Device and they have also experienced side effects like headaches and feeling sick sometimes, rashes and horrible etching that really affected their daily life. Lawyers for the women in this group in the uk state the implant is caused terrible pain and suffering. Most eventually had to get hysterectomies to get the implant removed and some experience pain for years. The German Company behind the device as it stands by its safety. It will vigorously defend itself in the uk courts, it says, and it is also carried out many trials and a lot of independent research before the device was approved, but it is facing legal action in many different countries. Thank you. We do have more on that story on the bbc news website. We do have more on that story on the bbc news website. The schools minister nick gibb has defended the government after criticism of its approach to carrying out Essential Maintenance on School Buildings in england. More than 100 schools will remain fully or partially closed
To wake up to. The sunrise will be coming up in the next 20 minutes. We are here for a serious reason. Not just to enjoy what promises to be a lovely day. We are discussing a topic which matters an awful lot to you at home. Water quality. The amount of sewage in our water. This morning we will hear from the Water Companies. We hearfrom the Environment Secretary, Therese Coffey. We will hear from campaigners. And we would love to hearfrom campaigners. And we would love to hear from you as well. We will let you know how to get in touch throughout breakfast. Because we have a big bbc investigation today, it has found that what looks like the Water Companies illegally discharging raw Sewage Hundreds Of Times Last year. Our team has seen analysis. They have looked at data from three of the largest Water Companies, times, wessex and Southern Water. It appears to show that On 400 Spills Last year, lasting thousands of hours, sewage was released, not during wet weather, storms, heavy rain and
The Labour Run Council is struggling to pay off a huge bill for equal pay claims that dates back more than a decade. It has also had major issues with a new it system. Our Midlands Correspondent navteonhal is there. The first thing to say is that the city council here has not stopped functioning, it has a legal duty to provide Certain Services and they will continue, but this is a signal to government ofjust how dire the financial situation is here, and admission that the council here cannot pay its bills. The people i have spoken to around birmingham say they are worried about what the future may hold. But for those who have been watching the saga closely, in some ways today has felt inevitable. The pressure on this citys finances has been rising and rising, and europes biggest local authority is now in big trouble. The news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many People Living in birmingham shocked and angry. Oh my god, ive never heard of such a thin
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