—— tell the dvla.ach of confidentiality if he or she thinks you are putting others at risk. that's the current situation, but the current situation doesn't make it mandatory for doctors to disclose that information. in my view it should be, a cause that is human nature that many people will lie to their doctor in order to keep their licence and continued their way of life. in the introduction we talked about that devastating impact it can have, when people who are unfit to drive are still on the road, and he would very much like to see doctors deal with this in the way they deal with infectious diseases, making people aware of the state of the patient so they deal with infectious diseases, making people aware of the state of the patient survey can do no damage? that's right. the law already recognises that although conti —— confidentiality is important, it isn't absolute. there are certain circumstances when there can bea are certain circumstances when there can be a breach. with certain notifiable dis

there mechanisms at the moment it you can phone dvla and tell them about somebody who has a problem on road and dvla can take their licence away until they've had a medical but that is a fairly extreme measure. we would like to see that the more formalised way to talk it is about having this discussion. this petition is useful and stimulating that discussion but compulsion, not at the moment but i think a lot more information, advice and access to voluntary assessment will help older people to make a really good, informed decision on the right time to give up. thank you. steel cloud around for most of us. a strea k of steel cloud around for most of us. a streak of cloud across the heart of england and wales. further north, another front coming in across northern ireland and scotland. this was the scene in the shetland isles. a dusting of snow on the grass. you can see through the rest of the afternoon, a wintry mix. reagan, hill -- rain afternoon, a wintry mix. reagan, hill —— rain and hail mac. hill snow. ezra, england and wales, the cloud so to break up. by this bill through, the bes

there's no legal age to stop driving in the uk but under the current dvla system, drivers have to renewlicence every three years from the age of 70. to do that, you will simply need one of these. a self—assessment form. you decide whether or not you are fit to drive based on your health and eyesight. there are no mandatory checks on your eyesight, hearing or even driving and reaction times. that is well into old age. for most drivers, this is not a problem but not disclosing a medical issue can have devastating consequences. you drew that when you were a baby. in 2012, ben's wife was killed while walking with their two—year—old sonjackson. a car came speeding around the corner, skimmed my son's pushchair but then struck my wife and she died at the scene. when the pressure was on, when the driver had to choose between an accelerator and a brake, he wasn't able to make that decision, he wasn't able to react. he was driving in an automatic vehicle and he thought he was braking and as he broke harder, he was actually accelerating faster. ben is campaigning for drivers to be retested every t

there's no legal age to stop driving in the uk but under the current dvla system, drivers have to renewm. you decide whether or not you are fit to drive based on your health and eyesight. there are no mandatory checks on your eyesight, hearing or even driving and reaction times. that is well into old age. for most drivers, this is not a problem but not disclosing a medical issue can have devastating consequences. you drew that when you were a baby. you drew that with mummy. in 2012, ben's wife was killed while walking with their two—year—old sonjackson. a car came speeding around the corner, skimmed my son's pushchair but then struck my wife and she died at the scene. when the pressure was on, when the driver had to choose between an accelerator and a brake, he wasn't able to make that decision, he wasn't able to react. he was driving in an automatic vehicle and he thought he was braking and as he broke harder, he was actually accelerating faster. ben is campaigning for drivers to be retested every three years after the age of 70. so far, an online petition has received over 200,000 sig

campaign calling for a law requiring medical professionals to report people unfit to drive to the dvlathe death of three—year—old poppy—arabella clarke, who was killed crossing the road by a pensioner who'd been warned to stop driving because of poor eyesight. earlier on the programme, daniel sokol said the authorities shouldn'tjust rely on the honesty of the patient. if the patient says, "well, of course, doctor, i. driving," and doesn't, that usually isn't followed up doesn't, that usually isn't followed up so you may have someone on the roads at the moment who is blind as a bat or may have an epileptic seizure and who could cause tremendous harm to other people. the organisers of the university boat races say they have no plans to postpone the event — despite the discovery of what's thought to be an unexploded second world war bomb in the thames. the device was spotted near putney bridge, close to where the race begins. a final decision on whether the races get the go—ahead will be made this morning. the women's race is due to start at 4.35 this afternoon, with the men's race an hou