fergus: a bionic hand with the sense of touch, and here's the proof. blindfolded, she knows if the watch she is holding is soft or hard. she gets it right every time. over lunch, she told me that nearly 25 years after losing her hand in a factory accident, it is almost like it is back again. >> the feeling is spontaneous, as if it read your real hand. -- as if it were your real hand. you are able to do things that before were difficult, like putting onssed, shoes, or mundane but important things. you feel complete. fergus: the world's first feeling bionic hand, given to this danish man, never left the lab. the technology was just too bulky. now nearly four years on, it is portable, allowing almerina to go back to her hobby of car mechanics. all the electronics are in her rucksack. here is how it works. sensors in the fingertips are linked to a computer. this converts the signals into a language the brain will understand. the information is relayed to it via tiny electrodes implanted in nerves in almerina's upper arm. this represents a significant advan

fergus walsh, bbc news.orts are being made in the us senate to prevent a shutdown of the government. it comes as president trump prepares to mark one year in power. with republicans and democrats bitterly divided over immigration, what's called the ‘budget bill‘ is unlikely to pass. if there's no agreement by the midnight deadline, many government services will grind to a halt. president trump has said there has been some progress to avoid shutdown and has called for a funding extension, that is in the last 0ur north american editor jon sopel reports. so help me god. congratulations, mr president. a year ago today, donald trump stood on the steps of the capitol, promising to make america great again, promising to drain the swamp, promising to fix the nation's broken politics. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. one year on, the government stands being paralysed by the prospect of a shutdown that nobody wants, with democrats and republicans fighting bitterly over a funding deal for fed

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome.n his former chief strategist, someone on his former chief strategist, someone he had called a friend as well. he says when steve bannon was fired by her maidenjust well. he says when steve bannon was fired by her maiden just loses well. he says when steve bannon was fired by her maidenjust losesjob, he lost his mind. in fact, an extraordinary attack on a man who worked very hard to get donald trump into the white house. more on that tomorrow no doubt, thanks for watching, i will see you then quite a storm cover tuesday night into the early hours of wednesday across the uk. the good news is no storms in the short—term. but let's have a look at those gale force winds, in fact storm force winds in the north of the country, 100 mph, great dun fell, even west london itself 73 mph and in london we had some damage as well, in big cities we don't get winds of that sort of strength. a lot of trees falling down across many parts of the uk, masonry falling off some buildings as well. really dang

here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh.en years since ali was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. it is rare for anyone with the disease to survive that long. there is no screening programme, so tumours are usually found too late. a blood test would make a big difference. if we are able to get more people diagnosed sooner, like me, then it's going to make me feel a lot happier. there are only 1% of us who are surviving, like me, to ten years, and it's a bit of a lonely place. there aren't many of us around. and i would really like pancreatic cancer to become more of a chronic disease rather than such an acute, deadly disease, as it is now. scientists atjohns hopkins university in baltimore have made significant progress towards a blood test for cancer. the team examined blood samples from around 1,000 cancer patients. they had one of eight different common cancers — lung, liver, pancreas, colon, oesophagus, breast, stomach or ovary. now, cancer cells shed bits of dna, which circulate in the blood, so the test looked for 16 ge

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome.ub itself has not yet been seen. staff at the highland wildlife park say they first heard the baby‘s cries in late december. but they don‘t expect the cub — or possibly cubs — to emerge until march. up in the snowy hills of highlands, listen carefully. a sound which has not been heard in the uk for 25 years — the cries of a new—born polar bear cub emerged from this den the week before the christmas. and they have been heard every day since. this is dad arctos, he is in a separate enclosure. he can feed and play. for new, mum victoria must not be disturbed, but the park is very excited. we discovered the cub when my colleague nicky went up there on one of my days off and she rang me very excitedly to tell me that she could hear a cub in the den. it is a very distinctive, very loud noise that the cubs make. so she was incredibly excited and then the next day i heard the noise for myself. arks to and victoria mated last year. this footage shows a polar bear club born in the netherlands. t

the bbc‘s fergus walsh there.h his young children. the star said he would say goodbye to fans with a series concerts spanning three years. nick bryant has been speaking to the singer. eltonjohn used elton john used a eltonjohn used a virtual reality show of previous performances to announce that he doesn't want to do the real thing any more. after almost 50 years of performing around the world, he has finally decided where is future lies. and it is away from departure land, immigration halls and 180 flights per year. from departure land, immigration halls and 180 flights per yearlj have found a house were we both could live. he wants to spend more time with his family. i've never had that before, i've never had children. it has changed my life, i love them so much and i like being with them and i don't like leaving them behind and wherever i go they say please daddy, don't go. i facetime them now, i said say please daddy, don't go. i facetime them now, isaid ijust announced my last two, they said you will be here.

here's fergus walsh. and five months pregnant, laura faced childbirth and then cancer treatment. she carries a brca gene mutation and so, like many women in her position, she opted to have both breasts removed. i decided to have a double mastectomy. my oncologist was keen for me to have it and i was, as well, because i was told that the risk of me getting cancer again was 50%, so it didn't seem worth the risk, really. a new study followed nearly 3,000 women aged 40 or younger diagnosed with breast cancer in britain. it found no difference in survival between those who carried brca breast cancer genes and those who didn't. and it found no survival benefit from a double mastectomy. after ten years, around seven in ten women survived in all groups. so what does this mean for women carrying a brca gene? i think the key message is that it allows them time to consider all of their options. so they may still need to go ahead and have a double mastectomy because of their risk and for long—term survival. but i thi

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later.nd losing three wickets in the first session. australia have already won the ashes 3-0. australia have already won the ashes 3—0. let's bring you the rest of the sports news now. hello there. i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your thursday sport briefing, london rivals tottenham and west ham prepare to face off in the premier league. we'll hear from golf‘s world number threejustin thomas ahead of the tournament of champions in hawaii. and what would you do if someone threw a chocolate bar at you? we'll show you how one scottish footballer reacted. the relentless schedule in the english premier league continues on thursday with tottenham hotspur hosting west ham at wembley. both sides have had only 48 hours to recover from their last matches. spurs won 2—0 at swansea on tuesday. west ham snatched a late victory at home to west bromwich albion thanks to a second goal on the night from andy carroll. that win helped david moyes side out of the relegation zone. over in spain, it's the turn o

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. 2017 was a great year for the music industry.stest rate since the 1990s, and british artists accounted for eight out of ten of last year's bestselling albums. it is notjust digital downloads. there has been a vinyl revival, too. our consumer affairs correspondent nina warhurst reports. 2018 is set to be big for francis lung, releasing his first album on manchester's buzzing music scene. because of the internet, he doesn't need the backing of a big label to be heard. i've got the power to put it online immediately, and everybody that's waiting for it can hear it. whereas before, i would have to wait for someone to give me permission, wait for somebody to tell me that it's good enough for other people to hear. last year, we streamed more music than ever, 68 billion songs, the equivalent of more than 1,000 each. father christmas brought it... perhaps more surprising is how the tables have turned with vinyl records. for some, who had flirted with digital, a return to their first love. i think, and looking after it, making sure doesn'

fergus walsh, bbc news. it's the queen as you've never seen or heard her before.as been giving a unique insight into the day and what it meant to her. she's been speaking to the royal commentator alastair bruce for a bbc programme. a key piece of advice for any would—be monarch — don't look down — as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. she famously doesn't do interviews. this is probably as close as she'll get. a conversation with questions about the coronation, the crownjewels, and the imperial state crown worn by her and her father, king george vi. fortunately, my father and i have about the same sort of shaped head. once you put it on, it stays. it just remains itself. you have to keep your head very still? yes. it was huge then. yes. very unwieldy. you can't look down to read a speech, you have take the speech up, because if you did, your neck would break, it would fall off. it's difficult to always remember that diamonds are stones, so very heavy. yes. so there are some disadvantages to crowns. but otherwise, they're quite important things. she

fergus walsh, bbc news.washington to prevent a shutdown of the us government. with republicans and democrats bitterly divided over immigration, what's called the budget bill is unlikely to pass. if there's no agreement by tonight's midnight deadline, many government services will simply grind to a halt, government offices will shut and hundreds of thousands of employees are likely to be sent home — though essential services will still run. 0ur north american editor jon sopel reports. so help me god. congratulations, mr president. a year ago today, donald trump stood on the steps of the capitol, promising to make america great again, promising to drain the swamp, promising to fix the nation's broken politics. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. one year on, the government stands being paralysed by the prospect of shutdown that nobody wants, with democrats and republicans fighting bitterly over a funding deal for federal institutions. and at times like this, washington goes into its fav

fergus walsh, bbc news.l our stories including news, business and sport on the website or reaction and analysis from around the world including updated live pages. reports from our correspondence based on 80 international locations and eyewitness accounts. just go to the website. president trump sparks outrage after allegedly making racist comments about african countries. a surgeon who branded his initials on to the livers of two transplant patient is fined £10,000 and given a community service order. president trump's visit to britain next month is off. he had been due to attend the official opening of the new us embassy in south london. but he tweeted he was not a "big fan" of the new building and blamed barack obama's administration for a "bad deal". downing street says an invitation for a state visit still stands, although no date has been set. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. the new us embassy, on the south bank of the river thames in london. a monument, we are told, to america's c

fergus wal5h, bbc news. our top story this evening.ing to london and he's accused of racism over alleged comments about african countries. still to come... music and taking the airwaves by storm — the 21—year—old from norway who's the bbc‘s sound of 2018. coming up on sport5day on bbc news. johanna konta carries british hopes at the first tennis major of 2018, but there's a row off the court about a court ahead of the first round of australian open in melbourne. it's the queen as you've never seen or heard her before. to mark the 65th anniversary of her coronation in 1953, her majesty has been giving a unique insight into the day and what it meant to her. she's been speaking to the royal commentator alastair bruce for a bbc programme. a key piece of advice for any would be monarch don't look down, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. she famously doesn't do interviews. this is probably as close as she'll get, a conversation with questions about the coronation, the crownjewels, and the imperial state crown worn by her a

fergus walsh, bbc news.an markle were an hour late for their first official visit to wales this afternoon because their train was delayed. that didn't stop hundreds of people braving the cold to greet them with cheers outside cardiff castle. the couple — who are due to marry in may — are on a tour of uk cities to introduce meghan to her new home. the pope has performed an impromptu wedding ceremony on a flight over chile. the couple, both employees of the airline, approached the pope with their request during the flight. 0ur religion editor martin bashir has the story. they'd walked up the aisles on many occasions, but never in church. flight attendants paula ruiz and carlos elorriga married in a civil ceremony because their church in santiago had been destroyed by an earthquake eight years ago. and so they asked the pope if he would bless their union. but pope francis, who wrote about love in the family

thank you, fergus. time for a look at the weather now.georgina will be moving over. we will be left with a breezy evening and a breezy night across all parts. there will be a supply of showers, too, across northern parts. there will be some wintry nurse on high ground of scotland, maybe into the hills of the pennines, and then down into the worst hills, as well. the heaviest of the showers... the thursday, we see not too much sunshine. quite a bit of shower activity, and come the middle of the day, but further north than that, andindeed day, but further north than that, and indeed across the eastern side of england, it is not a bad day. temperatures will be up to at best around ten, but feeling pretty fresh, further north. more details about the weekend can be found on the bbc website. you're watching beyond 100 days on pbs. larry nassar, the former team doctor of usa gynamastics, is sentenced to up to 175 years injail. thejudge said she had "signed his death warrant" for the serial abuse of young women who were entrusted to his care. one

fergus walsh, thank you. -- and no reputable scientist wants to clone humans.k has risen to a record high. unemployment in the uk fell by 3000 to 1.41; million in the three months to november. but the data from the office for national statistics also shows that wage growth remained below the level of inflation. it's emerged that victims of the rapistjohn worboys were sent letters by police and prosecutors after his conviction — telling them he'd be injailfor a long time. many are angry that the 60—year—old former taxi driver has been approved for release from prison by the parole board nine years after his trial. the former prime minister david cameron has been caught on camera saying that the uk's decision to leave the european union was a mistake, not a disaster. mr cameron was chatting at the world economic forum in davos and heard saying that brexit has turned out "less badly than we first thought." 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. davos — where the great and good allegedly work out what is going on in the world. what happens to the uk outside

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. a member of the qatari royalfamily. police say at least two thieves took a brooch and earrings with a minimum value of a million dollars. it happened on the last day of an exhibition called treasures of the mughals and the maharajahs. the police chief has suggested the exhibition's security system failed. he claimed the alarm on the glass case holding the jewels went off late, if at all. in the uk at polar bear has given before the first time in 35 years and you can see victoria with her companion. staff at the highland wildlife park in scotland say they are thrilled and they will keep victoria's enclosure closed until march to give the offspring every chance of survival. and just briefly the main story again — president trump has fallen out very publicly indeed with one of his former key advisers, accusing him of losing his mind. steve bannon was mr trump's chief strategist and widely credited with helping him win the white house. he's quoted in a new book as saying that a meeting he

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. 2017 was a great year for the music industry.nloaded rose at its fastest rate since the 1990s. and home grown artists like ed sheeran accounted for eight out of ten of last year's best selling albums. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent nina warhurst has been looking at the figures. # i have no time... 2018 is set to be big for francis lung. # give it back... releasing his first album on manchester's buzzing music scene. because of the internet, he doesn't need the backing of a big label to be heard. i've got the power to put it online immediately and everybody that is waiting for it can hear it. whereas before, i would have to wait for someone to give me permission, wait for somebody to tell me that it is good enough for other people to hear. last year we streamed more music than ever, 68 billion songs. the equivalent of more than a thousand each. father christmas brought it, and that is elbow... perhaps more surprising is how the tables have turned with vinyl records. as some who had flirted with digital returned to their first

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. of lives and driven millions to the brink of starvation. the current crisis started three years ago when houthi rebels took control of parts of the country. last year yemen was hit by the world's worst cholera outbreak. now diphtheria — not widely seen in the country for 30 years — has returned. the bbc‘s nawal al maghafi travelled to the remote village of beit al haboob where more than a0 people have contracted the deadly, yet preventable, disease. hidden between mountains, beit al haboob has mostly been spared the violence of yemen's civil war, but not its consequences. the people in this isolated village, halfway between the warring cities of sanaa and aden, have endured starvation, cholera, have had no schools and no healthcare. now they face a new and entirely preventable threat. 14—year—old raqma has diphtheria, a bacterial infection of the throat. if left untreated, it can kill within days. it's been virtually eradicated in most of the world, but has now come to yemen. translat

fergus walsh, bbc news. england. they lost the final test to give australia a 4—0 victory overall. bowlerjames anderson acknowledged that the visitors had lost to a far better side, and said england were now looking to the future. joe wilson reports. scorched in sydney. at least the morning torture of hearing the ashes score is now over. england 180 all—out in theirfinal innings. nothing left except the hows and whys? we know we've got to improve in a lot of areas. i know the management will be thinking exactly the same, there's improvements everyone can make. you're always looking to improve, but particularly after a loss. so what next? well, the big issue for english cricket is to prepare players for australia in a very different hemisphere. never mind 40 degrees, it's about four here in loughborough. the future mightjust be behind me. this is england's pace programme. promising youngsters in wintertraining. australia had a group of 90 mile an hour men in the ashes, but england don't have fast bowlers. do

fergus walsh, bbc news. not guilty to trying to kill passengers in a bomb attack on the london underground. ahmed hassan, who's 18, denied attempted murder and causing an explosion at parsons green tube station in west london last september. 30 passengers were taken to hospital. his trial has been set for the 5th of march. ajudge has demanded the police and crown prosecution service explain to him what went wrong in a rape case against an oxford university student, after it collapsed just days before the trial. 0liver mears had spent two years on bail when the cps dropped the case on the basis of fresh evidence. surrey police admit there were flaws in the investigation, including not looking at the complainant's social media history. a couple who are accused of imprisoning, abusing and torturing 12 of their children at their home in california, have appeared in court. david and louise turpin were arrested on sunday after one of their children escaped and raised the alarm. police say the children were fed ver

here is our medical correspondent fergus walsh.er a heart attack, but to many women are being misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. whenjules had misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. when jules had a misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. whenjules had a heart attack aged just 45, she displayed classic symptoms, but these were initially dismissed by paramedics. 0verwhelming pain in my chest, this pain than went up into myjaw and sort of spread, and that it was going down my left arm. and then i had this overwhelming feeling that i was going to be sick and this cleanliness. and the paramedics said if have you got pins and needles? she said i think it is a panic attack that you are having. and i remember thinking, this is not a panic attack. this is something more. a new study looked at more than 60,000 women in sweden who had the most serious type of heart attack, when there is a total blockage of one of the major arteries. it found that, compared to men, they were roughly twice as likely to die from the heart attack within a year. they were le

fergus walsh, bbc news. it's the queen as you've never seen or heard her before.her coronation in 1953, her majesty has been giving a unique insight into the day and what it meant to her. she's been speaking to the royal commentator alastair bruce for a bbc programme. a key piece of advice for any would be monarch — don't look down — as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. she famously doesn't do interviews. this is probably as close as she'll get: a conversation with questions about the coronation, the crownjewels, and the imperial state crown worn by her and her father, king george vi. fortunately, my father and i have about the same sort of shaped head. once you put it on, it stays. it just remains itself. you have to keep your head very still? yes. it was huge then. yes. very unwieldy. you can't look down to read a speech, you have take the speech up because if you did, your neck would break, it would fall off. it's difficult to always remember that diamonds are stones, so very heavy. yes. so there are some disadvantages to crowns. but otherwise,

fergus walsh, bbc news.n breast cancer management and medical director for clinical practice at the royal college of radiology. he is in our brighton studio. thank you forjoining us. first of all, does this, the finding, is this in accord with what you know who and what you have heard of the research, do you think it is right?|j what you have heard of the research, do you think it is right? i think it's very good research. its uk led research, 127 hospitals in the uk, almost 3000 women for ten years. it's good, high quality research and thatis it's good, high quality research and that is what the uk excels in. i'm reassured by the study because before the study, we did not know whether having the brca gene, whether having the brca gene, whether that was a worse as cancer 01’ whether that was a worse as cancer or not. what we find from this is that the cancer you've got, you are just as likely to be killed off as any other sort of breast cancer. it is not a worsening —— you are likely to be cured of as. you s

but until now it has only ever been used in labs. 0ur medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has been toes to her life. here's his exclusive report. a bionic hand with a sense of touch, and here's the proof. blindfolded, almarina mascarello knows whether what she's holding is soft or hard. she gets it right every time. 0ver lunch, she told me that nearly 25 years after losing her hand here's how it works. 55:77}? * ; ,

here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh.ry minute counts after a heart attack, but too many women are being misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. whenjules conjoice had a heart attack, aged just a5, she displayed classic symptoms, but these were initially dismissed by paramedics. 0verwhelming pain in my chest. this pain then went up into myjaw and sort of spread, and then it was going down my left arm. and then i had this overwhelming feeling that i was going to be sick, and this clamminess. and the paramedics said, have you got pins and needles? she said, i think it's a panic attack that you're having. and i remember thinking, this is not a panic attack. this is something more. a new study looked at more than 60,000 women in sweden who had the most serious type of heart attack, when there is a total blockage of one of the major arteries. it found that, compared to men, they were roughly twice as likely to die from the heart attack within a year. they were less likely to have treatment to clear blocked arteries, to be prescribed

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. isn't that incredible?e, so she gets her hand back. it must be horrendous to have the chance to feel and then have it taken away again. imaginea imagine a country where it is illegal to pay men more than women and companies could be fined for doing so. iceland is already doing just that. with the new year came new laws in one of the world's most equal nations. iceland already has laws saying that men and women should be paid equally. but they still have a pay gap. it takes it a step further, with punishment for companies that don't comply. we can now speak to a representative from the icelandic women's rights association. why is iceland so advanced in this field? well, i think we are very lucky that we have good neighbours. we are part of the nordic countries, and nordic countries have always been very advanced in women's rights. in fact, we borrow our best ideas from the rest of the world. but iceland is a very small state. we are only 340,000. it is very easy to take big ideas and make them reality and ic

fergus walsh, bbc news. been suspended from the party. ten protestants were killed in kingsmill back in 1976 when ira gunman attacked a minibus. barry mcelduff has apologised, saying he didn't mean to cause any hurt. from belfast, stephen walker reports. barry mcelduff posed with a loaf of kingsmill bread on the anniversary of the 1976 ira massacre in which ten workmen died. he posted the video on twitter. i'm in the classic service station here, but i'm just wondering, where does mccullough‘s keep the bread? on saturday barry mcelduff remove the tweet and apologised unreservedly, saying he never intended any link between the video and anniversary of the massacre. but one of those who survived the shooting rejected his apology. i don't know anyone that could be so callous as that. to mock the dead and dance on their graves, its depraved. today sinn fein suspended the west tyrone mp for three months, a move that barry mcelduff accepted. i genuinely, genuinely, want to reiterate what is in the statement, which

fergus walsh, bbc news.ocial democrats have begun after earlier meetings with a group of smaller parties failed to reach a deal. it is three months since the german election resulted in no overall winner. flooding at new york's jfk airport has created further misery for travellers, many of whom had already faced delays due to recent winter storms. the flood from a burst water main caused major disruption with water pouring from the ceiling and inches of water in the arrivals area of terminal 4. the brazilian football player, philippe coutinho, has completed a move from liverpool to barcelona. the deal is reported to be worth over £140 million, that's over $190 million. this is the highest fee barcelona has paid for a player. but fans may have to wait three weeks before coutinho's debut. a thigh injury was identified during his medical. lawyers have been bracing themselves for many divorce cases. apparently many relationships buckle under the added pressures of christmas. i can assure you that christian are n

fergus walsh. now the weather with phil avery.er part of england and wales, and anywhere near that the winds were quite squally at times. even now they are quite noticeable. what has also been noticeable is the amount of rain and snow mixed in, causing problems in york on the river booze and the solway has been a problem as well. the wind has been the headline maker, some very strong winds widely across the british isles, nowhere more so than right up close to the heart of the storm, this is the scene from the western side of the highlands in scotland. the wave certainly overtopping there. tha nkfully certainly overtopping there. thankfully georgina is now up into the north sea and on its way to scandinavia leaving behind a new area of low pressure which have become the focus of showers overnight across northern and western areas. agulla might certainly across the pleased than we have enjoyed in recent mites. that low pressure close by to northern ireland to start the day is where we will see the bulk of the showers, through weste

fergus walsh, bbc news, rome. treasonous and unpatriotic behaviour. the health secretary has apologised after nhs england was no intent of thousands of non—urgent treatment until february after a surge in admissions. storm eleanor batters the uk with gusts of up to 100 mph, causing widespread disruption and leaving thousands of homes without power. and an update for you on the markets. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. 2017 was a great year for the music industry. across britain the amount of music we bought, streamed and downloaded rose at its fastest rate since the 1990s. and home grown artists like ed sheeran accounted for eight out of ten of last year's best selling albums. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent nina warhurst has been looking at the figures. # i have no time... 2018 is set to be big for francis lung. # give it back... releasing his first album on manchester's buzzing music scene. because of the internet, he doesn't need the backing of a big

thank you so much, fergus. more now on our top story.on. their meeting — at the army‘s officer training academy in sandhurst — is being seen as the most important for several years. in a moment will take to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams first to vicki young who is at sandhurst. vicky, what do we know about how the two lea d e rs vicky, what do we know about how the two leaders get along, and what is going to be happening there this afternoon? well, they are due to arrive here in just afternoon? well, they are due to arrive here injust over an hour. there will be an inspection of officers here, including cadets, those who are training. they will then have those crucial bilateral talks, and then we will know what they have discussed when they have a press co nfe re nce they have discussed when they have a press conference later on this afternoon. this is a crucial relationship, particularly of course ina relationship, particularly of course in a post—brexit world. this is very much all about how britain is going to forge relation

whether or not there should be a "right to die" provokes passionate opinions. 0ur medical correspondent fergusigners with opposing views. sarah jessiman from warwickshire knows her time left is limited. breast cancer has spread to her spine and the treatment has at times been extremely painful. sarah, who has an unrelated hearing disorder, fears for the future. the possibility that i'm going to have the painful and prolonged death, and i'm scared. i am very scared of the thought of being bedbound in agony for weeks or months. sarah wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe her a lethal dose of drugs if her final months become unbearable, but mps overwhelmingly rejected proposals for a right to die in 2015. i'd like the law changed so that i can have a peaceful death at the time i choose, rather than the time cancer might have in mind for me. sarah, who recently celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary, says people should have a choice over how they die. i don't want to have the kind of death where my friends we well deploy three helicopters. we will continue their help we offer, helping french

our medical correspondent fergus walsh is here. first of all, why?ical, clones, born in shanghai, exploring their incubator. they were created using the dolly the sheep cloning technique which dates back more than two decades and involves simply transferring dna to a donor egg. since dolly, we have had cloned cats, dogs, rats and pigs, you name it. the technique itself is not new. and it is very inefficient, it took 79 attempts to create these monkeys. they have done it because the chinese scientists say the cloned monkeys could help speed up research into human diseases. but it is controversial and not the first cloned, nonhuman primate created using the dolly the sheep technique. in theory that takes us one step closer to cloning humans, but no reputable scientist would want to do that and it is illegal here. thank you. a nun has broken down in tears and apologised if any child at a notorious care home in lanarkshire suffered abuse. but she refused to acknowledge that children had been harmed at smyllum children‘s home despite dozens of former resi

. >> i believe that is fergus. >> i a apologize, and so what you meant by most productive and what sense you meant by that. >> constitution is bare bone, and written by politicians who wanted their work ratified. they could not make the hard ball decisions or it would have been defeated. they h left it for congress, and the first session of the first federal congress created the judicial bench and adopt ed the first federal incomes, and tax, and tariffs, and created a system that collected that money. later sessions organized in the united states a army and naturalization and copyright, patents, the fiscal system that fergus talked about and the basis for the capitalism, and the british fiscal system, and not to mention 750 petitions, and several of which were granted. the amendments to the constitution. and the location of the capital of course. >> and funding the debt from the revolution. >> and so, yes, basically in sheer numbers of institutions organized in that sense? >> the breadth of what it had to do and what it did. >> it was a prodigious achievement, and the relative speed with

our medical correspondent fergus walsh is with me. this is quite reassuring news.ish women were followed over a decade for that it found that no matter what treatment they had, if they had a double mastectomy or if they had, or did not have, the brca gene mutation, survival chances were very good up to 80% over ten years. a lot of young women, and this is young women aged between 16 and 40, if they are carrying this faulty brca gene, they are offered the chance of having a double mastectomy for tbilisi is getting it young and they had this fa u lty getting it young and they had this faulty genes it could be a very aggressive form of breast cancer. this will give them more treatment choices because it will not be necessarily in that interests to have a double mastectomy that early on in their treatment. what is being said about prevention? what does this tell us? completely separately from that, about one in 800 women carry this faulty brca gene for that they often find out because they have a mother, an aunt or a sister who has gone on to get breast cancer. they ge

our medical correspondent fergus walsh is at the high court in central london.ely weaker as his motor neuron disease spreads. he needs oxygen to help him breathe. he needs oxygen to help him breathe. he says he fears having a painful and undignified death. so he launched the challenge to the 1961 suicide act which forbids a doctor from prescribing him a lethal dose. he says that breaches his human rights. last 0ctober, three high courtjudges dismissed that challenge. but two hours ago, some appeal courtjudges said he should be allowed to take that challenge and review that decision with a full hearing before the court of appeal, which will be heard in a few months' time. this issue of whether there should be a right to die is a key one for society. back in 2015, mps overwhelmingly rejected proposals for assisted dying in england and wales. 0pponents say it would place the weak and vulnerable at greater risk, the risk of co—worker. some american states, california and colorado, have since then adopted right to die, as has victoria in australia. —— the risk of coe

jordan larmour and fergus mcfadden scored two tries apiece, and jonny sexton also touched down with thishin two points of leaders scarlets in conference b of the pro14. elsewhere, 0spreys won the welsh derby, beating cardiff blues by a single point, and glasgow warriors maintained their spot at the top of conference a — they beat zebre. 16—year—old james bowen has become the youngest jockey to win the welsh grand national. fittingly, he was on the 16—1 shot raz de maree, taking the lead two fences from home and powering to victory. the jockey might be young, but at 13, the horse is the oldest to win the race in modern times. great britain's mica moore and misha mcneill crashed in the latest round of the bobsleigh world cup on saturday. the pair had been in seventh place after theirfirst run, but caught the wall halfway through their second attempt and turned the sled over. they both got out safely, but seemed shaken. moore and mcneill have been competing this season with the help of crowdfunding, after their financial support was withdrawn by british bobsleigh. that's all the sport for n

our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, told me the study focussed on nearly 3,000 women at 100 hospitalsnd it found no matter what treatment they had, and whether or not they had these brca mutations. they have the same survival chances. and so a of young women, if they are carrying the faulty gene, they are generally offered the chance of having a double mastectomy, and there were fears that they were getting it young and they had this fa u lty getting it young and they had this faulty gene, that it could be a very aggressive form of breast cancer. this will give them more treatment choices because it will not be necessarily in their interests to have a double mastectomy that early in there. what is being said about prevention? completely separately from that, one in 800 women carry this faulty gene and they often find out because they have a mother, aunt ora out because they have a mother, aunt or a sister who has gone on to get breast cancer. they get tested, they find they have the faulty gene, they don't have breast cancer. many of them, like angelina jolie, decide to have a bubble

not everybody will sit and read 22 volumes, so we are lucky fergus took the information and wrote it into a very readable narrative the first congress how james madison and george washington and a group of extraordinary men invented the government. he is a very distinguished historian and author, but again, let's hear from him rather than about him and about the book. >> thanks. >> so, this book, the first congress, this book couldn't have been written without the first federal congress project. this monumental impressive material detailed confiscation ken has incredibly described, frankly it's one of the best art collections i have ever worked in. my gratitude for its existence, the four members of the project, charlene you will hear from shortly, ken, helen, in the audience and chuck isn't here at the moment, my gratitude is unbounded. asides from decades of heroic work which ken described in some detail, they were all personably invaluable resources and guides throughout my research allowed me to essentially set up shop in the offices of the project, where i did most of the writin

fergus walsh, bbc news. such difficult issues with strong feelings on both sides.ross much of the uk with gusts around 80 miles per hour. high winds brought down trees, blocked transport links and damaged homes. robert hall reports. a warning of what was to come. the vital cargo link with the channel islands ploughing through gales and high seas as the latest weather system barrelled in. ahead injersey, mountainous seas breaking over the island's lighthouse, and more alerts warning of coastal flooding. in england, the wind howled through the night, with gusts of more than 80 mph recorded in east anglia. communities had been warned to expect disruption, if anything it was even more widespread than had been expected. this is the main rail line between ipswich and norwich. falling trees brought down power lines and blocked sections of track causing major disruption. the traffic ground to a halt mile after mile. local authorities were at full stretch as they tried to clear trees from roads and pavements. trees which all too often left families and businesses without po

wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe him a lethal dose of drugs. 0ur medical correspondent, fergusr neurone disease spreads. he needs oxygen to help him breathe and he says he fears having a painful and undignified death. so he launched a challenge to the 1961 suicide act which forbids a doctor from prescribing him a lethal dose. now, he says that breaches his human rights. last 0ctober, three high court judges dismissed that challenge but, two hours ago, some appeal court judges said he should be allowed to take that challenge and review that decision with a full hearing before the court of appeal, which will be heard a few months' time. this is issue of whether there should be a right—to—die is obviously a key one for society. back in 2015, mps overwhelmingly rejected proposals for assisted—dying in england and wales. 0pponents say it would place the weak and the vulnerable at greater risk, at risk of coercion. some american states, california and colorado, have since then adopted right—to—die, as has victoria in australia. so this case will go back to court in a few months' time

ulster slumped to a 38—7 defeat against leinster in dublin, jordan larmour and fergus mcfadden scored pro 1a. elsewhere glasgow warriors maintained their spot at the top of conference a. they beat zebre. 16—year—old james bowen has become the youngest jockey to win the welsh grand national. fittingly he was on the 16—1 shot raz de maree. taking the lead two fences from home and powering to victory. the jockey might be young, but at 13, the horse is the oldest to win the race in modern times. just three years between the two, which is rather astounding. this is so stupid, but i was hope in it might show pictures of the game yesterday, i was there and i like to see myself on tv! that would be really exciting. do you know for a fa ct really exciting. do you know for a fact that the cameras picked you out? no, i wasjust fact that the cameras picked you out? no, iwasjust hoping. my goodness. cavill. there is a little thing underneath that shows you as well. hopefully england will still be playing cricket next time we see you. no guarantee of that, that's for sure. the red carpet is being r

to tell a story, but not everybody is going to sit and read 22 volumes, and so we are lucky that fergus bordewich took the information and wrote it into a very readable narrative, the first congress, how james madison, george washington and a group of extraordinary men -- and he is a distinguished historian and author, but again, let's hear from him rather than about him and about the book. >> thanks. >> take it closer to you. >> so this book, the first congress, this book couldn't have been written without the first federal congress project. this monumental and wonderfully accessible mountain of material, comparable detail and sophistication that ken has so colorfully described. frankly, maybe the best, certainly one of the best collections i've ever worked in. and my gratitude for its existence and to the four members of the project, charlene who we will hear from shortly, ken, helen veit, and my gratitude is unbounded. they were aside from their decades of heroic work which can describe in some detail, they were all personally invaluable resources and guides throughout my research an

and so we are lucky that fergus bordewich took the information and wrote it into a very readable narrative, the first congress, how james madison, george washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government. and he is, again, a very distinguished historian and author. but, again, let's hear from him, rather than about him, and about the book. >> thanks. >> take it closer to you. >> all right. so this book, the first congress, this book couldn't have been written without the first federal congress project. this monumental and wonderfully accessible mountain of material, of incomparable detail and sophistication that ken has colorfully described, i mean, frankly, it's -- it's maybe the best -- certainly one of the best -- archives collections i've ever worked in. and my gratitude for its existence and to the four members of the project. charlene, ken, helen vit, who is in the audience and chuck dejockman antonio who isn't here at the moment. my gratitude is absolutely unbounded. aside from their decades of heroic work, which ken described in some detail, they were all persona

fergus, thanks.ng the weight of the imperial state crown. she's been speaking to the royal commentator alastair bruce for a bbc programme marking the 65th anniversary of the ceremony. a key piece of advice from her majesty — just in case you ever need to know — is don't look down; as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. she famously doesn't do interviews. this is probably as close as she'll get. a conversation with questions about the coronation, the crownjewels, and the imperial state crown worn by her and her father, king george vi. fortunately, my father and i have about the same sort of shaped head. once you put it on, it stays. it just remains itself. you have to keep your head very still? yes. it was huge then. yes. very unwieldy. you can't look down to read a speech, you have take the speech up because, if you did, your neck would break, it would fall off. it is difficult to always remember that diamonds are stones, there are so very heavy. yes. there are some disadvantages to cr