So please welcome, first of all, and to think theyre coming in from the side, dr. Jenny colombo, the Vice President global patients and Scientific Affairs at takeda pharmaceuticals. Michele oshman, the director, federal advocacy and Alliance Development at eli lilly. Dr. Gwen nichols, the chief medical officer at the leukemia and lymphoma society. Doctor erin oshea, president of the Howard Hughes medical institute. Doctor peggy hamburg, the foreign secretary of the National Academy of medicine and former commissioner of the fda. And doctor janine clayton, director of the nih office of research on womens health. Our moderator this morning is lucinda maine, ceo of the American Association of colleges of pharmacy, and the pride to say boardmember of research america. Thank you all leaders. We look forward to this. My thanks really to organizers of the forum this year for giving us an opportunity to talk about some things we dont talk about so much, and we have an exemplary panel that brin
Set myself a goal and i went for it and in some ways it was asking the unreasonable in terms of the number of leaflets that we would deliver, the number of letters we would stuff, the number of doors we would knock on and i think there is a great thing about ambition and motivating people but too often we let too much fall on the shoulders of too few people when we could work smarter or where of too few people when we could work smarter oi where we of too few people when we could work smarter or where we could spend more time growing the team and the pool of people and at this moment in our party where we have had so many new membersjoining us, party where we have had so many new members joining us, i party where we have had so many new membersjoining us, i think we need to bea membersjoining us, i think we need to be a lot better, a lot more proactive about encouraging new people who have joined proactive about encouraging new people who havejoined our proactive about encouraging new
Test. Englands cricketers are sliding towards defeat in birmingham, five wickets down now on the final day. We will have the latest for you. Thanks olly and matt has all the weather one word wet. We are in the height of the Holiday Season we are in the height of the Holiday Season and the weather is in a cantankerous mood, lots of showers around and wetter weather to come, believe it or not. I will have more details in half an hour. Thanks matt. Also coming up on afternoon live, well have the latest from hong kong where police have fired tear gas to disperse democracy activists trying to enforce a general strike. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im martine croxall. The Prime Minister has pledged to spend 850 Million Pounds on nhs building projects, at 20 hospitals in england. The money over the next five years, will be used to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment. A further billion pounds is to be used to tackle a backlog in hospital improvements. Speaking on a visit to a hos
Beating argentina. At half past 11, we will take another look at the papers with Deputy Editor of the daily express michael booker, internal and author, yasmin. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson, good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson, the good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson, the frontrunner in the race to be the conservative party leader and Prime Ministers says he will take part in the bbc tv debate with the other contenders next week. But not in the channel for programme this weekend. In his first broadcast interview, since the contest began, he said it was perfectly realistic to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement with the eu before the end of october. But the uk should step up preparations for a no deal brexit, to help get an improved deal. The leadership race lost a candidate today, the Health Secretary, matt hancock, dropped out, leaving six men going into the next ballot of tory mps on tuesday. Awarning, next ballot of tory mps on t
Welcome to bbc news. Henry bolton has insisted he will not quit as leader of ukip despite a string of resignations of senior members. 12 people, including the deputy leader, have stepped down from their roles in protest against his leadership, which follows a vote of no confidence from ukips National Executive committee. Mr bolton, under pressure since his ex girlfriend sent a string of offensive texts, says he also plans to drain the swamp of malcontents in the party. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports. To those in his party who want him to walk away, fighting talk from a leader determined to stay where he is. I will not be resigning as party leader. Instead, a provocative message setting his sights on ukips warring body that backed a vote of no confidence in him last night. It is now time to put an end to the factional infighting that has been going on within the party for some time and to remove those who have been part of that. In a single phrase, it is time to drain