celebrity chefs jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall tell mps the government is not doing enougho fix the ‘catastrophic‘ problem of childhood obesity. and, the royal mint has created a new £5 coin featuring images of prince harry and meghan markle, to commemorate their wedding later this month. it's 5pm — our top story. an nhs trust in northern ireland is recalling 2500 neurology patients, following a review of the work of a consultant. concerns were raised 18 months ago about the diagnosis and treatment of patients who'd been seen by dr michael watt, employed by the belfast health trust. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast for us. this is an awful lot of patients, explain first of all exactly how much we now? never before in northern ireland have so many patients been recalled at once, more than 2500 people, and all of them under the care of a consultant neurologist called dr michael watt. he saw patients in the nhs and also privately. he was an employee, a co nsulta nt privately. he was an employee, a consultant neurologist at the belfast health and social care t

also this hour, jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall have urged a group of mps to tackle childhoodnd for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good evening. well, the champions league is back, and we're one small step away from a place in the main event in kiev in a few weeks' time with the first of the semifinal second legs. and it doesn't get much bigger than real madrid real went into their home leg leading 2—1 from the game in munich and had an ominous start when joshua kimmich gave bayern a vital away goal in just the third minute. but it didn't take long for real to calm fears as they aim for a third—straight champions league. karim benzema equalised on the night. it means real lead 3—2 on aggregate with an hour to go. liverpool or roma await the victors of that tie. the second leg of their semifinal is in rome tomorrow. today italian police calmed fears of hooliganism, saying they can "guarantee the safety of liverpool's fans" if they stick within their guidelines. roma players today trained in "forza sean" shirts in support of sean cox, the liv

hugh fearnley—whittingstall had struggled to have a conversation with the health secretary for englandor campaign and this must be focused on children and principally the bbc will be the organisation to lead it. so i hope discussions which are taking place will produce a very positive programme so that we will see that the 8 million children, many of whom have this serious problem and difficulties ahead, are given the assistance they can to get to better health and future. when you cook your meals from scratch, you know what's in them and you are more likely to stay healthy. so can he assure me that children learn to cook in schools notjust the theory of nutrition? and will he alsojoin me in encouraging the bbc to produce a cookery programme aimed at children? turning into the commissioner of children's programming shortly. i am trying to remember, there is actually a cbbc programme that encourages children to cook. which has gone completely out of my mind, the name of it, but it was popular with my children. a labour peer had some sound advice. having a good breakfast reduces appetite

the tv chefs, jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall, have told a group of mps that childhood obesity "catastrophe" and an "emergency". they've been giving evidence to the commons health committee. the celebrity cooks are urging the government to introduce a range of measures, including restrictions on junk food adverts. we're in an arms race between the big food brands competing with each other again they're extremely good at. and they are racing for our appetites and we are ultimately the losers. we have a big problem now. i have seen that there are a lot of areas that can be taken for the better. i'm right with jamie. we need to see all of these leftist beanpole. chapter two should not be equated to chapter three, four, five. chapter two should be the neck —— let's fix that now chapter. today's the first of many. this is mayday for the obesity crisis. jamie oliver had pushed for the then prime minister david cameron to introduce reforms to tackle childhood obesity and spoke of the lack of action in that government's strategy. when i look over the last child obesity strategy that wa

he was giving evidence, alongside fellow tv chef hugh fearnley whittingstall, to the health committeeobesity. the two food campaigners were delighted, though, about the impact of the sugar tax on soft drinks, introduced last month. mr oliver started campaigning for the tax three years ago. the sugar and drinks tax is only enacted for one week and this has happened. what we have seen even in our first week is two out of three soft drinks companies reduce and reformulate. having lived in a world of voluntary reduction, and the responsibility deal, which at—large, largely did not work. it should have been the accountability deal. i think the tax acted as such, and you saw turbo—charged reformulation. do you agree here? i would not have done that if i did not agree withjamie. he is absolutely right. the sugar tax has been important because it has broken the taboo of mandatory legislation with consequences and i think that is making a huge difference. i think it has been really important as an education piece. the simple fact that it is everybody has talked about it, everybody has thought

jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall gave evidence to an inquiry into childhood obesity by the told mps that it's "wrong" to blatantly marketjunk food to children. but it wasn't all bad news. take the new sugar tax. what we've seen, even our first week, is to out of three soft drinks companies reduce and reformulate. look supermarkets in my area have somehow started an initiative to where children can have fruit when they come into the store. british children and children on the planet are not put on the earth to eat burgers and nuggets, it is not genetic. fruit sales are gently on the up in the uk, vegetable sales are declining. and that is a very serious worry. we have to look at how we did kids eating more vegetables. jamie oliver said it wasn't enough to stop the advertising ofjunk food to children before 6pm. what about during programmes like itv‘s the x factor? 1.2m kids last week, right? and if they watch a whole season of that, that is a junk food movie. that they're going to consume. is it ok to blatantly marketjunk food to our children? right now, with statistics, not

. —— hugh fearnley—whittingstall.vertising is behind this. all those parents watching struggling to get their children to eat vegetables, because we are competing againstan vegetables, because we are competing against an industry ofjunk food advertising. a lot of money spent making those foods attractive. we need to make vegetables more attractive. is it teaching people how to use vegetables. there are ways to buy processed foods as a meal ready. a combination of measures. a fund that we are trying to get support from retailers, the food industry, and lots of support is pouring in. the public are getting behind crowdfunds. we're taking donations from the public to boost up that fund. also with that people are getting access to recipes from celebrity chefs. exciting ways to get vegetables into your kitchen and your children's to get vegetables into your kitchen and your child ren's mouths. to get vegetables into your kitchen and your children's mouths. it is real practical ways as well as advertising to get children ea