Its thursday, 29th of february. Our main story. A group of mps have urged ministers to consider the implications for the uk, if assisted dying is legalised in the isle of man and jersey. The Health Select committee has published a report, which it hopes will provide evidence for future debates about the law. Opponents say the current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. The mps dont Make Recommendations for or against assisted dying. Rather, the aim of their report is to serve as a basis for debate on what they call this difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject. More and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form, along with new zealand, australia, canada and ten states in the us. The mps say they saw no evidence that palliative and end of life care had deteriorated as a result, and in some instances it had improved. The Committee Calls for more money for hospices in england, which o
Well hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the programme well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Our top story today. Labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for Student Nurses if it wins the General Election. The party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1 . Labour said the policies would help Address Staffing Shortages in england that had become a threat to patients. Our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. Hi norman, good morning. So, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff . Well, labour are saying they wa nt staff . Well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. So that means going up, i guess
President trump declares Deadly Wildfires in california a major disaster and releases federal aid to help the state. Thousands have been forced from their homes. England will look to secure a series victory against pakistan this morning after a record breaking day. Zak crawleys 267 and jos buttlers century helping the hosts take control heading into day three. Good morning. Recent gusty winds slowly easing today, but its still a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. I will have all the details throughout the morning. Its sunday the 23rd of august. Our top story children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to School Next Month than if they catch coronavirus thats according to the uks chief medical adviser. Professor chris whitty also said its unlikely that a Coronavirus Vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. Millions of pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland are due to return to school within weeks. Schools in scotland have already gone back. Health corr
Welcome to breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today dramatic changes to life in the uk as the government advises everyone to avoid non essential contact and travel in the battle against coronavirus. I cannot remember anything like it in my lifetime. I dont think there has been anything like it in peacetime and we must accept that it isa peacetime and we must accept that it is a considerable psychological and Behavioural Change that we are asking you and asking the public, the nation to do. But i have no doubt that we can do it. Anyone over the age of 70, pregnant women, and those with certain Underlying Health conditions are being urged to be especially careful. New measures to boost business through the Coronavirus Crisis. The chancellor is preparing a new injection of cash as some pubs, bars, restaurants say new measures could push them out of business. The grand national is off but what about the euros . Uefa is expected to make a decision on the European Ch
That. That inevitably means there will be smaller quantities over shorter periods of time until individual ppe line stabilise. Is there anything further he would like to ask . Just on the reopening of schools, if i could . Is the timing of that dependent on you feeling that schools have an adequate supply of cleaning materials, hand sanitiser and that sort of thing . If so, what guidelines are being drawn up so, what guidelines are being drawn up to give to the schools and the trusts to make sure that schools can be as safe as possible for parents and children and staff when they do eventually reopen . Kit, we have already issued a lot of guidance on this and it is available on the gov. Uk website. If you want to be able to access, i can organise someone able to access, i can organise someone to send you a link in terms of how we have been advising schools in order to deal with the challenges. Because we must not forget, many thousands of schools have continued to remain open over the