Them. Its now ten years since the publication of a major report into deaths caused by asthma in the uk which made several recommendations to save lives. Since then, however, asthma has killed more than 12,000 people. Thats a rise of nearly a quarter. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Warren was just ten years old when he died of asthma. He had been playing on a trampoline when he asked for his inhaler and, within minutes, hed stop breathing. His mum, belinda, said nothing could be done to save him. Warren literally was absolutely fine the day that he had his Asthma Attack. He wasnt poorly. There was no underlying symptoms. His Asthma Attack came out of nowhere. Yeah, its just. Escalated to the Point Of No Return and. And warrens asthma was very well controlled. He had it under control. He suffered all his life with asthma and it was something he knew how to deal with himself. Ten years ago, a major review of Asthma Deaths found that two thirds were preventable
Lets return to the issue of small boats crossing the channel from france to england and yesterday was another grim milestone as five people died trying to get across hours after the British Parliament passed legislation designed to deter such journeys. French Officials Say 112 people were on board the overcrowded vessel. A new law in britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. The deaths in the channel are not an isolated incident. Yesterday alone, there were reports of migrants dying in other parts of the world trying to reach another country by boat. We heard from the uns Migration Agency that at least 21 people died off the coast of djibouti. 23 are still missing on the so called Eastern Migration Route between the middle east and africa. On the same day, the Tunisian Coastguard said they retrieved the bodies of 19 migrants who had been trying to reach italy. The un has called crossing the mediterranean the deadliest route for
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a US$40 million Canada-funded project to address grain storage shortages in Ukraine.
The Drum has scoured System1’s database (which includes most UK TV ads) to learn what the best work was in January, weighed using a complex scoring algorithm and real audience feedback. Jon Evans, chief marketing officer at System1, talks us through why Asda, Tesco, Weetabix and more made the cut.