:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at 10: Charlie Gard, the terminally-ill baby
:00:09. > :00:10.at the centre of a legal battle, has died -
:00:11. > :00:17.His family today released these early images of Charlie, before his
:00:18. > :00:26.Charlie's case became a campaigning issue as his parents tried
:00:27. > :00:30.to get him experimental treatment in the US.
:00:31. > :00:32.We'll be looking back at their fight in the courts and at how
:00:33. > :00:35.Charlie became the centre of a major ethical controversy.
:00:36. > :00:40.Third time unlucky - Donald Trump fails again
:00:41. > :00:45.at his attempts to repeal President Obama's health care laws.
:00:46. > :00:47.They should have approved health care last night,
:00:48. > :00:52.Boy-oh-boy, they've been working on that one for seven years,
:00:53. > :01:00.82 tower blocks are deemed to have failed a new government fire
:01:01. > :01:03.safety test following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
:01:04. > :01:07.The Chancellor says Brexit in 2019 won't bring immediate changes -
:01:08. > :01:12.and it's likely to be 2022 before the full process takes place.
:01:13. > :01:17.And remembering one of the great battles of the Great War -
:01:18. > :01:22.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News...
:01:23. > :01:25.It's a dream debut for bowler Toby Roland-Jones, as his four
:01:26. > :01:27.wickets helped England take a firm hold of the third Test
:01:28. > :01:53.It's been announced that Charlie Gard -
:01:54. > :01:56.the baby who was at the centre of a High Court battle
:01:57. > :02:01.The 11 month old was moved to a hospice where his life
:02:02. > :02:07.A statement from his family said: "Our beautiful little boy has gone.
:02:08. > :02:11.Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh now looks back
:02:12. > :02:13.at the story of the child whose plight became an issue
:02:14. > :02:28.This is Charlie Gard without breathing or feeding tubes.
:02:29. > :02:30.Born apparently healthy, but soon a devastating genetic condition
:02:31. > :02:36.emerged which causes progressive muscle weakness.
:02:37. > :02:38.By his side throughout have been his parents,
:02:39. > :02:42.Charlie was transferred from intensive care
:02:43. > :02:44.at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he spent ten months,
:02:45. > :02:50.to a hospice, where he died earlier today.
:02:51. > :02:53.They'd fought a lengthy battle to keep Charlie alive,
:02:54. > :02:57.refusing to accept he had suffered catastrophic brain damage.
:02:58. > :02:59.And they raised funds online for experimental treatment
:03:00. > :03:06.Great Ormond Street applied to court to end Charlie's life-support,
:03:07. > :03:13.At the UK Supreme Court, with Charlie's parents sitting
:03:14. > :03:19.behind, the hospital's barrister said his suffering should end.
:03:20. > :03:23.The reality is that Charlie can't see, he can't hear,
:03:24. > :03:28.he can't move, he can't cry, he can't swallow.
:03:29. > :03:34.Immensely sadly, his condition is one that affords him no benefit.
:03:35. > :03:37.An American doctor offering to treat Charlie with this experimental
:03:38. > :03:40.powder had not seen his full medical records and it took six
:03:41. > :03:48.months before he came to London to examine him.
:03:49. > :03:51.Finally, on Monday, at the High Court, Charlie's parents
:03:52. > :03:53.abandoned their legal fight to keep him alive, saying
:03:54. > :04:01.Our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him
:04:02. > :04:10.His body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live
:04:11. > :04:13.on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's
:04:14. > :04:22.A private family tragedy was fought out in public.
:04:23. > :04:24.Even the location and timing of Charlie's death became
:04:25. > :04:30.Doctors and nurses at Great Ormond Street,
:04:31. > :04:34.one of the world's most renowned children's hospitals, received abuse
:04:35. > :04:38.and even death threats, which Charlie's parents condemned.
:04:39. > :04:44.Pro-life groups adopted the cause and Charlie's plight became
:04:45. > :04:46.an international issue when both the Pope and Donald Trump
:04:47. > :04:54.The judge said it was a pitfall of social media that people
:04:55. > :05:02.Charlie died a week before his first birthday.
:05:03. > :05:05.His parents said they were sorry they could not save him,
:05:06. > :05:08.but would set up a foundation in his name to help
:05:09. > :05:23.What have people been saying tonight, following this news of
:05:24. > :05:28.Charlie's death? Tributes led by Pope Francis, who said he was
:05:29. > :05:33.praying for Charlie's parents, Great Ormond Street Hospital, where staff
:05:34. > :05:37.have been caring for Charlie since October, sent heartfelt condolences.
:05:38. > :05:42.Theresa May said she was deeply saddened, as did the American Vice
:05:43. > :05:46.President, Mike Pence. Charlie had become an international symbol, a
:05:47. > :05:50.cause that was adopted by many groups, but very few knew the
:05:51. > :05:54.intricacies about his case, including the American doctor who
:05:55. > :05:59.offered help to him. Astonishingly, he had not read the court judgments
:06:00. > :06:04.in April which set out why Charlie should die with dignity. As you say,
:06:05. > :06:09.this little boy became the subject of a major ethical battle. How did
:06:10. > :06:13.that happen? It all began when trust broke down between Charlie's parents
:06:14. > :06:17.and his doctors. When they could not agree on what was best for Charlie,
:06:18. > :06:22.the courts had to intervene. They had to decide what was in Charlie's
:06:23. > :06:27.best interests. Many will say, well, surely the parents know best? Why
:06:28. > :06:35.not let them try this treatment? But the courts and neurologists said it
:06:36. > :06:37.was futile and in this country it is not ethical to give treatment which
:06:38. > :06:41.you know will not be of any benefit. Back in January, all of the
:06:42. > :06:46.neurologists who examined Charlie said he had irreversible brain
:06:47. > :06:50.damage. This is devastating for Charlie's parents. They went public
:06:51. > :06:52.with their fight, but now it must be hoped that they get the privacy to
:06:53. > :06:55.grieve for their son. Donald Trump has accused senators
:06:56. > :06:57.of letting Americans down after they voted for a third time
:06:58. > :07:01.against his flagship legislation to repeal the controversial health
:07:02. > :07:05.care system known as Obamacare. The decisive vote was cast by
:07:06. > :07:08.the senior Republican John McCain, who returned to the fray just days
:07:09. > :07:10.after being diagnosed The setback means the President has
:07:11. > :07:16.once again struggled to turn his key policies into law,
:07:17. > :07:19.despite the Republicans controlling the Senate,
:07:20. > :07:22.Congress and the White House. Our North America editor Jon Sopel
:07:23. > :07:27.reports from Washington. The ayes are 49, the nays are 51,
:07:28. > :07:32.the motion is not agreed to. The history books will record
:07:33. > :07:35.that at just before two o'clock this morning,
:07:36. > :07:37.Donald Trump's promise to repeal and replace Obamacare,
:07:38. > :07:41.that he said would be so easy, crashed and burned
:07:42. > :07:43.on the floor of the Senate. Outside, opponents who'd
:07:44. > :07:52.been waiting celebrated. The coup de grace was given
:07:53. > :07:55.by Senator John McCain, with a dramatic thumbs down,
:07:56. > :07:57.as if a Roman emperor To gasps, the person the President
:07:58. > :08:04.had hailed as a hero earlier in the week for returning
:08:05. > :08:07.from treatment for a brain tumour to vote, now
:08:08. > :08:11.the villain of the piece. It left the Senate leader ruing
:08:12. > :08:14.a humiliating defeat. Our friends over in the House,
:08:15. > :08:27.we thank them as well. I regret that our efforts
:08:28. > :08:36.were simply not enough this time. And speaking to police
:08:37. > :08:38.officers today, one thing was absolutely clear -
:08:39. > :08:40.Donald Trump wasn't going They should have approved
:08:41. > :08:47.health care last night, Boy-oh-boy, they've been working
:08:48. > :08:52.on that one for seven years. But that wasn't the only
:08:53. > :08:59.drama unfolding. Here at the White House,
:09:00. > :09:02.the most extraordinary bare knuckle cage fight has broken out among
:09:03. > :09:05.the three most senior people in the West Wing
:09:06. > :09:08.who aren't the President. The new communications director,
:09:09. > :09:13.Anthony Scaramucci, talking in abusive and obscene terms
:09:14. > :09:15.about the chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and the chief
:09:16. > :09:19.strategist, Steve Bannon. Mr Scaramucci has apologised
:09:20. > :09:23.for the language used, In his conversation
:09:24. > :09:28.with the New Yorker magazine, Mr Scaramucci said of
:09:29. > :09:36.the chief of staff... And that only touches the sides
:09:37. > :09:48.of some of the foul-mouthed In fairness, Mr Scaramucci had
:09:49. > :09:54.warned earlier in the week when he spoke to the BBC,
:09:55. > :09:58.that he would be more direct. One of the things I cannot
:09:59. > :10:00.stand about this town is the backstabbing that goes
:10:01. > :10:02.on here, OK? Where I grew up and the
:10:03. > :10:05.neighbourhood I'm from, We like to tell you exactly where
:10:06. > :10:12.we're from and what we're doing. Donald Trump left a storm-tossed
:10:13. > :10:14.Washington earlier today to fly to Long Island,
:10:15. > :10:29.New York, to look at efforts to curb Let me report a dramatic finale to a
:10:30. > :10:34.dramatic week. The chief of staff, it has just been announced he has
:10:35. > :10:37.gone from his post at the White House. Donald Trump tweeting, in the
:10:38. > :10:44.last few minutes, I am pleased to inform you I have just named general
:10:45. > :10:48.secretary John S Kelly as chief of White House staff. He is a great
:10:49. > :10:52.American and leader. He's done a fantastic job at Homeland Security
:10:53. > :10:58.and has been a true store of my administration. He says, I would
:10:59. > :11:01.like to thank Reince Priebus for his dedication to his country, we
:11:02. > :11:04.accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him. The purge of
:11:05. > :11:10.establishment Republicans from the White House is pretty much complete.
:11:11. > :11:14.It is now down to John Kelly to try to make the trains run on time and
:11:15. > :11:17.bring a smoothness of operation to the White House that has been
:11:18. > :11:21.missing in the first six months of Donald Trump's administration.
:11:22. > :11:23.As well as continuing problems for Donald Trump
:11:24. > :11:24.on his domestic agenda, another pressing
:11:25. > :11:30.The Pentagon announced tonight that Pyongyang has tested
:11:31. > :11:32.another ballistic missile, which landed in the sea
:11:33. > :11:39.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is in Tokyo tonight.
:11:40. > :11:49.Rupert, what more do we know about what happened? We have a few more
:11:50. > :11:52.details. It looks like this was the same type of intercontinental
:11:53. > :11:57.ballistic missile that was launched by North Korea back on July the 4th.
:11:58. > :12:04.It flew for about 45 minutes and it splashed down in the Sea of Japan
:12:05. > :12:09.off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, having flown about 700
:12:10. > :12:13.miles. What is significant is how Heidi missile went. The latest
:12:14. > :12:17.estimates are that it went up into space about 3000 kilometres, maybe
:12:18. > :12:22.2000 miles. That is very significant. It means that it could
:12:23. > :12:29.reach as far as mainland United States, perhaps as far as Los
:12:30. > :12:34.Angeles or Chicago. That means an ability to strike mainland United
:12:35. > :12:40.States. Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has condemned the
:12:41. > :12:45.launch, saying that it clearly shows the threat to our nation's safety is
:12:46. > :12:49.real. This missile launchers clearly a challenge to President Trump. It
:12:50. > :12:55.shows a nuclear strike, an ability to strike the US with nuclear
:12:56. > :12:56.weapons by North Korea is not far off. President Trump has said he
:12:57. > :13:00.will not allow that to happen. 82 buildings have failed
:13:01. > :13:02.a new fire safety test, in which insulation and cladding
:13:03. > :13:04.similar to the type fitted at Grenfell Tower were tested
:13:05. > :13:07.for the first time. 47 of those buildings are owned
:13:08. > :13:10.or managed by local authorities The Government today also announced
:13:11. > :13:16.an independent review of building At least 80 people died in
:13:17. > :13:21.the Grenfell Tower fire last month. Our Home Affairs correspondent
:13:22. > :13:26.Tom Symonds reports. Inside the burn hall,
:13:27. > :13:29.this is where the tests have been taking place,
:13:30. > :13:32.upon which the fate of dozens So far, the Government's refused
:13:33. > :13:36.to release video of the tests, but like this, it involves setting
:13:37. > :13:39.light to cladding and insulation Test number one of a design
:13:40. > :13:48.identical to that at Grenfell Tower, was supposed to last 40 minutes -
:13:49. > :13:53.it was stopped before nine. The flames had reached
:13:54. > :13:58.the top of the test rig. The landlords of 82 buildings,
:13:59. > :14:00.47 of them social housing, In Salford, anticipating
:14:01. > :14:06.a test failure, cladding The thought of it not
:14:07. > :14:12.being safe and you're sleeping in bed of a night time,
:14:13. > :14:15.thinking that's not safe... They should take the lot
:14:16. > :14:24.off, I don't care how It's not money, it's peoples lives
:14:25. > :14:28.at the end of the day. The new full-scale tests
:14:29. > :14:30.are designed to replicate the way in which Grenfell Tower
:14:31. > :14:32.was refurbished, with a cladding system to improve the insulation
:14:33. > :14:35.and the look of the building. It's the bits that make up this
:14:36. > :14:38.system that are being tested together, to see how well
:14:39. > :14:41.they prevent fire spreading. The cladding itself is basically
:14:42. > :14:44.a sandwich, thin sheets of aluminium with plastic
:14:45. > :14:47.as the sandwich filling. And then there's an air gap,
:14:48. > :14:50.designed to improve ventilation, Behind that, thick blocks
:14:51. > :14:55.of foam insulation. How well did they
:14:56. > :14:58.withstand the flames? The tests involve using various
:14:59. > :15:01.brands of cladding and insulation, to examine how they perform
:15:02. > :15:06.in a fire. These new tests were ordered
:15:07. > :15:09.because when sections of the cladding were tested
:15:10. > :15:11.on their own, they The Government hasn't allowed us
:15:12. > :15:18.to film any of those tests, so we obtained piece of Reynobond
:15:19. > :15:21.PE, the same cladding used at Grenfell Tower,
:15:22. > :15:23.and asked a company specialising in plastics to show us
:15:24. > :15:28.how it reacts to fire. When the flame was applied
:15:29. > :15:30.to the aluminium sides... But when the sample is turned,
:15:31. > :15:39.so the flame hit the plastic filling in the aluminium sandwich,
:15:40. > :15:42.this is what happens. Several tests showed,
:15:43. > :15:49.in similar temperatures to the Grenfell fire,
:15:50. > :15:51.it drips burning plastic. If you clad a building in it,
:15:52. > :15:54.you've got a fuel main source If you do a small-scale fire test,
:15:55. > :16:01.it's not necessarily representative of what will happen
:16:02. > :16:05.on a full-scale building. Which is why the Government is now
:16:06. > :16:07.doing full-scale tests, but three separate sources
:16:08. > :16:14.with direct knowledge of the type of cladding used at Grenfell Tower,
:16:15. > :16:17.have told the BBC it has never been Investigators are examining
:16:18. > :16:24.what fire assessments were done. The regulations say when there
:16:25. > :16:27.is a proposal to use flammable material on a tall building,
:16:28. > :16:30.there should be an actual fire test or a desktop study,
:16:31. > :16:34.based on previous test results. Building control inspectors say
:16:35. > :16:38.the regulations are a mess. We've arrived at a situation
:16:39. > :16:42.where we have a series of different pieces of legislation,
:16:43. > :16:45.we have a series of different tests which can be applied
:16:46. > :16:48.to that legislation. We've created a system of cracks
:16:49. > :16:53.and shadows that people can either fall into inadvertently,
:16:54. > :16:55.or perhaps hide in Today, a new independent
:16:56. > :17:00.review of fire safety was announced, to look into those
:17:01. > :17:05.cracks and shadows. The Chancellor has said there's
:17:06. > :17:11.broad agreement in the Cabinet for a transition deal for up
:17:12. > :17:21.to three years after Brexit. Philip Hammond said that he hopes it
:17:22. > :17:24.will be "business as usual", and "life as normal" the day
:17:25. > :17:26.after Britain leaves Our Deputy Political Editor John
:17:27. > :17:37.Pienaar is at Westminster. Philip Hammond was seen as a prime
:17:38. > :17:41.candidate for the Sack of Theresa May had run a big victory in June,
:17:42. > :17:45.look at it now, a pivotal figure. While Theresa May is away on
:17:46. > :17:49.holiday, he is taking the lead in setting up government thinking on
:17:50. > :17:54.Brexit. We know and knew that ministers want free trade with
:17:55. > :18:00.Europe up to and beyond Brexit. Thanks to Philip Hammond, we know he
:18:01. > :18:03.sees this broad agreement between senior ministers, including
:18:04. > :18:07.hard-core Brexiteers, the British borders could remain open to all EU
:18:08. > :18:08.newcomers for up to five years ahead.
:18:09. > :18:10.The overriding concern as we leave the EU -
:18:11. > :18:14.and the job will be done on 29th of March, 2019 - the overriding
:18:15. > :18:18.concern is to make sure that we go through this process in a way that
:18:19. > :18:20.avoids disruptive cliff edges for business and for
:18:21. > :18:32.Well, it's not quite that simple. Ministers aren't agreed on what to
:18:33. > :18:36.do when the EU starts attaching strings. Brussels wants the European
:18:37. > :18:41.Court to settle trade disputes, that's a sticking point with
:18:42. > :18:44.Britain. Some, including the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, may be
:18:45. > :18:48.digging their heels in on that. Philip Hammond has recently idea of
:18:49. > :18:51.maybe a special court. Some in government believes Britain may in
:18:52. > :18:55.the end give away some sort of limited role to the European Court,
:18:56. > :18:59.but it all has to be thrashed out between ministers and with Brussels.
:19:00. > :19:03.Hardline Brexiteers once believed it could all be accomplished quite
:19:04. > :19:06.easily and simply. Well, they know better now. Thank you, John Pienaar
:19:07. > :19:08.there. A brief look at some of the day's
:19:09. > :19:10.other other news stories... Three contractors working
:19:11. > :19:12.on the Crossrail project - BAM, Ferrovial, and Kier -
:19:13. > :19:15.have been fined more than ?1 million over the death of a worker,
:19:16. > :19:19.and two other incidents. Rene Takachik died after being
:19:20. > :19:23.crushed by wet concrete in 2014, while two other men were injured
:19:24. > :19:25.in separate incidents Barclays bank is setting aside
:19:26. > :19:30.a further ?700 million to cover payouts for mis-sold
:19:31. > :19:32.Payment Protection It brings the total amount set aside
:19:33. > :19:41.by Barclays to over ?9 billion. More than ?27 billion has now been
:19:42. > :19:46.repaid by the banking industry A man who stalked his ex-partner,
:19:47. > :19:52.who then committed suicide, Nicholas Allen bombarded
:19:53. > :19:58.Justene Reece with abusive She was found hanged at her home
:19:59. > :20:06.in Stafford in February after leaving a note saying she had
:20:07. > :20:08."run out of fight". The Prime Minister of
:20:09. > :20:12.Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has resigned, after the country's Supreme Court
:20:13. > :20:14.disqualified him from public office They stemmed from documents known
:20:15. > :20:20.as the Panama Papers, The papers linked Mr Sharif's
:20:21. > :20:25.children with offshore companies, and with the purchase of luxury
:20:26. > :20:28.apartments in Mayfair in London. This report from our Pakistan
:20:29. > :20:31.Correspondent Secunder Kermani They've been chanting
:20:32. > :20:38."Go, Nawaz, go!" Nawaz Sharif resigned
:20:39. > :20:47.after Pakistan's highest court disqualified him
:20:48. > :20:50.from holding office. Judges decided he'd not
:20:51. > :20:52.been honest in dealing For his opponents, including
:20:53. > :20:59.cricketer turned leading politician Imran Khan,
:21:00. > :21:01.today's decision is an unprecedented TRANSLATION: For the first time,
:21:02. > :21:08.we're hopeful that we can also A powerful man has been brought down
:21:09. > :21:14.by the authority of law. This is not a personal issue
:21:15. > :21:16.between me and Nawaz Sharif, This case centres around four luxury
:21:17. > :21:23.flats in this building in Mayfair. It began when millions of secret
:21:24. > :21:27.documents from a law firm in Panama They revealed the flats
:21:28. > :21:33.were linked to a number The Supreme Court in Pakistan has
:21:34. > :21:37.been trying to establish where the money to buy
:21:38. > :21:40.them came from. The Prime Minister's daughter
:21:41. > :21:43.is alleged to have tried to cover Maryam Nawaz had been seen
:21:44. > :21:50.as her father's successor. Now they both face further
:21:51. > :21:52.inquiries by the national She was defiant on Twitter, though,
:21:53. > :21:58.posting this picture of the Prime Minister,
:21:59. > :22:00.promising he would return to power No Prime Minister in
:22:01. > :22:05.Pakistan has ever completed Nawaz Sharif himself was overthrown
:22:06. > :22:15.by a military coup in the 90s. Some of his supporters claim
:22:16. > :22:18.Pakistan's army is the driving force Sharif, his family and his allies
:22:19. > :22:27.have always denied any wrongdoing. We have history of such
:22:28. > :22:32.disqualifications in Pakistan and we have also seen that such
:22:33. > :22:37.disqualifications are later turned The ruling party will now have
:22:38. > :22:45.to nominate a new leader. Amongst the favourites
:22:46. > :22:48.is the Prime Minister's brother, currently Chief Minister
:22:49. > :22:51.of the Province of Punjab. But, for the moment, the country
:22:52. > :22:53.is facing real uncertainty. It's been a dramatic day
:22:54. > :23:00.at the Oval, where England's cricketers have taken control
:23:01. > :23:02.of the third Test A century from Ben Stokes,
:23:03. > :23:07.with the help of three consecutive sixes, saw England to a first
:23:08. > :23:15.innings total of 353. Then Toby Roland Jones,
:23:16. > :23:18.making his debut, took four quick At the close, the tourists
:23:19. > :23:30.had slumped to 126-8. This weekend commemorations will be
:23:31. > :23:34.held in the UK, and Belgium, to mark the 100th anniversary
:23:35. > :23:37.of the beginning of the Third Battle of Ypres - also known
:23:38. > :23:39.as the battle of Passchendaele. Three months of fighting
:23:40. > :23:42.killed or injured more When it was over, the Allies had
:23:43. > :23:49.gained 5 miles of German territory. Our Special Correspondent Allan
:23:50. > :23:52.Little reports from Flanders on a battle that has come
:23:53. > :23:54.to symbolise the horror Each ploughing season, even now,
:23:55. > :24:01.the earth here gives up Human remains, too, of men
:24:02. > :24:09.who disappeared a century ago. Just a metre beneath
:24:10. > :24:16.this fertile topsoil, there lies hidden a substratum
:24:17. > :24:18.of dense clay, through Passchendaele was the
:24:19. > :24:24.infantryman's graveyard. Even the most seasoned veteran,
:24:25. > :24:32.felt he'd be lucky if he went out If you're wounded and you slip
:24:33. > :24:35.off the duckboards, Not only that, but every pool you'd
:24:36. > :24:45.fall in with decomposed bodies The point was to break
:24:46. > :24:52.through and capture the Belgian Channel ports,
:24:53. > :24:54.to stop German U-boat attacks. But, like the Battle
:24:55. > :24:56.of the Somme a year earlier, The iconic images of the battle,
:24:57. > :25:04.the moonscape, the water-filled craters, "they died in hell
:25:05. > :25:07.and called it Passchendaele", has really sunk deep
:25:08. > :25:10.into our memory of the war. Mistakes were made, some incorrect
:25:11. > :25:17.approaches were taken. But, overall, the British Army gave
:25:18. > :25:22.a much better account of themselves. I think, crucially, they did real,
:25:23. > :25:29.lasting damage the German army. Near Passchendaele village
:25:30. > :25:32.there is a research centre. It collects the words the fighting
:25:33. > :25:35.men wrote to their families at home. This is a letter from
:25:36. > :25:37.Richard Harding, dated "My dear mother, just a line to let
:25:38. > :25:43.you know that I am quite well." Nine days later, he was
:25:44. > :25:46.killed in the battle. "My dear sister, just a few
:25:47. > :25:52.lines to let you know And this one, from an
:25:53. > :25:56.officer in the battle. "I'm sorry to tell you that
:25:57. > :25:59.Major Moorhouse has been killed We'd just brought his son
:26:00. > :26:05.in, mortally wounded." His son was a captain
:26:06. > :26:08.in the same regiment. "The major expressed his
:26:09. > :26:11.determination to go back and fetch a doctor for his son,
:26:12. > :26:15.but a Bosch machine gun was sniping So this Major Moorhouse was killed
:26:16. > :26:22.trying to find a doctor The public at home had a very
:26:23. > :26:30.distorted sense of what was Most of the newspaper reporting
:26:31. > :26:34.was highly partisan, In our own post-truth age,
:26:35. > :26:42.that has renewed resonance. Here, actors rehearse a play that
:26:43. > :26:47.will tour the country this autumn. Ypres, what the Belgians
:26:48. > :26:53.call Wipers. The Wipers Times was a satirical
:26:54. > :26:56.monthly newspaper produced by men in the trenches,
:26:57. > :27:00.a poignant and sometimes hilarious counterblast to the sanitised
:27:01. > :27:05.accounts of the national papers. The editors of The Wipers Times
:27:06. > :27:08.really hated the journalists who came out to cover the war,
:27:09. > :27:10.because they felt They felt the people
:27:11. > :27:14.at home were not being told And they were furious that this
:27:15. > :27:21.rubbish was being circulated. The other thing is, they were very
:27:22. > :27:25.keen on pricking the bubble of what they would have not called
:27:26. > :27:27.fake news, but obviously Just propaganda and nonsense,
:27:28. > :27:32.written by people a long way away who didn't know
:27:33. > :27:36.what they were talking about. Of the 12,000 men buried
:27:37. > :27:38.here at Tyne Cot, three A further 35,000 are named
:27:39. > :27:46.on the memorial wall. Their bodies were never recovered,
:27:47. > :27:49.lost to the mud that gave this Allan Little, BBC
:27:50. > :27:59.News, Passchendaele. Now on BBC One, its time
:28:00. > :28:01.for the news where you are.