow over the raised walkways meant to keep water out of the city streets. other parts of italy are also experiencing flooding and strong winds, killing six people across italy. scientists predict that venice could be completely submerged by the end of the century if climate change continues at its current pace. back in the united states, former president jimmy carter wrote a letter calling for georgia republican gubernatorial candidate brian kemp to resign his role in as georgia secretary of state. kemp's democratic opponent stacey abrams and civil rights groups have accused brian kemp of putting 53,000 voter applications on hold by using minor discre

it's being monitored closely by the watchdog committee environment agency which is known about this forommittee to review contingency plans if this company has to stop taking waste. sources have said is the risk to patients or the public but labour has argued that this was not about why was parliament not told souter? 58,000 pregnancy tests have been recalled after some gave false positive results. women have been advised to return any ‘clear and simple' digital devices to their pharmacy and to use another testing method. the uk's medicines and health care products regulatory agency says patient safety is its highest priority. new research suggests three quarters of children under five have access to a tablet, smartphone or computer. and preschoolers spend nearly three hours a day watching tv and online content, that's acording to a survey of more than a thousand parents for the market research firm childwise. colletta smith has been talking to parents in manchester. just like adults, children are spending more time looking at screens. over half of three to four—year—olds have their own

the environment agency said it wasn't true that there was insufficient capacity and the rest of the sectorie's royal wedding, —— final preparations are being made for princess eugenie's royal wedding, which takes place later this morning at windsor castle. the queen's granddaughter, who is ninth in line to the throne, will wed her fiance jack brooksbank in front of 850 guests and 1200 members of the public. the families are paying for the private aspects of the wedding, but there's been some criticism after it was revealed the cost for security, which is thought to be £2 million, will be picked up by the taxpayer. you can see the live pictures from windsor. the ceremony is due to get under way injust two hours. the rap star kanye west, who recently said he wanted to be known simply as ye, has met president trump at the white house to discuss mental health and prison reform. the rap star, one of the best—selling music artists of all time, declared himself a huge fan of the president during his half hour visit to the oval office. the pair discussed education, north korea and the welfare of b

have branded it a scandal partly because parliament was not told sooner. 0njuly the 31st, the environment agency but it was only last week that the issue was uncovered by the health service journal. there will be continuing questions here at westminster about the more than 30 hospitals which still have contracts with the company hes. what contingency plans have been made, and whether there are still long—term problems with medical waste disposal which need to be tackled. hes itself strongly denies it has ever stockpiled body parts and says only about 1% of what it processes is anatomical waste. none of the company's contracts with scottish health boards have been terminated. hugh pym, bbc news. on this programme we talk a lot about the republican party and the president's agenda, today we are taking a closer look at the democrats. as the midterms approach, they are looking for an opportunity to win more seats in congress and so put a check on donald trump. there's a lot of energy among democratic voters but there are also splits in the party and no obvious leader for the 2020 presidential electi

in a statement, the regulator, the environment agency said:.mer employees have come forward to us and said what they saw allegedly was unsafe, very unpleasant, unhygienic, things happening at sites that would be a worry to the public. i think they will look at any former employee, i don't know who you are referring to, but the reality is we work within permits, but in compliance, 111,001 company, we operate uk wide, and at the same time as well, we operate within the confines of a permit. what is not clear is what will happen to contract the company still holds with more than 30 hospital trusts in england. its contract with the nhs in scotland are continuing. hugh pym, bbc news. the queen's granddaughter princess eugenie has married jack brooksbank, at st george's chapel in windsor. the royal family, and a number of celebrities, including robbie williams, ellie goulding and james blunt, were among 850 guests at the ceremony. princess eugenie, who is ninth in line to the throne, was given away by her father, prince andrew. crowds gathered outsid