here's our health correspondent naomi grimley.dest experiences i've ever had to go through. sandra is campaigning for better care for black mothers —— sandra. she formed her own pressure group after suffering not one but two traumatic births. the excitement she felt in her first pregnancy soon evaporated in hospital when her doctor was hurt and dismissive. i begged and pleaded for pain relief or an epidural and she actually said she's not going to give me any epidural until i stop crying and stay still. she came back after two hours to then give me the epidural and that was horrible, to know i couldn't even show any form of emotion. and when i finally stayed still and, you know, obeyed her rules of not crying and not moving, then she gave me the pain relief. and that was quite dehumanising at the time. in a report out today, the women and equalities committees says too many black women have experienced treatment that full short of acceptable standards and we are concerned the government and nhs leadership have underestimated the e

naomi grimley, bbc news.esented with a vintage mac at the store's opening in the financial capital mumbai, where people from across india came to participate in the opening event. until now, apple products have only been available in india either online or through a vast network of resellers. american actress mischa barton is set to join the rebooted australian soap neighbours, which is returning to screens later this year. producers of the soap say the former 0c star will appear as reece, an american "who's not quite who she appears to be". neighbours originally came to an end in 2022 after being on air for 37 years but the streaming giant amazon is relaunching the soap. hello again. yesterday we reached temperatures of 21.2 celsius in kinlochewe in the north of scotland. today the north of scotland, or the north—west, certainly favoured for some higher temperatures. over the next few days the temperatures will slip. it's going to be mostly dry. there'll be some showers across parts of england and wales at t

naomi grimley, bbc news.e king's coronation on may the 6th. they travelled in rows on horseback through the quiet streets in preparation for next month's event — which will feature more than 6,000 men and women from the uk's armed forces. it's just over two weeks to the local elections in england, and the green party is hoping to build on gains in recent years, including in mid suffolk. the party did well there at the last vote in 2019, but this time they're hoping to go further, and win their first majority control of a council. in the first of our pieces about the issues that matter to you in these elections, our political correspondent helen catt reports from woolpit in suffolk. at first glance, the villages of mid suffolk might not seem the most obvious place for the greens to target. they are rural, reliant on the car, and many homes use oil for heating. but the greens think they can win here this year, partly by tapping into concerns about housing developments like this one on the edge of woolpit. at th

naomi grimley, bbc news. having reach the summit of mount everest ten times. that's it for me and the team here at bbc news, chris fox is the weather. hello. so far this month, the weather's been drier, sunny and warmer than average in scotland. and certainly for tuesday there was loads more sunshine. look at this stunning weather watch picture from the argyll and bute area. for the second day on the run, highland scotland had the day's highest temperature up to 21 degrees. why is it so warm here at the moment? well, it's down to the scottish mountains. you see, it's quite windy for most parts of the uk, but those mountains high enough to block the winds. and so with lighter winds here, more of the sun's energy is used to boost temperatures, whereas in those places where it's quite windy, some of that sun's heat get mixed through a larger depth of the atmosphere. so it never gets quite so warm. 0vernight tonight, we do have cloudy skies for england and wales, developing with an odd shower in the southwest, th

naomi grimley, bbc news.s of the soap say the former 0c star will appear as reece, an american "who�*s not quite who she appears to be". neighbours originally came to an end in 2022 after being on air for 37 years but the streaming giant amazon is relaunching the soap. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 21.2 in scotland. for most of us we had brisk winds, but the winds were blocked by the mountain centre with light winds here the sun�*s energy was concentrated. elsewhere, the brisk winds meant that the sun was filtered through a greater depth of atmosphere. more of the same to come through the next few days. we have more sunshine to look forward to once again. the highest temperatures will be across north—west scotland. we are already seeing temperatures into the low 20s and we could beat yesterday�*s highest temperatures, so it could be the warmest day of the year so far in the highlands. temperatures will be suppressed with highs more likely to be ten or 11 due to t

naomi grimley, bbc news.ssador in sudan has been assaulted at his home in khartoum, where rival military factions have been fighting for control of the city. aidan o'hara was not seriously hurt, but the conflict has already left 185 people dead and almost 2000 injured in just three days, according to the un. whatsapp is among seven messaging services which have signed a joint letter asking the government to "urgently rethink" parts of the online safety bill. they say the new laws could undermine end—to—end encryption technology, which they all use to ensure privacy. a government official said it supports strong encryption but not at the cost of public safety. so—called "zombie knives" — weapons with curved blades and serrated edges — are set to be banned, under new proposals announced by the government today. they're among several types of machetes and knives which, under the proposals, police would have greater powers to seize and destroy. celestina olulode reports. a brazen attack in broad daylight with a s

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