apparently the royal couege numbers. es has ceased campaigning so actively on the move towards what they call more normal births. i always thought that expression would be natural births. that seems to be the focus of this article. clearly it is very upsetting. we are at a stage in our history which is one where the health of newborn babies, the prospects of a child being born alive and other dying have both been transformed, in the last half century. that makes these kinds of stories even more disturbing. in terms of prenatal and post—natal, things have been transformed. but as i understand it, it is different in oui’ i understand it, it is different in our country as it is too many european countries. a story you liked at the top of the news briefing page at the top of the telegraph about schools and the a—level results. telegraph about schools and the a-level results. those are coming on thursday and i make a forecast that oui’ successes toitioi'i'ow thursday and i make a forecast that our successes tomorrow night and

it is a change of tack here from the royal couege change of tack here from the royal college of midwives one. i think mums to be will welcome this change. which reminds me of some of the forceful breast—feeding campaigns that get mounted now and if you can't breast—feed or you don't want to you feel like you are a second—rate mum. yes, iam feel like you are a second—rate mum. yes, i am delighted to see this story because i think a lot of the instructions that women get about how to give birth on how to breast—feed and how to bottle feed on whether to bottle feed, it is all built up into a huge commercial and public health enterprise that goes into telling mums that they are doing it wrong, everything they do they are doing it wrong. it would be nice to be told actually once in awhile that you are doing your best. if you need an epidural or a ca esa rea n if you need an epidural or a caesarean or if you need an epidural or a caesa rean 01’ you if you need an epidural or a caesarean or you need to use bottles, you' re caesarean or you need to use bottles, you're not a bad person, you will

there has been a significant increase, as we had from the royal couege increase, as we had from the royales there, a bit of an ongoing concern i think, but, just looking at the financial situation of the nhs and the problem of how well they have planned the training of staff, i think there is a bit ofa training of staff, i think there is a bit of a concern that there will be squeeze is on staffing in these units in future. we are looking at, on average, i units in future. we are looking at, on average, 1 day a yearfor a trust, it doesn't sounds terrible, can we take into account that it is inevitable that there will be peaks? you might get particularly complex cases, you might get an glasses, you can plan the fact that people are going to have babies, you get more advance notice them for other uses of health service. however, there is still a degree of unpredictability. and although it is a small number of occasions, you have to remember that it is the people at the receiving end of it, mums and their partners having babies, being transferred while you are in labour is not necessarily ver

lead story is statins are needlessly being doled out to millions, it's due to people's age, the royal couege called. the college has called to an end of the blanket doling out of statins. the trump story on the front page of the times. passengers enjoying waits of up times. passengers enjoying waits of up to four hours on arrival at european airports —— injuring. sean, you have a story that ties into some of the trauma 7 you have a story that ties into some of the trauma? we talked about it a few weeks ago. on the front page of the papers yesterday as well we saw it. car hire. generally it's been making headlines lately. the daily mail is continuing their investigation by saying car hire sharks have been caught red—handed. a few issues people might be familiar with, paying the excess waiver at the desk. you arrive and they say you can't take the car until you have paid extra. they say you can't take the car untilyou have paid extra. you they say you can't take the car until you have paid extra. you don't have to do that but people feel pressured to do that a. fuel options as well, do you hav

the royal couege planning for birth. yal college of midwives agreed it was sometimes right to close the unit by doing so ornate regular basis showed underlying problems with the number of expert staff. —— on a regular. dominic hughes, bbc news. we will talk about that later. a british woman is recovering in hospital after being shot while on holiday with her family in brazil. eloise dixon from south london was driving with her partner and three children when they took a wrong turn into an area controlled by drug gangs near rio. our south america correspondent, katy watson, has more. and innocent family on a summer holiday. —— an. eloise dickson made one mistake which nearly cost them their lives. it all happened about 90 miles south of rio dejaneiro. a pa rt 90 miles south of rio dejaneiro. a part of brazil that is popular with tourists and has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. the family had rented a car, and according to local media, were looking for a place to find water when they made a wrong turn int