hugh pym, bbc news.g held ambition — to fly in a spitfire. 95—year—old hugo broch took to the skies over kent, where the raf held the line during the battle of britain. robert hall has been talking to him. the roar of a merlin engine, heralding the meeting of a great machine with a great pilot. during his career, mostly on the russian front, hugo broch was credited with 81 victories in 324 missions. every german squadron had heard of the spitfire, herr broch had waited most of his life to fly in one. translation: the spitfire was greatly respected. with these machines you have a great chance of feeling free and being able to do what you want. and i expect to get that feeling again today. the spitfire gained its iconic status during the summer of 1940 when the raf fought to hold off an invasion. there is still debate whether whether the planes or the pilots won the battle. as his ground crew hurried to scramble this spitfire ahead of the approaching rain clouds, herr broch clearly remembered the drill. he

hugh pym, bbc news, varna, bulgaria.e — which was used in england and wales until very recently — has concluded that it failed to cut re—offending, and, if anything, made prisoners more likely to commit further similar crimes. the study found that the group therapy sessions may have "normalised" criminal behaviour. the scheme has since been replaced. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in the canadian capital, 0ttawa, tomorrow to celebrate the country's 150th anniversary. it's a nation that thrives on diversity and which welcomes tens of thousands of refugees every year but not everyone is celebrating the country's milestone, as our chief correspondent gavin hewitt reports. the start of a long weekend party. canada has begun celebrating its 150th birthday. millions of people expected to celebrate a young country that unexpectly roots its identity in multiculturalism. canada means home, but it means diversity. we're accepting everyone here. diverts of different minds, sex, everything. why do the celebra

hugh pym, bbc news. between the 18th and 22nd of may. in the last few hours they‘ve located a car in south manchester they believe may be significant to the investigation. meanwhile two of the bomber‘s cousins have told the bbc they had no idea abedi was planning his murderous attack. the two cousins were arrested and questioned for a week, but have since been released without charge. finally, police have released new cctv images, showing the killer shortly before he launched his bomb attack. this report from manchester, and our home affairs correspondent june kelly. a potentially significant development in this investigation say the police. they focus on a nissan micra found in rusholme. people have been moved out of the area including an accommodation block part of manchester royal infirmary. a visit to the hospital by prince william has gone ahead. new images have been released as salman abedi moved around the city he was preparing to attack. he was backin he was preparing to attack. he was back in ma

hugh pym, bbc news, varna, bulgaria.l of one of the victims of the manchester arena bombing. coronation street stars joined mourners in stockport at the funeral of martyn hett, who was a huge fan of the soap. judith moritz reports. martyn hett loved to make an entrance. at 29, he'd planned his own funeral, with two white horses and a splash of showbusiness. his family took a moment for private grief, before a very public celebration for the extrovert blogger. we have received messages from all around the world from people who followed martyn, just waiting for his next hilarious post. martyn loved being in the limelight, and the centre of attention. he will be loving every minute of this fantastic celebration of his life. hello, and welcome to the ten o'clock news, with me, martyn hett. i absolutely adore coronation street... martyn's family played this film, including a tribute to his love of corrie, and his favourite character. some of the cast were there to celebrate their superfan, and watch celebrity tributes. i love

health editor hugh pym, thank you.rsday's general election after being suspended because of the terror attack here on saturday night. security is taking centre stage as the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn has called on the prime minister theresa may to resign for presiding over cuts in police numbers when she was home secretary. the prime minister has defended her record. our political correspondent chris mason reports. what happened in london on saturday night has, for the second time in this campaign, refocused the election on national security. the question is blunt, which leader do you think is the best chance of keeping us safe? when she launched a campaignfor keeping us safe? when she launched a campaign for the conservative leadership last summer, theresa may set out what she sees as the differences between her and labour's jeremy corbyn, from terrorism to nuclear weapons. in this election there is one leader who has made it his life's ambition to get rid of trident, and one who is committed to keeping

our health editor, hugh pym, reports now on the victims, and speaks to the nhs staff who have been helping them. pictures which tell their own tragic stories. those who have lost their lives or who are feared to have died. it was confirmed today that khadija saye, who was 2a, was one of those who perished. she was a promising young artist, and former collea g u es promising young artist, and former colleagues feared the worst after reading herfinal colleagues feared the worst after reading her final tweets from the tower. khadija was the whole package, she was a beautiful soul, a kind person, she was always volunteering, always looking out for young people, birdieing young people, very passionate about her own community and a hugely talented, creative artist kirkuk for family and friends of those who are missing, the agonising wait gets longer. spending much of today putting up edges of his uncle was mo khalil. we don't know. it is a pretty e m pty khalil. we don't know. it is a pretty empty sort of feeling that we've all got. we've got no answers. all just looking at we've all got. we've

hugh pym, bbc news.s as one of the key battle grounds. labour won 25 of the 40 seats in 2015, with the conservatives in second on 11. let's get the latest on how voters are feeling and cross to newport, and speak to our correspondent tomos morgan. newport, a key battle ground because this is one area, two constituencies here, the tories are trying to take from labour. an early polls say that up from labour. an early polls say that up to 11 of labour's seat in the general election will be offered grabs. more recent polls say labour are back in control and will hold onto those 25 seats. there are battle ground is all across wales. but what are the key issues facing voters in wales, what are they voting on? we had an assembly election last year, key policy areas like health and education are devolved. i have asked people what the main issues are for them, and what are the key issues coming out on occasions are brexit and voting on occasions are brexit and voting on the leader they want in westminster. let m

economics editor, kamal ahmed and our europe editor, katya adler, but first here's our health editor, hugh pym election debate on the nhs is largely about england, health is devolved and the administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland don't have elections this time. money is the dominant issue, how much more will be needed to cope with rising patient demand and the complex health needs of an ageing population? the conservatives say they'll spend a bit more than under current plans. labour and the liberal democrats are planning bigger funding increases, paid for by specific tax rises. but some health think tanks say none of them have come up with enough. staffing and recruitment is another major challenge. labour and the liberal democrats both say they'd end pay restraint to allow bigger pay rises for nhs staff. the conservatives want to see thousands more mental health staff recruited. as for social care, the debate's been dominated by a row over how much people should have to pay to be looked after in a care home or for carers to go to where they live and how much of the bill the

our health editor hugh pym has more. that target the waiting times for routine surgery and treatmentnhs england is 18 weeks. ahead of a nhs england says performance would be allowed to sleep because of other urgent health service rarities. but the royal college of service argues this would be an increasing number of patients in during long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says 100,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for nonurgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013. a time treatment in march, up 180% on march 20 13. a time when treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013. a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases we re being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology. we know that we need to have more facilities for planned surgery, we need to have better planning or planned surgery, and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labou

hugh pym, bbc news, varna, bulgaria.r—year deal includes men's and women's international and domestic t20 matches. well, we can speak to ebony rainford—brent, who was the first black woman to play for the england's women's team and is now a summariser on bbc test match special. she joins us from st neot‘s in cambridgeshire. ebony, for me growing up, richie benaud and other players where the sound of summer in our house, what we re sound of summer in our house, what were your memories of terrestrial tv and cricket coverage? in the early days there was a bit of a void where no one was into cricket and i fell in love with it when i was 16 and i saw some cricket on tv. i think without that, because i did not have that here support of people being into the game, growing up in a very inner city area which did not really appreciate cricket, being able to see and related to what i was playing at school and in some other environments, i think that is what helped me fall in love. this is like a game changer for our sport. helped m

hugh pym, bbc news.police who were among the first to respond to the may 22 attack at the arena. he spoke to one police constable who was off duty at the time and at the concert waiting for his daughter when the bomber struck. this report from our correspondent frankie mccamley. arriving at greater manchester police headquarters. the force at the centre of the investigation into the terror attack. prince william meeting officers who were some of the first on the scene to hear about the incredible work they carried out. 11 of us got into a carrier that seated nine to get as many officers down there. even on the way down, driving down stockport road, we had a feeling it would be a hoax and we would turn around and go back to longsight. as more and more calls came in, you realised it is what it is. next stop, manchester cathedral, talking to people from the community who went above and beyond to help those injured. his royal highness attending a service and signing the book of condolence to show his support

let's get more from our health editor hugh pym.m nhs england and we were talking about how speedy the response was, immediately you are thinking will there be enough blood or staff on call. tell us what you have heard happens. national blood and transplant, the agency for blood supplies, has made it clear they have enough supplies and they are not specifically seeking donors. seven people dead, but not on the scale of other incidents. exactly, and in manchester there were queues of donors which exemplifies the public response. then the centres said they had enough. nhs england have made clear that of these 36 or 35, a slight ambiguity about the numbers in hospital, 21 are in critical care. that is quite a high percentage, illustrating how severe some of the injuries are. it does not mean they are all in a critical condition. it could mean they are in a high dependency unit. that is the latest on the nhs. the first responders were so quick to the scene. it pays tribute to how they stabilise in terms of triage and getting people to h

hugh pym, bbc news.enate's july 11th recess. the decision comes after five republican senators, enough to block a motion to proceed with the bill, said they would oppose the measure. 0ur senior north america reporter anthony zurcher is joining me now from washington. mr mcconnell did not believe he could get its roof. this is a setback for the republicans? absolutely —— this through. the votes were not there. the republicans needed 50 votes to pass this legislation. their word least five republicans expressing concern about the bill. they wanted to try and get this path before the end of the week because republicans are going home for the 11th ofjuly recess where they are going to be bottas abating in parades and meeting with constituents and holding town halls. they will get an earfulfrom their holding town halls. they will get an earful from their voters on the left and right about this bill, which was generally not that popular. they will have to address it when they come back in july, will have to ad

in a moment we'll hear from our health editor hugh pym and our europe editor, katya adler, but first or battling to be the next prime minister, there are three big economic challenges that are pretty familiar. that living standards squeeze, the state of the public finances and that brexit deal. the parties have laid out pretty different approaches, but there is one central promise from all of them — they will balance the books, they say, when it comes to government financing. the conservatives say that only they can provide the foundations for a strong economy, for enhanced workers' rights and a good brexit deal. but critics say that a theresa may win would only lead to harsher levels of austerity for longer. for labour, the talk is all about a fairer economy. fewer cuts, more public investment. yes, they say, that borrowing would rise and there would be higher taxes for the wealthy and for business. when it comes to the eu, they say they want a close relationship. the big challenge, do their sums add up? now for the liberal democrats, they have also pledged an increase in income tax

was an incredibly busy time treating the victims of burns and smoke inhalation. 0ur health editor hugh pyms of nhs staff who treated victims through wednesday night. siren. king's college hospital, one of london's major trauma centres, its staff on the front line of the nhs response to the traumatic and horrific aftermath of the westminster and london bridge attacks, and this week grenfell tower. doctor tom best arrived in the early hours of wednesday. the urgent task was to clear the airways of victims of smoke inhalation and then the particles in their lungs. we found and lots of soot lining the lungs. some of that was quite hot when it got into the lungs, and so there were some burns underneath. we washed out as much of that soot as we possibly could to remove it. the emotion at the end of a punishing week is raw. it's... sorry.

numbers of patients will have to wait for long periods in pain and discomfort. 0ur health editor, hugh pyms to stay off work. seven weeks ago, he told us how stressful it was. i go to bed, i‘m in pain, i wake up, i‘m in pain. but he still hasn‘t had the operation, and when we caught up with him today, he told us even his consultant was amazed it hadn‘t happened yet. he said i am now on the urgent list but i was on the urgent list before so i take that with a pinch of salt. the day that i get the notice for my operation, i‘ll be so happy. but at the moment, i have to wait. the target for waiting times for routine surgery in england is 18 weeks, but recently, nhs england said that would be downgraded because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argues this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for nonurgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when waiting time targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology,

12 of them are critically ill. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports now on the victims, and speaks toch tell their own tragic stories. those who have lost their lives or who are feared to have died. it was confirmed today that khadija saye, who was 2a, was one of those who perished. she was a promising young artist, and former collea g u es promising young artist, and former colleagues feared the worst after reading herfinal colleagues feared the worst after reading her final tweets from the

here's our health editor hugh pym.ing cancer and treatment plans were among letters from hospitals which never got to gps. a company contracted to forward mailfor patient gps. a company contracted to forward mail for patient twhos had moved gps. a company contracted to forward mailfor patient twhos had moved or changed doctors allowed letters to pile up in a warehouse. a report by the watchdog the national audit office said a backlog of 709,000 letters built up. for everyone, every bit of correspondence, they're looking to see if there was harm and they're letting the patients know and getting experts to look at it. they have identified potential harm. for those cases they're looking into it to find out has there been actual harm caused. patients' representatives are angry that the programme was allowed to continue for so long and some people may find their care was affected. we are shocked on behalf of patients that such a scandal has occurred. and to add to that, the lack of transparency is worrying. for everyone. an

our health editor, hugh pym reports. john has been waiting since last year for a back operation.ff work. seven weeks ago, he told us how stressful it was. i go to bed, i'm in pain, i wake up, i'm in pain. but he still hasn't had the operation, and when we caught up with him today, he told us even his consultant was amazed it hadn't happened yet. he said i am now on the urgent list but i was on the urgent list before so i take that with a pinch of salt. the day that i get the notice for my operation, i'll be so happy. but at the moment, i have to wait. the target for waiting times for routine surgery in england is 18 weeks, but recently, nhs england said that would be downgraded because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argues this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for nonurgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when waiting time targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose

hugh pym has more...hs england, simon stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. we know we need to have more facilities for planned surgery. we need to have better planning for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labour said it would increase nhs funding and restore the 18 week treatment target, which it says has been abandoned, to bring people of the waiting list. to bring people off the waiting lis

our health editor, hugh pym, is outside king's college hospital.ome of the injuries these people suffered. of the 48 taken to hospital last night, 25 across london, 36 are still in hospital, including here at kings college hospital in south london foot of the 36, 21 are in critical care. some of those very seriously injured. the hospital with the most number of those is this one, king's college hospitalfor is a bit as part of a major trauma network across the south east, hospitals geared up to take large numbers of casualties in emergency situations like this. there was a well rehearsed plan, apparently. scenarios like this had been envisaged. there had been rehearsals beforehand so the london ambulance service knew precisely which hospitals to take casualties too, including this one. london and berlin service got to the scene extremely quickly, injust berlin service got to the scene extremely quickly, in just six minutes. —— london ambulance service. it could take patients to this hospital quickly and others. theresa may made a short visit earlier

our health editor hugh pym has been talking to two members of nhs staff who treated victims through wednesday of the nhs response to the traumatic and horrific aftermath of the westminster and london bridge attacks, and this week, grenfell tower. dr tom best arrived in the early hours of wednesday. the urgent task was to clear the airways of victims of smoke inhalation and then the particles in their lungs. we found lots of soot lining the lungs. some of that was quite hot when it got into the lungs, and so there were some burns underneath. we washed out as much of that soot as we possibly could to remove it. the emotion at the end of a punishing week is raw. it's... sorry. on a professional level, i feel immensely proud, but there is something so enormous about what's happened is that it's impossible to comprehend. for most staff, there was a need to care for families in distress as well as the patients themselves. how did you feel at the end of your shift? it's really tough. i think when you're working, you just powered through a bit and it's only when you step back and you finish at the en

here's our health editor hugh pym.ients who had moved or changed doctors allowed letters to pile up in a warehouse. a report by the watchdog the national audit office said a backlog of 709,000 letters built up. all the letters are being checked in a process which will cost £6.6 million or more. for everyone, every bit of correspondence, they're looking to see if there was harm and they're letting the patients know and getting experts to look at it. they have identified potential harm. for those cases they're looking into it to find out, has there been actual harm caused? patients' representatives are angry that the problem was allowed to continue for so long before action was taken, and that some people may find their care was affected. we are shocked on behalf of patients that such a scandal has occurred. and to add to that, the lack of transparency is worrying for everyone, and patients will have their confidence in the system dented even further. a department of health spokesperson said no cases of harm to patients

our health editor hugh pym reports.s for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. we know we need to have more facilities for planned surgery. we need to have better planning for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labour said it would increase nhs funding and restore the 18 week treatment target, which it says has been abandoned,

our health editor hugh pym has more. simon stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. we know we need to have more facilities for planned surgery. we need to have better planning for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labour said it would increase nhs funding and restore the 18 week treatment target, which it says has been abandoned, to bring people of the waiting list. the conservatives said there had been a sharp

i want to pick up with hugh pym, our bbc health editor. health is a devolved issue, isn't it?volved administrations. and the key issue, and we saw you two talking about it is funding. layout the stall who is saying what on funding? the head of the nhs in england simon stevens said by 2020 health demand will outstrip the supply of money by £30 billion. so how do we fill that? so the government, the conservative government said just over £8 billion will come from government, but the rest has to come from efficiencies and finding savings elsewhere. so thatis and finding savings elsewhere. so that is the gap, the hole that's been talked about. this election campaign has seen pledges out to 2022, the conservatives have added a bit to that £8 billion. labour and the liberal democrats want to get the liberal democrats want to get the money quickerfrom the liberal democrats want to get the money quicker from year one or two. some of the health think—tanks and experts are saying none of them are and experts are saying none of them a re really and experts are saying none of them are rea

our health editor hugh pym is at kings college hospital in south london.ospitals have major incident plans to bring in extra staff overnight. they did not know how many casualties they had to deal with but brought in extra doctors and nurses that went according to plan as well. the head of nhs england said he paid tribute to the professionalism of staff and their bravery as they move towards danger as they went about their business of tending to patients. as we mentioned earlier, police raided several properties in barking in east london and arrested 12 people in connection with last night‘s attack. one of the homes raided is believed to be where one of the attackers lived. our special correspondent ed thomas has the latest on the extensive police investigation. tonight, the focus of the police investigation — a block of flats in barking. women escorted from the building. these pictures were taken by those living inside. armed police surround them, lying on the floor with their hands behind their backs. so far, 12 people have been arrested. the bbc also un