jeremy bowen, bbc news, nebi saleh.four children at a belfast hospital were avoidable. the inquiry investigated the deaths of five children between 1996 and 2003 and took 1a years to complete. the chairman made damning criticisms of hospital staff, managers and officials, saying families had been deliberately misled. the international development minister, lord bates, stunned colleagues in the house of lords this afternoon by resigning because he was late to the chamber to answer questions. i'm thoroughly ashamed for not being in my place and will be offering my resignation to the prime minister. tonight downing street announced they had rejected his resignation saying it was "unnecessary". lord bates will now continue in his role. will see a loss of valuable british influence in the fight against crime the head of europol fears the uk's departure from the european union will see a loss of valuable british influence in the fight against crime and international terrorism. the government says it is optimistic that an ambi