Press coverage

Below you can find (in reverse chronological order) links to press coverage received for the campaign. Please contact us if you find any dead links or know of coverage not yet included on this page.

Contaminated blood press coverage

Positive Nation - Saturday 1 December 2007
Tainted Blood
http://www.positivenation.co.uk/issue136/features/feature4/feature4.htm

BBC Radio 4 - Thursday 24 May 2007
You and Yours
Click to download and listen

The Herald - Tuesday 24 April 2007
More heads should roll after doctors' fiasco
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.1342397.0.0.php

The Sun - Friday 20 April 2007
Blood jabs wrecked boys' lives
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007180364,00.html

This is Lancashire - Friday 20 April 2007
Apology called for after NHS blood ‘disaster’
Click here to view

Guardian Letters - Friday 20 April 2007
Blood inquiry would be in my interest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2061533,00.html

The Journal, Newcastle - Thursday 19th April 2007 and previously
Link to The Journal where press coverage has been ongoing
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The Daily Star - Thursday 19 April 2007
Contaminated blood inquiry begins
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news_detail_pa.html?sku=1176909180168070-H6

The Mirror - Thursday 20 April 2007
Bad blood tragedy kills 2,000
Click here to view

The Mirror - Thursday 20 April 2007
Did I inject my son with HIV?
Click here to view

The Northern Echo - Thursday 19 April 2007
Blood inquiry hears testimony from relatives
Click here to view

The Guardian - Thursday 19 April 2007
Widow accuses doctors over donor blood risks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2060376,00.html

Manchester Evening News - Thursday 19 April 2007
Tragedy of Son Who Dies of AIDS
Click here to view

United Press International - Thursday 19 April 2007
Report says Britain knew of blood risks
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/04/18/report_says_britain_knew_of_blood_risks/

The Sun - Thursday 19 April 2007
Killer blood given to kids (Doomed at 5)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007180212,00.html

Manchester Evening News - Thursday 19 April 2007
Plea of tainted blood victims
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1004/1004904_plea_of_tainted_blood_victims.html

The Independent - Thursday 19 April 2007
Haemophiliac 'tragedy' should never have happened
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article2461422.ece

The Observer - Sunday 25 February 2007
Anger as 'hep C widows' left out in the cold
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2020876,00.html

Bolton News - Wednesday 21 February 2007
Blood disease victim welcomes inquiry
Click here to view the clipping

BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester - Tuesday 20 February 2007
Andy Evans speaks out on Hepatitis C and the public inquiry announcement
Click here to download and listen

BBC Radio Five Live - Tuesday 20 February 2007
The Murphy family speak about contaminated blood disaster
Click here to download and listen large (17MB) file

The Telegraph - Monday 19 February 2007
Campaigners win HIV infected blood inquiry
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/19/nblood19.xml

BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme - Monday 19 February 2007
Haydn Lewis speaks out on public inquiry announcement
Click here to download and listen

Radio 5 Live - Monday 19 February 2007
Haydn Lewis speaks out on public inquiry announcement
Click here to download and listen

Radio Wales - Monday 19 February 2007
Haydn Lewis speak out on public inquiry announcement
Click here to download and listen

BBC Scotland online - Monday 19 February 2007
Scots blood virus probe ruled out
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6374691.stm

icWales - Monday 19 February 2007
Victims deserve to know HIV truth
Click here to view

New! magazine - Tuesday 6 February 2007
I got HIV from a blood transfusion
Click here to view the clipping

Sheffield Star - Wednesday 3 January 2007
How I've coped with HIV since the age of 8
Click here to view the clipping

Sheffield Star - Wednesday 3 January 2007
Melanie faces adult life with plenty of hope
Click here to view the clipping

Daily Express - Tuesday 28 November 2006
My Life With HIV - Melanie McKay
Click here to view the clipping

BBC Radio 4 - Archive Hour - Saturday 11 November 2006
Living with Aids: Blood Brothers
Click here to download and listen Large file (54MB)

The Observer - Sunday 10 September 2006
HIV-infected blood victims condemn 'meagre' payout
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1869059,00.html

Daily Mail - Saturday 9 September 2006
Sentenced to death by the NHS
Click here to view the clipping

Sunday Herald - Sunday 27 August 2006
'Destroyed' files on blood scandal may have survived
Click here to view clipping

BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester - Friday 28 July 2006
News and Interview with Andy Evans
Click here to download and listen

The Observer - Sunday 18 June 2006
Blood scandal families' fury at inquiry refusal
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1800309,00.html

The Scotsman - Saturday 17 June 2006
Kerr attacked for refusing inquiry into blood scandal
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=888912006

BBC Scotland - Friday 16 June 2006
Kerr rules out blood virus probe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5087444.stm

BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' - Thursday 25 May 2006
Interview with Andy Evans and Lord Alf Morris
Click here to download and listen

The Observer - Sunday 21 May 2006
Copies of lost 'blood row' papers found
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,1779883,00.html

Daily Express - Thursday 11 May 2006
Infected blood victims protest at Clinton visit
Click here to download the cutting

World Net Daily - Thursday 11 May 2006
HIV sufferers protest Clinton
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50159

The Sun - Thursday 11 May 2006
Fury at Clinton over Aids
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006210495,00.html

Glasgow Evening Times - Wednesday 10 May 2006
Clinton checks in to favourite city suite
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5051992.html (see 2nd page)

BBC News Southern Counties - Wednesday 10 May 2006
Haemophiliac joins Clinton demo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4758667.stm

BBC News - Wednesday 10 May 2006
Clinton warning on global warming
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/4755297.stm (read last 5 paragraphs)

The Sun - Saturday 6 May 2006
Lags 'infected' Brits
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006200986,,00.html

Political Gateway Florida USA - Sunday 23 April 2006
Tainted blood victims allege cover-up
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/8902

The Washington Times - Sunday 23 April 2006
Tainted blood victims allege cover-up
http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20060423-074056-4910r.htm

Sunday Observer - Sunday 23 April 2006
Tainted blood victims allege official cover-up
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1759319,00.html

Wiltshire Network News - Friday 21 April 2006
Call for inquiry into haemophiliacs’ deaths
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.738231.0.call_for_inquiry_into_haemophiliacs_
deaths.php

Observer Blog - Wednesday 19 April 2006
Forgotten Victims
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/04/19/post_2.html

Sky News - Wednesday 19 April 2006
Blood Blunder Victims Demand Millions
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1219095,00.html

Sky News - Wednesday 19 April 2006
HIV victims demand millions
http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-hiv_190406_1,00.html

Radio 4 'Today' - Wednesday 19 April 2006
Interview with Haydn Lewis
Click here to listen

BBC Breakfast - Wednesday 19 April 2006
Calls for more blood infection compensation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4922164.stm (then click the Video link to the right)

BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester - Wednesday 19 April 2006
Interview with Andrew Evans
Click here to listen

BBC Midlands Today - Wednesday 19 April 2006
HIV+ haemophiliac calls for public inquiry
Click here to view

Pink News - Wednesday 19 April 2006
New calls for HIV blunder inquiry
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-1196.html

Scotsman.com - Monday 17 April 2006
Haemophilia: the ongoing scandal
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=580342006

Radio 5 Live - Sunday 16 April 2006
Interview with Haydn Lewis
Click here to listen

Sunday Observer - Sunday 16 April 2006
Left to die: the hidden victims of an NHS blunder
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,1754868,00.html

Sunday Observer - Sunday 16 April 2006
Aids scandal survivors demand new payout
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1754928,00.html

Sunday Observer - Sunday 16 April 2006
These victims deserve justice
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1754801,00.html

Sunday Observer - Sunday 16 April 2006
All articles in PDF format
Click here to view

MSN:NBC - Sunday 2 April 2006
Bayer: Rat of the Week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS3mhjt7TrY

Washington Post - March 2006
Clinton & the killer blood
http://prorev.com/blood.htm

BBC News Scotland - Tuesday 28 February 2006
Blood campaigner in mail mystery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4757666.stm (then click the Video link to the right)

The Sun - February/March 2006
Brits given US Aids blood
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006100552,00.html

The Scotsman News - Saturday 14 January 2006
'Destroyed' files key for haemophiliacs given infected blood
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=460&id=63142006

BBC News Scotland - Saturday 14 January 2006
"All we want is truth and justice"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4415908.stm

BBC News Scotland - Friday 13 January 2006
Files on infected blood destroyed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4608134.stm (then click the Video link to the right)

BBC Local TV - Thursday 1 December 2005
TV Piece with Andy Evans for World AIDS Day
Click here to view

Private Eye - December 2005
Blood money
Click here to view/download the clipping

Sunday Herald Scotland - Sunday 30 October 2005
Scandal of infected US blood revealed in film exposé
http://www.sundayherald.com/52592

BBC Scotland - Wednesday 1 June 2005
'Blood and Tears' documentary
Click to download/view

BBC News - Tuesday 2 December 2003
HIV haemophiliacs: 'Too easy to forget'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3251822.stm

BBC News - Tuesday 2 December 2003
HIV haemophiliacs: 'Too easy to forget'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3251822.stm

BBC News - Tuesday 19 September 2003
Memorial for HIV haemophiliacs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3092296.stm

BBC News - Thursday 17 July 2003
Haemophiliac wins health challenge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/3074901.stm

This is Northeast - Thursday 24 July 2003
US firm joins haemophiliac court battle
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/healthspectrum/news/0703/battle.html

The Guardian - Wednesday 4 June 2003
Law suit for infected blood
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,970029,00.html

BBC News - World - Tuesday 3 June 2003
Patients launch 'bad blood' suit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2960294.stm

New York Times - Thursday 22 May 2003
2 Paths of Bayer Drug in 80's: Riskier One Steered Overseas
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E4DA1F3EF931A15756C0A9659C8B63

BBC News Scotland - Thursday 27 February 2003
Hepatitis C records go 'missing' (incl. Haemophilia HIV)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2802585.stm

BBC News - Friday 3 August 2001
Haemophiliac HIV tragedy 'needless'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1470755.stm

BBC News - Monday 19 February 2001
Inquiry call over infected blood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1179159.stm

BBC News - Monday 12 February 2001
Haemophiliacs strike protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1165934.stm

The Post.IE - Sunday 30 July 2000
The blood drugs debacle that ended in tragedy
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2000/07/30/story354567038.asp

BBC News - 27 September 1999
Inquiry begins into contaminated blood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/aids/459013.stm

Salon Newsreel - December 1998?
Blood money
http://archive.salon.com/news/1998/12/cov_23news.html

Sunday Times - Sunday 5 August 1990
Haemophiliacs demand end to official secrecy
Click here to view clipping

Hepatitis C-specific press coverage:

The Observer - Sunday 30 April 2006
Tainted blood victims 'were not informed'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1764604,00.html

BBC News Scotland - Sunday 16 April 2006
MSPs call for Hep C cases inquiry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4917118.stm

Scotland Today (Scottish TV) - Thursday 13 April 2006
Fresh call for contaminated blood public inquiry
http://scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=11197

Scotland Today (Scottish TV) - Friday 13 January 2006
Government accused of contaminated blood product cover-up
http://scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=10124&newstype=n1_1

BBC News Scotland - Thursday 22 December 2005
MSPs vote against blood inquiry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4553634.stm

BBC News Scotland - Tuesday 15 November 2005
Legal move in Hep C blood battle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4440154.stm

BBC News Scotland - Wednesday 1 June 2005
Fresh demands for Hep C inquiry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4597901.stm

Sunday Herald - Sunday 23 January 2005
NHS knew blood for tranfusions was contaminated with hepatitis
http://www.sundayherald.com/47265

BBC News Scotland - Monday 5 July 2004
Payout hope for Hep C patients
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3864493.stm

BBC News Scotland - Friday 23 January 2004
Hep C compensation plan 'derisory'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3423107.stm

BBC News - Friday 23 January 2004
NHS pays out to hepatitis victims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3422883.stm

BBC News - Scotland - Friday 29 August 2003
Payouts for Hepatitis sufferers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3191909.stm (then click the Video link to the right)

BBC News - Scotland - Tuesday 6 May 2003
Probe into hepatitis testing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3002495.stm

BBC News - Scotland - Thursday 27 February 2003
Hepatitis C records go 'missing'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2802585.stm (then click the Video link to the right)

BBC News - Scotland - Tuesday 25 February 2003
Blood compensation 'derisory'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2796401.stm

BBC News - Scotland - Tuesday 24 October 2000
Hepatitis C - A timeline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/988329.stm

BBC News - Scotland - Tuesday 24 October 2000
Service cleared over blood virus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/988186.stm

BBC News - Scotland - Thursday 10 August 2000
Virus funding row help plea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/873863.stm

BBC News - Tuesdsy 7 March 2000
No compensation for infected blood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/669271.stm

BBC News - Sunday 21 November 1999
Haemophiliacs pursue compensation fight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/530743.stm

BBC News - Friday 6 August 1999
Ministers in new haemophilia probe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/413186.stm

BBC News Online - Thursday 15 October 1998
Hepatitis C campaigners won't take no for an answer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/194448.stm

BBC News Online - Tuesday 28 July 1998
Governemt rejects compensation for haemophiliacs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/141273.stm

BBC News - Wednesday 22 July 1998
Hepatitis sufferers on the march
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/136928.stm

BBC News Online - Wednesday 22 July 1998
Hepatitis sufferers in Commons protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/137642.stm

Other links:

Media Centre of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP - Current
Press Articles on the Lawsuits by Persons with Hemophilia
http://www.hemophilia-litigation.com/media.htm (The Media Centre here has text of some Sunday Times articles that are no longer available on the web)

BBC News - Tuesday 30 January 2001
Haemophiliacs face vCJD scare
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1143473.stm