At the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider nhs. The personal stories of more than 30,000 people will form part of the evidence heard over the coming weeks. 0ur Reporterjoe Inwood has more. There was no area of life untouched by the covid 19 pandemic. But what impact did it have on those who risked their lives to save others . Thats The Question being asked by the next stage of the covid Public Inquiry, known as module three, which begins today. It will examine how Health Care workers were impacted, looking at the issue of ppe, at masks and Infection Control, as well as the way that gps and the 111 helpline were used. It will also aim to shed light on the thorny issues of shielding for the most vulnerable, maternity services and end of life care, along with many other areas. The Public Inquiry started injune last year, and is looking at all aspects of the worst pandemic of modern times. This section is set to take ten weeks, and will include 30,000 stories submitted by
We begin this hour with a Special Report from afghanistan. A country where millions of children are malnourished and white in one hospital 700 children have died in just the last six months. It is a humanitarian crisis that deepens every day with much of the Country Living in Extreme Poverty after years of war, causing economic collapse. The United Nations says more than three in children under the age of five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. The bbc s Correspondent And Producer Imogen Anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning there report shows images of children in distress. This is what an average Morning Looks like at the hospital. Hundreds from every corner, every passage, as Extreme Poverty pushes more children into disease each day. Zahra, 30 months old, one of 3 Million malnourished children in the country. A disease that is ravaging afghanistans younge
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Several major Trade Unions have appealed directly to Sir Keir Starmer to reverse the decision to take away the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners. The plan to make it means tested was announced shortly after the election, with both the prime Minister And Chancellor insisting its necessary, and the money needs to be spent elsewhere. But tomorrow some of the governments own mps plan to abstain from a Commons Vote on the change, rather than backing it. Our Employment Correspondent Zoe Conway has the latest. Trade unions are celebrating that the Labour Party is back. For Trade Unions are celebrating that the Labour Party is back. The Labour Party is back. For the first time in the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years under the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years under a first time in 15 y
Our political correspondent Hannah Miller reports. Were going to have to take the Tough Decisions and take them early. Things will get worse before they get better. So weve had to take Tough Decisions to stabilise the economy. Its already a familiar Refrain Keir Starmer saying hes going to make choices that seem uncomfortable in order to change the country. Top of the list of difficult decisions, targeting the Winter Fuel Payment at only the poorest pensioners. That is not easy, and no Prime Minister wants to take a decision like this, but the Winter Fuel Payments are now to be targeted, they were untargeted before, and i think everybody thought that wasnt a particularly good system. This year, around 10 Million pensioners in england and wales will no longer receive the allowance of up to £300, which the treasury suggests will save around 1. 4 billion. But at their conference in brighton, some Union Leaders are calling for the government to change course. To do this on the Winter Fuel
Its the reason you know what all your coworkers bedrooms look like without creating a problem for h. R. Right now, things are not looking good all over the world, and especially not in the united states. In fact, robert redfield, the director of the c. D. C. And man whose face got put on upsidedown by god, said yesterday that the next few months could be the most difficult in the Public Health history of this nation even worse than that sixmonth stretch when you couldnt go anywhere without hearing baby shark. We thought that was the pandemic the good news is that a vaccine is right around the corner, but you still need to get enough people to get the vaccine so that people are immune. And lets face it, in a country where millions of people refuse to wear masks, theres a good chance many of them will resist getting an injection, which is sort of like a mask that hurts. So thats why some highprofile people from across the political spectrum are forming a supergroup to promote the vaccine