our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has the story. you feeling ok in yourself? a glioblastoma. it was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. personalised vaccine. there's horror stories on the web. the survival rates are very low, aren't they? and short—lived. anything to help is great, you want to grab onto it and run with it. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair. yes. the trial extended average survival from 17 to 23 months. are still alive seven years on. so how does the treatment work? the cancer which otherwise can evade the body's own defences. personalised vaccine by individual to any patient who received it. to any patient who received it. have removed the tumour as much as possible. possible. to educate the immune system against the tumour. the tumour. explain why we are seeing such good results. results. patient and the tumour at that point in time. in time. treatment of glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive of all cancers. the most aggress

fergus walsh, thank you. george pell, is to stand trial on charges of historical sexual abuse in australia. cardinal pell, who's 76, is the highest ranking catholic to face such allegations. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith sent this report. one of the most powerful people in the catholic world, cardinal pell‘s case has drawn global coverage at every step. crowdjeers. he had to be guided through dozens of cameras and reporters, waiting for him at the court. during his time in australia, the cardinal was considered as the voice of the church. born and bred in the state of victoria, he became the archbishop of melbourne. it's during his time here in the 19905 that some of the sexual abuse is alleged to have taken place. 0ther offences are said to have happened in his home city of ballarat where, in the 19705, he worked as a priest. for years, ribbons have been placed across the city as a show of support for those who say they were victims of abuse by catholic clergy. in court, the magistrate dismissed some of t

fergus walsh, bbc news. it is just walsh, bbc news. it isjust gone walsh, bbc news.t is just gone at 3:30 walsh, bbc news. it isjust gone at 3:30 a.m.. walsh, bbc news. it is just gone at 3:30 a.m.. you are up—to—date with the headlines. now on bbc news — the travel show. this week on the travel show, we help celebrate 90 years of australia's legendary flying doctors service. what a remarkable bit of kit! yes. we investigate the mysterious ghost lights spotted over a town in texas. and we head to china to try out a style of skiing which is reckoned to be over 8000 years old. this week i'm in australian's northern territory. this massive state covers nearly 1.5 million square kilometres. it is the most sparsely populated part of australia and living out here can be hard. because of the sheer size of this part of the country, air travel has been an important part of life in the northern territory for the past 100 years. it's also the reason that the royal flying doctor service was set up 90 years ago, pioneering the then—revolutionary idea of using planes to bring medi

our health correspondent fergus walsh went to meet them. rgus: this is music for life, a projere professional musicians played to care home residents with advanced dementia, often people who have lost all other forms of communication. >> sometimes we're looking at small and subtle thinghe facial expression, or it could be the way that their body posture changes in response to what is haening. people are able to express themselves and show who they are. little snatches of personality that are expressed clear to us. >> they are given a box of objects and they were given the same canvases. fergus: art is a powerful way in which people with dementia can express themselves. >> for example, this is someone with a visual form of dementiafe ing the back of the brain. we can see how this person has difficulty represented rceptually complicated things like the bottle. fergus: it is a project at the wellcome collection that ise challenging boos surrounding dementia. are fundamentally trying to image people's understanding of dementia. not just over 100

fergus walsh, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show.ek on the travel show, i'm in windsor. in our royal special, we'll give you our guide to get the best out of the most talked about wedding this year. on may the 19th, these streets are going to be absolutely rammed. english barley to represent harry, with west coast us hops to represent meghan. we'll give you some tips on the very british art of queueing. to be honest i haven't even really come for the tennis, i've just come to queue. to be honest i think we're really good at queueing. queueing is definitely british. and wejump on the qe2 as she finally reopens as a floating hotel in dubai. in a couple of weeks' time, on may the 19th, prince harry and meghan markle will get married in st george's chapel at windsor castle. windsor has a long history with the royals. its castle is one of the queen's favourite weekend retreats, and prince harry was educated at nearby eton college. now, i'm here on this beautiful spring day to visit a local brewery that's toasting the occasion with a speci

our medical correspondent fergus walsh has the story. you feeling 0k in yourself?lioblastoma. it was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. personalised vaccine. there's horror stories on the web. the survival rates are very low, aren't they? and short—lived. anything to help is great, you want to grab onto it and run with it. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair. yes. the trial extended average survival from 17 to 23 months. are still alive seven years on. so how does the treatment work? the cancer which otherwise can evade the body's own defences. by individual to any patient who received it. possible. the tumour. results. in time. one of the most aggressive of all cancers. vaccine privately three years ago. trace of her tumour. it means i can be a mum to jacob, wife to jay. than six months. glioblastoma. significant advance in the treatment of brain cancer. the advice of firefighters to stay where he was. in their 13th floor flat. our special correspond

fergus walsh, bbc news.poet sirjohn betjeman as "the best in europe", when the queen's diamond jubilee galleries open to the public. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, reports. the imposing presence of westminster abbey, which dates back over 1000 years. but the grand exterior has been untouched for more than 250 years but now boasts a brand—new tower housing a staircase for visitors to climb the 108 steps to take them up and into the queen's diamond jubilee galleries. the point from the ground, where you could no longer see it... they are new, but the space isn't. it's been here for centuries, largely unused and neglected. i think there was a plan in the 13th century, possibly, to create chapels up here. a lot of monks, masses needed to be said, chapels, but they didn't ever do it. so the fashion changed and it was just abandoned. of course, it was used for coronations. archive footage: this great building in all its magnificence... the bbc used the 16—metre high vantage point to report on queen elizabeth ii's

fergus walsh, bbc news. let‘s take a look at some of the other stories making the news. colluding with paramilitary groups to suppress weeks of student—led demonstrations against president daniel 0rtega. around eighty people have died so far in the protests. it‘s now thought more than 4,000 people died when hurricane maria hit puerto rico last september, dwarfing the original estimate of just 64. a study by harvard university found mortality rates in the us territory went up by 60% in the months after the disaster. many of the deaths were due to interruptions in medical care, power shortages and blocked roads. its view was described by the poet sirjohn betjeman as "the best in europe" and now, for the first time in hundreds of years, visitors to westminster abbey will be able to see why, when the queen‘s diamond jubilee galleries open to the public. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. the imposing presence of westminster abbey, which dates back over 1000 years. but the grand exterior has been untouched for more than 250 years but now boasts a brand—new tower housing a

fergus walsh, bbc news. the advice of firefighters, who advised him to stay put. in their thirteentht. in west london lastjune. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. five—year—old isaac paulos was an arsenalfan, just like his dad. he was good at maths and reading. his name meant "joy and laughter". today, there were only tears. is to fight for truth and justice, in isaac's name. in their flat by a fireman. "why did we trust the authorities? his father wept. at about 2am. why were we kept inside for so long? my son would have been likely alive today. 12—year—old biruk haftom died with his mum, berkti. he wanted to be a pilot, or a scientist, or a footballer. she was ten weeks pregnant. behind her eldest son. reunited after 15 years. i didn't even have a chance to say goodbye. again, and my brother. mariem elgwahry died with her mother, eslah. ambitious and in love. they stayed on the phone to him as he stood helpless outside the tower. his mum's last words, "i can't breathe". my mum and sister were poisoned by the smoke. they were burned. they were cremated. i had to listen

fergus walsh, bbc news.allen in response to the growing political crisis in italy. carlo cottarelli, who may become prime minister, held talks today with italy's president about forming a new government. but populist parties, which want to leave the eurozone, are demanding new elections. share prices in london, paris and new york have all fallen. the former english defence league leader tommy robinson has been jailed for potentially prejudicing a court case. robinson, who appeared in the dock under his real name stephen yaxley—lennon, was arrested in leeds last friday, after broadcasting on social media outside the city's crown court where a trial was ongoing. a ban on reporting his 13—month sentence was lifted after being challenged by the media. the father of a five—year—old who died in the grenfell tower fire said his son would likely be alive had he not followed the advice of firefighters who advised him to stay put. speaking at the public inquiry, paulos tekle said he had to live with the guilt after hi

fergus walsh, bbc news. the political crisis in armenia has deepened.of war on the people. mr pashinyan had hoped enough members of the republican party would back him, but after a day of debate in parliament, he was eight votes short of a majority. joining us now from yerevan is our correspondent, rayhan demytrie. what is the latest on this crisis and what does it mean? nikol pashinyan feels incredibly empowered and entitled to this role, because he has got the backing of the people of armenia and the people here in oui’ of armenia and the people here in our menial want to see him as their prime minister, because they believe he is the only politician in this country who can lead armenia to its first democratic free and fair elections. armenia's ally, russia, is watching what is happening and so far surprisingly had very muted reaction. russia has a military base in this very small nation and armenia depends on moscow for its security. thank you very much for the latest bear on that political crisis in armenia. concerns have been expressed about the sa

fergus walsh, bbc news. the time is quarter past six.byan dissident for britain's part in his kidnap and subsequent torture by colonel gaddafi's regime. and still to come — plans to inspire a new generation of british asians to take up cricket. coming up on sportsday, andy murray's motherjudy says he is stillaiming to be murray's motherjudy says he is still aiming to be fit in time for wimbledon. the three—time grandstand champion is recovering from injury. when it comes to cancer, you want to be diagnosed and treated fast. but doctors say that tens of thousands of people across the uk are having to wait too long to be seen and that's putting their lives at risk. the latest figures show england, scotland, wales and northern ireland have all failed to hit their targets on waiting times for cancer treatment. patients who are urgently referred with suspected cancer should be treated within two months in england. 85% of people should be seen within that time. elsewhere the target is 95%. but the number, right across the uk, having to wait lo

fergus walsh, bbc news, guernsey.s funeral cortege passed by on the way to a private ceremony. the 23—month—old had a degenerative brain condition. his case drew international attention when it became the centre of a legal battle in the high court over the future of his care. a british rugby player who died while on tour with his team in sri lanka, has been named as 25—year—old thomas howard. durham city rugby club said he‘d been admitted to hospital while suffering from breathing problems after a night out in the sri lankan capital colombo. a second team member, tom baty, is being treated in hospital for similar symptoms. more than 110,000 children in scotland are obese. now the scottish government says it is determined to cut childhood obesity by half over the next decade. 0ne plan is to targetjunk food promotions and how certain foods are marketed. and today first minister nicola sturgeon met the celebrity chef and food campaignerjamie 0liver to discuss her plans. lorna gordon reports. lunchtime at moss end primary

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mr conway has motor neurone disease and he's been speaking to our medical correspondent fergus walsh.g feeling of profound anxiety that i live with, and that is, i don't know how i'm going to die. little by little, noel conway's strength is fading. motor neurone disease means his muscles are wasting away, including those that allow him to breathe, so he needs a ventilator, and he's totally reliant on his wife, carol. i want to end my life with dignity, cleanly, and in full consciousness. i don't want to linger on for weeks. what is it that you fear will happen to you at the end of your life? i will be completely immobile. it's the still being alive and yet not being able to use one's body that is the greatest fear i have. the central argument before the courts is whether the suicide act, which prohibits assisted dying, is an unjustifiable breach of mr conway's human rights. judges here interpret the law. they can't change it. that's down to parliament. three years ago, mps overwhelmingly rejected proposals to allow assisted dying in england and wales. the high court dismissed mr conwa

fergus walsh, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's kirsty. she is a campaigning feminist and spokeswoman for human rights and racial equality. on saturday she will marry into the house of windsor. will meghan markle be free to speak her mind? that is on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm azi farni. coming up. southgate defends his world cup 23 though one of those left out is not happy! we think they are the best players we have available. we think they could be very exciting now and even more exciting in the future. man city manager pep guardiola signs up for another three years. and we catch up with laura muir as she's given a special honour ahead of next year's european indoor athletics in glasgow. good evening, the england manager gareth southgate has been defending his squad selection for the world cup, saying it's not a gamble. he's also been justifying the tough calls he had to make in leaving some players out. but tonight one of those who didn't make the squad, arsenal mi

. and chemotherapy. of many people increased by at least six months. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walshit was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. personalised vaccine. there‘s horror stories on the web. the survival rates are very low, aren‘t they? and short—lived. anything to help is great, you want to grab onto it and run with it. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair. yes. the trial extended average survival from 17 to 23 months. are still alive seven years on. so how does the treatment work? the cancer which otherwise can evade the body‘s own defences. by individual to any patient who received it. possible. the tumour. results ? in time. one of the most aggressive of all cancers. vaccine privately three years ago. trace of her tumour. it means i can be a mum to jacob, wife to jay. than six months. glioblastoma. significant advance in the treatment of brain cancer. with north korea to take place as planned on june 12. towards opening up a notoriously isolated and secretive

our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. oh, my dear friend.g diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, the degenerative brain condition. increasing difficulty remembering her lines is one reason why she decided to leave the soap. her career on tv and in nine carry on films has made dame barbara entertainment royalty. seen here with her husband scott mitchell in 2000 collecting an mbe, scott said the couple had kept her dementia diagnosis private for the past four years. but since barbara's 80th birthday last august, "a definite continual confusion has set in, so it is becoming a lot more difficult for us to hide". he added, "i want us to be able to go out and if something isn't quite right, it will be ok because people will now know she has alzheimer's, and will accept it for what it is". look at these tadpoles. 850,000 people in the uk have dementia, among them brenda, who is 75. alzheimer's affects her short—term memory and balance. married for 56 years, her husband steven says being open about the condition has helped both of them. we've had the

fergus walsh reporting there.iers denies attempted murder and criminal damage, as duncan kennedy reports. emile cilliers on the left is a sergeant in the army. in the space of six days. 0nce with a gas fixture and once with a parachute. victoria and emile cilliers were married. but the court heard he wanted to get rid of her and treated her with absolute contempt. mrs cilliers came to give her evidence today for the first time in this retrial of her husband and gave her account of what she remembered from the day of her accident. it took place in april 2015. at the netheravon airfield in wiltshire. mrs cilliers jumped out of an aircraft but both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open. she fell 4000 feet and landed in a field. the prosecution say it was her husband emile who sabotaged her parachute at the airbase the day before the incident. the jury has seen this video reconstruction from the prosecution. which they say shows how emile cilliers could have tampered with her parachute in a toilet cubicle. vi

fergus walsh, bbc news.—un, will be released in the next few days. speaking at an event to honour the bravery of those involved in the recent southwest airline incident, in which one women died, donald trump was asked to reflect on a comment made by the south korean president who suggested that mr trump should be awarded the nobel peace prize. president moon was very nice when he suggested it, iwant president moon was very nice when he suggested it, i want to get peace, thatis suggested it, i want to get peace, that is the main thing, we want to get peace. it was a great problem, andi get peace. it was a great problem, and i think it will work out well, we are setting up meetings right now, i think it will probably be announced over the next couple of days — location and date. but i thought it was very generous president moon to make that statement, and i appreciate it. but the main thing is to get it done, i wa nt to the main thing is to get it done, i want to get it done. the taxi company uber has had its

our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports.says that he wants to die with dignity, noel conway, from shropshire, too little to make it to court in london, so with his wife carol he went to telford, to watch proceedings by video link, he says assisted dying can work if there are safeguards. video link, he says assisted dying can work if there are safeguardsm is not a slippery slope to euthanasia, that is the last leg that i would want. but what we do wa nt that i would want. but what we do want is the recognition of our human and for those not to be ignored. outside court, in london, those opposed to assisted dying set up these mock gravestones, representing these mock gravestones, representing the lives of disabled people they claim would be put at risk if the law was changed. safeguards will not work. in every other country, they stopped working, and vulnerable people are going to be unprotected. i don't want to live in a country where this danger is there. the rights and safeguards surrounding end of life care are key issues

motor neurone disease, argues the current law breaches his human rights. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walshcould begin by reminding us of the lengthy legal process that mr conway has gone through. mr conway is a retired lecturer from shropshire, he is too ill to attend court but he will follow proceedings from a local court near his home and he has motor neurone disease, the muscles in his body are gradually shutting down, he cannot move except for a slight movement of his right hand below his neck and he fears as his body shuts down how he will die. he is ona his body shuts down how he will die. he is on a ventilator 23 hours a day and last year he launched his legal battle for the right to an assisted death. under the 1961 suicide act any doctor who prescribed him a lethal dose of drugs would be liable forup to 1a lethal dose of drugs would be liable for up to 1a years in prison and mr conway argues that breaches his human rights. the case got under way at about half an hour ago. this is possibly one of the most difficult issues for a court to consider, and for thejudges to issues for a c

fergus walsh reports.ht of children in reception aged four to five and in year six when they are 10—11, is measured each year in primary schools across england. for children in reception, nearly 15,000, or around one in 40, is classed as severely obese. that rises to more than 22,000, or one in 25, for children aged 10—11. each year, more children are leaving primary school overweight, but this is the first time the national child measurement programme data has included the severely obese category. we are in the uk already the most obese nation in western europe and we have to tackle the youngsters, we have to tackle this at an early stage, if we are to make real progress in improving our nation. the local government association said the figures were a worrying wake—up call and warned that today's obese children risked having their years of healthy adult life cut short by a host of health problems, including type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease. our health editor, hugh pym, joins me now. extraordinary

fergus walsh, bbc news.ng you've already seen? absolutely. it's very sad for barbara and her husband they are living with this but it's fantastic they spoke out about it. one of the key things is that we need to deal with the stigma and people need to get the right support, and it is dementia week coming up right now and we have had people ringing us and talking about it, and that is just what we need. simon, it's interesting. we've spoken to you before, with your dad as well, and lots of people will remember the car karaoke, because you are singing with your dad in the video that went viral, because he could remember songs when he was forgetting everything else. it is talking about this and recognising it. a long time your father was very angry and frustrated with it. maybe had some inside, but he did not acce pt had some inside, but he did not accept what was going on, so the confusion was coming out as a rage and that was what we tried to deal with. and it was getting him to go to the doctor and get diagn

our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is at the court of appeal. bearable, that he will be allowed to ask a doctor to give him a lethal dose of medication. any doctor who did that would fall foul of the 1961 suicide act, it would be punishable by up suicide act, it would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison. the nub of his arguments, and the nub of arguments from names you may remember like debbie purdy, diane pretty, she also had motor neurone disease, tony nic maddinson, the same argument that will be used here is that the law breaches his human rights. it is a breach of his right toa rights. it is a breach of his right to a private life under the european convention of human rights. a number of people will remember that mp5 have already rejected the issue of assisted dying. that's right. judges interpret the law but parliament just about a mile away actually makes law, that was a real difficulty when noel conway's legal tea m difficulty when noel conway's legal team came here last year and their case was rejected, and the high court said par

our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, reports.en in reception, aged four to five, and in year six, when they are 10—11, is measured each year in primary schools across england. for children in reception, nearly 15,000, or around one in 40, is classed as severely obese. that rises to more than 22,000, or one in 25, for children aged 10—11. each year, more children are leaving primary school overweight, but this is the first time the national child measurement programme data has included the severely obese category. we are in the uk already the most obese nation in western europe and we have to tackle the youngsters, we have to tackle this at an early stage, if we are to make real progress in improving our nation. the local government association said the figures were a worrying wake—up call and warned that today's obese children risked having their years of healthy adult life cut short by a host of health problems, including type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease. youtube has deleted more than 30 videos which police say are cont

fergus walsh, bbc news. movies, tech, agriculture, tourism — now add weed. market for cannabis. or evenential for high tax revenues. radio 5live's anna foster reports from california's coachella valley. profits from california's newest legal industry. strains of marijuana. and nurture the new breed of cannabis entrepreneurs. it's notjust about having high—tech growing facilities. it's about teaching them how to sell what they make. variety and quality. it was grown, even really what it was. there is the top—of—the—line. industry in the us is worth nearly £7 billion a year. attorney general, jeff sessions. copying the look and feel of a high—tech gadget store. so i often get asked this question, who is a typical cannabis buyer? and i like to ask back, you know, who is a typical chair buyer? who is a typical soda buyer? mainstream america. legalising it sends out. making $3 million a day in the 1990s. now ricky ross wants to get back in the drugs game, legally. yeah, i want to be totally involved. i want my own brand. you can smell it now. somebody smoking on the streets! from joining the

our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. is there a rate today?rt these campaigners say the law must remain unchanged to protect the vulnerable. if the law we re protect the vulnerable. if the law were changed, and be totally different. his health is rapidly weakening. motor neuron disease mean has muscles are shutting down. he relies on a ventilator to keep him breathing. he believes he will soon be intended as body. what would you say to the judges? please acknowledge my basic rate today. —— right to die. at a court of appeal hearing, lawyers are arguing that the suicide act as a breach of his human rights. in 2015, mps rejected plans to allow assisted dying in england and wales. some believe it would leave the week at risk. in every other country they stopped working. vulnerable people are going to be on the list. i don't want to live in a country where this danger is there. he knows that this case and any subsequent appeal may continue beyond his death. those on both sides believe they are fighting for basic human rights. you‘re watching after