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uk whistleblowing law is extremely weak. i think many people don t realise that. you often read in the media that whistleblowers are protected by the law. they re not. there is no protection for whistleblowers under uk law. no one is legally required to protect whistleblowers. all that whistleblowers are entitled to under uk whistleblowing law is to make a retrospective claim forfinancial compensation, long, long after the fact and long, long after they ve been seriously injured as a result of reprisal. and for example, in the case of dr macanovic, an nhs whistleblower, a relatively recent case, an employment tribunal found her to be a genuine whistleblower who was entirely blameless, who was unfairly dismissed by the nhs. she went through several years of a terrible ordeal. her health was seriously impacted. she had to spend a great deal of money to defend herself legally, and at the end of that process, having had to relocate herfamily, she was still out of pocket, ev ....
every time we file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. we need one more indictment to close out the election. broken swings and unsafe climbing frames are children s playgrounds falling into disrepair? the new football league season begins across the uk, with southampton providing late drama in the first match, as they start life back in the championship, with a win. it s saturday, the fifth of august. the met office is warning of potential road closures, power cuts and flying debris as storm antoni batters wales and south west england. amber alerts are in place for high winds and northern ireland is being deluged by heavy rain. our reporter, tomos morgan has the details. it s not quite been a great british summer that we all hoped for. ata time at a time we should be outside, rain has disrupted music and sporting events up and down the country. this was chester last month, just some of the rotten weather that has made thisjuly one of the wettest on record. unfortunat ....
have secured their spot in the knock out stages. two goals in quick succession in the first half gave them a 2 0 win over costa rica in dunedin hikaru naomoto and aoba fujino both on the scoresheet. they are now two wins from two, after an opening group c win over zambia. and spain also secured their place in the knockout phase, after an emphatic 5 0 win over zambia. jenni hermoso and alba redondo scored twice, as they progressed with a game to spare. the spanairds opened their group c campaign with a 3 0 win against costa rica last week and have put themselves forwards as one of the fancied teams in the tournament. the final game of the day gets under way injust over an hour in perth, with the republic of ireland up against olympic champions canada. ireland have a tough task on their hands, they need at least a draw to stay in the tournament after their opening day loss to co hosts australia. canada themselves could do with a win, after their draw with nigeria in the ....
in the world cup for the first time. the lionesses might be european champions but they ve had a dip in form in recent months and they head into the tournament with a host of players missing through injury. katie gornall reports. england s players have been enjoying their down time down under. they have been whale watching, meeting the locals, and experiencing the culture. the lionesses are nowjust hours from their first game of this world cup. as european champions there is a weight of expectation on their shoulders. so the return of their captain millie bright to full fitness is a welcome sight. she s fit, she s going to play. we will see how long that will be, but she has done everything we wanted her to do to get ready for this game. she came out of the things good too. so we are very happy, she s very happy, the team s very happy, so let s get started. we love you england, we do! england are one of the main attractions of this tournament. theirfans in brisbane have ....
let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as glo ....