sophie hutchinson, bbc news.st there will be more at 6am on breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. a reminder of our top story. police in malaysia investigating the apparent assassination of kimjong—nam — the half—brother of north korea's leader — have detained a second woman. they've also carried out an autopsy. mr kim died on monday after apparently being poisoned

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.try. he says this could involve up to four different nations, each using several stadiums. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway is here. possibly as many as four. what is he suggesting? the reasons behind this are that fifa agreed that the 2026 world cup would be completed by 48 countries, expansion. that brings logistical hosting issues for smaller nations. so what gianni infantino is saying is that he wants to expand the number or encourage co—hosting between three or even four different countries. at the moment, the favourite for the 2026 bed is america. that leaves open the possibility of a co—hosting agreement between canada and mexico, despite the difficulties with the trump administration between those two countries, becomes a real possibility. in the wider context, it is politically astute by gianni infantino. lots it is politically astute by gianni infa ntino. lots of it is politically astute by gianni infantino. lots of smaller nations will welcome the chance to play

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.y on tonight's panorama on bbc one at 8:30. and you can see more on the bbc‘s nhs health check on our website. that's at bbc.co.uk/health. in the battle of trump versus the courts, the courts are winning so far and the president's doing nothing to hide his frustration. he's stepped up his attacks on the judge who set aside his travel ban on seven predominantly muslim nations. the justice department has until this evening to submit its challenge to the decision. our correspondent daniel boettcher reports. # once so proudly we held...# america brought together by sport and patriotism — the super bowl watched by well over 100 million people on television. but outside the stadium, the country's divisions and tensions were all too apparent. more protests against president trump, and in particular his travel restrictions. un—american, say his opponents, and unconstitutional. elsewhere, his supporters made their voices heard. they believe it is the constitution that gives the president the au

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.is out next month, on march 28th. the old coin will continue to be legal tender, but only until october. as people are urged to check beneath the sofa cushions and empty their spare—change jars, are we and businesses going to be ready? simon gompertz has been finding out. this is the build—up — 400 a minute per machine. “55 “5551‘53'ht “55“ eéfé'ii to be ready to launch the 12—sided pound, the old one no longer fit for purpose. why do we need another £1 coin? well, the current £1 coin has been in circulation for a long time, and it's becoming very susceptible to fakes. at the moment, in circulation, about one in every 30 are counterfeit. what we think we've got here, in our new £1 coin, is the most secure coin in the world. checking the security features, which include making it from 1555 751515 5575175151533. the edges alternately rough and smooth. to strike the coins, they have to join together an outer and an inner, and they're doing it at full tilt. the royal mint reckons that it's

our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports.wing a suspected accidental overdose. this was the first visit to his flat four days later. this is a leo. he was probably 12 years old there and i was proud of him. and he should still be here in this flat today. was proud of him. and he should still be here in this flat todaylj wa nted still be here in this flat todaylj wanted to save him. leo had schizophrenia. sheila believed it was not getting the help he needed. the trust that treated him says it is improving its services. his is known as unexpected death, including suicide and misadventure. there are suggestions that has been a 50% rise in unexpected deaths in three years. the results are based on data from over half of england mental health trusts. shocked by the rise. we are particularly concerned because these are the most vulnerable people that we have entrusted into the care of mental health services and they are so often being failed — both them and their families. the government says it is improving mental health services

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. criticised sections of the press for their coverage of the article 50 court ruling, which said parliament had to be consulted before the formal process for leaving the eu was triggered. the president of the supreme court, lord neuberger, also accused politicians of not being quick enough to defend thejudicial process. some of the things that were said risked undermining the judiciary and u nfa i rly risked undermining the judiciary and unfairly undermining the judiciary and therefore undermining the rule of law. last night hundreds of people demonstrated on the streets of paris to show their support for a black youth worker, who claims he was sexually assaulted by police earlier this month. there's been growing tension in some of the city's suburbs since the 22—year—old was arrested a fortnight ago. 0ne police officer has been charged with rape, and three others with assault. president francois hollande has called for calm and forjustice. the church of england says its bishops will re

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. a number of reports looking at the state of the nhs, and the issues it faces. that's nhs health check, across bbc news. we will be a sewing your questions here on the channel at 12:30pm, so if you have any questions, get in touch in the usual ways. —— we will be an serene your questions. breaking news. a 19—year—old man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter ofa pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a woman in russell square in london last august. he also said he wounded five others with intent in the attack. he has been charged with murder and attempted murder but made his plea on the grounds of diminished responsibility. the crown accepted the keys to the lesser charges as there was evidence he was suffering from mental illness at the time. he targeted 64—year—old retired teacher, and that is a picture of her, and several other random strangers on the evening of the 3rd of august last year. within six minutes of the alarm being phrased, armed police were at the scene and he was arre

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.. the union is still opposed to trains operating the 32nd member of staff at all times. it is believed that some of the company drivers also have concerns about the safety issues. there is exactly one week to go before a crucial by—election in the stoke—on—trent central constituency. the vote, along with another poll in copeland taking place the same day, is being seen as a key electoral test for labour leaderjeremy corbyn, whose party is defending both seats. our political correspondent tom bateman is live in stoke—on—trent for us. as the pretty intense campaigning going on there? absolutely. if you wa nt going on there? absolutely. if you want a sense of how life has changed around here, iwas want a sense of how life has changed around here, i was chatting to a couple of people who had once worked in the thriving pottery industry in this part of the world. they said that after they retire, the industries have completely gone away. cheap foreign imports had put the industry to rest. t

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.isery for southern rail commuters, as members of the drivers union aslef have voted against their leaders, and rejected a deal that would have solved much of the dispute. the new us secretary of state rex tillerson meets his counterparts from britain and russia at his first g20 summit. he said the us can work with the russians. there have been more arrests in malaysia in connection with the airport poisoning of the half brother of the north korean leader. in the business news this afternoon. waitrose, iceland and marks and spencer have topped a which supermarket satisfaction survey. iceland is the top supermarket for online shopping, waitrose is top for instore experience, asda is last place. its behind tesco and sainsbury‘s. microsoft bumps up prices of its own brand laptops due to the weakness of the pound against the dollar. they've added between £150 and £400 to the cost of surface books sold by its website. and budget airline wizz air is to open its first ever british base at lond

our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has the details. protests outside horton hospital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. and it's not the only place. right across england, proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. the bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. two thirds include either hospital closures or moving treatments to a different site. more than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing non—emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency care. proposed closures to hospital beds have been heavily criticised by the think tank the king's fund. after scenes like these. to shut even 10% of beds is unrealistic at the moment with the current crisis. one hospitals are full they become less safe places we have to make sure any bed reconfiguration is done with patient safety the priority. the ambition of taking care out of hospital and moving it closer to pa

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ections of the press for their coverage of the article 50 court ruling, which said parliament had to be consulted before the formal process for leaving the eu was triggered. the president of the supreme court, lord neuberger, also accused politicians of not being quick enough to defend thejudicial process. some of the things that were said risked undermining the judiciary, and unfairly undermining the judiciary. and therefore, undermining the rule of law. a mother and teenage son have been arrested after she allegedly faked her death in zanzibar in a bid to claim £1a0,000 in insurance money. police said the 45—year—old woman's son and his guardian claimed she had died in a car crash in east africa and allegedly provided false documents. but instead she was living in canada. the insurance company was unable to verify the woman's death, refused to pay out on the policy and contacted police. the church of england says its bishops will take time to reflect after the ruling general synod vo

essential daily tasks such as washing, eating or getting out of bed. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson manager that grew to know us and could help support us in what we needed, whereas today, people coming into the system don't get that type of support, they don't have their own care manager. today's report by age uk says, since 2010, in england, there has been a rise of 50% in the number of elderly people who don't get the help they need with essential daily activities. these are getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, walking across a room and eating. the charity's particularly concerned about more than 50,000 people who struggle with three or more of these activities and receive no support at all. while social care is run in different ways across the uk, cuts have meant councils in england have had to reduce the amount they spend on social care, and age uk says emergency funding is now needed to avert a complete collapse of services in some areas. we are seeing the beginnings of something that's going to get a lot worse. and that's because, if there is going to be a

our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports.died following a suspected accidental overdose. this was her first visit to his flat four days later. this is leo. this is leo, here. he was probably 12 years old there, and i was proud of him. and he should still be here in this flat today. iwanted... i wanted to save him. leo had schizophrenia. sheila believes he wasn't getting the help he needed. the trust that treated him says it's improving its services. his is what's known as an unexpected death. they include death from suicide, neglect, and misadventure. new figures obtained by the bbc panorama programme suggest there's been an almost 50% rise in unexpected deaths over three years. the results are based on data from more than half of england's mental health trusts. well, sane is alarmed and shocked by this rise in the death of people with mental illness. we're particularly concerned because these are the most vulnerable people that we have entrusted into the care of mental health services, and they are so often being failed — bo

our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has the details.ital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. and it's not the only place. right across england, proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. the bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. two thirds include either hospital closures or moving treatments to a different site. more than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing non—emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency care. the plans include proposed closures to hospital bed which has been criticised. to shut 2596 of beds is unrealistic at the moment with the current crisis. we know that when hospitals are full, they become less safe. so we have to make sure that any bed reconfiguration has to be done with patient safety as a priority. but the ambition of taking ca re priority. but the ambition of taking care out of hospital and moving it into patients' hom

earlier, our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson explained more about the administrative mix—up.t that test results for cancer, that kind of thing. they we re for cancer, that kind of thing. they were meant to go to gps. they either had incorrect addresses on then, or patients had moved gps and they needed to be re—routed. so the nhs and ingo and employed a private company for that purpose to re—route them to the correct gps. but it didn't happen. in fact, those documents all got stored somewhere, so the patients and gps went without that information. that's what came to light in march. what was being asked in the commons today is while asked in the commons today is while a really hearing about it now? the health secretary told the commons today that his officials told him there would be a type of inundation of gps if that was made public, and it was better to focus on the most at risk patients and the most at risk cases to sort out the safety there and give the information later. dr richard vautrey is from the british medical association. he joins us from our leeds studio. good

a short time ago i spoke to out health correspondent sophie hutchinson.hs shared business services to insure they did end up at the right address but instead of doing that itjust stored the documents so they never got to the gps. now, the mistake happened over a number of years between 2011 and 2016 in the east midlands, the south—west of england and also north—east london. it's thought 2500 patients may have been affected. it's a staggering number there and people will be obviously understandably worried but what has been the reaction to it? we know the health secretary disclosed this back in the summer. he said that a mistake had been made but what he didn't do was say quite the number of patients who might have been involved. today, labour have accused the government of a cover—up. this is what their frontbench said. this is what their frontbench said. this is an absolute scandal and patient safety's been put at risk. nhs bosses are still investigating whether there's still patients at risk as a result of this incompetence. this has happened on jeremy

range from full closures, to centralising services on fewer sites. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinsonside horton hospital in 0xfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. and it's not the only place. right across england, proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. the bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. two thirds include either hospital closures or moving treatments to a different site. more than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing non—emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency care. proposed closures to hospital beds have been heavily criticised by the think tank the king's fund. that has prompted concerns after scenes like this. to shut even 10% of beds is unrealistic at the moment with the current crisis. when hospitals are full they become less safe places we have to make sure any bed reconfiguration is done with patient safety the priority. the ambition of taking care out of hospital and moving i

our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. some background.f them about test results for cancer and that sort of thing that we re cancer and that sort of thing that were meant to go to gps. now, they either had incorrect addresses on them or patients had moved gps and they needed to be re—routed. the nhs in england employed a private company for that job and for that purpose to redirect them and re—route them to the correct gps but it did not happen. those documents got stored somewhere and those patients and gps went without that information. that is what came to light in march and what was being asked in the commons is why are we only hearing about it now and the health secretary told the commons, his officials told him, there would be a type of inundation of gps of that was made public and it was better to focus on the most at risk patients, the most at risk cases to sort out the safety there and then to give the information later. when he said as he did in his statement that there was no evidence that patient safety was put at risk, is tha

joining me is our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson.ng it quite clear that everything was kept securely? yes. so what he has said very clearly is that these weren't lost documents, that these weren't lost documents, that they were kept in storage, they should have gone to gps. in fact these documents included some, for example, cancer test results. so they should have been heading straight to the gps so they could talk to patients. instead, these we re talk to patients. instead, these were documents that were either with the wrong address on them that needed to be re—addressed or re—routed because patients had moved gps. now, the nhs employed a company to do that, but it failed to do that and put them in storage instead. what the health secretary said today is that they have carried out a thorough investigation that they isolated 2,500 cases which they thought were at the most at risk. they have double checked them, all of them, apart from 500, and that investigation is ongoing at the moment but so far there has been no harm, he says. t

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.are being hit with unnecessary fines because councils aren't always explaining their right to challenge parking tickets, the local government watchdog has warned. its report says when fines were appealed, the claims were all too often rejected without proper consideration or explanation. the body representing local councils says proper procedures are in place. an estimated half a million people have taken part in a sixth night of protests in romania, in spite of the government backing down on plans to de—criminalise some corruption offences. recent days have seen romania's largest protests since communism fell in 1989. many protesters are suspicious of revised government proposals on corruption and some want the social democrat—led coalition to step down. the queen has today made history, becoming the first british monarch to reach a sapphirejubilee. today is the 65th anniversary of the day she became queen in 1952. she will spend the day privately at her sandringham estate in norfolk,

our health reporter sophie hutchinson has the details.ig changes are afoot in the nhs. the bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. two thirds include either hospital closures or moving treatments to a different site. more than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing non—emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency care. proposed closures to hospital beds have been heavily criticised by the think tank the king's fund. more generally, though, it says the plans are the best hope of delivering essential reforms to the nhs, but it says it can't be done without extra funding. ideally there ought to be an earmarked fund for new investment, to strengthen and improve the out—of—hospital services, and to shore up adult social care, which is really in crisis at the moment. if those additional funds aren't forthcoming, the government needs to be honest about the consequences for patients and what the offer to the public will be. the department of heal

our health reporter sophie hutchinson has the details.spital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. and it's not the only place. right across england proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. the bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. two thirds include either hospital closures or moving treatments to a different site. more than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing non—emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency care. proposed closures to hospital beds have been heavily criticised by the think tank the king's fund. more generally, though, it says the plans are the best hope of delivering essential reforms to the nhs, but it says it can't be done without extra funding. ideally there ought to be an earmarked fund for new investment, to strengthen and improve the out—of—hospital services, and to shore up adult social care, which is really in crisis at t

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