women will be tested. 0rcadians are all over the world. this is a massive discovery and hugely important for the health of every individual in 0rkney, and the generations to come. there are other communities within the uk that have a known prevalence of brca gene variants, but identifying founder mutations like this is rare. women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots most likely lead back to 0rkney. laura goodwin, bbc news. earlier i spoke to michael maclennan who is interim chief executive officer for cancer support in scotland, and asked him how the discovery was made. well, the discovery was made by scientists from the university of aberdeen who identified a variant which is known to increase the incidence of breast and ovarian cancer in people from 0rkney. one and 100 people have ancestors from 0rkney,
karen scott has already been tested for the gene due to herfamily history of breast cancer. she did not have it but hopes other women will be tested. 0rcadians are all over the world. this is a massive discovery. and hugely important for the health of every individual in 0rkney, and the generations to come. there are other communities within the uk that have a known prevalence of brca gene variants but identifying founder mutations like this is rare. women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots, most likely, lead back to 0rkney. laura goodwin, bbc news. a reminder of our top story a group of big american banks has injected 30 billion dollars into a smaller regional bank, first republic, which had been seen as at risk of failure. it comes as fears grow
women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots most likely lead back to 0rkney. laura goodwin, bbc news. if you stayed up to watch the oscars on sunday you ll know that this was one of the standout moments of the night. this award is the second most important event of the day because it is this man s birthday. he is up here in a suitjacket. we d like to take this opportunity to sing for james. they sing happy birthday
women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots most likely lead back to orkney. laura goodwin, bbc news. this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 invasion of iraq by a us led coalition of countries, including the uk. the initial phase of the war saw an intense aerial bombardment of baghdad, in which one of the many casualties was 12 year old ali abbas. ali lost his parents and his younger brother in the attack, as well as both of his arms. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley who was based in iraq before the war has been speaking to him. few iraqis carried deeper scars from the invasion than ali abbas. his father had been desperate to see the end of saddam hussein s dictatorship. we were farmers. my father was saying that
laura goodwin has the details. people have lived here on the island of westray for many thousands of years. in part, the community s deep connection to their roots have helped scientists solve a 25 year medical puzzle. an increase in family history of breast cancer first noticed by the screening services in 0rkney. now a team of geneticists have come to the island to communicate their findings face to face. around one in 1,000 women across the uk have a brca1 variant. the study found one in 100 people with 0rkney grandparents have this particular variant. the historical nature of small island communities means there is some shared ancestry and researchers have been able to trace its origin back hundreds of years to westray. linda hagan can map her own westray family tree for many generations. i lost my sister four years ago, she was younger than me, to breast cancer and an aunt, a well loved aunt who died when she was 46.