to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles and the original railway children who has died at the age of 93. a report looking into events leading up to the death of a 13 month old boy in cumbria has found that the woman who killed him misled social workers about her mental health, her alcohol use, and her debts. leiland james corkill was killed injanuary last year by laura castle, a woman who had hoped to adopt him. a safeguarding report found that relevant information about castle was not shared between agencies. it concluded that checks on people who want to adopt should be strengthened. first, our special correpsondent ed thomas has this report, it contains some distressing details. mummy, please don t be sad. i miss you so much too. i m safe. it s so beautiful up here. but i do worry when i see you cry. laura inhales sharply the words of laura corkill read at the funeral of her son, leiland james. .. and what do you re
sophisticated weaponry is helping ukraine challenge for key cities, in the south and the east. us presidentjoe biden and china s president xijinping held a phone call today, and there were warnings and assurances about the us position on taiwan. taiwan is an island off china s south east coast. it behaves like an independent state but beijing considers it part of china, and says it will re take it, by force if necessary. there have been tensions between the us and china over that possibility. and today, xijinping told joe biden that the us should abide by the 0ne china principle with regard to taiwan according to chinese state media. with regard to taiwan and president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded that on taiwan. the us policy has not changed. let s remind ourselves what this is all about. back in may, this happened. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s t
the effects from a cyber attack on the uk s nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were affected. good afternoon. we begin with the announcement within the last we begin with the announcement within the last few we begin with the announcement within the last few minutes we begin with the announcement within the last few minutes with we begin with the announcement within the last few minutes with the announcement that archie battersby has died. the royal london hospital was given permission to end his treatment today. archie s parents had fought a long running legal battle over the withdrawal of treatment and in recent days made bids to the high court, court of appeal and european court of human rights to have him transferred to a hospice to die. helena wilkinson reports. that success was not granted and life support was withdrawn. this is what his mother had to stay within the last few minutes. i am what his mother h
what was left behind. the wind direction changed and it s pushed it this way, north. so the houses, where are the houses? just over there? the houses are sort of down here, through the trees, yeah. so when that happened, the decision was made to start evacuating some of them houses. not one house was damaged. david swallow s team managed to contain the blaze, helped by his expertise as the uk s leading wildfire tactical advisor. he had been monitoring temperatures and the wind for weeks. you know, 40 degree heat in the uk with humidity that s down to 20% they are mediterranean, western us seaboard type conditions that we ve never experienced before. losing a whole row of houses, it s not. it s not something that happens in the uk, but i think it s something that we re going to have to be better prepared for. head south, and these are the malvern hills a haven for plants and animals. this is the kind of landscape that needs protecting. but everything is really dry, and it