hugh pym, bbc news.d the chance to move third, in the english premier league on monday evening. they were beaten 1—0 at sheffield united. lys mousset, making his first league start for the home side. got the goal, after half an hour, to move them into the top half of the table. arsenal enjoyed the majority of the possession but couldn't make it count, their boss unai emery admitted his opponents defended well. the second half i think the fans more deep and be controlled better the match because on the pitch, there was less space and... we capped three or four chances to score and to roll the match and more. but they are a very strong defensive team. we deserve to win a tight game. we created some good chances and new... we knew that the amount of quality they have on show. it was good to get our noses in front and to hang onto something and we did. but i think we got the balance right tonight and we had to put in a big performance and guinea pig results and we certainly have done that. virgil van dijk is

our health editor, hugh pym, has been speaking to lee's parents.e you all right? i've got a stomach ache. huh? i've got a stomach ache. it was lee's final christmas. he was ten and only had weeks to live. he'd been infected with hiv because of his treatment by the nhs. i can't get to sleep. he was just four when his parents were told he'd contracted hiv after being treated for his haemophilia with contaminated blood products. he never had a childhood, he couldn't do the things other children did, that was all taken away from him. he used to say how frightened he was. and what can you say? you know, there's a little boy of eight, nine, telling you he's so frightened and you can't take that away. they said they were shunned by other parents. one teacher even refused to have him in the class. they were harassed by the media and felt they had to move. today, denise told the inquiry about lee's final days. they actually told us he had between two and ten days to live. sorry. so they said that... they said he had an infection on the brain. so we insisted

hugh pym, bbc news. the time isjust the time is just after quarter past six.cotland yard is heavily criticised over its investigation into carl beech, who lied about a vip paedophile ring in westminster. and the pressure grows on president trump, as his rivals produce new claims in their push to remove him from office. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, andy murray says his comeback from surgery is going better than expected. he's out of the china open but took the world number five dominic thiem to a second set tie—break. a french man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs using an exoskeleton suit controlled by his mind. the 30—year—old was paralysed from the neck down after falling 50 foot in a night club four years ago. he said using the exoskeleton made him he feel like being "the first man on the moon." our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is mind controlling machine. thibault, who was paralysed in allfourlimbs, is sending instructions to his exoskeleton suit using brain signals. the movements may bejerky, but it is a sign

hugh pym heard liz hooper‘s evidence. heroes they are both.y sense of the word. taken away so cruelly before they could be heard. today liz was heard, as she read out a poem at the inquiry about her late husbands, one of them the father of her son lewis. jeremy was liz's first love. they were married for two decades, but his treatment for haemophilia had left him with hepatitis c, and he died a catastrophic death in intensive care. paul got me out of an extremely dark place. we saved one another. by chance, she met paul, her soulmate, she said. he'd contracted hiv after his treatment. he lost his sight, and then didn't recover after a stroke. i don't regret one minute of meeting and marrying jeremy or paul. i don't regret being their wife, i don't regret that i've had to go through this in order to be their wife. no regrets, but she does want the inquiry to get to the truth. it's murder, it's tantamount to murder, as far as i'm concerned. why were my husbands both taken away from me? it's as simple as that. i just want to know why. i would lik

hugh pym, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news.nue over global warming. the man was identified as the paralympian cyclist james brown. police say they've now made more than 1,000 arrests since extinction rebellion began protesting on monday. a court has heard that the hillsborough match commander david duckenfield made "extraordinarily bad failings" which led to a fatal crush at the fa cup semifinal in 1989. mr duckenfield denies the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool supporters who died at sheffield wednesday's ground. the inventor sirjames dyson has scrapped his £2.5 billion project to build electric cars. dyson, best known for vacuum cleaners, had been planning to develop the cars in the uk and build them in singapore. it abandoned the project because it said it was not "commercially viable". ellie soutter was one of britain's most talented young snowboarders, tipped for success at the next winter olympics. but injune last year, on her 18th birthday, ellie took her own life. her mother, lorraine denman, says despit

hugh pym heard liz hooper‘s evidence. heroes they are both.taking away so cruelly before they could be heard. today liz was heard, as she read out a poem at the inquiry about her late husbands, one of them the father of her son lewis. jeremy was liz's first love. they were married for two decades, but his treatment for haemophilia had left him with hepatitis c, and he died a catastrophic death in intensive care. paul got me out of an extremely dark place. we saved one another. by chance, she met paul — her soulmate, she said. he'd contracted hiv after his treatment. he lost his sight, and then didn't recover after a stroke. i don't regret one minute of meeting and marrying jeremy or paul. i don't regret being their wife, i don't regret that i've had to go through this in order to be their wife. no regrets, but she does want the inquiry to get to the truth. it's murder, it's tantamount to murder, as far as i'm concerned. why were my husbands both taken away from me? it's as simple as that. i just want to know why. i would like to thank you for

hugh pym, bbc news.r of a student from hull university. libby squire disappeared in february after a night out. her body was found in the humber estuary seven weeks later. pawel relovitch will appear before magistrates next week. the family of harry dunn are beginning legal action against the foreign office over its handling of his case. the teenager died after his motorbike collided with a car by an american woman who later left the country claiming diplomatic immunity. the family are also refering northamptonshire police, who are investigating the crash, to the independent office for police conduct. dozens of young elephants that have been taken from their families in zimbabwe are thought to have been flown to china today after being bought for zoos and animal parks. animal welfare groups have condemned the secretive trade, saying these animals were separated from their mothers a year ago and will be traumatised. but officials in zimbabwe's wildlife parks have defended the move, claiming the money rais

hugh pym, bbc news. our top story this evening.mes in northern syria as turkish forces continue their advance across the border. and still to come — america's simone biles makes history — the first woman to win five all round world gymnastics titles. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, we'll hearfrom england cricket‘s new head coach chris silverwood and his plans for the national side. a super—typhoon heading towards japan has forced the organisers of the rugby world cup to cancel matches for the first time in the tournament's history — including england's game against france tomorrow. the storm has been described as the biggest of the year and could wreak havoc in tokyo and surrounding areas. but scotland and ireland's games are, for now, still set to go ahead. from japan, andy swiss reports. they should have been gearing up, instead, they were getting out. england's players leaving tokyo before the typhoon. not that you'd have guessed it's coming — it was business as usual today, as the city basked in sunsh

hugh pym, bbc news.y running, in the biggest mass demonstrations for years. the protests were sparked by the government's decision, to tax people for communicating with each other, via what's app. but there is wider discontent about prime minister saad hariri's poor management of the economy, and claims of corruption. today he unveiled a package of reforms and promised to respect the demonstrators. but will it be enough to quell the protests? from the capital beirut, our middle east correspondent, martin patience reports. in the capital beirut and across lebanon, the people are staging an extraordinary revolt against their politicians. for now, at least, a sense of national unity has replaced the country's bitter sectarian divisions. for the first time in this country, there is a real unity, and not a fake one like we've seen before. the economic situation and the corruption in government has become so bad that everyone can agree on one thing — these people are criminals and they need to leave. do you wa

hugh pym, bbc news.le to form a government. he's been in powerfor the past decade but was unable to secure a majority in last month's elections. his rival benny gantz of the blue and white party will now be invited to try to form a majority coalition in parliament. in lebanon, protesters have taken to the streets for the fifth day running, in the biggest mass demonstrations for years. the protests were sparked by the government's decision to tax people for communicating with each other via whatsapp. but there is wider discontent about prime minister saad hariri's poor management of the economy, and claims of corruption. today, he unveiled a package of reforms and promised to respect the demonstrators. but will it be enough to quell the protests? from the capital beirut, our middle east correspondent martin patience reports. in the capital beirut and across lebanon, the people are staging an extraordinary revolt against their politicians. for now, at least, a sense of national unity has replaced the count

hugh pym, bbc news.own as rapman, has never shied away from controversial issues in his songwriting. domestic abuse and life among street gangs have featured in his lyrics. now the lewisham born artist is about to make his first feature film, about the gang turf wars of south london, and he's backed by none other thanjay—z. he's been speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz. you need to do two actions to there, yeah? you fly, you duck... rapman on set directing his first movie, blue story. it is inspired by his life living on a south london council estate and shakespeare. is that why your brother don't like me then? because i live in this area? i refer to this film as like a romeo and juliet. for me the whole romeo and juliet thing is so timeless. so even though this is not a story of... i call it romeo and juliet, it's not about a guy and a girl who love each other like that, it's like a brotherly love. it's a forbidden love. like i want to be your brother, and you want to be my brother, but the area

hugh pym, bbc news. and the inquiry, on the bbc news website, bbc.co.uk/news. turkey has stepped up its military presence on its border with syria tonight, saying they are ready to advance, after the united states began pulling troops out of the area. the north—east of syria is controlled by the kurdish—led sdf forces, who played a leading role in the fight against the islamic state group. turkey says it wants to establish a "safe zone" in that kurdish territory to send back some of the millions of refugees from syria's civil war. the kurds, whom the turkish government considers terrorists, say the move could fuel a new conflict. they also say it casts doubt on what will happen to thousands of is prisoners. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is on the border in akcakale. well, tonight we have seen a military build—up here at the border. two convoys arrived at a base nearby in the space of about an hour. a source close to turkish intelligence has told the bbc that the offensive will begin in the

hugh pym, bbc news. our top story this evening...to allow a snap election on december the 12th, they will then have more time to debate his brexit bill. and coming up... rescue services praise the ten—year—old boy who saved his mother after a serious mountain fall in scotland. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... there's a blow for wales — one of their sure—starters against south africa in their world cup semifinal on sunday, liam williams, is out with an ankle injury. millions and millions of apples are being left to rot in fields across britain this autumn because growers are struggling to recruit seasonal workers. the national farmers union, which says 16% of roles were unfilled last month, is blaming brexit uncertainty for the sudden drop in numbers coming here for the harvest. emma simpson reports from kent. it says 16% of rolls were not filled last month. in this corner of kent, an orchard full of apples left to rot. the season isn't officially over but it is for this,. they look good enough to eat. yes,

hugh pym, bbc news. saying they are ready to advance after the united states began pulling troops out of the area. the north—east of syria is controlled by the kurdish—led sdf forces, who played a leading role in the fight against the islamic state group. turkey says it wants to establish a "safe zone" in that kurdish territory, to send back some of the millions of refugees from syria's civil war. the kurds, whom the turkish government considers terrorists, say the move could fuel a new conflict. they also say it casts doubt on what will happen to thousands of is prisoners. uur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the border in akcakale. a noisy reception for turkish forces on the move. ambulances and armored personnel carriers close to the syrian border. we filmed this convoy tonight, heading to a military base. the first evidence, perhaps, of the build up to a turkish invasion of syria. and earlier, being bussed to the border, syrian rebel fighters backed by turkey. they could be extr

hugh pym, bbc news. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening. downing street source says a deal before october 31st now looks extremely unlikely. and coming up, the fight to find treatments for ms for the 100,000 people in the uk living with the disease. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, simone biles leads team usa to gold in the women's team event at the world gymnastics championships to become the most decorated female in world gymnastics history. more than 20,000 people in england and wales were injured by knives or sharp instruments last year and survived — some of the many victims of knife crime. and, often, they are left traumatised by their experience, struggling to return to education, training, or the workplace. clive myrie has been finding out what it has been like for one such survivor. this is a tale from a frightened city. meet gaddi. he survived a knife attack. these guys, they came up to us and they said, "where you guys from?" and ijust froze, everything froze, i didn't know what to say. he was in the wrong place at the wrong t

hugh pym, bbc news.o be the uk's biggest ever drug smuggling operation. the national crime agency says fifty tons of heroin, cocaine and cannabis — said to be worth billions of pounds — was imported from the netherlands in lorry loads of vegetables and fruitjuice, before being moved around the uk over an 18 month period. police have arrested more than 500 protesters over the last two—days, including people who have blocked roads and bridges around westminster, to demand action on climate change. the supporters of the extinction rebellion movement have hit back at borisjohnson's description of them as "uncooperative crusties", saying that they're ordinary people trying to secure a better future. more than 20,000 people in england and wales were injured by knives or sharp instruments last year and survived, many victims of knife crime. and often they're left traumatised by their experience, struggling to return to education, training, or the workplace. i've been speaking to one survivor. this is a tale fro

hugh pym, bbc news. cystic fibrosis trust and carlie pleasant, a cystic fibrosis patient and campaigner. i asked carly what improvements this drug meant for her. i think, personally, it will definitely improve my quality of life. i mean, at the moment i'm on a lot of tablets each day, i'm on around 75 tablets a day, plus nebulisers, and that is just the staple, day—to—day thing. when i'm ill, i go into hospital for iv, so i imagine it will cut down admissions and things like that. and the point of this drug is that it does extend life expectancy? yes, so access to this drug for over 4000 people across england means longer, healthier lives spent with loved ones as carlie has already mentioned. the drugs orkambi and symkevi have been shown to have a stabilising effect on health, protecting lung function which is something we tend to see deteriorate progressively over time in people with cystic fibrosis and also less hospital admissions. that's what you call it a life—saver because, literally, it is going t

hugh pym is at wembley. tell us more about this report, hugh.st comprehensive study of medical data of former professional footballers. —— sophie, it is very significant. there had been debates about football is heading the ball repeatedly, suffering concussion on the field, whether they are more likely to develop dementia or other brain conditions and this research carried out by the university of glasgow under the supervision of doctor willie stewart, an expert in the field, has come up with some a nswe i’s , field, has come up with some answers, although they are saying it is by no means the finished article. but, yes, of the data surveyed, former scottish footballers who died and some who are still living, there was a higher risk identified of developing a neurodegenerative disease including all timers or motor neuron or parkinson's disease. —— alzheimer's or motor neuron. the recharger researchers at glasgow say this is a bit of a wake—up call for those involved in the world of sport to do more research into this. they do add that the footb

hugh pym heard liz hooper‘s evidence. heroes, they are, both. tell their stories under oath. to good men in every sense of the word, taken away so cruelly before they could be heard. today, liz was heard as she read out a poem at the enquiry about her late husband ‘s. one of them the father of her son, lewis. jeremy was liz's first love. they were married for two decades but his treatment for haemophilia had left him with hepatitis c and he died a catastrophic death in intensive care. paul got me out of an extremely dark place. we saved one another. by chance, she met paul, her soulmate, she said stop he'd contracted hiv after his treatment stop he lost his sight and then didn't recover after a stroke. stop he lost his sight and then didn't recover after a strokelj don't didn't recover after a stroke.” don't regret one minute of meeting and marrying jeremy or paul. i don't regret being their wife. i don't regret being their wife. i don't regret that i've had to go through this in order to be there wife. no regrets, but she does want the enquiry

the bbc‘s health editor, hugh pym, has more.for players' health? a new study has found football professionals born before the mid—‘70s were more likely to die with dementia than the general

it should be available within a month as our health editor hugh pym now reports.nhs in england after a deal was reached for liz and shane, this was a day they feared would never come, the day when the nhs in england agreed to fund a drug for their daughter annabel‘s cystic fibrosis. thank you. it's not completely sunk in. it's just such a relief. it's just amazing. just, yeah, been dreaming about this day for four years. and we finally have it out there now on paper. cystic fibrosis is a debilitating condition affecting the lungs, which can fill with fluid. the drug 0rkambi is said to improve lung function by a0%, but it can cost up to £100,000 a year per patient. though the new deal is understood to be at a lower price. about 5000 patients are likely to benefit. what do we want? 0rkambi! liz and other families protested at westminster, calling for access to the drug, but talks between the manufacturer and nhs leaders and ministers stalled. the scottish government reached a deal last month. now it has been agreed that 0rkambi and two other cystic fibrosis drugs ca

hugh pym.here the green party is holding its autumn conference in newport. the co—leader jonathan ba rtley is speaking so let's take a listen. i want to start by saying thank you. you know, we don't hear it often enough. so, thank you to all the leaflet deliverers and the door knockers, the activists and the councillors, thank you to the food preparers and motion writers, or most of them. the committee members and working groups, the staff and volunteers, you are the backbone of oui’ volunteers, you are the backbone of our party and we couldn't do it without each and every one of you. applause and i want to say a special thanks to sian who is giving a speech on sunday focusing on being london's first green mayor. go on then. applause sian, your commitment, your passion, your determination is inspirational and it has been a pleasure to work with you over the last year. thank you, sian. applause and what a year it has been. i was in brussels three weeks ago meeting with the leaders of other europ

hugh pym, bbc news.t traumatised by their experience, struggling to return to education, training, or the workplace. clive myrie has been finding out what it has been like for one such survivor. this is a tale from a frightened city. meet gaddi. he survived a knife attack. these guys, they came up to us and they said, "where you guys from?" and ijust froze, everything froze, i didn‘t know what to say. he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. assaulted on his way home from football practice. he‘s 15. i don‘t even remember them stabbing me here and stuff. and that is when he got me here. i was bleeding, i was bleeding and then i saw loads of blood pouring out and i was just holding it tight, squeezing it. this is gaddi recovering in hospital two days after the attack. a grateful family by his side. let him be alive, god, please let him be alive. i was praying for him to be alive with all my energy, all my... those were my feelings as a mum. so they are saying the best thing to do is to move out of the

hugh pym, bbc news. cloud coming in. the rain we are seeing in east anglia and the south—east should eventually push away, so drying off across england and wales, some brea ks across england and wales, some breaks in the cloud, leading to a more chilly night than last night and may be some pockets of mist and in southern parts. that will link into the morning before lifting, and thenit into the morning before lifting, and then it should brighten up more sunshine. cloud further north, especially scotland and northern ireland, with more of a breeze. maybe not quite as chilly as today, a noticeably better day towards the south—east. here, we could see more cloud and maybe one or two showers on wednesday. for most of england and wales and eastern scotland it should be dry on wednesday, with some sunshine at times, but some rain setting in across northern ireland, western scotland, and temperatures of 12 to 15. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: within the last hour the government's eu withdrawal agreemen

our health editor, hugh pym, is outside public health england. a pretty ambitious plan? yes, it is.ntinuing the work of recent years in england, adding different years in england, adding different year groups or offering free vaccines via a nasal spray. from this year, it will be all primary schoolchildren. the whole effort is coordinated from here by public health england. that is simply bringing england into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland, which have adopted this policy for the last couple of years. it should be rolled out over the next couple of months. the orders have just started going next couple of months. the orders havejust started going in, so it isn't happening immediately. there has been a slight delay in the vaccine becoming available to health trusts, who then go into schools and run these clinics. and that has put the whole thing back by a few weeks. we have heard in a very limited number of cases that some parents have been told that a clinic planned for this week or next week has been postponed and has been rearranged for december. those are a small

hugh pym, bbc news. it is coming up to 20 minutes past eight. the headlines on bbc news. newspapers — in relation to alleged phone—hacking. the metropolitan police is heavily criticised for its investigations into false allegations of a vip paedophile ring. the prime minister insists again tonight that there'll be no delay to brexit. but government papers seen in court today, say he will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension, if no deal is agreed. sport now we're going to cross to the bbc sport centre. hi there holly. i request a. we start at the world championships — where it's a shorter day — but with no shortage of action tonight. great britain's men and women have been competing in the 4x100m relay heats, with the men storming to a new world leading time to qualify for tomorrow's final. a strong perfrmance from the reigning world champions saw them take a time of 37.56 seconds, a seasons best. nethaneel mitchell—bla ke brinnging it home for great britain by quite some margin. second for brazil and usa in third. no problems for the women either, they clocked

hugh pym, bbc news.sor of virology at nottingham university. he joins us live from nottingham. i5 is this the right thing to do? it certainly is. every year, we see varies scariest cases of influenza. it can cause thousands of deaths every year, even a normal season, and they can be tens of thousands of people admitted to hospital and that results in is great suffering but it also puts a huge burden on the nhs and so anything that reduces the amount of infections out in the community has to be a good thing. do you know why they have chosen to ta ke you know why they have chosen to take this step now? why wasn't it done earlier? well, i think you have to getan done earlier? well, i think you have to get an idea of whether or not immeasurable work, whether it will have the desired impact. so, previous data from the earlier trials they introduced vaccines to primary school children showed it certainly had an effect in limiting the amount of infections like the infections that were being spread to other risk

our health editor hugh pym spoke to us a short time ago. we have an election on december the 12th. things get really tight for the national health service over the winter with weather and with influenza if it is above average, that doesn't tend to kick in until late december and is particularly acute in january and february. what some people are saying is that hospitals are already under a lot of stress because of patient numbers coming through the door. a&e departments have found it really quite tough before any cold weather has arrived. there is speculation whether some of the problems in the health service will emerge before polling day and with theissue emerge before polling day and with the issue of health been prominent in the election campaign so far, this may add an extra level. they are clearly aware of it. how will they tackle it? they will argue they will put more money into the nhs, they promised more money in a long—term plan. borisjohnson has more money in a long—term plan. boris johnson has unveiled more money in a long—term plan. borisjohnson has unveiled plans to b

our health editor hugh pym has the story. here's what many communities are up against.stant invitations to eat low cost takeaways. it's a serious challenge to good health. £300 million a year is spent on advertising snacks, sweets and fizzy drinks. there's been a 53% increase in average pizza portion sizes, over three decades. there are 53,000 takeaways, more than half close to primary schools. marissa's family struggled to do the right thing with their diet, though she has now lost two kilos, after advice from the family doctor. i was feeling so bad, because i'm the mum and i'm responsible about her health. and i was feeling terrified about her future, and how to help her. now, england's former chief medical officer is calling for radical measures, including a ban on eating and drinking, apart from water, on local public transport. she also says all advertising of unhealthy food could be phased out, and plain packaging, or a new tax, for sugary and high calorie foods. government needs to be bold and it can make a difference, and the public are asking for this. they bel

it should be available within a month as our health editor hugh pym now reports.d the drug for their daughter annabelle's cystic fibrosis. thank you. it's not completely sunk in. it's just such a relief. it's just amazing. just, yeah, been dreaming about this day for four years. cystic fibrosis is a debilitating condition affecting the lungs, which can fill up with fluid. the drug 0rkambi is said to improve lung function by 40%, but it can cost up to £100,000 a year per patient. what do we want? 0rkambi! liz and other families protested at westminster, calling for access to the drug, but talks between the manufacturer and nhs leaders and ministers stalled. the scottish government reached a deal last month. now an agreement for 0rkambi and two other cystic fibrosis drugs to be funded in england has been reached. this is a great deal, firstly because it means the nhs has access to these life changing drugs at a fair price for the taxpayer and secondly because the manufacturer, vertex, is now fully engaged with the processes to assess these drugs and future drugs the