dominic hughes reports.ears, but the latest survey of public attitudes in england, scotland and wales shows growing concern over the state of the health service. in 2010, the annual survey revealed overall record levels of satisfaction — a high of 70%. but last year that figure fell to its lowest point since 2007 — just 53%. with waiting times, the number of staff and a lack of funding being the main factors behind dissatisfaction. people who have recently used the service are much more satisfied, so i think a big issue here is access to care, getting those appointments, getting in to see a gp for example. i think a lot of us have struggled with getting a gp appointment and that's really having an effect on satisfaction. while being free at the point of use, the quality of care and the range of services were the main reasons people were happy with the nhs, patients do recognise the difficulties the health service faces. i'm satisfied with the service they provide, i'm not satisfied that they've got enough fu

dominic hughes, bbc news. breaking news this lunchtime.or, simonjack, is with me. how serious is this? i havejust been onto the phone to them and bmw say this has been a message they have given before but they have to at least consider because they can‘t absorb extra costs on top of production which is referring to ta riffs production which is referring to tariffs are playing in a no deal situation, so this is a sharpening of language in a message they have been pretty clear about, that the introduction of tariffs in no—deal situation would prove an existential threat to production of an iconic british product here in the uk. 0f course, it is not their setback we have had in the car industry, we had hunter announcing they would shut down their swindon plant, they said that was due to their move towards electric vehicles. and nissan said it was the x trail from sunderland, blaming it on diesel products. this is specifically about brexit. none of this will be a great surprise to the government, the secretary of state for business greg clarke

dominic hughes, bbc news, leeds.oger charlery, known as ranking roger, who has died at the age of 56. the birmingham—born star had a string of top ten hits in the 1980s, as part of the beat. david sillito looks back at his life. # mirror in the bathroom... 1980, and roger charlery, known as ranking roger, had just turned 17 and suddenly found himself in top of the pops. the beat were like the specials and ub40 part of the ska revival and ranking roger brought a touch of jamaica to their child friendly sound. # mirror in the bathroom... 30 years later, he was still performing songs from that string of hits. born in birmingham, his family were from st lucia and his first foray into music was a punk band. when the beat split in 1983, he formed general public. # seems like without tenderness, there is something missing... over the years, he performed under big audio dynamite and the specials and amongst today's tributes, there were names from that era. # mirror in the bathroom... and then in 2005, ranking roger reformed

here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.nhs have varied over the years, but the latest survey of public attitudes in england, scotland and wales showing growing concern over the state of the health service. in 2010 the annual survey revealed overall record levels of satisfaction are a high, 70%. last year that figure fell to its lowest point since 2007, just 53%. with waiting times, the number of staff and a lack of funding being the main is behind the satisfaction. people who have recently used this service are much more satisfied, so i think a big issueis more satisfied, so i think a big issue is access to care, getting those appointments, getting in to see a those appointments, getting in to seea gp those appointments, getting in to see a gp for example, and those appointments, getting in to see a gpfor example, and i those appointments, getting in to see a gp for example, and i think a lot of us have struggled with getting a gp appointment and had three had an effect on satisfaction. being free, the quality of care and t

dominic hughes, bbc news. nearly a third of the uk's electricity is set to be generated by wind power by 2030, under a new deal announced by the government. the plan will see the offshore wind sector invest £250 million over the next 11 years, in exchange for state subsidies. the government says the sector will create thousands ofjobs. last year, on and offshore wind turbines provided 17% of the uk's energy needs. the singer r kelly is back behind bars after a court hearing in chicago over unpaid child support. the sheriff's office says he will be detained until he pays the full amount he owes — more than $160,000. it came just hours after a tv interview in which he angrily denied allegations of sexual abuse. the singer was charged last month with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse. one of the world's largest telecoms companies, huawei, has announced it is suing the us government. it comes after the us passed legislation banning the chinese compa ny‘s products, citing a security risk. 0ur correspondentjohn

here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.e years, but the latest survey of public attitudes in england, scotland, and wales shows growing concern over the state of the health service. in 2010, the annual survey revealed, overall, record levels of satisfaction. a high of 70%. but last year that figure fell to its lowest point since 2007, just 53%. with waiting times, the number of staff, and a lack of funding being the main factors behind dissatisfaction. people who have recently used the service are much more satisfied, so i think a big issue here is access to care, getting those appointments, getting in to see a gp, for example, and i think a lot of us have struggled with getting a gp appointment and that's really having an effect on satisfaction. being free at the point of use, the quality of care, and the range of services were the main reasons people were happy with the nhs, but patients recognise the difficulties the health service faces. i'm satisfied with the service they provide. i'm not satisfied that they have got e

dominic hughes, bbc news. more now on one of our main stories today.g knife crime. earlier britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, said there was a link between falling police numbers and violent crime. yesterday, mrs may said there was no direct correlation between the two. with me is dr roberta babb, a clinical psychologist and foresensic psychotherapist who's worked young people who've been involved with gangs. and i'm alsojoined from glasgow by will linden from the scottish violence reduction unit, they work to target all forms of violent behaviour, in particular knife crime and weapon—carrying among young men. wait to see you both, thanks for joining us. if i could start with you, doctor, here in the studio. the suggestion is, and it is been a big pa rt suggestion is, and it is been a big part of the debate, that gangs are huge part of the issue. but it is not just gangs, huge part of the issue. but it is notjust gangs, is it? no, the issue is systemic. we are looking at the issue of service provisions, things i have been cut, and cut

dominic hughes, bbc news, leeds. it was on its way to a storage site and there were no passengers on board. all 737 max 8 planes have been grounded since the ethiopian airlines crash, which killed 157 people earlier this month. a british man has been arrested in australia after allegedly trying to flee the country on a jet—ski. police say the 57—year—old is wanted on drug charges and was trying to make the 90—mile trip to papua new guinea. the man was thought to have been armed with a cross—bow and carrying enough fuel and supplies to make the journey. tributes have been paid to the singer ranking roger, the vocalist with the two—tone band the beat — who has died aged 56. music he'd been diagnosed with two brain tumours and lung cancer following a stroke last year. ranking roger — whose real name was roger charlery — helped the beat secure a series of uk top ten hits, including this one — mirror in the bathroom and a cover of smokey robinson's tears of a clown. the tiny 9:53am. —— time. prince charles and the duchess

our health correspondent, dominic hughes explains.r public health. that involves everything from helping people to quit smoking to treating sexually transmitted diseases. giving councils responsibility for public health was controversial, but today, the local government association says the evidence shows it has been largely successful. for example, the overall number of adult smokers has fallen by 1.6 million since 2011. teenage pregnancies are down by almost a quarter since 2013. and since 2012, the suicide rate has steadily decreased, and among men is now the lowest it has been since 1981. since public health has come over to local government, in 2013, we've seen 80% of the key indicators either remain the same or improve. we're showing real success. that's despite a £531 million cut in the public health budget and 50% reduction in government funding for local government. so, overall, i can say that public health in local government is a success. one of the main tasks of public health is to prevent illness in the first place by enc

says authorities received more than £3 billion of funding this year. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughesce 2013 in england, it is your local council that has been responsible for public health. that involves everything from helping people to quit smoking to treating sexually transmitted diseases. giving councils responsibility for public health was controversial, but today, the local government association says the evidence shows it has been largely successful. for example, the overall number of adult smokers has fallen by 1.6 million cents 2011. teenage pregnancies are down by almost a quarter since 2013, and since 2012, the suicide rate has steadily decreased, and among men is 110w steadily decreased, and among men is now the lowest it has been since 1981. since public health has come over to local government in 2013, we have seen 80% of the key indicators either remain the same or improved. we are showing real success. that is despite a £531 million cut in the public health budget, and 50% reduction in government funding for local government. so overall, i can say that public health a

and the term "smear test" is being dropped. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. mother. thank you for reminding me to go to my cervical screening. this new campaign comes as one in four eligible women, in england, those aged between 25 and 64, don't take up the offer of getting tested. it is a similar picture right across the uk, but experts say this simple test is a genuine life—saver. there's almost as many reasons why women don't take up their invitation as there are women. some women are afraid of the result, and we would urge those women to go for their test, because the screening test is trying to detect early changes which can be treated, and therefore prevent cancer. around 2,600 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in england each year, and the disease claims nearly 700 lives. that is two deaths a day. and yet doctors say, if everyone was regularly screened, more than 80% of cases could be prevented. part of the campaign involves rebranding the procedure, so moving away from the idea of a smear test, a phrase which for some is confusing, embarrassing

two women die every day from the disease. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes has more details.a similar picture right across the uk, but experts say this simple test is a genuine life—saver. there‘s almost as many reasons why women don‘t take up their invitation as there are women. some women are afraid of the result, and we would urge those women to go for their test, because the screening test is trying to detect early changes which can be treated, and therefore prevent cancer. around 2,600 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in england each year, and the disease claims nearly 700 lives. that‘s two deaths a day. and yet doctors say if everyone was regularly screened, more than 80% of cases could be prevented. life got in the way of a screening appointment for busy mum of three mandy parker. she put it off for six months. but then came a diagnosis of cervical cancer, followed by a hysterectomy. ijust put it to the side, and i was busy. and now, of course, i regret not going bang on time. and i think people just need to find that five minutes to go along for the test. itju

our health correspondent dominic hughes has more.debate. the uk's chief medical officer ‘s had said that so far there is no clear link between screen use and mental health problems. but while many agree digital technologies can be a force for good, today's report by a group of mps says social media companies have been allowed to operate in what is described as an online wild west. the mps want a levy on the profits of social media companies to fund research and education. and for a duty of care to be established for all uk social media users under the age of 24. and their report calls for research into whether heavy social media use is a cause or effect of poor mental health. one of the strength of the report is that it talks also about the really positive effects of social media, and there are many of those. but we know from the public polling we did around the report that 80% of the public feel that social media giants need to be regulated. this report will add to the growing debate about the impact both positive and negative that

hughes. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, with brexit dominating.raph leads on parliament seizing control from the prime minister when they voted tonight to control business in the house of commons and hold a series of votes on how to solve the brexit deadlock. the times says theresa may has been humiliated by the tory rebellion, as the prime minister told her mps not to vote for the amendment, with three ministers defying the whip. meanwhile the mail warns that the current crisis in parliament means britain could be plunged into another general election. but the sun says the prime minister has indicated she might resign in return for mps voting through her brexit deal. earlier in the day, the prime minister warned mps that, if they fail to back her brexit deal, we could be facing a long, drawn—out departure from the eu, as the financial times reports. and the metro quips that a futher delay to brexit would mean we are "stuck in the muddle with eu". i think that works better on paper. what an extraordinary evening it has been. let's start with the t

s dominated the agenda for an alternative view on the briggs saga his arctic political with the latest episode in case you missed it. yeah yeah loud and clear yeah well hugh we've been counting down here for ever same for news of the imminent arrival of little baby brags that now little baby brags it's g.-u. date was meant to be the twenty ninth of march but doctors insist on i think that maybe to do just that but he said there's been a bit of excitement because we saw somebody very gay related to little baby brags that go inside this building which is also vaguely related to a little baby brags that now we know the mother's been experiencing substantial difficulties high blood pressure severe morning sickness she hasn't been able to keep anything down for months whatever she tries to get through it just keeps getting regurgitated now as you can imagine this is an extremely difficult situation for the mother she never wanted this to begin with then according to all reports the father is trying to disown baby brags that according to one source he was last seen in nice with this stroked. that we tarried know if it's going to be a hard or a soft delivery whe

dominate as they lead the way with professionalism. can the wales men's keep on rolling as off field headlines derail preparations. rest of the stories. i'm hugh, with the rest of our stories from the bbc sport centre. coming up... find out whyjurgen klopp is telling liverpool fans to cancel their saturday night on the tiles. and on international women's day, we hear from british athlete pippa wollven on her olympic dream. having recored from an eating disorder it wasn't about a vanity thing. it was, i would have done whatever it took to improve my performance at the time. welcome to glasco. the penultimate weekend of the six nations championship. wells are the only tea m championship. wells are the only team left in the men's event with the grand slam dream still alive. they will take on scotland tomorrow in edinburgh. we have all the build up in edinburgh. we have all the build up to that to come but let's start with the women because here at scotstou n with the women because here at scotstoun this evening, scotland will face well. it has been an interesting tournament this season because this is the first year that england have turned profe

hughes against samoa. the u.s. win in the shutout 27- 0. >>> nascar, also in vegas. the penske team, joey lagano and brad keselowski, dominated.e winner last week. we tried to make it two in a row. going download 23 left. on the last lap, because lasky tries to return the favor but lagano was able to hold him off and wins. the penske goes 1-2. you are driving the pencil car with a pennzoil logo on the infield. there's only one thing to go do. there you have it. >> looks like a big advertisement right there. >> thank you. >>> coming up next at 11:00. >> we have a contract now that will put our students at the center. >> the oakland teachers union has ratified a contract with the district so classes will resume tomorrow. >> the 11:00 >>> after a 7-day strike, oakland teachers returned to the classroom tomorrow. i am maureen naylor in for jullian taylor. >> and i am frank somerville. more than 16,000 teachers cast their votes. the teachers union says more than 70% of the teachers voted today. it was split into two votes, both of which passed with a simple majority needed. 64% voted yes for the 2017-2018 contract term and 58% vote

dominic hughes, bbc news.ld support. hours after an emotional interview on us television, denying separate charges of sex abuse, the singer was taken into custody for failing to pay more than £160,000 in child support to his ex—wife. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. another day in court for the singer who had earlier told american television he was fighting for his life. separate from the sex abuse charges r kelly is facing, he owes backdated child support payments to his former wife. they have three children together. a month ago, he was told by a judge that he would go to jail if he failed to hand over more than $160,000. r kelly's publicist said he could not make the payments because he did not have the money. he can't pay, as you know, he hadn't worked in a long time. he can't book shows, can't do anything. there's been a lot of things going on in mr kelly's life. lawsuits, all the things that are happening. and he just didn't have the money. and so, he didn't have $160,000. so, we have

dominic hughes reports.ied over the years, but the latest survey of public attitudes in england, scotland and wales shows growing concern over the state of the health service. in 2010, the annual survey revealed overall record levels of satisfaction — a high of 70%. but last year that figure fell to its lowest point since 2007 — just 53%. with waiting times, the number of staff and a lack of funding being the main factors behind dissatisfaction. people who have recently used the service are much more satisfied, so i think a big issue here is access to care, getting those appointments, getting in to see a gp for example. i think a lot of us have struggled with getting a gp appointment and that's really having an effect on satisfaction. while being free at the point of use, the quality of care and the range of services were the main reasons people were happy with the nhs, patients do recognise the difficulties the health service faces. i'm satisfied with the service they provide, i'm not satisfied that they've

dominic hughes reports.ental health problems, but while many agree that digital technologies can be a force for good, today's report by a group of mps is a social media companies have been allowed to operate in what is described as an online wild west. the mps want a levy on the profits of social media companies to fund research and education, and for a duty of care to be established for all uk social media users under the age of 24. their report calls for research into whether heavy social media use is a cause or and effect of poor mental health. one of the strengths of the report is that it talks also about the really positive effects of social media, and there are many of those. but we know from the public polling that we did around the report that 80% of the public feel that social media giants need to be regulated. this report will add to the growing debate about the impact, both positive and negative, that social media can have on mental health. that debate will move on when the department for culture,

dominic hughes reports.oncern over the state of the health service. in 2010, the annual survey revealed overall record levels of satisfaction — a high of 70%. but last year that figure fell to its lowest point since 2007 — just 53% — with waiting times, the number of staff and a lack of funding being the main factors behind dissatisfaction. people who have recently used the service are much more satisfied, so i think a big issue here is access to care, getting those appointments, getting in to see a gp for example. i think a lot of us have struggled with getting a gp appointment and that's really having an effect on satisfaction. while being free at the point of use, the quality of care and the range of services were the main reasons people were happy with the nhs, patients do recognise the difficulties the health service faces. i'm satisfied with the service they provide, i'm not satisfied that they've got enough funding to have enough people to do thejob properly. a few years ago actually changed my gp, be

dominic hughes, bbc news. to find a donor who was a tissue match, but who also is one of the 1% of the population caucasians who carry a genetic mutation that makes them resistant to hiv infection. it‘s the ccr5 mutation. and this was passed on to the recipient, and that recipient now is 18 months since he‘s taken anti—retroviral drugs. so he is hiv—free at the moment. and what it does is it proves that the first patient back in 2007, who is known as the berlin patient, is 12 years hiv—free, and i think we can probably say he is cured. too early to say with this patient. why, then, not do it for everyone? you can‘t do it for everyone because a bone marrow transplant is a toxic therapy. you would only do it if the patient needed it for a cancer treatment or something else. it‘s aggressive, hard to find a match, and because current daily hiv therapy is highly effective, people on medication have a near normal life expectancy. but what it does do, it gives us hope for research into this ccr5 mutation. that could

dominic hughes, bbc news, leeds. it is lovely to see that.. an ingenious bit of kit. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: john maguire is in devon looking at how blocked sewers could be harming our marine life. just how big is it? 64 metres long. it is stuck in the sewers beneath our feet. so absolutely huge. it is stuck in the sewers beneath ourfeet. so absolutely huge. if it is stuck in the sewers beneath our feet. so absolutely huge. if you are not aware of what causes a fat bow, often it is people pouring cooking oil down into the sewer system, then it solidifies, it gets tangled up with all sorts of horrifying things like wet wipes which should not be put down into the loo, it becomes solid, like chalk. 1 have been in the sewers in london and tried to attack them to clear them there. they are incredibly difficult to deal with. what the water authority is doing is working on it. they will try to get a grip of it. we will tell you about it later on. perhaps eat your brea kfast it later on. perhaps eat your b

our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. i would like to thank my grandma. two my sister.my bestie. thank you for reminding me to go to my cervical screening. this new campaign comes as one in four eligible women, those aged between 25 and 64, don't take up the offer of getting tested. it is a similar picture right across the uk, but experts say this simple test is a genuine lifesaver. is almost as many reasons why genuine lifesaver. is almost as many reasons why women genuine lifesaver. is almost as many reasons why women don't take up their invitation as there are women. some women are afraid of the results, and we would urge those women to go for their tests, because the screening test is trying to detect early changes which can be treated, and therefore prevent cancer. around 2600 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in england each year, and the disease claims nearly 700 lives. that is two deaths a day. in yet doctors say, if eve ryo ne deaths a day. in yet doctors say, if everyone was regularly screened, more than 80% of cases could be prevented. part of the camp