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Code of conduct. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. More than a0 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, according to data from the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a Freedom Of Information Request said theyd shut Maternity Wards temporarily on 382 occasions. The most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. But the government says the numbers are misleading. Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes has more. For some years, Maternity Units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. The Royal College of midwives says theres a shortfall of around 3,500. Now, based on a Freedom Of Information Request, labour says a growing number of Maternity Units are closing doors to new mothers. In england, 136 nhs trusts offer Maternity Services. Last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. There were 382 separate locations where units were closed, up by 70 since 2014. I think it is quite right that hospitals take these drastic decisions when they want to put the interests of the patients safety first. I dont blame them for doing that. But the fact it is happening so often and is increasing year on year significantly suggests an underlying problem. The truth is, you cannot keep trying to run the nhs on a shoestring, putting them through the biggest financial squeeze in its history, and not expect standards of care to slip. Some closures were relatively short lived but others lasted more than 2a hours. A department of Health Spokesperson said that trusts need to use temporary closures to manage peaks in admissions and it was misleading to use these figures to indicate a shortage of staff because of the difficulties around planning for birth. The Royal College of midwives agreed it was sometimes right to close a unit, but that doing so on a regular basis showed underlying problems with the number of expert staff. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Joining us now isjon skewes, director for policy at the Royal College of midwives. Thanks forjoining us. How do you interpret these figures . We think it isa interpret these figures . We think it is a trend, we think it is an happening for some time. At the heart of this is the shortage of midwives, 3500 children at least in england alone. So the trend is getting worse, and really, that shows there just arent enough resources , shows there just arent enough resources, money, people, and particularly midwives. The government says to use these figures as an indication of Safe Staffing issues, particularly when a number could have been for a matter of hours, is misleading because missed only Maternity Services are unable to get the exact time, is that enough . I think they happen at have put a spin on but because they are closed for safety reasons. But are closed for safety reasons. But are not enough specialist nurses on neonatal unit. That is different from a peak and trough argument. Jeremy hunt it has already in 2015 acknowledged in the House Of Commons there is a shortage of midwives. The clu b there is a shortage of midwives. The club than 500 midwives in training to address this there are 6500 midwives and training to address this . The question is, will they be keptin this . The question is, will they be kept in the nhs . They are not being valued, not being given a decent pay increase, and we are seeing midwives leaving not just towards the increase, and we are seeing midwives leaving notjust towards the end of their careers but in their early 30s. Why do you think that is . Because they dont feel valued. And also because if you operate at a time asa also because if you operate at a time as a midwife when shortages are a lwa ys time as a midwife when shortages are always impacting upon you, you see your unit having to close in this kind of way, than actually that does make you question where do you want to stay as a midwife. How would you predict the future trajectory then, of the nhs, bearing in mind these issues and the fact you say people are leaving in their 30s . The government has to put more money in. In fact, everything it is doing at the moment is creating a shortage. For example, the students he referred to are, for the first time, just recently going to be charged a tuition fee, will lose their bursaries, for example. The pay has not gone up for midwives are effectively for seven years. Those kind of things have to be investigated, invested in, decent pay, that is the way to get more people in. And stop units closing down in this way. Does it put Patient Safety at risk when you turn someone away from a unit, who is in labour . Midwives and those in those units will always try to make sure safety ta kes units will always try to make sure safety takes priority. But the optimum care for women is by midwives they now have looked after them through their pregnancy, that puts them at risk. 0n them through their pregnancy, that puts them at risk. On average one unit closing 524 hour period will probably affect at least 20 women and their families. That probably affect at least 20 women and theirfamilies. That is probably affect at least 20 women and their families. That is 20 women who will have not the ideal care. The figures we are looking at our four last year. So we dont know what is happening this year. But based on the trends that you see, how would you anticipate things going . We think it is getting worse. We think it has been getting worse for some time and we think there will be more report. This is a further Information Request by the labour party, we think there will be other figures labour party, we think there will be otherfigures coming labour party, we think there will be other figures coming soon that show that. Thank you and if you have got any thoughts coming you can get in touch with us via text. Public Health England have confirmed that 30 athletes have been affected bya that 30 athletes have been affected by a knoyle virus. Botswa nas Isaac Makwala, who was one of the favourites for todays 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. German and canadian athletes are also thought to have been affected. The organising Committee Says its working closely with public Health England to manage the situation. Speaking to the bbc a little earlier, dr Deborah Turbutt from public Health England said they have been advising Event Organisers to help prevent the spread of the virus. With no virus, its usually last between 24 and 48 hours, and people get better on their own. The Portent Thing it is spread from person to person. We have been advising the athletics organisers about how to ask people to be careful about their hygiene and cleaning, so that any virus that gets into the environment is not able to spread to other people. Our Sports Correspondent Jessica Creighton is at the London Stadium for us. Good morning. We know that an inspection has been carried out the tower hotel by inviolable health inspectors, they say there was no evidence that the hotel was the source of the virus. In an earlier statement from tower hotel, they said they followed strict Hygiene Protocol and will liaise with medical authorities at the iaaf to ensure the comfort of those guests affected. They said the health and well being of their guests remains a priority. Lets remind ourselves how this all came about, last night we we re this all came about, last night we were expecting to see but why nows Isaac Makwala line up for the 200 metres. When he didnt show, it emerged that he was affected by the virus. 0thers emerged that he was affected by the virus. Others have been affected including athletes from germany and canada, and and irish athlete had to pull out of the semifinals of the 400 Meter Hurdles after he caught the virus on sunday. Athletes preparing for these championships will want to avoid any kind of contamination because of the negative impact it has on their performance. Here is the view of a former runner. It affects everything, notjust physically but psychologically. The human body, everything has to be perfect when it comes to the championship. When you are ill, you lose all the good nutrients that your body provides, you have to keep boarding cuba down. Psychologically, you go to the next race and you know youre not 100 physically correct and dont know what effect it will have on your performance. The last thing you want isa performance. The last thing you want is a chink in your arm, you have to be 100 ready to compete. If you we feel weak and drained mentally, you will be crushed as well. This issue has been a major Talking Point at the championship. The bbc understands that botswa nas point at the championship. The bbc understands that botswanas isaac ma kwa la understands that botswanas Isaac Makwala says he feels fine to compete tonight in the 400 metre final but is still awaiting official clea ra nce. Britains most seniorjudge has told the government it must provide more clarity about how uk law will be developed after brexit. Currently, uk legislation is subject to rulings made by the European Court ofjustice. Lord neuberger said Parliament Must be very clear in telling the judges what to do about decisions of this court after the uk leaves the eu. A Software Engineer working for google says hes been sacked for questioning the companys diversity policy. James damore says hed suggested there might be biological causes for men and women having different interests and abilities. Google itself says that it cant comment on individual cases, but in an email to employers it said that. Joining me now is our technology correspondent, rory cellan jones. Remind us the context in which he put those comments out there . There isa put those comments out there . There is a wider context which is the debate going on in Silicon Valley about Gender Imbalance in technology firms. With google in the front line of that, obviously it is a major employer and with a big imbalance between men and women working in softwa re between men and women working in Software Engineering. This was a male Software Engineer who put out a 3000 word memo internally, to promote discussion, he said. He talked about a politically correct culture and went into some detail about what he described as biological differences, which made women less suitable for these Front Line Engineering Jobs than men. 0bviously, Front Line Engineering Jobs than men. Obviously, this caused a lot of debate internally, the memo was then distributed more widely and sparked offa distributed more widely and sparked off a lot of anger, frankly, amongst women who have been campaigning for more diversity in Silicon Valley, where we have seen, for instance, ubers biases about women. Where we have seen, for instance, ubers biases about women. He has been sacked, what is being done in terms of diversity in Silicon Valley . Google has, one of the things he was protesting about was what he called Affirmative Action programmes which promote women into jobs to do better in the greeting women. But i think there is a widespread acceptance across technology on both sides of the Atla Ntic Technology on both sides of the atlantic that not enough has been done to promote, education particularly, two girls in schools and to accept that more needs to be done, frankly, in the workplace, to encourage them into these front line job. Thank you. The Lawyerfor A British model , who was allegedly held captive captive by a gang in italy, has been giving more details about the case. Francesco peschi says chloe ayling, whos 20 and from south london, was told by her kidnappers that she would be sold as a sex slave in the middle east. He said she was acting under duress, when she was seen shopping with her ca ptor before she was freed. She was told that people were there watching her and ready to kill her if she tried anything, so she thought that the best idea was to go along with it and to be nice, in a way, to her captor, because he told her that he wanted to release her. A short while we spoke to carla bellucci, a friend of chloe ayling who has been speaking to chloe in the last couple of days. She thinks herfriend has been misled. Chloe is a nice girl. Two gbits could she be misled . If she is now grown up, a 15 year old well and, and i would say she has been misled. Police in South West London are asking for help to identify a jogger who appeared to push a pedestrian into the path of a bus. Dramatic cctv of the incident, which happened in may, shows a man running along Putney Bridge and appearing to push the woman into the road. The oncoming bus is forced to swerve into the next lane to avoid hitting her. The bus stopped and passengers tended to the woman who received minor injuries. An appeal has been launched for witnesses or anyone who recognises the jogger. Hes described as white, in his early to mid 30s, with brown eyes and short brown hair. An update on our headlines on bbc newsroom live. New figures show more than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once last year 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships including 400metre favourite Isaac Makwala have been hit by gastroenteritis have been hit by gastroenteritis. A british model who was allegedly held captive by a gang in italy was told she would be sold in the middle east for sex and in sport, more near misses for britain at the Athletics Championships. Their chief says it is not going to plan. Carl longford is not going to plan. Carl longford is writtens hopes for day five in the 100 metres. And englands Cricket World Cup heroine is out this week because of a side strain. I will have those stories just after half past. People in the north of england are 20 more likely to die early than people in the south according to a study led by the University Of Manchester. Researchers found in the north of the country 14,000 more people died under the age of 75 than in the south in 2015. Between 1965 and 21015, there were 1. 2 million more deaths. To explain what might be behind this, werejoined from leeds by our correspondent Dan Whitworth tell us what these figures indicate . Research looks back at five deck its worth of death records. Research is led by the University Of Manchester and the university of york. Have some figures here. They say that that data suggests 20 are more likely to die maturely, under the 75 in the north of ingram than the 75 in the north of ingram than the south. North of england. That is 40,000 extra deaths. If you look back on the whole of the Research Going back to 1985, 1965, it suggests 1. 2 million premature deaths. Do they give any reasons . They are working on a second report to go into more detail about the reasons but ive been speaking to the lead author of this report, and he has coined a phrase diseases of despair. He says the data suggests some of the reasons behind this extra premature death is diseases of despair, which are things like liver, Heart Disease and smoking related health problem. Another point that he and his researchers came across is that successive governments, Health Initiatives have proved not very good at cracking down on these numbers. Does that mean that Health Initiatives in the government are going to change, to address this . We have been in touch with the Department Of Health and the government this morning, they say that they recognise there is a significant problems in these death records, the statistics show there isa records, the statistics show there is a problem and they are working on addressing it. The two main ways are first of all, promoting Healthier Lifestyles and secondly, most crucially, improving nhs services across the country. Thank you very much. Exam results in scotland have been published this morning. The proportion of a c higher passes fell very slightly from 77. 2 last year to 77 this year. Almost 100 and 37 thousand candidates are receiving their results through the post but more than a third signed up to get their results by text or e mail. Lets go live to glasgow and join our correspondent. A very small statistical falls . Fall. An anxious week for scottish stu d e nts an anxious week for scottish students waiting for their exam results to come. As you mention, the third opted to receive the results by text or e mail, perhaps just getting that a little bit faster than the postman in some more remote rural communities. A 2 decrease down to 77 of passes in the higher range, a c. Reallyjust a small statistical blip, and scottish qualifications say that demonstrates the stability of the scottish exam system. About 3000 fewer candidates we re system. About 3000 fewer candidates were sitting highers, and on the next level down on the national fours, there was a fall of 7000 going into the exam. There was no clear explanation for that. But the Education Secretary of scotland has welcomed these results as a stability of the system and education has been a real political hot potato in scotland with the opposition wanting out to Falling Standards in literacy and the missing with the Scottish Government saying they are doing their best to reform the system. John swinney, the Education Secretary, said he can build on these good results and move forward with that change with the enhancement of the education system. Against the backdrop of the politics and education, how are the parties responding . We are still waiting for some more responses from Scottish Labour and conservatives. I think education being the hot potato in Scotla Nd Education Being The Hot Potato in scotland at the moment, there are not really too much to pick apart from the results at the moment but we are waiting to see what we get. Thank you. A man in his 40s has died after attempting to swim the english channel. The coastguard received a radio call just after nine oclock last night from a support vessel saying a swimmer was in difficulty. The Search And Rescue helicopter arrived on scene within ten minutes and airlifted the man to hospital, but he later died. The swimmer had been roughly half way through his crossing attempt when, according to kent police, he became unwell. The family of a seven year old autistic boy with a rare condition that puts him at risk of severe brain damage, have won a high Court Challenge to get the nhs offer a drug doctors say could be Life Changing. Nhs england had said the effectiveness of the drug, which would cost £100 a day, hasnt been proved. This is an emotive case about a seven year old boy. He has a rare case which means he cant properly metabolise protein, so hes limited to 12 grams of protein a day. But it three slices of bread. This feeds more, he risks suffering serious brain damage. It is complicated by the factory also has severe autism, he is nonverbal. Despite herculean attem pts he is nonverbal. Despite herculean atte m pts by he is nonverbal. Despite herculean attempts by his parents to regulate his diet, its difficult to do that. There is a drug that enables you to metabolise more protein. It is incredibly expensive at around £100 per day. The nhs consultant who is treating this little boy, known only as letter a in these proceedings, once to have that drug, and wants an independent Funding Request to nhs england. They turned it down initially and said it wasnt exceptional, and then wrote back to say it was exceptional. They said it would not fund the drug on the basis it is clinical and Cost Effectiveness had not been proven. The family took a judicial review and brought it on three different grounds, and this morning have one on one ground. The ground they won on one ground. The ground they won on is that the judge has on one ground. The ground they won on is that thejudge has ruled on one ground. The ground they won on is that the judge has ruled that that decision not to fund the drug on the basis that it wasnt Cost Effective was a irrational. The judge said the decision to decline on the base of the clinical effectiveness of this drug and intervention has not been demonstrated, was a misinterpretation of the phrase clinical effectiveness. She went on to say that if clinical effectiveness is properly affected, the evidence is overwhelming. It found in favour of the family. Its not what they call a mandate to reorder they now have to provide him with a drug, the decision goes back the nhs, but with this behind it, i would suggest he is likely to get it. One point, they also brought this on a wide ground, it would have had indications if they won it for the pounds of many children who have rare conditions where the drugs are very expensive. They did not win on that basis so unfortunately, this is restricted to this one child. But it looks like he may well get the drug now. A Road Rage Killer is being transferred to prison. He was convicted of murder on the m25 in kent in 1996. He was sentenced to life with the minimum term of 16 yea rs life with the minimum term of 16 years in 2000. Voters in kenya are casting their ballots in a general election. Long lines are reported at many Polling Stations and security is tight. There are eight candidates running for president , including the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, and his longstanding rival, raila 0dinga. No matter the result of this election, we must stand together as one people. Above all, we must reject intimidation, we must reject violence or any attempt to divide us. 0ur Correspondent Anne Soy is in nairobi for us now. What are the key issues in this election . One of the key issues is what the president talked about, polling for peace, security is a big feature in this election. In the run up, there have been a lot of polls for people to remain peaceful and go back to their homes and wait the result. So far it has been calm, it has been the quietest pre election period in kenyas history. They have turned out in large numbers, i witnessed long queues at the station. Some people we re queues at the station. Some people were queueing overnight waiting for the Polling Station to be opened so that they can vote. This is kenyas like this election with more than 90 million voters. 5 million of those are new voters, theyjust registered, so it will be interesting to see how they are going to change this time round. What are the issues that voters will be thinking about . This is being described as a vote that is too close to call. Thats right, the main contender is Uhuru Kenyatta and the former prime minister. They mirror each other. Many of the things they promised similar. However in their campaigns, they talk about the capitalising on the failures of government, the q1 talk about the capitalising on the failures of government, the 01 being corruption. They feel the government has failed to tackle corruption, but have been allegations of corruption, more than four Cabinet Ministers we re more than four Cabinet Ministers were sacked because of corruption. So the opposition is promising to deal with that decisively. Apart from that, the high Cost Of Living. This year the price of food has skyrocketed and said the Cost Of Living and corruption are the main issues that the opposition is promising to deal with. The current government prides itself on the project that has initiated, expanding electricity across the country, building the faster, modern railway since more than 100 years ago. They have expanded the road network and have been asking voters to give them a Second Chance to com plete to give them a Second Chance to complete this projects and help the economy. Thank you. South african mps will vote in secret later on a motion of No Confidence in president jacob zuma. The motion was tabled by the opposition in response to mr zumas sacking of his highly respected Finance Minister earlier this year, a move which sparked nationwide protests. Mr zuma has survived several previous votes of No Confidence in the past. 0ur Correspondent Milton Nkosi is in cape town for us now. After a four year stakeout by wildlife experts, footage of one of britains rarest and most secretive animals, the pine marten, has finally been captured on the north york moors. The sighting is the first in the area for more than 30 years. The Yorkshire Pine Marten project managed to capture the footage after setting up camera traps around the moors. There is last night a stunning Lunar Eclipse was visible in many parts of the world. Eclipses happen when the earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow. This one could be viewed on several continents, although many countries could only see part of it. A second full eclipse will occur on the 21st Of August over North America the first of its kind in nearly a century. This is bbc news coming up in the next few minutes the number of hate crimes recorded in england and wales has been increasing. 0ur Correspondent Goes On Patrol with Londons Metropolitan Police to see what theyre doing to reassure minority communities. Mistake and if you are watching half an hourago, i mistake and if you are watching half an hour ago, i showed you a picture of wet weather. It is not all doom and gloom. This is the scene at the moment in stirling. Lots of sunshine. This is the Rainfall Picture at the moment. That rain is going to continue well into the afternoon. Thundering showers developing across east anglia and wales and South West England as well. For scotland and Northern Ireland, that mixture of sunny spells and is scattered shower. It is feeling quite cool because of the cloud and rain. Those showers continuing as we go through this evening and into wednesday as well. Another very wet day across the south eastern corner of the uk. Things are improving and some fine and dry weather. Lots of dry weather. Temperatures up to 20 celsius in glasgow. That is going to feel pretty pleasant. This is bbc newsroom live. The headlines more than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016. The data was obtained by the labour party. The most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. The organisers of the world Athletics Championships in london have revealed that a number of competitors have contracted gastroenteritis. 30 athletes and support staff have been affected, including 400 metre favourite Isaac Makwala. A british model who was allegedly held captive by a gang in italy was told she would be sold in the middle east for sex, her lawyer has said. Large queues have formed in kenya as voting takes place in its general election. Its seen as a close contest between president Uhuru Kenyatta, and the opposition leader, raila 0dinga. Lets get a sports update. It is day five of the World Championships and Great Britain have won one gold medal so far. It was not a great night for the hosts last night. Jess is at the stadium. Some near misses for Great Britain. It was not that good, was it . This is not where the british team which want to be on day five. We are reaching the halfway stage. So many mist opportunities, as you say. Great drama on the track with laura muir in the 1500 metres. She had been hoping for a medal but it was always a tough ask. A confident field in the olympic champion and the World Record Holder. This is why we love elite sport. Such excitement, drama and fine margins between winning a medal and losing out. Laura muir mist out by seven hundredths of a second. It could not have been closer. High hopes for Sophie Hitchens in the hammerfinal. Hopes for Sophie Hitchens in the hammer final. We had hopes for Sophie Hitchens in the hammerfinal. We had hoped she would follow u p hammerfinal. We had hoped she would follow up on her bronze medal from this time last year at the olympics. She had to fight back tears. It was very emotionalfor hire. She had to fight back tears. It was very emotional for hire. Going she had to fight back tears. It was very emotionalfor hire. Going into the championships, british athletics had ambitious medal targets. That might now need to be reassessed. Six to eight medals for the target and we are now at the halfway stage with only one. It is not going to plan, isa simple only one. It is not going to plan, is a simple message. There have been some marginal performances that maybe when the long way. Sophie hitchens, laura muir. We could have had three or four medals if we we re have had three or four medals if we were on for that target of six to eight, we would have three or four in the bag by now. There are not that many more medal chances left. It is not going to plan but it is the World Championships, sport is brittle and it is a reminder of that. It is not going to plan but what can we expect tonight . Just the one briton going in a final tonight, the 800 metres. He won an impressive semifinal. He has nothing to lose. This is the first major final for him and he will want to impress in front of the home support. The team captain for the british team is on tonight and also before Hundred Metres hurdles. Athletics fans are Infora Metres hurdles. Athletics fans are in for a treat because the world champion, the olympic champion in the 400 metres will also be in action. Lots to look forward to on the tractor night. Thank you very much. On the track tonight. She is suffering from a side strain and so will not be part of the team on thursday. It is thaw she will recover in time. It is set to be the biggest womens world cup in history with some of the tickets sold out. It all starts today with six matches taking place in dublin. England, ireland and wales all taking part. Along with captain charis phillips, there are call ups for scrum half s and fly half. England and ireland are also expected to name their squads at some time today and we will keep you up to date win we know more. That is all the sport for now. Lets bring you breaking news from the courts. We are hearing that the former Police Officer Adrian Podmore has been jailed for former Police Officer Adrian Podmore has beenjailed for one former Police Officer Adrian Podmore has been jailed for one year at Sheffield Crown court for using the helicopter to film people having sex and sunbathing naked. He was described as being sex obsessed. The court was shown footage that was filmed by him from the helicopter of couples having sex in the open. There was a couple having sex in a range of positions on their patio. That came out in court. He has been jailed for one year. The number of hate crimes recorded in england and wales has been increasing every year since the government started publishing figures five years ago. This year there was a sharp rise in offences after the Terror Attacks in london and manchester. Rickin majithia from the Bbcs Asian Network has been out on patrol with Londons Metropolitan Police to see what theyre doing to reassure minority communities. Hitting the streets in east london following a rise in reported hate crimes in the capital. These officers are trying to reassure the local community. But are they having an effect . For me coming out, i really do get scared. Why . Because, i dont know, anything can happen at any time. My husband would choose for me not to go. He would rather i was home and safe. But i do have kids and i have my needs to come out. I can hear swearing coming out or you can hear someone saying, get out or leave our country. I have heard them. How do the officers who are patrolling these neighbourhoods decide which incidents should be treated as hate crimes . Racially aggravated public order where people get called names purely on the basis of their colour, religion. It can be racially aggravated attack were somebody has come along and attacks you because of your colour or because your race or religion. The mustafa family live in east ham. Last year during the debates around the Eu Referendum they were subjected to abuse by youths living nearby. One day i left my window open by mistake and when i came back there were three kilograms of tomatoes. Three kilograms of tomatoes thrown through your Kitchen Window . Yes. They started calling my husband names. Calling him 0sama bin laden. They called your husband 0sama bin laden because he had a beard . Yeah. Her husband had to install cctv cameras to capture the intimidation. After presenting the evidence to the police, the boys were arrested and charged. The abuse has since stopped. It is the kind of case that superintendant waheed khan is in charge of cracking down on. He is the mets Deputy Leader on combating hate crimes. Hate crime can take many forms. All of them are equally unacceptable. I think they can be online, and increasingly we are seeing Online Activity for hate crime because of the fact that nowadays we have social media you have a lot more people that have activity on line and a presence and digital footprint online. You are seeing that increase of hate crime but it can happen anywhere, on a bus, street, in a shop. But equally in the digital world. The war against hate crimes on the intenet is fought from this hub in west london. It was launched in april by mayor sajid khan. The police hope this combined approach of street and cybor controls will help to reassure londons Diverse Communities communities that they can of their lives without fear. A teenager has been charged with the murder of a man shot dead outside a Petrol Station in essex. John pordage died in chelmsford on saturday. Police say a 16 year old boy has been charged with murder, possession of an offensive weapon, Handling Stolen Goods and perverting the course of justice. He cannot be named for legal reasons, and will appear before magistrates later today. A british woman is recovering in hospital after being shot while on holiday with her family in brazil. Eloise dixon from south london was driving with her partner and three children when they took a wrong turn into an area controlled by drug gangs near rio. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, has more. An innocent family on their summer holidays. Eloise dixon together with her partner and three Young Children made one mistake which nearly cost them their lives. It all happened in angra dos reis, about 90 miles south of rio de janeiro, a part of brazil thats popular with tourists and has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. The family had rented a car, and according to local media, were looking for a place to buy water when they made a wrong turning into a favela, or slum, controlled by drug traffickers. Armed men fired at the car after the family failed to understand their orders. Eloise dixon, in the front passenger seat, was shot twice, the bullet marks, clearly visible. Taken to a local hospital, she underwent two hours of surgery. This could so easily have been fatal, but she survived. Translation the bullet passed through the abdomen and fortunately did not hit the big Blood Vessels or the important organs. She was very lucky. The favelas in brazil are notorious. Some can be so dangerous that even police are not welcome. Translation we have a community that we cannot enter, the press cannot enter, the Public Service cannot enter. That is inadmissible. We have to take urgent measures. According to doctors, eloise dixon is recovering well from surgery. Awake and talking, shes expected to be transferred to hospital in the city of rio dejaneiro where shell continue her recovery. Katie watson, bbc news. Norfolk police have put on extra patrols in the village of east harling because of the murder of an 83 year old man at the weekend. The victim was stabbed in the head and neck while walking his dogs in woodland. The man was described as a family man from the local area. Police said he was seen as well mannered, Well Natu Red and well liked. Officers have appealed for information. 0ur correspondent kim riley is in east harling, close to where the murder took place. What is the latest . The latest is the lot of Police Activity here. We are three miles south of the village. This is the scene where the body was found. We have had police dogs here. A lot of activity. A large area of woodland sealed off. The murder hunt was started after a walker raised the alert. Beside the path they discovered the body of this 83 year old man, a father of two. The police described it as a very brittle attack. His two dogs, he had taken them out for a walk on saturday morning. They were found nearby fit and well, say the police. Unharmed not far from the body and very close to the body. The body was less tha n very close to the body. The body was less than 100 yards from this country lane here. A postmortem has been carried out. We understand the family will be making a formal identification. It is possible we will know the identification of the victim later today. This is a popular dog walking spot. People, from a large area around. Police say they so far have no motive for the attack. That motive is unclear and they have not found the murder weapon, believed to have been a knife. Police appealed to information from anyone who saw anything unusual in recent days. The art anything unusual in recent days. The a rt interested anything unusual in recent days. The art interested on saturday morning between 9am and 11am. Police have urged walkers who come into this eerie now, we have seen future date, you will not be surprised to know. Theres still a colour on the list and that has caused worry in the local community. The police are stepping up patrols to reassure people. We are putting a lot of work into this particular investigation. Thank you very much. New figures show more than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once last year. 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships including 400metre favourite Isaac Makwala have been hit by gastroenteritis. A british model who was allegedly held captive by a gang in italy was told she would be sold in the middle east for sex lets catch up with business this morning and egon is at the Great British beer festival which is marking its 40th anniversary this year egon. That is right. A momentous occasion. The 40th Celebration of all things beer. We are expecting 9000 years to beer. We are expecting 9000 years to be on display throughout the week and 50,000 people to come through the doors. The small players are getting involved as well as the big players. We are a six barrel brewery plant. We started the brewery because we really, really like dear. We thought, lets do this for a living. Dear. It was some friends and they were home brewing and i was home brewing as well. We thought, lets start a brewery. It was very, very difficult for us to start up. That was mainly because of the lack of capital at the time. We are not rich people. We do not come from rich people. We do not come from rich families. We started out as cooker breweries, using other equipment. We did that for some time until we got investment from the bright side trust, a Scheme Investing in young people at the time. We were able to afford this place. It has been challenging getting the business started. A lot of that is to do with lack of capital. We are starting to export. We are about to do our first order to russia, which we are very excited about. 0n the horizon, moving sight. We have another week worth of capacity. What is next is more of this. It is easy making it when you love it. You get to do what you love asa love it. You get to do what you love as a job. I am very, very lucky. That is the plight of the smaller producer but what is it like for the industry as the whole . You have got some very industry as the whole . You have got some very specific demand you want from the government. We are looking to the government to provide greater support for parts. The face an enormous competition from supermarkets and other traders. The number of buyers in the country is in decline and we think it is time it is recognised they provide great value and so should be given greater support. Why should public houses get Special Treatment . We are a fundamental part of local communities, a venue where the meet friends and they provide increasingly a wide range of services, not just the increasingly a wide range of services, notjust the sale of alcohol but a Meeting Place for clu bs. Alcohol but a Meeting Place for clubs. In some places the library, post offers, barbers shop. We need recognition of the social value they provide across the whole country. And i right in saying you have a reduction of £1000 in terms of business rates. What more . We were delighted to get the £1000 for at this year, and this year only. The chancellor was clear about that. We believe we should get a £5,000 relief. That should be provided in perpetuity. Do you believe the reduction in the number of public houses we are seeing is down to business rates, is it time for the sector to modernise . business rates, is it time for the sector to modernise . I think it is modernising and we are seeing a change in the offering of many public houses. Much more inclusive, a wider variety of attractions to draw people in. We welcome that as long as did alcohol as part of that recipe. Some close and others open. We really welcome the new micro pulps. Thank you very much. We are here at the festival all throughout the day. Enjoy. Experts are warning that some british south asian women are reporting cancer later than other british ethnic groups because of a perceived stigma. Researchers have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme theyre worried cultural stigmas and taboos are leading to more women dying prematurely in the south asian community. Amber haque has been looking into what needs to be done to try and change the stigma. Praveena stumbled upon a lump in her breast when she was 36. She grew up in a strict indian community, where even talking about the disease was seen as something shameful. When she was diagnosed, she decided to hide it. So, a lot of it, in terms of not telling my family, i didnt tell them because ijust thought if people hear the fact that ive got cancer, theyre going to think it was a death sentence. Pooja is the Lead Researcher for a team called clahrc. They are funded by a research arm of the nhs and work with public and professionals on health inequalities. She spent the past few years looking at attitudes towards cancer in the south asian community. She says she is worried by some of the things she has heard from women themselves. For example, there was more of an issue around shame, modesty and about the influence from the males and elders in the family. If they didnt think that women should be going for screening, they wouldnt go for screening. What are some of the more shocking misconceptions you have heard from asian women . They would hide the shame in their lives of having a Cancer Diagnosis because they felt it would influence their childrens future. For the husband, it is deemed to be like you are being unfaithful to them. Its like infidelity. Its hard to sayjust how serious the problem is, because very Little Information has been collected on ethnicity and mortality over the past decade. Research we do have has shown asian women with Breast Cancer have poorer survival, and are more likely to present with advanced tumours when they do get diagnosed. Experts tell us they are concerned that cultural stigmas are leading to more south asian women dying. I worked in the cancer field for many years, maybe 30 years or more, and over the time i have seen a lot of asian women, and the sad thing is that because of the ignorance of not presenting early, not following or going through the Screening Programme or not examining their breasts, they are presented late and that the mortality is high. This lady left it a long time. What happened to her . Unfortunately, she died because the cancer had spread to other parts of the body. It is very sad for the young lady with the Young Children. But because she could not share that with anyone. How could not share that with anyone. H ow ofte n could not share that with anyone. How often do you hear that women cannot share it with their family . Quite a lot. The french president is facing a backlash over the prospect of having an office for the first lady. It is now just three an office for the first lady. It is nowjust three months since the election but the new president has seen his support in the Opinion Polls fall. Herfans may her fans may have shattered her name at her husbands Election Campaign but despite hard attractors, she will not be ignored. The french media call her on the present and a plan is being made to make her have an official role. There are more than a quarter of a million signatories. The man behind the Campaign Says it is a idea of privilege. You cannot say his wife comes before all other women, too. The title of first lady is very sensitive. It is important and it resonates with citizens because they see it as an injustice and a special privilege, too. Critics compare the first lady with her american counterpart, who they say is used as an important appendage for the president s image. As a crackdown is being taken on parliamentarians employing Family Members it would have to be sanctioned by a referendum. The president s popularity has fallen, according to Opinion Polls. She may be the a cce pta ble Opinion Polls. She may be the acceptable face of the show. A large sinkhole has now claimed seven homes in the us state of florida. Two homes were initially swallowed up by the sinkhole which first opened up last month before growing hundreds of feet within a matter of hours. 0fficials now say an additional five homes will need to be demolished in the residential neighborhood of land o lakes in florida. Lets catch up with the weather. A real mixture of whether at the moment. For some it is very wet, for others we have sunshine, just like this photograph here. Those clouds getting bigger over the next hours. Further north and east, this area of rain. Very wet conditions in yorkshire and lincolnshire. Not a great day for playing golf. Lots of big puddles on this golf course. That is the weather concerned with this weather front. Heavy rain over Eastern Parts of england. Showers into the south west at the moment. Those get bigger and bigger into the afternoon. Underrate downpours here. Heavy and thundery showers for south east england. Rain for east yorkshire and very cool. 12 or 13 celsius. Northern ireland and scotland, the best of the sunshine. Scattered showers in the afternoon and temperatures to 14 or 15 celsius. For this evening, the heavy rain will continue across parts of yorkshire and the midlands. Further north, clearer skies in scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures down to 10 celsius. In the countryside, lower than that. For wednesday, we have this Weather System that is still with us. If you look behind me, this area of High Pressure is trying to squeeze in. A rich of High Pressure is trying to squeeze in. There will be some sunshine here. There will be some sunshine here. The rain continues across that south east corner well into the afternoon. Temperature wise, 17 in the south east. Further west, Feeling Pleasant in glasgow. 20 celsius, light wind and sunshine. Thursday, for most of us, thursday is the dry day. Light winds and some sunshine. Temperatures up into the 20s. This is our ridge of High Pressure. It is going to be replaced by more isobars, the white lines and this cold front moving eastwards. Dry weather for wednesday and thursday but more Rain Spreading in for friday. Brighter skies in scotla nd for friday. Brighter skies in scotland and later into the afternoon. Maximum temperatures on friday of 20 celsius. Goodbye. This is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships including 400 metre favourite Isaac Makwala have been hit by gastroenteritis. 0nei do medical the medical staff asked me if i was ok, im not ok. The family of a seven year old boy whose condition could cause brain damage win a high Court Challenge over an nhs decision not to fund a Life Changing drug. More people in the north of england dying earlier than those in the south. New research has found this. A call for calm in kenya as millions of people vote in the countrys general election. Police appeal for help to find a a jogger who knocked a woman pedestrian into the path of a bus. Also coming up an employee is sacked from google for saying there were fewer women at the company due to biological differences. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai says the controversial memo broke the firms code of conduct. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Public Health England have confirmed 30 athletes and support staff at the World Championships in london have been affected by an outbreak of norovirus. Botswa nas Isaac Makwala, who was one of the favourites for todays 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. German and canadian athletes are also thought to have been affected. The organising Committee Says its working closely with public Health England to manage the situation. Speaking to the bbc a little earlier, dr Deborah Turbutt from public Health England said they have been advising Event Organisers to help prevent the spread of the virus. With norovirus, it usually lasts between 24 and 48 hours, and people get better on their own. The important thing is that it spreads from person to person. We have been advising the athletics organisers about how to ask people to be careful about their hygiene and cleaning, so that any virus that gets into the environment is not able to spread to other people. Our Sports Correspondent Jessica Creighton is at the London Stadium for us. What impact is this having on the athletics . As you will see, there is no morning session today but this is the big Talking Point around the championship. We know that there was an inspection at the tower hotel, carried out by Environmental Health officers and they say there was no evidence that the hotel was the source of the virus. Earlier, tower Hotel Released a statement saying they followed strict Hygiene Protocol and will liaise with medical authorities and the iaaf to ensure the comfort of those guests affected. They also said the health and well being of their guests remains a priority. This all began to unfold last night, where we expected to see the worlds fastest man over 200 metres on the track, botswa nas man over 200 metres on the track, botswanas isaac man over 200 metres on the track, botswa nas Isaac Makwala, man over 200 metres on the track, botswanas Isaac Makwala, earlier he did speak to our correspondent about what it was like to have been forced out of missing those 200 metre heats. It would be a very sad thing because i was ready, i was top of my game, i came here for a medal. If some people force you to withdraw i dont know without telling you that you are ok im 0k to run but someone is saying no you cant run it wont be nice, its a bad thing. It has been one of the major Talking Point here. We know that athletes from a handful of other nations are affected, canada, germany and ireland. A hurdles athletes ireland had to pull out after being affected on sunday. Isaac makwala says he will run for tonights 400 metre hurdles but are still waiting for official clearance to so. Thank you. The family of a seven year old autistic boy with a rare condition that puts him at risk of severe brain damage, have won a high Court Challenge to get the nhs to offer a drug doctors say could be Life Changing. Nhs england had said the effectiveness of the drug, which would cost £100 a day, hasnt been proved. Earlier our Legal Affairs correspondent, clive coleman, explained the background to the case to Victoria Derbyshire. Thejudge has ruled that that decision not to fund the drug on the basis that it wasnt Cost Effective was irrational. The judge said the decision to decline on the base of the clinical effectiveness of this drug and intervention has not been demonstrated, was a misinterpretation of the phrase clinical effectiveness. She went on to say that if clinical effectiveness is properly affected, the evidence that the drug is effective is overwhelming. It found in favour of the family. Its not what they call a mandatory order, they now have to provide him with a drug, the decision goes back the nhs, but with this behind it, i would suggest he is likely to get it. One point, they also brought this on a wide ground, this on a wider ground, it would have had indications if they won it for the pounds of many children who have rare conditions where the drugs are very expensive. They did not win on that basis so unfortunately, this is restricted to this one child. But it looks like he may well get the drug now. More than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, according to data obtained by the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a Freedom Of Information Request said theyd shut Maternity Wards temporarily on 382 occasions. The most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. But the government says the numbers are misleading. Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes has more. For some years, Maternity Units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. The Royal College of midwives says theres a shortfall of around 3,500. Now, based on a Freedom Of Information Request, labour says a growing number of Maternity Units are closing doors to new mothers. In england, 136 nhs trusts offer Maternity Services. Last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. There were 382 separate locations where units were closed, up by 70 since 2014. I think it is quite right that hospitals take these drastic decisions when they want to put the interests of the patients safety first. I dont criticise hospitals for doing that. But the fact it is happening so often and is increasing year on year significantly suggests an underlying problem. The truth is, you cannot keep trying to run the nhs on a shoestring, putting them through the biggest financial squeeze in its history, and not expect standards of care to slip. Some closures were relatively short lived but others lasted more than 24 hours. A department of Health Spokesperson said that trusts need to use temporary closures to manage peaks in admissions and it was misleading to use these figures to indicate a shortage of staff because of the difficulties around planning for births. The Royal College of midwives agreed it was sometimes right to close a unit, but that doing so on a regular basis showed underlying problems with the number of expert staff. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Lets look at some of todays other developing stories the Road Rage Killer kenneth noye is to be transferred to an open prison after thejustice secretary accepted a recommendation from the parole board. Noye, who is 70, was convicted of murdering 21 year old Stephen Cameron in an attack on the m25 in kent in 1996. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years in 2000. A man in his 40s has died after attempting to swim the english channel. The coastguard received a radio call just after nine oclock last night from a support vessel saying a swimmer was in difficulty. The Search And Rescue helicopter arrived on scene within ten minutes and airlifted the man to hospital, but he later died. The swimmer had been roughly half way through his crossing attempt when, according to kent police, he became unwell. Britains most seniorjudge has told the government it must provide more clarity about how uk law will be developed after brexit. Currently, uk legislation is subject to rulings made by the European Court ofjustice. Lord neuberger said Parliament Must be very clear in telling the judges what to do about decisions of this court after the uk leaves the eu. For a full summary of the news you can go to our website where youll be able to get more details on all those stories. The Lawyerfor A British model , who was allegedly held captive captive by a gang in italy, has been giving more details about the case. Francesco peschi says chloe ayling, whos 20 and from south london, was told by her kidnappers that she would be sold as a sex slave in the middle east. He said she was acting under duress, when she was seen shopping with her ca ptor before she was freed. She was told that people were there watching her and ready to kill her if she tried anything, so she thought that the best idea was to go along with it and to be nice, in a way, to her captor. A short while ago, we spoke to carla bellucci, a friend of chloe ayling who has been speaking to chloe in the last couple of days. She thinks herfriend has been misled. Ijust think chloe is a good girl, a little bit naive, could she be misled . I just dont want to say, to be honest. 0bviously she has grown up to when i knew her, from the beginning at 15, she is now a 20 year old woman, but if anything happened like that, i would say she is misled. Police in South West London are asking for help to identify a jogger who appeared to push a pedestrian into the path of a bus. Dramatic cctv of the incident, which happened in may, shows a man running along Putney Bridge and appearing to push the woman into the road. The oncoming bus is forced to swerve into the next lane to avoid hitting her. The bus stopped and passengers tended to the woman who received minor injuries. An appeal has been launched for witnesses or anyone who recognises the jogger. Hes described as white, in his early to mid 30s, with brown eyes and short brown hair. Voters in kenya are casting their ballots in a general election. Queues have been reported at many Polling Stations and security is tight. There are eight candidates running for president , including the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, and his longstanding rival, raila 0dinga. No matter the result of this election, we must stand together as one people. Above all, we must reject intimidation, we must reject violence or any attempt to divide us. 0ur Correspondent Anne Soy has been at one Polling Station in nairobi where people queued for up to six hours to cast their vote. Voting is underway in more than 40,000 Polling Stations across the country. I have come to one in nairobi, queues are long, this mother is allowed to jump the queue. Hello, how long have you been here . The last six hours. How is the process . Im expecting the best. Fantastic, so lots of High Expectations and enthusiasm. This time round dummett they are using a vote electronic Identification System to make sure the people who turn up and registered in the system are the ones who vote. Six different elective positions, people are voting for, from the president to the lowest of representation. The Polling Clocks are all set. If it gets dark, they will continue working, mainly counting votes when the Polling Stations closed. Security is a key issue as well, more than 150,000 Police Officers have been deployed to provide security doing this exercise. And the turnout is expected to be high. A Software Engineer working for google says hes been sacked for questioning the companys diversity policy. James damore says hed suggested there might be biological causes for men and women having different interests and abilities. Google itself says that it cant comment on individual cases, but in an email to employers it said this. Earlier our technology correspondent, rory cellan jones, spoke to be about how the row ties in with a wider problem in the tech industry. There is a huge debate going on in Silicon Valley about Gender Imbalance in technology firms. With google in the front line of that, obviously it is a major employer and with a big imbalance between men and women working Software Engineering. This was a male Software Engineer who put out a 3000 word memo internally, to promote discussion, he said. He talked about a politically correct culture and went into some detail about what he described as biological differences, which made women less suitable for these Front Line Engineering Jobs than men. Obviously, this caused a lot of debate internally, the memo was then distributed more widely and sparked off a lot of anger, frankly, amongst women who have been campaigning for more diversity in Silicon Valley, where we have seen, for instance, ubers biases about women. He has been sacked, what is being done in terms of diversity in Silicon Valley . Google has, one of the things he was protesting about was what are called Affirmative Action programmes which promote women into to try to promote women into jobs to do better in the greeting women. But i think there is a widespread acceptance across technology on both sides of the atlantic that not enough has been done to promote, education particularly, to girls in schools and to accept that more needs to be done, frankly, in the workplace, to encourage them into these front line job. 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships including 400metre favourite Isaac Makwala have been hit by gastroenteritis the family of a seven year old boy whose condition could cause brain damage win a high Court Challenge over an nhs decision not to fund a Life Changing drug. More people in the north of england are are dying early than those in the south, new Research Finds time for a look at the sport. As you been hearing, one athlete affected by a stomach bug at the world Athletics Championships have said his chances of running have been sabotaged. Isaac makwala missed the heats of the 200 metres last night when he became ill before the race, he says before the race he was forced to miss it despite feeling unwell. It would be a very sad thing because i was ready, if some people force you to withdraw i dont know without telling you that you are ok im 0k to run but someone is saying no you cant run it wont be nice, its a bad thing. Have the iaaf sabotage the . Have the imf sabotage the . Its british law, i dont know about this. Laura muirs fourth place in the womens 15 Hundred Metres last night was the latest in a string of near misses for british athletes at the championships just one medal so far, sir mo farahs gold in the 10,000 metres on the opening day. Bbc commentator and former javelin World Record Holder Steve Backley says its not going to plan so far. 68 medals is the target, at the halfway stage, is not going to plan. But the simple message. There benzema general performances that maybe went the wrong way, medal hopes, Sophie Hitchen last year, laura muir, Katarina Johnson thompson, we could about three orfour medal. Johnson thompson, we could about three or four medal. If we went to the target of 6 8, we would have three orfour in the target of 6 8, we would have three or four in the bag the target of 6 8, we would have three orfour in the bag by the target of 6 8, we would have three or four in the bag by now. There arent that many more chances left the medal. Its not really going to plan but its the World Championships, sport is brutal. Its a reminder of how tough it is out there. Englands world cup star Anya Shrubsole will miss the start of the Kia Super League this week because of injury. Shes suffering a side strain so wont be part of western storms first fixture against southern vipers on thursday. Its thought shell recover in time for the Yorkshire Diamonds in two weeks. The 25 year old turned last months world cup englands way with a brilliant late spell and victory over india at lords. And its set to be the biggest womens Rugby World Cup in history with tickets for some matches already sold out and tv audiences watching worldwide. And it all starts tomorrow wales have named their team ahead of their opening game against australia so along with captain carys phillips, theres call ups for scrum half keira bevan and fly half elinor snowsill. Thats all from me, ill be back in an hour with more. A british woman is recovering in hospital after being shot while on holiday with her family in brazil. Eloise dixon from south london was driving with her partner and three children when they took a wrong turn into an area controlled by drug gangs near rio. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, has more. An innocent family on their summer holidays. Eloise dixon together with her partner and three Young Children made one mistake which nearly cost them their lives. It all happened in angra dos reis, about 90 miles south of rio de janeiro, a part of brazil thats popular with tourists and has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. The family had rented a car, and according to local media, were looking for a place to buy water when they made a wrong turning into a favela, or slum, controlled by drug traffickers. Armed men fired at the car after the family failed to understand their orders. Eloise dixon, in the front passenger seat, was shot twice, the bullet marks, clearly visible. Taken to a local hospital, she underwent two hours of surgery. This could so easily have been fatal, but she survived. Translation the bullet passed through the abdomen and fortunately did not hit the big Blood Vessels or the important organs. She was very lucky. The favelas in brazil are notorious. Many are no go areas and some can be so dangerous that even police are not welcome. Translation we have a community that we cannot enter, the press cannot enter, the Public Service cannot enter. That is inadmissible. We have to take urgent measures. According to doctors, eloise dixon is recovering well from surgery. Awake and talking, shes expected to be transferred to hospital in the city of rio dejaneiro where shell continue her recovery. Katie watson, bbc news. People in the north of england are 20 more likely to die early than people in the south according to a study led by the University Of Manchester. Researchers found in the north of the country 14,000 more people died under the age of 75 than in the south in 2015. Between 1965 and 21015, there were 1. 2 million more deaths. To explain what might be behind this, werejoined from manchester by the reports lead research, professor iain buchan. Why do you think this is . Thank you. We divided the country into two pulse. Middleton at the north of england, it is the 25 Million People live between the wash and the river severn. We saw a profound picture in the last five decades. It is well reported that there was a fifth higher chance of dying before 75 in the north compared to the south. But we dug deeper. We asked, was that a big effect of recession . There was not a particularly large effect on the north south divide in early death, but there was a startling picture my single people. From there being no difference in early deaths of 2534 being no difference in early deaths of 25 34 from the 60s to the 90s, there is suddenly a widening of the gaps. That is because the south continued to get better, it continued to get better, it continued to get better, it continued to decline in its death rates of young people. And in middle age, the same pattern itself continued improvement, with the north left behind. They continually flat line from the 90s to the present day. Why do you think this is happening . The most common reason, the root cause for the lack of improvement in Public Health, is the lack of access to resources, the lack of control of your own life, the lack of infrastructure that builds the social and economic environment in towns and cities. And that has got better in the south compared with the north. So it is most probable that the improvements in Public Health in the south are a result of the higher social and Economic Development in the south, compared to the north of england. Give examples of this sort of Infrastructure Investment that would be impacted on people was like a health . Economic growth, we are about to have an industrial strategy, it will great to see a 10am waiting to the death rates, higher investment for the north compared to the south. A positive discrimination, sustained over a long period of time, enough to close this gap. Just explain specifically why you think that that divergences in investment in the economy in the south compared with the north, has an impact on death rates . Particularly amongst the younger groups . If there are more resources, then the is a greater capacity to ta ke then the is a greater capacity to take up incentives. For example, thatis take up incentives. For example, that is greater investment in the south of england in publicly funded health science. Compare this to the north. If there are more resources to communities to soak up the benefits of businesses and clusters around universities, then those communities will grow stronger and the Public Health effects. To come through over many years. That kind of sustained growth is needed in the north. Thanks forjoining us. Its a great pleasure. Exam results in scotland have been published this morning. The proportion of a c higher passes fell very slightly from 77. 2 last year to 77 this year. Almost 100 and 37 thousand candidates are receiving their results through the post but more than a third signed up to also get their results by text or e mail. 0ur Scotland Education Correspondent jamie mciver is in glasgow. Jamie, there is a small drop in the number of the top grades, not. 2 , is that seen a significant . Not really seen as a Significant Development as such, that 0. 2 drop is not wonder statisticians would read too much in tears. The Scottish Government points out that for the third year in a row, there are hundred and passes. By historic standards, etc higher level, a record level. What is interesting is that the scottish Qualification System has been through a huge shake up in recent years and is now bedding down again. In any sense, the results we are seeing today, could be seen as steady as she goes. Though is nothing that should cause too much concerned, at least not at a higher level, but by the same token there is no fresh evidence of year on year progress. As i say, steady as she goes. In political terms, there has been criticism over what has been happening in education. How does that, how does these results feed into that . Thats a good question, the Scottish Government says it wants to be judged by its success in education. 0ne judged by its success in education. One particular aim of the Scottish Government is to try to close the gap between how well youngsters from relatively rich and poor backgrounds do at school, and how many from poorer backgrounds get to university. In terms of feeding into the debate, the detail we get today about the Exam Performance does not tell us anything about the postcode areas, that the young people come from, it is all The Big Picture across scotland. Its harder to read too much about that from the exam results narrowly. But what is interesting is the government is focusing a lot of time, effort and money on trying to raise attainment among children from poorer backgrounds and primary schools in the early years of secondary school, said the question is whether we might see some of that reflected in exa m might see some of that reflected in exam results in future years. Thank you, jamie. After a four year stakeout by wildlife experts, footage of one of britains rarest and most secretive animals, the pine marten, has finally been captured on the north york moors. The sighting is the first in the area for more than 30 years. The Yorkshire Pine Marten project managed to capture the footage after setting up camera traps around the moors. Coming up in the next few minutes. A big problem for little feet, as School Uniform shopping begins, a report warns more than half of children have suffered foot damage due to unsuitable or ill fitting shoes. Well hear from one family trying to put their best foot forward. That ketchup on weather. Wellington boots lets catch up on weather. Wellington boots might be necessary. Not a bad afternoon across scotland and Northern Ireland. They view showers but some really heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. These could cause disruption. Rain continues across the eastern midlands, some heavy showers and wales and the west. Essentially, a bit of a mess, to be honest, temperatures at 19 and 20 not what we wa nt temperatures at 19 and 20 not what we want to see at this time of year. Bands of heavy, perhaps Slandering Boundary Rain Circulating across england and wales. The Rain Settling in the cost lincolnshire, yorkshire, anglia and the midlands. Things drying out for butland in Northern Ireland and should be a decent day tomorrow. Some did spells of sunshine across england and wales, the band moving eastwards, slowly, so the Rainbow Pile Up across east anglia causing travel problems. Those temperatures tomorrow around 1720d