0:00:06 > 0:00:08The desperate plight of the Rohingya Muslims -
0:00:08 > 0:00:10the pope calls for respect for all ethnic minorities
0:00:10 > 0:00:13on a visit to Myanmar.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16While the pope doesn't mention the Rohingyas by name,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18he makes a plea for every individual's human
0:00:18 > 0:00:21rights to be defended.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24More than 620,000 Rohingyas have been driven out of their homes
0:00:24 > 0:00:34and are trapped in refugee camps over the border in Bangladesh.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44I am here at Southern Bangladeshi refugee camp where have fled
0:00:44 > 0:00:46terrible conditions.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47terrible conditions.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50We'll be hearing from Reeta in the refugee camps in the second
0:00:50 > 0:00:51of her special reports.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Also tonight:
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to be married next May.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56The venue - St George's chapel in Windsor.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The Duchess of Cambridge wishes them well.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59William and I are absolutely thrilled,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01it is such a exciting news.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04It is a very happy time for any couple and we wish them
0:01:04 > 0:01:07all the best and hope they enjoy this happy moment.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Why living in the East Midlands could blight your chances
0:01:10 > 0:01:12for the rest of your life.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And the extra terrestrial bin lorry catching old bits of satellite
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and rockets that are filling up outer space.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News...
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Ben Stokes heads to the southern hemisphere, but he's more likely
0:01:24 > 0:01:34to be playing cricket in New Zealand than Australia.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Good evening and welcome to the BBC news at Six.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Pope Francis has used a trip to Myanmar to call for respect
0:01:54 > 0:01:57for all ethnic groups and for human rights in what's being seen
0:01:57 > 0:02:00as a reference to the plight of the country's Rohingya muslims.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Since August, more than 620,000 Rohingyas have been driven out
0:02:03 > 0:02:06of their homes mainly by the Burmese army though the army
0:02:06 > 0:02:09claims it is responding to militant attacks.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12The Rohingyas have been forced to flee across the border
0:02:12 > 0:02:14into neighbouring Bangladesh.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17The UN has called it "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing".
0:02:17 > 0:02:20My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti is at the Kutupalong
0:02:20 > 0:02:23refugee camp in Bangladesh, home to hundreds of thousands
0:02:23 > 0:02:27of Rohingyas, half of them children.
0:02:27 > 0:02:33Reeta, what difference is a papal visit going to make to them?
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Thanks, Fiona.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43People here do look to world leaders to highlight their plight and they
0:02:43 > 0:02:47will have been expectations of Pope Francis on his first visit to
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Myanmar and in particular whether he would refer directly to them
0:02:50 > 0:02:56Rohingyas by name, something he has done in the past, but the word that
0:02:56 > 0:02:59the Myanmar authorities and their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has
0:02:59 > 0:03:03refused to do. It has been a highly sensitive visit and we will have
0:03:03 > 0:03:09more on that in a moment. But first, I have been following one young
0:03:09 > 0:03:11family on their journey from different points in the refugee
0:03:11 > 0:03:14camp.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Waiting at the border in Bangladesh, 600 refugees who have
0:03:18 > 0:03:20crossed from Myanmar.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24They are held here for two days before being allowed in.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28They are exhausted and anxious.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Among them we found 18-year-old Rabia and her two nieces,
0:03:31 > 0:03:36nine-year-old Umi and four-year-old Noor.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39They said they escaped after the army and local
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Buddhists in Myanmar attacked their local village.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Rabia's parents were killed.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48The little girl's mother was also killed and they do not know what has
0:03:48 > 0:03:49happened to their father.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51They had been walking for 25 days.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52TRANSLATION: People gave us food.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I just brought the two children.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59I didn't bring anything to cook with.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02She says she is determined to keep the children
0:04:02 > 0:04:06with her although it may be difficult.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11A week later we find them in the UN transit camp were vulnerable
0:04:11 > 0:04:14A week later we find them in the UN transit camp where vulnerable
0:04:14 > 0:04:15people are looked after.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Umi has left to get their food rations.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19So how are they getting on?
0:04:19 > 0:04:27Oh, this is where you live.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30You don't have much, do you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Psychologists say little Noor is severely traumatised
0:04:33 > 0:04:35by her experiences.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41She never speaks to any adult.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Almost everybody that you meet in this camp say that they have seen
0:04:44 > 0:04:48some terrible things.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52This group has been set up to help people deal with their experiences.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56It is run by Mahmuda, a psychologist.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59All the women here have lost their husbands in the violence
0:04:59 > 0:05:04in Myanmar and they are grateful for her counselling.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Anjum and Khatoun, says Mahmuda, ask questions about their lives,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11they really talk to each other about all the bad and the good that
0:05:11 > 0:05:13has happened to them.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Her friend Hemida Begum echoes her, saying the sessions make her feel
0:05:17 > 0:05:23happy and they are thanksful.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26People come from all over the camp come for help from Mahmuda.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29She works with them to rebuild their lives.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33It really works magically because in my session
0:05:33 > 0:05:37normally I say a few words and that is like you are here,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42now you are safe and you are not alone, we are with you.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45So acknowledge your life as you are alive because you have
0:05:45 > 0:05:49to work through many stories and experiences, but finally
0:05:49 > 0:05:54you are here and you are safe.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57We knew the three girls we met earlier were safe but it had been
0:05:57 > 0:06:04four days and they had moved on.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08We found them with a group of people from their village,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11waiting to be registered in a more permanent camp.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15TRANSLATION: I hope for a good life, I will never let the children go,
0:06:15 > 0:06:22I will never go anywhere, I will never leave their side.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Aid workers told us the girls will get child protection
0:06:25 > 0:06:27because they have no parents and they will be placed with
0:06:27 > 0:06:31the others from their community.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Rabia, Umi and Noor are being looked after, but they will take a long
0:06:36 > 0:06:40time to recover from the trauma they have experienced.
0:06:40 > 0:06:50Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News, Bangladesh.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56A flavour of what some of the camp's young inhabitants have had to
0:06:56 > 0:07:02endure. Back now to the Pope's visit to Myanmar. Our religious affairs
0:07:02 > 0:07:05correspondent has been travelling with the Pope and has just sent this
0:07:05 > 0:07:14report. On the lush grounds of Myanmar's presidential palace a
0:07:14 > 0:07:20military band announces the arrival of Pope Francis. The rich pageantry
0:07:20 > 0:07:28a world away from the terror felt by more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims
0:07:28 > 0:07:33who, since August, have fled into Bangladesh in what the United
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Nations has called textbook ethnic cleansing. Today Pope Francis met
0:07:37 > 0:07:43with Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi with human rights
0:07:43 > 0:07:48organisations urging him to name the Rohingya as victims despite Myanmar
0:07:48 > 0:07:52not recognising them as citizens. Myanmar's civilian leader, whose
0:07:52 > 0:07:58shares power with the army, spoke first, acknowledging the focus of
0:07:58 > 0:08:05the area where the Rohingya have lived for generations.As we address
0:08:05 > 0:08:09long-standing issues, the support of our people and of good friends only
0:08:09 > 0:08:14who wish to seek to succeed in our endeavours has been invaluable.Aung
0:08:14 > 0:08:19San Suu Kyi chose to say little about the crisis. Expectations then
0:08:19 > 0:08:25shifted to Pope Francis. TRANSLATION: The future of Myanmar
0:08:25 > 0:08:29must be peace, based on the respect for the dignity and rights of each
0:08:29 > 0:08:35member of society. We speak for each ethnic group and its identity,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39non-excluded.Pope Francis praised the United Nations, but he did not
0:08:39 > 0:08:44referred to the UN's accusation that Myanmar has engaged in ethnic
0:08:44 > 0:08:48cleansing. While he said the future of this nation must include all
0:08:48 > 0:08:52people regardless of their race and religion, he did not use the word
0:08:52 > 0:08:59Rohingya. Those working with Rohingya refugees say the Pope
0:08:59 > 0:09:04surrendered his moral authority by not offering an explicit criticism,
0:09:04 > 0:09:09but many in a country that is 75% Buddhists were relieved he did not
0:09:09 > 0:09:15mention the Rohingya by name. TRANSLATION: It was wise of him not
0:09:15 > 0:09:20to use the word. The world is hearing the wrong message.The Pope
0:09:20 > 0:09:26may also have been mindful of potential repercussions for another
0:09:26 > 0:09:30religious minority. Christians make up just 6% of the population here
0:09:30 > 0:09:35and many have travelled here to take part in a special Mass were Pope
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Francis will preside tomorrow. Martin Bashir, BBC News, Myanmar.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Martin Bashir, BBC News, Myanmar.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48While world leaders attempt in their way to find some resolution to this
0:09:48 > 0:09:53crisis, here on the ground conditions remain desperately sad.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58What is really needed is more food aid, clean water and proper shelter.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04With that from southern Bangladesh, Fiona, it is back to you.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07In the day's other news: Prince Harry will marry his fiancee
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Meghan Markle next May in St George's Chapel,
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Windsor Castle.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Buckingham Palace has released more details of the couple's wedding
0:10:12 > 0:10:15plans and say that Ms Markle will become a British citizen.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18As our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21the Palace has also confirmed the royal family will cover the cost
0:10:21 > 0:10:27of the wedding and the reception.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29They have in the words of their spokesman been overwhelmed
0:10:29 > 0:10:32by the amount of the support they received from Britain and other
0:10:32 > 0:10:38parts of the world of the News of their engagement,
0:10:38 > 0:10:44Now, Harry and Megan are starting to organise
0:10:44 > 0:10:46For all aspects of the ceremony, according to officials.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Other members of the Royal family have been expressing their happiness
0:10:48 > 0:10:51at the news of their engagement.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54William and I are absolutely thrilled at such exciting news, it
0:10:54 > 0:10:58is a happy time for any couple and we wish them all the best and they
0:10:58 > 0:11:05enjoyed this moment.It is our gain and we are all absolutely delighted.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09They are so happy. Sometimes in a climate where we are surrounded by a
0:11:09 > 0:11:14lot of bad news it is a real joy to have a bit of good news for once.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19The first big decision in terms of the wedding planning is the venue.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22It will take place inside Windsor Castle in the historic Saint
0:11:22 > 0:11:27George's Chapel. The month on the invitations will be made, a precise
0:11:27 > 0:11:32date has still to be decided. The 15th century chapel festering by the
0:11:32 > 0:11:38banners of the Knights of the Garter is where Harry was christened. The
0:11:38 > 0:11:43disadvantage is its size. It can seat only 800 guests, half the
0:11:43 > 0:11:47capacity of Westminster Abbey. It is a more intimate setting, it is where
0:11:47 > 0:11:52the marriage of the Duchess of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall was
0:11:52 > 0:11:58blessed after their marriages in the wedding office. The reaction in the
0:11:58 > 0:12:05town was predictably positive.We are amazing, we are so excited.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Fantastic, really nice, it will be good for winter as well.I lived
0:12:09 > 0:12:17locally and it will be nice to have such a big event in the local area.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23Aside from wedding preparations, Megan will be preparing for British
0:12:23 > 0:12:27citizenship. Yesterday she said she wanted to get to know them better.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32As far as boots on the ground are concerned, I am excited to get to
0:12:32 > 0:12:35know more about different organisations here and I am excited
0:12:35 > 0:12:41to get to work with passions by her boys been excited about.That will
0:12:41 > 0:12:46start this Friday in Nottingham, the city will witness the first
0:12:46 > 0:12:51engagement of the new Royal team, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
0:12:51 > 0:12:51Nicholas Witchel, BBC News.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Nicholas Witchel, BBC News.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Our Royal Correspondent Daniela Relph is outside Windsor Castle.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I imagine there'll be some excitement there and preparations
0:12:58 > 0:13:00will start pretty soon, even though the wedding's
0:13:00 > 0:13:04not until May.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Yes, they will start soon, but Windsor is a place that takes a ride
0:13:09 > 0:13:14event in its stride there have been so many here. It will be very well
0:13:14 > 0:13:25prepared for a royal wedding. Princess Anne's son has married here
0:13:25 > 0:13:29so they know what they are doing. It is within the precincts of the
0:13:29 > 0:13:33castle and it is that bit more private, but it will still feel very
0:13:33 > 0:13:39much like a big royal event. Prince Harry is very familiar with Windsor
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Castle. He has been coming here throughout his life. He went to
0:13:43 > 0:13:48school down the road at Eton and we know during the course of their
0:13:48 > 0:13:51relationship Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have come to Windsor on many
0:13:51 > 0:13:55occasions and they have described it as a special place to them, hence
0:13:55 > 0:13:59their decision to choose it as their wedding venue in May next year. In
0:13:59 > 0:14:03terms of the costs of the wedding, it has been confirmed by Buckingham
0:14:03 > 0:14:09Palace that the church, the flowers, the reception, the music, the bill
0:14:09 > 0:14:15for all of that will be paid for by the Royal family.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Within the last hour, Bath university has
0:14:17 > 0:14:19announced the retirement of its Vice Chancellor,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell who'd been criticised
0:14:21 > 0:14:22over her salary.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25She's the highest paid university vice chancellor, in the UK,
0:14:25 > 0:14:26on a salary of £468,000.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Students and staff had complained her pay was disproportionate and far
0:14:29 > 0:14:30exceeded pay rises for lecturers.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Our Home editor Mark Easton is here.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Professor Breakwell's salary has been under fierce
0:14:36 > 0:14:42attack for many months, why is she going now?
0:14:42 > 0:14:51She is resigning. The inflated salaries of university vice
0:14:51 > 0:14:54chancellors, the argument is they are living a life of luxury whilst
0:14:54 > 0:14:59the students are saddled with debt. She leaves ahead of a planned
0:14:59 > 0:15:03protest this Thursday by students and staff and that was really the
0:15:03 > 0:15:10final straw. Her wages and benefits amounted to £468,000, a fabulous
0:15:10 > 0:15:16Georgian house on Lansdowne Crescent, and interest loan piquant,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21£31,000 for her housekeeper to do laundry and ironing. There was even
0:15:21 > 0:15:25£2 for biscuits. When all this was revealed, there was pressure on her
0:15:25 > 0:15:31to quit. She is also the chief executive of a very successful
0:15:31 > 0:15:35business that has tripled in size and her leadership. The university
0:15:35 > 0:15:40today did indeed praise her outstanding service and said she
0:15:40 > 0:15:44will continue to contribute to the ongoing success of the University
0:15:44 > 0:15:49until she leaves the job at the end of the summer. She will not get a
0:15:49 > 0:15:54payoff. It signals a change. Vice chancellors will have to be much
0:15:54 > 0:15:57more transparent about their pay and perks and justify all that to the
0:15:57 > 0:16:00other stuff and most importantly the students.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Our top story this evening:
0:16:04 > 0:16:06The desperate plight of the Rohingya Muslims,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08the Pope calls for respect for all ethnic minorities
0:16:08 > 0:16:09on a visit to Myanmar.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Still to come:
0:16:12 > 0:16:14New measures to help reduce the number of baby
0:16:14 > 0:16:19deaths and injuries in childbirth in England.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Looking to qualify for the next World Cup, Wales' women
0:16:25 > 0:16:26top their Group after beating Bosnia-Herzegovina.
0:16:26 > 0:16:36England and Northern Ireland are in action later.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42There's a "spiral of ever growing division" between richer
0:16:42 > 0:16:46and poorer parts of England, according to a report
0:16:46 > 0:16:49by the Social Mobility Commission.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51It says many areas feel left behind with children getting
0:16:51 > 0:16:54a poor start in life from which they can never recover.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57The report ranked all 324 local authorities on this map in terms
0:16:57 > 0:17:01of life chances for someone from a disadvantaged background.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The areas coloured blue, many rural or on the coast,
0:17:03 > 0:17:08have the lowest levels of social mobility.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11The orange, the highest.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15In London, 51% of children on free school meals achieved A star to C
0:17:15 > 0:17:25in English and Maths GCSE, compared to 36% in the English regions.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Newark, in the East Midlands, is the worst performing authority.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Adina Campbell has been finding out the challenges people face there.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34That's for you to figure out.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37So don't doubt it, stand up and shout it - I've got this.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38I've got this!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40A special assembly from a local poet, inspiring children
0:17:40 > 0:17:42here in Newark to dream big.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I want to be a heart surgeon and to do that I'm going to have
0:17:45 > 0:17:48try my hardest and get into the best universities there are.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I'd like to be an architect with my sister and to do that I've
0:17:51 > 0:17:53got to pick it in my GCSEs.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57I would like to be a police officer and to get that I'm going to nurture
0:17:57 > 0:17:59other people and work together.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02A third of children at this school have free school meals and to give
0:18:02 > 0:18:04those from poorer backgrounds a fighting chance of doing well,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08teachers say it's all about starting early.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11We've got learning mentors in school.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15We've got people trained in Lego therapy.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18The families have support with attendance and reading at home.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21It all comes together to give the children that springboard
0:18:21 > 0:18:28into all of the rest of the curriculum.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Young people from disadvantaged families in Newark are facing
0:18:32 > 0:18:42a tough reality, only one in three achieve the expected standard
0:18:49 > 0:18:50at the end of primary school.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53While one in four gets two or more A-levels, and only one
0:18:53 > 0:18:54in ten go to university.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56It's not just children from poorer backgrounds
0:18:56 > 0:18:58here in the East Midlands who may face some challenges,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01only a fifth of those in work have senior or professional jobs.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04You're not really pushed into this area and I wouldn't
0:19:04 > 0:19:05say our colleges are that good.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06I didn't really feel encouragement.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Round here not very many people want to give opportunities to people.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12The Social Mobility Commission says people who live in places
0:19:12 > 0:19:16like Newark need hope, the stakes are too high.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20We are becoming a nation of us and them and the growing sense
0:19:20 > 0:19:23in the country that we've become an us and them society is deeply,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26deeply corrosive of our cohesion as a nation, and that goes to not
0:19:26 > 0:19:28just our society or the economics of our country, but also
0:19:28 > 0:19:33the politics of the country.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36The Government says 1.8 million more children are in good or outstanding
0:19:36 > 0:19:45schools than in 2010 and the national living wage
0:19:45 > 0:19:46is helping to boost salaries.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Like many other small market towns, job opportunities in Newark
0:19:49 > 0:19:53are limited, many people have no option but to commute
0:19:53 > 0:19:55if they want to climb up the career ladder.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Relax your shoulders...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And that's why starting young could make all the difference,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02but there's only so much schools can do.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04With budgets being squeezed everywhere, this could
0:20:04 > 0:20:06have a lasting impact on the country's future.
0:20:06 > 0:20:15Adina Campbell, BBC News, Newark.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18If you'd like to know how social mobility varies
0:20:18 > 0:20:20across your local authority, if you live in England,
0:20:20 > 0:20:29you can go to the BBC News website and click on the map to find out.
0:20:29 > 0:20:362,500 staff have been redung tan at the Palmer and Harvey. The company
0:20:36 > 0:20:40has collapsed into administration.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43The NHS in England must do better at learning from mistakes to reduce
0:20:43 > 0:20:46the number of baby deaths and injuries in childbirth,
0:20:46 > 0:20:47says the Health Secretary.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49The UK has some of the highest levels of stillbirth
0:20:49 > 0:20:50in western Europe.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53For the first time, parents of stillborn babies are to be
0:20:53 > 0:20:55routinely offered an independent investigation into what went wrong.
0:20:55 > 0:21:02Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Amanda is a busy mum, but she lives with a terrible loss.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Hi, Riley-moo.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Hi, mummy.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15She enjoyed a normal pregnancy and labour
0:21:15 > 0:21:18with her second baby, but shortly after the birth her
0:21:18 > 0:21:19daughter, Tallulah, died.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20The response from the hospital didn't help.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23They said, you know, often there aren't any answers.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It was the first thing I was told, not to get my hopes up
0:21:26 > 0:21:27that there would be answers.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31That many babies just die in labour and no-one really knows why.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Unfortunately, by the time the inquest came around, the hospital
0:21:33 > 0:21:36had lost all the blood results, the chord results, so we had
0:21:36 > 0:21:39nothing really to go on.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41But the histologist at the inquest said,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43looking at her and doing the post-mortem, there
0:21:43 > 0:21:46was no explanation.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49It's this kind of situation Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants to end.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Among the measures announced today is an independent review of every
0:21:52 > 0:21:54unexplained death during labour, rather than hospitals
0:21:54 > 0:21:58conducting their own investigations.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01When I talk to parents whose heart has been broken
0:22:01 > 0:22:05by something that's gone wrong, in those very small numbers
0:22:05 > 0:22:09of cases, what they say is, it's not about the money,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12they just want to know that the NHS has learned from what went wrong,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16so that that same mistake isn't ever going to happen again.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Without doubt there has been some real progress over the last decade
0:22:19 > 0:22:23when it comes to reducing the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27which is when a baby dies within four weeks of being born,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31but the UK still lags some way behind other European countries.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Ministers clearly believe part of the reason for that is that the NHS
0:22:35 > 0:22:41has been slow to learn the lessons of past mistakes.
0:22:41 > 0:22:49The vast majority of 700,000 births a year pass out without incident,
0:22:49 > 0:22:58but each day there are around nine stillborn babies.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59-- off.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Roughly 50 women die in England each year from issues related
0:23:02 > 0:23:04to pregnancy and around 50,000 babies are born prematurely.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Problems during pregnancy and birth have complex causes, alcohol,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08smoking and being overweight can all come into play,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11but across the NHS a shortage of staff to provide safe care
0:23:11 > 0:23:12remains a concern.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15We've been saying for some time there isn't enough midwives.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18We really need more staff and more capacity in order to safely care
0:23:18 > 0:23:22for mums and babies.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Too many families are being left to deal with
0:23:24 > 0:23:26the devastating loss of a baby.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Care is improving, but there are concerns that
0:23:28 > 0:23:29progress is still too slow.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Dominic Hughes, BBC News.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, has resigned.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40It follows criticism of her handling of a whistleblower scandal.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45She said she's stood down to avoid a "potentially destabilising" snap
0:23:45 > 0:23:46election and insists she's acted with integrity throughout
0:23:46 > 0:23:49her political career.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, has been summoned to appear before
0:23:53 > 0:23:57a committee of MPs to explain why they've not been given full details
0:23:57 > 0:24:01about the economic impact of the UK leaving the European Union.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Mr Davis gave them a dossier covering 58 different
0:24:04 > 0:24:10sectors of the economy, but has withheld some
0:24:10 > 0:24:11"sensitive information."
0:24:11 > 0:24:14He's been accused by some MPs of treating Parliament "with contempt."
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Space is filling up with junk - old bits of rocket,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19fragments of space crafts, even old satellites
0:24:19 > 0:24:29are all up there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33That poses a threat to vital space technology which could
0:24:33 > 0:24:34be hit and damaged.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Now, a British team is hoping to solve the problem by sending up
0:24:37 > 0:24:39a spacecraft to clear it up.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, explains.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Trois, deux, un - lift off.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Blasting off, for decades we've been launching into space,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46but what goes up rarely comes down and space has become
0:24:46 > 0:24:52crowded with junk.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53The Remove Debris spacecraft could be the answer,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56the world's first attempt to test how we can clean-up
0:24:56 > 0:24:57celestial clutter.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00It will see if it's possible to snare a satellite in a net
0:25:00 > 0:25:05and review how effectively a harpoon is.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It will then bring everything back down, burning up as it enters
0:25:08 > 0:25:12the Earth's atmosphere.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15It's been assembled in Surrey and it's cost £15 million.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17This is the last chance to see it before it's packed up
0:25:17 > 0:25:21for its launch early next year.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24This is the Remove Debris platform and it's going to be one
0:25:24 > 0:25:26of the world's first missions to actually demonstrate
0:25:26 > 0:25:27cleaning up space junk.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31This mission is incredibly important.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34We have technologies on here that have never been demonstrated
0:25:34 > 0:25:40in space before and it's urgent that we actually launch this mission
0:25:40 > 0:25:45now so that we can develop these technologies for use in the future.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Since the early days of exploration, the area around the Earth has grown
0:25:48 > 0:25:50more and more cluttered.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54It's estimated there are about 7,500 tonnes of junk,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57made up of old bits of rocket, fragments from defunct spacecraft,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59even tools dropped by an astronaut.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Scientists believe there are now half a million pieces of debris
0:26:04 > 0:26:07the size of a marble or bigger and each piece has the potential
0:26:07 > 0:26:10to do some serious damage.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Last year, the International Space Station was hit.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14This chip in a window was caused when it was struck
0:26:14 > 0:26:19by a tiny fleck of paint.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22But the bigger pieces of junk are a more pressing problem.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24This European satellite, the size of a double decker bus,
0:26:24 > 0:26:31suddenly stopped working in 2012.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Since then, it's been circling the Earth, threatening other key
0:26:33 > 0:26:34satellites in its path.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36The problem is going to grow.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It's going to grow because collisions are going to take place
0:26:38 > 0:26:39in the orbital environment.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42We're going to lose the satellites that we rely on.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45That's going to be costly to us, it's going to be costly
0:26:45 > 0:26:47to the future generation.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49All eyes are now trained on the Remove Debris spacecraft.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52If the technology works, the hope is future missions can be
0:26:52 > 0:26:54scaled up and the space clean-up can begin.
0:26:54 > 0:27:03Rebecca Morelle, BBC News.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Back down to planneth earth.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Time for a look at the weather, here's Lucy Martin.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Time for a look at the weather, here's Lucy Martin.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Sunny spells today, but it has been feeling cold. Snow on the hills
0:27:12 > 0:27:15there. Scattering of showers as we moved through the day. The showers
0:27:15 > 0:27:19largely in the north and east. There have been a few for Northern
0:27:19 > 0:27:24Ireland, Wales and the south-west of England. Brightness despite the fact
0:27:24 > 0:27:29it feels cold. Tonight he we will see showers clipping the east coast.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33They will extend further into East Anglia and one or two into the
0:27:33 > 0:27:38south-east. Showers for Northern Ireland, one or two for south-west
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Wales and England. It will feel. Where we have showers there is the
0:27:42 > 0:27:45potential for patches of ice for northern parts of Scotland. Cold
0:27:45 > 0:27:50start to the day tomorrow, patchy frost first thing for prone spots.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Plenty of brightness. The best of the sunshine in the south-west of
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Scotland, Wales and south-west of England. Showers along eastern
0:27:58 > 0:28:01coastal areas. Some could be wintry in nature. Showers for Northern
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Ireland. One or two in the south-west. Temperatureses not up to
0:28:05 > 0:28:09much, maximum around seven degrees Celsius. Here is how the pressure
0:28:09 > 0:28:12charts are looking as we move into Thursday. High pressure out in the
0:28:12 > 0:28:16west continuing to see that norly feed as we move into Thursday. It
0:28:16 > 0:28:21will turn a bit colder. You can see we are firmly in that cold air mass.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26The temperatures coming down a bit on what we've seen today. Again,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29that north-easterly wind means it won't feel particularly warm. A cold
0:28:29 > 0:28:33start to the day again as we move into Thursday. Plenty of sunshine
0:28:33 > 0:28:36around and the best of the brightness down the central spine of
0:28:36 > 0:28:39the country, still some scattered showers in the east. Some of those
0:28:39 > 0:28:48could be wintry in nature, even to low levels. Temperatures though not
0:28:48 > 0:28:52feeling warm when you add in the cold north-easterly breeze. Feeling
0:28:52 > 0:28:53wintry by the