these are strong accusations from andrew lansley.d cameron, it is thought was to introduce this i—off bowel cancer test at the age of 55 for men. he said if that happened that he would of had that screening and it would have caught his bowel cancer early. it's striking how that come about. what is interesting is that not only this is a deeply personal and specific case. andrew lansley is talking about the scheme in which he tried to introduce. it speaks to a nightmare going on within the conservative party at the moment about whether it is now time, after grinding years of austerity, to turn it off. andrew lansley seems to be talking about, despite being a harbinger of the early cuts in the coalition government, he is saying the government seems choose need to start spending more —— needs to start spending more —— needs to start spending more —— needs to start spending more. it looks like a relaxation of austerity which is exactly what philip hammond, the chancellor, is saying the government should not do, at least not yet. we seem s

what is lord lansley saying? andrew la nsley what is lord lansley saying?arly stage, it involves a small camera and an examination of the lower bowel. it was first announced alongside david cameron in 2010, when the conservatives and the coalition took power and it was hoped that this would be rolled out across the whole of england, that anyone aged 55 who wa nted of england, that anyone aged 55 who wanted to have it could do so by 2016 and the actual policy started in 2013. but we have got to the point a couple of years beyond that target and only half of england has access to this screening programme. and what lord lansley is saying is that he has bowel cancer, he is having treatment for that, it is possible that it might have been picked up if this screening programme had been available when it was supposed to have been fully rolled out. and he's saying, interestingly for a former conservative health secretary, that funding reductions have been one of the problems here, that there aren't enough trained specialists available to do it across the whole of e

the former health secretary andrew lansley has revealed he's being treated for bowel cancer. roup critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it comes hours after mr corbyn promised "watertight" investigations into claims of anti—semitism within his party. the bbc‘s assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster for us this morning. good morning. just how controversial is this being seen as, this visit by mr corbyn? it is highly controversial, primarily because of the reaction of some of the leading jewish organisations in this country, mr corbyn's decision to attend this religious celebration organised by jewdas. attend this religious celebration organised byjewdas. why? because jewdas are a left—wing ram some organisation but the significant thing is that they have been highly critical of the allegations of his images within the labour party, describing them as a cynical manipulation by mr corbyn's opponents, and groups like the jewish leadership council says mr corbyn's decision to go to their event first, before any otherjoyce occasion, shows he still does no

andrew lansley makes an interesting point.t the post system is difficult to crack. but he points out that history has been a bad guide to political developments in re ce nt guide to political developments in recent years, from brexit, trump, the rise of jeremy recent years, from brexit, trump, the rise ofjeremy corbyn, so maybe it would be complacent to say this simply will not work because we are in an area where we thought of things that wouldn't work seem to be working very well. let's move on to crime. we've seen terrible incident of stabbings, and shootings in the capital. that has become a political debate now about how to stop it. the mail on sunday says stop and search u—turn on gang wars. mail on sunday says stop and search u-turn on gang wars. if you read the papers and a lot of the commentary you will find every explanation under the you will find every explanation underthe sun you will find every explanation under the sun for this disturbing spike in violent crime. particularly in london. some say to social media.

the former health secretary for england andrew lansley has revealed he's being treated for bowel cancerning programme he proposed hadn't been frustrated by budget cuts and a lack of staff. a spokesman for the department of health said it was making significant investments in cancer treatment and thousands of lives were being saved with screening programmes. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now. england completed their cricketing winter without any test wins, they could not find an elusive victory in the second match against new zealand, which finished today. new zealand, which finished today. new zealand blocked their way to a drop in christchurch and new zealand won the series 1—0. alistair brownlee has been selected to carry the england flag at the commonwealth games opening ceremony on the gold coast tomorrow. a double 0lympic champion and also won gold in glasgow four years ago. the welsh flag will be carried by jazz carlin is guy luzon who is also a multi—0lympic medallist and she also won gold in glasgow. and it is not being treated as an anti—doping viol

meanwhile, the former health secretary, andrew lansley, says he's being treated for bowel cancer — andley said he was "lucky" to have been diagnosed after a visit to his gp — and that an automatic early screening programme for bowel cancer introduced in 2010 was only available to half the country because of funding problems. a spokesman for the department of health said it was making significant investments in cancer treatment and thousands of lives were being saved with screening programmes. the husband ofjailed british mother nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has called upon the government to do more to free his wife two years on from her arrest in iran. richard ratcliffe claims it has become a "test of endurance" to free his wife. joining us now is the husband of nazanin, richard ratcliffe. good morning to you. what more do you want at this stage? the obvious a nswer you want at this stage? the obvious answer is to bring her home. if you think back to christmas, the foreign secretary promised to leave no stone unturned and to do what ever you could, and since when it then it has all gone a

andrew lansley gave an interview to one of the newspapers, he is being treated for bowel cancer and madediagnosed. but even the process of diagnosis can be frustratingly long for people. yes, it can be and it is really important this point about knowing what is unusual for you and what is unusualfor what is unusual for you and what is unusual for your body. these centres will very much depend on people coming forward in the first place to see their gp because theyjust know something is not quite right. and now at least ten centres where we are trialling this approach, gps have the opportunity to send patients forward and have a whole battery of tests in one place, under one roof on the same day and then should be either given the all clear or told what the next steps need to be, hopefully to rule out a diagnosis of cancer. briefly, how long a process of evaluation are you planning for and therefore, if it is a success, how quickly could people expect to see this spread more widely? this is not going to be a quick process of evaluation, although the process of evaluation, although the pro