Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. The government is considering banning smoking in more public places, as part of plans to drive down the use of tobacco. Pub gardens and outdoor restaurants are being looked at, as well as sports grounds and outside hospitals. The proposals, which could be adopted in other parts of the uk, are expected to be added to the tobacco and vapes bill. That legislation would ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009. It was introduced by the last government but ran out of time to become law when the election was called. Rowan bridge reports. Risking the wrath of some of his own supporters, it was rishi sunak who first suggested tougher measures to tackle smoking as his last party conference. That means a 14yearold as his last party conference. Twat means a 14 year old today will never legally be sold a cigarette and that they had their generation can grow up they had their generation can grow up smoke free. Now, we know. . . Thafie u
Restaurants, playgrounds and sports grounds could be banned under plans being considered by the government. Health experts have welcomed the proposals, but some businesses are concerned about the impact an outdoor ban might have. The latest research shows 6. 4 million people still smoke in the uk. Almost 80,000 people die every year as a result of smoking, despite the ban on indoor smoking across the uk being in place in 2007. 0ur correspondent danny savage has been to york to hearfrom smokers, non smokers, and businesses which could be affected. We all know smoking is bad for our health, but plenty of people still choose to do so. So what about the latest idea to restrict it, ban in it pub gardens and outdoor restaurants in england and possibly elsewhere in the uk? remind everyone. . . We showed the prime minister s views to people in a pub garden. Over 80,000 people lose their lives every year because of smoking. That s a preventable death. It s a huge burden on the nhs, and of cours
Good evening. The grieving mother of a teenage girl who was murdered in a frenzied knife attack in northumberland in 2023 has told a court her beautiful girl was cruelly taken away. Today, a jury found a 17 year old boy, whom we can t name because of his age, guilty of the murder of holly newton in hexham. On the night she died, he d followed her for around 45 minutes before convincing holly to speak to him. She d already complained about the boy stalking her hours before, and her mother had arranged a meeting with police that very evening. Alison freeman has our top story. These are the moments before holly newton went into an alleyway with her killer, caught on cctv. The teenager, seen on the right here, stabbed and slashed 15 year old holly more than 30 times injust one minute in the market town of hexham on the 27th of january last year. The attack was so brutal and sustained that the knife broke during it. Holly was taken to hospital but couldn t be saved. This is truly a tragic c
Live from london. This is bbc news. A 17 year old boy has been found guilty of the murder of holly newton, who was stabbed to death in hexham, injanuary 2023. The uk considers a ban on smoking in outdoor gardens. In america, kamala harris, gives her first tv interview, since becoming the democratic nominee, for the white house. There s to be a pause in the fighting in gaza, to allow the vaccination of thousands of children, against polio. There are growing concerns, over the way evidence was presented in the trials of the nurse lucy letby, found guilty of killing seven babies, hello, i m samantha simmonds. The grieving mother of a teenage girl who was murdered in a frenzied knife attack, in northumberland in 2023, has told a court her beautiful girl, was cruelly taken away. Today, a jury found a 17 year old boy, whom we can t name because of his age, guilty of the murder of holly newton, in hexham. On the night she died, he d followed her for around 45 minutes, before convincing holl
Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament the week the Prime Minister apologised to rape victims failed by the state. Of course i say sorry for the trauma that they have been through, the frustration that they go through because of the inadequacies of the criminalJustice System. We are fixing that. For labour, the buck stops with thejustice secretary. Enough is enough. Will he reverse these failures within a year or will he resign . Also in this programme, Mental Health and the pandemic. Children as young as five | disposing of the contents of their lunch box in the bin and leaving the wrappers. I in to tell teachers that theyd i eaten what was in the lunch box when they hadnt. And all aboard is the queen about to get a new boat . Its not a new royal yacht, its a new national flagship. In my book, thats. Laughter. I think thats a very good thing but first, why are so few rapists convicted . Only 1. 6 of rapes recorded by the police in england and wales currently lead to prosecu