. —— alfie dingley. no change in the law.|j in lee's family. —— alfie dingley.ot california yet or anywhere else in the state... but european countries seem to be ahead of us in terms of medicines. of countries are ahead of us. going to the daily mail now, i think this is for you. the daily mail now, i think this is foryou. —— a the daily mail now, i think this is for you. —— a lot of. the daily mail now, i think this is for you. -- a lot of. i wrote about this today. you are an expert! what is that we —— mean to live beyond oui’ is that we —— mean to live beyond our means? this is from the office of national statistics, we take anything they generally say quite seriously because it has come from them. essentially, they have found for the first time in 30 years since 1988, households are spending more than they are bringing in, to the tune of £900 a year. last time it happened in 1988, there was a shortfall of about £300 million, yes it was a while ago, but this time it is pretty £5 billion, equating to about one fifth of the nhs budget and it means that the poo

but a series of sick children like alfie dingley were denied access to cannabis medicines, because theundergone rigorous clinical trials. he ended up in hospital, having multiple seizures, until his mum was granted a special licence to import the drug. now, parent power has persuaded the home office to reschedule cannabis products to make it easier for specialists here to prescribe them. just impossible not to be moved by what they had to go through, they had to climb mountains on behalf of their children. now, we found licences and solutions for them within the existing law. but the home secretary and i came out of those experiences feeling these rules feel very out of date. alfie is now doing well, his mum said the rule—change will help other families with sick children. this announcement today gives every person in that situation hope that they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i've always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it works, it works like a miracle. the government is adamant that this will not lead to the legalisation of cannabis

but a series of sick children like alfie dingley were denied access to cannabis medicines because theergone rigorous clinical trials. he ended up rigorous clinical trials. he ended up in hospital, having multiple seizures until his mother was granted a special licence to import the drug. now parent power has persuaded the home office to reschedule cannabis products, to make it easier ball specialists here to prescribe them. this announcement today gives every person in that situation hope that they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i have always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone , that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it does work, it works like a miracle. the government is adamant this will not lead to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. cannabis remains an illegal class b drug. so the production, possession and dealing of cannabis are still criminal offences. anyone trying to grow this slot at home would risk a jail term. there are more than 100 active compounds in the cannabis plant. this change the rules should make i

but a series of sick children like alfie dingley were denied access to cannabis medicines, because thegone rigorous clinical trials. he ended up in hospital, having multiple seizures, until his mum was granted a special licence to import the drug. now, parent power has persuaded the home office to reschedule cannabis products to make it easier for specialists here to prescribe them. just impossible not to be moved by what they had to go through, they had to climb mountains on behalf of their children. now, we found licences and solutions for them within the existing law. but the home secretary and i came out of those experiences feeling these rules feel very out of date. alfie is now doing well, his mum said the rule—change will help other families with sick children. this announcement today gives every person in that situation hope that they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i've always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it works, it works like a miracle. the government is adamant that this will not lead to the legalisation of cannabis for

it follows the high—profile cases of two young sufferers of epilepsy — alfie dingley and billy caldwelless to cannabis oil because it appeared to help their condition. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, gave us the background to this decision. parents were denied the right to bring in cannabis oil products produced overseas. their children had severe epilepsy and then ended up in hospital having seizures. it was one case after another that led sajid javid to announce a review which had been very quickly done. and he has now said that, by the autumn, there will be a decision, product by—product, on which ones are going to be allowed to be prescribed by specialist doctors. the department of health and the medicines regulator will individually look at each product. the thing is about cannabis medicines is there is no doubt that some of them do work. there are two products, in fact, the uk is the biggest producer of cannabis—licensed medicines. 300 tonnes of cannabis plants a year produced legally in the uk. the problem has come from these products produced overseas which are not phar

the decision follows a government review sparked by high profile cases of children like alfie dingleyremind people of us about the condition. he had pch19, it is not common. cannabis oil is really important. the only thing that used to rescue him was intravenous 5teroid5 thing that used to rescue him was intravenous steroids and he had that weekly and that is extremely dangerous. i did lots of research, medical cannabis kept coming up, with agreements of our doctors in the uk we took him to holland in september and he is now very, very well and obviously we had a bat with the government to get his licence. he is back on and the question was how did you get that medicinal cannabis wa5 how did you get that medicinal cannabis was back we went to the home office and had lots of meeting. we had to go through a vigorous, surgical 5tyle proce55 we had to go through a vigorous, surgical 5tyle process that was difficult and hard on the family and very worrying and obviously we got our licence on the 19th ofjune and that they sainte—genevieve 5aid our licence on the 19th ofjune and that they sa

and we'll also be speaking to the mother of six—year—old alfie dingley who suffers from 150 seizuresing misery for holiday—makers two and a half hours queueing from the motorway down to the check—in terminals. sat on the motorway embankment in 34 degrees heat with ants crawling over our feet. no water. absolutely ridiculous. we'll be hearing from one group of travellers who were delayed for six hours about their experience. and get the latest from air traffic control. here's annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. good morning. it has been called furnace friday. but it now seems unlikely that today's temperatures will reach an all—time british record. storms broke out overnight in the north east of england and the east of scotland, dampening chances that the uk will experience a temperature above 38.5 centigrade — the level set in 2003. however, much of the country will see it rise above 30 degrees, with a high of 34 expected in east anglia. the heat is causing misery for eurotunnel passengers, where continued disruption is being blamed on the extreme

it comes as the mother of another six year old, alfie dingley, has legally brought medicinal cannabisime in 52 years? dramatic new pictures emerge of the thai cave rescue operation. the 12 boys were heavily sedated to help bring them out safely. they are all recovering well in hospital the man poisoned by novichok speaks to police for the first time. could he hold the clue to where the nerve agent was found? the bidding warfor sky heats up, after 21st century fox increases its offer for the uk broadcaster to £24.5 billion. however, some analysts are expecting a counter offer from fox's rival comcast, who bid £22 billion for sky in febuary. fox is expecting to obtain regulatory approval in the uk for the deal this week. the global trade war escalates after the united states hits china with fresh tariffs worth £150 billion. beijing's not happy and neither are financial markets. facebook recieves a slap on the wrists by uk's watchdog. the social media firm is fined £500,000 — which is the maximum amount — for serious data breaches. so here's the big question, is the world cup good for th

and their team reached out and helped us the way they did with all the dingley, the other little boy who has a uk licence. —— alfieh. the big day at wimbledon today of course and mike looks like he is in prime position. they have let you in the commentary box, have they? i tell you what, you know how small i am,i tell you what, you know how small i am, ithink tell you what, you know how small i am, i think this ox is for a hobbit because if i stand by head goes into the ceiling but it is so hot and cramped in here, but nostalgia! i have a touchscreen, 6.5 hours here, you can tell, they have left a few grapes. and we have found a packet of biscuits. russell and many biscuits you can have. just imagine concentrating for all of that time during that match, of course nothing compared to what it was like for the players! the physical exhaustion of this history making match. the dust is still settling on last night's epic semifinal between kevin anderson and john isner — anderson won it 26—24 in the fifth set — but it was a truly gruelling encounter. the covers are coming off on centre court. it's the second longest mat