20 disciplines. coming to these games, actually gives them a chance to express themselves, and really showed not about what they can t do, but about what they can do. google sacks and employees are saying there we re sacks and employees are saying there were fewer women at the company due to biological differences. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na s isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today s 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was supposed to be the start of his bid for world domination. ranked numberi in the world for the 200 metres this year, he would aim being to double up in the 400 metre final tonight. but yesterday, in botswanan vomited before his 200
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 they d 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 there s 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 wer
gives them a chance to express themselves and to really show not about what they can t do, but about what they can do. google sacks an employee for saying there were fewer women at the company due to biological differences. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na s isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today s 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was supposed to be the start of his bid for world domination. ranked number one in the world for the 200 metres this year, he would aim being to double up in the 400 metre final tonight. but yesterday, botswa nan isaac makwala vomited before his 200 metre heat. a victim of the bug sweeping around the tower hotel. despite feeli
i think the teachers would give me biscuits and teach us to sing and dance. their nearest school is an hour s walk away. struggling to pay the rent and facing eviction, there is no money for the bus. translation: i stopped going to school because it was too dark on the way home. there were three dogs that scared me. in the refugee camps in the countries that surround syria, aid is thinly stretched. billions of pounds has been donated, but overall, it is still only between half and tw thirds of what the un needs. between half and two thirds of what the un needs. a year ago, world leaders met in london and pledged that every syrian child who has been forced to flee their home would get access to quality education. 12 months on, and here in lebanon alone, around half of refugee children don t go to school. for theirfamilies, the priority is simply survival. progress has been made, and lebanon s schools run second sessions to accommodate syrian pupils. but teachers say the mo
spots this morning with patchy fog around. although we expecting more cloud today than yesterday, still some dry weather to come. i have the full details in the next half hour. good morning. first, our main story. train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. the commons transport committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get and yet they are paying more for it. they re calling on the department for transport to give up some of its powers. rob young reports. dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. they say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to train companies. the commons committee says competition is meant to drive improvements but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. national express used to be the biggest train compa