michael buchanan, bbc news, manchester.degrading conditions, which "amount to torture". ghislaine maxwell is seeking bail ahead of her trial on charges of helping the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she denies the charges. our new york correspondent nada tawfik has the story. jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell shared an intimate relationship. to epstein�*s alleged victims, the pair were a dangerous combination. ghislaine, they say, was the chief enabler of the convicted sex offender. and now herfamily is finally speaking out. ian maxwell defended his sister in an interview with the bbc. he said she was being treated in a fashion that amounted to torture. physically, she�*s a 59—year—old woman and we understand that she�*s losing her hair, and that she�*s also having trouble with her eyesight and her ability to concentrate, because this is a tremendous pressure to be under. his comments come as his sister is seeking bailfor a third time, desperate to leave the federal prison here in brooklyn and to wait out the tri

michael buchanan, bbc news, essex., we follow the rapid transition from a public health emergency to an even bigger challenge involving an economic crisis, too. the evidence is all around, from record government borrowing to businesses struggling, to family finances stretched to the limit. as our economics editor faisal islam found on a visit to coventry, some have actually prospered over the past year, but the economic impact has been overwhelmingly negative. the big lesson of the past year is that you cannot disentangle the pandemic from economics. there was no simple trade—off between health and wealth. it turned out the countries with the biggest first covid waves had the biggest economic falls too, with the uk hit particularly hard. coventry is a symbol of recovery from generational challenges, such as the rebuild after world war ii. the pandemic recession was historic but also unique in shape — a very sharp fall with a rapid rebound. that can be seen at sarginson�*s, a local metalforger in the car industry. initi

here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan.he died after mistakes at the shrewsbury and telford trust in 2009. after 12 years of campaigning for better maternity care, her parents have welcomed today's investment. there will be children alive in years to come that will be born perhaps in need of medical intervention, and that care hopefully will be there to prevent adverse outcomes or the avoidable death of a baby. so there will be children alive in years to come as a direct result of this money. the shrewsbury and telford trust was at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in nhs history. dozens of babies died or suffered avoidable harm. the care that more than 1,800 families received is being investigated. the new money builds on what's been learned already in an initial report published last year. £95 million will be invested in improving maternity safety. up to 1,000 midwives will be hired, as well as around 80 obstetrics consultants. some of the money will be used to allow them to train together. teams that train toge

michael buchanan, bbc news. the vice—president announced mr magufuli's death on state tv. translation: fellow citizens, i it is with deep regret that i inform you that today on the 17th of march 2021 at 6pm, we lost our brave leader, the president of the republic of tanzania, honourablejohn pombejoseph magufuli, who has died of a heart condition at a hospital in dar es salaam where he was being treated. funeral arrangements are being made and you will be notified. our country shall be in a morning period of ia days and flags will fly at half mast. i'm nowjoined by our correspondent leila nathoo who is in nairobi. rumours were circulating that he had contracted the coronavirus. has this been confirmed? well the short answer is no. but i think that is what makes the announcement of his death very significant because presidentjohn pombe magufuli had been absent for public life for up to three weeks now. there had been no official communication about his whereabouts. and he is normally very visible, going to church

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michael buchanan, bbc news. title to his collection — after being awarded an honorary doctorate by leeds beckett university. the former leeds rhino was diagnosed with motor neurone disease just over two years ago — and he has worked tirelessly to raise awareness and funds to support others living with the condition. he described receiving the doctorate as a huge honour. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning's weather. morning. today will be fairly cloudy good morning. today will be fairly cloudy across much of the uk. some exceptions, of course, we have got some sunshine but also some rain in the east. the rain already coming in across parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire, getting into the midlands. we will see some of that in east anglia, the south—east, some getting over as far west as the west country, and on to the channel islands. and quite a lot of cloud and mount across northern ireland and mount across northern ireland and northern and western scotland. so the best of the sunshi

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