Good evening. Just some of the faces of the victims of 50 years of the infected blood scandal. The wholly damning conclusion of todays inquiry into that scandal describes years of deception and cover up in which doctors, the Blood Services and successive governments did not put Patient Safety first. It found that the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs could and should have been avoided. Over the two decades the 19705 to the 19905 more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c. 3,000 have died already, many are living with ongoing side effects. The Prime Minister described today as a day of shame for the British State and will announce plans for compensation for the victims of the scandal tomorrow. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym reports. On day one of the inquiry, perry, supported by family, gave evidence. There is a huge impact on family, because they carry you and. He didnt survive long enough to see todays report. He was infected with hiv a
Delayed tee times have been delayed. We wait to see whether or not it will be possible for the world number one, the masters champion, to continue playing in this tournament. So the second round at valhalla is under way after the delay, heres how it looks Xander Schauffele will tee off with a three shot lead later after a record breaking opening round of 62, with a trio of americans that includes tony finau behind him. Rory mcilroy and Robert Macintyre are well placed as well, a shot behind that trio. We understand scheffler is now on the course, he is due to tee off in the next hour, we will of course keep you up to date with that here on bbc news. Police have charged three players from australian footballs a league from australian footballs a league on suspicion of betting corruption after allegedly manipulating yellow cards in matches last year. They havent named the players arrested but say they belong to a south sydney club. Football australia has in the last few hours have issued
Hours, any isolated daytime show as fade away and our attention turned to the east where the sea fog rolls in from the north sea across parts of eastern england, Eastern Scotland. Also cloud across the north of scotland and into Northern Ireland as well. Some clear spells, but mist and fog patches almost anywhere. But reasonably mild as we kick off the weekend. Saturdays weather not looking too bad, but we have this feature, this warm front pushing along the south coast of england and that could bring early rain to parts of south east england. Sitting across the Channel Islands for a good part of the day. Elsewhere, early mist and sea fog around northern and eastern coasts, that should gradually burn back. Sunny spells, a few showers and the parts of wales and perhaps the south west of england, the Odd Thunderstorm in mix. Showers are fairly few and far between and top temperatures doing quite well, 18 to 23 degrees. Coolest weather again across northern and Eastern Scotland and around
Lets start in gaza, because us troops have, for the first time, used a temporary pier, to deliver humanitarian aid. These pictures from Us Central Command show the structure. The first consignments were brought ashore a few hours ago. It comes, as israel has accused south africa, of distorting reality, in its attempt to get the International Court ofjustice, to force a halt to its Military Campaign in rafah, in southern gaza. Heres dan johnson. This is a floating lifeline bringing aid direct to gazas shores, built by the us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the World Food Programme and israels military. The americans stress, this is humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. Listen to the insistence this should only supplement aid by road. The pier is temporary and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. There is british aid heading from cyprus, and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship cardigan bay has helped open the new r