Welcome to newsnight on the road for the last of four special programmes taking pulse of the nations ahead of the general election. Welcome to newsnight from the airspace at the imperial war museum, duxford, the European Centre for aviation history. Applause. We are in the constituency of South Cambridgeshire, an area earmarked for International Business growth which the government says it wants to make europes science capital. Were in what is called the blue wall, in a conservative held seat thats a top target for the Liberal Democrats. Were here with an invited audience and a political panel, getting to grips with what matters most to people ahead of the election their priorities, what they believe are the big problems, and who they think can deliverfor them. On our panel, Conservative Mp and former Minister Of State vicky ford, labours daniel zeichner, who is a shadow environment minister, daisy cooper, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, and adrian ramsay, co leader of the gree
killed at least 22 people in south west pakistan, on the eve of the general elections there. here s what we know so far. at least 22 people have been killed in two explosions and many more injured. authorities say they were targeting the election offices in two parts of balochistan. pakistan will vote in general elections tomorrow, in a vote marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. we re getting pictures in all the time, we believe these pictures are from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. images from the scene show cars and motorbikes blown apart by the force of the explosion. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party in the qillah saif ullah district, killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions both happened within an h
children who were harmed by the exposure. that led to these children being born with neurodevelopment disorders such as autism and adhd, mental health problems. whatjoins his cases together is that these are stories, health stories that affected women, be it mothers who took the sodium valproate or women who had the mesh and planted, they went through these procedures and were not warned about the risks and for years, they were trying to alert authorities to what was going on and not being late believed. when i watched the tv series of the horizon post of a scandal, reminded me of how these victims were treated having covered the story since 2017. it really mirrored what these patients were going through. and now today there is support from the patient safety commissioner who says financial redress, the argument for them receiving urgent financial support is clear. and do not act would be incredibly wrong. so what has been the would be incredibly wrong. so what has been the
muslim countries is essential, but it s still suspended by the courts. alastair cook resigns as england test captain after four years in charge and two ashes victories. and, final preparations for the biggest ever exhibition of works by david hockney. i m not saying i m that good, but i m not that terrible either. and in sportsday on bbc news, director of cricket andrew strauss says alastair cook stepped down as england captain because he was drained and lacked the energy and drive to continue. good evening. we start tonight with new evidence of the immense pressure on parts of the nhs in england, with patient numbers considered unsafe in the majority of hospital trusts this winter. over the past week bbc news has been given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital. its accident and emergency department receives more ambulances than any other in the north west of england. in the first of two extended reports our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to sta