duncan kennedy reports. of unmarried women were shamed into giving up their babies for adoption. most gave birth in hospitals, which were supposed to be places of compassion. some of the older midwives would see — i hate the word — but sort of, these are fallen women. they've got to get on with their lives. in 1974, anne hair was a trainee maternity nurse. she spent some time at this hospital in edinburgh. she is the first health worker to confirm to us that some nurses treated the unmarried pregnant women with scorn and derision. sometimes you felt they were cruel in how they spoke about them. how did these young mothers react? i think they were in shock. anne says some nurses removed babies straight after delivery, without the mothers being able to hold them. she says she is still haunted by one teenager, desperate to keep her baby. i can still picture her, because she was crying, and i remember her saying to the midwife how she wanted to keep her baby. and ijust was tearful after it. why were you upset? i

duncan kennedy, bbc news.r at the la times. it�*s dominated almost every conversation across every topic. he�*s an icon. he�*s been in the industry for decades and since he was young, when he was on the fresh prince, young man. now he�*s in his 50s and he�*s achieved a lot in terms of the number and breadth of films, a very bankable star at points in his career. now the industry has changed, so the bankability of leading actors, that has shifted for most, even the biggest. it�*s a big blow. and it�*s a shock to a lot of people because he had a very clean image, although he has a talk show with his wife on facebook where they talk about the openness of their marriage and a lot of open stuff. generally he seems clean cut and polished. this sense of the public masked slipping a bit on sunday and a lot of people will understand why it happened but it did happen. it was an act of violence, there�*s a suggestion the lapd were ready to arrest him. has there been much criticism for the time it took for the academy to

duncan kennedy, bbc news.erton and frome, has had the tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct. the claims about mr warburton, who sits on the backbenches, are being examined by parliament's independent complaints and grievance scheme. mr warburton has been mp for somerton and frome since 2015. a spokesperson for the whips office said the party whip had been removed while the investigation was ongoing. mr warburton, however, mrwarburton, however, remains an mp. bookings have opened for five to 11—year—olds in england to receive a low—dose covid vaccine. experts recommend children receive two of the jabs, which contain just a third of the adult dose. they will be available from hundreds of locations from monday. protests against the worsening cost—of—living crisis have been held in the uk. it comes as energy prices continue to soar. trade unions say chancellor rishi sunak�*s spring statement last week did nothing to allay fears about rising inflation. and there have been c

duncan kennedy, bbc news.ing with us. can you give a sense for those of us who don't know enough about will smith's background and career and image how big a deal this slap has become. huge. it's dominated almost every conversation across every topic. he's an icon. he's been in the industry for decades and since he was young, when he was on the fresh prince, young man. now he's in his 50s and he's achieved a lot in terms of the number and breadth of films, a very bankable star at points in his career. now the industry has changed, so the bankability of leading actors, that has shifted foremost, even the biggest. it's a big blow. and it's a shock to a lot of people because he had a very clean image, although he has a talk show with his wife on facebook where they talk about the openness of their marriage and a lot of open stuff. generally he seems clean cut and polished. this stuff. generally he seems clean cut and polished-— and polished. this sense of the ublic and polished. this sense of the public masked _

duncan kennedy, bbc news. the tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct. the claims about mr warburton, who sits on the backbenches, are being examined by parliament's independent complaints and grievance scheme. mr warburton has been mp for somerton and frome since 2015. a spokesperson for the whips office said the party whip had been removed while the investigation was ongoing. bookings have opened for five to 11—year—olds in england to receive a low—dose covid vaccine. experts recommend children receive two of the jabs; which contain just a third of the adult dose. they will be available from hundreds of locations from monday. adam finn is a professor of paediatrics at bristol medical school and member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation spoke to us earlier. it is very much for people who want to have their children immunised. clearly, children are at much lower risk from covid than old folks like me and the imperative to get immunised which exists for

duncan kennedy reports.birth in hospitals, that were supposed to be places of compassion. some of the older midwives would say, i hate the word, but these are fallen women, they have to get on with their lives. in 1974, anne hair was a trainee maternity nurse. she spent some time at this hospital, in edinburgh. she's the first health worker to confirm to us that some nurses treated the unmarried pregnant women with scorn and derision. sometimes you felt they were cruel in how they spoke about them. how did these young mothers react? i think they were in shock. anne says some nurses removed babies straight after delivery, without the mothers being able to hold them. she says she's still haunted by one teenager, desperate to keep her baby. i can still picture her, because she was crying, and i remember saying to the midwife how she wanted to keep her baby and ijust was tearful after it. why were you upset? i just felt it was unjust. she says some nurses treated forced adoptions in an almost routine way. i thin

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duncan kennedy reports.dy has a bank holiday look to it. lorries and cars snaking into a port that doesn't have enough ferries to sail them all away on time. been stuck here for the last two hours. you can see the queues. we thought this would be an early start to the easter holidays. you can see it's come to a standstill and has been for a while. whether the journey is for professional or personal reasons, some here have waited six hours to get into the port. the queues have formed mainly because of the suspension of p&0 ferries in its dispute over sacked workers, and through bad weather. after two hours, i was a bit upset and he's upset. and when we finally passed the passport check and check in, i was like, oh, finally, we're going to be board soon, but now hearing that we still have to wait a couple of hours more. it's really frustrating. like animals, we've got no welfare, no toilet. facilities, no information. we're just left to our own devices and just sat there for six hours i and moved half a kilome

duncan kennedy, bbc news, eastern romania.ek drop in numbers, according to the office for national statistics. there are signs that the number of people being infected with covid is slowing across the uk, according to latest estimates. in the week to 2nd april, infection rates were flat in england, they were rising in wales, uncertain in northern ireland and falling in scotland. joining me in the studio with more is bbc head of statistics, robert cuffe. take us through the data? when you put it together, it looks like we are probably coming to the peak of this wave of infections. we can show the data from the office of national statistics now. you can see starting back last october, with what we thought were high starting back last october, with what we thought were high rates. moving through that christmas peak when 0micron came. and in recent weeks rises up to new points. this week's data, no change. stilljust under five week's data, no change. stilljust underfive million. of course, one swallow doesn't make a summer, that i

duncan i bagshaw from the law firm howard kennedy in london, thank you for your time.affect your lives where you live. if you�*re in northern ireland, you�*re choosing your government. ahead of the vote, we will be profiling some of the key contests in the uk�*s four nations. today we�*re in glasgow, and shaun ley is in the govan area of the city. isn�*t it lovely to be let out, shaun? it isn't it lovely to be let out, shaun? , ., . ., , shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl- _ shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl- l _ shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl. i don't— shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl. i don't know - shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl. i don't know if - shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl. i don't know if it - shaun? it is. you were in wales last week in rhyl. i don't know if it was i week in rhyl. i don�*t know if it was as breezy over there as it is in glasgow, but who knows whether it is the winds of change blowing through the winds of change blowing through the city. ac