Of war crimes in darfur. And the giant new coal mine a stray view is banking on to help fuel its economy while other countries look to renewable. Time far as small have all the days sport including things just got a lot better for you that this is the retake top spot in the italian syriac. China is reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of corona virus for the 3rd successive day the World Health Organization though says its impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most are in who by province where they operate was 1st reported in december well why is it nearly 1700 people have died. Recorded its 1st fatality while an elderly chinese tourist in france became the 1st to die in europe u. S. Citizens on board a quarantine cruise ship docked in japan are being evacuated thats off to 70 more confirmed cases of corona virus were reported on the diamond princess bringing the total number of infectio
Of some showers. Ill have all the details coming up. Well, good morning. Leading the program this morning. The infected blood scandal in independent inquirys final report is set to be published later on today. Yes. So the scandal has been subject of the biggest ever pubuc subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry in the uk. After tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood, while Political Correspondent Katherine Forster has more. Some of my friends have said to me, are you sure . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the infected blood . Sure this is the infected blood . Scandal . Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people. To haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was infected died. Sue wathen
It is time for newscast. Alex, if i had to describe newscast, i would say it is a visualised podcast which means it is a podcast, its a radio programme, and its a tv show. Our Subject Material is what is going on At Westminster and beyond. Its a podcast tv radio show, fine. As long as there is interesting news chat. No silly gimmicks or pop culture references. Today i think i will give my long awaited verdict on the taylor swift album really, nobody wants to hear you talking about that, 0k . Just move on. I am sure everyone will be waiting with bated breath, adam. Other stuff we have got in there, back to the politics of course, we have got louise haigh, the shadow transport secretary, who is doing this big announcement about what labour would do with the railways, so that is going to be pretty big, we will talk about that. Ok, so presumably it is alljust serious then, no silly gimmicks . And no comedians on the show . And then we will be lightening the mood because Michael Spicer, the
Friend and supporter of jeremy corbyn, the puppet of tony blair, or the mouth piece of Just Stop Oil for all we do know is that he has broken every single leadership pledge and flip flopped almost 60 times in just three years. This is a man who will literally say anything that suits him at that time. His comments came just hours after the Prime Minister refused to commit to tax cuts. Rishi sunak said his focus is on halving inflation because it impacts the poorest the most. On a visit to burnley, the pm insisted his approach is deeply conservative, saying its a thatcherite policy. Thatcherite policy. The best tax cut that we can deliver right now is to halve inflation. And thats something that im deeply committed to. Its the first of my five priorities. Why because thats how help people with the how we can help people with the cost we just want cost of living. We just want to put money in peoples put more money in peoples pockets. And best way pockets. And the best way to do that right
Machines are still in peoples homes. An exclusive report as breakfast hears claims of chaos in the special Educational Needs system in england. In sport, Johanna Konta looks back to her best. The british number one cruises through to the second round of the Australian Open, after a confident straight sets win. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. It is a cold start to the late for many of us. Cold start to the late for many of us. It will be a cold day generally. We have brisk wind in the forecast adding to the cold feel and as well as that we have snow showers for some even at low levels. And then the weather livens up. I will have more details in 15 minutes. That sounds exciting. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story, the future of some Major Construction projects and hundreds of Public Service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion. Britains second Largest Construction Firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contrac