hugh pym reporting. son has published a chain of e—mails which show that he was keen to accept an apparent offer from the russian government last year to help his father's presidential campaign. donald trumpjunior is promised official documents that would incriminate his father's rival, hillary clinton. it led to a meeting in new york between a russian lawyer, mrtrumpjuniorand two of his father's key advisers. 0ur chief correspondent, gavin hewitt, has this report. congratulations, dad, we love you. donald trumer was at the heart of his father's election campaign. today, he embarked on a high—risk strategy. fearing more revelations about a meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer in june of last year, he decided to disclose the e—mails today between himself and the publicist who arranged the meeting. the e—mails raised serious and disturbing questions. the four pages of e—mails reveal exchanges between trumpjnr, and a british publicist, rob goldstone. in one e—mail, mr goldstone offers to put him in

hugh pym, bbc news, varna, bulgaria.ther in the canadian capital, 0ttawa, on saturday to celebrate the country's 150th anniversary. it is a nation that thrives on diversity, and which welcomes tens of thousands of refugees every yea r. 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. cheering. millions of people expected to salute a young country, that unashamedly roots its identity in multiculturalism. canada to me means home, obviously, but it means diversity. we're very accepting of everyone here. diversity, different views, different minds, everything. why do all these celebrations matter? canada finds itself in the spotlight, astride one of the great faultlines of the moment. its prime minister, justin trudeau, has become a standard bearer for liberalism, in stark contrast to his neighbour to the south, donald trump. justin trudeau made a point of going to the airport with warm

hugh pym, bbc news.ns take place to remember the dead on the 100th anniversary of the battle of passchendaele— one of the bloodiest of the first world war. and, still to come: donald trump shows off his new chief of staff — but can he bring order to a blow for the world championships that start in london on friday, david rhodesia has pulled out. it may have happened to you at some point, that moment when you realise you've gone over your overdraft limit. now the financial conduct authority is calling for fundamental changes to the way banks respond, especially their high charges. most recent figures show a quarter of customers with an overdraft agreement went beyond that limit. in total £1.2 billion in charges and fees were paid to banks for unarranged overd rafts. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz reports. voiceover: meet v0|ceover: meet one of the millions who has fallen into a financial trap which we are now told has no place in modern banking. 0liver, telephone engineer from in moder

hugh pym, bbc news.e disqualified from holding executive posts after a government investigation. the insolvency service says it's bringing court proceedings against camilla batmanghelidjh, and the bbc broadcaster alan yentob. in all, nine of the charity's former directors could be banned for up to six years. kids company shut down in 2015, despite receiving a grant of £3 million from the government. the family of a 12—year—old girl who died in the grenfell tower fire have paid tribute to her. jessica urbano ramirez has now been formally identified as one of the victims. in a statement, her family said she was "loving, kind—hearted and caring, and brought joy to everyone she met". they said they will not rest until until they get justice for her. at least 80 people died in the blaze last month. there's been widespread international condemnation of a controversial election in venezuela, giving sweeping new powers to president maduro. more than a hundred people have died in months of protests against his re

hugh pym, bbc news.s of cambridge found themselves pitted against each other in a rowing race in germany. they were coxing rival boats in the city of heidlelberg, the latest stop on their european tour. after some words of advice from their team mates, william got off to a good start, and ultimately proved too strong for kate, with his boat winning by almost a length. and it was his honour to celebrate the occasion, cracking open a barrel of beer at the finish line. the 146th open championship is under way at royal birkdale, near southport, where some of the world's best golfers are competing for the claretjug. no—one from britain or northern ireland has won the trophy on the course. already, the weather has played a big part in the fortune of the players, as andy swiss reports. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the open at royal birkdale... a warm welcome for the fans but not exactly the players. a brisk breeze meant testing conditions for the early starters, and for most the leaderboard ma

and our health editor, hugh pym, is with me now.d to wait so long for this inquiry? well, sophie, the government line is that it's a lwa ys the government line is that it's always had an open mind but in the last few weeks, new evidence has emerged. some published in a newspaper and there's other material held by andy burnham, alleging criminality that he is ready top hand over to police. and there is a political issue only on sunday the leaders of the main opposition parties at westminster, including the dup, wrote jient letter calling for a public inquiry into this scandal. that's highly significant, given parliamentary arithmetic these days. so with a debate due to start at twoemsd, called by —— to start at westminster, called by a labour mp, the government moved. the scottish government has welcomed this and said it would be a uk—wide exercise. whatever the reasons, whatever the fa cts , whatever the reasons, whatever the facts, the victims and their families have welcomed what they see this, as a landmark move, but they've yet

hugh pym, bbc news.nts, liu xiaobo, has died of cancer a month after he was moved from prison to hospital. he was 61. he'd been serving an 11—year sentence for "inciting subversion of state power". mr liu won the nobel peace prize in 2010 for his pursuit of democracy in china. there have been tributes from around the world. the leader of the norwegian nobel committee said the government in beijing bore a heavy responsibility for his death. our china editor, carrie gracie, reports. liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week. reunited with his wife only at the end. and still, under the watchful eye of the state. two foreign doctors were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government's claim that it had done what it could. along with videos to deflect the charge that his cancer was neglected until too late. but he was denied his dying wish — to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases one after another, but it has still come as a big shock. becau

hugh pym, bbc news.ed child abuse injersey‘s care system will be published this afternoon. it follows a three—year public inquiry, which has heard from more than 600 witnesses. a police investigation recorded more than 500 alleged offences, most of which were said to have been committed at the haut de la garenne children's home. robert hall reports from jersey. i used to be woken up some nights with screaming from the boys. they put dettol in my mouth. he hung himself. he was only 14. don't say anything to anybody. their cries of anguish were stifled, ignored or dismissed. but for the past two years, the story ofjersey's abuse victims has finally been told. in 2007, a worrying pattern of abuse claims led to a secret police investigation involving a number of care homes and youth organisations. but within a few months the secret was out. a series of witnesses had reported decades of abuse here at haut de la garenne, a former children's home. alarmed by claims of deaths here, forensic teams took the home a

hugh pym, bbc news.ished this afternoon. it follows a three—year public inquiry, which has heard from more than 600 witnesses. a police investigation recorded more than 500 alleged offences, most of which were said to have been committed at the haute de la garenne children's home. robert hall reports from jersey. i used to be woken up some nights with screaming from the boys. they put dettol in my mouth. he hung himself. he was only 14. don't say anything to anybody. their cries of anguish were stifled, ignored or dismissed. but for the past two years, the story ofjersey's abuse victims has finally been told. in 2007, a worrying pattern of abuse claims led to a secret police investigation involving a number of care homes and youth organisations. but within a few months the secret was out. a series of witnesses had reported decades of abuse here at haut de la garenne, a former children's home. alarmed by claims of deaths here, forensic teams took the home apart. they recovered fragments of bone and dozens

hugh pym, bbc news.ent of the royal college of psychiatrists. thanks for coming in. i am sure this is welcome news to you and your former colleagues. is it workable? can they recruit this staggering number of nurses in record time? 0bviously number of nurses in record time? obviously this is good news. we could say it is too long in coming. we have raised expectations and demand, and added pressure to the system, but it is better late than never. we have to make sure we do recruit people and they have jobs and they stay in those jobs. that is the problem we are seeing with nurses as well. the care and quality commission report into mental health did expose a shortage of staff, a shortage of trained staff, a shortage of trained staff, a shortage of trained staff, a shortage of resources. it's the nhs all over. why would this be any different? i don't think we needed this cqc to tell us we had a shortage of staff. people working in the system know that. we have to work out how we overcome that. partly by r

here's our health editor hugh pym.ental health care has suffered in recent years according to campaigners and charities, with patients often experiencing long waits for nhs treatment. the government says that is changing with new investment and an expansion of the mental health workforce in england. we have worked out exactly how me more doctors, nurses, therapists we need, we have worked out where we think we can get them from, and like all plans it will be challenging to deliver it but we are determined to hold true to our promise to transform mental health services. the plan involves an extra 21,000 mental health staff in england by the 2020 financial year, including children's services, adult talking therapies and crisis care. official figures show that there was a fall in the number of mental health nurses of more than 6600 between 2010 and 2016. the move has been welcomed by the royal college of nursing, though leaders are sceptical about what can be delivered. how are we going to do that in such a short timescal

here's our health editor, hugh pym.th care has suffered in recent years according to campaigners and charities, with patients often experiencing long wait for nhs treatment. the government says that is changing with new investment and an expansion of the mental health workforce in england. we have worked out exactly how me more doctors, nurses, therapists we need, we have worked out where we think we can get them from, and like all plans it will be challenging to deliver it but we are determined to hold true to our promise to transform mental health services. the plan involves an extra 21,000 mental health staff in england by the 2020 financial year, including children's services, adults talking therapies and crisis care. official figures show that there was a fall in the number of mental health nurses of more than 6600 between 2010 and 2016. the move has been welcomed by the royal college of nursing, though leaders are sceptical about what can be delivered. how are we going to do that in such a short timescale when oth

our health editor hugh pym.overnment secretary sajid javid told the local government association that it must up its game following the grenfell tower disaster. he told a meeting marking the lga's 20th anniversary the fire at grenfell should simply have not happened, and the response afterwards was not up to scratch. 0ur correspondent is in birmingham where the local government association is holding its conference. pretty firm words from the communities secretary towards the communities secretary towards the lga but then criticism has been levelled at so many places and so many people over the response to grenfell, not least the government itself. yeah, i think the government really ca m e itself. yeah, i think the government really came here today to make a big announcement, which was about £2. 3 billion fund towards infrastructure so billion fund towards infrastructure so they can build more houses, local authorities could build affordable houses, of course everything has been over—shadowed, as has the politi

hugh pym, bbc news.aring at stormont. deadlines have passed without agreement so far. the mood music is not looking good, chris?m has not been here at stormont, where the northern ireland parties are based. the tour continued over the weekend but no sign of a breakthrough deal that would restore the devolved government here in northern ireland, which collapsed almost six months ago. in the last half an hour or almost six months ago. in the last halfan hourorso, almost six months ago. in the last half an hour or so, james brokenshire has been speaking in the house of commons about where he sees things going. he is encouraging the parties to talk some more and says he is prepared to put in place new legislation, the legal deadline for an agreement having passed on thursday. if the parties reach a deal this week, he says he can do it that quickly. he acknowledges that there are pressures resulting from there are pressures resulting from the fact that there is no power—sharing executive in place, treasures i

here's our health editor hugh pym.eover: underfunded and not prioritised, mental health care has suffered in recent years according to campaigners and charities, with patients often experiencing long wait for nhs treatment. the government says that is changing with new investment and an expansion of the mental health workforce in england. we have worked out exactly how me more doctors, nurses, therapists we need, we have worked out where we think we can get them from, and like all plans it will be challenging to deliver it but we are determined to hold true to our promise to transform mental health services. the plan involves an extra 21,000 mental health staff in england by the 2020 financial year, including children's services, adults talking therapies and crisis care. 0fficialfigures show adults talking therapies and crisis care. official figures show that there was a fall in the number of mental health nurses of more than 6600 between 2010 and 2016. the move has been welcomed by the royal couege has been welcomed b

our health editor hugh pym is in westminster.ppened and what has been announced today. it has been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs, because these were patients treated, in the case of haemophiliacs, they needed blood clotting products. these were imported from the united states, and they came into the uk tainted with hepatitis c and hiv. 2400 tainted with hepatitis c and hiv. 2&00 patients, receiving treatment in good faith, contracted these diseases and died. thousands more we re diseases and died. thousands more were infected. it has been seen as a burning injustice by the victims, and the families, and it has been acknowledged now by ministers as an injustice. what happened is the government is set, there is a debate in the commons right now on the subject, the history of contaminated blood, the government will confirm details of a full enquiry, which will be uk wide. the interesting thing is, we have already had an enquiry paid for by the victims, a private enquiry headed by a judge, which covered largely

nhs england says support services are available. 0ur health editor hugh pym has more.l scars will take a lot longer. i think what the nhs needs to do... shaheen, who lives near grenfell tower, is one of a team of volunteers working with the nhs to reach local people most in need of support. from his own experience, he knows what others could be going through. i live in a tower, as well, so in those first few days, i could not sleep, at all. i could not stop thinking about the tower, grenfell tower, and i could not stop thinking about people in need. also, because i live in a tower, i think, that could have been me. local gps near grenfell tower say that, four weeks on, people are still coming in with acute stress. evidence suggests the most serious problems can emerge sometime after a traumatic event. it's starting to have an effect on them now, in terms of anxiety symptoms, not being able to sleep at night. i've had patients in who wake up at nighttime, hearing the screaming from the building, and it's very distressing for these patients. another doctor makes this urg

our health editor hugh pym is here. just explain why the change has come about.own at the accommodation of someone they are looking after with serious living to —— disabilities. for years the government allowed the provider of the carer to pay a basic lump sum for that overnight of say £30. a little bit more if the care worker was disturbed in the night. but after a couple of employment tribunal is the government changed tack and said no they must be paid at least minimum wage for those hours, which could be double the basic lump sum. hmrc revenue and customs has started to go suit some of the care providers for back pay going back six years which could total £400 million. mencap one of the largest providers says it will be absolutely punitive, some will be put in danger of insolvency. the smaller charities that provide the ca re smaller charities that provide the care of. and the losers will be the 180,000 people with learning disabilities who may struggle to find the right level of care. the unions support back payment of the minimum wage, they say it is only w

let's find out more from our health editor, hugh pym. what are these trusts saying?land to report back urgently on fire safety. nhs improvement, the regulator, was charged with putting that through. they identified 38 trusts is regarded as a priority, where they felt the paperwork on the cladding they had was not totally satisfactory, and that via checks we re satisfactory, and that via checks were needed. 0f satisfactory, and that via checks were needed. of those 38, we have heard that 19 had been given the all clear. the other 19 have started 24—hour fire clear. the other 19 have started 24—hourfire warden clear. the other 19 have started 24—hour fire warden patrols. clear. the other 19 have started 24—hourfire warden patrols. 0f those 19, three have failed tests on the cladding. those three are two in london's an kings college hospital and north middlesex — and also the sheffield nhs foundation trust. they are in the process of removing cladding, or have done so, and it is being emphasised that the cladding is installed in areas of the hospital that our offices, b

with me is our health editor, hugh pym. tell us more about the data, the evidence for this. story that some are saying is rationing, postcode rationing in some parts of england, and what the png data uncovered is this quite sharp increase in individual requests which a lot of patients did not know about. a lot of people take for granted that the nhs will provide routine gear including hip and knee replacements, cataract operations, but what is clear is that in some parts of the country gps or consultants are having to refer to the local health commissioning groups for permission to actually go ahead. more than half of them are approved but it does result in delays with these decisions and in some cases patients are having to wait longer. tell us more about that. what has happened to these patients who might otherwise have expected to have this routine operation or treatment? in some cases they are waiting longer and eventually although granted, waiting longer can provide a lot of our provision for the patient. one patient we spoke to needs medication that has to be approved

our health editor, hugh pym, is outside london ambulance service's headquarters in waterloo.'s being billed as the biggest shake—up in ambulance response standards in england in about four decades. what's ambulance service leaders are saying is that the current system doesn't deliver the current system doesn't deliver the best outcome for patients. you have targets for the most serious calls. three quarters of ambulances arriving within eight minutes. but because there is a focus on hitting the targets, often the wrong type of vehicle is sent, like a paramedic on a motorbike. they say far too many blue lights are being sent out, when actually they are not needed. a quarter of blue lights stood down. this is all because of the target system and the fact that the call handler only have 60 seconds to make a decision about the best deployment of the vehicles. and often defaults to just of the vehicles. and often defaults tojust sending of the vehicles. and often defaults to just sending out a blue light, when actually it's not necessary. call handlers are going to be given a bit