zoe conway has been to meet him and his mum, megan.f him, he's like the strongest little baby i know. i'm just so proud of him. he's just doing so well. edward was born with the genetic condition spinal muscular atrophy. it causes progressive muscle weakness. as a baby, edward became floppy, he couldn't move his legs. doctors feared that one day he might lose the ability to breathe. and then along came the most expensive drug in the world — zolgensma. it costs £1.8 million, although the nhs got a discount and approved it for use last may. this is edward being given zolgensma via a drip last august. the one—off treatment lasted an hour. in that time, his life was transformed. his muscle tone is a lot stronger. he's almost feeling like a child that doesn't have sma. he can roll, he can hold his head. i mean, honestly, it's endless, what he can do, compared to what he was doing before treatment. it's incredible. # if you see a crocodile...# the earlier a baby is given the drug, the better — ideally before the symptoms start. it wasn't cle

zoe conway, bbc news.ws, as a snowstorm brings the us capital to a standstill. even the truck transporting the stairs had to be manually pushed as they struggled through the biting wind. no fun at any age, never mind when you are in your 70s. the turbulent winter weather left the president stuck on the tarmac for 30 minutes. that is a proper east coast snow storm. i hope if you have been entering that you have kept warm and dry. we will be back on the air in a short while. hello, there. colder weather has arrived in scotland. we've seen some snow across northern areas today, but that colder air is pushing its way southwards. now, a real turnaround in fortunes when you think about saturday's temperatures and how they were up at around 15 or 16 degrees, including in the highlands of scotland. well, tomorrow's temperatures more typically around 4 or 5 celsius. it is going to feel a lot colder. now, the colder air is going to be arriving on these northerly winds, and those winds push the cold air right the way

zoe conway, bbc news.he nhs. apparently, a total of 40,000 nhs staff at hospital trusts in england were absent for covid reasons on january the 2nd. that's up 59% on the previous week, so nearly 60% increase. it's more than three times the numberfrom increase. it's more than three times the number from the start of january. those are the latest figures from nhs england. a 60% increase in the number of staff absences because of covid reasons in hospitals in england. the headlines on bbc news. 200 military personnel are being sent to london hospitals to help with covid—related staff shortages. the australian government rejects claims that tennis star novak djokovic is being held captive, after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat. the duchess of cambridge will celebrate her 40th birthday on sunday. it is now more than ten years since kate middleton married into the royal family and t

zoe conway, bbc news.g and ageing populations are the main cause, but add that there are also other reasons, like obesity and smoking, which can be tackled. let's speak to our health correspondent michelle roberts. tell us more about what the study suggests and why scientists think this is happening. it isa it is a full cast, doesn't mean it will necessarily play out —— a forecast. but it gives government an idea of the scale of problem they're looking at and what has be done. some of the risk factors for dementia are unfortunately locked in, you can't change your own genetics, and it is associated with older age but not inevitable, not everybody, as they get older, develops it but there are certain lifestyle things that can make a big difference. the big risk factors they were looking at in this study were smoking, diabetes and obesity, which we all have some control over. they looked at predictions of what might be happening around the globe and interestingly, some of the developing nations are predicted

zoe conway, bbc news.ed a rare joint statement pledging to prevent the spread of atomic weapons and ensure a nuclear war is never fought. the five, china, france, russia, the uk and the us will be part of a major review of a key nuclear treaty later this year. in their statement they agreed a nuclear war couldn't be won and must never be fought. the annual rate of inflation in turkey has risen to more than 36%, its highest in nearly two decades. transport costs rose by more than half while the price of food and household goods increased by more than a0%. over the last year, the turkish currency — the lira — has lost nearly half of its value. the uk's prime minister boris johnson has echoed his ministers in signalling that the government is considering no new coronavirus restrictions for england at the moment. on a visit to a vaccination centre, he said everything would be kept under review. i think we got to recognise that the pressure on our nhs, and our hospitals, is going to be considerable in the cours

zoe conway, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there.e had just 12 days ago to around four over the next few days. the colder air is pushing in behind this weather front that's bringing rain this afternoon across parts of northern ireland and the far north of england. the last of the mild days to the south of that front with the colder air already making inroads across scotland and to a degree the far north of england and northern ireland, too. overnight tonight the risk of icy patches with some snow showers moving in. could see some accumulating snow over the higher ground. two to five centimetres in places but the frost is going to be quite widespread particularly in the countryside, so a cold start for many but stilljust about mild across the far south. now, through tuesday, a weather front pushes southwards. the colder air spreads across all parts of the country, we get there was snow showers moving into scotland and it becomes very windy for a time in orkney where we could get gusts of wind 60, perhaps even 70 mph. that's your lates

zoe conway, bbc news. the us rock star meat loaf has died at the age of 74.amily announced the news on facebook, and said their hearts are broken. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito reports. # like a bat out of hell, i'll be gone when the morning comes...# meat loaf. bat out of hell. a sweat—drenched rock and roll epic that turned marvin lee aday into one of the biggest selling rock stars in the world. there have been many tributes, among them cher, who sang with him on dead ringer for love, bonnie tyler, and from i'd do anything for love, lorraine crosby. we just gelled. and obviously that's why the song went the way it did. and so every time i think of meat loaf, i think about being in the studio with him. # i would do anything for love # i'd never lie to you, and that's a fact...# you just knew. you knew it was going to be great, you know. i'm sorry, i'm getting... you just knew instinctively that the album was going to be huge. born in dallas, his mother was a teacher and singer, his father a policeman, and his childhood was tough. he was an alcoholic a

zoe conway, bbc news.e them its sincere apologise. the error was identified when it was noticed some women had not been recalled for appointments as often as they should have. that prompted a review of the entire programme, all 5,500 women. nhs lothian is very keen to highlight this is entirely separate from the normal breast—screening programme of all women aged 50 to 70 and this has not been affected. they�*re now looking into the error. the say they will make sure this does not happen again. breaking news from yemen were aid agencies say that dozens, if not hundreds of people, have been killed and many more wounded, in an air strike. these are the latest pictures that we have, showing the destruction of what is a prison in a rebel stronghold which is in the northern part of yemen. it was an air strike that was said to have been made by the saudi coalition, the saudi led coalition, on this detention centre. the medical charity medecins sans frontieres says the casualties they are number at least 200 as a

zoe conway reports.cular atrophy. it causes progressive muscle weakness. as a baby, edward became floppy, he couldn't move his legs. doctors feared that one day he might lose the ability to breathe. and then along came the most expensive drug in the world — zolgensma. it costs £1.8 million, although the nhs got a discount and approved it for use last may. this is edward being given zolgensma via a drip last august. the one—off treatment lasted an hour. in that time, his life was transformed. his muscle tone is a lot stronger. he's almost feeling like a child that doesn't have sma. he can roll, he can hold his head. i mean, honestly, it's endless, what he can do, compared to what he was doing before treatment. it's incredible. # if you see a crocodile...# the earlier a baby is given the drug, the better — ideally before the symptoms start. it wasn't clear whether edward would qualify for it. how do you describe the love for your child? especially when you've been through something so traumatic as what we'

zoe conway has been to meet him and his mum, megan. just doing so well. edward was born with the genetic condition spinal muscular atrophy. it causes progressive muscle weakness. as a baby, edward became floppy, he couldn't move his legs. doctors feared that one day he might lose the ability to breathe. and then along came the most expensive drug in the world — zolgensma. it costs £1.8 million, although the nhs got a discount and approved it for use last may. this is edward being given zolgensma via a drip last august. the one—off treatment lasted an hour. in that time, his life was transformed. his muscle tone is a lot stronger. he's almost feeling like a child that doesn't have sma. he can roll, he can hold his head. i mean, honestly it's endless, what he can do, compared to what he was doing before treatment. it's incredible. # if you see a crocodile... the earlier a baby is given the drug, the better — ideally before the symptoms start. it wasn't clear whether edward would qualify for it. how do you describe the love for your child

zoe conway, bbc news.ul it looks and then you look at what has been happening and the evidence about what is going into our rivers. we are talking more about that little later on. let's take a look at today's front pages. the times reports that tory mps who've accused government whips of "blackmailing" them, are considering publishing texts and a recording of a "heated conversation" to back up their claims. according to the guardian, anger has intensified among the tory rebels after they were accused of losing their nerve in their bid to force a no—confidence vote in borisjohnson. the daily express reports that the chancellor, rishi sunak, is considering offering millions of people a £500 payout to help with soaring energy bills. and one of the most watched videos on the bbc news website shows the moment a 20—year—old from gateshead landed the world's first bmx triple flairjump on a bike. we have got kye whyte, the british olympic bmx racer, coming up later 0lympic bmx racer, coming up later at around 0lym

zoe conway, bbc news.ow has the public role and image of the duchess changed over the last decade? 0ur royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. a duchess at 40, a time to reflect a decade after her public life officially began. and it started here on anglesey, her first royal engagement still as kate middleton. katie griffiths, then just five, presented a photo to the royal couple. i remember i was really excited because i was meeting a real prince and princess. i thought they were going to be showing up in a massive dress and all that like prince charming and cinderella. the move from private, contained kate middleton to a public royal duchess of cambridge has had its challenges, adjusting to the attention, finding her voice. this, the duchess' first ever speech in 2012. you have all made me feel so welcome. i feel hugely honoured to be here to see this wonderful centre. almost ten years later, she is more confident and direct. addiction is not a choice. no—one chooses to become an addict. but it can

zoe conway, bbc news. we can speak now to the bbc�*s head of history, robert seatter. good morning.to be said on the bbc. “ watch it it has to be said on the bbc. ,, ., ., , bbc. i think one of the things broadcasting _ bbc. i think one of the things broadcasting does _ bbc. i think one of the things broadcasting does uniquely i bbc. i think one of the things i broadcasting does uniquely well bbc. i think one of the things - broadcasting does uniquely well is creating a sense of community, connection, and so the coronation was that first moment when television, because it was closed in the war years, but it comes back and you have this amazing moment of post—war glamour after the austerity of the war years and you have a glamorous queen and consort. everybody wants to look at it on television. the coronation was the first that takes the audiences directly into westminster abbey because prior to that the doors were closed and you never saw the ceremony. it was a first for the bbc. achieved slightly by sleight of hand because peter dimmock, who masterminded the event, played a trick w

let's talk to our correspondent zoe conway. you have been to the spot and talk to campaigners. to show its untreated sewage coming out of that overflow pipe and, sorry to be disgusting, but one of the campaigners, in his opinion, and he has worked in the water industry for 40 years, in his opinion, what we were looking at was... as part of that discharge, faeces and toilet tissue, what his opinion. the campaigners locally think that thames water could be in breach of their permits. just to explain, that overflow pipe is connected to castings and treatment works near 0xford, which processes the waste water of 18,000 people. so what is thames water saying in response to this, and indeed, the government? thames water say that they haven't discharged untreated sewage from that works since march, but they say they are determined to find out what is coming out of that pipe. they think the problem is with the long pipe. they also say they assessed the river area last week and it was in good health. we spoke to the environment minister to get her reaction, and she said that if it is wh