uk whistleblowing law is extremely weak. i think many people don't realise that. you often read in the media that whistleblowers are protected by the law. they're not. there is no protection for whistleblowers under uk law. no—one is legally required to protect whistleblowers. all that whistleblowers are entitled to under uk whistleblowing law is to make a retrospective claim forfinancial compensation, long, long after the fact and long, long after they've been seriously injured as a result of reprisal. and for example, in the case of dr macanovic, an nhs whistleblower, a relatively recent case, an employment tribunal found her to be a genuine whistleblower who was entirely blameless, who was unfairly dismissed by the nhs. she went through several years of a terrible ordeal. her health was seriously impacted. she had to spend a great deal of money to defend herself legally, and at the end of that process, having had to relocate herfamily, she was still out of pocket, even with the compensation that was awarded. so you can imagine that's hardly an incentive for other nhs staff to whistle blow, and because of incidents of that sort, there is no learning and there is no accountability. senior nhs managers know that that is allowed. dr alexande, so what you're concerning, because the red flag dr alexander, so what you're concerning, because the red flag for me is that essentially we are lying to employees that they will be protected. we hear this time and time again from organisations, you know, it's a safe environment to go and see maybe your hr department, you know, you will be listened to, you will be protected. i mean, the damage in trust that this particular case has exposed to whistleblowers, i mean, it's a scandal, isn't it? why is there no law? why has this lie been maintained? it's very convenient to power. whistleblowers are a friend to the public, but they are not a friend to power. and power controls lawmaking. when the current uk whistleblower was made over 20 years ago, when the current uk whistleblower law was made over 20 years ago, there was an open discussion of the fact that it needed to be watered down to please industry. employers did not want it to be truly effective. and parliament went along with that. it was never properly debated in parliament. it was nodded through. but it has been a masterpiece of spin to mislead the public into believing that something had been done to protect whistleblowers whistleblowers when it hadn't and it had been entirely against the public�*s interest. and it really is time for the public to be informed of that deception. well, hopefully they've just listened and heard what we've discussed here. is there any example globally where whistleblowers are adequately protected and the uk can learn from? you know, there are a number of examples. nowhere is perfect, and i don't believe there ever will be a whistleblowing law that is perfect, because the nature of these things is that they are easily corrupted. you can design any law and somebody will find a way around it, but you can do your best. and the important thing is that you have checks and balances built into the law so that it has regular review and that lawmakers and not governments regularly have oversight and make sure that the mechanism isn't stale or is perverted. that's the best you can do. the nature of power is that these things will eventually get corrupted, but the version of it that we have in this country certainly could be improved with lessons from otherjurisdictions. live now to our north of england reporterjessica lane, who is outside the hospital where lucy letby and tony chambers worked. could be start off with who exactly was tony chambers in this particular story? was tony chambers in this particular sto ? ., , was tony chambers in this particular sto ? . , , was tony chambers in this particular sto? ., , , was tony chambers in this particular sto? ., story? tony chambers was the ceo of the hosital story? tony chambers was the ceo of the hospital trust _ story? tony chambers was the ceo of the hospital trust at _ story? tony chambers was the ceo of the hospital trust at the _ story? tony chambers was the ceo of the hospital trust at the time - story? tony chambers was the ceo of the hospital trust at the time that - the hospital trust at the time that lucy letby was working here. there are concerns that have been raised about his time in charge of it warnings about letby were raised by doctors but that they were missed or they were overlooked. a neonatal unit like the one here where lucy letby worked would expect there to be about three deaths of babies a year but injune 2015, there were three deaths in that one month. and we know now that concerns were already being raised in the summer of 2015, so eight years ago. we know that doctors raise concerns that letby was always on shift when these babies were dying or when these babies were dying or when these babies were dying or when these babies were being harmed. e—mails were sent to senior managers but we know that the deaths were not being recorded properly, so they weren't picked up by nhs systems. at one point, the doctors who are raising concerns had to apologise to letby because she raised a grievance. the countess of chester nhs trust says that it countess of chester nhs trust says thatitis countess of chester nhs trust says that it is deeply saddened and appalled by it letby�*s primes. it says that staff are devastated by what happened and that changes have already been made since lucy letby worked here. fine already been made since lucy letby worked here-— worked here. one of the big questions — worked here. one of the big questions here. _ worked here. one of the big questions here. there - worked here. one of the big questions here. there are l worked here. one of the big| questions here. there are so worked here. one of the big - questions here. there are so many, is this issue of the whistle—blowers, how many protections they had. what role exactly did tony chambers play in ignoring what the clinicians were saying, why is that this concern? we know saying, why is that this concern? - know that there are massive concerns about this because doctors have told the bbc that they were raising concerns about lucy letby and about the fact that she was always on shift when these babies were dying. they let raise those concerns, e—mails were sent to hospital bosses and it appears that they were overlooked or ignored and that doctors were even made to apologise to lucy letby for any fact that she had been caused when she raised a grievance against them. we have heard from tony chambers that he was staying long before this time that whistle—blowing in the nhs was imported and that whistle—blowers would be protected. there are lots of questions to him today. about what he knew, what his senior bosses knew and why more wasn't done, because of course lucy letby was allowed to work here at the neonatal unit and she went on to harm and kill more babies.— kill more babies. thank you very much indeed. _ ukraine says at least seven people have been killed and nearly a0 injured in a russian missile attack on the city of chernihiv. officials said a theatre on the main square was targeted. this video from the scene shows glass and debris blown across nearby streets, as well as a number of bodies. president zelensky posted urging the world to stand up to what he called russian terror. chernihiv is close to the border with belarus. live to the newsroom and the bbc�*s europe regional editor, paul moss, who is monitoring developments out of ukraine. just take us through what we know about what happened? the just take us through what we know about what happened?— just take us through what we know about what happened? the death toll in this incident _ about what happened? the death toll in this incident is _ about what happened? the death toll in this incident is increasing. - about what happened? the death toll in this incident is increasing. as - in this incident is increasing. as he said, the latest we heard is that seven were killed and i'm afraid the ukrainian interior ministry are saying that 90p view —— 90 people were injured. amongst those 25 who have been taken to hospital as a 12—year—old girl who is a critical condition. she has been taken by ambulance to hospital in kyiv. among the dead, there now appears there was a six—year—old girl. we think it happened at around 1130 this morning local time and presumably, people were not in the theatre. there is also a university nearby which one hopes was not occupied. we understand that people were queueing to go to church and that's where many of the injuries and deaths took place. many of the in'uries and deaths took lace. , ., , , many of the in'uries and deaths took lace. , ., _ , ., place. obviously there has been a number of — place. obviously there has been a number of development - place. obviously there has been a number of development and - place. obviously there has been a - number of development and comments coming out of the story. president zelensky has been speaking, but what about ukrainian —— other ukrainian officials? irate about ukrainian -- other ukrainian officials? ~ ., ., ., ., officials? we had from the governor officials? we had from the governor ofthe officials? we had from the governor of the region. _ officials? we had from the governor of the region, he _ officials? we had from the governor of the region, he said _ officials? we had from the governor of the region, he said that - officials? we had from the governor of the region, he said that this - officials? we had from the governor of the region, he said that this was | of the region, he said that this was almost certainly a missile. in other words, it was not a shelling or not a drone attack. we have also heard from a witness who was there who said a rocket flew overhead, there was an explosion, we saw the smoke, we came over and found an old lady lying there. as you said, president zelensky has been posting. he is on an official trip to sweden at the moment but he has been following elements because he has been posting on social media. he said, this is what it's like being a neighbourhood with a terrorist state. russian missile hit in the centre of the city. an ordinary saturday which russian turned into a day of pain and loss. figs russian turned into a day of pain and loss. �* , ., ., , russian turned into a day of pain and loss. ~ , . ., ., , and loss. as far as chernihiv goes, this -e and loss. as far as chernihiv goes, this type of _ and loss. as far as chernihiv goes, this type of aggression _ and loss. as far as chernihiv goes, this type of aggression isn't - and loss. as far as chernihiv goes, this type of aggression isn't new. | this type of aggression isn't new. there have been involved in the war already? there have been involved in the war alread ? ., , already? chernihiv have been right in the centre _ already? chernihiv have been right in the centre of— already? chernihiv have been right in the centre of things. _ already? chernihiv have been right in the centre of things. it - already? chernihiv have been right in the centre of things. it is - already? chernihiv have been right in the centre of things. it is close i in the centre of things. it is close to the border of belarus and not far from the border of russia. when russia invaded last year, chernihiv was one of the first regions to be invaded. they besieged the city for two months, shelling it and firing missiles on. they destroyed a hospital and a local cinema. we don't know the death toll but we know that people in chernihiv were killed during that siege. eventually, the ukrainians drove the ukrainian troops —— russian troops out of the region but they left landmines behind. this is a region that has very much been in the centre of the fighting and todayshows it continues to be. president zelensky is in sweden. he may well give us an update as to recent developments in ukraine and those missile strikes by russia. as that happens, we will bring that to you. in the meantime, russia claims that they have thwarted a ukrainian drone attack on the moscow region. this is coming via the russian defence ministry. it says that the drone was jammed and fell near a settlement near the capital, causing no casualties or damage. we have of causing an increased number of drones used on russian territory. no confirmation in all cases that they are originating from ukraine. police investigating the murder of 10—year—old sara sharif, in surrey in the southeast of england, say they want to speak to her father, step—mother and uncle. they flew to pakistan the day before sara's body was found with extensive injuries at her home in woking. our correspondent leigh milner has been at the scene in woking. if you just look behind me, you can see just how the community have responded to this incident. there are plenty of cards, messages from the well—wishers that have visited all throughout the morning. in fact, i spoke to one dad who came this morning with his two little children. they came to lay flowers and he just said he couldn't get it out of his head what had happened. now, what the police have told us is, they've given us an insight into what has happened inside this house and how it all came about. well, it turns out that a 999 call was made from pakistan, and that call came from sarah's father, 41—year—old urfan sharif. it turns out he had traveled there the day before with the entire family, and they had one—way tickets. and that's exactly why this is now turned into an international manhunt. they're currently looking for him along with his brother, faisal malik, and his partner, beinash batool. now, they traveled to pakistan with their five children. we don't yet know where they are, but the police here are working with authorities over there. what we also know is that a post—mortem examination has been carried out on sara's body. they haven't yet found out what the cause of death was, but police did find out some rather disturbing details about how she may have been living. we have identified three people we would like to speak to as part of the ongoing investigation. sara's father urfan sharif, his partner beinash batool, and urfan's brother faisal malik. it is believed irfan travelled to islamabad in pakistan in company with his partner and his brother on wednesday, the 9th of august. the post—mortem did, however, reveal that sara had suffered multiple and extensive injuries, which are now likely to have been caused over a sustained and extended period of time. the fact that we now know that sara had suffered injuries over an extended period has significantly changed the nature of our investigation, and we have widened the timescale and the focus of our inquiry. now, going forward, if these individuals are found, it is going to be tricky. if they don't volunteer themselves, it would most likely involve an extradition. and for that to happen, they would need enough evidence to convince both the courts here in the uk and in pakistan. and because there's no extradition treaty between pakistan and the uk, this whole process could in fact take years. but at the moment, the manhunt continues for those three individuals. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. for england and spain, it's the night before the morning after, with both teams involved in the women's world cup final, preparing for the biggest day of their sporting lives when they wake up in australia. they've had their final training sessions ahead of sunday's meeting in sydney, with england's players speaking about how manager sarina wiegman has taken the fear factor away. while it's a first finalfor the squad, for wiegman, it isn't. her netherlands team were runners up in 2019, and she's been trying to keep the players relaxed, even if they appreciate there's a lot of people wishing them well. 0ur preparations don't change. for me that's key and that's a key part of preparation so for us, i'll allow the players to prepare in any way that they normally do. i think everyone knows how big this is. i think it's been players�* dreams everyone knows how big this is. i think it�*s been players�* dreams for years so everybody already knows that. we know how passionate our nation is back home and how much they want us to win. we have a game plan to execute and we need to play the game of our lives. it's incredible what happened. we have felt the support here but also from the other side of the world. in the uk, and that is something that you dream of and we just hope that we play our best game ever tomorrow and that is everyone who is watching in the stadium, in the uk and every place else that else that supports us, is going to enjoy it. so, england take on a spain side, who�*ve also reached their first world cup final, and hadn�*t even won a knockout match before this tournament. they�*ve got this far despite off—the—field problems between players and coach over the last year. however, those that remain in the squad insist the experience of this competition has brought them closer together. we have a really good squad. we are all together and i think that we all have the same goal since the beginning. that has been shown. we�*ve been going through this world cup, we have made a good group and we have been through good moments on the pitch and that�*s made us believe in the team and make us be together. and i think that�*s very important as well, going through the final. translation: since the beginning, the -la ers translation: since the beginning, the players have _ translation: since the beginning, the players have been _ translation: since the beginning, the players have been united, - translation: since the beginning, the players have been united, have| the players have been united, have been _ the players have been united, have been what — the players have been united, have been what the mac working. today will be _ been what the mac working. today will be our — been what the mac working. today will be our 75th training session and all— will be our 75th training session and all of— will be our 75th training session and all of us have been working. everything — and all of us have been working. everything that has been happening off the _ everything that has been happening off the pitch has been extraordinary. we are going to have memorles— extraordinary. we are going to have memories for all our lives. we have enjoyed _ memories for all our lives. we have enjoyed ourselves and tomorrow we want to— enjoyed ourselves and tomorrow we want to celebrate together. co—hosts australia surpassed expectations by reaching the semifinals, but their hopes of finishing third and getting bronze medals were ended by sweden. the swedes are the highest ranked team in the last four, and made it count in the third place play—off in brisbane. kosovare asllani scored a stunning second after an earlier penalty and 2—0 is how it finished. the world triathlon para cup in paris had to be a duathlon as another 0lympics test event was unable to take place in the city�*s river seine. the swimming leg didn�*t happen following "discrepancies" in water quality tests, which hadn�*t affected these events earlier in the week when competitors were able to practise in the river. world aquatics said the decision was made to "not put the health and safety of the athletes at risk". the world athletics championships are underway in budapest, despite the start being delayed by a thunderstorm in the hungarian capital. the first medal of the competition went to spain in the men�*s 20km race walk, as alvaro martin took the gold in a world—leading time. a total of four golds will be handed out today. you can keep across all the action on the bbc sport website. and that�*s all the sport for now. is there something big coming up on sunday? let�*sjust is there something big coming up on sunday? let�*s just explore that because there is mounting excitement with just a day to go until the women�*s world cup final between spain and england. neither side has reached this stage of the tournament before and both are eagerfor the prize! kaitlin howard is captain of woking fc women here in england. she is also a pe teacher in a secondary school. you�*ve got a really big smile on yourface. how excited you�*ve got a really big smile on your face. how excited are you for tomorrow?— your face. how excited are you for tomorrow? , ., ., ,, ., tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am so — tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am so excited. _ tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am so excited. i _ tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am so excited. i think _ tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am so excited. i think this - tomorrow? the nerves are taking over but i am so excited. i think this is - but i am so excited. i think this is a massive achievement for us and as a massive achievement for us and as a football player, this is going to take football to new heights for women, which i�*m just excited. i�*m going to box park in wembley tomorrow. i�*mjust going to box park in wembley tomorrow. i�*m just so excited for the atmosphere. ijust hope we win. you tick a lot of boxes for us today. you play women�*s football. what changes have you seen in their game and what do you think the lionesses have done for it? since the ear lionesses have done for it? since the year rose. — lionesses have done for it? since the year rose, last _ lionesses have done for it? since the year rose, last year, - lionesses have done for it? since the year rose, last year, there i lionesses have done for it? since l the year rose, last year, there has been massive change. by then playing football since i was about six or seven years old and i had to play with boys and there wasn�*t much scope for women and girls in football. i remember starting at woking football club and this was five or six years ago, we were playing in the middle of the park. we had coaches who are our friends, dads, uncles, helping us out and it wasn�*t like a proper team, a proper sport. we were playing on a hockey pitches. to play football and hockey pitches. to play football and hockey pitches mental, so the now to be playing for woking football club on a proper pitch and brother coaches, physios, gps trackers that we track heat maps and how we play on sundays, i think football has grown massively and that is only in five years. if the women win tomorrow, evenif years. if the women win tomorrow, even if they don�*t, but they are going to! this is going to be a massive achievement and a massive inspiration and i think that the billjust take off inspiration and i think that the bill just take off for women, inspiration and i think that the billjust take off for women, which will be insane. i5 billjust take off for women, which will be insane.— will be insane. is going to ask you if ou will be insane. is going to ask you if you have _ will be insane. is going to ask you if you have comments _ will be insane. is going to ask you if you have comments on - will be insane. is going to ask you if you have comments on the - will be insane. is going to ask you - if you have comments on the comments made about football equalising for women. here is yourfavourite player and what are you expecting from them tomorrow? this and what are you expecting from them tomorrow? , , ., ., ., ., tomorrow? this is a hard one that because l'm _ tomorrow? this is a hard one that because m a _ tomorrow? this is a hard one that because i'm a forward _ tomorrow? this is a hard one that because i'm a forward myself, - because i�*m a forward myself, wanting to score goals and living score goals. so russo is my favourite player. i�*m an arsenal fan as well. she�*s created so many good goals. in theirfirst as well. she�*s created so many good goals. in their first match, as well. she�*s created so many good goals. in theirfirst match, she did a back flip into the goal. things you wouldn�*t expect women to be doing. years ago, there wasn�*t coverage. she has to be my favourite player but there are so many that are role models now so i think russo has to be my favourite player. i�*m has to be my favourite player. i'm auoin to has to be my favourite player. i'm going to combine my question here. like i said, you take lots of boxes. you�*re teaching the next generation, a pe teacher. talking about leading ling —— levelling the playing field. what would your message be to him? i think you've now got to put that think you�*ve now got to put that dream into a career and think you�*ve now got to put that dream into a careerand into think you�*ve now got to put that dream into a career and into a reality. you can now be a footballer as a woman and you can get paid and you don�*t have to have a second job. as young female footballers just go and take that chance by the hounds, grab it and try and make something of it. we grab it and try and make something of it. ~ ., ., ., of it. we ran out of time! en'oy the name of it. we ran out of time! en'oy the game tomorrow. i of it. we ran out of time! en'oy the game tomorrow. thank_ of it. we ran out of time! enjoy the game tomorrow. thank you. - of it. we ran out of time! enjoy the game tomorrow. thank you. this l of it. we ran out of time! enjoy the| game tomorrow. thank you. this is bbc news. hello there. it was a bit of a stormy spell of weather overnight, friday into saturday, with storm betty. but things are improving through the weekend with sunny spells and scattered showers for many parts of the uk. let�*s take a look at the next few hours across the uk. you can see the remnants of storm betty with heavy rain still with us through the northern isles. and a wrap around with cloud and rain through parts of western scotland, in towards northern ireland but improving here through the afternoon with sunny skies. and for much of england and wales, some sunshine and scattered showers. temperatures across the east and southeast in the mid twenties, that�*s above average, and many north sea coasts feeling warmer than it did yesterday. as we head into this evening and indeed tonight, that low pressure that was storm betty still towards the northwest, giving us a northwest, southeast split. so taking a look through the course of saturday evening, most of that heavy rain clearing away, but still breezy, if not windy around some western coasts, through western parts of scotland and the hebrides and around irish sea coasts, too, but not the strength of wind we saw. elsewhere, dry, one ortwo showers and temperatures lower than last night. now, of course, on sunday, all eyes on sydney for that big game in the fifa world cup final. and after a pleasant winter�*s day in sydney, by the time we reach kickoff, we�*re looking at temperatures around about the mid to high teens. plenty of sunshine, although a breeze coming in from the west. so for those looking to watch the game outdoors here at home, it�*s largely dry on sunday with some sunshine, a few showers around. at times, we could see a few lines of showers coming in through parts of south wales in towards the southern midlands. once again, it�*s parts of england and the south east of england that have the driest, warmest weather. cooler further north, breezy as well. next week, that low pressure still with us to the north, perhaps tracking around east and west again at times, with higher pressure further south and east. and that means we still have that northwest, southeast split. you can see on monday, wet weather in towards parts of northern ireland and western scotland as well. but eastern scotland and for much of england, dry with some sunshine, a few showers in towards wales and once again, temperatures in the southeast reaching the mid twenties. further north, not too bad. so just to recap, through the course of the weekend into next week in the south, it�*s dry and settled. a little more unsettled, though, as we head further north. that�*s the forecast for now. this is bbc news, the headlines: the uk government has been urged to strengthen the independent inquiry it�*s announced into the crimes of lucy letby. she�*s the nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies at a hospital in chester. the local member of parliament is calling for a public inquiry led by a judge. the number of people killed in a russian missile attack in northern ukraine has now risen to seven, including a six—year—old child. ukrainian officials say another 90 people were wounded when the missile landed in the centre of chernihiv. 25 have been taken to hosptial. football, and sweden have beaten australia in the third—place play—off game in the women�*s world cup. they won 2—0. the result was a disappointment for the australian team, known as the matildas, who were hoping to secure victory in front of a home crowd in brisbane. now on bbc news, take me to the opera: a time of change. i�*ve been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you. so i�*m on a mission to find out how opera is trying to attract new audiences and reinvent itself. this time i meet sir antonio pappano in the run—up to the end of his remarkable tenure as music director of the royal opera house in london, one of the top jobs in opera. as a celebrated conductor, he wins praise and plaudits