fergus walsh, bbc news.clinicians using the uk's most expensive medicine, on bbc iplayer now. just search for bittersweet medicine. two is—year—olds have appeared in court charged with the murder of brianna ghey, who was 16 and transgender. she was found with stab wounds in a park near warrington at the weekend. let's speak to our correspondent fiona trott who's at chester magistrates court. fiona. the girl who is from warrington and the boy from louis appere to separately here wearing grey tracksuits. the girl was my mother was weeping when her daughter arrived in court. they spoke only to confirm their name, age and address and because of their young age we are not able to identify them for legal reasons. the prosecutor told the court the death of brianna ghey was very brutal and punishing and the children nodded as it was explained to them that because the charge was serious it would be dealt with by liverpool crown court where they are set to appear tomorrow. the death of brianna ghey has affected people

fergus walsh, bbc news.he work is the result of the biggest land—based survey ever undertaken on the continent. the team focused on the thwaites glacier, the fastest changing large glacier in the world — it's the size of britain. it already contributes 4% of annual sea level rise, if it melted out completely — it would raise global sea levels by more than half a metre. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, was with the science team on the glacier. west antarctica is a challenging place to work. it is the stormiest part of the world's stormiest continent. it took more than a month and more than a dozen flights to get the scientists and their equipment to the front of the glacier. ice—hardened ships brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boile

fergus walsh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.f weather at the uk today. northern parts of scotland, in fact in aberdeenshire, a wind gust of 83 mph. but further south in worcestershire, some mild air took the temperatures above 17 celsius. very unusual for this point in february. there was storm otto, the swell of cloud easing away north—eastwards. there is another weather system waiting in the wings. this one less potent but it will bring rain for some of us as we head through this evening and tonight.

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fergus walsh, bbc news.as part of a drive to raise billions of pounds to protect nature. the event was attended by political and financial leaders from around the world. it comes after leaders at the cop15 biodiversity summit in montreal set a target of protecting 30% of the world's lands, seas, coasts and inland waters by 2030. here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. for the last a0 years, dave painter has been watching the bewick swans�* winter at slimbridge. unlike the swans who live here all year round, they each have a unique beak. it's a fingerprint, we know every swan as an individual. this year, 137 were counted at slimbridge. we apologise for that... this year, 137 were counted at slimbridge. dave says in the 1980s, they'd see more than three times as many. it's one small part of the alarming decline of nature and wildlife around the world. in some areas, we've won a few battles but when we look at the war, we really are losing. at a summit in canada last year, the world came together and

fergus walsh, bbc news.icine, on bbc iplayer now. football, and manchester city have beaten arsenal 3—1 to leapfrog them and go top of the premier league, though arsenal still have a game in hand. after city took the lead, arsenal equalised with a penalty from bukayo saka, before goals from jack grealish and top scorer erling haaland ensured victory, putting pressure on arsenal's title hopes. the american film star and model raquel welch, who became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, has died. she was 82. as david sillito reports, she was often credited with breaking the mould for modern—day action heroines in hollywood films. raquel welch did not expect anyone to remember what she thought was just a "silly dinosaur movie". but one million years bc, with its giant malevolent turtles, poor grasp of evolution, and prehistoric bikinis, turned raquel welch into a star of teenage bedrooms across the world. "in one fell swoop, everything about the real me was," she said, "swept away." # you make me feel so

fergus walsh, bbc news.children's hospital about the condition potentially that that type of gene therapy could be used for. incredible work, more on that later. let's have a look at today's papers. and the sun leads on the search for missing mum nicola bulley in lancashire. the paper says the police have been handed a "mystery stained glove" found in the field where she was last seen. "agony and joy" — that's the headline in today's mirror. its front page carries the story of the two young sisters that we've just heard about there. the paper says the younger girl teddi has received a "miracle" cure for the rare condition mld — while it's "too late" for her older sister. the times reports that the queen consort has avoided controversy by choosing to wear a crown for the coronation without the disputed koh—i—noor diamond. camilla will also be the first queen consort in modern times not to have her own crown made for the ceremony, the paper adds. and the most—read story on the bbc news website this morning fea

fergus walsh, bbc news.om one of our weather watchers. this is beautiful dorset. 0ne from one of our weather watchers. this is beautiful dorset. one of the rock formations around that area and hardly a cloud in the sky. for many of us it was a mixed picture and we had a bit of rain. tomorrow this is what these guys will look like across much of the country. a really drizzly start. a rainy start for some of us. turning a little bit dry later probably. here is the area of cloud drifting and slowly off the atlantic and will be spreading across the country during the course of the night. the bulk of the rain is across wales and england. in scotland, not much rain, and in the north it'll probably be clear and quite chilly, so three degrees for our friends quite chilly, so three degrees for ourfriends in quite chilly, so three degrees for our friends in stornoway on thursday morning. you can see how the rain moves out of the scene into holland through the course of the morning. the clouds tend to break up a little

i'm fergus walsh, the bbc�*s medical editor.e been following the first patient treated by the nhs with this life—saving drug, and meeting families affected by one of the rarest and cruellest of genetic conditions. # nala, charlie, nala, charlie shaw... this is the shaw family, from northumberland. mum and dad, ally and jake, and their two daughters, nala and teddi. i've always said nala saved teddi's life. and that's how i've wanted to think about it. whee! the family are living under the shadow of a devastating disease — a rare life—limiting genetic disorder called mld — which is already taking a toll on nala. days out like this are one way the family are building happy memories with their girls. and there's one sure way to please any toddler. more cake? yes, more cake! nala was once just as lively and active as her younger sister. she was such a cheeky little character. she was always, like, kind of, singing, dancing, spinning around everywhere, always laughing. she was just a cheeky little girl. very theatrical, wasn't she? e

our medical editor fergus walsh reports.y attacks the brain and body. this was nala when she was two. now, a year later, she can�*t walk or talk, and is tube fed. her body is basically kind of gradually shutting down. she will lose her eyesight. she will lose most of her senses. and so it will basically come to a point where there�*s nothing left for her to lose. if she was born like that, then from the day she was born, we would have known what we were dealing with. but the fact that we had just a normal toddler and then all of a sudden our worlds have been turned upside down with a terminal diagnosis, that'sjust, you know, you don't really know what to say or what to think, really. nala�*s mld had progressed too far for her to be treated. but it meant the condition was picked up in her sister, teddi, before damage was done. she�*s at royal manchester children�*s hospital, having stem cells removed from her blood. the first stage of a groundbreaking gene therapy. so when they told us that there was treatment available for t

fergus walsh, bbc news. west antarctica is a challenging place to work. of the world's stormiest continent. it took more than a month and more than a dozen flights to get the scientists and their equipment to the front of the glacier. ice—hardened ships brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. this is a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instru

fergus walsh, bbc news.o, as we've seen, there's been some fierce weather from storm otto in parts of the uk today. here's ben rich. thank you. it was parts of north—east england and scotland that bore the brunt, the strongest dust of all recorded on the coast of aberdeenshire, 83 mph, but further south across the uk it was mild weather making its presence felt with temperatures in worcestershire climbing above 17 celsius. this small of cloud, that was storm otto, now hurtling toward scandinavia and behind it another weather system bringing rain, not as potent as storm otto but moving its way through with snow ever higher ground in scotland with the potential for some ice. it will be chilly across northern parts of scotland but further south, very mild, 10—11 celsius, the overnight lows for many. the heaviest rain clearing quickly eastwards tomorrow. some rain hanging back across parts of central and southern scotland and the far north of england, perhaps northern ireland for a time, with a band of drizzle t

fergus walsh, bbc news.mpaign to be a candidate in the 2024 us presidential election. let�*s have a listen. from joe biden on down, or our leaders put too much trust in big government. and too little trust in the american people. they are aspiring towards socialism with a new trillion dollar spending bill every few months and the national debt over $30 trillion. this is not the america that calls to my parents. and, make no mistake, this is not the america i will leave to my children. let�*s remind ourselves who nikki haley is. she�*s an indian american politician, and a big name in the republican party. in 2010, aged 39, she became the youngest governor in the us in the state of south carolina. in 2015, after a racist mass murder in charleston, she ordered a confederate flag to be removed from statehouse grounds. she first opposed donald trump�*s run for president in 2016. but after he won, she resigned as governor to become his united nations ambassador. she resigned from that in 2018. let�*s remind oursel

fergus walsh, bbc news. this is bbc news. main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. lara: when 3d printers first went mainstream, many imagined a world where some households would be creating missing pieces of board games or spare parts to fix their cars. the reality has actually probably been more impressive because we're getting 3d—printed houses and even 3d—printed body parts. and some of the latest trials involve printing bones for people who've had cancer. researchers at king's college london and clinicians at guy's and st thomas' nhs foundation trust are collaborating on a project to help cancer patients like colin. i'd quite a few appointments, first of all. i had several tests and a biopsy, which then diagnosed me with cancer. you've got to look at what the alternative is if you don't have it done, isn't it, really? i mean, everybody says that word, �*cancer,’ so you imagine it can spread here, there and everywhere. in a number of cases of lung, bone or metastatic breast cancer,

fergus walsh, bbc news. extraordinary news there. that is our medical editor, fergus walsh.n spreading in from the west and they may well be mist and fog patches developing around western coasts and hills, but for many it is a frost—free nights and a frost—free start to the day on thursday. they will be a lot of cloud round, the rain taking a well to ease away eastwards, not as much sunshine around as there is today, the best of the sunshine across northern scotland, where after a chilly start temperatures reach around 8 or 9, but further south highs of 18 degrees. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines... in my head, and in my heart, i know that time is now. that it is right for me, for my party and for the country. and so today i am announcing my intention to step down as first minister and leader of my party. in a shock announcement snp leader, nicola sturgeon, announces she's resigning as scotland's first minister we'll find out more about what her exit means and what's next for scotland. the other main stories... as the search for nicola bulley continues, police

fergus walsh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.ello, thank you, good evening. storm otto through all sorts of weather at the uk today. northern parts of scotland, in fact in aberdeenshire, a wind gust of 83 mph. but further south in worcestershire, some mild air took the temperatures above 17 celsius. very unusual for this point in february. there was storm otto, the swell of cloud easing away north—eastwards. there is another weather system waiting in the wings. this one less potent but it will bring rain for some of us as we head through this evening and tonight. rain for northern ireland, parts of scotland and pushing south—eastwards across england and wales and some snow developing over the high ground in scotland and with that, the risk of some ice. it will be quite a chilly night in the far north of scotland but further south, and extremely mild one, ten or 11 in southern parts of england and wales. tomorrow, band of patchy rain and cloud across the south were clear. another band of cloud and patchy rain across northern irela

he interview with fergus walsh. he made various claims about, interview with fergus walsh.made various claims about, the vaccine generally and in particular vaccination . 5 to 11 particular vaccination. 5 to 11 year olds. so to put this in context, this was december early december 21. and at that point, the vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds hadn't actually been authorised by the mhra , which is authorised by the mhra, which is the medicines and healthcare regulator food products authority. exactly so that's the bodyin authority. exactly so that's the body in the uk. that order authorises a product for use and it hadn't been considered for general rollout to children by gc vii, which is the uk body that considers a certain product will be effectively mass rolled out to a cohort . a joint out to a cohort. a joint committee on vaccination and immunisation. committee on vaccination and immunisation . they love, they immunisation. they love, they love and they love the idea. more coming i'm afraid so. love and they love the idea. more coming i'm afraid so . we more coming i'm afraid

fergus walsh has their story. # nala, charlie. # nala, charlie shaw.ust a normal toddler and then all of a sudden we've just... our worlds have been turned upside down with a terminal diagnosis, that'sjust, you know... you don't really know what to say or what to think, really. nala�*s mld had progressed too far for her to be treated. but it meant the condition was picked up in her sister teddi before damage was done. she�*s at royal manchester children�*s hospital having stem cells removed from her blood — the first stage of a ground—breaking gene therapy. so when they told us that there was treatment available for teddi, it was kind of like a bitter pill to swallow because nala can�*t be helped. so, you know, we�*re extremely grateful in one sense and then really sad on the other sense, though. two months later, teddi�*s personalised therapy, called libmeldy, is ready. scientists have added a working copy of the faulty gene which causes mld to teddi�*s cells. wow. certs. — the magic cells. they�*re your cells. libmeldy costs more than £2.8 million, t

i'm fergus walsh, the bbc�*s medical editor.aw family, from northumberland. mum and dad, ally and jake, and their two daughters, nala and teddi. i've always said nala saved teddi's life. and that's how i've wanted to think about it. whee! the family are living under the shadow of a devastating disease — a rare life—limiting genetic disorder called mld — which is already taking a toll on nala. days out like this are one way the family are building happy memories with their girls. and there's one sure way to please any toddler. more cake? yes, more cake! nala was once just as lively and active as her younger sister. she was such a cheeky little character. she was always, like, kind of, singing, dancing, spinning around everywhere, always laughing. she was just a cheeky little girl. very theatrical, wasn't she? everything was all... every morning, i would do a little instagram video. yay! and everybody would message and just say how she brightens their day, makes their day, because she was just so funny. she was just a completely n