bbc analysis is bbc analysis has found 70% of nhs maternity units in england are failing to consistently meet safety standards in part due to a shortage of midwives. staff numbers have risen byjust 7% over the past decade, and 2,500 posts remain vacant. the government says it's increasing training places. our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports from a labour ward and her report shows a baby being born by caesarean section. let's go have a baby! maternity units are places where miracles can happen. where new life begins. hello! congratulations! forfamilies, emotions are at the extremes from fear... i'm nervous and excited at the same time. to sheerjoy and wonderment. i've never seen a baby
hello. congratulations. forfamilies, emotions are at the extremes — from fear... i'm nervous and excited at the same time. ..to sheerjoy and wonderment. i've never seen a baby being born before. it'sjust amazing. for that first precious touch between dad... hello. ..and daughter. she's trying to open her eyes. did you want some more - breast—feeding support from us? for the staff, there's pride. it's such a privilege - to have been able to become a midwife and i really hope it is myjob for life. - but they face real challenges, with some leaving the profession they loved. i miss it, but i also mourn it. so i mourn it because i don't see it improving. j in november, we revealed that 67% of maternity units in england weren't meeting safety standards.
part due to an ongoing shortage of midwives. staff numbers have risen byjust 7% over the past decade, and 2,500 posts remain vacant. the government says it's increasing training places through its nhs long term workforce plan. our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports from a labour ward that's dealing with this problem. her report does show a baby being born by caesarean section. are just going to have a baby! all right, see you. maternity units are places where miracles can happen. where new life begins. hello. congratulations. forfamilies, emotions are at the extremes — from fear... i'm nervous and excited at the same time. ..to sheerjoy and wonderment. i've never seen a baby being born before. it'sjust amazing.
new analysis by the bbc shows 70% of maternity units aren�*t as safe as they should be. one reason is a shortage of staff, with many nhs trusts in england needing an average of 25 more midwives. catherine burns has more, and her report does show a baby being born by caesarean section. let�*s go have a baby! maternity units are places where miracles can happen. where new life begins. hello! congratulations! forfamilies, emotions are at the extremes from fear... i�*m nervous and excited at the same time. to sheerjoy and wonderment. i've never seen a baby being born before. it'sjust amazing. for that first precious touch between dad...
as we were talking about earlier with a corresponding, ukraine is front and centre of the celebration and they will be referencing of ukraine throughout the final and the exciting thing this year is that we have so many amazing performances but the two favourites of the bookies and the fans and i've been talking to here in liverpool are certainly finland and sweden but do watch for some other countries who i think i've done really well over the last few days and are moving up the chart, in particular france and israel, i've been hearing some great things about them. i will be here throughout the day bringing you all the latest from the fans, the music and farm the sheerjoy of a eurovision song contest 2023. but for now, to you the studio. all the food looks very tasty. now it's time for a look
and up, and we are so happy to be part of the mix and super excited and looking forward to next season. thank you. it means the world to us. we feel your support from japan. we are so honoured to represent great britain and we hope you are well caffeinated for the rest of your day. let's bring you back to our top story now in the women's six nations — england beating scotland. 58—7 sarah hunter's last game for her country after 1m caps a remarkable career that saw her win the world cup in 2014 and she's been a runner up twice. sheerjoy, you know, and pride, to have played for this amazing team over the years, you know. ijust feel so lucky and privileged that i have been a part of it for so long and the girls have been brilliant this week. i've had the best week. i've enjoyed it and to come out here and play at home in front of this amazing crowd and put in a performance like that, just means
try number two for cokayne followed before they went into the break 31—nil up, the tries continued in the second half but the biggest cheer of the match was reserved for this, mid—way through the second half. over and out for co—captain sarah hunter, this is her last england appearance and her141st cap particuarly fitting because she was born in newcastle. relentless england carried on scoring after her departure, 10 tries in all. marlie packer completing a hat—trick. a great way for hunter to bow out sheerjoy, you know, and pride to have played for this amazing team over the years, you know. ijust feel so lucky and privileged that i have been a part of it for so long and the girls have been brilliant
before macdonald broke clear to score her second. try number two for cokayne followed before they went into the break 31—nil up, /// the tries continued the tries continued in the second half but the biggest cheer of the match was reserved for co—captain sarah hunter — who went off for the final time, retiring as the world's most capped women's player with 1111 caps and it was particuarly fitting because she was born in newcastle... because she was born in newcastle. sheerjoy, you sheer joy, you know. sheerjoy, you know. itried sheerjoy, you know. i tried to play for this amazing team over the years. ijust feel so lucky for this amazing team over the years. i just feel so lucky and privileged that i've been a part of it for so long. and the girls have been brilliant this week. i've had the best week, i've enjoyed it. to come out here and to play at home for this amazing crowd and put in a performance like that, itjust means everything. elsewhere wales also started with win — thrshing ireland. 31—5 at cardiff arms park.
to have died were children. sheerjoy in tokyo afterjapan beat one of the pre—tournament favourites — germany — in the world cup in qatar. and americans prepare for thanksgiving for one of the biggest traditions in new york. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in ukraine — president zelensky has accused russia of crimes against humanity at a un security council meeting after strikes on key energy infrastructure. there were several explosions in the capital kyiv, after4 an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. the western city of lviv was reported to be without power — it's now been mostly restored. and in the zaporizhzhia region, a newborn baby was killed when a rocket hit a maternity unit. moscow has recently increased its attacks
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... evacuations in the dark as large areas of ukraine are left without power following another wave of damaging missile strikes by russia against the country's energy infrastructure. rescuers in indonesia continue their efforts to find trapped survivors after one day's earthquake in west java. many people known to died were children. we'll have the latest on the rescue effort. sheerjoy in tokyo after japan beat one of the pretournament favourites, germany. and a british paralympian