Now on bbc news, Duncan Kennedy reports on the story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers search for a justice. A warning 7 there are some details in this programme that some viewers may find upsetting. I loved her so much, i still love her. Im her mum. It was to be a secret, it was not to be discussed. I was mourning for a child that i had lost. | i canjust remember lying there thinking. Better to die. A historical injustice is what happened to us. Other countries have recognised it, and its high time ours did. Everyone was saying, | if you love your baby, you will give him up. The undiluted joy of a new baby. The parental bond that forms after birth is a foundation of our human existence. But what if the mother was pressured, even coerced, into giving up her baby for adoption just because she was not married . I couldnt even imagine her, i think the heartbreak would just be, you would never recover. You couldnt, its impossible. The love is just immediate, isnt it . You coul
In cinemas and on Disney wIth Premier Access now. On the subject of electrifying screen energy, Ben Whishaw really makes the sparks fly in surge. What is that . Joseph, what are you doing . Mate . What is It . Scott. Well, you need that, put that there. Mate, what you doing . Joseph . Zip this up. Come on. Emre, It really doesnt matter. He plastoseph, a young man on the verge of a breakdown who finds himself in the throes of an increasingly reckless manic episode. Having torched hisjob in airport securIty, lonelyjoseph goes to visIt his parents where broiling Family Tensions merely fuel his anxieties. You swallow so loudly, joseph. One run in wIth a Cash Machine later, and joseph goes completely off the rails, wIth first time feature director, aneil karia, compelling us into his frenetic world wIth real visceral urgency. Dont go out there theres a touch of a Panic Attack QualIty of the safdie brothers good time in the chaotic Bank Job Thatjoseph pulls, earning whishaw a Sundance Prize
To punish the uk for brexit. A new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british Trade And Industry overseas. Good afternoon. The Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi says the government will be cautious and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end Covid Restrictions in england next month. His comments came as the Chief Executive of nhs providers said the rural hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of non cosmetic care. Warned that hospitals are dealing with. He also said very, very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide very high levels of protection. Our Health Correspondent Catherine burns reports. Ready, steady, go. Were in a race, vaccines against the virus, and this was the start on december the 8th. Maggie keenan was the first person in the uk to get vaccinated outside of clinical trials. That was less than six months ago. Now, about three quarters of adults have
Britain, the eu, the united states, and japan have all Announced Travel Restrictions on several Southern African countries, to try to slow the spread of the variant named omicron. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. After months of opening up, the newly named Omicron Variant means Travel Restrictions are back. At heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. I feel extremely relieved, because who knows how long this is going to last . Weve been told we have to isolate at home, so that shouldnt be too bad. From sunday, only uk and irish residents will be allowed in from six Southern African countries, and they will have to pay to quarantine in a hotel. The travel Restrictions Mean catherine will miss her niece s wedding in south africa. It is devastating. They have held back this wedding for two years for us, so we were all going to be together, which was really important. And literally we were off on the 9th, and now were not. The Health Secretary said the new v
To the bbc s steve rosenberg, he is our moscow correspondent, and hes just recorded a remarkable interview with the president of belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. Were also going to consider the new editor the daily mail, how much control will he have over which political stories in the uk last, notjust for a day or 2, but for much longer. And of course, weve got to talk about pep peppa pig. Im sure lots of people saw the Prime Ministers speech at the cbi this week which featured pet the pig. Lets begin the program by talking to the deputy Political Editor at itv news. I wonder how itb covered that story. We certainly did cover peppa pig, and i can imagine that my colleague in northumberland, who was there, was watching as we all wear, slightly through our hands at that speech, not at that speech, not onjust peppa pig, but at a few things, and of course, he had the opportunity straight after that interview to ask the Prime Minister some questions, so it all blew past us, but it was his tu