wants her biological father brought tojustice. and england lose early wickets in their mammoth run chase, to save the first ashes test at edgbaston. and coming up on bbc news: with four days to go until the transfer window closes in england, the much talked about move to manchester united for harry maguire is expected to be confirmed today. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has pledged to spend £850 million on nhs building projects at 20 hospitals in england. the money over the next five years, will be used to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment. a further billion pounds is to be used to tackle a backlog in hospital upgrades. speaking on a visit to a hospital in lincolnshire, boris johnson said his job was to use the funds that go into the nhs to reduce waiting times. labour has dismissed the money as not enough, saying it won t fix years of cuts in the health service. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. it s another b
decisions on theirs and their child ren‘s lives. this is emma ailes‘ exclusive film. the family courts a secretive world where decisions about children s lives are made out of sight and behind closed doors. the law requires courts to put the welfare of the child first. but this programme can reveal that children are often being forced to spend time alone with a parent with a known history of abuse, putting their safety and even their lives at risk. everyone thinks no court is going to send a child to spend time with a criminal drug addict. but yeah, they do, and it sjust a contact at all costs. when parents separate and they can t agree arrangements for their children, they can end up in the family court. it s a place of last resort, where a judge decides what contact each parent should have. there is a fundamental presumption in law that a child should have contact with both parents. but dozens have told us the courts have ordered unsupervised contact with a violent ex
the tone in bristol, as england ease to victory in their third one day international with pakistan. good morning from stjames‘s park in london, where it is a beautiful start to the day, but it is a cold one. that can be said for many parts of the uk this morning. and as we go through the day the sunshine continues, as does the warmth, with temperatures a little bit higher than yesterday. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it s wednesday the 15th of may. our top story: complaints about payday lenders have more than doubled in the space of a year with up to nearly 40,000 cases brought last year according to the financial 0mbudsman service. an annual review found that dissatisfaction with all financial services has hit a five year high. here s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. with a loan from wonga.com. wonga collapsed partly because of the weight of compensation claims. if it hadn t failed, there might have been even more gripes from borrowers, s
the behaviour of payday loan companies is criticised by the industry watchdog after complaints more than doubled in the last year. bafta calls on tv shows to have more storylines and references about climate change to help raise awareness of the issue. and brilliance from jonny bairstow in bristol as a century from the england batsman helps them to victory in the third one day international against pakistan. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. mps are to be asked to vote in earlyjune on the bill that would pave the way for brexit, despite a lack of progress in talks between labour and the government. downing street made the announcement after a meeting between theresa may and jeremy corbyn, saying cross party talks couldn t be open ended. let s now take a closer at the withdrawal agreement bill. the uk needs to pass a law to implement the withdrawal agreement, the part of the pm s brexit deal which will take the country out of the eu in uk law. this is a requ
family courts put an emphasis on contact with both parents, but many have told us that presumption is putting their children in danger. my children have come home with bruising and other injuries. i ve had to take them to a&e. they re telling you this stuff, and you still have to put a smile on your face and hand them over to their abuser. also, we can reveal that over 100 mps from all parties now think it s time to open up the family courts system to proper scrutiny. they want an urgent independent inquiry. i think there is a culture of secrecy and all the practitioners lawyers, social workers, cafcass, thejudges, all of them, they re kind of operating with impunity, i would suggest, and that leads to inconsistent decisions, bad decisions. that s why i ve asked for an independent inquiry, because we need to know what s happening at the heart of our justice system. also today we ll bring you a rare interview with the organisation tasked with putting the welfare of children