under the age of 18 die, because of a pregnancy. so we know this is one of the most important things we can do. and, britain sjohanna konta will be on centre court later today, in her attempt to make it to the wimbledon semi finals. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: kyle sinckler has apologised after being arrested on a night out in auckland following the lions drawn series with new zealand. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the author of a government review into working practices says he d like to see an end to the cash in hand economy. matthew taylor, who s a former adviser to tony blair, said cash jobs such as window cleaning and decorating are worth up to £6 billion a year, much of it untaxed. his reports recommends that people in the gig economy should have better protections, and that their employers should pay national insurance contributions, but doesn t say zero hours contracts got should be banned. more details from our economics corresponden
5urging to 27 celsius, the 805 in fahrenheit. today it is a different 5tory, good news for gardeners. for those without a garden, it is probably not such exciting news is that we will see this heavy rain. and it has already started to come down pretty heavily across parts of southern wales. it will move eastwards as we go through the rest of the afternoon. a few showers at the moment but we will see them merging into lengthy spells of rain this afternoon. staying wet across the midlands, much of wales and south west england to take us through the rest of the afternoon. cumbria and northumberland just about missing out, staying dry in northern ireland with sunny spells, and we will see sunshine and showers in scotland. it looks like we ll see this area of high pressure as we go on into thursday. another dry day for thursday with some sunshine. a few isolated showers possible through western areas. the winds will also pick up in western scotland. temperatures reasonable again,
preserve the welsh language. the government aims to double the number of speakers by 2050. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left 2,400 people dead. many of them were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids related illnesses after receiving contaminated blood products from the nhs in the 1970s and 1980s. we can speak to liz carroll who is the chief executive. in central london. good afternoon. what is your reaction to this? of course we are really pleased that this announcement has been made today, but also relieved for the many many people who are affected by this tragedy. and the campaign has been working tirelessly for years. there has been. days see this progressing from here this way? the most important thing is that this inquiry looks at what has happened to our community over many many yea rs. to our community over many many years. it needs to go back to the early days of
british grand prix at silverstone triggers a close to stop posting the race ina triggers a close to stop posting the race in a year s time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left 2,400 people dead. many of them were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids related illnesses after receiving contaminated blood products from the nhs in the 1970s and 1980s. they had been imported from abroad. a recent report found 7500 people we re a recent report found 7500 people were infected. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has welcomed the announcement of the inquiry, which he said should have the potential to trigger prosecutions. i think we need a thoroughgoing enquiry into this. i pay huge tribute to diana johnson, one of our labour mps, for the huge amount of work she has done on this. 2400 people have died as a result of this contaminated blood. it has caused unbelievable stress to many, many mor
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has ordered a uk wide inquiry into the use of contaminated blood products in the nhs in the 1970s and 80s. 2,400 people have died as a result of what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, described as an ‘appalling injustice . many of those were haemophiliacs who contracted hepatitis c and aids related illnesses. the health secretary will meet families of the victims before deciding on the style of the inquiry. jane frances kelly reports. for decades, the families of those affected by this scandal have fought forjustice. during affected by this scandal have fought for justice. during the affected by this scandal have fought forjustice. during the 1970s and 19805, forjustice. during the 1970s and 1980s, haemophiliacs and others were infected with hepatitis c and hiv from imported blood products. now, after pressure from mps and political parties, the government has announced an enquiry uk wide in its remit. lots of different p