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GBN Good July 3, 2024

Been infected. Yes, im very interested to speak, to speak to her. She was a young and plucky reporter who got wind of this, caught wind of this , and then went into this, and then went into investigation mode. And im very , very interested to hear whether she suffered quite a bit of pushback from within the medical community, whether she suffered some pushback politically , even, or from politically, even, or from fellow journalists, even because this was a huge scandal, a huge story that she decided to break in the mail on sunday. Well be talking to her about exactly what that was like at the time, and what she hopes will come out of this inquiry. 1230 its going to drop. Well have the report. Well know how much compensation , crucially, is going to be offered, but not just the compensation for those that have been affected. For those that have been in affected and affected by this scandal, lasting decades, ripping through the nhs, but also who knew what and when, what decisions were made by senior medical clinicians, by senior medical clinicians, by senior politicians, even perhaps was there a cover up . Will that have been established . Thats one of the big, big revelations that were going to learn in less than half an hours time. Yes. And please do get in touch if you, have been affected in one way or another by this scandal, if you know someone, a family member, a friend, a co worker, a colleague, whatever , let us know your story. Please do get in touch gb views gbnews. For. Com is the is the address. Uk gbnews. For. Com is the is the address. Uk is the address. But we want you to get in touch on gbnews. Com win your say exactly. So thats thats two different addresses. If you want to talk about anything in the show. The usual way. Gbnews. Com yoursay. But if you have a specific story about this, about this infected blood scandal, if its affected, if its affected you in some way , its affected you in some way, then its gb news gbviews gbnews. Uk two different addresses. Yes. More private, more private, lets get the headlines with tatiana. Tatiana. Emily. Thank you. The top stories this hour. The final report of the infected blood inquiry will be published today by the inquiry chair, sir Brian Langstaff. More than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c between 1970 and 1991 by contaminated blood products and transfusions. Around 3000 of those have died since. Many haemophiliacs given infected blood products as part of their treatment, the Prime Minister is expected to issue an apology following the publication of the report. The chancellor , jeremy hunt, has chancellor, jeremy hunt, has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package, but victim aid goodyear told gb news its not just about the money when the money is a part of this, obviously, because after 40 years with no insurance, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances do come into it. Of course there are losses, but its about contrition and justice today. We need things that we need delivered survivors to robustly recommend our justice, that we waited 40 years for , paymaster general john for, paymaster general john glenn told gb news. The Compensation Scheme wont be announced today, but that it is important as is. Restoring trust within communities. Is the day for those people whove bravely come forward. And ive met many of them, representatives of 40 of the organisations that have stood by these communities over recent years, and they want the focus to be on evaluating that report today. And im keen to honour that. We passed legislation through the house of lords on the 30th of april, just a few weeks ago. That obligates the weeks ago. That obligates the government to set up the infected Blood Compensation Authority that will be set up immediately when royal assent is given next month or very soon after. After. Shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation sarah jones says labour will stand by the governments Compensation Scheme. Keir starmer set out yesterday, is really clear that we will support the government on the package of compensation that they introduce. We know the treasury has already been working on what can be put in place. We know that there has been some interim compensation paid, although not enough , and paid, although not enough, and we push the government on this. The back end of last year , the back end of last year, because the chair of the inquiry had suggested that some interim payments had been made, should be made that havent been. So we will stand, you know, shoulder to shoulder with the government. In other news, iran has confirmed the countrys president , Ebrahim Raisi, and his foreign minister were killed in a Helicopter Crash. Footage shows the crash site on a mountainside in harsh weather conditions, hampered efforts by search teams, but the wreckage was eventually located in East Azerbaijan province. Irans Supreme Leader has declared five days of National Mourning an election for a new president is due to take place in the next 50 days. Julian assange is due to find out whether he can appeal his extradition to the United States. Dozens of supporters have gathered outside the royal courts of justice, where assange is facing the next stage of his legal battle. The wikileaks founder faces prosecution in the us over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose National Defence information, after the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the afghanistan and iraq wars. Mr assanges wife says shell stop at nothing for what shes calling justice. We hope that the courts do the right thing today and find in julians favour, but if they dont, we will take an emergency injunction. Injunction. We will seek an emergency injunction from the European Court of human rights. Ofcom has found gb news broke broadcasting rules in a programme featuring the Prime Minister. The regulator says the Peoples Forum , which aired in Peoples Forum, which aired in february, failed to preserve due impartiality and its now considering a sanction. In a statement, gb news described the development as alarming and an attempt to silence the channel. It says the format placed the public, not journalists , in public, not journalists, in charge of questioning rishi sunak, and he was challenged and criticised on a number of issues. It maintains the programme was in line with the broadcasting code. And a new broadcasting code. And a new coin marking 80 years since the d day landings has been unveiled by the royal mint. To mark the release, two sand artists recreated the design on gold beach , where troops landed in beach, where troops landed in 1944 with a diameter of 35m. The sand art took 5. 5 hours to create the design of the tails , create the design of the tails, or reverse side of the £0. 50 coin was revealed ahead of the anniversary on the 6th of june. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Carmela now its back to tom and. Emily. Back to tom and. Emily. Good afternoon britain. Its 12 08 now. After a 40 year fight for justice. In the next half forjustice. In the next half hour, forjustice. In the next half hour , a report into the biggest hour, a report into the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history will finally be published. Yes, the infected blood scandal saw thousands of patients infected with deadly viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv, when they were receiving blood transfusions. Blood transfusions. Well, gb news Political Correspondent Katherine Forster has been following this story and has more for us. Some of my friends have said to me, are you sure . Are you 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 . Scandal . Scandal . Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 19705 almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80s, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people, to haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions. Lie ins blood transfusions. Lie ins infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was infected with hepatitis c through a blood transfusion. Transfusion. I had so many years of being unwell. Well, very ill actually , unwell. Well, very ill actually, but, just didnt know what was the matter with me. The matter with me. She only found out decades later, and i literally fell back into the chair id been sitting into the chair id been sitting in thinking, this cant be right. The blood product factor eight was largely imported from the states, with blood often coming from prisoners and drug addicts. Warnings it was not safe were ignored for years. There are still two people dying every week that were infected as a result of this scandal. Author and sunday times Political Editor Caroline Wheeler has been campaigning for victims for decades. Victims for decades. Ive spoken to many people whove said that theyve lost count of the number of funerals that theyve attended because of this , but also the financial this, but also the financial effect that this has had people not being able to work for many, many years of their working lives. Some of them have made choices where they havent had families, they havent got married. Colin smith was given infected blood during a routine ear operation, aged two. Despite an edict that it was not to be given to children, he died from aids at seven and at a boarding school for medically vulnerable youngsters, 122 boys were infected. Victims say they were infected. Victims say they were used as guinea pigs with no proper consent. The 30 still alive are fighting for redress. Alive are fighting for redress. Victims have appealed to politicians for many years. And politicians for many years. And finally, the then Prime Minister, theresa may, announced a full Public Inquiry in 2017. The final report is published this lunchtime. This was covered up for many years and the governments of all complexions have said there was nothing to see here, nothing that could have been done differently. Differently. Labour mp diana johnson, whos been campaigning for victims for years, is optimistic i and now we will get the answers, hopefully to what actually happened and who took the decisions which allowed that dirty blood to enter our nhs and what we know is that this was probably the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs and on compensation. Caroline wheeler believes this government is set to act. My this government is set to act. My understanding is that there will be a compensation package announced that it will be northwards of 10 billion. That is a significant amount of money. It cant come soon enough. It cant come soon enough. We have a Whatsapp Group on of a few of us, and we call ourselves blood friends. Two of those people are terminally ill. This is whats happening to people. They are dying. People. They are dying. Katherine forster gb news. Katherine forster gb news. Just an astonishing. Just an astonishing. Astonishing, really astonishing, shall we speak to our gb news Political Correspondent, Katherine Forster she can join us now. Catherine, thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Youve spoken to victims families about this scandal, what means the most to them when it comes to this inquiry . Vie it comes to this inquiry . Vie this report being published . This report being published . Yes. Good afternoon, tom and emily. Well, theres three things that victims and victims families are looking for. Of course, 3000 people have already died and will never see any measure of justice. And two people still dying every week. First of all, they are looking for answers and the report thats being published by sir bnan thats being published by sir Brian Langstaff. And as a result Brian Langstaff. And as a result of this Public Inquiry out at 1230, will give some long awaited answers. I hear its about 2000 pages. People have been piling into central hall behind me to read it. So answers. And who knew who took the decisions . Who covered it up . Who is to blame . How did up . Who is to blame . How did this actually happen . Thats the first thing. Then undoubtedly they want an apology, a proper, full apology. This is something thats been going on for decades. Successive governments have pushed it down the road because its too hard and too expensive. We expect that the expensive. We expect that the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, will issue a full apology in the house of commons this afternoon on behalf of this government and successive governments that did not act. And the final thing really is compensation. Of course, no amount of money is going to make up at all to what these people have gone through and the lives that have been stolen. But we are expecting an stolen. But we are expecting an announcement on compensation tomorrow and upwards of £10 billion, a really significant amount of money for people, not just those infected, those that have hiv or hepatitis c or their bereaved partners, but also the affected. So the parents of affected. So the parents of children that have died or the vice versa, you know, people whose lives have been torn apart by this. So we dont expect the details about the money to come until tomorrow. Therell be then several weeks of consultation. Several weeks of consultation. But it does seem that finally, finally, this is a story that beganin finally, this is a story that began in the early 1970s, and this is a day that, you know, many people thought they would never see. Finally, some answers, an apology , some answers, an apology, some compensation, and some small measure of justice. Just the most astonishing story, especially when you hear the individual stories. And it sounds like £10 billion is the most astonishing amount of money. But it really is for the most astonishing story. After all, there were people who didnt just lose their children , didnt just lose their children, but they lost their jobs. The stigma around, particularly hiv aids , if a child had contracted aids, if a child had contracted it, there were cases of parents then losing their jobs, having then losing theirjobs, having to move home, having a real stigma placed upon the whole family in society. Yes, exactly. And just to give you one example, little colin smith, who i mentioned in that package, he had, he was haemophiliac he got a blood transfusion when he was two for an ear operation. He contracted aids through that , and he died aids through that, and he died when he was seven. At the point at which he died , he weighed at which he died, he weighed only as much as a four month old baby and his parents, his family were vilified because such was the stigma of aids at that time. And of course, his parents. You can never make it up to them. You can never give them back their little boy, but just absolutely horrendous. And other people , people that havent people, people that havent died. Some people have lost multiple members of their family. Other peoples make the decision to not have children unable to work because Long Term Health implications. It really is , quite something. So a really is, quite something. So a really huge day today for those people. And, £10 billion or at least £10 billion were expecting in compensation to victims and their families, where is that money going to come from . Will it come from the nhs budget . I know jeremy hunt is very much behind giving compensation. He has a constituent that hes been campaigning for and been speaking to about this, but where where is this money going to come from . To come from . Well, my understanding and well find out more tomorrow is that its going to be, counted basically as a lump sum. Its going to be Capital Spending funded by borrowing. So it will not be coming out of existing nhs budgets. So you mentioned jeremy hunt. Worth saying. I think he was, of course, Health Secretary. As you mentioned, one secretary. As you mentioned, one of his affected constituents came to him and it was he that pushed for this full Public Inquiry as Health Secretary under theresa may, who was Prime Minister at the time, it was ordered several years ago. It took much longer than expected because of the volume of evidence theyve had to consider. And of course, jeremy hunt is now the chancellor. So rather fitting that its up to him ultimately, and he obviously feels , as does the prime feels, as does the Prime Minister, that this is the right thing to do , no matter the cost. Thing to do, no matter the cost. And it is a it is an extraordinary cost. 10 billion is funded through borrowing. Its five times the amount that the treasury estimated abolishing the £0. 45 rate of income tax would have been pretty, pretty astonishing, that was at that time decreed to be a market moving measure. But lets hope that this doesnt rock the finances too much. Katherine forster, thank you very much for joining us live outside the inquiry. Well be back with you as soon as we know more details. Yes. 1230 we are expecting this long awaited report to drop to be published. So well come back to catherine once that is there. But were also going to talk about irans president because he has been dramatically killed in a Helicopter Crash. Well bring you the very latest with our home and security edhon with our home and security editor. Stay with us. This is good afternoon, britain. Were on gb news. Well, its 1222. Youre watching and listening to. Good afternoon, britain. Now, Ebrahim Raisi irans president and his foreign minister have been killed in a dramatic

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