Who are refusing to surrender. Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation of rape allegations against the wikileaks co founder, Julian Assange. Prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says Jeffrey Epstein assaulted her. Its 5 oclock, our main story. A leaked report into severe failings in Maternity Care at shrewsbury and Telford Hospital nhs trust has criticised what it calls a toxic culture at the trusts hospitals, going back a0 years. And it warns that lessons are still not being learned. The report contains the interim findings of a review into the trust, ordered by the government in 2017. It followed allegations that dozens of babies and mothers had died unnecessarily, or been left with permanent disabilities. The report says staff at the trust routinely dismissed parents concerns, were unkind, got dead babies names wrong and, in one instance, referred to a baby who died as it. Our Health Editor hugh pym explained the significance of todays new
Coming up we will have a big discussion about the manifesto of the green party. A leaked report on failings at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust has said a toxic culture, linked to the deaths of at least 42 babies over four decades, has still not been properly addressed. An investigation that initially began looking at 23 cases in 2017 is now looking at more than 270, from 1979 to present day. Its interim findings include unexplained deaths, sub standard care that left babies brain damaged and disabled, and parents who were left in the dark. The trust has apologised. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym reports. I held her and said goodbye. And went home empty handed. And then he said that there was no heartbeat. That midwife come in crying, saying, oh, im so sorry, im so sorry too late. Distressing stories from parents told to bbc news during coverage of an unfolding scandal, which could yet turn into the worst ever in the history of nhs maternity care. Now a leaked report from an official i
That he would have. We have had nine years of Chaotic Coalition already. Two white house aides who listened in on the trump ukraine call that sparked impeachment inquiry have been testifying to congress. First, we are going to turn to washington, dc. The impeachment inquiry into donald trump continues. This is the live feed coming in as to more people give testimony. And also the former europe adviser, tim morrison, theyll be taking questions from the democrats and republicans as well. Earlier, a white house official testified that president Donald Trumps phone call with his ukrainian counterpart injuly was so inappropriate, he reported it without hesitation. Were into the third day of public hearings the focus of the inquiry is on whether donald trump withheld military aid to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. So, centre of attention today is Alexander Vindman hes a decorated military veteran who now works as a ukraine specialist on the Us National Security
a third of the world will be in recession this year. a very warm welcome to the programme. the ukrainian army says hundreds of russian soldiers were killed in a school being used as a base in the eastern region of donetsk on new year s eve. the facility was hit by ukraine, using rocket supplied by the united states, it is claimed. hugo is in kyiv with the latest. the mayor said one person was wounded when debris fell from a drone intercepted by the country s and events pulses. it was the second night in the bro a rowdy air raid alert sounded. they are angry, tired of these attacks. he had has been frequently targeted in recent days. power supplies had been disrupted. we heard from the army earlier today saying all 39 trains were shot down. those iranians made trans russia has been using to attack this country. again he had coming under attack as russia continues with this strategy, attacking cities and towns across the country away from the front lines. we have had the uk
at ten o clock, we ll have a full round up of the day s news. first, social media, anti social media, breaking news, fake news this is the programme about a revolution in media with amol rajan, the bbc s media editor. hello. what kind of health is british investigative journalism actually in? better than you might think, perhaps because a lot of it is happening away from the national titles and being conducted by localjournalists, for instance, in manchester. or perhaps it s because a lot of it s being done by specialists who are willing to work for a variety of titles. or maybe because a pandemic being a complex and hopefully once in a century event lends itself to scandal, lea ks and whistle blows. today, we re going to go inside the mechanics of investigative reporting to give you the nuts, the bolts, the fear, the loathing and the legal letters of being a proper investigative hack. let me introduce you to our guests. george arbuthnott is a deputy editor of the sunday ti