on arrival at southend mrs appleby and herfather were met by borderforce appleby and herfather were met had anything to declare, and there was loads of them waiting so i knew that ifi loads of them waiting so i knew that if i said no i was going to get myself indeed, so ijust said yes. the government says new guidance for doctors will be available in the autumn, and it is encouraging further clinical research. gkn aerospace has announced it will close its kings norton factory in 2021 , which means around 170 people will lose theirjobs. gkn was bought by the melrose group in a hostile takeover last year. a statement from gkn says, it has "regrettably" concluded its site in kings norton did not have a sustainable future — but the unite union said, the closure decision "flew in the face" of assurances given at the time of the takeover. our business correspondent, rob young, has been following the story. the history is that, a year ago, melrose industry, which specialises in buying poor performing companies and turning them around bought gkn, an old british engineering company, for £8 billi

mrs appleby purchased a three—month supply of medicinal cannabis at a pharmacy in the hague yesterdayter teagan. it cost her the equivalent of £4,000 — money raised through crowdfunding. as she prepared to board her plane back to the uk, she knew the home office had threatened to confiscate it. nervous, obviously. but ready. see what happens. if they take it i will fight to get it back. mrs appleby says she was forced to make this trip because doctors in the uk, while legally able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, are generally refusing to do so because of a lack of evidence. 0ur general position is we practise evidence—based medicine, so we are interested in other cannabis—based medicines as to whether they may be helpful. but we really have to acquire the evidence that they are effective and safe. so our advice would be, until we get that evidence, that we would not prescribe them. on arrival at southend, mrs appleby and her family were met by border force officers who interviewed them and confiscated the drugs. absolutely gutted. they just took everything. they asked me at border co

children have to suffer in the way the appleby family is suffering.lue. —— ketamine. the problem is, the way cannabis has treated —— been treated for the last 50 yea rs, we treated —— been treated for the last 50 years, we have had no research or experience. the problem is, expectations were raised in november as if every gp would be able to simply write prescription but a prescription for what? it has to be a pharmaceutical quality of drug so that you know exactly how much cbd, how much thc, you would be prescribing. that is not yet generally available. please, secretary of state, this has got to stop. we cannot wait for trim —— finical trials. there is medicine out there, yet it to the children that need it! i appreciate the public's concern that at a time when several police forces have openly admitted that they will not take action against those involved in recreational cannabis use, the full weight of the home office's border force is deployed to intercept medication for a seriously ill young child. surely getting medication to a seriously ill yo

border force officials confiscate medicinal cannabis used by teagan appleby after her mother purchasedfrom the netherlands. the developer persimmon has announced an independent review into its housing quality after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. human rights protesters at london's dorchester hotel, owned by brunei where a new law makes gay sex punishable by stoning to death. and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at some of the highlights from her programme this week. hello and welcome to our programme. over the next half an hour we will review some of the exclusive and originaljournalism we have broadcast over the last week. we are powerless and have to sit back and watch her suffer. it is torture for her and for us. those are the words ofjudy haynes, her granddaughter ayla had learning difficulties. and has been held in secure units known as atus for seven years. in her desperation, ayla swallowed a toothbrush which is still inside her. four years ago, the government and nhs england said it would close at least 35% of the places at atus

welcome, rick appleby. >> good morning, president and commissioners and deputy director kaufman and bridget. the modification before us right now is a wonderful opportunity to assist senior and disability action to enhance their current computer lab and make it more accessible. as you've read, one of the main focuses is buying innovative equipment to allow people with a broader range of disabilities to come in and use the computer lab, to access information on the internet and social meet i can't in a way that they may not have been able to in other places. the goal here is to have people learn more about it. we mentioned a couple of examples of the kinds of equipment, so a closed circuit t.v. is one example that can have a large caption on it for people who may not be able to see regular caption. head pointers, voice recognition and voice activated systems all can help people with those related disabilities. i wanted to mention another aspect that didn't get full explanation. the senior and disability action will also utilize peer support trainers and volunteers. there's a recognition of c

white house press secretary sarah appleby sanders today said she thinks -- she thinks congress is too dumb to look at the president's taxes. she said i don't think congress, particularly not this group of congressmen and women are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages that i would assume that president trump's taxes will be. that's interesting. did you know she clipped her toenails with her teeth? that's -- somehow gets her leg up there, and eats them like a corn on the could be. it's amazing. kim jong-un is reportedly open to having yet another summit with donald trump. i'm starting to think he's in it for the dinners, i really am. this will be their third meeting. trump said his personal relationship with kim is still very good, perhaps even excellent, and that a third summit would be a good thing, and if it isn't, what's the worst that happens? nuclear war, i mean, big deal. as of yesterday we've yet -- we have another another democrat running for president. pete buttigieg, the mayor of south bend, indiana, has become the 658th democrat i think to enter the race. [ ap

bob: well, the app will likely be available through traditional distributors, appleby and one of --m, barely serval apple being one of them, so i am fairly certain that if people want to subscribe to the app, they will be able to do so through apple and the itunes store and also traditional distributors to sell apps. emily: what does this mean for disney overseas, specifically in china, in the broader asia market, where we have a lot of people watching right now? well, i think you need to figure that all of the content that we make for the service will be available internationally in different forms. in sum, we will launch a service as a prescription markle. -- market. that will not be right away, and in china, there are still rules that govern the right to supply services that we will have to comply with, so we're not sure how the overall disney+ service will enter the chinese market, but ultimately, the product is being made for it. if disney+ is not end up there, it will be made available to consumers in another form. nejra: that was disney ceo and share bob iger speaking to bloomb

border force officials confiscate medicinal cannabis used by teigan appleby.n tiger roll emulate red rum in the grand national at aintree? the developer persimmon has announced an independent review into its housing quality, after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. but the property advice group, the homeowners alliance, has told the bbc that issues with new homes aren't limited to just one developer. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. there has been a rise in the number of customers reporting snags to 99% in 2018. earier i spoke to benjamin derbyshire, president of the royal institute of british architects, riba. i asked him what he would say to the housing minister on this issue. my message would be, we need to provide adequate resources and we need to invest as a nation in housing — invest public resources in housing — as it were infrastructure, to enable people to live well and affordably. and until such time as the government moves to that position, i think the private sector will struggle to deliver to everyo