which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
we just wanted to get out as soon as possible, so we tried to break the glass in the windows. what we saw in front of us was chaos. the search goes on for a missing baby whose parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross neglicence manslaughter. how hundreds of six offenders slipped off the police radar just by changing their names. and thousands of volunteers come forward to train up guide dogs after the bbc highlighted a national shortage. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s been an fa cup fairy tale for grimsby, but can they reach the quarterfinals tonight against premier league southampton? more than 4,000 fans are travelling to the south coast. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show
from polar regions, dropping the temperature is in a big way, and it is a case of not packing away your winter woollies just yet, because for some of us, we will be looking at the return of snowfall. the news continues here on bbc one, time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions. we are expecting to hear from the met police and sussex police who together have been searching for a missing baby in brighton. there s been a significant development in this case which is why we re bringing you these live pictures from sussex police headquarters and from sussex police headquarters and from the area that they have been searching in the past few days. i am told that when they do appear before the microphones, they re going to hear from the microphones, they re going to hearfrom louis the microphones, they re going to hear from louis who the microphones, they re going to hearfrom louis who is the microphones, they re going to hear from louis who is from the med police an
the greek transport minister resigns and a station master in charge of signalling has been arrested after at least 36 people died and dozens injured following a train crash in northern greece. as the search continues, police fear a missing two month old baby has come to serious harm. the parents, constance marten and mark gordon, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. new data shows hundreds of sex offenders slipped off the police radarjust by changing their names. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent,
they are so cute! good morning and happy st david s day. it will remain very cloudy, a little bit of rain here and there but not a lot, colder into the weekend and especially next week. all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 1st of march. our main story. a major search is still ongoing for a two month old baby who police fear may have come to harm in freezing conditions near brighton. the child s parents, constance marten and her partner mark gordon, are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter but are refusing to give any information about their baby, as vincent mcaviney reports. monday night in north brighton. after 53 days on the run, constance marten and mark gordon are spotted on cctv walking down a residential street. while shopping in this convenience store, they were spotted by a member of the public who called 999. shortly after, they were filmed again. officers arrested the couple without their baby walking towards an allotme