Well have an extended interview with the head of the trust involved. Also tonight another coronavirus case in the uk, but the dozens of people who arrived from china and were held in quarantine for two weeks have tested negative and will be home tomorrow. Following the killing ofjournalist lyra mckee in londonderry, a local man has been charged with her murder. And we meet Alice Dearing, whos hoping to become the first black woman to represent Great Britain in olympic swimming. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, it all came down to the final ball, but englands cricketers were beaten by one run in south africa. Good evening. The head of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about preventable deaths of babies has claimed that the extent of the failings is not clear. Susan acott, whos chief executive of east Kent Hospitals trust, now says there have only been six or seven avoidable deaths at the trust since 2011. The trust has previously accepted responsibility for at least ten deaths, but ms acott is now saying the causes of some of those deaths are not as clear cut. Ms acott has yet to meet many of the families involved. Shes been questioned by our social Affairs CorrespondentMichael Buchanan. No one spotted what was going on. They could have saved him. Some days do i want to go outside and face the big wide world . No. Our son, harry, died because of a number of serious and preventable failures in the medical care and treatment he and my wife sarah received. Over the past month, east Kent Hospitals has accepted that since 2011 at least ten babies have died after bad errors, some of them stillborn. But in her first interview, the trusts chief executive, susan acott, said there had been fewer. From about 2011 to 2020, there are six or seven cases that are viewed likely as preventable. This is not credible. I can give you ten names now of babies who have died at this trust that this trust has accepted responsibility for, for their preventable deaths. When you are looking at babies who are born very prematurely, often have congenital issues as well, it is not always quite as clear cut as that. In 2015, an independent report commissioned by the trust uncovered numerous maternity problems. Among theirfindings were significant concerns about the failure of consultants to conduct ward rounds, review women, and attend out of hours. Despite being in post since october 2017, susan acott said she hadnt even read the crucial report for more than two years. Can you remember when you saw that Royal College of obstetricians and gynaecologists report which preceded your time here but highlighted the issues . Can you tell me when you saw it . At the end of 2019. At the end of 2019 . Yes. Why did it take you so long to see that report . I wasnt aware that report had actually been commissioned. Harry richfords wholly avoidable death in 2017 highlighted systemic problems with the trust, and ms acott apologised for his death, but she had admitted she hadnt yet met a Single Family who had lost a baby due to the trusts poor care. It seems that she is in denial about the scale of the problem is, if it wasnt for us, it would have failed to learn from his case, and it is obvious it failed to learn from other cases going way back. As chief executive, i think it is very important that i learn and we all collectively learn. Unless you sit down face to face in the same room as the people who have lost their children, you cant know, you cant even begin to know what it is like. I think it is important that staff, me included, staff as well, listen to families. We do do that. My concern and my focus needs to be to make sure that, going forward, we are doing all the right things, and that today everything that would be expected of us is being done. That was susan acott ending that report. Michaels with me now. We heard one of the fathers there talk about a culture of denial. What is your reading of what the chief executive said to you . Is your reading of what the chief executive said to you . |i is your reading of what the chief executive said to you . I think, before we spoke to her, there were already calls for a Public Inquiry into what had happened at this trust, and i think our comments will only add to that. Some of the families that we have been speaking to over the past few weeks, they are extremely disappointed, some of them absolutely furious, and its not simply the fact that she is downplaying, perhaps, what may have happened at the trust. It is also that she could not give a clear a nswer that she could not give a clear answer as to why clinicians at the trust werent telling coroners, for yea rs, trust werent telling coroners, for years, about some deaths of babies, and that just years, about some deaths of babies, and thatjust doesnt beg the question of whether the trust could have been scrutinised by an outside agency much earlier, it means that many families may well never have got the answers to the questions they have been holding onto as to what exactly happened in their ba bys what exactly happened in their babys case. What exactly happened in their ba bys case. Susan what exactly happened in their babys case. Susan acott has been imposed since 2017, she told me she has a new Leadership Team and she is keen to remain in post, they believe they are now walking towards improving Maternity Care, but ministers over the past few days have received two reports about Maternity Care at the trust and will make an announcement shortly as to what actions they intend to take, and tomorrow susan acott will face the public in the sense that there will be a Board Meeting down in kent, the first since the problems emerged, and i think there will be a lot of questions for her. Polite thank you very much, Michael Buchanan there for us. A ninth person has tested positive for coronavirus in the uk. The woman flew into london from china and was tested after developing symptoms. The man at the centre of the main outbreak in the uk, steve walsh, a businessman from east sussex, has now been discharged from hospital after being given the all clear. Hed caught the virus on a business trip to singapore. The World Health Organization says the number of new infections in china is stabilising but that its too early to say if the epidemic is past its peak. Our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. Tonight at St Thomas Hospital in central london, the ninth patient with the coronavirus in the uk is being treated a woman who flew into heathrow from china recently, she didnt have any symptoms when she arrived. Another patient, meanwhile, was leaving the same hospital steve walsh, after a full recovery from the virus, and no longer contagious, according to the nhs. Hed contracted it in singapore and then unwittingly infected 11 others. One of them is a gp who worked two days last week at worthing hospital. That doctor is being treated in isolation elsewhere. The hospital is still running, but some patients are concerned. My husband took my son over to a e on sunday night, and i want to check my son didnt come into contact with the health worker, because, obviously, you just never know, do you . I think everyones panicking, and i think there needs to be more in the media, to say, dont panic, its serious but we are dealing with it. Some local parents have asked to take their children out of school. I asked Public Health england if they could reassure people in brighton and worthing. There is not a general risk to people, either in schools or any other kind of facilities, just because there happens to have been somebody with this infection in that area, so i can reassure on that point. If children need to be out of school, thats because we have told them. The latest case means there are nine in the uk, while more than 1700 people have tested negative here. There are more than 44,500 confirmed cases in china, and around 1100 deaths. At the moment, its still entirely possible that we may be in a position where the chinese authorities manage to get on top of this infection. The biggest risk to us is actually of the efforts in Mainland China dont succeed in maintaining the infection and restricting it to china, and if many other countries then have widespread outbreaks of infection. Meanwhile, people quarantined at Arrowe Park Hospital in wirral will tomorrow complete their 14 day isolation. Im very, very pleased to announce that each and every one of us, the 83 people that were on that first evacuation flight from wuhan, have tested negative for coronavirus, so were coming home government sources say there is no reason for public concern about people leaving quarantine and have appealed for their privacy to be respected. Hugh pym, bbc news. At the World Health Organization in geneva, doctors, scientists and Global Health experts have been discussing their approach to the coronavirus outbreak. Our Global Health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar is there. Tulip, given the news from china, the possible stabilisation of figures there, what conclusions are being drawn there in geneva . Well, scientists here over the last two days have really been poring over all the data that has been coming in from the start this outbreak. They are saying, and it is very early days, that it looks like the outbreak could be stabilising, but thatis outbreak could be stabilising, but that is just a snapshot of what has been happening over the last seven days, and that could change at any time. But it is at least a positive trend for the moment, and the who has talked about how this creates a window of opportunity to, as it calls it, hammer this virus over the coming days and weeks, and that is what we have seen scientists really trying to get to the nub of here. They are trying to prioritise what Research Needs to happen, what needs to happen to make sure that this does not become a global pandemic. What they say urgently needs to happen, one of the first priorities, is coming up with a better diagnostic test. At the moment you have to send samples to a lab, it ta kes have to send samples to a lab, it takes time, and doctors in china say they urgently need a test they can do in homes and local Health Centres and you can get the results very quickly. The other thing that scientists are looking at is how effective these quite extreme measures that we have seen of china, quarantining entire cities, actually is. It hasnt been done on this scale ever before. Early evidence suggests it has actually been quite effective, but this is an outbreak of the firsts, and scientists are continuing to learn new things about it every single day. Tulip, many thanks again, Tulip Mazumdar with the latest from geneva. A 52 year old man from Northern Ireland has been charged with the murder of lyra mckee, the 29 year old journalist who was observing riots in londonderry when she was shot dead in april last year. Our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in derry with the latest. Well, lyra mckees death was felt very deeply here in derry, she was a writer, a gay rights activist described as a rising star in Northern Ireland, and she was shot, police say, by terrorist during rioting in the citys creggan estate last year. Rioting in the citys creggan estate last yea r. After rioting in the citys creggan estate last year. After that, the group known as the new ira said it was behind the shooting. A 52 year old man from derry has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm, and membership of a proscribed organisation. He will be appearing in front of magistrates tomorrow morning. The virus which led to lyra mckees debt was widely condemned, something that many hoped was consigned to the history books. The violence which led to lyra mckees death. Recite this is a significant step but they believe a number of people were involved in events that night and that the search for evidence to bring the government tojustice search for evidence to bring the government to justice continues. The gunman. A ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars could be just 12 years away. The transport secretary, grant shapps, said there would be a consultation on when the ban should come in but it would include 2032 as a possible cut off date, three years earlier than was announced last week. The motor industry has expressed concern about the timescale for the change. The media watchdog ofcom is to be given new powers to punish social media firms who fail to act over harmful content published online. Until now, platforms like facebook, tiktok, youtube, snapchat and twitter have largely been self regulating. Its not yet been decided what penalties ofcom would be able to impose on those who fail to comply. The battle to win the democratic nomination for the us presidency has intensified, after the veteran left wing senator Bernie Sanders narrowly won the New Hampshire primary election and declared it the beginning of the end for president trump. But the man once considered the runaway favourite to take on donald trump in november, the former Vice President joe biden, had a terrible night and finished in fifth place, as our north america editorjon sopel reports. Hes left wing, 78 years old, had a heart attack last october, and is on fire. Bernie sanders, the oldest candidate running, must now be considered the favourite for the democratic nomination. No matter who wins, and we certainly hope its going to be us, we are going to unite together. We are going to unite together and defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country. A win is a win is a win, and Bernie Sanders supporters are celebrating their victory tonight. But he hasnt smashed it like he did four years ago in New Hampshire, and that will be a source of considerable relief to a lot of centrist democrats who feared he might become an unstoppable train. His nearest rival is also the youngest person in the field the centrist, telegenic, gay former mayor from south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg. The politics of my way or the highway is a road to re electing donald trump. Vulnerable americans do not have the luxury of pursuing ideological purity over an inclusive victory. But the former Vice President joe biden, tipped as the prizefighter who would knock out all challengers, is looking punch drunk, slumped on the ropes he came a dismal fifth last night and scarpered out of New Hampshire before the results were declared. So here are all these pundits and experts, cable tv talkers, talking about the race. Tell them, it aint over, man, were just getting started. One centrist candidate who exceeded expectations was the senator from minnesota, amy klobuchar. She is tough and has staying power. But if you are donald trump, who held his own spoiler rally in the state this week, and you see the democrats engaged in a protracted battle, where theyre all waging war against each other, then life looks pretty peachy. Jon sopel, bbc news, New Hampshire. This really is a battle for the soul of the democratic party. Does it stay where it is in the middle of american politics, or does it become a much more socialist party . Whoever wins that battle, its going to be a difficultjob uniting wins that battle, its going to be a difficult job uniting the wins that battle, its going to be a difficultjob uniting the democrats because aside from wanting to get rid of donald trump, that is about the only thing they do agree on. Jon, many thanks. Jon sopel, our north america editor in New Hampshire. With a month to go until the budget, and two months since borisjohnson secured victory at the general election, the governments critics say that its time for the Prime Minister to demonstrate what he meant when he said that he wanted to unite and level up the uk with his significant majority in the house of commons. With his significant majority as part of a series from constituencies around the uk, our Political Correspondent alex forsyth has been to redcar in the north east of england, one of the places to elect a conservative for the first time, to find out what people expect. The seaside town of redcar is home to a community built on steel. When the plant here closed five years ago, it left thousands out of work. You used to come out of school and go straight to British Steel or ici, and you were there for life. Thats how it was when i was a kid. And of course, suddenly, that was gone. Julies husband is one of those who lost his job. Everything just went downhill, really, there was nojobs, everybody was despairing. It felt awful. Its a familiar story at this Community Hub in the heart of the borough built to house steelworkers. It offers skills, training and support for families who struggled services some say should come from the government. Everybody promises something till they get in, and then nothings done. London gets a lot more help, and a lot more financial help than the north. In the north, we feel like we are being forgotten. This town has long been a labour stronghold, but it voted conservative last year in part brexit, in part the promise of investment in transport, high streets, business. It isjust rough, like, its horrible trying to find a job around here. Do you believe the government when they say they will invest in this area, make a big difference . Not really. I dont have a lot of faith in the government. I hope so. I voted tory, so. we will wait and see in a years time if anything has improved. If not, i dare say there will be a Labour Government back again. What we firstly need to see is that completely demolished. The tees valley mayor, himself a tory, knows theres pressure to deliver. He wants to redevelop the steelworks, create jobs in green technology. The government has put money into the project but there is a very long way to go. We cant have that sat on our horizon for the next five, ten, 15 years, with that ghost looking over our shoulder of what used to be. We need to move forward, we need more investment, and we need government now to step up to the mark. They made a lot of promises during the election, weve got a lot more conservative mps in the region, and the local people are now saying, well, heres your opportunity, you either deliver, or youre probably going to be out on your ear in the next five years. Nicky knows first hand how the right support can turn things around. He was a steelworker. When he lost hisjob, he got a government grant and used it to start a boxing business. He is hopeful of such opportunity for others. Some people seem to think theyve been forgotten about down this neck of the woods. Do you get the sense that things are changing . I hope so. I think the way the election went, i think what people want is to see a bit of change. But the people here have heard promises in the past. This community will stay sceptical until things look very different. Alex forsyth, bbc news, redcar. In downing street borisjohnson has been finalising the government reshuffle to be announced tomorrow. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is outside number ten. What are you expecting . After that decisive election victory, there was a lot of talk of a valentines day massacre, but im told the reshuffle will be a lot more modest than that. That is partly because borisjohnson became Prime Minister just that is partly because borisjohnson became Prime Ministerjust seven months ago, cleared out theresa mays team, so tomorrow the top jobs of chancellor and home secretary will not change. The emphasis instead is on the next generation, partly because we have had two general election is pretty close together. There are lots of new faces on the tory benches, but a lot of them dont have much experience. The idea is to promote many of them to the lower ranks in the hope that they will prove themselves and then get promoted later. I have also been detecting that amongst some tory mps, there is anger that a lot of the spac nation knew about who will be booted out centres on the women in the there is a lot of speculation about the people who are likely to be booted out being the women. Ministers were in various states of anxiety and many of them will not be getting a good nights sleep tonight. Vicki young in downing street. Mps have approved legislation to prevent the automatic Early Release of convicted terror offenders. It is being pushed through parliament in the wake of two recent attacks in london which were carried out by men who had recently been freed early from jail. It will now go to the lords for further scrutiny. Vulnerable children under the age of 16 will no longer be placed in care homes which arent inspected by the regulator ofsted. Last year, investigations by bbc news revealed that children as young as 11 were living in unregulated accommodation. Our special correspondent ed thomas has been talking to the education secretary about the proposed changes. Just a house where people profit from young, vulnerable children. Children neglected. I never really had any support. All i had was basically a bed. Exploited. Everyone that was involved, whoever did what they did. And abused. Someone needs to pay a price for the pain. For a year, bbc news has been investigating failures inside unregulated accommodation for children in care. That house was basically just a drug deal house. I had to live there because i couldnt go nowhere else. Now the government plans to act. The bbc highlighted something that just needed to be changed. What we are announcing today is the end of unregulated childrens homes for those under 16. Our reports revealed more than a dozen cases of organised abuse linked to unregulated homes and we learnt that children as young as 11 have also been placed by councils in unregulated homes. Your reports expose that there are children that are being placed in that type of care. That is not something we are going to allow to continue to go forward. So, if a local authority thinks they can continue to place children in those types of environments, quite simply, they will have their powers withdrawn in order to be able to continue to look after childrens services. We also revealed that some children in care had been placed in caravans, narrowboats and holiday homes. There are hundreds of children under the age of 16, there are thousands of children who are 16, 17. Why is their vulnerability assessed differently . So, this is an important point. We are setting a minimum set of standards for every single care home. How will that be inspected, regulated . That is going to be inspected and regulated by ofsted to make sure that they have the right set of standards. Ofsted are already stretched, though, arent they . So will there be more resources for ofsted to do this . And what you have seen over the last sort of the few months, we have put extra resources into ofsted. We discovered ofsted has not prosecuted a single providerfor running an illegal, unregistered home. The secretary of state wants to give them more powers. Can you guarantee that this will be tough enough and make sure no child is abused in an unregulated home . We are making a significant change in terms of the Regulatory Regime and what is expected of every single council. If its not safeguarding children in the way that you and i would expect them to do, we will be coming back to this and looking at what further steps can be taken. The consultation will run for eight weeks, before new legislation is brought in to safeguard some of our most vulnerable children. Ed thomas, bbc news. Great britain currently has only one black swimmer at International Level shes the 22 year old olympic hopeful Alice Dearing. If she qualifies for the games in tokyo this summer, alice will make history by becoming the first black woman to represent Great Britain in olympic swimming. Our Sports Reporter rhia chohan has been to meet her. Ive been the only black swimmer on team gb for about five years now. Its kind of sad, because its 2020. Its rare to see athletes of colour like Alice Dearing in the pool. Fewer than 10 of competitive swimmers in the uk are black or mixed heritage. Discrimination can play a part. Alice experienced racism coming through the ranks. I have had a few issues where a coach has called me a skinny n word. It wasnt a great experience. I was only 17 at the time. It wasnt said directly to me, it was said to another swimmer. And this was a coach that i had never spoken to before. It was like a slap to the face. Alice did get support, but decided not to press charges. Since then shes helped set up the black swimming association, partly to combat crude racial stereotypes that are keeping black youngsters out of the pool. Its just kind of ingrained within the culture, like, we dont swim, thats not our sport. My brother came home and told me the story of a swimming teacher who had said to a black parent, no wonder your child cant swim, their bones are too dense. I have heard a lot of people say it to me, like, black people are too heavy to swim. And youre really not. Its a complete myth. Alice is an open water swimmer, an event that team gb have had success in before. She could get her own shot at olympic glory in tokyo, but for her, this is about more than medals. If i can inspire one little black girl or black boy, anybody to get in the water and give it a try, ive done myself proud. Thats it. On bbc two in a few minutes, you can see a debate between the candidates standing to be leader of the labour party thats on newsnight with katie razzall. Hello, im Austin Halewood and this is sportsday, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme. So close but still so far. Englands cricketers are beaten in south africa byjust one run. Another high profile sporting event is affected by the coronavirus as the chinese grand prix is postponed. And the best around we have the nominees for the bbc womens footballer of the year award. Welcome to the programme. Englands cricketers threw away the chance to beat south africa in their first, dramatic, twenty 20 international. Set 178 to win it, england looked like they were cruising to victory before a chaotic final over saw them lose by just 1 run. Joe wilson watched the action. This is 2020. South africas captain hitting the ball miles. It could be more thrilling. Creditors built around the instant ups and downs. He made at 31 and it was gone. Too soon. South africa finished with 177, was not . Who knew. He can hit mostly targets, aiming the grandstands here. Bowlers need to make that ball, slow, roy waited they can only keep it fair, out for sanity. When morgan took england to the brink of victory with 52 watching for the twists. Morgan was gone and the next essay to balls. 722 470 over, one paid neighbour and a second on the confusion. As south africa grabbed a victory. Many cricket formats and 2020 but this was classic. Jill benson bbc news. Jill benson bbc news. The chinese grand prix has become the latest, and most high profile sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus outbreak. It was supposed to be held on the 19th of april in shanghai, 500 miles from wuhan where the outbreak started. But its now been postponed, and theres a big question mark over whether itll be held at all. Adam wild reports. It is ina it is in a decision taken lightly. Given the scale of fabric, it wont surprise that april said grand prix was postponed as the