good morning. it is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. for many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. i will have all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 21st may. rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the infected blood scandal. details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. it s been described as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. yesterday a public inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. cheering and applause. a moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. sir brian langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the infected blood scandal. outside, some
and coming up on bbc news, liverpool managerjuergen klopp says he will not forget a day as he prepares for his final match after nine years in charge. hello. the boss of south west water says she s truly sorry for the outbreak of a diarrhoea type illness in south devon. 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed in the brixham area, with more than 100 others reporting symptoms to their gp. the water company says it s found the source where the parasite could have made its way into the network, but 16,000 homes and businesses have been told to boil all tap water. esme stallard is in paignton in south devon for us. lam here i am here in the beautiful seaside town in devon right near to one of the three water distribution points south west water has set up. all morning residents, businesses and holiday makers have been collecting water here, but now hearing they could face another week of the situation as south west water tries to clean up up the contamination. another da
welcome to bbc news. let turn to our main headlines. the un once the maritime call is not a replacement. the prime minister remains in a critical but stable condition after an assassination attempt. he has just undergone a two hour operation. after the deadly flash floods in afghanistan that have killed more than 300 people, we get the latest on the search for hundreds who are still missing. and the threat to india s $4 billion spice trade over concerns with contamination from two popular brands. now with all the latest sport here s adam wild. hello from the bbc sport centre, i m adam wild. hello, we ll start in kentucky in the united states, where an extraordinary story has been developing. world number one scottie scheffler was earlier detained by police outside the valhalla golf club before the second round of the us pga championship after what they say was a misunderstanding with traffic flow . 0ur golf correspondent iain carter is in kentucky. some flashing images. what
energy debt compared with a year ago despite government assistance. it was close, but england are through to the rugby world cup semi finals. they beat fiji, but will have to up their game if they re to overcome the in form, defending champions south africa. 100 years of disney, and the remarkable link between a small village in lincolnshire, and the man who made mickey mouse. no fairy tale ending to the weather. we start with sunshine but it will turn wet and windy. all the details here on breakfast. it s monday the 16th of october. hospitals in gaza could run out of fuel within the next 2a hours, according to the united nations, as it appealed to israel to allow humantarian aid into the territory immediately. gaza is governed by hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by many governments, including the uk. the un has called on the group to release the israeli hostages taken last week. more than one million palestinians living in gaza have been told by israel