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device and they have also experienced side effects like headaches and feeling sick sometimes, rashes and horrible etching that really affected their daily life. lawyers for the women in this group in the uk state the implant is caused terrible pain and suffering. most eventually had to get hysterectomies to get the implant removed and some experience pain for years. the german company behind the device as it stands by its safety. it will vigorously defend itself in the uk courts, it says, and it is also carried out many trials and a lot of independent research before the device was approved, but it is facing legal action in many different countries. thank you. we do have more on that story on the bbc news website. we do have more on that story on the bbc news website. the schools minister nick gibb has defended the government after criticism of its approach to carrying out essential maintenance on school buildings in england. more than 100 schools will remain fully or p ....
after years of keeping a low profile paula venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. she started with an apology. i would just like to say, and i m gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. there were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. and i mentioned that. i m sorry. i imagine that i was probably. just pause. try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. she defended her role. she may have been the boss, she said, but she wasn t responsible for everything. and she wasn t told everything either. you are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. you have to rely on the a ....
but he says he s now concluded, there comes a moment when you know it s time to leave, that a new generation should lead. rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. but as rishi sunak toured the titanic quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mps standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. let s cross to the newsroom ....
meanwhile, the labour leader keir starmer has been out meeting voters in the west midlands where he told voters that stabilising the economy would be a number one priority. here s our political correspondent helen catt. the labour leader arriving at a football club in the west midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a labour government would do. stability is change. it s strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming labour government, and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. it comes as a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the country s finances if elected. for rishi sunak it was a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. he answered some gentle concerns about his drenching in downing street. it was wet. the amount of people ....
the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mps standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. let s speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? , , ., ., focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at focus? i m in ....