her son billy caldwell suffers from epilepsy and can have more than 100 seizures in a day.t's been an eternity and the click of the fingers at the same time. "thank you, sajid javid. the headlines on bbc news... the temperature reached 35 degrees this afternoon — at heathrow, making it the hottest day of the year so far. medicinal cannabis is to be legalised on prescription in the uk. it follows the high—profile cases of children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil. a man is found guilty of manslaughter after a woman died on a speedboat on the river thames. in the sport this evening, a troubled free day for geraint thomas. stage 18 of the tour de france which was won by a frenchman. adil rashid has been selected in the first test for england despite saying he wants to focus on limited overs cricket. an island cause another shock at the hockey world cup by beating india 1—0. it means that england cannot now qualify automatically for the quarterfinals. more on those stories for you at around 5:30pm. a man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a 2a—

earlier today i spoke to charlotte caldwell. billy is not dealing with this position very well.adlines on bbc news: theresa may‘s entire cabinet has gathered at the prime minister‘s country retreat, chequers, for a crunch meeting on brexit. whitehall officials tell the bbc it‘s unlikely a nerve agent which poisoned a couple from amesbury was left out in the open. the pair are in a critical condition in hospital. a diver has died in thailand while taking supplies to twelve boys and their football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave for almost two weeks. let s hear more on the sentencing of former prime minister nawaz sharif. we now go live to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani who is in islamabad. so this sentencing ten years handing down to now is sharif by an anti—corruption down to now is sharif by an anti—corru ption court. down to now is sharif by an anti—corruption court. remind us to the back round of the case? this is a huge moment in pakistani x. it revolves around for luxury flats in central london where the money came from to buy them. the sharif fam

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when 12 year old billy caldwell had his medicinal cannabis oil confiscated at heathrow airport, it led home office is reviewing the use of medicinal cannabis, and looking at individual cases. radio 1 newsbeat‘sjim connolly has been to meet one man who says he'd benefit from the drug being prescribed. i've had crippling pain which has left me bedbound and unable to work at times. alex was diagnosed with crohn's disease at age 19 and over the past eight years, he has tried a range of medication to control his condition. alex knows he is breaking the law but says taking cannabis in a variety of ways helps him. i've recently had surgery to remove most of my large bowel which has left me with a colostomy. cannabis helps with my pain, and my nausea, and helps me eat and sleep with minimal side—effects. he is not alone. campaigners say tens of thousands would benefit from it being prescribed. the government is currently reviewing medicinal cannabis use brought on by billy caldwell‘s story, his mother charlotte campaigning to get cannabis oil for him which she says reduces the number of epilep

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charlotte caldwell and billy returned home to northern ireland last night after spending three weeksed, just before we got on the flight, we had no information as to how billy's medicine, you know, how he was going to access his m rton. just before we got on the flight we we re just before we got on the flight we were actually in the departure lounge at london heathrow airport. — — a ccess lounge at london heathrow airport. —— access his medicine. the deputy chief executive of the belfast trust called me, saying i had to have billy caldwell at the hospital in belfast at 10pm to access his medicine. that was basically at... will you expecting to administer that medicine at home, rather than having to go to the hospital? what we we re having to go to the hospital? what we were expecting was that the belfast trust at the department of health would have had some process in place, so that we could have made a smooth landing in northern ireland. the belfast trust and the department of health here and in northern ireland have had from the 19th ofjune to get a process under way so billy coul

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this comes from the case of arthur dingley and billy caldwell who suffered from epilepsy and were treatedcer concluded there is benefit of medical use for medical conditions. the second part of the review will be completed by the advisory council on the misuse of drugs considering what changes should be made to the classification of these rules after the balancing of these rules after the balancing of hamas and public health needs. more on that later. kick off is just a few hours away in england's crucial world cup game against colombia. manager gareth southgate has called tonight's match england's biggest knock—out game in a generation — if england win, they'll reach their first world cup quarter—final since 2006. sarah rainsford is in moscow. i cannot see an england flag behind you but i can see someone else's. plenty of columbia fancier as you can see. we reckon on a rough count at least pre—columbian fans in moscow to day but england fans today and also some very loud was blind. the turnstiles have opened, the atmosphere is building ahead of the game. no pressure from gareth southgate

when billy caldwell had his cannabis confiscated, we met one man who said that he depended on cannabisof my large bowel which has left me with a colostomy. cannabis helps with my pain, and my nausea, and helps me eat and sleep with minimal side—effects. he is not alone. campaigners say tens of thousands would benefit from it being prescribed. the government is currently reviewing medicinal cannabis use brought on by billy caldwell‘s story, his mother charlotte campaigned to get cannabis oil for him which she says reduces the number of epileptic seizures he has. common sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has burst the political process wide open. and while the review is happening, it‘s set up an expert panel to look at individual cases — but there is criticism. put yourself in this situation. you‘ve got a friend or family or loved one who you believe can benefit from medical cannabis. and they say it‘s available if you go in front of this panel. you are going to be there. what would you do differently then? medical cannabis under prescription prescribed by a gp.

charlotte caldwell, you might recall earlier in the year, she brought in about six months' worth of supply from canada and it was confiscated at heathrow. this was for her son billyim the cannabis oil in northern ireland where she is based. her doctor had been prescribing it and he was told to stop. this is why she tried to bring the cannabis oil in and was prevented. billy ended up in hospital and the home secretary gave her a temporary licence because his case was so severe. this is why campaigners are welcoming today's announcement because it means that clinical trials can go ahead. medicine is derived from cannabis can be defined and those that are considered safe, hopefully, will be prescribed by gps. thank you ever so much for that. a home office spokesperson says they have been sympathising with the parents and thatis sympathising with the parents and that is why the government is taking action with an expert panel to advise ministers to prescribe in exceptional cases where there is an unmet clinical need. families should speak to their doctors about treatment options and in the case of a cannabis prescription the senior doctors will need to lead the appli