it s a war that has left tens of thousands dead, and forced tens of millions of people to flee their homes. delays in getting government help with household energy bills desperately needed, especially by those who don t pay by direct direct. amid the drought, thames water brings in its hosepipe ban for millions of people in southern england. and hen harriers in the peak district have their most successful breeding season in more than a decade. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll have details of england s squad for their upcoming world cup qualifiers as the heroine of the women s euros final chloe kelly misses out through injury. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. police have arrested a man who was the main target of the shooting in liverpool in which a young girl was killed. the 35 year old was injured when a gunman opened fire as he chased him into a house. inside the house was nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who later died in hospital of her
Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected
Most have moved to areas along the coast or north towards khan younis, another city in gaza already devastated by earlier bombardment. The head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, said all were having to do so without any safe passage or protection and were fleeing to areas with little water or sanitation. More aid is starting to arrive in gaza. Local Officials Say that as many as 150 trucks a day are now coming through rafah from egypt, after the crossing point, which was closed when israeli troops advanced, re opened. And humanitarian supplies delivered via the us built pier are being taken to communities in the north of the territory. The volume of aid is far short of that that was getting into gaza before the war began. Meanwhile, fighting continues across gaza. These pictures were filmed near the northern perimeter with israel. The Israeli Military says it hit more than 70 targets with air strikes on saturday and that 50 militants were killed, and dozens of Tunnel Shafts were located in
A journalist who has investigated the uk Blood Scandal for her book, the poison line. And Blood Scandal victim stephen smith, who contracted hepatitis c from a contaminated Blood Transfusion when he was 22. He told me how the issues began after he had a Blood Transfusion in 1985 after losing four pints of blood when he accidentally put his foot through a glass door. I had a Blood Transfusion fuor Blood Transfusions in total and i would say probably six months after that. So probably 1986, i started some notice that my mood was changing and i was getting very lethargic. Did do sport back in the day. So ijust thought you might be sport that made me tired. So i didnt realise. And it went on for 36 years until i did find out which as a hell of a shock. Well, thats an incredible amount of time to wait before you found out what went wrong. Could you describe the moment you were told . I used to live in essex and i moved four years ago whilst i was in essex, having in and out. Always in conve