:00:00. > :00:12.with the latest news at 10.10. Now on BBC One, time for the news where
:00:13. > :00:15.you are. Goodbye. Good afternoon. Independent midwives in London are
:00:16. > :00:18.warning that the capital could face a shortage of maternity care after
:00:19. > :00:20.the government refused to help them insure their practices. Midwives
:00:21. > :00:23.working outside the NHS wanted the government to provide financial
:00:24. > :00:36.backing, but it has refused, saying they need to find alternative
:00:37. > :00:41.solutions. Helping to deliver a baby must be
:00:42. > :00:46.rewarding, but there is also a risk ma and the EU says all health care
:00:47. > :00:51.professionals now need insurance. Jackie has overseen about 1000
:00:52. > :00:55.births. Independent midwives like her can't get commercial insurance,
:00:56. > :00:59.so they wanted to set up their own, but there was a shortfall of about
:01:00. > :01:03.?1 million. We were asking from investment from the government to
:01:04. > :01:07.help us get up off the ground so that we could take it forward. We
:01:08. > :01:14.were asking for a one`off payment from the government. It has occurred
:01:15. > :01:19.to me that the first person to see your Lordships in the nude is a
:01:20. > :01:27.midwife. They are very special people. The issue has led to debate.
:01:28. > :01:28.The government said no. The creation of any government schemes
:01:29. > :01:32.specifically for independent midwives UK would effectively
:01:33. > :01:37.position the government as the underwriter of the independent
:01:38. > :01:41.sector, and that is something we have hitherto found difficult to
:01:42. > :01:46.consider. Without insurance, it will be
:01:47. > :01:49.illegal for them to practise, and they are angry, particularly because
:01:50. > :01:52.when the prime minister was in opposition, he wrote that he would
:01:53. > :01:58.be very concerned if they were forced to cease pack to sing. I am
:01:59. > :02:03.beyond disappointed that he has now allowed his government to say they
:02:04. > :02:06.will not support our solution. The government says it can't justify
:02:07. > :02:11.spending taxpayers' money on a small number of private sector midwives,
:02:12. > :02:17.although it will put resources into helping them find other options, and
:02:18. > :02:21.said the NHS will always welcome them back. They say that would give
:02:22. > :02:25.women less choice, and some will choose to give birth alone rather
:02:26. > :02:29.than use the NHS. They say they will not let that happen. If they have
:02:30. > :02:34.to, they will break the law to keep practising.
:02:35. > :02:37.Four people arrested in connection with the murders of two men whose
:02:38. > :02:42.bodies were discovered in a car in east London have been released on
:02:43. > :02:46.bail. They were both repeatedly stabbed after a group of hooded
:02:47. > :02:49.attackers surrounded their car in Leytonstone next `` last Saturday.
:02:50. > :02:52.The company managing a Surrey landfill site where hundreds of
:02:53. > :02:55.residents have complained about the smell say they are taking steps to
:02:56. > :02:58.tackle it. Biffa has installed a temporary flarestack at the Redhill
:02:59. > :03:04.site, which it says will remove the gas more quickly.
:03:05. > :03:07.There are concerns that young Londoners are being put off a career
:03:08. > :03:09.in the construction industry through poor advice at school. The
:03:10. > :03:11.Construction Industry Training Board says there should be better support
:03:12. > :03:14.for young apprentices. Warren Nettleford went to meet some of them
:03:15. > :03:23.who are helping transform the Olympic Stadium into West Ham's new
:03:24. > :03:28.home. Over the next four years, we are going to be having over 6500
:03:29. > :03:34.vacancies within the industry, and that is in London alone. So we have
:03:35. > :03:37.an ageing workforce, but we need a lot of new entrants, fresh blood
:03:38. > :03:40.coming into the industry to drive it forward.
:03:41. > :03:45.Let's look at tomorrow's weather: it should be another dry and sunny day.
:03:46. > :03:47.Plenty of bright spells, and feeling warmer than average again, too, with
:03:48. > :03:49.temperatures reaching 17 degrees Celsius.
:03:50. > :03:52.That's it from me. Alice Bhandhukravi will be back tomorrow
:03:53. > :03:53.evening with the latest from the BBC London newsroom. Till then, have a
:03:54. > :04:13.lovely weekend. Bye`bye. Most of us have enjoyed a fine and
:04:14. > :04:14.dry start to the weekend. But all of us had