sophie hutchinson. _ babies to get vaccinated. sophie hutchinson, thank _ babies to get vaccinated. housing project for homeless people will be built. construction is due to begin in september near newquay. and this lunchtime he's on fistral beach, hearing from some of the people who look after it. jenny kumah is there. well, the sun is out, the surf is up and fistral beach is looking at its best for this royal visit. the prince is due here any moment now, he is due to speak to people who are involved in beach safety here as well as members of the public, and even have a go on a quad bike. prince william has the title of duke of cornwall and a lot of excitement is building here. but earlier today the duke visited the site of the duchy of cornwall�*s first homeless project. it will involve building 24 properties to house local homeless people, as well as giving them wraparound support, and it's all part of a five year plan to tackle homelessness. it's around a year ago since the prince was last here. he was here with his wife and he heard then about the challenges around homelessness

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.minutes, were expecting to hear from and the coming minutes, were expecting to hearfrom prime minister rishi sunak in the house of commons not farfrom minister rishi sunak in the house of commons not far from where we are at the moment it is expected to make an apology on behalf of the government and of course, this is a scandal in the tragedy that transcends party politics because the number of the administrations of presided over the health service while this happened and you can see there, the house of commons, the chamber waiting for prime minister to get to his feet at some point soon and make that statement. with me is janinejones, her brother marc was a haemophiliac infected with hiv and hep c, after being sent to treloars school at age 11 — in 1985, when he was 23, he found out he was hiv positive. tell us how you feel today first of all having seen the report in thousands of pages, pretty damning. very damning in the main thing i feel is validation and for years, everybody has

sophie hutchinson.te house is reviewing other weapons deliveries to israel, after pausing one shipment of arms last week, as it tries to stave off a major offensive on the city of rafah in gaza. the delayed weaponry includes a large batch of 2,000—pound bombs. meanwhile, israel says it's reopened one of the main aid crossings into gaza after intensifying its bombardment of the south of the territory. however, a un relief agency says no supplies have yet passed through. there has been heavy fighting near the city of rafah, where the israeli military says it began a limited operation on monday as it targets hamas fighters. with almosti million displaced people taking refuge there, aid agencies have warned the consequences could be devastating. the humanitarian situation on the ground is already dire and getting worse. an investigation by bbc verify has found hundreds of gaza's water and sanitation facilities have been damaged since the start of the seven—month war. here's caroline hawley. water in gaza is

sophie hutchinson, thank ou.e food allergies are now overcoming them — by eating the very products that have been harmful to them, including peanuts. it's all part of a research trial being funded by the natasha allergy research foundation, which was set up by the parents of 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, who died from a severe allergic reaction in 2016. alastair fee reports from southampton, one of the hospitals involved in the trial. thomas, it's time for your peanuts. it's medicine time for 11—year—old thomas — a handful of chocolate—coated peanuts. six months ago, they could have killed him. in the beginning when thomas got diagnosed with a peanut allergy, it dominated our lives. going out forfood, food preparation at home, everything was a worry. today, thomas can eat small quantities of the very food his family has spent years trying to avoid. it means the world to me that i can eat a peanut and, like, i won't die. thomas is taking part in an allergy trial led by southampton's hospital and university

here's sophie hutchinson.about the medications that are now forging a weight loss revolution... chat show host, oprah winfrey... people who take the meds... just one in the long line of celebrities, including billionaire businessman, elon musk, who have taken the weight loss drug semaglutide. the wegovy pen is a single dose prefilled pen. it's better known by the brand names wegovy and ozempic and has been described as a game changer for shedding the pounds. and now some scientists say there are signs it might protect from heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, even if you don't lose weight. it didn't seem to matter how much weight you lost in that trial, the benefit was seen even in the patients who didn't lose much weight or didn't lose weight at all. there's been a sharp rise in the popularity of semaglutide since it was licensed for weight loss in 2021 in the uk. so what do we know about it? it works by lowering blood sugar and reduces feelings of hunger is currently a weekly injection. but what are the

our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. thank you.021. it had been developed at oxford university in record time — in ten months instead of the usual ten years. the then prime minister boris johnson described it as a "triumph for british science". it was cheaper and easier to store than otherjabs. globally, more than 3 billion doses were supplied, with nearly 50 million jabs given in the uk. and the vaccine is estimated to have saved millions of lives. but in a tiny number of cases it causes life—threatening blood clots. it's been linked to 81 deaths in the uk. the government has made vaccine damage payments to families and there are a number of ongoing court cases with people claiming to have been harmed by the vaccine. most countries have now stopped using it and switched to other vaccines. today astrazeneca said there was no longer a demand for theirjab and that other vaccines which target the new variants of covid have superseded it. it said withdrawing the jab from the market was a commercial decision. sophie hutchinson, thank yo

my colleague, our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson has more on those developments.70s, 19805 hiv and hepatitis c in the 1970s, 1980s and early 90s by contaminated blood. today, the final report into the scandal described the scale of what happened is horrifying and sad lives, dreams, friendships, families and finances were destroyed by it. i think the scale speaks for itself. if you have over 30,000 people going to hospital and come out with infections which were life shattering, that in itself is huge. and the suffering for them and for others is huge. the inquiry has spent four years taking evidence from more than 5,000 witnesses and examined 100,000 documents. it's concluded this was a disaster not an accident, that those in authority, doctors, blood services and governments did not put patient safety first and that patients were knowingly exposed to unacceptable risks of infection. andy evans has haemophilia, a bleeding disorder. he is one of 30,000 people infected by the treatment he received. by the time he was five years old he had hiv and hepatitis c, and at

more than three times the number recorded in the whole of last year. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinsonle will be really shocked by these deaths. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, whooping cough is extremely dangerous for some babies put it is caused by a bacteria which is highly infectious and it starts with just cold symptoms that can develop into that very distinctive cough and can in some cases lead to breathing difficulties. what seems to be happening at the moment is the number of factors have come together to cause quite a dangerous environment and has been a drop in the number of pregnant women getting the number of pregnant women getting the vaccination against whooping cough. also among babies as well. at the same time, the natural cycle of peaksin the same time, the natural cycle of peaks in whooping cough cases has started to rise again. the last peak year was in 2016 when there were 6000 cases but in the first quarter of this year alone, just at the beginning of this year, they have already been 2800 so half that number. of the realfear already been 2800 so half that number.

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. a statement from the prime minister is expected in the coming hours.expected to apologise on behalf of the government. of course this goes beyond party politics because this scandal has happened across a number of different administrations and different administrations and different governments. to discuss this in more detail i am joined by the lawyer, des collins will represent thousands of people affected by this. thank you for joining us. it has been quite an emotional day, first of all to see so many people who have been personally impacted going to read that report and see them share when they saw the findings, it's a day of relief. is that how you feel? clearly i do feel it is a day of reiief— clearly i do feel it is a day of relief but _ clearly i do feel it is a day of relief but i can't imagine that can be compared with how the victims feei~ _ be compared with how the victims feei~ i_ be compared with how the victims feei~ i have — be compared with how the victims feel. i have been involved in the scandal— feel. i have been involved in the sca

type 2 diabetes, but did have a history of cardiovascular problems. 0ur health correspondent, sophie hutchinson— significant is all of this? there is a ureat significant is all of this? there is a great deal _ significant is all of this? there is a great deal of _ significant is all of this? there is a great deal of excitement - significant is all of this? there is a great deal of excitement and l significant is all of this? there is - a great deal of excitement and hope around this weight loss drug semi—glue tied for a possible range of benefits. it was originally a diabetes drug and then it was marketed later on as wegovy and you might know the name of ozempic for weight loss and it has proved very successful. it is really well—known because of the celebrities who have taken it. and we have known since last summer there are these cardiovascular benefits from taking it. but it was just assumed that if you lose weight, you are less likely to have a stroke or heart attack or go into heart failure. but what is now being hinted at and it is a hint is that even if you take it and you don't lose wei