the greek transport minister resigns and a station master in charge of signalling has been arrested after at least 36 people died and dozens injured following a train crash in northern greece. as the search continues, police fear a missing two month old baby has come to serious harm. the parents, constance marten and mark gordon, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. new data shows hundreds of sex offenders slipped off the police radarjust by changing their names. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent,
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he is furious at the leak, but they give a partial glimpse into what was going on at the time. the issue of care home testing was discussed in whatsapp messages from m april, 2020. in one message to an aide, mr hancock said that england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, said he was recommending testing for all going into care homes. the telegraph says by the end of that day, mr hancock appeared to have changed his mind, publishing a message saying, isolate all going into care from hospital, i do not think the community commitment adds anything and it muddies the waters. today, a spokesman for mr hancock insisted it was not possible to test everyone entering care homes at the time. the spokesman said, these stolen messages have been doctored to create a false story that matt rejected clinical advice on care home testing. that is flat wrong. a view echoed by a former health minister this morning. he changed his view because there was an operational meeting to talk about ho
messages leaked into a newspaper suggesting he was told there should be testing of all residents entering english care homes. the parents of 16 year old who died after what it s been described as shocking and prolonged neglect at the family home and wales have both beenjailed. police have described the continuing search for missing two month old babyis search for missing two month old baby is usually difficult and painstaking. the parents of both been arrested on suspicion of press negligence and manslaughter. hundreds of sex offenders have slipped off the police radar according to data up to and by the bbc. they ve lost track of 729 sex offenders over a three year period between 2019 2021. many simply change their names after they were convicted in order to avoid detection. the campaign is on tougher controls to stop that from