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Jack wins grieving parents the right to more time off work. At 09. 45, well be speaking to a charity which supports the move and the mp who helped get the law passed. Britains Heather Watson is out of the Australian Open, beaten by Elise Mertens in the second round in less than an hour. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. An nhs Hospital Trust has apologised for preventable baby deaths after a bbc investigation discoverd at least seven deaths at the east kent Nhs Foundation trust since 2016. The trust apologised to the parents and said it has not always provided the right standard of care for every woman and baby. Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan reports. Archie powell was born last february, a twin brother to evelyn but the maternity staff failed to spot that he had group b strep, a potentially serious infection. It took too long to treat him and he died aged four days. Before they were born, we got a double pram and everything, two of everything and stuff and that he come home and there is only one. Archie was born at this hospital in margate. Its run by the east kent Hospital Trust and their investigation has uncovered at least some preventable deaths in recent years due to maternity problems. There are questions over three deaths from last year including archie powells. In 2017, they identified two more deaths, one of which is currently the subject of an inquest and we discovered the trust accept that two deaths in 2016 were also preventable. Becca james proudly displays her personal tribute to her daughter. Hallie rae died just four days after being born in 2017. Medics didnt realise the baby was in distress and failed to deliver her properly. If hallie rae had been born earlier, she would be here today. It makes me feel angry that there are so many cases of negligence. Babies are suffering. The trust told us they recognise they are not always provided the same standard of care for every woman and baby in the hospitals and wholeheartedly apologised. Michael buchanan, bbc news, margate in kent. Michael, going into this investigation how tricky was it to get the answers you are wanting . We sensed something was going on and we we re sensed something was going on and we were aware of an inquest and the inquest is due to conclude tomorrow. We became aware of some issues surrounding the care the baby was provided with at the outset of the inquest and they apologise for the ca re inquest and they apologise for the care they provided. So we looked at the case and began to wonder whether there might be other issues with the trust as well. And unfortunately what we are reporting today is the first outcome of what we have discovered and what is depressing about it, ill be perfectly honest is that i spent years looking at maternity errors in shrewsbury and telford but the most depressing thing with the issue with east kent is you can find a family in east kent and there is a corresponding family in the shrewsbury and telford scandal which begs the question, what is going on in white, cross the nhs, lessons simply are not being learned. I accept that the shrewsbury and telford report has not come out but there are some findings that are quite clear as to what went on there and that information and learning is not being disseminated across the nhs, 01 being disseminated across the nhs, or certainly not in many places, and certainly not east kent. Speaking of lessons learned, hugely important that the deaths you are looking at, the variety of causes, what lessons have the trust learned and there is the wider question of information being shared broadly around the nhs. At least three of the deaths we are reporting in east kent are problems with ctg which is the heart rate monitoring system. It is complicated and problematic across the country but in 2016 at this trust there were two deaths linked to poor analysis of cd two deaths linked to poor analysis of cd ctg two deaths linked to poor analysis of cd ctg and in 2017 as well. The trust said in relation to that point is that theyve changed the way that they look at babies heart rates and they believe what they have now is a better system. In terms of others lessons, perhaps the biggest problem and the medical director of the trust accepted this when he gave evidence that there is a cultural problem, particularly in the Maternity Unit in margate. In 2015 the Royal College went into this unit in margate and found that essentially found consultants were out of control and they would not come in when they were on call or review notes or would not do care notes. This referred to three or four consultants at that unit and the staff felt there was no management of these consulting staff and felt there was no point in raising concerns with the trust because nothing would be done and the medical director and the evidence he gave in that case and what they were dealing with in margate was a cultural problem and that could take years to sort out. The trust were hiring new staff, differing staff, but you are perhaps seeing the consequences of that dysfunctional unit in margate feeding through now. Thank you for bringing us up to date and telling us bringing us up to date and telling usa bringing us up to date and telling us a bit more detail about your investigation. A formal complaint has been filed against the former Commons Speakerjohn Bercow by a peer who served as his most senior official. Its understood lord lisvane has handed a dossier of allegations, including bullying, to the parliamentary commissioner for standards. Mr bercow has dismissed the claims. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith has more. Tell us more about these allegations and what reaction there has been to the news. Well, they are very significant allegations not just because of the timing, but because of who is making. They are coming from lord lysvane who is the top official in the house of commons and worked underjohn bercow for three 01 worked underjohn bercow for three orfour worked underjohn bercow for three or four years but worked underjohn bercow for three orfour years but more worked underjohn bercow for three or four years but more than that, he is highly regarded and a respected individual, so if he is making these allegations of bullying then there is added credence and it is notjust one 01 is added credence and it is notjust one or two complaints, he has a p pa re ntly one or two complaints, he has apparently provided a dossier of complaints aboutjohn apparently provided a dossier of complaints about john bercows conduct to the standards commissioner in the house of commons. The second reason they are so commons. The second reason they are so significant is because of the timing because it seems thatjeremy corbyn has recommended thatjohn bercow be made a peer after Boris Johnson broke with precedent and did not automatically put him into the house of lords after he stood down as speaker. Now would the sort of allegations, and if they are going to be investigated, we have to see, that would raise a fairly significant question about whether john bercows application or suggestion he should go into the house of lords could continue, because i imagine mrjohnson, who in the end would have to approve the suggestion, might well decide that actually with the cloud hanging over him and allegations of bullying that it wouldnt be appropriate to recommend him to take up a seat in the house of lords and it was interesting listening this morning to Andrea Leadsom who seemed pretty clear that if somebody was recommended for a post in the house of lords and these allegations were made then there would be questions about whether really that person could take up the post. Have a listen. The key point about the complaints procedure is that nobody can get away with bullying, harassment, Sexual Harassment and talking down to people and so on and where those allegations are made, they need to be properly investigated and those individuals who are then found to be guilty of the things they are accused of should not be offered a peerage in the house of lords. So john bercow was a key figure in the last three and a half, four years when brexit has been the dominant issue in parliament. Lets talk about brexit 110w parliament. Lets talk about brexit now because last night after all the sound and fury of the last few yea rs, sound and fury of the last few years, parliament finally approved the terms of the uks departure from the terms of the uks departure from the eu with barely a murmur, it seemed. Its extraordinary. We had three years of parliamentary civil war, sound and fury every other day and now when it finally passes through the lords and commons, you say well, no one really seems to notice, but it is a huge, huge moment. What happens now, of course is that the european parliament, it is that the european parliament, it is assumed, will approve the draft treaty next week and then we will live at 11pm on january the treaty next week and then we will live at 11pm onjanuary the 31st treaty next week and then we will live at 11pm on january the 31st and we expect the Prime Minister that day to hold a cabinet outside of london a symbolic demonstration that brexit is about trying to bring the country together and then he will make an address to the nation in the evening, again with the same sort of theme, i think of trying to unite theme, i think of trying to unite the country after brexit and to bring people together. Norman, briefly, when will this get royal assent . I think it will get it today. It will be formally approved by her majesty and then it will be on the statute book. Norman smith, thank you very much. The Interntional Court ofjustice is set to rule on whether 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still living in myanmar face the ongoing threat of genocide. Thosejudges in fact those judges in fact are just beginning to give their determination. Ifjudges at the Uns Highest Court decide they do, emergency measures will be issued to try and protect them. More than 700,000 rohingyas fled an Army Offensive in 2017 to neighbouring bangladesh. Anna is in the hague for us now. This case began a couple of months back, so how quickly will be get determination from the judges because we can see from the live images that that has just begun. Yes, just in the last few minutes, andi yes, just in the last few minutes, and i can confirm that on sanction she is not here but this is about whether whether the judges were convinced that there was no risk of genocide in myanmar and it was brought to the courts ofjustice saying that that rohingya men were being systematically persecuted and women were gang raped and babies we re women were gang raped and babies were thrown into fires and without the intervention of the core, that would continue to happen on the crimes will continue to happen. And they are waiting for the judges now to decide whether to issue these emergency measures. Three to stop killing and rates and the destruction of homes and villages. Secondly, to preserve any kind of evidence of the crimes being committed and to report back to the court, but actually the judges here have pretty much a free rein to decide what they believe might be the best measures to take if, indeed, any and they could go as far as to say that un investigators should be allowed to visit those sites to determine whether or not these mass atrocities have been committed. You mentioned Aung San Suu Kyi who notably appeared there at the beginning of the proceedings will stop she is not there as you say, but can we expect a response from her to whatever the determination is . Well, in fact, weve already heard over the last few days the reaction from the myanmar government and they released an internal report or a summary of the report in which they characterise the mass killings as a haphazard response by the army to attacks by muslim militants. So that gives us an idea of that eventually mounted here. First of all they argue there was no intent by the authorities to systematically destroy an entire ethnic group which is central to the crime of genocide and that myanmar is investigating random attacks internally so there no need for an International Event intervention from the court. That is the argument presented by myanmar. And actually, in terms of the powers of enforcement, that is the powers of enforcement, that is the important thing here. This court does not have any power to enforce. The ruling would be binding, but if myanmar chose to ignore it, which would be difficult given that Aung San Suu Kyi chose to come here to defend her country, but if they were to ignore it could be escalated to the Un Security Council but china, the Un Security Council but china, the ally of myanmar, has a veto power. Theres also another case under way here at the International Criminal court which deals with individual criminal responsibility and it could have an impact there. If nothing else, symbolically, if myanmar decides to ignore any ruling from the uns top judges myanmar decides to ignore any ruling from the uns topjudges it myanmar decides to ignore any ruling from the uns top judges it could further tarnish Aung San Suu Kyis International Reputation so we expect the hearing to go on for about 90 minutes and by the end of it we will know about the provisional measures, but the actual guilt or otherwise of myanmar in terms of the allegation of committing genocide, we could have to wait a few more years the final judgment on that. Anna, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news. Significant concerns as an investigation reveals at least seven babies have died at east kent Nhs Foundation trust since 2016 some of the deaths were found to be preventable. The International Court ofjustice in the hague will shortly rule on whether Rohingya Muslims still living in myanmar face an ongoing risk of genocide. The entire public transport system in the chinese city of wuhan grinds toa in the chinese city of wuhan grinds to a halt as authorities tried to contain a respiratory virus. Heather watson is out of the Australian Open. She was beaten in under an hour by Elise Mertens in melbourne. Simply not good enough. 0le Gunnar Solskjaers verdict after Manchester United are booed off after losing to burnley at old trafford for the first time in the premier league. And celtic remain two points clear of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership, after wins for both last night as the league returned after its winter break. Ill be back with more on those stories later. Public transport has been shut down in the chinese city of wuhan the epicentre of a respiratory virus thats infected at least 500 people and killed 17. In an attempt to stop the virus spreading, wuhans population of around 11 Million People have been told not to leave the city without good reason. The World Health Organisation are considering whether to declare a Public Health emergency. Keith doyle has more. At heathrow last night, a China Southern Airlines Flight direct from wuhan landed. Its one of three weekly direct flights to the uk from the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. Passengers arriving have been subject to enhanced monitoring, according to the government, but some who arrived last night said they did not notice any checks. Ive been through essentially no screening process, at all. So there was no screening at wuhan, and there was no screening as ive landed. This woman on the same flight said there were checks at wuhan airport. She said they took peoples temperatures, and on the plane, people wore facemasks. This man arriving at heathrow showed a leaflet given to passengers from Public Health england explaining what to do if they feel unwell. Thats one of the measures introduced at heathrow. Planes arriving from the chinese city are taken to an isolated area of terminal 4. 0n board announcements tell people to inform crew members if they feel unwell, and that information is passed on to Public Health teams which meet each direct flight. These passengers are the last to arrive from wuhan, where all public transport, including flights, have now been stopped. Public Health England says the risk to the uk population is low. The World Health Organization will decide later today if it will declare an international Public Health emergency. Keith doyle, bbc news. 0ur correspondence joins us from singapore, and lets talk about the situation because certainly fear of the violence is spreading faster than the virus itself. What precautions are being taken there . |j think precautions are being taken there . think thats a fair assessment, to be honest. There is a degree, understandably of panic and concern amongst residents in wuhan as we understand it. What we are hearing from the reports inside the city is that as you pointed out, public transport links have been suspended and there is an effective lockdown, thatis and there is an effective lockdown, that is the word being used and residents are being told not to gather in big crowds. There are reports of exhibitions and performances at museums and cinemas and theatres being cancelled. New Year Celebrations are being scaled down or cancelled altogether and remember this is a really special time for chinese families across the region and millions of people travel home to see their relatives over the Lunar New Year period and that is being discouraged if you live in wuhan and many people are making the choice to stay indoors and at home because theyre worried about being infected. And, where you are, what impact is having . Yes, certainly here in singapore authorities have stepped up screening passengers coming in to singapore from china and a similar picture in what the report to at heathrow airport. You are meant to monitor your conditions and then report any symptoms you have two authorities immediately. There are also some indications that in some schools, at least one in singapore parents are being asked to indicate whether or not they plan to travel to china for the new year period because here a majority chinese society, many people either go away or on holiday around the region, and we are seeing that same concern being reflected in travel links across Southeast Asia with many airlines, Budget Airlines in fa ct, many airlines, Budget Airlines in fact, two many airlines, Budget Airlines in fa ct, two of many airlines, Budget Airlines in fact, two of them cancelling flights from Southeast Asia into wuhan and i think those concerns will continue over the next couple of days until we see what impact the lockdown in wuhan will have with a number of cases Going Forward and that will indicate whether this is a prolonged disease or can be contained in this short space of time. Thank you very much. The horrors of the holocaust will be remembered at a ceremony in jerusalem today, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. Its the Biggest International gathering ever held in israel, with more than a0 president s, monarchs or premiers there. 0ne survivor, rena quint, was just nine years old in 1945 when she was freed from a concentration camp. None of her family survived. Speaking to our International Correspondent 0rla guerin, rena says she worries the atrocities might be forgotten by future generations. Rena quint had 60 years and four children with her late husband, emanuel. This is our family. She is now a proud great grandmother. A rich life forged from unimaginable horror. And i was lying in a pile of bodies, some dead, some alive. The british came in and they made these huge mass graves to bury10,000. Newsreel i passed through the barrier. That was april 1945, in bergen belsen. Rena lived to see the liberation, but her entire family perished in the holocaust. Alone, aged nine, she was brought to the united states. A new home and a new life. But, 75 years on, rena says anti semitism is coming back and the lessons of the past must be heeded. We have to remember the hatred that people can learn. Germany was a civilised, cultured, educated group of people. How can they have committed such horrific, terrible crimes . We have to remember that. And do you feel like its even more important for you now to keep telling your story . I do. You ask somebody about auschwitz and they say, who was he . How can that be possible that people dont know what auschwitz was . But they dont. So rena takes us to yad vashem. Israels touchstone of remembrance. Honouring six million jews annihilated by the nazis. But when the last of the survivors are gone, who will be the guardians of memory . Do you worry, rena, that when people like you are no longer here that the world will not remember or will not believe . I do worry the world wont remember. They dont remember the armenian genocide, they dont remember what happened yesterday in syria and afghanistan. They dont remember all the people who are sitting in poverty. Even if i was there, i dont believe it, so how much will people who werent there . How can they believe it . In yad vashems hall of names, images of the dead. Young soldiers troop in to share the binding tragedy of the jewish people. The state of israel is now a regional power. For decades, it has occupied palestinian territories. But some here will always see their nation through the prism of persecution and survival. 0rla guerin, bbc news, yad vashem. This is a live shot of yad vashem injerusalem. Barbara, it will be a huge ceremony taking place with many World Leaders gathered and people might reflect as they look towards the 75th anniversary towards the liberation of auschwitz on monday that these events a re of auschwitz on monday that these events are taking place against a backdrop of rising cases of anti semitism into the world right now. Yes, and that is very much something that the organisers of this event want to focus on and they wa nt to this event want to focus on and they want to remember the horrors of the holocaust which become more and more as the years go by, 75 years now and the generation of Holocaust Survivors is ageing and passing on and the urgency and need to preserve those memories and to keep keep them as living memories as we were hearing there, becomes more important the there has been a rise in anti semitic rhetoric and attacks, but in the past year or so which has alarmed many here or those attending the event, so the israelis wa nt to attending the event, so the israelis want to use it to focus on that, thatis want to use it to focus on that, that is the other half of the agenda in this Memorial Service and i think we will hear many of the speakers refer to it. And barbara, some diplomatic issues, one might call them, involving the polish representatives. Yes, political divisions have overshadowed this event to some degree. It is a dispute between poland and russia about how you remember the Second World War and the legacy of the holocaust. Both of them have their own nationalist interpretations of it and most recently the president of russia has suggested that poland was complicit in world war ii even though it was the Country First occupied by the nazis and lost millions of people, many of them dues and the polish president was invited to speak, but the russian president wasnt and he said it was inconceivable at the polls werent allowed to were not allowed to speak but he does not want to sit in the audience if mr putin is going to speak about a falsification of history are not given a right of reply, so that dispute has emerged. The polish officials have also said that normally they have a commemoration in the liberation of auschwitz and its almost competing event and that has overshadowed the organisation to a degree, yes. Thank you very much, barbara, in jerusalem. The time is almost half past nine. Lets take a look at the Weather Forecast. Good past nine. Lets take a look at the weatherforecast. Good morning, carol. Good morning to you as well. We start with a lot of cloud and fog, fog especially across parts of the midlands, east anglia, Northern England, Northern Ireland and south west scotland. High pressure still in charge but we also have a weather front coming in to the north west introducing patchy rain and here it is quite breezy as well. All of that cloud around the uk is very similar to what we saw yesterday, low cloud, dampness, drizzle coming out of it and some patchy rain in the north west but brighter skies across north east scotla nd brighter skies across north east scotland and north east england with temperatures widely between eight and 10 degrees. Through the evening and 10 degrees. Through the evening and overnight we hang onto this cloud again and we will see mist and fog patches form. The weather front sinks south into southern scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland and temperatures, were not anticipating any problems with frost. Tomorrow, the weatherfront moves north, once again taking the patchy rain with it and once again tomorrow we are looking at some cloudy skies, grey day with drizzle and generally dampness and things start to dry it brighten up on saturday. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. A bbc news investigation reveals seven babies may have died unnecessarily in kent. The Uns Highest Court has decided to allow a case of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The entire public transport system in the chinese city of wuhan grinds to a halt as the authorities try to contain a respiratory virus. A british man is missing after a storm surge hits eastern spain, one of four people missing. World leaders gather in jerusalem of four people missing. World leaders gather injerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz, more than 1 Million People, mostlyjews, were murdered by the nazis. Grieving pa rents murdered by the nazis. Grieving parents now murdered by the nazis. Grieving pa rents now have murdered by the nazis. Grieving parents now have the right to more time off work. We will speak to a Charity Supporting the move and an mp who helped to get the law passed. Time now for the morning briefing where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. We reported yesterday on the death of terry jones, an outpouring of tributes paid to the comedian who was 77. The main photo on the front of the times dedicated to the star of monty python. The metro also has a piece looking back at his career highlights. The daily mirror leads with personal tributes tojones and focuses on his co star Michael Palin who said his friend had a rare form of dementia and still showed his typical humour until his final days. Let us take a look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. 0ne reading and watching on the bbc news app. One of the most read stories at the moment, number one, the news of aus the moment, number one, the news of a us crew killed, firefighting crew, killed in a plane crash in the Snowy Mountains area of new south wales. Three crew on board from the us were contracted to help with the fight against the bushfires in australia and a being paid to them, a reminder that the fight against the fires is still continuing and tributes being paid. The number one most watched, a story we will be telling you about in a few moments, and that is why poland will not be attending the Holocaust Memorial events taking place injerusalem. The Holocaust Memorial events taking place in jerusalem. We the Holocaust Memorial events taking place injerusalem. We spoke to our correspondent a few months ago. Polands president andrzej duda says he is not going because he is not being allowed to address the audience. We will bring you more on that story and a few moments. Going back to our most read and one of the most back to our most read and one of the m ost rea d back to our most read and one of the most read stories this morning as the news the Award Winning Victoria Derbyshire show is to come off as pa rt derbyshire show is to come off as part of bbc funding cuts. The announcement of the news and Current Affairs programme produced by collea g u es Affairs Programme produced by colleagues on this channel was made yesterday. Unsurprisingly, it has had a huge reaction online from viewers, fans and media personalities. Piers morgan took to twitter to say it was a very strange decision, it was an Excellent Programme and Victoria Derbyshire is a superb journalist. Journalist paul lewis wrote, if this happens, very sad, against my predictions, Victoria Derbyshire has turned out to be innovative and deals brilliantly with important social issues including poverty which Mainstream Programme struggle with. It is genuinely a peoples to Current Affairs programme. And another, called the decision madness. Victoria derbyshire is the best pro, the bbc, always grateful for reports on the childrens care system and young peoplemental health. Also on twitter and across social media this morning, at around 6am, teesside started trending, thousands asking questions like this, bizarre, just got woken up by the room shaking, dont we have an earthquake in teesside . James said, either my house is the next setting for a paranormal activity film or there has just been a decent sized earthquake. Later confirmed it was a small 2. 8 magnitude earthquake in middlesbrough, thejokes small 2. 8 magnitude earthquake in middlesbrough, the jokes started. Devastating earthquake in teesside this morning, no structural improvements reported. Yesterday we brought you news of the biggest trending entertainment story for the day about the tour announcement for the hugely popular korean boy band. Today they are back again in the spotlight. Ariana grande posted this picture on her instagram a few hours ago from her rehearsals at the grammys with the caption, look who i bumped into. The picture already has more than 2 million likes and plenty of comments from fans sharing excitement and predicting musical collaborations. That is it for todays morning briefing. Right now it is time for sport. Full round up from the bbc sport centre. We started the day with two british women looking to progress to the third round of the Australian Open. Both are out. John watson is in melbourne. Starting with Heather Watson. What went wrong . Melbourne. Starting with Heather Watson. What went wrong7m melbourne. Starting with Heather Watson. What went wrong . It is hard to say. I spoke to Heather Watson after she lost to the player who she beat last week in a warm up tournament in the lead up to the Australian Open. She was fairly honest, she said, she was better than me, played the conditions better, heather said she felt slow. Worth pointing out she did have some delays to deal with the opening week asa delays to deal with the opening week as a result of her first match being moved back a day and her second match as well. There were delays because we have seen some mud on the court which was whipped up by the dust and court which was whipped up by the dustand rain court which was whipped up by the dust and rain and it came down, but she said it was not down to conditions on the court, just the fa ct conditions on the court, just the fact the other player was better. just felt a bit off the mark in everything. A second too slow. Was not timing the ball well. As soon as i lost that game i think it was 5 3 down. I thought she really raised her level and did really well being ahead in the school. Looking really unhappy with her performance. And out in the last few minutes, losing to the fourth seed, but she did makea losing to the fourth seed, but she did make a bit of a fight of it. Yes, she did, she tried to come back into it in the second set with a couple of breaks of serve. Always a tough ask for harriet, playing simona halep, wimbledon champion, full seed. 0ut simona halep, wimbledon champion, full seed. Out on the rod laver arena, main show court, first match in the evening session fourth seed. Hugely anticipated time to play. Worth pointing out she has played on the stage before, lost to Maria Sharapova in the opening run can be used to playing big players but it took her a little time to get going and she dropped her opening the first set, breaking serve, to psy tu rvy the first set, breaking serve, topsy turvy opening set, but she lost the first set, try to come back into it in the second set, but in the end losing in straight sets against simona halep, a lot of people predicting she will go far in this tournament this year. It means that we have no micro british players in the singles in the third round here at the Australian Open for a second year in a row. A silly disappointed. In the end, certainly for harriet dart and Heather Watson, please nonetheless with the performances bitterly disappointed. Man united booed off at old trafford as they lost at home to burnley. Their first win at old trafford since 1962 and this brilliant strike from Jay Rodriguez sealed it. United manager has now lost more premier league games than he has won since becoming their permanent boss. The players are giving everything they have got, they have done absolutely fa ntastically they have done absolutely fantastically so far this season. But they know today it was not good enough. I know. Buti but they know today it was not good enough. I know. But i am the one responsible for this. We have been stretched lately, really stretched. The boys looked mentally tired towards the end. We just didnt find that creativity that we hoped for. There was a big blow for leicester as they lost the premier leagues top scorerjamie vardy to an injury. They are waiting to find out how long he could be out for. They did not miss him too much. Another scored twice as they won 4 1. Celtic are still just about scored twice as they won 4 1. Celtic are stilljust about managing to hold off rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. They won 3 1 at kilmarnock last night. Rangers beat st mary 1 0 so they are two points behind, game in hand. The future of 0le Gunnar Solskjaer dominates the back pages. His future will come under the spotlight after another defeat. The express go with, united crash and burn. The guardian have this photo of Jay Rodriguez, celebrating his goal at old trafford. Barcelona had a bit of a surprise last night in the spanish cup, trailing ibiza who play in the third tier till late on. A hit with social media commentatorjohnny sharples who paraphrased a song, you are losing to i ibiza. Live sport on the bbc today. The world indoor bowls championships continuing in great yarmouth. 0n the bbc sport website from turning with the live cycling from the six day series in berlin from 7 50pm this evening. That is all the sport for now. Back to you. Thank you. Back to the coverage of the events leading up to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz because polands president andrzej duda has snubbed the event at the Holocaust Memorial in israel, yad vashem, to mark the anniversary. He complained he has not been allowed to address the audience while Vladimir Putin and other leaders will speak. The Prime Minister of poland told the bbcs Mishal Husain the decision was a disrespect to poland. It is very important to understand the context. The context is there was always an annual commemoration, celebration to commemorate the victims of the holocaust in auschwitz. There will be events in commemoration of victims of all the holocaust this year as well. On the 27th, as usual. This is the most important date. For the first time this year, it happened that president putin and some of his allies, if i may say so, from israel, they organised another commemoration on the 23rd. This was also preceded by many statements made by the highest russian officials which distorted the perception of the Second World War and facts from the Second World War. This is why we gave such a reply. Mostly i would like to emphasise that this is so important to have this commemoration in a most dignified way in auschwitz, as usual. Year after year. But this is yad vashem in jerusalem, usual. Year after year. But this is yad vashem injerusalem, an incredibly important place of memory, this is the 75th anniversary. The effect of your decision is disrespectful to the memory of those who died in the holocaust, 6 million of europes jews, 3 million were polish. This is disrespect to poland and to all of the heroes from the Second World War who were rescuing, saving jews by not giving voice to the president of poland. He should have been given the floor and had this been the case, of course, poland would be represented. But then he was excluded from the speakers, which was offending, and we couldnt agree with such an approach. Polands Prime Minister. Let us speak to james, content need a four holocaust galleries at the Imperial War Museum in london. Content leaderfor the holocaust galleries. Auschwitz is synonymous with this period. How exactly d id synonymous with this period. How exactly did it become this place of horrors . Very interesting, actually, because in the first instance auschwitz was never conceived to be the centre of this thing we now call the centre of this thing we now call the holocaust. Event meat created for polish Political Prisoners created for polish Political Prisoners initially. As time moved on, it became the centre of the so called final solution. By the time auschwitz became the centre of the holocaust, millions of thejews of europe had been killed and never came anywhere near it. But it speaks of the way this policy evolved over time and developed a kind of momentum under the auspices of the Second World War. When it was liberated, survivors, emaciated victims of torture but nonetheless who had still managed to hold on to life, to survive, spoke of how the soldiers who came in seemed almost embarrassed to look at them, they couldnt confront the horrors that we re couldnt confront the horrors that were in front of their eyes. wonder now 75 years on how what happened there is still influencing contemporary conversation about how people treat one another. It is a really interesting point. Primo levi talked about the shame he saw in the eyes of the liberating soldiers. The shame of what they were exposed to asa shame of what they were exposed to as a reality of humankind. I think thatis as a reality of humankind. I think that is the really significant thing moving on. As he said, this thing happened, so it can happen again. It opened up a new sense of our relationship with ourselves and make it very clear to us all of the things we consider to be civilising influences in modern western culture can also be the things which drive us can also be the things which drive us towards barbarity. It was interesting looking at the report a few minutes ago from 0rla guerin and her interview with a survivor who spoke of fear is that once the last remaining survivors die, will people still talk about this in the same way, think about this in the same way . Way, think about this in the same 7 i way, think about this in the same way . I know you have plans a couple of years from now to open new galleries, tell us about it. We are opening new holocaust galleries in 2021 and they are being conceived in the knowledge of the fact the survivor generation are tragically moving on. We have thought very carefully about how to be custodians of this history and memory beyond the survivor generation and how we can find ways to make this feel releva nt can find ways to make this feel relevant and resonant with new younger audiences who will have been born beyond the end of the survivor generation. And how will you do that with these galleries . We are thinking about how to make people thinking about how to make people think about these things differently, to move beyond the idea of using auschwitz and the holocaust asa of using auschwitz and the holocaust as a kind of parable of the abhorrent and to say, this is something that really happened in our world and one of the things that anyone who has been to auschwitz will be struck by is the sum shines at auschwitz and the rainfalls and another respects it is part of our world. We want visitors to engage with the fact these things whilst abhorrent are also a part of our world and as wheel to the people who experienced it as those other things are as real to us today and as real to the people who experienced it. Thank you for talking to us today, from the Imperial War Museum in london. Four people are still missing including a british man riding his motorbike in ibiza after a powerful storm hit the east coast of spain. Storm gloria brought high winds, heavy rain and even snow killing nine people and causing widespread disruption. The weather has moved north causing flooding in the south of france. Storm gloria arrived with great force winds of up to 144km h with waves up to 14m high. In a small seaside town in catalonia, a thick foam flooded the streets. It was caused by this howling winds and a powerful surge from the ocean. Local Authorities Say its the worst sea storm since 2003. Its claimed several lives, and there are still people missing. After four days of relentless rain and wind, a moment of calm has settled across the worst hit areas. It is only now locals can start to assess the widespread disruption. Translation it was tremendous, it destroyed the seafront. The worst thing it is the disaster that has caused. This is beautiful. Forecasters have tracked sea water three kilometres inland, swamping this delta, a vital ecosystem full of rice paddies. The storm front headed north east and landed in southern france, torrential rain has also caused chaos there forcing many people to abandon their homes. The. Only when the water subsides will they know the true extent of glorias damage abandon their homes for safety. Some figuresjust coming homes for safety. Some figures just coming into us homes for safety. Some figuresjust coming into us in the last couple of minutes from the office for national statistics. These are on crime figures. The one that i can see at the moment is picking out the detail on knife crime offences and this type of offence recorded by police in england and wales hit a new record high in the year ending september, 2019. Rising, we are told, by 7 on the previous 12 months. Very significant increase, it seems. We will get more context. Knife crime offences recorded by police in england and wales hitting a new record high in the year ending september, 2019. The percentage rise, 7 on the previous 12 months. According to the ons. We cannot speak to our home faris, swindon we can now speak to our home affairs correspondent. 7 rise on the previous 12 months . It is a new record high. This is very concerning, clearly. For everyone affected by the rise in knife crime. 44,700 offences. I think these offences exclude Greater Manchester police where they have had difficulties with counting procedures. That is across england and wales in the 12 months to the end of september. What it shows as this is still a massive problem. Right across the country. Whatever the efforts the police have had an increasing stop and search, more activity, cracking down on knife offenders, still a major problem. When we look at the other figures, we can see also a worrying surge in robberies, up 12 . Some of those robberies, up 12 . Some of those robberies will be involving the use ofa robberies will be involving the use of a knife, or the threat of a knife, but it is a worrying increase. Some is being driven by london where yesterday we saw crime figures for the whole of the year 2019 up 20 . Clearly, london is having an impact. When we look at the overall figures, the best measure of this is the crime survey of england and wales which measures people puck experiences of crime showing crime levels are broadly stable. Peoples experiences of crime. You have specific categories where you have specific rises. One other bit of data we should focus on is the proportion of people who are charged or cautioned or brought to court for each offence. That has fallen to a new low, 7. 3 , 7. 3 of offences result in a suspect being charged or cautioned, the lowest figure since they were compiled in this way since 2015. Falling steadily since that time. A real concern, i think. Thank steadily since that time. A real concern, ithink. Thank you steadily since that time. A real concern, i think. Thank you for bringing us up to date with those figuresjust bringing us up to date with those figures just out bringing us up to date with those figuresjust out in bringing us up to date with those figures just out in the last few minutes, toni shaw. Parents who lose a child will receive two weeks paid bereavement leave under new government rules being outlined today. The current entitlement is three days. It will be known as jacks law in memory of his in memory of the boy who died. The mp who helped guide the law through the commons and a representative from sands. How did you help get this through parliament and what was the process . Through parliament and what was the process . It has been ten years in the making, ten years coming, and campaigners would say, not a second too soon. A number of parliamentarians have tried to take it through prior to my efforts to do so which happily were successful, particularly the mp for colchester who had suffered a tragedy like this. When it came top of the ballot in the private members bill, called me to ask me to take it forward, it was my pleasure to do so. How much difference do you think this is going to make to parents . Three days leave after an event like this, well, two weeks. How long can it ta ke well, two weeks. How long can it take for a parent to get over an bereavement custom another, actually. How much difference will it make to have two weeks of paid leave from work . To get over a bereavement. Never, actually. It allowed space to get over these moments, more important than that he weeks themselves, the message it sends, how significant the death of a baby ora sends, how significant the death of a baby or a child is and for employers to think very carefully about how they help that person back into work more important than the two weeks themselves. You have worked with bereaved parents on the question of returning to work and what did you find from those conversations . We found around half of the parents didnt feel supported to return to work by their employers at all. About half, nobody talk to them when they went back to work, they felt isolated, a real stigma, to be, around stillbirth. Nobody reached out to them and allow them to explain and talk about what happened. And about half of the employees had no idea about the legal entitlements or how they should be helping in law the parents to return to work. Kevin, i think in the last week, you visited a project in youre also working with bereaved pa rents in youre also working with bereaved parents and what did you find out from speaking to people about coping in the aftermath of an unimaginable event like this . In york. in the aftermath of an unimaginable event like this . In york. I have four children and i have not suffered this tragedy but people close to me have, if you know someone affected in this way, constituents have, and you hear stories from parliamentarians as well what they have suffered. Absolute tragedies. I think the least people might expect at these times of great grief are their employer to be compassionate and i think most employers are, they want to do the right thing. Two weeks does not sound like a very long time if you have lost a child and it is an absolute minimum of course, employers usually do much more. But i think it opens up the conversation, makes employers be more compassionate, understand what people may be going through, and employers can get so much respect from the rest of the workforce by dealing with this properly. Thank you both famous for talking to us about this this morning. Thank you both very much. Now the Weather Forecast with sarah. We have a lot of cloud today, some low cloud and mist and fog is lingering through the course of the morning. This picture comes from a weather watcher in gloucestershire. Pretty misty and murky at the moment, view of the thames. It will start to clear over the next few hours but many will keep the cloud all day. Things not changing ina keep the cloud all day. Things not changing in a hurry because we still have a big area of High Pressure dominating slowly slipping to the south east over the next couple of days. A weather front moving from the north west bringing some rain over the Northern Isles and Western Isles and later today over men in scotland. Elsewhere, sunny spells. Eastern scotland, Northern England, and into wales. Temperatures 8 10d for most. Grey, cloudy but mild day. This evening and tonight, patchy rain across parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, far north west of england too. With all the cloud, miles and frost free night with temperatures setting mixed single figures. Mild and frost free night with temperatures sitting in mixed single figures. The weather front pushing north. Elsewhere, a lot of cloud, few glimpses of blue clad in between the cloud and temperatures similar to today. Looking ahead towards the weekend, High Pressure slowly slipping away towards the south east, weather front is approaching from the atlantic. Saturday, still under the influence of the High Pressure. Another largely dry mainly cloudy day, bit more police on saturday, helping to break up the cloud, few more spells of sunshine bit more breeze. Temperatures still around about 7 10d on saturday. But all change into the second half of the weekend. Saturday night into sunday, the weather front in the west gathering pace, moving east, more isobars on the map, so sector turn and on sunday as this front makes its way east, followed by sunny spells and scattered showers. Different feel to the weather compared to the dry days at the moment. Setting us up for a different feel to the weather as things turn more unsettled, wet and windy next week. Hello, its thursday, its 10 oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire, and were live from new broadcasting house. Last year we exposed the shocking conditions some families were living in, on a council owned block on a regeneration site in north london. They were living with cockroaches, security doors that didnt work so drug users and anyone else could come in at any time. We still have to live with the cockroaches, the mice, the rats, being broken into. This time the conservative Council Leader Daniel Thomas has agreed to be on the programme and the city of wuhan has been shut down to contain the virus that has infected more than 500 people and kill 17. The