People born using sperm or egg donors in the uk who turn 18 after sunday will now be able to find out who their donor is, because of a law from 2005. Matthew and phoebe were conceived via sperm donor. Theyve known since they were two, but only the bare minimum. His height. His, like, build. Eye colour, hair colour, age, some of his hobbies. So when we have a conversation at home, hes usually referred to as the colombian guy orjust. Other dad. And well leave you with 10 seconds of pioneering pipes. Yes, thanks to her tiktok fame, Royal Albert Hall organist anna lapwood has given the instrument a whole new fanbase, and now shes releasing an album. Youre all caught up now. See you. Voiceover this is bbc news. Well have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. As the summer draws to a close has ukraine made the progress that people had hoped for . Our world has secured unique access to one ukrainian unit to find out. Loud ba
After 18 arduous months, ukraines conscripts and wounded wage a war with no end in sight. In our third film this week from the ukraine war, mark is on The Front Line in the east where the conflict seems to go on without end. Also tonight, amid the rwanda refugee row, could the uk really leave the European Convention on human rights that churchill helped to found . The Home Secretary Suella Braverman this week floated the idea, apparently with the approval of number 10 . Its extremely unlikely that the government is going to withdraw from the echr. If you look at the judgements of the Supreme Court and indded of the Supreme Court and indeed the court in strasbourg, they have said rwanda is legal in principle. The defeats the government has suffered are on technical grounds. We discuss this and the battle for the soul of the Conservative Party ahead of its conference. And sir michael gambon, bafta and Olivier Award winner, with roles from Professor Dumbledore to the singing detective, di
With an estimated 500,000 killed or injured, tonight we uncover the human cost of the war in ukraine. In the second film of our defence editors trilogy from the front line in ukraine, mark hears from the families of those who fought in the 24th brigade. What will the Broadcasting Watchdog do about this . We dont need these sort of feminist 4. 0. They re pathetic, embarrassing. Whod want to shag that . Well ask the chair of parliaments women and Equalities Committee caroline nokes, Former Sun Editor Now Podcaster David Yelland, and political commentator adam boulton how much of a test those sexist comments on gb news are for 0fcom. And after this programmes year long investigation into University Hospitals birmingham, an independent report today finds half of the staff felt bullied or harrassed due to a Toxic Culture at the trust. What did it do to them . Breakdowns, long term sick leave, self harm. Suicide attempts. Good evening. This weeks news that germany is holding back long range
Winds coming in around the irish sea coasts, gusting up to 70mph, but that said, many of us will have quite a quiet start to the day, sunshine for scotland, bright and breezy conditions in eastern england. It is in the middle part of that and in the afternoon that those potentially damaging gusts of wind work into irish sea coasts, could bring down some trees leading to power cuts, transport could be disrupted as well, Notjust Windy but also very wet. That wet and windy weather on wednesday night will transfer across Northern England and scotland where it also could be windy enough to cause one or two impacts, maybe one or two trees down. That system works out of the way for thursday followed by this ridge of High Pressure which means the weatherfor a this ridge of High Pressure which means the weather for a time will turn quieter on thursday with a bit more sunshine before this next system spreads rain back into western areas, the rain turning increasingly heavy in the afternoon. Temp