Learned from operation century. Last year, 18 people were convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. Some of the victims were as young as m. Snapchat loses £1 billion from its stock market value as one of its most influential users, kyliejenner, tweets she no longer uses the social media site. Good morning, its friday the 23rd of february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. For every five prescriptions handed out in england, an error is made, and the governments been warned these mistakes could be linked to hundreds and potentially thousands of deaths a year. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the findings as appalling. He cites the case of a 92 year old woman whose vital medication was stopped after her chart was inadvertently swapped with another patients. Our health editor, hugh pym, has the details. The report covers mistakes made in the prescribing, dispensing and administering of medication in england. These could involve gps, pharmacists, care homes and hospitals. The re
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Future. And residents in beirut throw goshage bags into the Prime Ministers Office against corruption and political corruption the European Commission president jean claude jeonger announced plans to tackle the biggest refugee challenge since world war ii. Under the proposal 160,000 Asylum Seekers will be distributed among eu member countries with binding quotas. The the numbers of refugees to be resettled depends on that nations wealth, population, and the number of asylum applicants that it processed. Countries refusing to take in refugees could face penalties, germany that hosts a large number of refugees backed the idea. It welcomed Syrian Refugees waving e. U. Rules and saying it expects to deal with more than 800,000 Asylum Seekers this year alone. Sweden is in favour, taking the highest number of refugees in relation to its population. The czech republic, poland, romania opposed the idea of mandatory quotas, so did hungary, which is building a fence. Europe does not need a new p