the 20th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thank you forjoining us. >> thank you for joining us. this morning. so the infected blood scandal after years of denying any wrongdoing, the government is finally saying, sorry for what is being called the worst treatment disaster in nhs history . as a final report nhs history. as a final report will lay bare, the failings which claimed 3000 lives today . which claimed 3000 lives today. >> and we'll be speaking to olympic medallist sharron davies, whose mum was one of the victims and iran's president has been confirmed dead after a helicopter crash. >> as us officials say, there is no evidence of foul play. but does this move us a little step closer to world war iii.7 >> and protesters forced to pay compensation to those whose lives they disrupt under plans in a government commissioned review? but is it kerbing freedom of speech? just stop oil will join us for what will inevitably be a heated debate and end animal experiments. >> that's what south swindon mp and proud owner of tabby cat

mrs. l sir robert buckland, is calling for. he'll tell us all about herbie's law later in the programme. and at 1030 julian assange, the judgement that has been going on for years now, will he be extradited to america? we'll have that judgement in about an hours have that judgement in about an hour's time. let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay d'orsay. first, though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> bev, thank you very much. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the final report of the infected blood inquiry will be published today. more than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis . c between hiv and hepatitis. c between 1970 and 1991 by contaminated blood products and transfusions means around 3000 of those have

since died. many haemophiliacs given infected blood products as part of their treatment , but the part of their treatment, but the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to issue an apology following the publication of the report today. chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package. iran's president, ebrahim raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash. footage obtained from iranian media shows the helicopter at the crash site on a mountainside search teams involving red crescent rescue teams and military braved harsh weather conditions until late last night and eventually located the wreckage in east azerbaijan province. iran's three branches of government have held a meeting following the news. an election for a new president is due to take place in the next 50 days. julian assange is expected to find out today whether he can officially appeal his extradition to the us on charges of espionage . dozens of

of espionage. dozens of supporters of assange have gathered outside the royal courts of justice today, as he faces the next stage of his legal battle. the wikileaks founder faces prosecution in the united states 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 . and a new coin iraq wars. and a new coin marking 80 years since the d—day landings has been unveiled by the royal mint. to mark the release, french sand artist jan benjamin terrain and fellow sand artist sam ducados recreated the d—day 80 coin design on gold beach, where troops landed in 1944. scaled at 35m in diameter, the sand art took 5.5 hours to 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. com slash alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev. >> very good morning. it's 934. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, it's a huge day today because it's the independent inquiry's final report into the infected blood scandal, which is going to go down in probably in history as the biggest ever scandal in the history of the nhs. >> so this scandal, of course, has been subject of the biggest ever public inquiry in the uk after tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood . and earlier contaminated blood. and earlier gb news heard from three victims of the scandal ade goodyear, steve nichols and richard warwick, about continual injustice. >> today we need things that we needed, delivered, survive to robustly recommend our justice that we've waited 40 years for. >> prime minister, i believe, is going to speak later this afternoon, it will all depend on on the context of what he has to

say. i we've heard him make promises before, and we've heard other prime ministers make promises. they all tend to ring very hollow with me . yes, very hollow with me. yes, i would like to hear sir keir starmer say he said very little in our opinion. >> extraordinary, joining us in studio is the daily mirror columnist sarah vine. sarah, i think this is going to go down in history as arguably the biggest ever scandal. and it shakes your foundations of trust, isn't it? we've had the post office scandal. yeah, it trusted institution scandal. >> it's that classic thing of ordinary people against the machine. yeah. and i think the tragedy of this was, you know, the infected blood was coming from america. you know, they were not they had no protocols in place. it also coincided with the aids epidemic. so, you know, this was a really serious, incurable disease that people were being given. it wasn't, you know, it was a sort of perfect storm. and it just feels like they've had why should they have

had to fight like this for this long? to get what? to get what any sensible person would take, you know, a very quick look at and realise was a terrible injustice. they weren't even screening the blood for hiv until 1986. >> no. and for hepatitis c till 1991. >> i know, i know, i mean, you know, i mean , we had the aids know, i mean, we had the aids iceberg in 1984, didn't i seem to remember it wasn't as though people didn't know about it. and i you know, i just i just think it's extraordinary. i don't understand why it's taken so long and i don't understand. i mean, presumably it's money. >> and in france they had their inquiry done and dusted by 1999. and three politician were charged with manslaughter. one was convicted of it, didn't go to prison, ironically, but that was that was 15 years ago. we are so slow. yeah >> i mean, the mail on sunday broke the story 30 years ago. i think it was. yeah. >> looking at the numbers of this. so more than 30,000 people in the uk were infected with hiv and hepatitis, 3000 people with haemophilia are the disorders

are believed to have died. now, this compensation package is £10 billion. but actually that won't go very far amongst those people. if you think about the loss of earnings for individuals, the loss of earnings, if a parent died, what that would have meant for their life. >> almost 400 children died as well. >> yeah they did many children, many children . many children. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and still people are dying at the rate of one every 4 or 5 days because. because yeah, i mean, sharon davis was speaking to later in the program. her mother was a very senior civil servant. she died about 5 or 6 years ago from infected blood. >> and anita roddick had it as well, didn't she? she was . well, didn't she? she was. >> she found her a body shop. >> she found her a body shop. >> yeah. found her a body shop. she she was infected with it . she she was infected with it. yeah.i she she was infected with it. yeah. i mean, i mean, it's, you know, and like i say, it's like the post office scandal. you look at it and you think, i don't understand how this could possibly have happened. >> successive governments going back.i >> successive governments going back. i mean, because this blood was coming from prisons in america, drug addicts, drug addicts , they were getting addicts, they were getting drugs, blood from outside, gay bars. yeah. which, as we know. >> well, you know, people with

no money and addictions were selling their blood in order to get sex workers. exactly. >> it's like we live in an age of this accountability deficit, though, isn't it? because do you do you feel confident that anybody in any individuals will be held responsible for this? >> well, i don't know. it's hard to know who which individual you would hold responsible for it because it's obviously a it's a it's a collaborative collaborative making. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> decision making. you know, i mean it's what about the you can't nail it to any. well yes. the drug companies probably make because they were the people who were getting the blood from , you were getting the blood from, you know, unreliable. >> and in america, the drug companies again, because they, because they've, the drug companies in america. yeah, have been shelling out because the again, they're much further ahead than us. >> yeah . but they it just feels >> yeah. but they it just feels like in these situations that again, it's it, you know, it's a bit like the fujitsu with the post office scandal in that the big corporations who are behind

some of these, the profit making enterprises, the drug companies or the tech companies seem to be get away scot free whilst the taxpayer is left footing the bill. >> fujitsu haven't paid a penny in compensation for the horizon scandal. it was their rotten, stupid it system that didn't work and they're still getting government contracts. yeah, we've got sarah dyke back because we had a microphone problem with sarah. we're just saying that in america for your listeners and readers. but in america, there further ahead than us, the drug companies have been paying millions and millions of pounds in compensation. this this 10 billion is all going to be the taxpayers money. >> yeah. and it shouldn't really to be be perfectly honest. >> no, not at all. >> no, not at all. >> it should be the drug companies. well we're going to be, getting this report, aren't we? >> today, the findings of this £10 billion owed in compensation, let us know your thoughts at home. gbnews.com/yoursay >> i tell you, it's going to cause problems for ken clarke was the health secretary and he had a very uncomfortable time giving evidence in that diary. very uncomfortable. >> i mean, the thing is, there's no amount of money can can make

up for what these people have been through. let's be honest. no, you know, it's their lives have been destroyed. yeah. >> i've, i remember interviewing one woman. she lost her husband. it was harrowing. yeah. nursing him. he hadn't worked for 20 years. she she she had to work. work as a cleaner to try and make pay the bills. it's shocking. and harry and she still hadn't had a penny in compensation. and she said he had. he was a haemophiliac and he died a very unpleasant death in the end. >> sarah, can we ask you about this other story, the nhs labour's plan to tackle the nhs being to tell staff to work at weekends. my good luck with that. that is the phrase that comes to mind. it doesn't sound, terribly, like it's going to be efficient at all or make any sort of difference. >> i don't know the labour party are saying a lot of interesting things about the nhs, aren't they? yeah. i mean, where's wes streeting , where's streeting has streeting, where's streeting has sort of mooted the idea of part privatisation hasn't he. good luck with that. yeah i mean good luck with that. yeah i mean good

luck with that. i mean i have to say if he manages to do it, i'll be all for it because i've always thought that was the one big mistake the conservatives made in all their years in power, which is that they never tackled the nhs because they were scared to because they were always scared to do it, because it is a sacred cow. but, you know, right at the beginning they could have done it very easily and they could have done it very cleverly if they'd, if they'd had the if they'd had the gumption. i can't say that word. >> yeah, i know we know the word. >> you mean. >> you mean. >> exactly, blair was the one who started bringing in private providers . providers. >> yes. he was. yeah. >> and of course, if he'd got rid of gordon brown as chancellor in 2001, which he should have done, and he now knows he should have done, he could have been very radical on the nhs. he had a majority of 180. yeah he walked on water. the tories were nowhere to be seen. >> nowhere. that was the time he could have done it. but again, it's just it's a sacred cow and people just don't, don't i mean, i've had so many conversations with so many ministers about this over the years, and they all just say, you're mad, sarah. none of us could ever do it. cameron. >> david cameron was frightened to do it because he was an old etonian. and people say rich man doesn't need to worry about the nhs. >> and he used the nhs all the time because of his incredibly

ill and was always, always in hospital and long, harrowing nights in saint mary's. so i mean, he really did understand the issues that the nhs was facing, and i think he understood more than perhaps most prime ministers how important it is and what a sort of lifeline it is to so many people, and maybe that influenced him. i don't know , influenced him. i don't know, but i just, i just think it is, you know, we all want the nhs to survive and thrive because it's such a brilliant thing. but but, you know, it just can't in its current format. no, unfortunately. and there's, there's too many people using it andifs there's too many people using it and it's just not enough. and we're getting older and we live longer, older and, you know, social care and all that stuff. so i don't know if labour i mean, i think labour is saying these things because they think they might appeal to, waitrose women like me who are worried about this issue . either they'll about this issue. either they'll follow through, i don't know, think. >> good luck. very hard to see a gp be more difficult to see a gp at the weekend. and how are you going to how are you going to persuade hospital staff to work? >> i mean, the thing is, most normal people now are required to work weekends. you know, you and i have to work weekends. weekends are not weekends

anymore. really? no, so i don't think it's that unreasonable to ask nhs staff. ask n hs staff. >> ask nhs staff. >> we know that deaths in hospitals are much higher at weekends because there aren't enough staff. >> well, yeah, it's because the consultants are not on duty because they're all off playing golf or whatever it is that they do at weekends. but i think they do at weekends. but i think they do need to understand that they have to be present at weekends. i mean, people always say, you know, you just do not want to go into hospital with something really serious on a friday night. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> right. >> right. >> so always a joy. >> so always a joy. >> thank you sarah. now up next, new government plans to, make people like, just stop oil organisations pay compensation for causing disruption during their protest. what do you think of that? they're going to join us next. we love talking to justin, who was a lively conversation with just stop oil. >> this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> very good morning. it is 947. we're going to be talking in

just a moment to somebody from just stop oil. they're struggling to get online at the moment. >> maybe they've been stuck in a traffic jam caused by just stop oil. maybe that's the reason they can't get to the, get down to the end of a phone. that's right. >> so we want to know what you think, because basically this story is that there is a report coming out which is going to suggest that people who caused disruption then pay for the disruption then pay for the disruption that they cause . we disruption that they cause. we don't know the detail, quite how that would work yet. >> in fact, if you're in a if you if you're on a cafe or a shopin you if you're on a cafe or a shop in a row of shops and just stop oil completely, we're just saying, just for an example, completely disrupt business for a day or two days. you can't get anybody into your shop. you can. then there will be a mechanism by which you can get money from the protest organisation. i think that sounds very sensible because it's sense. >> i don't know , because, you >> i don't know, because, you know, when whenever we do these, whenever these stories come up, which is about compromising the ability to protest or free speech, i always take a little step back and think, what is this going to mean? what does this going to mean? what does this mean for people? but actually i get so i'm a little

bit conflicted like about this, because i do like the idea that if you are a business that's lost money, you should be compensated for. that would that do you know what as well? my cynicism says they probably never get any money out of them anyway. no, they probably can try and they send them letters and they'd give them fines and it would probably. >> but you think about the protest every saturday now in central london, that is causing the pro—palestinian, anti—israel march that is causing huge disruption . there's a nice disruption. there's a nice little cafe i use near trafalgar square. and he says to me every week, are they protesting again this saturday? because he effectively has to close his cafe. saturday is a huge day for him and they they're running on a business on a shoestring already. but of course, the counterargument is, well, protest if you don't make make an impact, you're not making a noise. >> that's right. ben has got in touch. say good morning andrew and bev. all governments and mps throughout westminster must be held responsible for the contaminated blood scandal . they contaminated blood scandal. they care only about themselves and not the british public who put them there. and one of you saying, agreeing with me with this phrase, this accountability

deficit , dave says, spot on, deficit, dave says, spot on, bev. it is an accountability deficit. it feels like we live in that time, don't we, where everyone can blame somebody else. nobody takes responsibility, even if it means having 3000 people have lost their lives. >> you think successive governments. we're going back from jim callaghan's labour government, then it's the thatcher government. major's government , blair's government, government, blair's government, cameron's government. it was theresa may who i'm often very critical of. it was her government, which set up this inquiry into infected blood, which we're getting today , 2017, which we're getting today, 2017, that was announced. and this infected blood scandal has been going on. we've known about it for six years. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> well, we've known about it, in fact, for decades. >> yeah, but the but and how how can an inquiry take six? well yes. >> well the bloody sunday inquiry took over ten years. >> it'sjust inquiry took over ten years. >> it's just ridiculous. >> it's just ridiculous. >> and in france they had because it was many countries were importing infected blood. it was because of clotting in the 70s and 80s there was shortage of blood. so they're importing it from the united states from. and the checks

weren't being done. it was coming from sex workers. yeah, beggars , the homeless, prisons . beggars, the homeless, prisons. and so but in france, they've had their public inquiry. in 1999, they paid compensation and they also charged three politicians with manslaughter , politicians with manslaughter, one of whom was found guilty. but let's go back to our conversation , though, about conversation, though, about protests having to pay potentially for disruption . jul potentially for disruption. jul taverner is from just stop oil. jill or jill taverner. good morning jill. you will have read what lord walney is proposing. it seems fair. fair cop isn't it 7 it seems fair. fair cop isn't it ? if you're going to cause huge financial disruption to businesses, you might have to dig deep into your pockets . dig deep into your pockets. >> boxt boiler pockets aren't deep. secondly no, it's not fair cop, is it? a fair cop would be looking . who do we sue, you looking. who do we sue, you know, fossil fuels release most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. it is a form of sue. when they can only plant on a third of their land. who do we sue when our homes are flooded? who do we sue? who do you sue

when an elderly relative is washed away in a flood or dies in their home of heat, you know, of heat stroke? it's just all we're doing. all we're trying to do is raise the alarm of these things coming up, and we wouldn't have to be disrupting anything if the government would take these things seriously. and the amount of disruption coming down the line and the amount of damage that fossil fuel burning and continuing to burn fossil fuels is causing , that's what we fuels is causing, that's what we do. tiny, tiny little bits like tripping over and cutting your knee. you know, it's just ridiculous. >> the catastrophic thinking, jill, that you demonstrate that when you talk about this issue, i'm sure that feels important to you 20, 30, 40, 50 years down the line. >> hang on. but it doesn't feel important to the person who's cafe can't open on a saturday morning because of the disruption outside their business. who can't pay their bills or their mortgage because you're fighting for something that you believe in. your catastrophic thinking will happen several decades time. make that make sense.

>> this nonsense about i believe in my catastrophic thinking. scientists are hanging their heads and, well, pulling their hair out in despair. not all of them, though. they are the ones who aren't necessarily the ones who aren't necessarily the ones who study science very carefully. i've done the physics. they understand this stuff. climate scientists are saying, we're really headed in that direction. and antonio guterres has said we're on the highway to hell, and we're just not taking this seriously enough . we're just not taking it .we're just not taking it seriously. so yeah, of course we hate causing disruption. of course, the owner of the cafe you don't hate causing disruption , jill. disruption, jill. >> you relish it. jill. you relish it because that's what you do. that's what you do. >> tell me what i relish . >> tell me what i relish. >> tell me what i relish. >> well, i we what are you doing it for? >> i'm. i what i hate and i, i'm not relishing this . i don't not relishing this. i don't relish disruption. i don't want to do any of it. none of us do. what we really want is to wake up tomorrow to a government that says we're taking this seriously, because climate collapse is a serious thing, because our food systems and

everything have evolved in a stable climate and when you've got a stable food supply, you can look at society, you can think about education, you can think about education, you can think about education, you can think about health and wellbeing, you can think about law and order. but that stability, as you'll see if you look out of your window or watch the global news that is collapsing and it's only going to get worse. and what we need our government to do is put things into place that stop it getting worse , stop that. which getting worse, stop that. which means reducing. >> give us a timescale fossil fuels by 2030, but also look at the damage it's going to do to our society and infrastructure. >> but the damage that addressing the damage to society at the moment by some of these measures, which are scientifically disputed, will with the pursuit to agenda 2030, the argument i'm sorry, i'm not having it, that the consequences of climate change are scientifically disputed. it's nonsense and you're spinning this nonsense, and i just wish that you'd be more responsible and stop doing the work of fossil fuel companies and say, we're in a really serious

situation here, and please stand up for it. 20 years ago, i worked on some writing with a climate scientist, and even then he said , we're really getting to he said, we're really getting to a last chance saloon here, will you? and we're just down the road, and now we're looking at a really small window that we can make this less bad. if you get a i've got two daughters. >> jill. i hear you. jill, i hear this. look, we're giving you a good say here, but if you get if a cafe, if that's just talk about a cafe or a newsagent loses can show yet again. you've cost them revenue. why would you not think it fair to repay them some money? they may be making people. they may be putting people. they may be putting people out of a job. >> why would you not think it fair if that cafe. >> why didn't you answer the question? why don't you answer the question, jill? >> because i'm saying, jill . >> because i'm saying, jill. >> because i'm saying, jill. >> answer the question. you're not going to answer the question i >> -- >> sue 5011190119. >> su9 5011190119. w11911 a >> sue someone. when a flood rushes through, you're not answering the question. weeks. what do i think? it's fair that. no, i don't think we need to be. because what is fair is we need to be able to say and to be heard to say, you sound so

arrogant, jill. >> government, you sound so arrogant. >> just just tell me this. >> just just tell me this. >> so i don't think willingness to fight for the future of my children and everyone's children, and your children and the children of the lady who owns this, this cafe that you're talking about. well, let's just let's just look at this, okay? >> so let's look at this report and let's look at this in actuality, will it make any difference to you and your friends and colleagues at just stop oil? if you know you will be% be fined. if somebody can't get to their meeting and they lose a contract and that bill ends up at your door, will it make any difference? >> you be honest about these things of course it will make a difference. we're human. we're not rich. we're not of course, all these things make it more difficult. that is their aim. they want to make it more difficult for us to speak out about something that's really important, which is the fossil fuel companies involvement in our politics. of course, it will make it more difficult, and some people will find it harder to carry on than others and drive. and the fear of what we think is important to be said and to be done doesn't diminish. and the

sort of catastrophe that we're heading towards is not diminished, whether we're saying it or not. >> and you know what, jill ? >> and you know what, jill? >> and you know what, jill? >> and you know what, jill? >> and you know what? nobody would support your right to say what you believe, even if i strongly disagree with you. but the disruption that you guys cause to everyday people, but everyday people, the disruption that you're causing, you're losing the room and it's gone beyond acceptable protest for a lot of people. >> thank you. we appreciate your time. jill which is really unpleasant. >> joined just appalled at org. thank

>> greg. good morning. it's 10:00 on monday, the 20th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> the infected blood scandal. after years of denying any wrongdoing, the government is finally saying sorry for what's been called the worst treatment disaster in nhs history. as a final report will lay bare. the failings, which claimed at least

3000 lives. >> we're going to be speaking to olympic medallist sharron davies, whose mother was one of the infected blood victims . the infected blood victims. >> iran's president is dead after a helicopter crash. us officials say there's no evidence of foul play, but does this move us closer to world war iii and end animal experiments? >> that's what south swindon mp and proud owner of tabby cat mrs. l, as you can see there, sir robert buckland is calling for. he's going to tell us about herbie's law later in the programme . programme. >> big moment coming up julian assange, the verdict in half an houn assange, the verdict in half an hour, we're going to be told whether judges at the high court are going to agree that the wikileaks founder has lost his battle to be extradited, extradited to the us. we'll be joined by assange's former adviser, richard hillgrove, for his reaction. >> and our panel will be here shortly. one of the stories

we're talking about is the care home scandal during the pandemic. what's come out of the scottish cove inquiry about do not resuscitate orders, and how that might have affected people's end of life? let us know if you were affected. gbnews.com/yoursay first though. very latest news for tatiana sanchez. >> bev, thank you and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom . the final the gb newsroom. the final report of the infected blood inquiry will be published today by the inquiry's chair, sir bnan by the inquiry's 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 since died. 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. chancellor jeremy publication of the report. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims with a £10

billion package, but victim aid goodyear told gb news it's not about the money. >> i mean, the money is a part of this, obviously, because after 40 years of no insurances, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances do come into, of course, for losses. but it's about contrition and justice today. we need things that we need delivered, survive to robustly recommend our justice that we've waited 40 years for paymaster—general john glenn told gb news. >> the compensation scheme won't be announced today, but that it is important, as is restoring community. >> trust is the day for those people who've bravely come forward, and i've met many of them , representatives of 40 of them, representatives of 40 of them, representatives of 40 of the organisations that have stood by these communities over recent years , and they want the recent years, and they want the focus to be on evaluating that report today. and i'm 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 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 government's 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 we push the government on this 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 haven't been so we will stand, you know, shoulder to shoulder with the government . to shoulder with the government. >> in other news, iran has confirmed the country's president, ebrahim raisi, and his foreign minister were killed

in a helicopter crash. footage obtained by iranian media 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. iran's three branches of government held a meeting following the news. 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 us . dozens of extradition to the us. dozens of supporters have gathered outside the royal courts of justice as he faces the next stage of his legal battle. he's charged with espionage. the wikileaks founder faces prosecution in the united states 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. his supporters say he should be released. >> he's a journalist , he's not >> he's a journalist, he's not a whistleblower. he's a journalist

. and he exposed us war crimes, and he's the one in jail. >> i want julian assange to be released . it's essential for released. it's essential for everybody that he is released to stop tyranny and freedom of the press. >> i don't think anything is going to happen. i think that the british government and the establishment have been put in this off and fobbing around with it for nearly ten years now, i think they want to make this go on for as long as possible, preferably until, julian dies. >> the national audit office says the government has no clear timetable to fully implement its post—brexit border controls with the eu. the uk says it hopes to have the world's most effective border by 2025. but the public spending watchdog says the strategy lacks a clear timetable and delivery plan . it says the and delivery plan. it says the government has delayed its plans five times and spent unnecessary money on infrastructure and staff , and a new

money on infrastructure and staff, 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 1944 with a diameter of 35m, the sand art took 5.5 hours to 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 for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . now to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to andrew and . it's back to andrew and. bev. >> 1007 with britain's news from one gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning. so the infected blood scandal, independent inquiry's final report is set to be released later on today by the prime minister. >> now the prime minister is going to make an apology, we think this afternoon maybe in

the commons or in downing street. the scandal, of course, has been the subject of the biggest ever public inquiry in the uk. the tens of thousands of people infected with contaminated blood. >> political correspondent katherine forster has more . katherine forster has more. >> some of my friends have said 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? >> 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 doesn't clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died, and sue wathen was infected with hepatitis c through a blood transfusion . through a blood transfusion. >> i had so many years of being unwell, well, very ill actually , unwell, well, very ill actually, but, just didn't know what was the matter with me.

>> she only found out decades later and i literally fell back into the chair i'd been sitting into the chair i'd been sitting in thinking, this can't 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. >> i've spoken to many people who've said that they've lost count of the number of funerals that they've attended because of 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 haven't had families, they haven't got married . 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 . politicians for many years. 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, who's been campaigning for victims for years, is optimistic 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 understanding is that there will be a compensation package announced that it will be northwards of 10 billion. thatis be northwards of 10 billion. that is a significant amount of money. >> it can't come soon enough. >> it can't 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 what's happening to people. they are dying . people. they are dying. >> katherine forster gb news. >> katherine forster gb news. >> and katherine forster are joins us now. good morning. catherine a brilliant little package that explaining the history to this really sad story. andrew and i were just saying the compensation is one side, but actually, will there be any accountability for individuals ? what penalties individuals? what penalties might people face if they are named in this report? >> andrew, sorry, i'm struggling

to hear you. there's a huge numbers of trucks going past me here at central hall in westminster, a lot of them with the faces of people who have died in this scandal. i think you are asking me about accountability . well, we hope accountability. well, we hope so. we won't have a very to long wait. the, report is being published , from this public published, from this public inquiry at 12:30 today. i understand people going inside to read it, to get a preview of it and that it's going to be not printed as hard copies because it's going to run to about 2000 pages. there's been so much evidence given. now, what we hopefully are going to get is answers as to what happened, who authorised it, why it was covered up, who is ultimately responsible. i expect it will be very critical of nhs bosses of civil servants of ministers, potentially because of course, this is something that started

some 50 years ago and went on the nhs went on giving this contaminated blood. this factor eight product, right up until 1991, although by the mid 1980s there were warnings being given and particularly that it should not be given to children. so risks were known and yet they continued using it. so risks were known and yet they continued using it . so the continued using it. so the report will be out at 1230, victims will be giving a couple of press conferences following that. of press conferences following that . sir of press conferences following that. sir brian of press conferences following that . sir brian langstaff, the that. sir brian langstaff, the chair of the inquiry , he will chair of the inquiry, he will also be issuing a statement . and also be issuing a statement. and then we expect to hear from the prime minister in the house of commons later. so we're going to get answers. we're going to get an apology. it is possible that criminal prosecutions may follow. it's happened in other countries . now, obviously, a lot countries. now, obviously, a lot of the people that were involved have subsequently died, but it is perfectly possible that criminal prosecutions may be brought to bear. and tomorrow

we're likely to hear about compensation likely to be upwards of £10 billion. >> okay, catherine, just before i let you go, i wonder if ken clarke, who was health secretary between 82 and 85, this could be quite uncomfortable for him because he was heavily criticised for his evidence when he went before the inquiry back in 2021, he criticised the level of detail he was being asked of, and, and many of the families think perhaps that 82, 81, 82, 85 that was when the aids epidemic, we knew how dangerous it was. we'd had the big tablets of stone, the advertisements in 1984. i wonder if he will be named in that report today. >> i think that's quite likely. we know that he feels that he's sort of been a bit unfairly targeted , but the warnings were targeted, but the warnings were there. i think there was actually a documentary in the early 1980s and the warnings were there. but ken clarke , were there. but ken clarke, health secretary at the time, said that there was no

conclusive live proof. well, they might not have had conclusive live proof, but there was plenty of warnings being flashed up. and yet they were not heeded. so i expect names will be given. he may well be one of them. and of course, the consequences . as you know, the consequences. as you know, the scale of this crisis is huge. you hear all these numbers, but when you hear from the families affected, such as little colin smith, who i mentioned in the package, he was given infected blood when he was two. he died of aids when he was seven. at that point, he weighed the same as a four month old baby and his family were vilified because of the stigma of aids. at the time . the stigma of aids. at the time. these people have been through unspeakable horrors , really. and unspeakable horrors, really. and sadly, you know, thousands of them will never see justice and no amount of money can make up for what's happened to them . but for what's happened to them. but today, at least, things are going to start to happen much later than they should have done. of course . done. of course. >> okay. thank you. catherine katherine forster there. well

joining us now is junior doctor bashir bhasha mukherjee mukherjee. good morning, doctor mukherjee. good morning, doctor mukherjee . good to see you, so mukherjee. good to see you, so we're listening to this and the word that keeps coming to my mind that this is a criminal dereliction of duty from somebody. how is as a doctor, could you see how this was happened? would doctors have known about the blood products? were they turning a blind eye? they just weren't. the checks in place ? how how do you place? how how do you rationalise what happened , first rationalise what happened, first of all, my condolences to all the families that have been affected by this. >> it sounds absolutely shocking that this was allowed to happen . that this was allowed to happen. i think a lot of learning has definitely come from this. and one thing i would say is that as a doctor, we've it's been drilled into us. this concept of duty, of candour , which had this duty, of candour, which had this been done all these years ago of essentially harm being done to patients, so many patients. and

one thing we're finding out is some of these patients didn't even know, like tens of like years later, they found out they were infected with hiv or hep c, duty of candour is something that i've never known any any world without it. but this is something that is shocking to me that had it been done at the time, we wouldn't have to fork out £10 billion or even more than that, which is probably not even enough. it works out as about £300,000 per member that was affected, which is only ten years worth of compensation . and years worth of compensation. and these families have been struggling for well decades now. so it's really sad that this happened. >> in your view, doctor, don't the drug companies have culpability here, in america they've paid compensation in, i think in other countries. but in britain, it's the it's the taxpayer yet again, who's paying the bill because of course , the the bill because of course, the government talk about the 10 billion compensation. i agree with you. it's probably not enough, but it's coming out of

taxpayers pockets . and the drug taxpayers pockets. and the drug companies surely have a responsibility 100. >> i think in this case, definitely , if it's possible to definitely, if it's possible to hold those individuals culpable, that would be amazing. and had these been done in time , we these been done in time, we wouldn't have had to come to this amount at this stage , in this amount at this stage, in fact, i'm willing to bet that these people who are affected, they are, you know, they they this sorry so late wouldn't be enough. really because the individuals who wronged them are not saying the sorry, it's people, but, you know, it's too late , but it's still something late, but it's still something at the end of the day , you know, at the end of the day, you know, this is not something i'm surprised by. we have seen several of the covid vaccines being implicated in side effects as well. unfortunately, there is as well. unfortunately, there is a censorship, culture in the nhs where doctors and people who are essentially working face to face with with their patients, we are silenced by health bosses. and

if we open our mouths, there's a lot of consequences. we're always losing our gmc if we speak against the trust we're working in. so i'm not surprised, really, that this was happening. >> it's about trust, isn't it? >> it's about trust, isn't it? >> and it feels like that relationship between the public or the patient and the medical profession has sort of reached an all time low in terms of trust of our medics. how do we ever get that back ? ever get that back? >> bashir i think it's really , >> bashir i think it's really, it's really sad that this happened because not only those families, but the people who are finding out about something like this happening and affecting 30,000 individuals, those of whom who would have probably , whom who would have probably, had health anxiety for the rest of their lives, they would have changed their behaviour and how their children would have been managed. they would have probably felt, untrusting of doctors for years and years and generations and something like this comes out at a time like now when, you know, already we've seen the nhs is struggling with, you know , real lives being

with, you know, real lives being cost with the way things are being handled. i think this is very damaging to the doctor patient relationship , and we patient relationship, and we really have to work to kind of rebuild that trust, the current medical professionals , we are medical professionals, we are being given regular training , being given regular training, and i think there has been a lot that's been learned from all the mistakes made in the past, and we're all working towards a better future , hopefully. better future, hopefully. >> okay. thank you so much, doctor bashir maharajji there. >> it's really fascinating. so this these drugs they'd be put into like a big plasma. so it could be 10,000 samples of the of the this drug, only one had to be infected. and that was all 10,000, then would have the hiv could have potentially the hiv virus in it. and then so people were then inadvertently giving hiv to their partners , of hiv to their partners, of course. shocking. >> and when you think about the ripple effects, the story like

this on those individual lives, as you say , it's not just about as you say, it's not just about the health effects with that particular person , but then particular person, but then affecting whether they can ever get married, whether they can ever have children, whether they can ever even be in a normal relationship . it's relationship. it's heartbreaking. there he is. and it will be fascinating to see if anybody is held personally accountable. >> you have to rememberjust how >> you have to remember just how what a stigma it was to have hiv in the 1980s. >> absolutely. people were disowned, walked, walked on the other side of the street. still to come, our panel will be here to come, our panel will be here to talk about that big story.

it's 1123 with britain's newsroom on 1023. actually, let's not wish the morning away. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> 1023. the britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so wikileaks founder julian assange is appealing his

extradition to the united states this morning. we're going to bnng this morning. we're going to bring you that verdict as soon as it comes through. >> we're going to speak to his former pr adviser, richard hillgrove. richard morning to you. no point asking you what you. no point asking you what you want from this because we know what you want from it. but, if he is if the decision of the court is he's to be extradited, is that it? can he appeal anywhere else ? anywhere else? >> there's no more appeal. that decision is final , and that decision is final, and that could result in anything from a 24 hour delay before he's on that plane. or it could be 28 days. if there's if there's time to move, there will be an appeal to move, there will be an appeal to the european court of human rights, and that will be a stop the plane situation. it's not expected that will delay the plane much. that will be only only if it's not a very, very sudden departure. if it doesn't go julian assange's way today, let's just remind people he is facing 18 charges in america under the 1917 espionage act. >> and this was for exposing wrongdoings by us forces in afghanistan and iraq . explain to

afghanistan and iraq. explain to people why his case matters . people why his case matters. richard >> well, he's a journalist and they've dressed us up like it's an espionage crime . it's free an espionage crime. it's free speech issue. and he's a journalist through and through . journalist through and through. this has a chilling effect for all journalists worldwide because it takes the whole freedom of speech thing and blows it up, you should be worried about your jobs. you could be extradited for saying the wrong thing by a country or a company. you know , this sets a a company. you know, this sets a grisly precedent. this could be the end of free speech as we know it. if it doesn't go the right way, what do you say to richard? >> what do you say to his critics who argue the wholesale dumping of all the information on the internet, thousands and thousands of tech cables resulted in the deaths of intelligence personnel around the world. >> this has been sort of talked out and talked out on the news. and i spoke about this , you and i spoke about this, you know, some months ago, he

redacted everything , there were redacted everything, there were other journalists that that published. it wasn't him that did it. he was meticulous. yeah. he's the guy who's in the firing line. the new york times, the guardian, they all published the same information that he published. none of them are getting, you know, in the dock, and none of them are getting extradited to another country, he has been a victim of absolute and utter smear, sexual smear. and now this issue of being reckless and unredacted , it's reckless and unredacted, it's not true. none of it is true . not true. none of it is true. just remind people how long this has been, though, unfortunately , has been, though, unfortunately, richard, how long has it been going on for and what julian's life been like ? well, it's life been like? well, it's a it's a decade long and he's been either in the ecuadorian embassy or, you know, imprisoned in solitary confinement in belmarsh and why on earth he's in belmarsh? because he's not actually , it's getting very actually, it's getting very rowdy down here. there's a lot of protesters down here, but his life has been turned into an absolute living hell. and it has to come to an end. i mean,

obviously, this court case could go three ways today. he'll ehhen go three ways today. he'll either, you know, it'll be kicked into touch. so biden doesn't face an embarrassing situation before the us american election. that's what partly what a lot of people are expecting that will probably happen. he'll get that appeal and it will allow more time, more delay . if he went straight more delay. if he went straight away, wow, what's going to happen then? you know , open happen then? you know, open court in america or i believe his life is in danger if he's on american soil. cia has already tried to kill him. you know, i mean , enough evidence on that mean, enough evidence on that front. epstein style suicide or the court could say enough today. it's a third option. today. enough if this is it, he's a free man. >> okay, well, we'll be watching that result very closely. richard hillgrove , former pr richard hillgrove, former pr advisor to julian assange. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. we've got matthew laza and emma woolf in the studio with us just to react to that. emma, your thoughts on julian assange ? assange? >> well, ideologically i, you know, always support the whistleblower. i always support the exposing of wrongdoing, especially governmental and kind of military wrongdoing. but i think andrew raised a really

important point. the way it was done, the way dumping all this information online in that way , information online in that way, you know, is that the way that we want investigative journalism to be done ? to be done? >> it was it was reckless. >> it was it was reckless. >> it was it was reckless. >> i would say, actually , i >> i would say, actually, i think it was reckless, and i think it was reckless, and i think it was just tons of material. >> no attempt to go through it, just put it all out there and for hope the best and actually resulted in, in people's deaths. >> so as richard said, it was redacted. >> he would claim, as he did then, that julian assange took out those sorts of details, how they made it onto the internet , they made it onto the internet, andifs they made it onto the internet, and it's anybody's guess. >> yeah, i mean, i'm i'm afraid i agree with emma and andrew. i think that, yes, i'm in favour of obviously in favour of whistleblowers, where, you know, we can bring a lot of good to society, but i think just dumping that much amount of information, it wasn't kind of filleted like a good investigative journalism does. it was just shoved on out there with no thought for the consequences. and as we understand, there have been consequences for people out there. and of course, the consequence is not just to the politicians , not to politicians, politicians, not to politicians, the consequences potentially to the consequences potentially to the safety of all of us. >> well, he would say, if i had

given that information in a different sort of way, or if i'd collaborated with the american administration, the truth would never have got out there. he would say his life would even be at risk if he'd done that. >> yeah, well, i mean, he would say that, wouldn't he? i mean, i think we've seen, you know , lots think we've seen, you know, lots of brave investigative journalists. we're talking about the blood scandal today, which was originally uncovered because of this many years investigative. >> nobody really. >> nobody really. >> i'm just looking. it's an estimated 100 million documents put out by 100, which clearly nobody had gone through and read whatever, whatever, you know, whatever, whatever, you know, whatever the assange camp claim, it would take you a years. >> yeah, it would take, yeah. >> yeah, it would take, yeah. >> like that. that's the problem, isn't it, with with assange. >> and there's a reason why good journalists, i mean, you know, the defender, they're sort of saying all journalists should be fearing for their life, you know, fearing for their jobs at the moment. i think there's a reason why good investigative journalists are good gb news, because they do the work, the daily mail, we would not be able to do that. >> we would have to go through it and produce the evidence. >> and it's time consuming and it is time consuming and boring and things like the mps expenses scandal , and things like the mps expenses scandal, which and things like the mps expenses scandal , which the telegraph scandal, which the telegraph when it was. >> i remember conversations with you and weeks and you wouldn't

just take the bank statements and then dump it and run away. >> yes, but this is the difference , isn't it, between difference, isn't it, between the era that we now live in, where you've got independent and citizen journalists who can put information online? those days are gone, and he's paying the concepts well. well, this is as richard just said, the consequences and the implications for the julian assange case is for all of those people who want to be whistleblowers. emma. >> it is. yes, it is, but and it is chilling to see. >> but but these are the consequence. you have to pay the consequences. and actually, you know, julian assange is now paying know, julian assange is now paying the consequences . and paying the consequences. and that has been a long time that he's been shut up the way he's conducted himself hasn't been, you know, above reproach either. you cannot just dump stuff. okay. this time it's the american case. but what if it was something else, bev? what if it was something even more sensitive than that? >> people just. i remember all the details , all of our medical the details, all of our medical records, people to be braver aboutin records, people to be braver about in terms of putting information out there. >> i mean, remember, of course, some of assange's many years of, you know, either in jail or in the ecuadorian embassy, if we

remember that far, kicked him out. he kicked him out because they'd had enough eventually it was because of a different case, which is actually criminal allegations in sweden, i think believe that's all settled now. but that was a different that was that was a different case. and he wasn't prepared to face justice in a country like sweden, which is a pretty liberal justice. >> they were charged. they were allegations of sexual molestation against women, which i think he should have gone to sweden face. >> it would have seemed that sensible thing to do to hide. >> and what if it's something else next time? what if it's all of our medical records? i mean, you have to, you know, there have to be some kind of standards around this stuff, and there have to be filters. there have to be filters, right? >> apparently julian assange himself not going to be in court today to hear the hearing, but the result . but we will today to hear the hearing, but the result. but we will bring you that result when it comes out first though. thank you emma and matthew, just for now, we're going to go to tatiana with the latest headlines. >> beth thank you. the top stories this hour. the final report of the infected blood inquiry will be published today by the inquiry's chair, sir bhan by the inquiry's 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 since died. many haemophiliacs given infected blood products as part of their treatment . the prime of their treatment. the prime minister is expected to issue an apology following the publication of the report. chancellor jeremy publication of the report. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package. iran has confirmed the country's president, ebrahim raisi, and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash. footage obtained by iranian media shows. the crash site on a mountainside . harsh weather conditions hampered efforts by search teams , but the wreckage was eventually located in east azerbaijan province. iran's three branches of government held a meeting following the news. an election for a new president is due to take place in the next 50 days. dozens of supporters have gathered outside the royal courts of justice, where julian assange is facing

the next stage of his legal battle against extradition to the us. the wikileaks founder faces prosecution in the united states 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 , the national audit iraq wars, the national audit office says the government has no clear timetable to fully implement its post—brexit border controls with the eu. the uk says it hopes to have the world's most effective border by 2025, but the public spending watchdog says the strategy lacks a clear timetable and delivery plan. it says the government has delayed its plans five times and spent unnecessary money on infrastructure and staff . and infrastructure and staff. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news complex .

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i >> -- >> well. the long awaited infected blood inquiry final report will be released in just a couple of hours, which should end decades of suffering. maybe on part of the victims. >> the prime minister himself is set to apologise after tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood. it's been called the worst treatment disaster in nhs

history, and victims have called themselves guinea pigs and we're going to talk now to the south swindon mp, sir robert buckland. >> he's the former lord chancellor, who is calling for an end to animal testing and the introduction of herbie's law. but we're going to speak to you first, sir robert. good morning to you. the infected blood inquiry. obviously, we don't know what it's going to say, but it occurs to me that in france there were criminal prosecutions against three government ministers. the head of the drugs agency went to prison. in america, drug companies have paid compensation . can i ask paid compensation. can i ask you, is, in your view, criminal prosecutions are something that should be investigated and shouldn't drug companies be picking up some of the compensation bill? why is it the taxpayer? >> a really good point, andrew. 1 >> a really good point, andrew. i think the question of corporate criminal liability needs to be examined. the law here was reformed about about 15 or so years ago. as we know, criminal law doesn't have a retrospective effect. it doesn't apply retrospective effect. it doesn't apply back into the past, but it

needs to be looked at because if there have been failures or misconduct in public office, then that is indeed a criminal offence. and that type of offence. and that type of offence has been around for a long, long time. so i think that's a very powerful point. it needs to be considered . and i needs to be considered. and i also think that when it comes to, compensation, the key now is to, compensation, the key now is to make sure that this scheme runs as quickly as possible. the government has accepted an amendment that i and others rebelled on last year to vote through. it's now setting up its own independent authority to pay compensation . that needs to compensation. that needs to happen quickly, because we just can't wait any more. people are dying. we've lost so many already , and the consequences of already, and the consequences of this appalling scandal will live on, i'm afraid for many years. >> why are we so bad at inquiries in this country? robert? we've got the covid inquiry costing £300,000 a day of taxpayers money. so far, this infected blood scandal six, seven years. why does it take so

long? get the bottom of these? because in all of that time, people are not getting the justice they deserve. >> well, look, it's a really powerful point. i think you've got to balance the need for thoroughness for and there to be an absolutely proper investigation, because let's face it, these families have lost trust in the system. there's no reason why they should believe anybody bearing in mind the lies they were told. and it was important for sir bhan and it was important for sir brian langstaff, the chair of the inquiry to establish that trust. he's done that in very great measure, and a lot of the families have come forward and found the whole process extremely powerful and important for them. i do think there are wider questions about the way in which we look at historic information, as if somehow we have to cover it up all the time. you know, we're going back now , 50 years when this began. now, 50 years when this began. surely we should find a better system whereby people can be open about the facts without worrying about the consequences, because of course , in this case, because of course, in this case, you know, there's always this fear about, you know, negligence claims and defensiveness because people don't want to admit

liability . we need to overcome liability. we need to overcome that culture in order to get to the truth much more quickly. >> is it a british culture because in france they did this. it was done and dusted in 1999. they'd had their inquiry. the prosecutions were in 1999. and as i said, the head of the drugs agency was jailed for four years. that was 15 years ago and here we are. we're just getting the publication of the public inquiry report today. >> yeah . look, i think there's a >> yeah. look, i think there's a it's not peculiar to the uk. i think also , you know, in the us think also, you know, in the us we've got this culture of litigation of defensive ness, you know, where you've got this sort of approach , this sort of approach, this adversarial approach. you get these sort of problems. so i think there you know, the french don't always get it right. they often, you know, rush things and things are done in a way that perhaps isn't fair. but i do think we need now to find a better way by which people can come forward from within the institution, blow the whistle as it were, in a way that is safe and secure for them , so that we

and secure for them, so that we can get to the truth more quickly. >> robert, tell us about herbie's law. what you came on here to talk to us about this morning. you feel very passionately about this, don't. we? saw a picture of your cat this morning. so you're clearly an animal lover. >> yeah. mrs. landingham, character from the west wing . character from the west wing. there she is. she's. >> she loves me. >> she loves me. >> she's a cat protection cat. the second one we've had. you don't need to buy a cat in this country. there are thousands, tens of thousands of or of cats looking for a loving home. and organisations like cats protection and indeed, you know, the dog protection organisations as well. you can you can rehouse as well. you can you can rehouse a much loved animal and look after them. i think that we now need a framework by which we move away from this system of using animals to test, various products or medicines into a world where we no longer need to do that. you know, with the rise of artificial intelligence, this incredible technology we've got around us, we can develop cells on a chip. you know, there's all sorts of technology we need now

to create a legal framework whereby we can make that transition. i don't think anybody , you know, reasonable anybody, you know, reasonable would want to see one animal having to suffer a day longer than necessary . and that's why than necessary. and that's why i think now is the time to make this the change, pass this law so that we can say goodbye to an era where we need to use animals to test various products. >> is it just products? robert or would you like to see animals also not used in maybe drug development as well and medicines? or is it just items like makeup and shampoo? >> i certainly think, you know, in terms of cosmetics and other items to enlarge measure, that is no longer the case and we need to drive that out. i think we need now to focus upon the use of animals for what i think we'd all regard as more serious and fundamental issues, like cures for various diseases and illnesses with technology, i believe, and the advice , you believe, and the advice, you know, is coming forward daily that we can develop technologies that we can develop technologies that mean that we don't need to use animals to understand how

various medicines and new drugs work . and i think, you know, work. and i think, you know, that being the case, therefore , that being the case, therefore, we need to establish a clear, statutory basis , a legal basis statutory basis, a legal basis for us to make that transition away from the use of animals. all of us want to see cures to deadly diseases and lifelong conditions , but i think we also conditions, but i think we also have a duty to try and make sure that when we develop these incredible new cures and innovations, that we do so in a way that avoids unnecessary suffering to animals, you know, we live in a technology based society with incredible and rapid advances in al. for example, let's make sure that the law keeps pace with those technological changes . technological changes. >> okay, so just briefly, just stop oil organised like just stop oil organised like just stop oil organised like just stop oil may be under the terms of the report by lord walney required, there could be a mechanism put in place so that if a, a business loses a lot of money because of a protest, that there's a mechanism by which they can be compensated , you're

they can be compensated, you're a lawyer. is that in any way enforceable at all? >> well, i think the wall needs to be congratulated upon introducing that concept. i think it can be. i think the problem is a lot of these people, these protesters , will people, these protesters, will be people of straw. you know, they won't be people with resources. however, the organisations and the funders behind them are not people of straw. they've got money. you know, there's clearly some money going into this. and i think anything we can do to try and, you know, track back to, to those responsible a bit like what you said about the drug companies earlier with contaminated blood. let's make those who are funding these organisations that cause mayhem and disruption to ordinary people pay for the consequences of their criminal actions. okay. >> thank you, robert buckland. great to see you. thank you very much for joining great to see you. thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. thank you. thank you. now, next, as police report a rise in stalking cases since the netflix show baby reindeer, does there need to be more awareness about the illegal practice ? if about the illegal practice? if you have watched it, what do you make of it and do you think it shines a light on a topic that

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i'm >> the netflix hit show baby reindeer and everyone's talking about it has been watched by more than 65 million times worldwide. but it's triggered a surge of stalking complaints, with one charity reporting a 47% rise on calls compared to last yeah >> so the real life martha from the hit show also sent labour leader sir keir starmer almost 300 emails in 2020 targeting his wife and two deceased relatives. so joining us now is former scotland yard detective inspector and leading authority inspector and leading authority in stalking cases, hamish brown . in stalking cases, hamish brown. good morning hamish. i have to say i didn't see this coming when this documentary, it's not a documentary real life drama

series came out . it's about for series came out. it's about for people who haven't watched it. a stand up comedian . true story. stand up comedian. true story. he's written it. he even plays himself. somebody that came into the pub he was working developed an infatuation with him, which then became a stalking incident. i didn't expect it to make social change in that people understanding what stalking is , understanding what stalking is, is there too little understanding about where that line is? >> hamish well, good morning to you, beth, and indeed you, andrew as well. when i lecture on stalking, which is quite often what i do is i raise the awareness of stalking and indeed i lecture internationally as well as nationally. indeed tomorrow i'll be speaking to marvellous people of the women's institute , and i just give institute, and i just give anecdotal examples. case histories, just to show what it's about . and the important it's about. and the important things to put forward are that it isn't always about the celebrities. i think it was last week or the week before law firm britain was on the front page. i think it was the sun newspaper

where she'd been stalked. well, i'm sorry she'd gone through that. i'm sorry she'd gone through that . but if i'm sorry she'd gone through that. but if it had been i'm sorry she'd gone through that . but if it had been molly that. but if it had been molly smith and the stress of high road or something, she wouldn't have got a mention, importantly , have got a mention, importantly, i think for this particular programme, it showed that, that women can and do stalk men in the majority of cases, it's men stalking women that that's unquestionable . but women can unquestionable. but women can stalk men. and indeed, what should be remembered as well. though not covered in the programme , the same sex stalking programme, the same sex stalking as well. and i think absolutely crucially, to emphasise that very often the acts of stalking in themselves will not be a crime, such as it's not a crime to follow someone or send them on the face of it, innocent messages, all that sort of thing. but it's the totality of everything. that's when it gets to people , that's when it really to people, that's when it really ands to people, that's when it really grinds. and indeed, with the baby reindeer programme, we saw ,

baby reindeer programme, we saw, the suspect here, sitting in a bus stop . well, a bus shelter. bus stop. well, a bus shelter. well, it was like 2:00 in the morning or something like that. and this isn't unusual when a victim gets up to go to the toilet or something, victim gets up to go to the toilet or something , they'll go toilet or something, they'll go and check just to see if the person still there . it's the person still there. it's the sort of grip they have on them. so there are a number of aspects which came out of this. it was very powerful and in a perverse way. i'm glad people are coming forward and they can get the right guidance. you know, when i give presentations, particularly to community groups, i do professional groups as well . professional groups as well. very often people will come up later and say, you know, i didn't know that was stalking. it's actually in isolation won't necessarily be a crime. but when all put together, that's when it ands all put together, that's when it grinds and i think the final point is the attitude of the police. let me say there's some marvellous areas of good practice with the police and

they should be congratulated for that. and they've moved on. but but i do hear from victims time and time again. but i do hear from victims time and time again . again. it was and time again. again. it was portrayed in the baby reindeer series been shown a particular message. well that's not very threatening, sir. yes, but he received a thousand of them. and it's the cumulative effect. so a lot of things came out very positive. and i'm pleased again, marvellous organisations like the suzy lamplugh trust, they're busy and they're giving the right advice . go for help if you right advice. go for help if you think you've been stalked, certainly keep a record of what's going on and if necessary, go to the police. but there are many reputable help groups who will give you good advice. >> and of course, technology has made this all the more easy, hasn't it, than it did years ago. you'd have to follow someone to the bus stop now you can just send them 20 messages in two minutes. well there's that. >> it's also a research mechanism as well. so what i would say to people is , just be would say to people is, just be careful what information you put

out there. it just might cause a rod for your own back . i mean, i rod for your own back. i mean, i joke with audiences, i say, well, if you're going to go on holiday, you're planning one. >> mish, i hate to i hate to interrupt you, but we. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. we've got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. having a look at this morning. then we've got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. this will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north, but elsewhere staying largely dry. we will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western i northern ireland, where they could be heavy , perhaps with the could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder. but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and

down that eastern coast, but elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. as we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. we've got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland . perhaps just the odd scotland. perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine . a few you catch the sunshine. a few showers still remaining across western parts of northern ireland and perhaps even into cumbria as well . ireland and perhaps even into cumbria as well. but on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies, perhaps a few showers , skies, perhaps a few showers, but they'll gradually fade away. but we'll start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. a few showers as well across the south and eastern areas , but otherwise eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. so

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history. a final report will lay bare the failings, which claimed 3000 lives. >> we're going to be speaking to the olympic medallist, sharron davies, whose own mum was one of the victims. >> and iran's president is dead after a helicopter crash, as us officials say there is no evidence of foul play. but does this create more instability in the world? >> protesters forced to pay? you might hope so. compensation to those whose lives they disrupt under plans in a government commissioned review. but will that in the in the process kerb freedom of speech. >> talking of freedom of speech juuan >> talking of freedom of speech julian assange verdict. judges at the high court are to rule on whether the wikileaks founder ought to be extradited to the us. this has been rumbling on for years. don't miss that result. i thought it was interesting when the lady we had on earlier from just stop oil said that

actually this might stop them from protesting because we're human. we don't have deep pockets. >> no. >> no. >> exactly. and robert robert buckland's point, the former lord chancellor, was they are people behind. justin ball do have money. del vince is one of the backers, and he's given a couple of million to the labour party, a very good point. >> he's got very deep pockets. yeah, quite. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay first though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the final report of the infected blood inquiry will be published today by the inquiry's chair, sir brian langstaff. more than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis . c between hiv and hepatitis. c between 1970 and 1991 by contaminated blood products and transfusions . blood products and transfusions. around 3000 of those have since died. many haemophiliacs were given infected blood products as

part of their treatment . the part of their treatment. the prime minister is expected to issue an apology following the publication of the report. chancellor jeremy publication of the report. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package. but victim aid goodyear told gb news it's not just about the money when the money is a part of this. >> obviously, because after 40 years with no insurances, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances to come into it, of course , the losses, into it, of course, the losses, but it's about contrition and justice today . we need things justice today. we need things that we need delivered survivors to robustly recommend our justice, that we've waited 40 years for paymaster—general john glenn told gb news. >> the compensation scheme won't be announced today, but that it is important, as is restoring trust within communities is the day for those people who've bravely come forward, and i've met many of them , met many of them, representatives of 40 of the organisations that have stood by these communities over recent years , and they want the focus years, and they want the focus to be on evaluating that report

today. >> and i'm 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 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 . very soon after. >> shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation sarah jones says labour will stand by the government's 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 we push the government on this the back end of last year because the chair of last year because the chair of the inquiry had suggested that some interim payments had been made, should be made that haven't been so we will stand, you know, shoulder to shoulder with the government .

with the government. >> in other news, iran has confirmed the country's president, ebrahim raisi, and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash. footage obtained by iranian media shows. the crash site on a mountainside . harsh weather conditions hampered efforts by search teams, but the wreckage was eventually located in the east azerbaijan province. iran's 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 us . his extradition to the us. dozens of supporters have gathered outside the royal courts of justice as he faces the next stage of his legal battle . he's charged with battle. he's charged with espionage. the wikileaks founder faces prosecution in the united states over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information , after the information, after the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents

relating to the afghanistan and iraq wars. his supporters say he should be released. >> he's a journalist . but, he's >> he's a journalist. but, he's not a whistleblower. he's a journalist . and he exposed us journalist. and he exposed us war crimes, and he's the one in jail. >> i want julian assange to be released . it's essential for released. it's essential for everybody that he is released to stop tyranny and freedom of the press. >> i don't think anything is going to happen. i think that the british government and the establishment have been put in this off and fobbing around with it for nearly ten years now, i think they want to make this go on for as long as possible, preferably until, julian dies. >> ofcom has found gb news broke broadcasting rules in a programme featuring the prime minister. the regulator says the people's forum, which aired in february, failed to preserve due impartiality and it's now considering a sanction. but in a statement, gb news described the development as alarming and an attempt to silence the channel.

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newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the landmark report into the infected blood scandal is to be released in just under two hours. >> the prime minister will apologise up to tens of thousands of people were given contaminated blood. >> it's been called the worst treatment disaster in nhs history. and joining us now is sharon davies, former olympic swimmer, who until this morning, sharon, neither andrew or i knew that your mother was one of the victims of this scandal. what happened ? happened? >> yeah, i mean, mum was amazing . she's my >> yeah, i mean, mum was amazing .she's my mum. we >> yeah, i mean, mum was amazing . she's my mum. we all say that. .she's my mum. we all say that. but mums don't we. but, she was a very quiet, very reserved kind of person. she didn't smoke, she didn't drink. she hardly left plymouth. she worked in the mod down there in the civil service until she was 70. she didn't take a single penny of anything from the government ever in support . and i think she had, support. and i think she had, she just kept quiet about this condition. we, we knew as a family. and she died in 2017 prematurely, like 3000 other people have so far. and two a week are still dying, because of

this terrible silent killer. hep c and of course, you know, haemophiliacs, i mean, that were given these drugs and plasma, in the 70s and the 80s died much quicker. and it's also , i think quicker. and it's also, i think it was the stigma as well that went around it, which was so awful. i mean, i was listening this morning and there was one young man that was talking about how his parents had died, and then he became the hiv kid in primary school, and none of the other children were allowed to play other children were allowed to play with him. and so people, you know, the young people that are around today just can't quite understand how awful this situation was during that period of time. and this has been 40 years that people have been trying to ask for justice, years that people have been trying to ask forjustice, but trying to ask for justice, but more importantly, they've been asking for clarity and transparency and for people to be held responsible for this. you know, because this blood was being brought in from america, primarily from prisons, from from people that were drug addicts and given to people here in the uk, often without any of their knowledge . and it from their knowledge. and it from mum, you know, she had this operation , this gallbladder

operation, this gallbladder operation, this gallbladder operation in the 70s. didn't really know she had hepatitis until the 1990s because nobody was just testing for them. they were just given all sorts of other you've got a cold, you've got arthritis, you've got this, you know, eventually found out she was hepatitis c, she got a great specialist to look after her. sadly, he went to australia and then she got somebody else and then she got somebody else and she went downhill very quickly from there. and she died, you know, as i said in 2017. and she's very typical, i think of, of a lot of people that got the hepatitis c blood, you know what was your mum's attitude, sharon? >> i mean, because you wouldn't blame her if she was bitter. >> she wasn't. i mean, that was the thing that was amazing. i suppose my mum was of that era where she just idolised the nhs in a lot of ways, and towards the end, the nhs really seriously let her down, because of her age, she was sidetracked. so she used her savings and i went with her to harley street to see a specialist, and he said if he'd come six months early, he could have operated and removed , removed the cancerous removed, removed the cancerous part of her liver. but he said it was now too late , and that it was now too late, and that all he could do was offer her a

drug that would make her very poorly , may prolong her life by poorly, may prolong her life by a couple of months, but would put her in bed and we talked her out of it and said, look, you know, you've maintained your dignity and independence. let's do this to the very end. and we made sure that she was at home where she wanted to be with her family. but i, you know, she could be seeing her grandchildren now. and what they're up to if, if, you know, this hadn't happened to her as it has happened to, as we know already, 3000 people, but it will be much bigger than this, you know, it's much more it's much likely to be closer to 6000 people, because if you look at the number of people that have been infected and how hepatitis c works, it's quite a slow killer. so anybody out there that, you know, possibly thinks, go and get your test, because i'm hoping one of the things that will come out of today will be that the nhs will now have to support these people, make their records available to everybody instead of putting blockages in the way and test anybody that thinks that they might have hepatitis c that was given to them or, you know, and then treat them properly with dignity and give them as much support as possible , and we need aid to go possible, and we need aid to go to those people that are dying

right now. no amount of money is going to bring my mum back. but people that are dying now in abject poverty because of this need our support right now. and that's really important. >> does it infuriate you, sharon, that we are just so slow at this? they sorted this out in france in 1999. compensation was paid, prosecutions were made. here we are, 2024 and we still haven't got the flipping report yet . yet. >> and andrew, isn't it a pattern of a behaviour which is really quite worrying. you know, with so many scandals, post office scandal, you with so many scandals, post office scandal , you know, it's office scandal, you know, it's exactly the same. it's kicking the can down the road instead of acknowledging we've made a mistake, and now let's do what we can to correct it. and i think that's the thing that's the most galling for all these people that have been suffering and watching their families die, you know, that nobody is really accepting responsibility. and you mentioned france. i mean, they even prosecuted their health minister, you know, and i think japan were the same america. a lot of the drug companies have given out millions in compensation. and this was years and years ago, you know, here we are, 40 years later and we're still asking

for, for, you know, acknowledgement of what was done. do you think , sharon, your done. do you think, sharon, your experience of this, injustice is what has partly driven in your energy towards the other campaigns that you've been involved in? >> i know you weren't a fan of covid vaccine mandates with the drug companies, and also with your transgender, campaigning as well. this sense that the little guy or girl needs somebody fighting on their behalf. >> yeah, i think possibly. i mean, you know, mum was a wonderfully calm, hugely supportive , reliable person that supportive, reliable person that this injustice was done. so i suppose there was a number of things in my life, you know, the east german situation where we had these east german athletes full of drugs and nobody was doing anything about it. so i suppose i do have this big streak in me that says, i just want to fight for justice and fairness and transparency, and i just think that we i worry about

democracy, you know, we're losing the voice of the people, seems to be getting lost at the moment. and that's really important. it is. >> and thank goodness for people like you . sharon davis, thank like you. sharon davis, thank you so much forjoining us. >> great. always good to talk to sharon davis. >> isn't it brilliant how courageous i'd be very bitter if that had happen to my mum. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> wouldn't you. i would i think i'd probably try and channel it like sharon is doing. you're trying. >> it's better to be proactive than to wallow in bitterness . than to wallow in bitterness. now, iranian state media has confirmed the death of the president after a helicopter crash on sunday. >> matt white is with us now with the very latest. of course, mark, we were all kind of on the edge of our seats over the weekend thinking, had this been deliberate, not on behalf of the israelis. it doesn't look that way, does it ? way, does it? >> well, there's certainly nothing so far to indicate there was any foul play here. and we're not hearing sort of mood music from the iranians, thankfully, at this stage, anyway , to suggest that was the anyway, to suggest that was the case.i anyway, to suggest that was the case. i mean, there are helicopter fleet is ageing. it is , by all accounts, not the

is, by all accounts, not the best maintained because they struggle to get the parts, because of the sanctions. so these older aircraft , get these older aircraft, get repaired. but as i say, not in the best shape. it was flying over a high mountain range in pretty appalling weather conditions. we saw the search material from yesterday showed thick fog over that area . for thick fog over that area. for now, these images you're looking at are the very latest images that have come in from the crash scene itself. reporters, have been allowed right up to the crash scene. the bodies have been recovered, but they are right in and about the wreckage of that aircraft. and it's clear from some of the aerial footage that we also saw . so it shows that we also saw. so it shows the tail of the aircraft still largely intact, but, a big sort of burnt patch on the ground where the aircraft had clearly impacted the ground and exploded, caught fire.

>> it was in a convoy, wasn't it, at the time. but two of the helicopters landed safely. >> yeah , three helicopters >> yeah, three helicopters carrying the president. raisi the foreign minister and other dignitaries. they were up in the border region with azerbaijan , border region with azerbaijan, to inaugurate a dam, a joint project between iran and azerbaijan. and it was after leaving that there's no other way, really, for them in that mountainous area with these, very difficult mountain passes other than flying. so they took helicopter flights back to the nearest city where they were going to take aircraft back to tehran. but obviously they didn't make it. >> what does it mean politically? is it significant? he was an arch conservative. i think they probably all are now in the iranian administration . in the iranian administration. he'll be replaced by another arch conservative. does it have any ramifications for what's happening in the middle east? >> well , i happening in the middle east? >> well, i mean, it is significant in the sense that raisi was seen as a potential

replacement for the ayatollah , replacement for the ayatollah, khamenei, who is 85. and in failing health. he's a hardliner. so from that same , hardliner. so from that same, school as, khamenei in that sense , but whoever replaces him sense, but whoever replaces him is going to be a hardliner because they are so impregnated now throughout the political system in iran , both amongst the system in iran, both amongst the politicians and the establishment in that country, we are told that there will have to be an election for a new president within 50 days, so we'll wait to see who the candidate will be. it could be the vice president. also seen as a hardliner. there's been talk of, how many son as well, being a potential , any talk of a of, how many son as well, being a potential, any talk of a woman candidate, mark? >> funnily enough, no, no, i didn't think there would be a gay one. >> no, i'm sure that's not right , but as bev said, when i heard it on the radio, first of all,

gb news radio, i thought, oh, my god, yeah, this is this is this is curtains. this is disastrous. >> well , i is curtains. this is disastrous. >> well, i think if fingers were being pointed towards the likes of israel, it would be very worrying indeed. and there was always that danger. there still is potential , that danger, is potential, that danger, especially if the investigation they carry out, points to officials being to blame, either due to shoddy maintenance of the helicopter fleet, or perhaps you know, taking the decision to fly the president of iran in very bad weather conditions. so faced with that, you can see potentially how fingers might point in other directions. but thankfully , at the moment at thankfully, at the moment at least, there's no indication that they're suggesting , within that they're suggesting, within the iranian government that this was foul play. >> okay. thank you very much. mark. mark white right. still to come this morning, our panel will be back with us. we're going to be talking about labour's plans to make it easier

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gb news. >> it's 1121 us gb news. >> it's1121 us britain's newsroom. gb news andrew pearson. bev turner. >> we are joined by former labour adviser, matthew laza and author and broadcaster emma wolf. right. let's start with our own channel, sham . we neil our own channel, sham. we neil oliver on yesterday. and he was talking, emma about the covid inquiry in scotland and specifically about the treatment of the elderly during that pehod of the elderly during that period of time. this is what they were talking about . they were talking about. >> we had people who were given do not resuscitate orders, and the reality is that most resuscitation is not successful . resuscitation is not successful. >> and when it is successful,

you often need intensive care support . but that happened at support. but that happened at the same time as hospitals were denying admission to anybody that had a do not resuscitate order. so it wasn't that do not resuscitate. it became do not give any medical care to these people so that that was one catastrophe. >> so that's really quite shocking, emma, that this is coming out of the covid inquiry from the families giving their stories. why aren't we more angry about this ? angry about this? >> well, some of us are. and actually that neil oliver clip i saw it and it actually reduced me to tears. my father died just before the whole covid scandal hit this country, changed this country forever. and he was in his 90s and he died peacefully in hospital. i cannot imagine having an elderly relative or someone that you love in a care home, in hospital, being treated in this way. i think the inquiry itself is a scandal. the amount of billions of pounds that are being wasted with the questions that we want answered, not being answered , and we don't have a answered, and we don't have a plan going forward, but also that what is coming out now about how people in care homes are treated, how elderly people

in hospital were treated, how elderly people died without their wife or their husband, their wife or their husband, their without their daughters and their sons there this country. yeah. we need we need to never do this again. >> this also raises questions about! >> this also raises questions about i mean , there have been about i mean, there have been questions for a long time, but this starts to answer those questions about cause of death for some of the elderly as well, with the majority of particularly in the first stage of covid, the deaths were predominantly within care homes . predominantly within care homes. yes, which is which even i think the scottish government even have admitted that they got a care homes wrong. yeah, all ready. well, look, i think the first thing is, at least the covid inquiry is now discussing the nitty gritty of the questions that we all want . questions that we all want. yeah, rather than who said what to whom. so i think that that's, you know, that's important rather than sort of, you know, who deleted their whatsapps, or those sort of trivia that it did. i mean, i think we need we need questions to these answers. i think we also need to be realistic about you know, how we approach people later in life. it's interesting about the most resuscitation doesn't work, so i think we need clear answers to

questions because, you know , i questions because, you know, i mean, i read yesterday that there's a surge in covid cases at the moment, new variant, and there may be a summer of covid. so heaven forfend . but we need so heaven forfend. but we need certainly to know what to do next time because there may be a next time because there may be a next time. let's hope there isn't. >> that's the thing. if we have another pandemic, which okay, i don't think it was a pandemic. i think it was serious cold, serious flu in some people. but i mean, if we have another one of these variants and it evolves and all of that , what are we and all of that, what are we going to do next time? how is the country going to act? >> well, i don't think the country would would accept. i don't think they would countenance there would be civil disobedience. >> it just wouldn't happen. there's still quite a lot of people who who just comply. and i think the government, any government, needs to be very , government, needs to be very, very clear how they would approach it next time if it happened under a labour government. >> you have to remember, keir starmer was an advocate of a much longer lockdown. exactly. >> he should have been listening to our comrades in sweden who did the right thing. the social democrat led government who did a balanced, more balanced approach . yeah, absolutely. approach. yeah, absolutely. >> right. moving on, labour's plan for gender change to be made easier, matthew. yeah. so

look, i think this is a bit of a non—story because it's i think it's already been it's already out there, although the times have splashed it on their front page. >> so in labour has said that over the last few months when it said it wasn't going to do self—identification, where you basically just decided what your gender was yourself and sort of filled in a form online, which is what this was proposed in scotland, was blocked by the uk government. so instead labour said it would look at the existing procedure and try and streamline it, but keep the existing. medicalisation of the procedure where you need to have a doctor. at the moment, two doctors sign it off, labour saying that that should be one doctor. the story says it might be gps. it actually turns out that it could be gps, but they probably won't be. so it will be saying it's rather than two doctors in the system at the moment, it will be one doctor in the system, but you still will have to have a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, which is what you have to have at the moment. you have to have since the, you know, since the ability to change agenda was introduced 20 years ago. so it's some people are concerned about, you know, one doctor, not two, but anneliese dodds , who's the anneliese dodds, who's the shadow women and equalities minister, says it's to get rid

of the futile and dehumanising parts of the current system . but parts of the current system. but it will still you will still have to have a medical diagnosis. >> is this in opposition to the cass report? it feels a little contradictory to what we learned in that, emma. >> it does, and it feels a really odd timing. as matthew says, it may not be brand new information. it may be something that the times are splashing with. but why are they going down this route? at the moment? it's hugely controversial, hugely unpopular. i think amongst people are coming around to the idea that actually let's be let's be realistic about this. the idea that the idea that any gp would want to take on the additional burden with everything else that they're under at the moment of signing off medical certificates from people with gender dysphoria, or people with gender dysphoria, or people who want to change their gender seems very, very unlikely as well. >> the royal college of gps doesn't want it to be. gps basically doesn't quite say that, but it says they're already working under considerable pressure. >> they are. and this is very controversial. do they have the expertise. >> no. so i think i think i think if labour i think labour will be wrong to go down the gp route because i think gps is a bit like sick notes. gps will feel under pressure to sign, especially if gps have a continuing relationship with the with the patient. whereas if i

think what it will do is it will be one of the doctors who are not gps in the current system, but one, not two. >> you're asking a paediatrician or a psychiatrist, you're asking a family. you're asking a family doctor who needs to know about a huge range of areas to be not only a gender specialist, but also a kind of psychologist. >> and trans campaigners would say that they would like to take the medicalisation out of it completely. they believe in gendeh completely. they believe in gender, self id , most of the campaigns. >> it's not general practice, sorry. gp means general practice. this is not general. >> i'm not saying that's my view. i'm saying that's what the that's what the that's what the trans rights campaigners would say. >> i'm curious about the politics of this. so i think the politics of this. so i think the politics of this. so i think the politics of it is to be gained in. >> no, no, in.— >> no, no, it's in. >> no, no, it's the politics of this is a compromise because the trans rights lobby hates medicalisation. labour's committed to keeping it as you have to have a diagnosis. so it's about making the diagnosis slightly easier. but but not being gender self id. so i think they need labour needs to make clear that it's not going to be the gp or your local gp, it's going to remain with the system as it is, but a bit streamlined. >> but beth, you're right, following the cass report, i thought we were going to make it harder and more and more

rigorous, just a more rigorous process so that children cannot just sort of socially transition without mentioning it to their parents. that kind of thing. >> so and the tories will portray this as less us, so it will lay that charge. well, it depends. it depends whether the experts are i mean, i'm not sure whether two versus one makes a huge difference as long as the person is an independent, independent doctor, it needs to be rigorous. >> talking of health care , we >> talking of health care, we can't get any in this country, emma, but the government are apparently going to pay for migrants deported to rwanda to seek medical treatment elsewhere if they can't get it in rwanda. i'm sorry, what exactly ? i'm sorry, what exactly? >> well, a, is anyone ever going to go to rwanda? so it's kind of a moot point. but actually, even these migrants who are deported to rwanda would then be also entitled that we that we, we would pay for free contraception, mental health support, free eye tests and one pair of glasses. so we're going to pay for people to be deported to pay for people to be deported to rwanda. then we're going to support them for five years with their medical care. >> but this must be something in order to make this seem more appealing. from a legal point of view. >> well, i think it's also to keep the rwandan government happy, because the rwandan government doesn't want the health care needs. the people

who arrived to be on their, their budget. the key thing about this as well is it's not just that they're going to get free health care. it's because, they are the deal that rwandan government's done at our expense with a private insurance company means that if you've got a condition that can't easily be treated in rwanda, you will be taken from rwanda to another country, which can treat you so , country, which can treat you so, i mean, are we going to see people go end up in rwanda and then end up in a swiss clinic? sorry i test and i am sure exactly. >> but i am sure that an eye test or contraception is available in rwanda. >> it's for more serious conditions. i think they're saying, i mean, i'm not saying it's not available. the rwandan government is saying it's part of the deal. >> and it's and, matthew, you're absolutely right. it's so that it was part of the deal signed with rwanda so that they are not liable. but this is what i do understand is it's why it's one pair of glasses and not two poor things. >> if they sit on their glasses. >> if they sit on their glasses. >> labour has got the solution out in the six pledges last week. they're going to set up another flipping quango. >> it's not another quango bringing together existing resources. >> andrew is another flipping quango. >> it's not a quango. >> it's not a quango. >> what about prisoners avoiding going to jail? emma >> well, funnily enough, no, look, this is a bit odd because

if you're given a prison sentence of up to 12 months, it is still a prison sentence. if you're not being sent to prison, you're not being sent to prison, you're not. it's not a prison sentence. so i think it's a bit odd.up sentence. so i think it's a bit odd. up to 12 months. you will maybe instead do community service. but actually i think that something like community service, where you get out there, you clean up the streets, you like, you see in america , you like, you see in america, all over the place, you see chain gangs on the highways and they're cleaning the roads and they're cleaning the roads and they're doing litter picking, and they're cleaning up off graffiti and things like that. i like the idea of prisoners doing something for the community. the other the only thing is, i'm not sure i like the idea of people sentenced to 6 or 12 months just being out on our streets, in our communities, not in prison. some of them will be violent offenders. exactly. so i think there needs to be they need to be in some kind of custody, but also giving back to the community. >> burglars. oh, they stay there as long as they clean some. if they paint somebody's fence, we can let them carry on burglary. >> what? and living in andrew the whole all the evidence is that under 12 months that you're much less likely to reoffend if you have a community sentence and that's what we want. >> we want people to reoffend less because it's about protecting the public ultimately. yeah. so i think it

needs to be. >> and of course, if they're going to prison for 12 months, it's only a six month. it's only a six month thing and they lose their job a six month thing and they lose theirjob and they lose their their job and they lose their job and, and they and often they lose family links as well, which are vitally important that people retain, you know, if they're in a relationship, etc. >> so we don't want the revolving door of criminals, but this needs to be watched. and i wish it was being done because it was the right thing to do and not as an emergency measure, because the government hasn't got enough. >> prisons are overflowing. >> prisons are overflowing. >> yeah, yeah, absolutely, right. thank you both, emma. thank you. and matthew laza . thank you. and matthew laza. right. time for the news, sir. tatiana sanchez is waiting for us. here she is . us. here she is. >> beth. thank you. the top stories from the gb news room. the final report of the infected blood inquiry will be published today by the inquiry chair, sir bhan today by the inquiry chair, sir brian langstaff . more than 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 since died. 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. chancellor jeremy publication of the report. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package. iran has confirmed the country's president , confirmed the country's president, ebrahim raisi, and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash, footage shows the crash site on a mountainside. harsh weather conditions hampered efforts by search teams, but the wreckage was eventually located in east azerbaijan province. iran. 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. dozens of supporters have gathered outside the royal courts of justice, where julian assange is facing the next stage of his legal battle against extradition to the united states . the wikileaks founder faces prosecution in the us over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and

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clarke gave evidence to the inquiry a few years ago, he had a very uncomfortable he was health secretary in the early 80s when we knew about how lethal aids was. and he was very, very receptive. i suspect he's going to come out of it very badly. yeah. >> what i don't understand is why it's taken us in this country so long to get these answers in france in 1999. exactly. why have other countries been able to do this so much more quickly? there have been criminal prosecutions , been criminal prosecutions, even, should the same happen here. so much to get stuck into on that one. we'll be speaking to victims and commentators too. >> and there's a live press conference as well. at half past, as soon as the report is published. so we'll hear precisely what has been decided and frankly, who is to blame. but it's not just that. also in our time, it's the final, level of appeal within this country that julian assange can reach. so this is really judgement day for julian assange as well. between the hours of 12, will he be sent to the united states? >> we shall find out his appeal

to the european court, won't they? >> well, they will. so this is the final, level within the united kingdom. the high court, of course. but what the high court says will have huge beahng court says will have huge bearing on what the echr might bearing on what the echr might be able to do. and there's another sort of twig in the cog of everything going on here, which is, that president biden said that he would be open to the idea of instead of extradition to the united states, extradition to australia. so it could be that this entire process is undermined by some backroom deal . no. >> right. fascinating, brilliant to have all the details. that's all at midday, first, though, don't go anywhere. you're still with britain's newsroom on .

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britain's newsroom and gb news. with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thank you for getting in touch with us this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay is our comments page, what have you been saying, ray says regarding the woman you had on from just stop oil, does she realise you can't just turn off the flow of oil without feasible alternatives? we end up freezing, starving and dying. there is so much research being done to find alternative energy sources, and her time and energy would be better spent supporting this research. it's a really good point. >> she wouldn't address , though, >> she wouldn't address, though, would she? the point we made that they are putting genuine businesses in a lot of financial difficulty. yes, but what about climate change? absolutely. she just would not engage with it. >> no, ijust just would not engage with it. >> no, i just i can't bear it when and they lose the argument. >> they've got to take people with them. >> that's right. when anybody says about anything the science is settled , the science is never is settled, the science is never settled. that's the whole point of science. you can always find people who will give you the side of the coin. anthony has said he was a gb news member. thank you anthony, thank you for joining us. floods in the uk have been made worse by millions of people turning their front

gardens into solid paving rather than gardens building on floodplains. it is not just climate change which is a normal phenomenon. it's such a good point . yeah it is, jack, who is point. yeah it is, jack, who is also a member, says the bbc is trying to imply that israel downed the iranian president helicopter, israel is not is saying it's not us. it was the weather, i haven't seen the bbc coverage. >> quite a lot of people have got in touch about sharon davis, because we talked about the fact that her mum, sadly , was a that her mum, sadly, was a victim of the infected blood scandal. she died in 2017. marianne says sharon davis would be a brilliant mp. she's so articulate, always has a reason point of view , would be such an point of view, would be such an advocate for all the unheard. yeah, i think i rather agree with that. >> oh, she would be brilliant, and sue has said my sister in law worked in a care home during the pandemic. this is about the facts that were coming out of the scottish covid inquiry. they lost 11 of their residents. however, six of those were already on end of life care. this is what makes me have no confidence in the covid death

tally. well i'd like to think that the inquiries will clarify some of those figures. >> and a lot of people are talking about the infected blood, sandra says government delays when it comes to compensation, the liability element appears to always be after a large proportion of the affected have unfortunately passed . you do wonder cynically passed. you do wonder cynically if successive governments just kept delaying it because people have been dying and they still are. >> absolutely. and of course this will it will. the payments have to be made under labour, under a labour prime minister? >> they will, because the government has set up a body to oversee or is setting up a body to oversee the compensation payments. and at the time it was they were accused of kicking the can down the road. so rishi sunak will announce today 10 billion, but that 10 billion will come out of the coffers after it'll probably be next yeah after it'll probably be next year, which is possibly going to be a labour government. >> we'll be honest. we'll be, and stewart saying about our just stop oil lady saying , and stewart saying about our just stop oil lady saying, and she's a teacher. just think about that. >> yes, i hope she doesn't teach science. >> well, i bet she does . and it

>> well, i bet she does. and it would worry me a little bit to have somebody as a teacher who feels, quite so strongly about something and the catastrophic thinking that this was the end of the world is around the corner , yeah. a lot of you corner, yeah. a lot of you getting in touch about the just stop oil. jane says the same. of course, she's a teacher. my nine year old granddaughter can't sleep at night because teachers of traumatised her with this climate change nonsense. what do they expect? a nine year old can do about it? we are a tiny drop in the ocean and shouldn't be bankrupting our country on something that will occur regardless. teachers can be shameful. thank you jane, how awful. >> nine year olds coming home with their heads filled with all that panic, the full of anxiety, these kids because they think we've got world war three around the corner. >> they think we're all going to die in a flood because of climate change, or that we're all going to die of a virus and it's mum and dad's fault. yeah, it's mum and dad's fault. yeah, it's really bad what we've done to this generation. right. moving on. >> still to come. this is a subject i know so much about. somebody called jurgen klopp, jurgen, jurgen klopp, he's departing liverpool, which is a football club. we're going to be speaking to a former and very famous player and what this means for the club. after his

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from dawn till dusk. it fills a space in my life that the media was not satisfying. so thank you all for your support. absolutely >> and for those of you who listen to us on the radio too, because some of them said we listen on the radio in the car, some of them were drivers, taxi drivers, that sort of thing. right now, big story. manchester city have won the premier league for the fourth season in the row. they're the first english team to do so. >> their victory also coincides with the departure of liverpool manager jurgen klopp, who's stepping down after nine years in the role. so let's talk to the legendary former liverpool player mark lawrenson, who joins us now. morning mark. great to see you. right. first of all city's victory was that very much expected . much expected. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you know what happens with them. >> they're they play very well up until christmas. >> and then after christmas they play >> and then after christmas they play brilliantly. and as soon as a in everyone else's armour, they just snip in there and, and obviously they've been there arguably now the best team i think i've ever seen. i was fortunate at liverpool to have

done the, three years things three times in the season thing, but now they've done for now, it's just a fantastic achievement. >> is the is how important is the manager to all of this? mark. because i read that next year his contract expires and that may be his last season at the helm of manchester city. guardiola . guardiola. >> can you hear us, mark? are you still with us? i think he's frozen. i think he's frozen . frozen. i think he's frozen. that's a pity because you had that answer. >> you had you had lip on the football. >> so pep guardiola is the manager of man city and he's contract expires next year. >> he's led. so he's been in charge for quite a few years . he charge for quite a few years. he might not renew the contract next year. that's him. this is pep guardiola if you're listening on the radio there he is shrugging being being asked how much longer he's going to do. because even if you're winning, the pressure must be huge. and i know they get paid a stash of cash , but it's a big stash of cash, but it's a big job, isn't it? >> isn't it so jurgen klopp, the

other story that we're going to wing our way through is . wing our way through is. liverpool managerjurgen klopp liverpool manager jurgen klopp has now said that he's standing down as the manager and they came of liverpool. >> liverpool came third and, that's him. he's standing down already. gosh those teeth aren't his. he's very handsome though i find him. >> he's very charismatic jurgen klopp yeah you don't get this from gabby logan. she wouldn't tell you. she quite fancies him. she'd have something much more intelligent to say. >> and. arsenal. arsenal came second, so this was their best chance. so apparently liverpool, manchester city have won about six out of the last seven years, but they're owned by arab money. absolutely. and that's what it's all about isn't it? >> isn't it. did you watch the boxing match of the weekend? andrew doyle no. i ask you about that. >> no, i did not. i'm aware it happened. ty tyson fury that's right. he got to the end , and it right. he got to the end, and it was a point disputed points. it was a point disputed points. it was a point disputed points. it was a points victory, wasn't it? two judges for the one who won, one for tyson fury. i can't bear boxing. i think it's awful. i would never ban it. i just can't

bear it. would never ban it. i just can't bearit.i would never ban it. i just can't bear it. i just wouldn't i just, you know, why would you why would you put your head in the, in front? i mean, look what happened to muhammad ali. >> i know if you're just tuning in for this expert sports analysis, don't just stay with us because emily and tom will be on, in just a moment. >> yeah, well, i'm much more interested in wimbledon, which is coming up . is coming up. >> well, let's tell you what you've been telling us at home. i'm sure your analysis of the football would be much more professional than ours , let's professional than ours, let's see what you've got to say , what see what you've got to say, what are manchester city's? what is manchester city's nickname? i don't know, what was liverpool's nickname? the reds. reds? >> maybe they're just the arsenal . arsenal. >> are the gunners there? how do i know? >> i know man united is red devils. tom harwood is shouting from across city. city? man city are just known as city no. come on tom, there must be something to city. >> city? okay. >> city? okay. >> how do you know? how does he know about football? >> duncan has said, why are you bothering with sports stories when you both don't have the first clue what you're talking about? >> not even a half a clue doesn't get past you, does it, duncan? >> but you know what? at least we're honest about it. we're not going to pretend we know what

we're talking about. >> we weren't going to talk to mark lawrenson, who? we were talking to mark lawrenson, but we lost him. and of course, he is a football legend. >> he is an absolute legend. liverpool >> and he was a he was a matchday commentator, do you think they paid him as much as gary lineker? >> i don't know, millions a year? no. nobody gets paid as much as gary lineker and nobody should. the footballers get paid as much. >> nobody should get paid as much as gary lineker either. >> a lot of you are quite incensed about this ofcom judgement about rishi sunak people's forum, where you, the public, got to ask the questions of our prime minister. i mean what an amazing opportunity is that michelle dewberry is going to be debating that on her show at 6:00 this evening. so if you're interested in that, make sure you watch michelle this evening. and she's got claire fox, baroness claire fox. she's great, who i adore. when i grow up, i want to be claire fox. >> i did a panel with her a few years ago, a question time panel years ago, a question time panel, and it was terrific. >> she's such. >> she's such. >> oddly, we agreed a lot. did you? >> well, i'm not surprised because she's an ultimate free speech advocate. i don't know who else claire is on with, but michelle always has great guests, so make sure you watch

that or listen to that. at 6:00 tonight, a lot of you are talking about this, ofcom ruling, and charlie says if andrew read anything from the autocue about football, he'd repeat it without questioning. his knowledge on football is less than zero, with a laughing emoji. >> —0. you could write it on the back of a postage stamp, shrink it ten times and i still wouldn't be able to. >> well, you have more important things to think about today, because it is the launch of your book this evening, finding margaret and i will be there. and when your your book is out on thursday, i want the hard copy. i want you to bring it in and we can show the audience. would you give me a signed copy? >> i might give you a signed copy. you might have to buy it. oh, i mean, a lot, a lot of toil went into that book. you know, honestly. >> typical. he gives you one hand and he takes with the other. right. here's emily and tom with. good afternoon, britain. see you tomorrow. >> oh, we love that. we love that every single second. the sports knowledge is through the roof. my goodness, in our show today , some really exciting, today, some really exciting, important things at half past this hour , we will find out this hour, we will find out finally who knew what and when .

finally who knew what and when. it's the infected blood report, andifs it's the infected blood report, and it's judgement day for wikileaks founder julian assange. >> we'll be hearing whether he'll be extradited to the united states. lots more as well. so stick with us after the . weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. we've got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. having a look at this morning. then we've got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. this will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north, but elsewhere staying largely dry. we will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western i northern ireland, where they could be heavy , perhaps with the could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and

down that eastern coast, but elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. as we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. we've got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland . perhaps just the odd scotland. perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine in a few showers still remaining across western parts of northern ireland and perhaps even into cumbria as well. but on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time , then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies , perhaps a few showers, skies, perhaps a few showers, but they'll just gradually fade away. but we'll start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. a few showers as well. across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. so tuesday is a bit of a mixed

picture really. we'll see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. that's where we'll start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of northern ireland where they could be heavy at times. in between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud just to watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of yeah around average for the time of year. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on monday. the 20th of may. >> this hour, the long awaited report into the worst treatment disaster in nhs history is to be published. thousands of people have died and thousands of others have suffered as a result of the infected blood scandal .

of the infected blood scandal. we'll have the details, reaction and analysis and it's judgement day for julian assange in his final appeal in the uk, the high court will decide whether the wikileaks founder should be extradited to the united states on espionage charges, espionage, 9v911. >> even. >> we'll bring you the decision as soon as it happens. >> and iran's president and foreign minister have been killed in a helicopter crash . killed in a helicopter crash. we're asking, what does this mean for the region for and britain? >> it's been 41 years since the infected blood scandal was first known. about. first published on the front page of a national newspaper here. and in fact, in this programme, we'll be speaking to the woman who published that story back in 1983, suggesting that blood that was being given to patients in

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