martin beard ending that report there by our health editor, hugh pym.uld only manage fifth in the london marathon, unable to keep the pace set by world—record holder eliud kipchoge. the kenyan won with the second fastest marathon time in history to win it for a record fourth time. 0ur correspondent joe wilson was there. when the cameras swooped to find the elite group, it was kenya's eliud kipchoge in control — of course it was. mo farah was toughing it out behind. kipchoge beat him to cross the line in the quickest time london's ever witnessed. farah said he had no regrets about his comments in the build—up but finishing fifth was not the plan. brigid kosgei made her victory look easy, as did manuela schar of switzerland in the women's wheelchair event. 20—year—old american daniel romanchuk won the men's race. but there were 40,000 stories. of course, everybody runs the london marathon in their own way, everybody has personal goals, but like the incredibles here, so many are raising money for so many others. this year, the billionth pound for charity i

hugh pym, bbc news. our health editor, hugh pym reporting. have been clashes outside a military base in the capital caracas. the authorities say they dealing with what they say is an attempted coup after the opposition leader juan guaido announced he was in the final phase of ending the rule of president maduro. mr guaido declared himself interim president in january and has called for massive street protests to force mr maduro from office. from caracas, our correspondent guilermo 0lmo reports. it started this morning. with tear gas fired on those on a bridge in caracas. 0pposition leaderjuan guaido calling on the opposition in the military and the president's rule. translation: the call is for everyone to come out to the streets at this moment to get back into what we have built over the years. alongside him a prominent opposition politician jailed in 2014 and released last night by security staff loyal to mr guaido. gunfire throughout the day, tensions rose. a growing crowd of protesters throwing rocks at the military in the capital. the si

our health editor hugh pym reports. he died 22 years ago.o have had. seeing my children growing up, the children he might have had... it's all that life that might‘ve been. we always got together at christmas... amanda remembering her brother, simon cummings, a successful radio presenter. as a teenager, he was given a blood product by the nhs for his haemophilia. it seemed to help at the time but, unknown to the family and other patients, it was infected and he later contracted hiv. the awful thing is that it was self—administered. so, some time — probably sitting at my mum's kitchen table — one of those doses, or many of those doses, will have infected him, without knowing which one, or when. it's almost worse that he administered it himself. so, why did the nhs give patients imported products, using blood from infected donors? who was to blame? was there a high—level cover—up? that's what the inquiry — starting tomorrow, in this hall — will try to answer. the victims and their families are pleased it's happening, but they say day—to—day fi

martin beard, ending that report there by our health editor hugh pym.oped to find the elite group, it was kenya's eliud kipchoge in control. of course it was. mo farah was toughing it out behind. kipchoge beat him to cross the line in the quickest time london has ever witnessed. farah said he had no regrets about his comments in the build—up, but finishing fifth was not the plan. brigid kosgei made her victory look easy, as did manuela schar of switzerland in the women's wheelchair event. 20—year—old american daniel romanchuk won the men's race. but there were 40,000 stories. runners in an array of colourful costumes have been pounding the streets today in the 39th london marathon, in what has been a record—breaking yearfor applications. this is lucas bates, who was aiming to break the guinness world record for the fastest marathon dressed as a landmark building, which in his case was big ben. what he didn't plan for, however, was getting his sizeable costume over the line. after a few attempts of getting beneath the hoardings, and a little help from fe

our health editor, hugh pym, reports.ugh, you know, how she loved her sisters. tania's happier memories of her daughter amy, but she won't ever forget the day amy died in the care of a private hospital. all i think about is when i met her in that hospital that night, and her laying there, pale, and i expected her to say "hi mum, i'm 0k", and she didn't. amy had a known history of suicide attempts. she was referred by the nhs to this mental health facility, part of the priory group. but she was found dead in her room in november 2012. the company was taken to court, facing a health and safety prosecution, and pleaded guilty. passing sentence here at lewes crown court the judge, mrjustice dingemans, said the risks associated with patients like amy had not been considered, and that staff had not been suitably trained to deal with emergencies requiring resuscitation. he noted that priory health care had worked hard to improve service since amy's death. he said any penalty he imposed could never reflect the loss suffered by am

hugh pym, bbc news.ffice warns against all but essential travel to sri lanka because of the risk of further terrorist attacks. the head of the civil service is to lead a formal inquiry into the leak of details from a national security council meeting about huawei. 31 years after his first run for the white house the man who was barack 0bama's vice—president announces a new presidential campaign. knife crime figures for england and wales have risen to record levels. last year nearly 41,000 offences were recorded by police — a 6% increase on 2017. the figures, published by the office for national statistics, show there were more than 730 cases of murder and manslaughter — that's the highest number for a decade. but the likelihood of being a victim of violent crime is at its lowest level ever, as our home editor mark easton explains. it is a horribly familiar scene. another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high, and knife offences r

our health editor, hugh pym, has been speaking to one of them. he died 22 years ago.ving not to have had. seeing my children growing up, the children he might have had. it's all that life that might have been. we always got together at christmas... amanda remembering her brother, simon cummings, a successful radio presenter. as a teenager, he was given a blood product by the nhs for his haemophilia. it seemed to help at the time, but unknown to the family and other patients, it was infected and he later contracted hiv. the awful thing is that it was self—administered. so sometime, probably sitting at my mum's kitchen table, one of those doses, or many of those doses, will have infected him, without knowing which one and when. it's almost worse that he administered it himself. so, why did the nhs give patients imported products using blood from infected donors? who was to blame? was there a high—level cover—up? that's what the inquiry, starting tomorrow in this hall, will try to answer. the victims and their families are pleased it's happening, but they say day—to—day

our health editor hugh pym reports. he died 22 years ago. not to have had. seeing my children growing up, the children he might have had... it's all that life that might‘ve been. we always got together at christmas... amanda remembering her brother, simon cummings, a successful radio presenter. as a teenager, he was given a blood product by the nhs for his haemophilia. it seemed to help at the time but, unknown to the family and other patients, it was infected and he later contracted hiv. the awful thing is that it was self—administered. so, some time — probably sitting at my mum's kitchen table — one of those doses, or many of those doses, will have infected him, without knowing which one, or when. it's almost worse that he administered it himself. so, why did the nhs give patients imported products, using blood from infected donors? who was to blame? was there a high—level cover—up? that's what the inquiry — starting tomorrow, in this hall — will try to answer. the victims and their families are pleased it's happening, but they say day—to—

hugh pym, bbc news. the authorities say they are putting down what they're calling a coup attempt after opposition leader juan guaido announced he was in the "final phase" of ending president maduro's rule. there have been clashes outside a military base in the capital caracas. at one point, military vehicles went into protesters and was set alight. mr guaido declared himself interim president injanuary and has called for massive street protests to force mr maduro from office. we can go to caracas now and to our correspondent. i know these protests have been building up all day. i have been building up all day. i have been building up all day. i have been watching it. does this feel like a decisive moment? well, it feels it is nothing we have seen so well, it feels it is nothing we have seen so far. it seems a lot of mr guaido's supporters have gathered around a strategic facility and tried to seize it. what we have seen all across the city is protesters are throwing stones and trying to break their poli

hugh pym, our health reporter.been clashes outside a military base in the capital caracas. the authorities say they dealing with what they say is an attempted coup, after the opposition leader juan guaido announced he was in the "final phase" of ending the rule of president maduro. mr guaido declared himself interim president in january and has called for massive street protests to force mr maduro from office. live to caracas and our correspondent guilermo olmo. it has been a long day of violence here in venezuela, all the way through we have seen clashes between the security forces and opposition forces at the air base behind me. is the lace it latest episode of the venezuelan political crisis and it seems far from over. it started this morning, with tear gas fired at protesters on a bridge in caracas. opposition leader mr guaido calling on venezuelans and the military to end mr maduro's rule. translation: the call is for eve ryo ne rule. translation: the call is for everyone to come out to the streets at this mom

hugh pym, bbc news.nstitutions across london on the eleventh day of demonstrations across the city. supporters of the protest group extinction rebellion blocked roads around the treasury and the london stock exchange. our science editor david shukman joins us from the group's protest site at marble arch in central london. david, these protests have upset some people. where has it left the argument about how to deal with climate change? george, whether you admire the passion of the people here or resent the disruption they have caused, it is clear we have seenin have caused, it is clear we have seen in recent days are very original process, this series of non—violent, often good—humoured protest involving a wide range of people including lawyers and pensioners. more than 1000 of have been arrested, most recently in the city of london today you mentioned, as the demonstrations targeted financial institutions for their support forfossilfuels financial institutions for their support for fossil fuels which ar

hugh pym, bbc news, at lewes crown court.pport, you can find them online at bbc.co.uk/actionline. for a third day in a row, climate—change activists from extinction rebellion have been protesting in central london. a group gathered outside jeremy corbyn‘s home, while others glued themselves to a train carriage on the docklands light railway. others have spent the day camped at majorjunctions in london including oxford circus and waterloo bridge. so far around 340 people have been arrested. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. this is normally one of the busiest bridges across the thames. extinction rebellion, a new direct—action protest group, hope to take control of this and other key london locations for up to two weeks. but today police moved in and made more arrests. we have an emergency here, and i don't think we're causing any harm. using powers designed to balance the right to protest with the need to reduce disruption. the police are taking this extremely slowly, not least to keep the temperature under

our health editor hugh pym reports. he died 22 years ago. not to have had. seeing my children growing up, the children he might have had, it's all that life that might have been. we always got together at christmas... amanda remembering her brother, simon cummings, a successful radio presenter. as a teenager, he was given a blood product by the nhs for his haemophilia. it seemed to help at the time. but, unknown to the family and other patients, it was infected, and he later contracted hiv. the awful thing is that it was self—administered. so, sometime, probably sitting at my mum's kitchen table, one of those doses, or many of those doses, will have infected him, without knowing which one, or when. it's almost worse that he administered it himself. so why did the nhs give patients imported products, using blood from infected donors? who was to blame? was there a high—level cover—up? that is what the inquiry starting tomorrow in this hall will try to answer. the victims and their families are pleased it is happening, but they say day—to—day f

our health editor, hugh pym, reports. you know, how she loved her sisters. tania's happier memories of her daughter amy, but she won't ever forget the day amy died in the care of a private hospital. all i think about is when i met her in that hospital that night, and her laying there, pale, and i expected her to say "hi mum, i'm 0k", and she didn't. amy had a known history of suicide attempts. she was referred by the nhs to this mental health facility, part of the priory group. but she was found dead in her room in november 2012. the company was taken to court, facing a health and safety prosecution, and pleaded guilty. passing sentence here at lewes crown court the judge, mrjustice dingemans, said the risks associated with patients like amy had not been considered, and that staff had not been suitably trained to deal with emergencies requiring resuscitation. he noted that priory health care had worked hard to improve service since amy's death. he said any penalty he imposed could never reflect the loss suffered by amy's

our health editor hugh pym reports. measles is a highly infectious viral illness. the number cases. so why do they say children must be vaccinated? put bluntly, it can be fatal. 110,000 people globally died from the disease in 2017. if enough people are vaccinated, that ensures the whole population is safe. but if too many don't have the jabs, there's the risk of measles spreading to children like alba. she was just too young to be vaccinated. she developed measles and was in hospitalfor nine days. are you jumping? bounce, bounce, bounce. she recovered and was back home last week, but her mum told me it was a frightening experience. there was a day where we both thought we were going to lose her. so it was heartbreaking and terrifying at the same time, but you want to stay strong because you want to fight for her as well. it's been the worst few weeks of my life. it's been horrible. what's happening here across the uk? between 2010 and 2017, according to the charity unicef, more than 500,000 children were not vaccinated. last year there were 953 cases of measles in

hugh pym reports. he died 22 years ago, it is an awful lot of living not to have had.y children growing up, the children he might have had, it is all that life that might have been. we always got together at christmas. amanda remembering her brother simon cummings, a successful radio presenter, as a teenager he was given a blood product by the nhs for this haemophilia, it seemed to help at the time but unknown to the family and other patients, it was infected and he later contracted hiv. the awful thing is it was self—administered. so sometime, probably sitting at my mum's kitchen table, one of those doses or many of those doses will have infected him knowing which one or when. it is almost worse that he administered it himself. so why did the nhs give patients imported products using blood from infected donors? who was to blame? was there a high level cover—up? but is what the enquiry, starting tomorrow in this hall, will try to answer. the victims and their families are pleased it is happening but they say day to day financial support for them is far too low. people

hugh pym is here. two related issues here. what has dame claire been saying?he shape of a consultant bullying a junior doctor. 0ne doctor got in touch with us today saying she‘d been openly shouted at by a senior doctor in front patients and staff, and this had been really bad for her confidence. a new initiative is being today, new training of doctors, how to tackle it in the workplace and how to report it, and here is what dame clare marx told me. we know from some of the high profile cases that come into the public domain that there are some doctors who have left theirjobs because they have felt bullied, not only by their colleagues but by other members of the health care teams, and i think that we know that, where there is poor culture within an organisation, you are more likely to get uncontrolled behaviours that are felt to be undermining and bullying. it comes as the general medical association faces allegations of sexism and harassment. two senior doctors on the gma‘s committee have based incidents of harassment, lewd comments being made, and one said

preparations for brexit are among the factors being blamed. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been looking talking about? one of them is an epilepsy drug, the epilepsy society said there has been a steep rise in number of patients struggling to get that drug when they go into their local chemist because of supply problems. this is not acceptable, they say this goes back a couple of years and there are disruptions which happen quite frequently. the government needs to get to grips with the issue of supply of these generic medicines. last week,, one of the main manufacturers, a french company, said there were supply columns dating back to a factory last year and they were trying to restore the supply across the uk. we mentioned brexit, to what extent is brexit a factor? the french company made clear brexit was not an issue, this had happened in the supply chain. with generic medicines, there are quite often price spikes and it becomes more difficult for pharmacists to get hold of drugs, relating to global supply. but the pharmaceutical services negotiating committee warned mps last year brex