short while later and to go ahead a short while later and then suddenly the consultant came into the room and said we are not going ahead any more with the c—section, the baby's heart rate is stable, and i think that is when the mood really changed and it was a really stressful moment, just seeing the reaction of the staff in the room, lots of concerned faces, some of them raise their concerns and it ended up being a disagreement on the staff in the room whether they should go ahead with the c—section. there ended up being a vote and i was asked to vote on whether we should go ahead or not and i was shocked by this and i couldn't believe what was going on around me. that is where it was stressful, it was scary and in the end i was told

that we weren't going to go ahead with the c—section and i ended up staying in labour. i ended up in theatre nature the following day at two o'clock in the morning, i give birth at 2:30am by assisted delivery, and that is after i had a high heart rate, with the set was alarming. i ended up getting an infection. it was a very long period of time and in the end i was discharged despite being a lot of pain in that area and ended up being backin pain in that area and ended up being back in hospital the next day. they found that i had an abscess wound and also un pretension that they have to drain the catheter. that was my experience- _ have to drain the catheter. that was my experience. what _ have to drain the catheter. that was my experience. what happened - have to drain the catheter. that was | my experience. what happened after that, did you find the care had improved what you had the baby opposite still hard after that? the lack of opposite still hard after that? tue: lack of support opposite still hard after that? tte: lack of support was opposite still hard after that? t"t;e: lack of support was a opposite still hard after that? tte: lack of support was a real opposite still hard after that? t“t;e: lack of support was a real issue.

just asking for help, asking for pain relief. i was in so much pain and i couldn't understand what was going on myself. i was brushed off. my going on myself. i was brushed off. my mum was called an anxious mother for asking for pain relief. i was sent home. i ended up back there. until i rested with the matron, that is when i felt the care improved slightly whilst i was there, but even the after care i was told the midwife would come to the host daily to change my dressing, i was later told i could not happen. there was a lot that didn't happen that should have.~ . lot that didn't happen that should have. ~ ., ., ,, lot that didn't happen that should have. ~ . ., ,., .,, lot that didn't happen that should have. ~ ., ., ,, .,, lot that didn't happen that should have. ~ ., ., ., have. what do you hope will come out of this report? — have. what do you hope will come out of this report? i _ have. what do you hope will come out of this report? i hope _ have. what do you hope will come out of this report? i hope we'll— have. what do you hope will come out of this report? i hope we'll change - of this report? i hope we'll change come across _ of this report? i hope we'll change come across all— of this report? i hope we'll change come across all of— of this report? i hope we'll change come across all of the _ of this report? i hope we'll change come across all of the hospitals i come across all of the hospitals across the country. real change for women to go into a hospital trusting the environment and the staff. i know things can go wrong, but at those times you rely on the people

around you to help you get through it with professionalism and care. i hope to see real change.- it with professionalism and care. i hope to see real change. thank you ve much hope to see real change. thank you very much indeed. _ for details of organisations which offer advice and support with some of the issues raised, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. new evidence has been uncovered that the british government was warned by its own embassy staff in the united states about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 19805. it's now thought more than 1,200 nhs patients with the blood disorder haemophilia were infected with the virus, many after being given a treatment made from american blood plasma. let's speak to andy evans, who is an infected blood survivor and co—founder of tainted blood.

thanks very much for being with us. can you tell us how you were infected with hepatitis and hiv? yes. i'm a haemophiliac and i was put on the factory eight treatment at around age of three. we find out later on that i was infected with hiv and hepatitis c at around the age of five, mainly through a pharmaceutical company from the united states. i wasn't told until i was 13 years old after my parents were told when i was ten, so the information was kept from them for quite awhile. i went on to develop full—blown aids at the age of 16. the only treatment at available at that time was very toxic and may have pushed me over into the status of full—blown aids. my parents

during that time were told please brace yourselves because we don't expect him to survive this on several occasions. tt expect him to survive this on several occasions.— expect him to survive this on several occasions. , ., , several occasions. it must have been very difficult — several occasions. it must have been very difficult for— several occasions. it must have been very difficult for you _ several occasions. it must have been very difficult for you as _ several occasions. it must have been very difficult for you as a _ several occasions. it must have been very difficult for you as a child - very difficult for you as a child going to school with all this going on. what was the impact on you psychologically?— on. what was the impact on you psychologically? surreal, really. we were told that _ psychologically? surreal, really. we were told that hiv _ psychologically? surreal, really. we were told that hiv was _ psychologically? surreal, really. we were told that hiv was viewed - psychologically? surreal, really. we were told that hiv was viewed as i psychologically? surreal, really. we were told that hiv was viewed as a l were told that hiv was viewed as a dirty virus, that you just cap yourself, you didn't tell anybody. that is i did. i started taking the azt medication, which is making me quite l. i was stuck on the coach on the way to school. i was ill over time but i couldn't tell anybody why. i couldn't tell them i was this medication. while i had a decent group of friends around me who

didn't question me, i was seen by a lot of the school as a bit of an outcast. ., ., , ., outcast. you have been involved in the fi . ht outcast. you have been involved in the fight for _ outcast. you have been involved in the fight for having _ outcast. you have been involved in the fight for having the _ outcast. you have been involved in the fight for having the inquiry. - the fight for having the inquiry. what is the key element of it that you want to see? for what is the key element of it that you want to see?— what is the key element of it that you want to see? for me, personally, i would you want to see? for me, personally, i would like — you want to see? for me, personally, i would like to — you want to see? for me, personally, i would like to be _ you want to see? for me, personally, i would like to be vindicated - you want to see? for me, personally, i would like to be vindicated for - i would like to be vindicated for all of the years we have been pressing this, the evidence that people were experimented on, that warnings were given and ignored, the people were having their test results without. i would like a meaningful apology from the government because at this point the government because at this point the government does not know, it seems what it has been apologising for. they say things like it is sorry this happens, it shouldn't have done so, but i would also like to see the people who remain being looked after properly and that —— if that means compensating the victims and their families for those who have already died, so be it. that

families for those who have already died, so be it.— families for those who have already died, so be it. that must happen. it has been a — died, so be it. that must happen. it has been a long _ died, so be it. that must happen. it has been a long time _ died, so be it. that must happen. it has been a long time for— died, so be it. that must happen. it has been a long time for this - died, so be it. that must happen. it has been a long time for this to - has been a long time for this to happen. how does it feel to have these new elements appearing every day, for example, the new stats people in the us embassy had warned the governments? tt is people in the us embassy had warned the governments?— the governments? it is fantastic that this is _ the governments? it is fantastic that this is coming _ the governments? it is fantastic that this is coming out - the governments? it is fantastic that this is coming out into - the governments? it is fantastic that this is coming out into the l that this is coming out into the news at the moment. a lot of this information we have known for quite a long time, so it has been a real struggle trying to get that into the public domain. we knew for a fact that people were warned that licensing —— but licensing of these products went ahead despite these warnings. we are where we are. coming up to a week away from the inquiry know the feeling is quite surreal. i have lived with hiv for 90% of my life so far. i have been campaigning on this for decades and we could be a week away from what we hope is the beginning of the end of the scandal. you

hope is the beginning of the end of the scandal-— the scandal. you said that you face when ou the scandal. you said that you face when you belittle _ the scandal. you said that you face when you belittle the _ the scandal. you said that you face when you belittle the prospect - the scandal. you said that you facej when you belittle the prospect that might not survive. hour when you belittle the prospect that might not survive.— might not survive. how is your health now? — might not survive. how is your health now? my _ might not survive. how is your health now? my health - might not survive. how is your health now? my health is - might not survive. how is your- health now? my health is reasonable. i have had a lot of damage to my body. it has been wrecked by the hiv, the hepatitis c, the treatment for hepatitis c, the treatment that i suffered during my time with aids, which caused osteoporosis, all sorts of things. i had a stroke, as way. i will never be well. my prognosis at the moment is good, as long as i keep taking my hiv medications i should be ok hopefully for some time to come. just should be ok hopefully for some time to come. , , , , ., should be ok hopefully for some time tocome. , , , ., should be ok hopefully for some time tocome. ,, , ., to come. just briefly, do you hope ou will to come. just briefly, do you hope you will get _ to come. just briefly, do you hope you will get the — to come. just briefly, do you hope you will get the answers _ to come. just briefly, do you hope you will get the answers you - to come. just briefly, do you hope you will get the answers you want| you will get the answers you want from the inquiry next week? yes. you will get the answers you want from the inquiry next week? yes, we reall do. from the inquiry next week? yes, we really do- we — from the inquiry next week? yes, we really do. we have _ from the inquiry next week? yes, we really do. we have had _ from the inquiry next week? yes, we really do. we have had several - from the inquiry next week? yes, we really do. we have had several false| really do. we have had several false starts in the past with the archer

inquiry, which was a non—statutory inquiry, which was a non—statutory inquiry that didn't get the answer is that we needed. we had the penrose inquiry, that was limited, that didn't give us the answers. we have been patient with a statutory inquiry for such a long time and now that it inquiry for such a long time and now thatitis inquiry for such a long time and now that it is almost at the end, we hope that it is everything we needed to be because i don't see a way forward after this. if this doesn't give us what we need is, well, i don't know. this has to be it for us. ., ~' don't know. this has to be it for us. ., ~ , ., don't know. this has to be it for us. . ~ i. don't know. this has to be it for us. . ~ . don't know. this has to be it for us. thank you so much for taking the time to talk— us. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to _ us. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. _ a 300—year—old elephant tusk, a cannon and some human bones are just some of the hundreds of relics that were found at sea or washed up on the shores of the uk last year. a bbc freedom of information request shows more than 300 items were declared to the official government body for offshore wrecks and salvage. rebecca ricks has been finding out more. below the surface lies an often haunting history, and some of the treasures found deep

down are more unusual than others. i just saw something poking out of the mud and it was just a little bit too smooth to be a piece of rock or wood. and i put my hand down and grabbed it and i thought, "i think i know what this is. " and when i levered it out of the sand, the sand cracked in a big semicircle. and that's when i realised that i've got an elephant�*s tusk. and now it's hanging in his pub in kent. surprisingly, it's not the only elephant tusk declared in recent years. off the coast of falmouth in 2019, another was filmed being brought up from a ship from the 16005, thought to be linked to the slave trade. and here it is. wow. bringing it to dry land was just the start. you have to get the salt out of them. if the objects are allowed to dry, the salt forms crystals on the inside, and quite often the object will fall apart. it needs to go into a museum. but because it's ivory, because it's associated with the slave trade,

finding a home for it has been difficult. the receiver�*s list is fascinating. ejector seat parts, a bomb shackle, human bones, mammoth bones, and even a 2.5—tonne bronze french—made cannon from the 17th century. not to mention the statues, the ship's bells, the crockery and the iron swords. if you find something from a wreck, you have a duty to report it in 28 days or face a possible fine. in southampton, the receiver of wreck is working through a backlog. when something is reported to us, we have a year to find an owner for that item. and then what we do is we negotiate between the owner and with the finder. but of course some of the items bought up, some of the most common items — things like portholes, they won't have a great monetary or historical value unless you know the name of the wreck it's come from. we've had things like beer vats that have been reported to us, gas masks. on one occasion, we even had a jacuzzi, which had fallen off of a super yacht. well, sometimes the things found

at sea are a little too big to be stored indoors. this anchor is thought to weigh about 2.5 tonnes, and for the last two years, it's been living in this hedge. the 19th century trotman's anchor was caught in richard's fishing nets. now, in brixham, richard is still waiting on a decision from the receiver. we've been stuck with it now since then, waiting for the receiver of wreck to give us the go ahead to be able to get rid of it, to try and claim back some of the expense we've had. in 30 years of fishing, it wasn't richard's only unusual find. probably one of the funniest was a kipper, packed in a vacuum pack, with a knob of butter ready to be served. cows, sheep. the sea is still a very mysterious place. the dredging industry has been doing its bit too — identifying culturally—importa nt items. i think for us some of the oldest are the palaeolithic finds. - so we have had some really amazing finds that date back to the middle palaeolithic period. so everything from hand axes to mammoth teeth.

it's just really incredible to be the first person to touch something in say 300,000 years. 0ur coastlines are a treasure trove of history and riches. there's no doubt the curiosities will continue to land in the hands of people for decades to come. rebecca ricks, bbc news, devon.

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this is bbc news heavy fighting in ukraine as russia says they have entered the border town of vovcha nsk. says they have entered the border town of vovchansk. there is a cabinet shake—up in russia as well. donald trump was my criminal hush money trial begins with former attorney michael cohen expected to take the stand. rishi sunak warns of dangerous years ahead in the —— in a major speech ahead of an expected general election. hello, welcome to bbc news now. russia has intensified its attacks in northeast ukraine — raising fears the city of kharkiv could soon be in range of its artillery. the border town of vovchansk has been heavily bombed. kharkiv�*s governor has said russia is trying to stretch the frontline —