it provides facilities at the prince charles hospital and at the prince charles hospital and at another 2016 and 2018 have been under review. —— births. a3 cases were identified in total. 25 were classed as serious and include eight birth deaths. the health board has already been asked to make changes after finding immediately — make immediate concerns. — make immediate concerns. what we see is problems with staffing. we know there is a national shortage of midwives and often there are no specialist doctors on cover when they are needed as well. consultant consultancy is now only provided on one site which they say will help the challenges around staffing. more details will emerge today and for families like macy's, they are eagerly awaited. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the end of an era — japan's emperor akihito prepares to formally give up his throne. islamic state releases a new video. if authentic, it'll be the first time its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, has been seen in years. the deputy attorney general who appointed robert mueller to investigate link

put into special measures, after dozens of serious incidents at the royal glamorgan and prince charles hospitalsnd there was a blame culture, which meant staff found it difficult to raise concerns. sian lloyd reports. macie western was born at one of the maternity units identified in today's report as providing poor care and now placed in special measures. she died just 19 days following complications with her breathing. her motherjessica has questions about what happened during the birth and about the care macie received. very understaffed. because i was induced, we were all on a ward being induced, and they were inducing women, and the women were going into labour too fast. there is not enough staff to deal with that. 0ne lady actually gave birth next to me on the induction ward because there was just no staff and no delivery ward. cwm taf health board provides care out the royal glamorgan hospital in llantrisant and at the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil. today's report found a number of serious failings, described as taking place from the board to the ward. some women received poor

they all occurred at the royal glamorgan hospital and the prince charles hospital. 0ur reporter — tomosreview ordered by the welsh government, a day after the health board said it was investigating dozens of incidents that happened between 2016 and 2018, the independent review found maternity services at this health board were working under extreme pressures, under suboptimal clinical and managerial leadership. the review, which was carried out by the royal college of obstetricians, gynaecologists as well as the royal couege gynaecologists as well as the royal college of midwives, said they had heard stories that were distressing, difficult and sometimes shocking to listen to and they found 11 areas of immediate concern which included amongst them, fragmented consultant coverfor amongst them, fragmented consultant cover for the labour wards, unacceptable cover for the labour wards, u na cce pta ble co nsulta nt cover for the labour wards, unacceptable consultant availability during out—of—hours, and midwifery staffing levels that would not comply with previous standards. staffing levels

the health board provides care at the royal glamorgan hospital and at the prince charles hospital.care, which did not meet the standards expected. there were significant staff shortages and some staff did not behave as they should have towards patients. deep—rooted cultural failings in leadership were identified and systemic failings in the investigation and reporting of serious incidents. a3 cases will be investigated to consider whether the women and babies were harmed and the welsh health minister says incidents as far back as 2010 will also be looked at. i do think the board recognise the seriousness of this report. and the fact they need to rebuild trust and confidence within their organisation with their staff and, crucially, with the public that they serve. the challenge for me is whether the board can meet the organisation to deliver the change in culture and practice that is plainly required. the health board apologised for its failings. it admits it made some changes, but recognises that more needs to be done. macie's family have welcomed the report, but still have questi

this boy provides care, and at the prince charles hospital. care not meeting standards expected. significant stock shortages and some staff did not behave as they should have towards patients. deep—rooted cultural failings towards patients. deep—rooted culturalfailings and towards patients. deep—rooted cultural failings and leadership we re cultural failings and leadership were identified and systemic failings in the investigation and reporting of serious incidents. 43 cases will be re—investigated to consider whether women and babies we re consider whether women and babies were harmed in the welsh health minister says incidents going back 2010 will be looked at.|j minister says incidents going back 2010 will be looked at. i think the board recognises the seriousness of this report. and the fact they need to build trust and confidence within the organisation and staff and crucially with the public that they are serving. the health board apologised for its failings and fed it has made changes but recognises that more needs to be done. macy's fa

was prompted by a number of baby deaths and serious incidents at the royal glamorgan and prince charles hospitalsortages and a "blame culture" had led to poor care. sian lloyd reports. we have kept things along the way. this was our first christmas without her. sarah and jonathan had only a brief moment with their daughterjennifer, she died shortly after being prematurely at their home. sarah had gone to her local hospital while in labour but was told she had constipation and was sent home with laxatives. hours laterjennifer was born. despitejonathan attempting cpr, she didn't survive. she fought so hard to be with us and she wasn't given the opportunity because she wasn't born in the medical unit with medical care. the report identified serious failings described today as taking place from the board to the ward. some women received poor care which didn't meet the standards expected, there were significant staff shortages and not all staff behaved as they should towards patients, deep—rooted cultural failings in leadership were identified and systemic failings in how incidents were reported. heal

was prompted by a number of baby deaths and serious incidents at the royal glamorgan and prince charles hospitalslture" had led to poor care. sian lloyd reports. we have kept things along the way. this was our first christmas without her. sarah and jonathan had only a brief moment with their daughter jennifer, she died shortly after being prematurely at their home. sarah had gone to her local hospital while in labour but was told she had constipation and was sent home with laxatives. hours laterjennifer was born. despite jonathan laxatives. hours laterjennifer was born. despitejonathan attempting cpr, she didn't survive. she fought so cpr, she didn't survive. she fought so hard to be with us and she wasn't given the opportunity because she wasn't born in the medical unit with medical care. the report identified serious failings described today as taking place from the board to the ward. some women received poor care which didn't meet the standards expected, there were significant staff shortages and not all staff behaved as they should towards patients, deep—rooted cultural failings in leadership

review, which criticised the units at the royal glamorgan hospital in lla ntrisa nt and the prince charles hospitalarty's governing body has been discussing whether a commitment to another eu referendum should be part of its european election manifesto, and, if so, under what circumstances. the national executive committee decided this evening that the party would support a further referendum on brexit but only under certain circumstances. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. tell us more about the decision. well, labour has been accused of sitting on the fence when it comes to its brexit policies, it tries to keep these two factions together, those who think they should be a second referendum in all circumstances and many of those who would then campaign to remain in the eu, and then those that think it would be a total betrayal of the original result. so the big question to labour, what on earth were they going to put in their manifesto for the eu elections and jeremy corbyn has really got his way by broadly sticking to the agreed labour party policy for a referendum,

the health board provides care at the royal glamorgan hospital and at the prince charles hospital. shortages and some staff did not behave as they should have towards patients. deep—rooted cultural failings in leadership were identified and systemic failings in the investigation and reporting of serious incidents. 43 cases will be investigated to consider whether the women and babies were harmed and the welsh health minister says incidents as far back as 2010 will also be looked at. i do think the board recognise the seriousness of this report. and the fact they need to rebuild trust and confidence within their organisation with their staff and, with the public that they serve. the challenge for me is whether the board can meet the organisation to deliver the change in culture and practice that is plainly required. the health board apologised for its failings. it admits it made some changes, but recognises that more needs to be done. macie‘s family have welcomed the report, but still have questions they would like answered. sian lloyd, bbc news. the worst treatment scandal in the h

it provides facilities at the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil and at the royal glamorgan hospitalges after inspectors found immediate quality and safety concerns, including significant staff shortages. at our charity, what we see consistently is problems with staffing. we know there‘s a national shortage of midwives, often there aren‘t the specialist doctors on cover when they‘re needed as well. consultant—led care for mothers in labour, orfor babies needing specialist neonatal care, is now only provided on one site which cwm taf health board believes will help the challenges it faced around staffing. more details will emerge today and for families like macie‘s, they‘re eagerly awaited. sian lloyd, bbc news. japanese emperor akihito is stepping down from the throne today, making him the first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health and will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is outside the imperial palace in tokyo this morning. a bit ofa a bit of a crowd behind her there. laura, thank yo

prince charles of edingur edingurgh. >> reporter: all of their children would usher in a new era of hospital births, most famously princeliam, who is the first to be born in a medical ward. and was introduced ed to the w, fu repr: twoears r,ahotoapheswo harry. but now, the rules of succession have changed, allowing princess charlotte, the next child, to maintain her position ahead of her younger brother, prince louis. harry and meghan are hoping to have a private birth near windsor. th first we see of their little ones is likely going to be days after their arrival. >> we want to enjoy this baby with them. i think everybody understands their decision. >> and the world waits for that first baby picture. >>> that's "the overnrnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, april 24th. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> the death toll rises in sri lanka's easter terror attack. >> my children all are boys. >> at least 60 people have been arrested, but officials say more suspects are out there, some armed with explosives. >>> an arizona teenager

prince charles. >> reporter: firstborn son was born by cesarean at buckingham pala palace. sisters and brothers worn there, too. their children would usher in hospitalt hair to the british throne to be born in a medical ward, introduced to the world on the hospital's front steps. >> actually diana found it very stressful. then they drove away and the car went around the corner and she burst into tears. >> reporter: two years later she faced photographers again after the birth of prince harry. a couple of decades later, prince william and kate, the duchess of cambridge introduced their first child george on the very same steps. now the rules of succession have changed, allowing princess charlotte, the next child, to maintain her position ahead of her younger brother, prince louis born a few years later. harry and meghan are choosing to have a much more private birth closer to their home in windsor where they married last year. the first we'll see of their little ones won't be hours, but more likely days after their arrival. >> it's sad for royal followers, because we all want to enjoy this baby with them. i think everybody completely understands thei

an independent review has found that maternity services at the royal glamorgan and prince charles hospitalssure" and had "sub—optimal" leadership. the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecology, and the royal college of midwives — who carried out the review — says they heard stories which were "distressing, difficult and sometimes shocking to listen to". the cwm taf health board says planned changes have already eased pressures. jessica western's daughter macie died from rain damage after 19 days. her case is one of the 43 being looked at. we weren't listened to, and it felt like it didn't matter who you addressed your issue to, nobody really had time. i do agree that it was overstretched, and we saw that ourselves on the ward. but, at the same time, our baby was critically ill, and we had no answers then and we still have no answers now. just simple things as well, like my placenta should have been sent away for histology, which might have brought us some answers, but it was thrown. and when we asked why, all we got was, "we don't know why." 0ur reporter tomos morgan is in merthyr tyd