to have captured a strategic town. tributes are paid to the 19 children and two teachers killed in the texas school shooting, as parents criticise the police for not taking faster action against the gunman. excuse me, sir. i supposed to move? how one man is taking a supermarket to court for refusing entry to his assistance cat. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s lunchtime news. nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been ordered to make significant and immediate improvements to its maternity services. concerns have been raised about avoidable deaths and injuries to mothers and babies. the care quality commission says the trust has serious staffing and cultural problems. yesterday the senior midwife donna ockenden was appointed to chair an independent review of maternity care at the trust, which has said it is working hard to make all the improvements necessary. sanchia berg reports. a warning, you may find some details and images distressing from the start of this
after 19 children are killed in a school shooting as the debate over gun control intensifies. the king of clay, rafael nadal, cruises through round three at the french open, while emma radacanu is now focusing on wimbledon as she reflects on her defeat, ending british interest in the women s singles. it s in the women s singles. a bit windy today across th uk, it s a bit windy today across the uk, especially illinois. some rain at times in the west but as we head towards that weekend things are looking drier. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 26th may. our main story. every household in britain is set to receive hundreds of pounds in additional support from the government to ease the cost of living crisis this winter. the £200 loan on energy bills, announced in february, could now be doubled and replaced with a grant that will not have to be paid back with further measures expected for those on low and fixed incomes. the £10 billion package is
for taking more than a0 minutes to enter the school and stop the government. 19 year old boy described how he managed to survive. 19 year old boy. one, nine year old boy. and he said, it s time to die. when he shot, it was very loud and it hurt my ears, and when i saw the bullets on the floor it wasn t real. and the actor kevin spacey has been accused of three sexual offences against three men. the uk government has announced a huge financial support package to households hit by rising energy bills. the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak said the country had a collective responsibility to those hit hardest by rising bills. the package is worth £15 billion and the chancellor announed that part of it would be funded by a windfall tax on energy companies. the oil and gas sector is making extraordinary profits. clamour. not. not as the result of recent changes to risk taking or innovation or efficiency, but as the result of the surging global commodity prices, driv
the us says that china remains the biggest challenge to the international order despite the immediate threat posed by russia. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin tonight in texas where the police are facing criticism for how they responded to the mass school shooting in uvalde on tuesday. some parents say officers appeared hesitant to confront the teenage gunman after he barricaded himself inside a classroom, and that led to a delay in tackling the assaulter. but at a news conference a texas police official said special equipment and negotiators were required, and officers also had to evacuate the rest of the school. the attacker killed 19 children and two teachers in the space of up to an hour before he was himself shot dead. our north america editor sarah smith sent us this report. all of the 19 children who were killed in the same school class. this boys family had to wait 12 h