security agents, health editor hugh pym about a week ago.— security agents, health editor hugh pym aboutals that _ pym about a week ago. we were told by health officials that over— pym about a week ago. we were told by health officials that over 100 - by health officials that over 100 people had been affected by the e. coli which is said to be clinically serious. the problem was they are spread right around the uk. so it was hard to trace the source of this outbreak. they did say then that it was probably a nationally distributed food product. well, today we have learned there are more than 200 cases and of those contacted more than 40% have been in hospital had hospital treatment. two large food manufacturers have recalled products, sandwiches and wraps with salad leaves, more than 50 of them, and they have been taken off the shelves and retailers like aldi, as these —— asda and morrisons, tesco, it said to be a precautionary measure. it doesn't mean all of these were definitely affected, but clearly this is result of officials. thus stay away from those who are vulnerable, staff work,

hugh pym. — recalled on the bbc website.africa's parliament has elected cyril ramaphosa to a second term as president. it follows a ground—breaking coalition agreement. it's the first time his party, the anc, have had to share power since the end of apartheid. that was 30 years ago. they're partnering up with the centre right democratic alliance and two other smaller parties. president putin says he's willing to call an immediate ceasefire in his war on ukraine, if kyiv gives up four regions in the east of the country now partially occupied by russia. speaking to a meeting of russian ambassadors in moscow, he also said ukraine would need to abandon its ambition tojoin nato. western leaders dismissed the offer as a demand for ukraine to capitulate, with kyiv calling the proposals "offensive to common sense". the late michael mosley has been remembered this evening with a special programme on bbc one, looking back at his life and work. it's five days since his body was discovered on the greek island of symi, after he went miss

hugh pym there.tarted in germany next week. jack grealish, harry maguire and james maddison are among those who haven't made the squad. england face iceland tomorrow at wembley in their final pre—tournament warm—up game. the bbc�*sjoe wilson has more on this. it's hard to imagine a time previously in english football when they have had at their disposal technically gifted attacking players like jack grealish and james maddison and left them out of a squad for a major tournament, but that is what has happened. gareth southgate actually has just said that this has been one of his most difficult days in the job, to leave those two out in particular. fact is, england just have a surplus of options in those attacking positions, and southgate said that players like eberechi eze, cole palmer, have just had better seasons. in defence, well, options are more limited. harry maguire, who's been a stalwart under southgate, just hasn't recovered from injury. luke shaw at least has recovered to be in the squad. bu

and just let me pick up on francis pym.ke, he won the military cross in the second world war, he was not afraid to speak his mind. but after the 1983 election, what happened to him? he was immediately sacked because it's a totally different dynamic. he was speaking from the ruling party about the same question that grant shapps has been. grant shapps is also speaking from the ruling party warning of the risk of a landslide, basically. and this tells us two things. it tells us, as we were saying earlier in the week, adam, that the conservative cupboard is quite bare in terms of what they have left to say. so they've chucked a lot of policy and new ideas at people. it isn't shifting the polls in their favour. the polls continually point to labour doing extremely well. so at some point in the conservative headquarters, there was always, as i understand it, going to be a kind of pull the emergency cord and start saying, "don't give labour everything, don't give labour everything". it has surprised some people how early it has c

here, thank you very much for nova hugh pym- _ now, the bbc news at six and ten is travelling aroundection campaign — let'sjoin reeta now in greenock in inverclyde. hello from one of the seats which is a key battleground here in scotland between the snp and labour. with a fortnight to go before the poll, we'll be looking tonight at scotland's political landscape and how it might change after polling day. in the last general election in 2019, the snp dominated, winning 48 seats at westminster. trailing far behind, the conservatives gained a total of six mps across scotland, the liberal democrats had four, leaving labour almost wiped out with just a single mp in a scottish seat. this time around, boundary changes mean there'll be two fewer parliamentary seats in scotland than at the last election. in a moment, we'll be hearing from our scotland editorjames cook, and later i'll be finding out if it's election or euros fever sweeping the nation. but first, our political editor chris mason reports from the newly created constituency of lothian east where an old name is hoping for success.

our heath editor hugh pym has met one teenager who's been affected.r this month, now data has been published on line top seducer seen examples of patient names and dates of birth. nhs england says the criminals have not got access to its e—mail system but there is still a warning to patients. regardless of whether they are a patient, any member of the public should be vigilant about any suspicious e—mails or texts or calls that you may receive. the nhs never asks for financial information by text or by e—mail. the attack damaged it systems affecting blood supplies and tests at several london hospitals and gp practices. more than 3000 procedures, operations and appointments have been cancelled. one of those affected was ia—year—olds dylan, he has a rear type of bone cancer and has had chemotherapy, he was due to have a tumour removed and has waited until —— with since february, but it was postponed. we had been through so much, it did not surprise me any more. sometimes these things do not feel real until they happen. we were shocked. locating the prob

our health editor hugh pym joins me — there are serious concerns. yes, officials are concerned. somebody who recently visited england, the rest are in england, which nearly 40 were people who went to hospital or are in hospital needing treatment. it's been difficult for officials, because normally they can isolate the source of an outbreak to a stretch of contaminated water or one site, but these are very geographically spread, so they have concluded it is likely to be linked to a nationally distributed food item or multiple items. they haven't said what that might be. they are still investigating that with food standards agency officials. the symptoms are severe diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach cramps, and sometimes fever. the advice is if you have those symptoms to steer clear of anyone who might be vulnerable, just stop the risk of infection, and more generally the advice is to practice regular handwashing and food hygiene measures. ., ~' handwashing and food hygiene measures— handwashing and food hygiene measures. ., ~ , ., y . prince harry has been given permission to appeal

hugh pym has more. the problem was they were spread right around the uk.obably a nationally distributed food product. today we've learned are more than 200 and of those contacted 4% in hospital with treatment. two large food manufacturers have recalled products, sandwiches and wraps with solder leaves, more than 50 and they been taken off the shelves in retailers. we're told this is a precautionary measure, and not all those products may be impacted. most people who get e coli recover well at home, but others can get seriously ill. if you do have symptoms, you should not go to work or school until 48 hours after the symptoms stop. you're live with bbc news. in one of the major developments at this week's g7 summit in italy, us president biden and ukrainian president zelensky signed a bilateral security agreement that cements long—term support for ukraine. but with the war now in its third year, ukraine's needs go well beyond weaponry. russia's full—scale invasion has killed tens of thousands of people — and left many more with lost limbs and other life—cha

helena wilkinson, bbc joining me now is our health editor, hugh pym.nerable is the nhs to these kinds of cyber attacks? well, jane, in the last hour or so, one expert reminded us that ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure such as hospitals is part of the play book of cyber warfare, and of course there was a major attack on hospitals infrastructure with a cyber attack or another ransomware attack in 2017, and that affected 80 trusts either directly or incorrectly —— directly and caused disruption this is two trusts but with several hospital sites and many organisations in south—east london, including general practise surgeries, dependent on the services provided by the trusts for carrying out blood testings and we heard there, there are cancellations, previous blood tests, patients won't get results from that so they will have to be recalled, at the hospitals, blood transfusions can't be carried out and used because of blood supplies being affected although i am told some routine surgery is going ahead. the nhs in england said this is a signific

so we've asked hugh pym, the bbc�*s health editor, to have a look at what the parties are promising andeen all sorts of pledges in the manifestos so far on improving gp services and dentistry and cutting waiting lists and better social care and so on. generally speaking, the liberal democrats and the greens on have come up with more extensive plans on raising taxes to cover spending increases. but i think hanging over all the main parties, whoever forms the next government, is a huge challenge with the nhs in terms of keeping up with increased patient demand all because of the ageing society and population and their needs, the need for more medical advances being converted into drugs for patients, how you pay for all that, and the need to make people more healthy. what do you do about prevention so that the nhs doesn't and actually there is an immediate challenge for whoever walks become overwhelmed? and actually there is an immediate challenge for whoever walks into downing street onjuly 5th. the nhs in england — budgets are really strapped in the current year. in real terms they didn'

our health editor hugh pym joins me. what do we know, hugh?know, hugh? more than one week ago. we were _ what do we know, hugh? more than one week ago, we were told _ what do we know, hugh? more than one week ago, we were told by _ what do we know, hugh? more than one week ago, we were told by health - week ago, we were told by health officials that over 100 people have been affected by an outbreak the e. coli bacteria, a strain known as stec which was said to be clinically serious. the problem was they were spread right around the uk so it was hard to trace the source of this outbreak. they did say then it was probably a nationally this tribute at food product. today we have learned there are more than 200 cases and of those contacted, more than 40% have been in hospital or had hospital treatment and two large food benefactors have recalled products, sandwiches and wraps with salad leaves. more than 50 of them. they have been taken off the shelves in retailers like aldi, morrisons, co—op and tesco. it is said to be precautionary, it doesn't m

and gp appointments and operations being disrupted— including cancer treatment. 0ur heath editor hugh pyme nhs earlier this month and the stolen data is being published online. 0fficials data is being published online. officials say they are trying to verify what is in the files. nhs england says criminals have not had access to the e—mail system but there is still a warning to patients. the nhs never asks for example for financial information by text or by e—mail. financial information by text or by e-mail. ., ., . ~ financial information by text or by e-mail. . . . ~' . . e-mail. the attack damaged it s stems e-mail. the attack damaged it systems affecting _ e-mail. the attack damaged it systems affecting blood - e-mail. the attack damaged it i systems affecting blood supplies e-mail. the attack damaged it - systems affecting blood supplies and tests at several london hospitals and gp practices. more than 3000 procedures, operations and appointments have been cancelled. 0ne appointments have been cancelled. one of those affected was 14—year—old dylan. he has a rare type of bone cancer a

hugh pym, bbc news. in gaza have been damaged in shelling, which killed 22 people seeking shelter nearby. the organisation did not say who carried out the attacks. the hamas—run health ministry blamed israel, but the israeli military said there was no indication its forces were responsible, though the strike is under review. around 1,500 people at tata steel in south wales will begin an indefinite strike from 8july over the company's plan to cut thousands ofjobs. tata steel says it would be forced to accelerate closure plans if the strike affected the safety or stability of its operations. tributes have been paid to rugby league's rob burrow at the first home game since his death. 17,000 fans watched on as more than 80 of rob's former teammates joined his family to remember him. 0ur reporter patrick gearey has the details. this was no ordinary match, but rob burrow was no ordinary player, no ordinary man. last night his words held headingley like once you sidestep pad. lh a held headingley like once you

our health editor hugh pym joins us now.of the election campaign when they're one of the key issues? that's right. the nhs in england, we are talking about figures for england today, it has been a key subject in the debate so far and what voters are reporting in terms of their experiences with the nhs. it's true that the waiting list for treatment in england or it could be waiting for an appointment or procedure or operation, the total list is lower than september last year. it's come down a bit over most of the months up until the most recent month for which that is april when it went up by 30,000, and the parties are trying to get away from that but the increase for the total waiting list for the first time since september will add new urgency to the debate over the state of the nhs. it had always been predicted that the figures would come down slowly and may be plateau for a bit and they are just above 7.5 million but it will be a huge challenge for whoever forms the next government to work out how to bring down the list

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our health editor hugh pym joins us from st thomas'.s carried out in one area for south—east london and at gp practices for example not been carried out and results from previous tests not coming back. so that is affecting quite a few patients and we heard from one who said his lung cancer operation yesterday was postponed at very short notice. a mother got in touch saying her daughter was on dialysis at home and was concerned now because of needing to get a blood test done. nhs leaders are saying that emergency care is not affected and they urged patience to carry on coming and if they need urgent attention. and if you have an appointment and i had not heard then do come on in but cyber experts are concerned in consultation with nhs leaders with speculation about this russian group chillin, a criminal gang who attacked other organisations globally being behind this latest attack. coronation street stalwart helen worth has announed she is to leave the itv soap after starring as gail platt for 50 years. she'll celebrate her golden annive

. >> do you remember when francis pym said to margaret thatcher in 1983?she said. don't you talk such treachery . treachery. >> but look, the interesting thing is we just saw that clip on gb news then about the battlebus. >> whoever's in charge of the campaign , rishi sunaks campaign, campaign, rishi sunaks campaign, their head should be on a spike outside the tower of london because he's now got, instead of having the one word change, or as johnson did with get brexit done, he's now got three words. the first line is in labour red. >> the second line is in the colour of the reform party . have colour of the reform party. have you not seen that? it's ludicrous. >> now look, frankly , like you, >> now look, frankly, like you, you said you wouldn't want to be rishi sunak. >> i'd rather play leapfrog with a unicorn than be rishi sunak. today i've got to tell you that. but but you know it's not over. we're still labour party is still going to have to fight for every single vote. and don't forget, the labour party has a magnificent record in snatching defeat fr