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haemophilia society —related his advice to the members.ids. he reported as much to the uk centre for disease surveillance. he was a member of the various committees involved in the response to aids and disastrously the department of health and social security was over influenced by his advice, in particular his advice to continue importing commercialfactor importing commercial factor concentrates when importing commercialfactor concentrates when the leader... had advised against it. inexplicably, no government minister was shown the epidemiological advice to suspend imports until the risk of aids was better understood. the decision taken injuly1983 not to suspend them was a bad one for a number of reasons. one was the idea that the risk of aids was out balanced by the benefits of using the products because it was said in the products because it was said in the case of haemophilia it was life—saving. that ignored both the fact that most treatments for people with haemophilia were not used in life—threatening situations and the fact that the

live who is now the head of the haemophilia society. the head of the haemophilia socie . ,., . and healthca re professionals servants and healthcare professionals for many years have thought they know best. well, today the community knows best and i think wanted the overwhelming emotions today will be one of vindication. cathy married nearly 1999, just two years later he died. he had contracted hepatitis c after a single blood transfusion a decade earlier. at the enquiry today, cathy said make you carry grief or ever. my husband died, potentially _ died, potentially unnecessarily, and my future could have been very different and my life could have been very different and my life could be very different. the prime minister _ could be very different. the prime minister said - could be very different. the prime minister said it was a day of shame, when he spoke on the common. it day of shame, when he spoke on the common-— the common. it did not have to be this way- — the common. it did not have to be this way. it _ the common. it did not have to be this way. it should - the common

there were emotional hugs seeing a childhood friends of stuart's, clive, who is now head of the haemophilia societyyears thought that they know best. well, today the community knows best and i think one of the overwhelming emotions today will be one of vindication. cathy married neil in 1999. just two years later, he died. he had contracted hepatitis c after a single blood transfusion earlier. my husband died potentially unnecessarily in my future could have been very different in my life been very different. the prime minister said it was a day of shame when he spoke in the commons. it did not have to be this way. it should never have been this way. and on behalf of this and every government stretching back to the 1970s, i am truly sorry. the apology was noted, but today was all about the victims and those present and remembering lives lost. tomorrow, they will want to hear plans for compensation. donald trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has completed his fourth and final day of testimony at the ex—president�*s criminal trial in new york. the prosecution has now rested its case. our

were emotional hugs, seeing a childhood friend of stuart's, clive, who was now ahead of the haemophilia society health care professionals for many years have thought they know best. today, the community knows best and i think one of the overwhelming emotions today will be one of vindication. cathy married neal in 1999, just two years later he died. he had contracted hepatitis c after a single blood transfusion a decade earlier. at the inquiry today cathy said, "you carry grief forever". my husband died potentially unnecessarily, and my future could have been very different, and life could have been very different. from the prime minister, there was an apology in the commons. it did not have to be this way. it should never have been this way. and on behalf of this and every government stretching back to the 1970s, i am truly sorry. the apology was noted, but today was all about the victims and those present remembering lives lost. tomorrow, they will want to hear plans for compensation. hugh pym, bbc news as the prime minister said it did not have to be this way. the uk was not the only country

personally impacted, let�*s not forget that and earlier, i spoke to clive smith, chair of the haemophilia society i got his reaction to the day. age of 27. i got his reaction to the da . ., . , ., age of 27. i got his reaction to the da. ., ., ., ., , day. roller-coaster of emotions, sadness, bitterness, _ day. roller-coaster of emotions, sadness, bitterness, regret - day. roller-coaster of emotions, sadness, bitterness, regret for i day. roller-coaster of emotions, i sadness, bitterness, regret for the sadness, bitterness, regret forthe people who sadness, bitterness, regret for the people who aren�*t sadness, bitterness, regret forthe people who aren�*t here sadness, bitterness, regret for the people who aren�*t here and sadness, bitterness, regret forthe people who aren�*t here and that is where my primary thoughts are today and for the people who find it too difficult to be here today and even those who are here today in the whole, some people have found it too hard to read the report. the findings and the words are so hard hitting for the community that it has been very traumatic for them. b

the haemophilia society did actually ask for ken clarke's peerage to be put on hold in 2020.will be legal repercussions to what we are reading in this report? i repercussions to what we are reading in this report?— in this report? i think it is unlikely — in this report? i think it is unlikely on _ in this report? i think it is unlikely on a _ in this report? i think it is unlikely on a personal - in this report? i think it is i unlikely on a personal level, in this report? i think it is - unlikely on a personal level, a lot of people — unlikely on a personal level, a lot of people involved are no longer here, _ of people involved are no longer here, and — of people involved are no longer here, and the sorts of legal cases will be _ here, and the sorts of legal cases will be complex to mount and will take further yes. if you look at previous— take further yes. if you look at previous horrific injustices where we have — previous horrific injustices where we have finally had a public inquiry decades— we have finally had a public inquiry decades later and justice has been served

campaigners today in the inquiry, firstly from clive smith , from the haemophilia smith, from the haemophilia society and then from jason evans , who is the leader in a evans, who is the leader in a high court claim that is going on at the moment. have a listen to what they had to say . to what they had to say. >> i think many of the politicians should hang their headsin politicians should hang their heads in shame . politicians should hang their heads in shame. i think for politicians should hang their heads in shame . i think for the heads in shame. i think for the first time we've seen people like jeremy hunt and other health secretaries speak up recently and actually start to acknowledge their part in this scandal because no single person is responsible for this scandal. it's been the result of generations of denial, delay and cover up. and there are . whilst cover up. and there are. whilst there might be an apology later today from the prime minister it's not just the prime minister who holds responsibility and accountability for this. there are many others out there and i would expect over the

well, joining me now is kate burt, who's the chief executive of the haemophilia society. a hugely significant day, one that campaigners have waited many, many years for. can i first get your reaction to this historic report finally being delivered ? report finally being delivered? >> well, you're absolutely right . we've been waiting for decades since this scandal started to emerge for this report to come out . out. >> and in that time, over 3000 people have died from the infections given to them through their nhs , nhs treatment and their nhs, nhs treatment and contaminated blood and as you said, the uk ignored warnings from the world health organisations not to create blood products from plasma pools of more than 20 people from the 19705 of more than 20 people from the 1970s onwards, plasma was harvested on an industrial scale. >> tens of thousands of people's donations were pooled, and in the united states they had a dangerously deregulated system where people were paid for their blood, and that attracted people in fairly desperate circumstances, and they targeted pris

according to the charity the haemophilia society, between the start of the investigation and the publication0 people have died that were not previously reported. the investigation began in 2018, after the year before in 2017, then prime minister theresa may announced the start of the proceedings. their families have suffered pain and deprivation, they deserve answers and the investigation i announced today will give them those answers so they know why this happened and how it happened, it is a horrific tragedy and it should never have happened. the investigation heard testimony from hundreds of witnesses and reviewed thousands of documents. politicians featured in the investigation include former prime minister john major, and former health minister jeremy hunt and andy b... now about life in europe, where, following the united states, the zombie apocalypse continues to gain momentum. fintanila, the xylazine epidemic has covered the old world, selozin. moreover, these are sedative injections for cattle. the streets of european cities, like the united states, were filled with twisted, hoverin

what so the haemophilia society said back in 2020, this man should not get his peerage.of ministers have been unfavourably, you know, exposed in this inquiry but actually his behaviour he hasn't covered himself in glory in all of this. >> and that's been very difficult, i think, in kind of really making the suffering worse for the family. >> he's a, he's, he's his response in the public inquiry was appalling. he was rude, truculent. why are you asking me all these questions? because it's a public inquiry. and ken clarke is a lawyer, too. and he's always had this sort of avuncular, friendly. ken clarke likes a pint, likes a cigar. he was appalling in that inquiry. and there is this clamour. so we'll be having a debate about whether he should lose his peerage. >> we've got an exclusive interview with the prime minister. yeah. katherine forster in vienna, which i think is being done as we speak. so thatis is being done as we speak. so that is going to be hot off the press this morning. >> and he's very chuffed because the austrian government, he's out there as a guest of th

according to the charity the haemophilia society, between the start of the investigation and the publicationr 650 people have died that were not previously reported, the investigation began in... after a year earlier, in 2017, then prime minister theresa may announced the start of the proceedings. the victims their family have endured pain and deprivation, they deserve answers and the investigation i announced today will give them those answers so they know why this happened and how it happened, it is a horrific tragedy and it should never have happened. the investigation heard testimony from hundreds of witnesses and reviewed thousands of documents. number of politicians represented in the investigation. let's move to the area where the special military operation, our military correspondent evgeniy podubny is working in the kharkov direction, he makes direct contact, evgeniy, hello, how is the situation, ukrainian resources write that another direction for the offensive of the russian army has appeared, moreover, the west is speaking loudly. that we are about to cross the border in the sumy

school funded by, in part by the nhs , and unbelievably, by the nhs, and unbelievably, by the haemophilia societye, these this research into the boys , we're research into the boys, we're going to bring that up and what, what i must make one point as well. we don't want the government to deflect , with, government to deflect, with, with any statements or any , with any statements or any, figures about compensation on the 20th, a week, a fortnight today when the inquiry report. we want this to be our day. you know, we waited 40 well, some near 50 years for this inquiry. and we want, we want truth, justice. we want accountability for all those that suffered and have died. and we want we want the government feet held to the fire for what they've done to so many. you know, 3000 people have died as a result of this. >> richard, we've seen recently there are echoes here of the post office scandal, this idea of the david versus the goliath , of the david versus the goliath, the sort of faceless corporate entity which has impacted so many ordinary people's lives. >> obviously, in your situation , >> obvi

the chairman of the haemophilia society, i believe, is with katherine forster. now >> yes.and emily. this 2500 page report from sir brian langstaff really couldn't be any more damning. he says there was a subtle, pervasive and chilling cover up and also the deliberate destruction of documents. and it's had a devastating impact on many people's lives. 3000 people already, as we know, have died . already, as we know, have died. and i'm joined now by andrew march. now, andrew was infected with hiv when he was nine years old. andrew, thank you very much for talking to us today on gb news. can you just take us back to when you were nine? what happened when your family were told that that you'd been given infected blood? well the news came sort of gradually over, you know, a period of a few months. >> but from that point, our family was changed beyond recognition . there's no frame of recognition. there's no frame of reference for what we would have been , what we could have been, been, what we could have been, being infected with hiv. it's been life changing and life limiting ,

the haemophilia society this morning saying they think these findings when they are published at lunchtimetoday, in about an hour myself and 150 journalists but more importantly hundreds of families will be invited into a room in the building behind me and we will be given advanced reading and knowledge of that report. 0n the strict understanding that nothing can leave that building until around lunchtime. the reason they have done this is because this report is expected to be dense and detailed, about 2000 pages long, covering lots of different aspects of this inquiry. i think the organisers wanted the family and the media to understand this as best they could before those findings were released at 12:30pm this afternoon. at 2:30pm we are expecting an address from sir brian langstaff, the chair of the inquiry, a service of remembrance will be held later on —— and then at about 5:30pm we are expecting a government response from rishi sunak. later on we are expecting some announcement from ligament about compensation for these victims. we have not got —— from the government about compensati