Into the infected blood scandal, widely considered to be the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the Uks National Health Service , has identified a catalogue of failures by the nhs and successive governments. A reminder of key points. 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. In this hour were going to speak to some of the people directly impacted by this. Sarah and Antonia Akoni in hertfordshire. Sarahs husband and antonias dad, 0mololu akoni, received Blood Transfusions for sickle cell in the 1980s, before discovering that he was infected with hepatitis c via the transfusions. Thank you both forjoining me here. Good to talk to you. I wanted to ask you if you could tell me a little bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. He bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. Husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell Anemia. Husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell Anemia and husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell An
And i think i can go back to the last page, actually, just to show you again what those numbers are, totting up all the totals, the bbc Election Team have added them altogether and this is it. Sadiq khan, 1,080,000 votes, susan hall way behind on 811,000. The greens almost pipped the lib dems into third place, they will be pleased with that. But stand back, the big result, sadiq khan gets that third term as london mayor. That result, sadiq khan gets that third term as london mayor. Term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i think, term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, ithink, is term as london mayor. That is| unprecedented, ithink, is not . Term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i think, is not . This unprecedented, ithink, is not . This comes despite this incredible flutter we had last night, saying that the race was going to be much tighter than predicted. How did we get into
Months ago and says it is investigating. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Honesty needs to start now. The lack of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies. Of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was him of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was him last i of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was him last week urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. The allegation about his own behaviour, first reported by the times newspaper, is that last december at three oclock in the morning he called his former Campaign Manager and said bad people had locked him in a flat, adding that he needed £5,000 as a matter of life or death. It is claimed Campaign Donations were later used to cover the payment, and also that he has received £14,000 to cover medical bills. The bbc has not been able to speak to him for a comment but in a
Earlier this year, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, went to ukraine. Today, president zelensky will pay him a return visit. After arriving in new york, he first went to a hospital, to meet Wounded Ukrainian veterans. Today, he will tell the un in person, for the first time that the war theyve been fighting affects every country, as he told cbs news. Translation were defending the values of the whole world. I look, if ukraine falls, what will happen in ten years . Just think about it if the russians reach poland, whats next . A Third World War . His problem is that many un countries havent taken sides and just want the war to end because its hurting their economies. They also, like these protesters, want the un to focus more on the climate crisis, and notjust the fighting in europe. So in the words of one diplomat, the task for western powers here is to walk and chew gum at the same time to Rally Support for ukraine in the assembly, but also address the needs of developing co