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good morning. with the price of food and raw ingredients getting more in spreads of this easter, we are in a bakery in bolton —— expected this easter, we are looking at what it means that the sweet treats you might be buying this year. in sport this morning. racism in rugby union. former england rugby star luther burrell says hes "proud" for speaking out after an rfu investigation found his claims of racism in the sport were true. good morning. ill start to the day—to—day for m...

englands lionesses fight back to reach the semifinals of the euros — an extra—time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain. a very welcome to the two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss, go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battle ground is likely to be taxation — with ms truss promising immediate tax cuts, while mr sunak says he would wait until inflation was under control. ou...

to europe through the nord stream one pipeline but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs ten days ago. there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. italys prime minister, mario draghi, has arrived to meet president mattarella to hand in his resigantion after three main coalition allies snubbed him in a senate confidence vote. a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. englands lionesses ...

And implemented. Going forward, eo le and implemented. Going forward, peeple that and implemented. Going forward, people that have and implemented. Going forward, people that have blood and implemented. Going forward, l people that have Blood Transfusions now, my daughter had them regularly as a renal patient, i was told by a reporter who lost a son with cjd there is a disclaimer of the blood bags not saying if you have this blood you may have pathogens. A disclaimer on the plot back that youre ...

Families have told him over the years that they want because they want in this sense of accountability, that someone was listening. You talk about the politics of it, in the report he talks about a successive governments and their failures. Talks about a successive governments and theirfailures. That talks about a successive governments and their failures. That is governments of both colours, conservative and labour governments over the years who have made mistakes, who have may missed risks, no...

Failure across the board compared bounded by institutional defensiveness and, as sir Brian Langstaff makes clear in his report, any apology today must be accompanied by action. And victims say theyve been waiting decades to be heard. Waiting decades to be heard. Sometimes we felt like we were shouting into the wind dunng were shouting into the wind during these 40 years when we told people they didnt believe us, they said this wouldnt happenin us, they said this wouldnt happen in the uk , but to...

Unacceptable risks, and the scandal could have been largely avoided. More than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c over the period of 20 years. Because of contaminated blood products and transfusions. Transfusions. This is a day of shame for the British State. Todays report shows a decades long moral failure at the heart of our national life, from the National Health service to the civil service, to ministers in successive governments at every level , the people and level, the p...

Speaking at a g7 meeting in italy, mr blinken refused to comment on reports that israel had informed washington of its plans before they struck. Iranian state media said explosions were heard over the city of isfahan, which it said were iranian air defences hitting three drones. The action appears to have been limited in scope, with no casualties or major damage reported. Protestors took to the streets in tehran, denouncing israel, but Iranian State media has played down the incident. One offici...

There was an all too familiar sinking feeling for those affected by the infected blood scandal when, two days after vowing in Parliament the Government would pay "whatever it costs" to compensate victims, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday called a General Election.

Tens of thousands of people were given infected blood and blood products between the 1970s and 1990s.