Who are refusing to surrender. Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation of rape allegations against the wikileaks co founder, Julian Assange. Prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says Jeffrey Epstein assaulted her. Its 5 oclock, our main story. A leaked report into severe failings in Maternity Care at shrewsbury and Telford Hospital nhs trust has criticised what it calls a toxic culture at the trusts hospitals, going back a0 years. And it warns that lessons are still not being learned. The report contains the interim findings of a review into the trust, ordered by the government in 2017. It followed allegations that dozens of babies and mothers had died unnecessarily, or been left with permanent disabilities. The report says staff at the trust routinely dismissed parents concerns, were unkind, got dead babies names wrong and, in one instance, referred to a baby who died as it. Our Health Editor hugh pym explained the significance of todays new
Prince andrew said he had no recollection of meeting virginia roberts, who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. The duke denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary has ordered all universities to review fire safety in their buildings after two people were hurt when fire ripped through student halls in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on climate change. The conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello. Youre watching sportsday on bbc news with Lizzie Greenwood hughes and ben croucher. Our top stories this saturday. As the home nations euro 2020 qualifying campaigns draw to a close, theres a morale boosting win for scotland. Could this be a changing of the guard in tennis . As St
In business body positive fashion how india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation would you be prepared to sit in a plane for nineteen hours or would it drive you mad . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air, the longest and, at over 17,000 kilometres, the furthest passage flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to research the feasibility of the ultra long haul route and the impact on travellers and crew. The bbcs lukejones was onboard. The first london to sydney flight 100 years ago took 28 days. This will sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. This plane is almost spookily empty. There is only 53 of us on board because that is as many it can carry this distance. This is to carry out res
Any shelter and drier weather is likely to continue to be in the south east corner. Not particularly warm out there, 5 11 if we are lucky. Through the evening and overnight, some clearer skies across england and wales with showers continuing across the north west is the low pressure drifts its way off into the north sea. Low single figures for most of us, particularly where we have clearer slots into south and east england potentially. A chilly start to tuesday with a low continuing to move off into the north sea, almost a repeat performance as we go through tomorrow. The wind coming from more ofa tomorrow. The wind coming from more of a northerly direction so that means perhaps the emphasis of the showers on all the sticking out bits across the coast, more shelter in lent you might dodge showers again but again, sunshine and blustery showers, some of them heavy, perhaps with some hail in there. This could bea with some hail in there. This could be a troublemaker as you move from wedne
At the Global Crisis in retail. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, have you started Christmas Shopping . If so, are you heading to the high street or shopping online . As amazon becomes the worlds biggest retailer tell us what you think about the crisis on the high street. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The impeachment inquiry in washington is about to go public. Until now, the testimony has been heard behind closed doors. House democrats are looking at whether President Trump abused his power by witholding military aid from ukraine, while pressing for an investigation into the bidens. Mr trump calls the inquiry a hoax. The first two people in front of congress on wednesday are William Taylor the top us diplomat in ukraine, and George Kent Deputy assistant secretary for european and eurasian affairs. And on friday, former Us Ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is due to testify. But,