rianna croxford, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...d a promising immune response in people over 60 — offering hope to the age groups most at risk of the virus. a boost to the defence budget, as the government announces the armed forces are to receive an extra £16.5 billion over the next four years. prince william says the bbc investigation into how panorama secured its interview with his mother is a step in the right direction. one of the uk's biggest food retailers has said the abuse its staff are receiving from customers has reached a n "u na cce pta ble level". new figures from the co—op show attacks on workers have risen by 36% this year to nearly 40,000 incidents. our consumers affairs correspondent, sarah corker, reports. bodycam footage from a co—op store in northamptonshire. the customer becomes aggressive. get out, right now. he repeatedly tries to rip off the facemask off the shop worker. take it off. the abuse against retail staff is escalating. this is what happened in surrey when a customer was asked to follow the shop's o

rianna croxford investigates the growth of private baby scanning studios. at first, i was doing them every two weeks. it's an industry that's thriving. having the reassurance from private scans has literally got me through. many women say they help, but is there a risk of false reassurance? that's what i specifically paid for, to check for ectopic and they got it so wrong. we investigate concerns about how scanning studios operate... to embark on a scan of a woman who's been bleeding is appalling. ..go inside a company whatsapp group which reviews scans... i knew something was wrong straightaway. i didn't know what to do. . . hear from a whistle—blower who claims problems will be missed... they want to be all singing, all dancing, medical checks, pictures, and it can't be done in a five to eight minute scan. ..and ask whether there needs to be change. regulation is needed now. we're seeing a huge expansion of these clinics. on our high streets, one business is booming. for many women, pregnancy can be a really anxious time and they're keen to check on their

rianna croxford reports on our high streets, one business is booming.ans. hope thought she had struggled to have children because of previous ill health. hey, how are you doing? hey! she says it made her especially anxious when she became pregnant. ijust couldn‘t believe it, it was like such a big gift and then i thought, what if this doesn‘t last? she is now six months pregnant and has had five private scans, costing between £60 and £100 each. it has been the most relieving experience ever. i‘d had the most sleepless night before just with pure worry, so when you come out of that and know everything is ok, you‘re like, "phew!" you feel pretty relieved for maybe a good couple of days up to a week and then the cycle starts again. scans are carried out by sonographers. it is not a regulated profession like being a midwife. but the growing popularity of gender reveal parties is a big draw for many couples. we have spoken to one woman who attended a scan with window to the womb in salford to record her baby‘s genderfor a party and check its well—being. we h

rianna croxford investigates the growth of private baby scanning studios.m private scans has literally got me through. many women say they help, but is there a risk of false reassurance? that's what i specifically paid for, to check for ectopic and they got it so wrong. we investigate concerns about how scanning studios operate... to embark on a scan of a woman who's been bleeding is appalling. ..go inside a company whatsapp group which reviews scans... i knew something was wrong straightaway. i didn't know what to do.

rianna croxford, bbc news.and. still a cold wind, most of the showers moving away. overnight tonight we keep the clear skies in the east but cloud will increase from the west. this is the next front bringing rain to northern ireland, western fringes of england, wales and south—west scotla nd england, wales and south—west scotland but in the east, a cold start to friday, a touch of frost. tomorrow we will see a different feeling day than today. more cloud, milder with rain spreading west to east, patchy showers returning from the rest later on and temperatures back into double figures but still fairly chilly around the east coast. into the weekend, fairly changeable. windy on saturday with showers, fewer showers and brighter by sunday. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. i‘m ben brown. the headlines at four... more positive news about a coronavirus vaccine — the oxford team says its research is showing good results and has had a promising immune response in people over 60. what we‘ve demonstrated is that in the l

rianna croxford reports. on our high streets, one business is booming. we have learned the company identified a serious abnormality incompatible with life. but rather than refer her to hospital immediately and provide a medical report, the woman was told the baby‘s head couldn‘t be fully seen and recommended to book an nhs anomaly scan. it was absolutely immoral, it was disgusting. they let this poor girl leave and go to a gender reveal party, name the baby, open gifts and that baby couldn't live. the woman only found out when she showed the scan images to a family friend who is an experienced sonographer. i had to break the news that that baby couldn‘t live and i had to do that over the telephone, and they were hysterical. the company apologised at the time. it says the sonographer left shortly afterwards and the incident led to best practice being reinforced. but these leaked internal documents show that three spina bifida cases were also missed in a single week in may. the company‘s directors described the cases as a pattern of similar and serious err