Women to never be afraid to ask questions and raise concerns. And its also the medical establishment in encouraging them to do so. Now, the Health Secretary in england is announcing rather than hospitals carrying out their own investigations when things go wrong an independent review will be carried out instead. When i talk to parents whose heart has been broken by something that has gone wrong in those very small numbers of cases, what they say is its not about the money, they just want to know that the nhs has learned from what went wrong so that that same mistakes isnt ever going to happen again. The uk lags behind many other European Countries when it comes to preventing baby deaths and premature births. There are around nine Stillborn Babies every day. Roughly 50 women still die in england each yearfrom issues related to pregnancy. And around 50,000 babies are born prematurely. Progress is being made, but there are concerns that difficult lessons are not being learned. Rachel is i
Sporting event since the olympics. And the official engagement portraits as prince harry and Meghan Markle prepare to spend christmas at sandringham. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The sacking of damian green, one of theresa mays closest allies, has prompted a furious backlash from conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation came into the public domain. The first secretary of state was sacked from the cabinet last night after a government inquiry found he made inaccurate and misleading statements about the pornography on his Parliamentary Office computer. He is the third cabinet minister to leave their role in the space of two months. 0ur Political Correspondent ben wright has this report. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave theresa mays team in less than two months. Reporter why did you liethe public, mister green. This morning, damian green wasnt keen to talk, but fo
Property developers. Also victory for bristol city after the club beat Manchester City in the efl cup last night. Bristol citys chairman, steve lansdowne, says he feels vindicated for sticking with manager leejohnson after their struggles last season. And a car park in leicester, where the body of king iii was unearthed five years ago, has been protected as a nationally importa nt archaeological site. Good morning. Its thursday, 21st december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has expressed deep gret at the departure of her first secretary of state, damian green. But said his actions fell short of the conduct expected of a cabinet minister. Theresa may sacked her close colleague and friend after an inquiryfound her close colleague and friend after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code by making inaccurate and misleading statements about pornography found on his Office Computer in 2008. Downing street said there wont necessarily bea stre
In the financial times, European Unions highest court has ruled that the us car hailing app should be regulated like a traditional taxi Company Rather than a technology group. And finally on the daily express we are told that eating a portion of salad every day is linked to a slower rate of brain ageing and can improve memory in older people by as much as eleven years so lets begin. With me is priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech welcome back. Thank you. The lead story today and this resignation, a very important figure for theresa may and it seems that the light was moored damaging than the fact. He denies the allegation and denies he he ever viewed pornographic images in parliament and that is not the issue. I have heard lots about this over the last 12 hours and it is the life. That is what we are focused on. He denied he knew the police had raised this issue about the pornographic material on the computer. He denied it twice. The ministerial code has something applicable
Ambitious spirit and they have been picked for the games, but they were the only option. Thank you very much. All the weather this afternoon with sarah. And the run of mild weather continues . Yes thats right. It is very mild even on the winter solstice. The sun is setting on the shortest day of the year, but things are remaining quiet and cloudy. All the details to the run up to christmas in about half an hour. Also coming up people buying new build houses in england will no longer be obliged to enter leasehold agreements. Well be analysing how the governments plans will work. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. The Prime Minister theresa may has called for proper investigation into the officer accused of making comments that led to the sacking of the first secretary of state, damian green. The dismissal of mr green has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation nine