branwen jeffreys, bbc news. she worked as a code breaker during the second world war and went on to spend nearly four decades in the house of lords. colleagues have described the peer as one of a kind and an utter joy. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, looks back at her life. laughter always in her place in the house of lords, always the same. so lucky to be here. as david cameron said, theyjust doesn't make theyjust don't make politicians like that any more, and he meant it. wartime code—breaker, oldest woman ever to be a government minister, and even, after a long life, a youtube sensation. the grainy black—and—white photos tell of a colourful past. land girl on the farm of former pm david lloyd george, during world war ii. then a member of the near legendary code—breaking team at bletchley. churchill visited us. he said "you are the birds that laid the golden eggs, but never cackled." and that was the important thing, was that we never talked. never conventional though. wife to a headmaster, one day,

branwen jeffreys, bbc news.s motor neurone disease, wants a doctor to help him to die. three supreme courtjudges refused permission to allow a full hearing of his appeal. mr conway said the decision was "extremely disappointing". the ride—sharing service, uber, has been fined £385,000 by uk regulators, forfailing to protect customers' personal information during a cyber attack. the information commissioner's office said a series of, what it called, "avoidable data security flaws" allowed the personal details of around 2.7 million uk customers to be accessed and downloaded by attackers from a cloud—based storage system, operated by uber‘s us parent company. a health think—tank says thousands of cancer patients are dying unnecessarily each year. a study by the health foundation found that england had failed to close the gap with countries that perform better, such as canada. 0ur health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. over the last 20 years, there have been four national cancer strategies. each has promised t

begins by looking at the hard financial decisions facing school leaders. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreysecondary school facing ordinary problems. the school's vision, i think, will have to change and adapt in the future. i suspect there are definitely some things that you and your counterparts will have spent time on this year that we can... following the chief executive trying to solve them. i do have to balance the budget, and i do have to make sure that the organisation is effective. one of the things that is having a real impact on... hearing about the challenges in the classroom. ..in that, as classroom teachers, i feel that we are now picking up more and more issues, pastoral issues. do you mind if i answer that? yeah, of course. we are in learning support, and we're picking up lots of children with emotional and social problems. and the financial pressures. at a meeting where senior teachers are told theirjobs are being downgraded. they face a pay cut of up to £6,000 per year to help balance this school's books. in terms of feedback for the consultation process, i think it sucked,

the girl's mother has been speaking exclusively to our education editor branwen jeffreys.new primary school, but she carries the mental scars of past experiences. at the age of six, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by boys in her primary school playground. staff had seen bella with her underwear partly removed. eventually, she told her mum she was in pain. for the family, the legal action was about holding the authority to account. and being able to support bella in the future. it's been worth it financially, because there is now a sum of money that will pay for the therapy and support for her up until adulthood. at any point in the court action, did the council say, "0k, we will offer you support for your daughter, we will offer bella help"? no, they wouldn't even offer her a written apology. i know that matters a lot to you. it matters for her, i think, when she's older, when she can make sense of how she can be so seriously sexually assaulted, so many times, in a place where she should have been safe. and when she finds out that not only were the boys not prosecute

the mother has been speaking exclusively to our education editor, branwen jeffreys.ew primary school, but she carries the mental scars of past experiences. at the age of six, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by boys in her primary school playground. staff had seen bella with her underwear partly removed. eventually, she told her mum she was in pain. for the family, the legal action was about holding the authority to account. and being able to support bella, in the future. it's been worth it financially, because there is now a sum of money that will pay for the therapy and support for her up until adulthood. at any point in the court action, did the council say, "ok, we will offer you support for your daughter, we will offer bella help"? no, they wouldn't even offer her a written apology. i know that matters a lot to you. it matters for her, i think, when she's older, when she can make sense of how she can be so seriously sexually assaulted, so many times, in a place where she should have been safe. and when she finds out that not only were the boys not prosecute

the girl's mother has been speaking exclusively to our education editor, branwen jeffreys.mental scars of past experiences. at the age of six, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by boys in her primary school playground. staff had seen bella with her underwear partly removed. eventually, she told her mum she was in pain. for the family, the legal action was about holding the authority to account. and being able to support bella, in the future. it's been worth it financially, because there is now a sum of money that will pay for the therapy and support for her up until adulthood. at any point in the court action, did the council say, "ok, we will offer you support for your daughter, we will offer bella help"? no, they wouldn't even offer her a written apology. i know that matters a lot to you. it matters for her, i think, when she's older, when she can make sense of how she can be so seriously sexually assaulted, so many times, in a place where she should have been safe. and when she finds out that not only were the boys not prosecuted or punished, but also the people who