bbc news has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now examiningases. also this hour — the government announces plans to make an extra £2 billion available to build more affordable social housing in england from 2022. theresa may said the proposals aim to remove the stigma around living in social housing and improve the quality of new developments. and in football, manchester city suffer a shock defeat in their opening champions league match against lyon at the etihad stadium. and at half past eleven we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers mihir bose and asa bennett. stay with us for that. good evening. a brexit deal is still far away, according to jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission. he was speaking at the eu summit taking place in austria, where theresa may has this evening been presenting her case for a deal based on the plans drawn up by the cabinet at chequers earlier this summer. officials say that there remain serious differences over trade and the future of the irish border. mrs may said tonig

bbc news has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now examining more than 100 cases. the government announces plans to make an extra £2 billion available, to build more affordable social housing in england from 2022. and scooping up space junk. a british satellite, nearly 200 miles above earth, clears up tonnes of rubbish, using a giant net. a very good evening, and welcome to bbc news. european union leaders are meeting in salzburg where theresa may will try to get their support for her vision of brexit. we will go over to salt for now and join christian fraser. welcome to salzburg. tonight the eu needs, and it is an invaluable moment for theresa may to put her case a cross on what moment for theresa may to put her case a cross on what she wants from the brexit negotiation. she is looking to the october summit, which is just around the corner, and possibly another november summit, a special summit on brexit. not many opportunities now to get this deal over the line. we do sometimes obsessin over the line. we do sometimes obsess in britain about b

they are claiming babies and mothers have died because of blunders at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust the hospital is failing to learn lessons from what's gone wrong. a year ago, the bbc revealed that the government had ordered an investigation into maternity care relating to 23 cases at the hospital. the bbc has also found that significant concerns about the trust were not flagged up by experts to the health regulators. this exclusive investigation from michael buchanan. these children should all be alive, but maternity errors by one nhs trust left their parents bereft. what makes the deaths more unbearable is that the shrewsbury and telford trust often didn't learn lessons. we've had quite a few scares. after what happened previously it is quite hard to get excited. devon and gavin cadwallader‘s baby should now be eight months old but last december their daughter quinn died in the princess royal hospital in telford. devon had complained to staff that her baby's movements had slowed. the hospital constantly reassured her everything was fine but it wasn't. after three days in hospital

the maternity unit scandal at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust sees the number of cases being reviewedhe sun reveals starbucks paid only £4.5million in tax last year on £162 million profit. we will return to that story in due course. let us start with a set. different interpretations of what is happening in salzburg in this meeting between theresa may and the other eu leaders, depending on what paper you read. the times mac, made's brexit plan opens a rift between eu leaders. a rather positive headline. yes. and certainly her team will have spirits soaring, the salzburg dinner may bring brittle this morning after the ten minute speeches. they all said thank you, you shuffle off and we will talk behind your back tomorrow. in this report, some of it is not too knew, that 47 member state leaders have different opinion. but on the record they will say no, michel barnier, we are behind him. but some sing different songs are. certain member states, netherlands and belgium want it more positive, thinking maybe is the time to actually react a bit more positively and engage with the proposals.

also tonight: more than 100 families have now come forward to allege poor maternity care at the shrewsbury telford nhs trust. at the westminster bridge inquests, more information emerges about the man responsible and his movements in the days before the attack. two people have died as storm ali swept through the northern half of the uk and ireland. a day of grand ceremony as north korea agrees to close its key missile testing facility following talks with south korea. and manchester city endure a difficult evening, against lyon, in their first champions league tie of the season. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — australia get their revenge against the commonwealth champions, england. they're beaten in the quad series. good evening. a brexit deal is still "far away" according to jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission. he was speaking at the eu summit taking place in austria, where theresa may has this evening been presenting her case for a deal based on the plans drawn up by the cabinet at chequers earlier this summer. officials say that there remain serious differ

the bbc has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now lookingwhat happened to more than 100 babies going back to the year 2000. the families have come forward after the bbc revealed last month that there were ongoing concerns about errors made by maternity staff at the trust. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. two children born one year apart. two children born one year apart. two toddlers now finding their way in the world. two people whose pa rents fear in the world. two people whose parents fear might have been affected by maternity errors he doesn't talk, walk. when his mother was 28 weeks pregnant, a scan revealed a problem with his skull. but despite the concern, staff encouraged her to have a natural birth. birth. it didn't work, she needed an emergency caesarian. experts have repaired his skull and insisted it is not the cause of his delayed development. why, did you let me try natural birth when you knew that there was something wrong with his head? it could have been a completely different story, you know, if you

the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust will have to provide details as part of an ongoing review lookingof poor care stretching back nearly two decades. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan is in shrewsbury. we know that more than 100 families have already come forward saying they were failed by maternity services at this trust, that is more than 100 families coming forward and saying their babies died or suffered significant harm or that in a handful of cases the mothers themselves were let down. so far that figure has been made up of people coming forward and saying can you look into my case. the expansion allows the team to look at hundreds of records between 1998 and 2017. stillbirths and maternal deaths, neonatal deaths, significant harm, and they will determine what to step to ta ke and they will determine what to step to take next. it is vital, in cases like this and in this specific case, that we get to the bottom of what happened, that we look into all potential cases, and the investigation that has been set up can range as wide as it needs to to make sure that we

the care quality commission made an unannounced inspection to have this shrewsbury and telford trust were being treated like cattle in an undignified fashion. they were approached by patients, when there we re approached by patients, when there were no staff around to help them. it is the crux of the problem that the trust has, it does not have enough consultants, it does not have enough consultants, it does not have enoughjunior doctors, enough consultants, it does not have enough junior doctors, particularly in its a&e departments in telford and shrewsbury, which has meant it has not, for well over a year, met its four—hour waiting target. it has had ambulances queueing up for well over an hour on multiple occasions, trying to get patients to actually get into the hospital. problems have been mounting, the trust and local commission have been concerned, and the regulator has decided to act. urgent enforcement action. 0ther than bussing in doctors and nurses, what can they do? this is the interesting thing, there is little detail on what the ctc can do. earlier on, it in the summer,

bbc news has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now examining

the bbc has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now lookingward after the bbc revealed last month that there were ongoing concerns about errors made by maternity staff at the trust. theresa may has announced plans to make an extra £2 billion available to build more affordable housing and social housing in england. councils, housing associations and other bodies can bid for the money for new projects from 2022. the prime minister says she wants to remove what she called the "stigma" surrounding social housing, as our correspondent richard lister reports. at this site in south london, they're building a mix of private and social housing, homes that are badly needed — notjust in the capital, but across the country, where demand for affordable housing far outstrips supply. today the prime minister announced an additional £2 billion for housing associations to build more homes. under the scheme, associations will be able to apply for funding stretching as far ahead as 2028—29, the first time any government has offered housing associations such long

urgent action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust by the regulator, the care ago which revealed widespread concerns about the quality of patient care and safety. the trust was already under investigation for a cluster of baby deaths in its maternity services. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, is in telford for us this evening. michael. a&e problems are often driven by unprecedented demand, the problem here is an inability to hire enough staff to cope with predicted demand. there are not enough consultants and junior doctors so inspectors found high dependency unit with no staff at one point. staff are also complaining that too many patients we re complaining that too many patients were being treated in an undignified manner. the trust say they are working hard to ensure the right procedures are in place but, as you say, this is just procedures are in place but, as you say, this isjust after they procedures are in place but, as you say, this is just after they are trying to cope with a growing and deepening scandal of errors in its maternity d

will my right honourable friend actuallyjoin me on a pub crawl in shrewsbury? laughter i'm buying! can get it in writing that he is buying, i'm very tempted to consider that offer, and i'll negotiate with him. at three, sex in the city star cynthia nixon says her bid to be democratic nominee for new york governor may have failed this week, but she hopes she has inspired many women to enter politics. at two, cornwall county council has voted to officially add an apostrophe to lands end. it's planning to rename some electoral wards and wanted to clarify the spelling. so, that's "land's". and at one, some mps marked back british farming day at pmqs, but the prime minister herself decided not to join them in the wheat fields. gary connor. finally, there is renewed fighting over bosworth field, one of england's most famous battlefields. now, as you'll remember from your school history, the battle saw henry tudor defeat richard iii in 11185, ending the plantagenet era and ushering in the tudors. but now, an application has been put in to build a driverless vehicle test track on part of t

urgent action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust by the regulator, the care follows an unannounced inspection a week ago which revealed widespread concerns about the quality of patient care and safety. the trust was already under investigation for a cluster of baby deaths in its maternity services. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is in telford for us this evening. we know there are lots of pressures across the nhs often driven by unprecedented demand but the problem here is that they simply have not been able to hire enough staff to cope with predicted demand and that failure to have enough consultants and junior doctors became apparent during the unannounced inspection by the care quality commission last month. inspectors themselves were being pulled aside by patients as they could not find anyone else and they could not find anyone else and the staff they did speak to said they felt some people were being treated in an undignified and uncaring fashion. the trust say they are working with the ctc and with patients to ensure the right proced

urgent action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust by the regulator, the carequality of patient care and safety. the trust was already under investigation for a series of baby deaths in its maternity services. the government has abandoned plans to cut taxes for 3 million self—employed workers. the treasury had announced two years ago that it would scrap some national insurance contributions. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster and explained the significance of the move. the plan was to abolish a class of national insurance contributions which would have seen about 3 million self—employed workers pay about £150 a year less. what, by abolishing that class, it would have pushed some of the lowest earners into a higher class, meaning that they would have had to pay more. now, the treasury couldn‘t find a way to make that fear and so it has ditched the whole plan. but this is an the first time the chancellor has had to row back on a proposed change to the tax system for the self—employed. he had to do so when he found himself in some political

urgent action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust by the regulator, the carer of baby deaths in its maternity services. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan sent us this update from telford. this shows the level of concern the regulators have about this the problem here is that they simply have not been able to hire the staff to cope with the demand. and failure to cope with the demand. and failure to have enough consultants and junior doctors became apparent during that inspection by the care quality commission last month, when inspectors themselves were pulled aside by patients because they could not find anyone else and staff they did speak to who were here, they say they felt that some people were being treated in an undignified and uncaring fashion. the trust say that working with the ctc and patients, they are ensuring that protocols are in place but they are already trying to deal with problems in maternity services and the ctc have also taken action today against another of the west midlands hospital trusts, who have allegedly also failed

bbc news has learned that a review into maternity errors at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is now examining

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the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust will have to provide details as part of an ongoing review lookingre stretching back nearly two decades. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. we know that more than a hundred families have already come forward saying they were failed by maternity services at this trust. more than 100 families are coming forward saying their babies died or suffered significant harm or in a handful of cases that the women, the mothers themselves, were let down. but so far, that figure has been made up of people coming forward and saying can you look into my case, the expansion of the review allows the team to look at hundreds of records between 1998 and 2017, stillbirths, maternal deaths, neonatal deaths, incidents of significant harm, and that review tea m of significant harm, and that review team will then determine what steps to ta ke team will then determine what steps to take next. the health and social secretary, matt hancock, has told us that it secretary, matt hancock, has told us thatitis secretary, matt hancock, has told us that