i civil servants and the national health service.— civil servants and the national health service. . lood forum. when this inquiry— infected blood forum. when this inquiry started i had every faith in sir brian— inquiry started i had every faith in sir brian and his team and he has lived _ sir brian and his team and he has lived up _ sir brian and his team and he has lived up more than i could have expected — lived up more than i could have expected. i haven't had that much time _ expected. i haven't had that much time to— expected. i haven't had that much time to look at the report but what i time to look at the report but what i have _ time to look at the report but what i have seen. — time to look at the report but what i have seen, i was particularly interested in the chapter on scotland and the recommendations that were _ scotland and the recommendations that were made in scotland that were made _ that were made in scotland that were made 20 _ that were made in scotland that were made 20 years ago by lord ross were never— made 20 years ago by lord ross were never carried — made 2

housing, crime and the national health service as well. that's the shape of the debate to come.you say, a surprise today, the uk going to the polls earlier than expected on july the 4th. ireland, norway, and spain have all announced plans to recognise a palestinian state next week. spain and ireland said the decision was not against israel, or in favour of hamas, but in support of peace. israel has reacted angrily and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries. lucy williamson reports. there are things a future

prime minister boris johnson called the hidden facts the worst treatment disaster in history national health serviceme time , the government announced that thousands of survivors of the infected blood scandal would be given compensation of £100,000, but those involved. the companies said that most of the victims were simply ignored. in ukraine, small businesses are complaining of an acute shortage of employees after tightening mobilization. men are simply afraid to go to work, because management is now obliged to check lists with military registration and enlistment offices. about the situation in the country in stanislav’s material bernwald. the empty streets of ukrainian cities and military commissars, like shadowy ghouls in search of food, scurry from block to block. 0:0. kharkov and kherson have left kiev deserted; only rare daredevils with reinforced concrete armor from conscription or track and field athletes who can run fast dare to show themselves on the street. some creative individuals pronounce an invented legend for the military commissar right on the go. are you talking about the milita

repairing our public services starting _ repairing our public services starting with our national health servicesuffering in pain _ single week to stop people suffering in pain. labour has always been a party— in pain. labour has always been a party of— in pain. labour has always been a party of the — in pain. labour has always been a party of the nhs and we will be so again and — party of the nhs and we will be so again and we need strong growth to deliver— again and we need strong growth to deliver it _ again and we need strong growth to deliver it. �* , ., again and we need strong growth to deliver it. �* , . , ., deliver it. briefly are you concerned _ deliver it. briefly are you concerned about - deliver it. briefly are you concerned about apathy l deliver it. briefly are you i concerned about apathy and deliver it. briefly are you _ concerned about apathy and people actually after a five or six week campaign wanting to go and vote? well i think people have really had a tough _ well i think people have really had a tough time over many years, and i think— a tough time over many years, and i

after they were given infected blood products by the national health service here in the 19705 nationalealth service here in the 1970s and 1980s. many of them have since died and others online in the onto their partners who also died. victims and their families have spent decades looking for answers to their questions and fighting for compensation. we begin our coverage with this explainer. oh, it is known as the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history. and so far we know that 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories. there are the people with rare genetic blood clotting disorders such as the haemophiliacs, and there are people who needed blood transfusions after surgery, for example. so let's start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. people with blood clotting disorders, they need a special protein called factor viii, or factor ix injected which helps the blood clot. but by the 1970s the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these b

, not a national health service, not a national sickness service, which is increasingly what it's not either. no. i agree, do you regard the nhs as agree, do you regard the nhs as a national religion? >> let me just tell you this, to according foi requests, between 2020 and 2022, nhs trusts in england spent a turtle. in fact, you tell me, how much do you think they spent between 2020 and 2022 on agency staff? that's your homework. you can think about that during the break and tell me whether or not you think the nhs is a religion. also if you're an elite athlete, do you think you should be granted special status when it comes to seeking asylum in this country? see you in two. hi there. i'm michelle dewberry with you till 7:00 tonight. alongside the directory of popular conservative is mark littlewood and visiting professor of staffordshire university, tom buick. lots of you getting in touch about this , you getting in touch about this, nhs situation. one of the viewers on the website says the problem is not that the nhs michelle. it is the fact that actually it's become the wales nhs

tonight scotland to protect our national health service, to unites _ protect our national health servicenite scotland for independence, reaching out, listening and persuading. i scotland for independence, reaching out, listening and persuading. lam relishing _ out, listening and persuading. lam relishing the opportunity to campaign across this modern and diverse _ campaign across this modern and diverse country. i cannot make any promises _ diverse country. i cannot make any promises about the outcome. that is for the _ promises about the outcome. that is for the voters to decide. i can promise — for the voters to decide. i can promise you this, the snp will be fighting _ promise you this, the snp will be fighting an energetic, and campaign full of— fighting an energetic, and campaign full of enthusiasm. a campaign full of hope _ full of enthusiasm. a campaign full of hope for— full of enthusiasm. a campaign full of hope for the future. i will be leading — of hope for the future. i will be leading the campaign from the front. i will leading the campaign from the front. i will travel _ le

were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service total, 3,000 people died. it's been described as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. so how much will that compensation be? 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore looked ahead to tomorrow's report and possible compensation for vitcims. the question is, of course, how much and when will people start seeing those final amounts, the final compensation scheme? there has been some payments so far, but there's been huge pressure on the government to speed this up, to get a final framework out for compensation for those many, many thousands of people who've been affected. we get the final report tomorrow, monday. and so in anticipation of that, the defence secretary grant shapps was asked about that on laura kuenssberg here on the bbc a short while ago. here's what he had to say. the idea it's taken all of this time to get to the truth, i think is heartbreaking. i haven't seen the report yet.

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today's report shows a decade—long moral failure from the national health service to the civil servicece our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way. they felt the victims and their families and they felt this country so brian finds a catalogue of systemic collective and individual failures, catalogue of systemic collective and individualfailures, each of catalogue of systemic collective and individual failures, each of its own serious and taken together, amounting to a calamity. and the result of this inquiry should shake our nation to its core. it should have been avoided and it was known, these treatments are contaminated and warnings were ignored repeatedly in time and again, people in positions of power and trust at the chance to stop the transmission of those infections. time and again they failed to do so. so brian finds an attitude of denial towards the risk treatment worth to our eternal shame in a way that is hard to even comprehend. they allowed victims to become objects for research. many include children and the college were a part of the trials and conducte

a "national day of shame for britain" as an inquiry into infected blood in the country's national health serviceou're very welcome. president biden is rejecting allegations from the international criminal court's chief prosecutor, who is seeking arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defence minister yoav gallant. the prosecutor, karim khan, is accusing the two of conducting war crimes and crimes against humanity in gaza. mr khan has also applied for arrest warrants for three leaders of hamas, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the october 7th attacks in israel. speaking at a jewish heritage month celebration at the white house, biden said there is no equivalence between israel and hamas. let me be clear, contrary to allegations against israel made by the international court ofjustice, what's happening is not genocide. we reject that. and will always stand with israel

, you know , hopefully a start of what know, hopefully a start of what will make a better national health service things like this happen that the government don't wait decades to do something. >> and i think another important point on that, the national health service, if this was a privately owned, governed, bureaucrat , we i don't think we bureaucrat, we i don't think we would have any level of redress whatsoever. so i think one thing to take away is, thank goodness it was under government control and therefore, at least thank goodness now the light has been shone on it. and something can and will be done. >> i think there can be justice when it's 40 years on. and if you were to have a criminal case, what kind of cross examination, what kind of memory will people have of all of those details? and many people will have died as well. >> that is the problem with looking through the optic of the timeline, and that is the difficulty in that. but i still go back to the fact that it's an absolutely egregiously horrible thing that's happened. but thankfully now the spotlight is on it and something god

out of those, i would say the evidence is that it's the economy and the national health service thate things that have... when we are looking to see, one of the things that seem to push people either to the conservatives or away from the conservatives, those of the two issues that matter. against the backdrop of all this, of course, we also should never forget what's also in voter's minds is the experience of the fiscal event in october 2022, that's a crucial part of the memory is about economics and the government �*s handling of that, and equally we should not forget the influence of party gate, that is still in the back of voters memories, some of which are quite long. memories, some of which are quite lonu. . memories, some of which are quite lon. _ ., , memories, some of which are quite lon. . ., , , memories, some of which are quite loni . ., , , long. that is interesting given the messa i es long. that is interesting given the messages we've _ long. that is interesting given the messages we've already - long. that is interesting given the messages we've already heard, i messag

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a national day of shame for britain as the inquiry into infected blood in the countries national health serviceom the bbc sport centre let's start with news we all knew was coming, but it has now been officially confirmed. liverpool have named arne slot as their new head coach. the reds had already agreed a compensation deal worth £9.4 million with feyenoord, a club slot guided to the dutch title in 2023—24 and then to the dutch cup this season. slot will replacejurgen klopp, who had been in charge of the club since october 2015. here's our correspondent andy swiss. arne slot has signed a three—year contract. he“ll officially start onjune one. this after they agreed a compensation deal worth more than £9 million, which gives you an idea ofjust highly they rate him. also worth noting that he has been announced as head coach of liverpool rather than a manager as part of their new look structure

a "national day of shame for britain" as an inquiry into infected blood in the country's national health service — says thousands of people were failed. we speak to two family members who lost her husband at a father in a minute. around his death the president and foreign minister and a helicopter crash. nine quid! do you fancy ice cream? we bring you a couple of experts. will be speaking to both who know all about the cost of ice cream after the cost—of—living crisis. i want to return to one of the top stories we're following today. a seven year public inquiry into the infected blood scandal, widely considered to be the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the uk's national health service , has identified a catalogue of failures by the nhs and successive governments. a reminder of key points... 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. in this hour we're going to speak to some of the people directly impacted by this. sarah and antonia akoni in hertfordshire. sarah's husband and antonia's dad, 0mololu akoni, received blood transf

a public inquiry found that the victims were repeatedly fused by the national health service and successive governments. housings were infected with each i read and hepatitis c between the 19 seventies and early 19920 russians later, right on, appear to direct to accused of justifying 10 of them have the most cool court. they are innocent. prosecutor starts with 9 up at 3 stroke and give danielle baycove. it's over the play about russian women who mattered as long as the states militants . basically, it's up to 7 years in prison if found guilty. now it on supreme lead, the i a to a local, i'm in a has announced 5 days of warning following the death of the countries president abraham gracie. he was killed in a helicopter crash on sunday, along with the country's foreign minister. and several of those rescuers had scour the mountainous area ended on the east as or by john region before eventually discovering the wreckage. of course, so say back off, crashed into a mountain peak during heavy fall, raised the became president in 2021 and was a deeply conservative and hard line veto. now, why ma

it is a moment of reflection, this is the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the national health servicehe early 1980s, letters had been written, the inquiry has seen some of them, they went heeded and the checks and balances that should have beenin checks and balances that should have been in place, they won�*t happening. and so people continued to live the impact of this as we heard from the chair of the inquiry, sir brian langstaff talking about how everyone is impacted still with the infections and the family members who are dealing with that, too. he said, those in authority didn�*t put patient safety first. he described it all as a calamity. he also accused whitehall civil servants of destroying documents which could have been part of a valuable evidence. as we look at those pictures there reflecting back on what happened, the one overriding thought today from the people i have spoken to here is that they feel vindicated full stop finally, after decades of saying, this needs to stop, our loved ones are dying needlessly, finally they feel that their views have been validated and tod

it will be the national health service, our schools and our public services. climate crisis. whenjohn swinney first led his party, he was in his 30s. john swinney. 0h, hello. the snp was in opposition. even with celebrity support, he struggled to make his mark, though, standing down after disappointing election results. he rebuilt his reputation in the cabinets of alex salmond and nicola sturgeon. opponents often found him charming in private, but in public he could be tribal. do you take some responsibility, personally, for the polarisation of politics which you have described? i have obviously contributed to that, james, yes, of course i have. and i look at politics today and i think politics is in the worst state i have ever seen it in my lengthy involvement in politics, so i am here to do something about that. the first step of his plan is to persuade msps to elect him as first minister. this is clearly a project that is about managing the snp rather than running the country and delivering for scotland. john swinney has been the heart of the snp leadership

long moral failure at the heart of our national life , from the our national life, from the national health service to the civil service to ministers in successive governments, at every level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way . harrowing and devastating way. they failed the victims and their families and they failed this country. >> well, the labour leader, sir keir starmer , also apologised keir starmer, also apologised for what he's described as one of the uk's gravest injustices. mayor of greater manchester andy burnham told gb news he thinks people should be held accountable . accountable. >> his report should rock whitehall to its foundations because whitehall dug in behind the life or decades, and that had very serious consequences for people's health and people's lives . so there has to be lives. so there has to be accountability. you know, we see in these situations, don't we, how there's a, you know, a big injustice uncovered like hillsborough or grenfell or the post office. and yet there isn't that individual accounta

a blood scandal, recognized to be the biggest health care disaster he in e history of the national health servicen 50,000 people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood between the 1970's and 1990's. 3000 people have alrea died, while others are still living with ongoing effects. a seven-year inquiry into the scandal published today identified a catalog of failures by the nhs and successive governments. you can continue to follow our special coveragen the bbc website, bbc.com/news. the u.k. high court ruled monday that wikileaks founder julian assange can appeal his extradition order to stand trial in the u.s. on espionage charges. assange is accused of releasing highly classified information about alleged u.s. war crimes, and potentially faces life in prison if convicted on all charges. the decision allows astonished to challenge the u.s.'s promises on the prospective trial, including guarantees he would not face the death penalty and that his freedom of speech would be protected. assad faces up to 175 years in prison. the u.s. argues that the leaks endangered

labour party, on a day where sir keir starmer wanted to focus on his party's plans for the national health servicesue whenever there is a general election? d now a distraction with this? >> for a party which is out in front clearly pursuing a strategy of let's not rock the boat, because this is our election to lose, if the polls are to be believed, this is not welcome at all. but i suspect, stepping back from it all, if labour leadership are confronted with a choice concerning diane abbott, they have to choose between upsetting more on the left, activists on the left of their party, or upsetting centrist voters as they would see it. i suspect they will choose the former. that is really why keir starmer, every since he took over the leadership of the labour party from jeremy corbyn, it's always erring on the side of upsetting those on the left side of the party. he takes the view that you win elections in this country very much from the center ground. rajini: let's talk about the conservative campaign. we saw a rishi sunak on that journey. chris mason was tagging along today. he has been in the sou

let's unite scotland to protect the national health service , our national health service, our economyeel that the economic system is broken. you're right, it's failed far too many people. that goes to the very core of why i believe in scottish independence . at in scottish independence. at present, it is westminster that holds most economic power over scotland, and that power has been used disastrously. the tories have imposed austerity. the catastrophic liz truss budget and brexit, of course, which compared to eu membership, has wiped billions of pounds from the scottish economy, pushed up prices and hit hard our ability to fund vital public services such as the national health service. labour knows all of that. but keir starmer now supports brexit. whatever the cost to scotland, i do not think scotland should put up with that any more . so let's unite to get any more. so let's unite to get scotland back into the european union and to stop the damage of brexit with limited economic powers in scotland, we have made a difference where we can. economic growth per head has been higher he

today's report shows a decades long moral failure at the heart of our national life, from the national health service to the civil service, to ministers in successive governments at every level , the people and level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way. they failed the victims and their families, and they failed this country . this country. >> well, the chair of the inquiry, sir brian langstaff, found victims suffering had been compounded by the slow pace of government compensation . and in government compensation. and in waiting for the conclusion of the report, rishi sunak had perpetuated the injustice. the labour leader, sir keir starmer , labour leader, sir keir starmer, also apologised, saying victims had been failed by all parties, including his. >> i acknowledge that this suffering was caused by wrongdoing, delay and systemic failure across the board compared bounded by institutional defensiveness and, as sir brian langstaff makes clear in his report, any apology today must be accompanied by action. >> and victims say they'v

from the national health service to the civil service, to ministers in successive governments, at everyevel , the people and level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way. they failed the victims and their families, and they failed this country . this country. >> well, victims say they've been waiting decades for their voices to be heard . voices to be heard. >> sometimes we felt like we were shouting into the wind dunng were shouting into the wind during these 40 years when we told people they didn't believe us, they said this wouldn't happenin us, they said this wouldn't happen in the uk , but today happen in the uk, but today proves that it can happen in the uk. and it did happen in the uk and i just feel validated and vindicated . vindicated. >> and i think everybody today has read of the disasters that unfolded and, and sir brian has been very thorough and has not minced his words. >> this was a systemic this was by government, by civil servants and by health care professionals. i think that really rocks what we thin

infected with hiv and hepatitis c — after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service far we know that 3,000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories — the people with rare genetic blood clotting disorders and people who needed blood transfusions after surgery, for example. let�*s start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. people with blood clotting disorders need a special protein called factor viii orfactor ix injected which helps their blood clot but by the 19705, the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these blood products and so they started to import from america. but because america pays for blood plasma rather than it being donated forfree, it came from a lot of high risk individuals including prisoners, drug addicts and those most in need for money. with these donations came some deadly viral infections such as hepatitis c and hiv. in the late �*70s us drug companies were aware that their product was infected wit

have the opportunity to authorize their data through this e-cabinet through a visit to the national health service and also directly at the shopping center. this will be done in order to relieve the burden on territorial collection centers and to make it more convenient for citizens to update data. well, in the meantime, we will sum up the results of the enemy attack on odesa, when they talk about the russian interventionists, when they struck. in particular, the composition of the new post office. yevhen tafiychuk, the operations director of nova poshta, is now in touch with us. glory to ukraine, sir eugene glory to the hero. good afternoon, studio. anyway, we would like to say thank you. the team of the new post office for how clearly and reliably you work, well, at the same time, this is a story, share, be kind, the details of the enemy shelling and attack on the warehouse of the new post office in odesa. thank you, the event happened on may 1, in the evening a missile strike destroyed our cargo compartment number 4 in the city of odessa, as well as our sorting depot, the event happened at 21:5

long moral failure at the heart of our national life , from the our national life, from the national health service to the civil service to ministers in successive governments, at every level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way . harrowing and devastating way. they failed the victims and their families and they failed this country. >> the inquiry chair , sir brian >> the inquiry chair, sir brian langstaff, found victims suffering had been compounded by the slow pace of government compensation and in waiting for the conclusion of the report, rishi sunak had perpetuated the injustice. labour leader sir keir starmer also apologised , keir starmer also apologised, saying victims had been failed by all parties, including his . by all parties, including his. >> i acknowledge that this suffering was caused by wrongdoing , delay suffering was caused by wrongdoing, delay and suffering was caused by wrongdoing , delay and systemic wrongdoing, delay and systemic failure across the board, compounded by institute defensiveness . and as sir br

of charge in both communal and private institutions that have signed an agreement with the national health service. as noted in moz, coverage of vaccinations in ukraine in in recent years did not exceed 80%. therefore, outbreaks of a number of diseases were recorded. in order to achieve collective immunity, so that there are no outbreaks of infectious diseases and to protect people who for certain reasons cannot receive preventive vaccinations, for example, due to their health, it is necessary that collective immunity is formed, and for this it is necessary that 95 % of children were vaccinated according to the calendar of preventive vaccinations, and at least 80% of adults. every 10 years they received a booster dose of vaccination against diphtheria and tetanus, for according to maryna lyashko, an epidemiologist from bilotserk, some postpone vaccination until later, because they think that the diseases will pass them by. according to the specialist , vaccination rates among children have increased somewhat, but rates among adults remain low, as a result of which cases of measles, rubella, and mu

were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service705, 80s and 905. many have since died, others unknowingly passed infections on to their partners, who then died. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. chloe hayward explains. it is known as the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history, and so far we know 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories — the people with rare genetic blood clotting disorders — such as the haemophiliacs — and people who needed blood transfusions after surgery, for example. let's start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. people with blood clotting disorders need a special protein called factor viii or factor ix injected which helps their blood clot. but by the 19705, the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these blood products, and so they started to import from america. but because america pays for blood plasma, rather tha

infected blood scandal, known as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the uk national health servicehe finding of the public inquiry, into the tragedy, that destroyed so many lives. more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c, in a scandal. spanning more than two decades, from the early 1970s to the 1990s. around 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. hugh pym reports on the conclusions of a landmark hearing. on day one of the inquiry, perry, supported by family, gave evidence. there is a huge impact on family, because they carry you and... he didn't survive long enough to see today's report. he was infected with hiv and hepatitis c through his haemophilia treatment. his memorial service was this month. today, his wife heather and son isaac were here in his memory. it's still very raw, him not being here. it was five weeks ago to the day today, so he so almost made it to see the result and have closure from what happened to him. the minute i read the first recommendation, which was compensa

housing, crime and the national health service as well. that's the shape of the debate to come.urprise today, the uk going to the polls earlier than expected on july the 4th. ireland, norway, and spain have all announced plans to recognise a palestinian state next week. spain and ireland said the decision was not against israel, or in favour of hamas, but in support of peace. israel has reacted angrily and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries. lucy williamson reports. there are things a future palestinian state won't change. the loss of a daughter. a son—in—law. her grandchildren. ten members of this family, bombed in deir al—balah as they sought shelter from the war. but the creation of a palestinian state living peacefully alongside israel is, for many western nations, the only way to end decades of conflict. spain's prime minister today said it was time to recognise that future state. benjamin netanyahu, he said, was creating so much pain, destruction and bitterness in gaza and the rest of palestine, and the two—state solution was in danger of becoming unviable. bu

were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service 80s and 90s. earlier i spoke to cara mcgoogan — a journalist who has investigated the uk blood scandal for her book, the poison line. and blood scandal victim stephen smith, who contracted hepatitis c from a contaminated blood transfusion when he was 22. he told me how the issues began after he had a blood transfusion in 1985 after losing four pints of blood when he accidentally put his foot through a glass door. i had a blood transfusion fuor blood transfusions in total and i would say probably six months after that. so probably 1986, i started some notice that my mood was changing and i was getting very lethargic. did do sport back in the day. so ijust thought you might be sport that made me tired. so i didn't realise. and it went on for 36 years until i did find out which as a hell of a shock. well, that's an incredible amount of time to wait before you found out what went wrong. could you describe the moment you were told? i used to live in essex and i moved four years ago whilst

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were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health servicers unknowingly passed infections on to their partners — who then died. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. chloe hayward explains. it is known as the biggest disaster and an injustice to be so far we know 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories, the people with red genetic blood clotting disorders and people who needed blood transfusions after surgery for example. let's start with the first group, haemophiliacs. they need a special protein called factor viii orfactor ix injected a special protein called factor viii or factor ix injected that helps the blood clot but by the 19705 helps the blood clot but by the 1970s the helps the blood clot but by the 19705 the uk helps the blood clot but by the 1970s the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these blood products and so they started to import from americ

and it goes hand in hand with the national health service. vice without fixing the problems in social care. and so the sort of things that we've been talking about is making sure that we work together, not just with the people who own the own these homes, but also the unions. we need to make sure that we have a proper workforce plan, because part of that is that we don't have enough people going into working in social care, and people just end up coming in on work visas and being paid less. coming in on work visas and being paid less . and so we need being paid less. and so we need to make sure that we address that. to make sure that we address that . we need to make sure that that. we need to make sure that we're doing that without the actually people because i mean, it's the cost of it, but it's also that there's such a high turnover of people. my dad was in a in an old people's home, and he used to work in the united nations. and he, he thought that he was still in the united nations as he as he's developed his dementia developed because th

that they can breathe new life into this sphere and support it, that is, support and... the national health servicehools, the education sector, prisons. when you talk to people, especially outside of london, people are frustrated by the 14 years that things haven't improved. the economic situation has become worse, prices have risen. trust in politicians is very low, so i don't think people are particularly inspired by the party of rishi sunak or keir starmer. this can be detrimental to both parties. when you look at the polls, both the leaders are not very popular with the people. what? the next six weeks will be in a pre-election mood for britain. early elections will be held in the country on july 4. as the struggle is expected to be difficult. the current prime minister is betting on the economic situation, which has improved recently, as we heard, the inflation rate has fallen to 2.3%, on the contrary, another labor representative is betting on changes, and support for ukraine depends to some extent on the results of these elections. as my colleagues have said, if labor wins, the country can f

it will be the national health service, our schools and our public services.yone in our great country, i say this — join me. don't let our disagreements dominate. join me as we open a new chapter, as we create a vibrant economy in every part of our country. as we tackle the challenges faced by the nhs, as we build on the strengths in our schools, as we build more homes, take climate action, improve public transport and create jobs. that's my job. that's ourjob. and i plan to get thejob done. let's speak to nicola mcewan, politics professor at the university of glasgow. he says he will get the job done, but he has a big job ahead of him to revive the fortunes of the snp. he has revive the fortunes of the snp. tie: has and he would be leading a minority government, so that's a difficult ask at any time. it's particularly difficult in an election year, and of course, the general election of this year will be followed not too long after bite the next scottish parliament election, so he will try for dialogue, partly because that is the politician he is, but also be

it'll be the national health service, our schools and our public services, addressing the climate crisis lengthy involvement in politics. so i'm here to do something about that. he's taking on the job 20 years after he resigned having led his party through three election setbacks in westminster, holyrood and european parliament polls. mr swinney will become only the seventh first minister of scotland in holyrood's 25—year history. you're live with bbc news. thejudge overseeing donald trump's first criminal trial threatened to throw the former president in jail. judgejuan merchan found mr trump in contempt of court for a 10th time, saying he violated his gag order by commenting on the jury and how it was selected. thejudge said he recognises that mr trump could very well be the next president, and said that throwing him in jail is the last thing he wants to do. but he said he has a job to do to uphold the judicial system. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, sent this update. documents don't lie. prosecutors showed evidence they say proves trump cooked the books to conceal electi

she wants to know how this happens in the national health service how this could have happened so manyso many years. that's what people want here today, they _ so many years. that's what people want here today, they want - so many years. that's what people want here today, they want the - want here today, they want the truth, justice and accountability. they want to be held responsible for what has happened.— what has happened. criminal prosecutions, _ what has happened. criminal prosecutions, is _ what has happened. criminal prosecutions, is this - what has happened. criminal prosecutions, is this likely i what has happened. criminal. prosecutions, is this likely with the 5candal�*5 the happy discussions about how this impacted blood product which came from state5. now in france, for example, there were prosecutions government acted quite quickly, place to be uk government he took a long time to get off the ground, at 28. but this scandal predates that by many decades, many family members say that con5ulate5 because there were warnings back in the 805 that spits back eight product was

the program of the national health service has been launched, 12 clinics are participating in it, including and our clinic, we take part in this, the state allocates funds for programs, albeit insignificant funds, but we have already joined this program, there was hope, uh, there was hope, that funds for the revival of the nation have already appeared, that the state allocates, is going discussion about what will be increased by each program. that people will be able to get pregnant more, and here comes a bill that wants to cut off our wings, and this ncsu program, where the state allocates funds, you understand, and to all of us reproductive specialists, please explain why the state should pay attention specifically to reproductive specialists, to reproductive science, why should they give birth in the most natural way and that's how ukrainians should increase. in those cases when nature itself cannot, there are some diseases in a man or in a woman that lead to infertility, and this is one in five a married couple faces this problem in the world, today there are 80 million married couples

long moral failure at the heart of our national life , from the our national life, from the national health service to the civil service to ministers in successive governments, at every level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way . harrowing and devastating way. they failed the victims and their families , and they failed their families, and they failed this country . this country. >> chair sir brian langstaff also found victims suffering had been compounded by the slow pace of government compensation and in waiting for the conclusion of the report, rishi sunak, he said, had perpetuated the injustice. labour leader sir keir starmer also apologised , keir starmer also apologised, saying victims had been failed by all parties, including his own . own. >> i acknowledge that this suffering was caused by wrongdoing , delay suffering was caused by wrongdoing, delay and suffering was caused by wrongdoing , delay and systemic wrongdoing, delay and systemic failure across the board, compounded by institutional defensiveness . and, as sir br

were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service and �*90s. in total, 3,000 people died. it's been described as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. so how much will that compensation be? ministers have been asked about the blood scandal this morning. with me is our political correspondent tony bonsignore. much speculation over what that number is going to be, it's going to be big, and the many billions. the question is how much and when will people start seeing the final amounts? the has been some payment so far that astute pressure on the government to speed this up and get final framework government to speed this up and get finalframework out in government to speed this up and get final framework out in competition for those many, many thousands of people infected. we get the final report tomorrow, monday, and so in anticipation of that the defence secretary, grant shapps was asked about that on laura kuenssberg stop and the idea it's ta