Breaking news from here in the uk. Opposition mps in parliament have failed to block Government Plans to cut Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. A total of 348 mp5 backed the government, with 228 supporting the opposition motion. It means the government won the vote with a majority of 120. As a result, an estimAted 10 Million pensioners wont get the payments to help with their winter heAting. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, Vicki Young whos inside parliament in central lobby for us. In terms of the Reaction Youve had so far, and a breakdown of the numbers, is it any clearer who voted against or abstained here . No, it isnt quite the short answer. Here . No, it isnt quite the short answer. We know one mp did vote against. Short answer. We know one mp did vote against. We short answer. We know one mp did vote against. We think short answer. We know one mp did vote against. We think thAt| did vote against. We think thAt is the only labour mp. WhAt you cant tell fro
With me is our correspondent, nicky schiller. What are the hospital saying . Great ormond Street Hospital must worldwide for treating children. It says it is looking into a 721 patients, all children, who had come into contact with yasarjabber while he worked as a surgeon. He is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. So far, of the 39 cases that have been reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed, under 13 patients with severely. Lawyers representing some of the family should be treated by yasarjabber so children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life changing injuries, but one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. One of the solicitors representing seven of the children says the claims are shocking. Are shocking. The clients that we have been are shocking. The clients that we have been instructed are shocking. The clients that we have bee
Schiller has the story. Great ormond street, which, as you said, is world famous for treating children, says it is looking at 721 patients, all children who had come into contact with yaserjabber while he worked there as a surgeon. Now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. Now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed. 13 of those patients severely. Now, lawyers representing some of the families treated by Yaserjabber Say that children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life changing injuries, with one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. Now, the solicitors representing seven of the children says the claims are shocking. Have a listen to what shes had to say. Clients that we have been instructed to represent in claims against Mrjabber Have suffered a variety of orthopaedic injuries. Some of them have nerve
And nine fire trucks, had been called to the incident. Thousands of Roman Catholics have begun paying their respects to the Pope Emeritus Benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. Youre watching bbc news. Now, whats killing our rivers . You see herons and dragonflies. You see lots of little fish in the shallow parts, and then, sometimes, youll see a Salmonjumping Out of the water. You start to realise how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. These School Friends have made the most of a record breaking summer, like thousands of others. But theres something wrong with our rivers. What a sad sight to see. Its absolutely devastating, what were finding up here today. Look at the water, look at this. Just look at it. This is algae. Its taking over our rivers and waterways. And when human and animal waste gets into a river, not only is it bad for our health, it is also full of nutrients like phosphate which ac
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