secret in the family because you just didn t talk about it. it wasn t until i was about 12 years old where i was told the full extent of his health. it s very much always on the surface for me, that experience, having my dad taken away from me far too early. david was just one of tens of thousands of people infected in the nhs contaminated blood scandal between 1970 and 1991. 4,000 infected people and bereaved partners were given £100,000 interim compensation last year. but its children and parents who katie says are among the forgotten ones. if i was to get some financial compensation from this, i ll be able to start rebuilding the memories in his name, to be able to know that dad s here for this. she now hopes a new compensation framework that s expected will finally recognise wider families, the harm, the hurt and ongoing loss. it s incredibly scary that there are still people
think it is important that this community who are very damaged or afforded legal representation from our lawyers who have been with us from the start of this inquiry. we welcomed the report today, i think there are a few issues we need to look over but all in all we are pleased with sir brian s work. 5ir pleased with sir brian s work. sir brian did mention the need to extend the psychological support to those in england, that has already been extended to the rest of the uk that has been affected by the blood scandal. did you take part by listening to that as well? yes, we did. listening to that as well? yes, we did- there listening to that as well? yes, we did. there has listening to that as well? yes, we did. there has been listening to that as well? yes, we did. there has been psychological support in place for certain groups. it was administered through the skipton fund, all the funds have now changed, but i think it is very important for the psychological report. i had a grou
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avenues. commuters have been warned to expect another day of severe disruption on the uk s railways. more than 20,000 train drivers are walking out in their long running dispute over pay and conditions. the government has urged the unions to play their part in bringing the dispute to an end. closing statements will be heard later today in the long running inquiry into the uk s contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s. the hearings have examined why tens of thousands of people contracted hiv or hepatitis c, after being given unscreened blood products and transfusions. the biden administration says a thousand migrant children, who were separated from relatives at the us mexico border under donald trump s migration policy, have yet to be reunited with their families. a task force, set up two years ago, has reconnected almost 700. a freight train has hit pedestrians in germany, killing one child and severely injuring a second. eyewitnesses in the town
with the eu on possible membership. last year it became an official candidate. butjoining the european union takes years, if not decades. it also takes the approval of the 27 member states. but the very subject of the european union for ukraine is so loaded because it s about ukraine demonstrating its sovereignty despite it becoming under continued attack. and it s also about ukraine s political will to lean further to the west and further away from the clutches of moscow. the long running inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s will hear closing statements later today. it s been called the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history, with 30,000 people thought to have been infected with hiv or hepatitis c. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, has more. nobody in the threackall household thought that they could be affected by aids. in 1991, the bbc broadcast this landmark documentary