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
the bbc news at six. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit the spread of the norovirus which has already affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswana s isaac makwala a favourite in the two hundred and four hundred metre races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland who ve been staying at the same hotel have also been affected but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here s our sports editor dan roan. this is the time when the world s best athletes should be concentrating on their rivals. instead these competitors and coaches today found themselves at the centre of a suspected outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug norovirus at this team hotel. for botswana, issac makwala! yesterday the world s best 200 metre runner, issac makwala, was forced to withdraw from the event. the botswanan medal prospect one of 30 athletes and su
a man has died during an attempt to swim the english channel as part of a gruelling triathlon. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit the spread of the norovirus which has already affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswana s isaac makwala, a favourite in the 200 and 400 metre races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland who ve been staying at the same hotel have also been affected but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here s our sports editor dan roan. actually, nick, it is me live at the london stadium. there are five gold medals to be one here tonight at the world athletics championships which is about to get under way. isaac ma kwa la is about to get under way. isaac makwala from botswana really wanted to be in the hunt for one of those gold medals, the main event on the track here, the la
good evening, and welcome to bbc news. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit an outbreak of norovirus which has affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswa na s isaac makwala, a favourite in the 200m, and a00m races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland, who ve been staying at the same hotel, have been affected, but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here s our sports editor 0lly foster. yes, day five here at the world athletics championships and the action is underway. we are at the halfway stage but all the talk is about the norovirus which has swept through one of the official hotels. it broke out on thursday night, on the eve of these championships. you mentioned that isaac makwala yesterday in the 200 metres he was spotted vomiting, which is why the medical officials here pulled him out of that against his wishes. he said he w