measures. it is 6:23am. last month on breakfast, we reported on the thousands of unmarried women in england who were forced to give up their babies for adoption in the 19505, 60s and 705. tens of thousands of women in scotland also went through the same trauma. now they want a formal apology from the scottish government and today some will meet the children s minister. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy has been speaking to two mothers about their experience. so, here we are, this is it. elspeth ross was unmarried when she became pregnant in 1962. feels really weird, really weird. the shame was so great, she was sent in secret to this house in glasgow, then a church run mother and baby home. it s where she gave birth. this is the first time she s been back inside in 59 years. so strange, walking in here after all these years. it s now flats, but she goes straight to the room
i still love her. i m her mum. the birth mothers wrote to borisjohnson last month, asking him to issue a government apology for historical forced adoptions, because of the role played by nhs staff and social workers. i feel deep sadness that in the past, women were forced to give their children up for adoption. in scotland, nicola sturgeon says she will now consider an apology. and today birth mothers will meet the scottish children s minister to discuss the idea. do you think it s time someone, the government, should say sorry? yes, i do, i do. it s, ijust never really had a life, to be honest. i just went through the motions. there is a big hole in it? a great big hole in it, mm hmm. that was elspeth ross ending that report from duncan kennedy.
its foreign travel guidance with the possibility of new quarantine free destinations. tv adverts for unhealthy foods are to be banned before 9pm in a bid to tackle childhood obesity more than 2 million people in england are thought to have had long covid that s according to a new study. the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers who were pressured into giving up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. it s thought up to 60,000 women had their babies forcibly taken from them, simply because they were unmarried. some have been meeting ministers this morning, and say an apology would help to lift the sense of shame. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, has been speaking to one woman, elspeth ross, about what she went through, and the lost decades, without her son. so here we are, this is it.
i just went through the motions. there is a big hole in it? a great big hole in it, mm hmm. that was elspeth ross ending that report from duncan kennedy. thank you very hutch for talking to us on bbc news today. tell us your story, what happened to you when you were 2a years old and gave birth to your daughter? were 24 years old and gave birth to your daughter? were 24 years old and gave birth to your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i knew your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i knew her your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i knew her for your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i knew her for a your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i knew her for a week, - your daughter? yes, i had a daughter in 1965, i knew her for a week, and l in 1965, i knew herfor a week, and then i had, went straight home, walked in the front door as if i had been away having a lovely time some where. my mother and i us
to introduce the charges since the brexit trade deal was signed at the end of december. anyonejoining or upgrading from the 7th ofjuly will be charged a flat fee of £2 a day in 47 european destinations. the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers who were pressured into giving up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. it s thought up to 60,000 women had their babies forcibly taken from them, simply because they were unmarried. some have been meeting ministers this morning, and say an apology would help to lift the sense of shame. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, has been speaking to one woman, elspeth ross, about what she went through, and the lost decades, without her son. so here we are, this is it. elspeth ross was unmarried when she became pregnant in 1962.