fergus walsh, thank you. dying as a result of drug misuse in scotland. scottish ministers will view it as a vindication of their policies to reduce the harms caused by drugs, but in 2021, the latest year for which figures can be compared, the death rate in scotland was still 2.7 times the uk average. our correspondentjames shaw has more on the figures on drug use in scotland. it really is very striking, frankie. what we can see is that the total number of people who died as a result of drug misuse last year was 1,051. that compares to 1,330 the year before, 2021, a drop of 279. now that is a big drop. national records of scotland, which compiles these figures, they say that's the biggest drop they've ever seen since they started compiling figures in this way back in the 1990s. it still means that a lot of people are dying as a result of drug misuse in scotland. this is still a big problem and, according to the information put out by the mrs today, the death rate in scotland is still 2.7 times higher than for

and fergus is with me now.ng, this is a uk first, not a world first, but how do you assess the significance of this, what are the implications? it is not a world first _ what are the implications? it is not a world first. countries _ what are the implications? it is not a world first. countries like - a world first. countries like sweden, the usa, china, france, germany, many have carried out womb transplants. the team involved here, who spent five years, some of them, working on it, blame institutional delays and then covid for why it hasn't happened here already. i sense there has been some resistance in the health service, partly because it's not life saving surgery and also comes with risks to the donor and to the recipient. but now it has happened and been successful, it has happened and been successful, it will still be something that doesn't happen frequently, because it is paid for by a charity. they have enough funds to do three. but they got permission to do 15 operations. they want to raise another £

fergus walsh, bbc news. joining me now is our medical editor, fergus walsh. long way off? it exciting news but it seems such a long way off?— exciting news but it seems such a long way off? it does, the national screenin: long way off? it does, the national screening committee _ long way off? it does, the national screening committee which - long way off? it does, the national screening committee which has - long way off? it does, the national| screening committee which has set long way off? it does, the national. screening committee which has set up screening committee which has set up screening programmes for cervical, breast and bowel cancer says at the moment there is just not enough evidence, this was a relatively small trial, 300 men, we will need much bigger trials involving thousands looking at the benefits and the risks, but the direction of travel is clear, i think we are one day going to have some kind of mri prostate cancer screening programme, it needs to be a dedicated service, all the mri scanners we have in the nhs are working flat out, we don

fergus walsh, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.ing news here in the uk. the uk's biggest mortgage lender — the halifax — says housing is now more affordable than a year ago. it said a typical home cost 6.7 times the average annual earnings of a full—time worker — down from 7.3 times last year. but a typical home is still less affordable than it was near the start of the pandemic. the government says it'll guarantee a finance deal for ukraine to buy nuclear fuel. energy minister, grant schapps, made the announcement during a visit to kyiv. ukraine's energy system was severely damaged by russian air strikes last winter, making it more reliant on its ageing nuclear power stations. a leading greek archaeologist has claimed historic artefacts from her country are not safe in the british museum, after it emerged managers were warned two years ago that some of its items were being offered for sale. last week, the museum said it had sacked a staff member after items were reported "missing, stolen or damaged". you're live with bbc news. pre

fergus walsh, bbc news.ment support following the deadly wildfires there. nearly two weeks after the disaster which has killed at least 114 people, he's named a federal response co—ordinator and says the island's critical infrastructure will be made more resilient. live now to cbs news correspondent danya bacchus, who is in maui. 850 people unaccounted for. that is a staggering number. how is the search and recovery process going? right now three quarters of the five mile disaster area has been searched and officials say it could be weeks before they are able to finish the rest. more than 400 search and rescue agents with cadaver dogs are now going through that rubble. we are told they are going through the larger building now, like apartment complexes, but because of the temperature of the fire, because of how severe the fire has been, they say those buildings are just completely reduced to ash and that is making it extremely difficult to search. the governor says he fears that most of the remains, some of

fergus walsh, bbc news. fergus willjoin us later to explain more.th west of the country when a cable snapped, trapping them hundreds of metres in the air. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. crowd: allahu akbar! through the darkness and forest, the sight the crowds had been hoping, waiting and praying for. strapped to the cable, the final rescue, waiting arms and shouts of "god is great". 15 hours earlier, the children were taking the cable car to school when a cable snapped. if makeshift cable cars are common in the rural mountains of pakistan, taking minutes over ravines while roads take hours. at first, army helicopters could not rescue them, buffeted by winds, scared the downwash from the blades could make the situation worse. on the ground, frustration. local tv managed to speak to one man inside the cable car. rising panic before his phone died. translation: i don't know how to make a request but it's i a matter of human lives. as you can imagine, the authorities should rescue all of us as soon as possible. officials tried to r

fergus walsh, bbc news. are you back to india and the moon.reens are showing mission control, a graphic representation of the land there as it gently touched moon's surface, and cheered. what we are waiting for the is for a but to disembark from the spacecraft and a touchdown on the surface and that should happen in the next couple of hours. get confirmation otherwise if the conditions are right for that to be deployed. i was. hello there. we have seen some cloudier weather pushing in towards parts of the uk today, and over the coming days it will be a little bit on the unsettled side — in fact, right through the coming weekend. sunshine and showers for many and also turning cooler, especially towards the south—east of england. we've seen that cloud drifting in from the atlantic and today it has been producing some wet weather, especially for western areas of scotland. further south, producing the odd scattered shower, but a lot of dry weather, albeit cloudy for many. towards the south—east of england, warm in the sunshine, temperatures reachi

our medical editor fergus walsh reports. paul rothwell feels fortunate.a trial using mri scans. the 62—year—old's cancer would've been missed if he'd only had the standard psa blood test, which came back as negative. if ijust had the blood test, i would be carrying on life as normal, walking around unaware that there was some sort of ticking time bomb inside me of a cancer slowly growing. and by the time i then did find out, presumably, it would have been much harder to treat and much more dangerous to me. we don't see any sign of cancer recurrence there, so... paul was among 300 men aged 50 to 75 who took part in the trial led by university college london. of the 25 men whose aggressive cancers were picked up via mri, over half, like paul, had negative blood tests. we think these are really significant results. what we see is that a short ten—minute mri scan, used as a screening test, can selectively pick up significant cancers in a much more effective way than the psa blood test alone. that'll help us to diagnose the important cancers early, when they'r

fergus walsh, bbc news. that's all for me today., it's been a day of sunshine and a few showers around, and the weather won't be changing in a hurry over the next couple of days. so a bit more of the same tomorrow, some sunshine around — warm sunshine in the south, and a few showers mostly towards the north and the west, too. now, here is the position of thejet stream at the moment — it's curling around in the atlantic and heading its way through central parts of the uk. to the north of thatjet stream, slightly cooler and more breezy conditions, whereas further south, we've got that warmer air affecting southern parts of the uk — but certainly affecting much of central and southern europe, with that hot air drifting in from the south. we have got red alerts for those high temperatures, really from parts of portugal, spain, through southern france, northern italy, towards croatia, as well. so intense heat wave through the middle of the week, still ongoing for southern parts of europe. but closer to home, here is the satellite and the

fergus walsh the bbc medical editor. good morning-— fergus walsh the bbc medical editor.ning. tell us how everyone — good morning. good morning. tell us how everyone is _ good morning. good morning. tell us how everyone is doing _ good morning. good morning. tell us how everyone is doing here, - good morning. good morning. tell us how everyone is doing here, the i how everyone is doing here, the recipient and the donor, how why they doing after this? thea;r recipient and the donor, how why they doing after this?— they doing after this? they are doinu they doing after this? they are doing really — they doing after this? they are doing really well. _ they doing after this? they are doing really well. both - they doing after this? they are i doing really well. both recovered from _ doing really well. both recovered from surgery— doing really well. both recovered from surgery on— doing really well. both recovered from surgery on the _ doing really well. both recovered from surgery on the donor- doing really well. both recovered from surgery on the donor spentl doing really we

fergus walsh, bbc news.ted men to come forward for a short mri scan and a prostate cancer and we found that the mri scan was much more effective at finding no significant cancers which need treating. significant cancers which need treatinu. ~ . , treating. what impact could this have for men — treating. what impact could this have for men and _ treating. what impact could this have for men and for— treating. what impact could this have for men and for those - treating. what impact could this have for men and for those that | treating. what impact could this - have for men and for those that may develop cancer later on in their lives? ~ ~' ., develop cancer later on in their lives? ~ ~ ., ., ., lives? we know that we diagnose rostate lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer _ lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer early _ lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer early it _ lives? we know that we diagnose prostate cancer early it is - lives? we know that we diagnose | prostate cancer ear

my my word, fergus, thank you for that.inal of the world cup, and a key player was the attacking midfielder ella toone. she's been reflecting on the success of the lionesses, who fell a little short in the final against spain, and she's been to katie gornall. heartbreaking we got that far and we couldn't push over the line but when you come back and hear how proud everyone is, you have that sense of pride, and i'm proud of how far we have, and what we have done for the women's game. time for a look at the weather. then it is here. how is it looking? filtrate it is here. how is it looking? we will start on _ it is here. how is it looking? - will start on the other side of the atlantic because in the south of the usa all eyes are on the development of this storm. this is hurricane at idayla, strengthening, and likely to be a major hurricane as it lands in the north—west of florida tomorrow and could bring sustained winds of hundred and 25 miles an hour which will cause damage, floods and rained and a storm surge which could i

fergus walsh, bbc news.fter the incident. he said the kiss on the lips was an unacceptable gesture, and the apology was insufficient, but he has acknowledged it was wrong but he added he had acted without any bad intentions. many in spain are asking for his resignation. the prime minister has hosted a reception for the winners, the medals on display under world cup trophy itself. it was a great moment for them, and the president, he was in a tough battle to stay in office after a close election. let's show you the celebrations which followed the reception the prime minister had, which was overnight. 20,000 people were there in madrid welcoming them home after they return from australia. she scored the winner and was there, but she was told after the match her father had was there, but she was told after the match herfather had died following an illness. do stay with us on bbc news. hello. the weather hasn't been too bad across most of the uk so far today with lengthy spells of sunshine, but some of us have h

fergus walsh, thank ou. the time is 18:17.anding, the un—crewed spacecraft touched down at the lunar south poll which has never been explored, and coming up, hackney diamonds opening next month? why rolling stones fans think this mysterious ad means the legendary band are about to release a new album. and on bbc london, afterformer met officer provan was jailed for rape, the police are looking up a list of women's names found on his mobile phone. i have some breaking news for you now about the founder of the russian wagner mercenary group. tell us what has happened. wagner mercenary group. tell us what has happened-— has happened. yes, yevgeny prigozhin's — has happened. yes, yevgeny prigozhin's troops _ has happened. yes, yevgeny prigozhin's troops have - has happened. yes, yevgeny prigozhin's troops have been| prigozhin's troops have been fighting in eastern ukraine and as a result of the uprising, they chose to go and live in belarus and he said he would then concentrate on africa which is where his mercenary group wagner w

fergus walsh, bbc news. this is bbc news. coming out of pakistan. some good news to feed into the news day for a change. we have now been told that the number of children rescued stands at five. since we last reported the number was five. another child has been rescued. let's bring you the latest pictures beehive of the rescue operation there. as you can see now of course it is evening in pakistan and we were told that the helicopter mission had been suspended. but now they using a zip line to rescue people. this is the rescue of the isle of mohammed. you can see him there what a relief for him. we also footage we can bring you, quite remarkable footage. officials were saying that they were going to be able to send food as well through the zip lines as well and water while those remain inside the cable car. so we have now been told three more children have been rescued from that cable car in pakistan. these are pictures from earlier. so the number now stands at five people who have been rescued which means now, there are thre

fergus walsh, bbc news.so take a look at that story at bbc online. let's bring you the story of lauren taylor. lauren taylor was just 16 when she was raped by a metropolitan police officer in 2010. he's been sentenced to 16 years for raping both her — and also a fellow police officer. now lauren has decided to share her story about her long fight forjustice. sonja jessup has this report. for seven years lauren taylor has been fighting to put the man who raped her behind bars. she wasjust 16 years man who raped her behind bars. she was just 16 years old when he attacked her and he was a serving police officer almost twice her age. to serving police officer almost twice her age.— serving police officer almost twice her age. to be honest i don't know how _ twice her age. to be honest i don't know how i _ twice her age. to be honest i don't know how i got - twice her age. to be honest i | don't know how i got through. twice her age. to be honest i i don't know howl got through. i don't know how i got through. i

fergus walsh, bbc news. the time is 18:15.their teacher trapped for more than five hours in pakistan, five others have now been brought to safety. and this is what it's like when you surprise even yourself coming up on bbc news: rangers look to gain the upper hand in their champions league—qualifying tie at ibrox. but a tough task as ahead against dutch giants psv, who have a rich history in the competition. scotland still has the highest rate of drug deaths in europe, according to the latest figures. but the number who have died in a year has fallen to its lowest level in five years, and there are hopes that it could be the start of a downward trend. last year, more than a thousand people died from drug misuse in scotland. that is down by 279 from the year before. scottish government ministers have welcomed the fall, which comes after decades of rising deaths. stretching right back to the 1990s. but they say that every life lost is a tragedy. and you can see here how the number of drug deaths in scotland, given the size of it

fergus walsh, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. head down, arms.his in sweep you. or he has always been my hero, although i am not a breast racket is still great to meet him and get some tips. it is really motivational because you are — it is really motivational because you are getting taught by an olympic athlete _ you are getting taught by an olympic athlete. for you are getting taught by an olympic athlete. ., , , ., , , athlete. for these young swimmers, it is a dream — athlete. for these young swimmers, it is a dream coming _ athlete. for these young swimmers, it is a dream coming true. _ athlete. for these young swimmers, it is a dream coming true. getting i it is a dream coming true. getting coaching from a triple 0lympic coaching from a triple olympic champion and world record holder. these kids have huge potential. i was there 20 years ago, i am an old boy now, 28 years old, but i'm trying to send as much knowledge down to the grassroot as possible. i love doing it and it is great for a sport to grow. let's get back in. adam and his team s

fergus walsh reports. 17 hours. it was an amazing day, absolutely amazing. these two surgeons led a team of more than 30. they recall the reaction of the younger sister when she came round. she was absolutely over the moon. there were a lot of tears, a lot of emotion. she was very, very happy. and the donor probably was even happier, because she had some time to recover from the anaesthesia. so it was a veryjoyous moment for everybody. the recipient was born without a normal uterus, but with functioning ovaries. with her husband, she already has eight embryos in storage and could go on to have two pregnancies, after which her sister's womb will be removed so she can stop taking powerful drugs which prevent her body rejecting the transplant. so she's doing really, really well. she has started having menstrual periods, and that means her prospects of having a baby are very high. she needs to stay on immunosuppressive therapy and to be closely monitored, and we hope to be doing an embryo transfer in the autum

this is fergus — he needs to be weighed and his wound checked.een rescuing hogs for 16 years. i love everything about hedgehogs. they say your animal chooses you. i also think i'm beginning to look a bit like a hedgehog because i'm short and i'm round, i love my food and i can be a bit prickly on occasion. sorry! she chuckles. hedgehogs have been placed on the red list of vulnerable species in the uk. it's thought populations have fallen by around a third since 2000. they're in decline due to habitat loss and it's estimated hundreds of thousands die on our roads each year. the two most important things that anybody can do is make a hole in yourfence, only four and a half inches by four and a half inches and allow the hedgehogs passage between your gardens, so you've linked them up, and a dish of water out all the time, all year round, because they're incredibly thirsty little creatures. the other thing you can do is to stop using slug pellets. well, this charity is so overrun with hedgehogs, they've actually transformed their garage into a hedgeh

the government has announced today it will fund a project at st fergus, on the north—east coast of scotlandy announced investment in plants on teesside and on the mersey. none of these have been built yet and it will be many years before they will be capable of trapping anywhere near the millions of tonnes of c02 these new oil and gas fields will produce. but government advisers say the technology is vital to meet net zero targets. most sectors we can get to zero emissions but there's a fewer we still expect to have emissions in the future, so think of the steel sector for example, or the cement sector, possibly aviation, even farming, so emissions continuing past 2050 and beyond. so we need carbon capture to reduce emissions to zero in those sectors. and why is reaching net zero emissions so important? the earth's top 27 hottest days ever recorded have been this month, according to the european climate change service. that is a result of heatwaves climate scientists say would have been virtually impossible without man—made climate change driven by co2 emissions. it's clear, its present dan

live now to our medical editor, fergus walsh. infertility was _ procedure offers her help. tte: infertility was such a procedure offers her help. tt2 infertility was such a huge part of that. you grieve, you really do. hopefully being on the waiting list for a transplant, being able to carry my own child and have that experience, feeling it, being able to breast—feed, and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. live now tower editor. this isn't about to be rolled out across the nation is it?— about to be rolled out across the nation is it? ., , , , nation is it? complex surgery, eight hours to retrieve _ nation is it? complex surgery, eight hours to retrieve the _ nation is it? complex surgery, eight hours to retrieve the uterus - nation is it? complex surgery, eight hours to retrieve the uterus from i hours to retrieve the uterus from one woman, a 40—year—old woman, who has already— one woman, a 40—year—old woman, who has already had two children. nine hours _ has already had two children. nine hours to— has already had

our medical editor, fergus walsh, has that story. it's like something from a horrorfilm.n a human brain. the patient was first admitted to hospital in south—eastern australia in 2021 with stomach pain and diarrhoea but the cause couldn't be identified. a year later, her symptoms had progressed to include forgetfulness and depression, so she was sent for a brain mri, which showed damage to herfrontal lobe here. surgeons in canberra performed a biopsy and got the shock of their lives. it definitely wasn't what we were expecting. everyone was shocked. the worm that we found was happily moving quite vigorously outside the brain. for many months she'd been really struggling and it was really courageous of her to come and have further testing after not having answers for so very long but she did really well from knowing what was causing all of her trouble and having now a treatment for what was causing the trouble. how could this happen? the woman, originally from england, lives near a lake in new south wales which is home to these, carpet pythons. it is thought she ate somethi

here's our medical editor fergus walsh.arly and successfully treated. it was diagnosed here at londonen's university college hospital when he took part in a trial using mri scans. the 62—year—old's cancer would have been missed if he'd only had the stand psa blood test, which came back as normal. if the stand psa blood test, which came back as normal.— came back as normal. if i'd 'ust came back as normal. if i'd just had — came back as normal. if i'd just had the _ came back as normal. if i'd just had the blood - came back as normal. if i'd just had the blood test, - came back as normal. if i'd just had the blood test, i i just had the blood test, i would be carrying on life as normal, walking around, unaware that there was some sort of ticking time bomb in me of a cancer slowly growing. by the time that i did find out, presumably, it would have been much harder to treat and much more dangerous to me. so much harder to treat and much more dangerous to me.- more dangerous to me. so you feel fortunate? _ more dangerous to me.

thank you, president fergus. good evening, everyone. welcome to the 2324 school year. i'm very excited to start the year. i'm beginning my second year as superintendent and this is my first board meeting and really it's been was a great first year, but i'm very excited about how we're starting this coming school year. we if you go to the next slide, i spent a lot of time last year and at the very first meeting i shared my plan to do listening and learning and went out and went to schools, had town halls and got to know the district. but this year i'm starting and we with a laser like focus on our goals for student learning. and that's what was so wonderful about last year is we went through a very thoughtful process to establish our focus as a district, and it's on our vision, values, goals and guardrails. and for me as an educator, wanting to make sure that we're supporting our students, learning and that they're reaching the goals we set for them. and so you see here that our five year goals and i have interim goals that we're working on this year and this is the foc

it out in early about 2005 and that was fergus border, which is book bound for canaan, which he tried for probably the first time to pull together a lot of these narratives from all over the country. and by all over the country, i'm not talking about past the mississippi river because of that territory beyond from the mississippi river to california, ionia was still dominated by native peoples. and so the country really focused all of this attention, that territory from the mississippi river to the atlantic ocean. and so he was looking all these different operations, though he didn't really give a lot of attention to, the maritime industry, he was still focused on a lot of these trading accounts that wilbur siebert focused on in his book on the railroad. but it's still an important attempt to look at the underground railroad much more broadly and pull together as some of these incredible accounts, both from blacks and whites who were working to, help people escape and some cases they themselves slaves had been enslaved, managed to achieve freedom. another book that was really an impor

fergus walsh, bbc news.m? after work stops at the ffos—y—fran pit in merthyr tydfil, coal for steam railways will have to be imported — causing concern over costs and the environment. spencer stokes reports. it's hot, dirty work, shovelling more than a tonne of coal a day into a hungry locomotive. but without coal, there would be no steam. and without steam, heritage railways like the keighley & worth valley would look and feel very different. where that coal comes from is now an open question — with the closure of the country's last mine in south wales. it means steam lines up and down the country will be importing theirfuel from poland, colombia, or even australia. i think the welsh pit closing is a blow for the industry. it's... you know, it does mean that every time we want coal, it's going to have to come from abroad, which i think is a real shame. the complications that come with that, the cost that comes with that, and also the increased carbon footprint that comes with that, too. the ffos—y—fran open

this is fergus — he needs to be weighed and his wound checked.rable species in the uk. it's thought populations have fallen by around a third since 2000. they're in decline due to habitat loss and its estimated hundreds of thousands die on our roads each year. the two most important things that anybody can do is make a hole in yourfence, only four and a half inches by four and a half inches and allow the hedgehogs passage between your gardens, so you've linked them up, and a dish of water out all the time, all year round, because they're incredibly thirsty little creatures. the other thing you can do is to stop using slug pellets. well, this charity is so overrun with hedgehogs, they've actually transformed their garage into a hedgehog hospital. if i can find herfirst, and here she is. so, jemima, she's quite a big girl. she had a very bad strimming injury and she lost some of her face because of it. you'll be able to see she's got one eye missing completely. sadly, jemima's remaining eye is infected and will have to be removed, but with no sight