employees who work flexibly but don t receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday pay according to a government commissioned report. british tennis mystery is made. it s been 39 years. history is made. and johanna konta becomes the first british woman to reach the wimbledon semifinals since virginia wade in 1978. a moment of history that she celebrated on centre court. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: standing in betweenjohanna konta and the wimbledon final, venus williams a five time champion, who becomes the oldest semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years. good evening. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened. that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and ‘80s, as the government announced an inquiry into the nhs scandal. it s been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the nhs. at least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis c and hiv, a
The house of representatives for the first time in eight years. this is always going to be a hard night for republicans to hold onto the house. thanks to you, we owned the ground. thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in america. this is going to be a very different washington we can call now that the texas race will go to ted cruz. god bless texas! that also gives us the ability to call the senate for republicans. they will retain the senate. we have a rare opportunity, i think, to really make things happen in d.c. i m ready to go to washington and fight for you. west virginia made history tonight. let s get to work. each side got ribbons to take home. maybe that s what the american people wanted. what we saw tonight we saw a preference by americans for divided government and the reminder ought to be really clear for voters. a republican senate, democratic house and away we go. sandra: a lot of questions