Medias emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray pulls out of the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Lawyers for President Trump have threatened legal action against his former chief strategist. They have threatened mr bannon with legal action for speaking to a book donald trump. Mr bannon was quoted as described donald junior as truce nous for meeting russians during the campaign, mrtrump meeting russians during the campaign, mr trump responded accusing his former strategist of losing his mind after he lost his job at the white house. They were once as thick as thieves. Steve bannon helped to shape the America First campaign that elected donald trump. In the white house, he was a key player. He had the ear of the president. But his job as chief strategist was short lived. He promised to be the president s wingman outside but this book reveals a different story. The most damaging claim is that steve bannon viewed a meeting between donald trumer and a group of russians during the campaign and considered it treasonous. Also a meeting between Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner. The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a Foreign Government inside trump tower in the Conference Room on the 25th floor with no lawyers, bannon is quoted as saying. He adds that after the meeting they should have called the fbi immediately. The president has hit back in a scathing statement. White House Press SecretarySarah Sanders has condemned the contents of the book as completely untrue. I think it is a ridiculous accusation and i am sure we have addressed many times here before. If that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i would refer you back to once he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce, collusion with russia about this president a total farce, so collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce, so i think i would look back at that, if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, certainly hasnt been the president of this administration. The book also says the steve bannon believes the russians were taken after the meeting to meet donald trump. The president has always denied that happened. With the Ongoing Investigation into possible russian collusion in the president ial election, this explosive row between donald trump and his once trusted ally has left washington stunned. Peter bowes, bbc news. There are more revelations in the book. Wolff describes the amazement and dismay in the trump camp at his november 2016 election win. He says a befuddled trump morphing into a disbelieving trump and then into a horrified trump. Suddenly, donald trump became a man who believed that he deserved to be president. Michael wolff also claims that trump did not enjoy his own inauguration. He was angry that a level stars had snubbed the event. Visibly fighting with his wife, who seemed on the verge of tears. The first ladys office rejects this claim, saying that mrs trump supported her husbands bid for president and was happy when he won. The book also purports to lift the lid on ivanka trumps secret president ial ambitions. Saying that jared and ivanka decided to accept roles in the west wing over the advice of almost everyone they knew and that if sometime in the future the opportunity arose, she ivanka would be the one to run for president. Meanwhile another claim in the book that tony blair warned Donald Trumps aides uk intelligence may have spied on him, and that blair was angling for a post election middle east adviser role is categorically absurd according to the former Prime Minister. Hes been speaking to the bbc. This story, as we pointed out, is a complete fabrication, literally from beginning to end. I have never had such conversation in the white house, outside of the white house with Jared Kushner or anybody else. Have you metJared Kushner . Of course ive met him. We discussed the middle east peace process, and by the way, that part of the story is also untrue, i wasnt angling for a job. You dont want a job . No, i did the quartet role. I am still very active on the middle east peace process, but i have no desire for an official position. I never soght one, i was never offered one, dont want one. The story, it is a sort of reflection to me on the crazy state of modern politics. Here is a story that is literally an invention and is now half way round the world, with conspiracy theories attached to it. Anyway, there you go, that is modern politics. The latest figures showing how hospitals in england are coping with the demands of winter will be published this morning. There was a sharp increase in ambulances being delayed outside a e. The data covers the last week of december in which over 480,000 people called nhs iii. Of december in which over 480,000 people called nhs 111. That is a 21 rise on the previous week. As a result at least 20 hospital trusts have been forced to declare major incidents this week. Let us talk to our Health Correspondent this gives the detail to show why thatis this gives the detail to show why that is the case. It is only starting to give partial picture but it is helps to piece together why we have seen so it is helps to piece together why we have seen so many it is helps to piece together why we have seen so many hospitals declare major incidents and why nhs england we re major incidents and why nhs england were forced to cancel tens of thousands of non urgent operations until the end of the month. Nhs iii tends to be bizier during the festive period. It received a Record Number of calls and the ambulances that have been delayed outside a e, this happens when there isnt the a e staff to hand over their patients and there was nearly 17,000 delays of over half an hour, that is over a 40 rise on the week before. That figure alone, if i can interrupt you, that gives you a sense, an image, a clear mental image of the ambulances waiting outside a e, and you can imagine how busyit outside a e, and you can imagine how busy it must be inside for them to have to wait outside. Absolutely. What we dont know and what we wont get until next week how long the delays have been in a e. But it does suggest that there was a lot of overcrowding, there was not enough staff to see patients and hospitals we re staff to see patients and hospitals were under incredible pressure. We dont know why the pressure has mounted so quickly. The festive period and it started the new year, it is always baize busy because of during the festive period Community Services are closed you tend to get a surge but there has been suggestion there has been respiratory ill and and flu. We wont get the latest flu figured until this afternoon, that will give us more until this afternoon, that will give us more information about what is happening in the Health Service. So a very apparently sudden build up of pressure and you know the Prime Minister is saying that the Health Service is better prepared than ever before. The Health Secretaryjeremy hunt is apologising for the cancellation, there seems to be a different message there . There is. The government ahead of winter, ahead of christmas said the nhs was better prepared than ever, and they have been trying to provide a co ordinated response by cancelling operations but there is concern within the nhs aboutjust how long this pressure is going to last. Previous winters we have had a really busy two or three weeks but if it lasts any longer than that, it will put the Health Service under incredible pressure and cause serious problems. 0k, thank you for talking taking us through the latest figure, let us head to westminster and we are joined by john ashworth, the Shadow Health secretary. Thank you forjoining us. So, a bit of detail, a few statistics to flesh out what we know isa statistics to flesh out what we know is a picture of the nhs under pressure what is your response to those statistics that we have been talking about . These figures are appalling, they are dismal. 17,000 people trapped in ambulances beyond 30 minute, waiting to get into a hospital, just imagine, if that was one of your elderly relatives, waiting to get into the hospital, trapped in an ambulance. 17,000. These are the new figures out in the last few minute, it is shameful it is no good, government ministers offering listless apology, we want them to get a grip of this situation. And the crisis we are seeing in the nhs today, is because we have got eight years of underfunding, cuts to Community Health provision and social care provision, cut back by billions, so that lots of elderly and Vulnerable People dont get the support in the community they need. For theresa may to say it is the best prepared it has been, it is laughable. The situation is, the situation is problematic in wales of course, also, which is run, the nhs is run by labour, so the situation is problematic there too, so what do you think the solution is, is it purely about putting more money in, we know there are issues with under recruitment in some area, nurses for example. It is also, is it about sheer demand from patients . We have been warning the government for months about this winter and they dismissed warnings, in september we we re dismissed warnings, in september we were saying inject an mergely 500 million into the nhs for this winter, but it is about funding, thatis winter, but it is about funding, that is one of the fundamental issue, we have had eight years of underfunding and cuts to Community Health provision, we have seen capacity cut back, we have lost 14,000 beds over the last seven year, we have seen 14,000 beds over the last seven year, we have seen walk in centres close, but also, as you say it is about staffing, we are short of 40,000 nurses in the nhs. In the last year we have seen gp numbers go down by 1,000, but, last year we have seen gp numbers go down by1,000, but, this last year we have seen gp numbers go down by 1,000, but, this is a huge issue, right across the nhs, all year round, it is worse injanuary, but it is a crisis all year round, do you i know last year, in, 560,000 people waited beyond four hours on a trolley in a hospital. That is theresa mays nhs for you. . You said ina theresa mays nhs for you. . You said in a radio interview this morning possibly more mourne is going in, if more money is going in in cash term, where does the answer lie, what would labour do . It is the biggest financial squeeze in its history, Simon Stephens the head of the nhs said the nhs needed an extra four billion in 2018. The government havent provided that. They provided less tha n havent provided that. They provided less than half of that, increase for 2018. We would, we would implement a £6 billion increase for the nhs, if we we re £6 billion increase for the nhs, if we were in government now, and we would begin to deal with the staffing problems giving the staff a fair prize, bringing back the bursary. How would you pay for that . We were clear in the general election, be would pay for it through taxation, this government has cut billions in Corporation Tax and we are saying that the top 5 , the welliest in society should be asked to pay extra in tax so we can provide the best quality of care for the nhs. It is unable that 17,000 people have been waiting beyond four hours in an ambulance, that in the last week, that is in the last week, thatis last week, that is in the last week, that is going on in our nest today, we have to get a grip of the situation. I have been told in various interviews there may be you know, more money going in, on paper, but if demand is going up, that money has to be spread round a greater number of people, that is where part of the problem lies, so, does the whole funding model for the nhs need to be reexamined . does the whole funding model for the nhs need to be reexamined . I think a universal public provided nhs paid for by general taxation is the fa i rest, for by general taxation is the fairest, and the most efficient way of providing health care in this country. We have to will the means to put the money in, when even though it may be rising in cash terms when you adjust that for the ageing population is going down on a head for head basis s that is according to the ifs who are respected on these issues i think we have to agree as a society to put the money in, i think which can do it, if we ask big corporation, and the very wealthiest in society to pay a bit extra tax. . Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. Google researchers said there were serious security flaws in chips made by intel, amd and arm, affecting devices which use them. The industry has been aware of the problem for months and hoped to solve it before details were made public. Earlier i spoke to our Technology Correspondent rory cellanjones and askedif correspondent rory cellanjones and asked if there was evidence that data had been stolen already. The uk National CyberSecurity Centre has put out a statement saying it is aware of these flaws in these chips which power millions of devices around the world, but so far, there is no evidence that they have been used by hackers to get access to the data. This is a serious design flaw because it potentially allows programmes are hackers to get into the very heart of a computer, where information is kept which is not usually available to any other part of the computer. That information could include passwords and other sensitive information. Or any of these companies saying anything by way of explanation about how this floor happened . Way of explanation about how this floor happened . This is interesting about how this emerged. Yesterday, we thought it was just a problem that intel. A security news site found evidence of this. Then it became aware that when google put out a security blog that it affected a whole range of companies. What has been happening is in the background they have known about this floor for a while and they have been working feverishly to close the door. You do not say the door is open, come on in. You try to fix it and the rush is on now to get the security patches available. That is why the industry said they hope to sort it out before it is made public before the hackers say lets have a go at getting some data. Some security researchers say this will swiftly be added to the toolkit of all hackers. They will be trying the door. It is supposed to be difficult to use but it is such a widespread problem. So mini chips affected, so many devices, that i think it has caused a degree of concern across the industry. And also the cure for it could slow down computer operations. We know the industry has been aware of the problem for months and has been trying to fix it, so who knows how long it will take . They do think they are confident that they are close to fixes and some updates have been issued and more will be coming. The advice is to look out for the updates and take them as quickly as you can. The headlines on bbc news anger in the white house Donald Trumps lawyers threaten legal action against his former chief of staff, steve bannon, over explosive claims in a new book on the president. Record numbers of people called the nhs111 helpline during the festive period and there was an increase in ambulances being delayed outside a e. The environment secretary, michael gove, has set out how the regulations governing food and farming will change after brexit. Insubordinate on andy murray pulls out of the first grand slam of the season, the Australian Open, as he continues to struggle with a hip problem. Injury worries forjoanna konta as well. She retires from her quarterfinal match at the brisbane international. And late wickets gave australia the advantage on the opening day of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney. I will be back with more on those stories in about ten minutes. The environment secretary has set out his plans for what he calls a green brexit. Michael gove said the government will mirror eu subsidies to british farmers worth three billion pounds a year until 2024. The payments will then be replaced by a system to encourage environmental improvements, such as rewards for opening up the countryside to the public, providing new habitats for wildlife and increasing biodiversity. 0f of course brexit will mean change, but critically, what it means most of all is how we can check change and how we can meet the challenges ahead. We do not need to follow the path dictated by the Common Agricultural policy. We can have our own National Food agricultural policy. We can have our own nationalfood policy, our own agricultural policy, our own environment policies, our own economic policies, shaped by our common interests. Tony blair has stepped up his criticism of labours approach to brexit, accusing the party of timidity. The former Prime Minister said labour should stop backing the uks withdrawal from the eu, and instead support a second referendum. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. This is not the first time that tony blair has been suggesting this. Just give us more detail about what he has been saying this time around . First michael gove and then tony blair this morning. A reminder that it might be a new year but politics is the topic in politics, the topic you will hear again and again this year will be brexit. What tony blair is saying is that labour needs a distinctive position on brexit. He does not think the party has that. He thinks that labour should be articulate in the view that is much, much more pro european. Tony blairs view is that the uk would be better off staying in the european union. He thinks that labour ought to ensure that brexit is a tory brexit, make them own it 100 , showed why brexit isnt and never was the answer. He said at every Prime Ministers questions, Jeremy Corbyn should nail each myth of the brexit campaign, challenge the whole farce head off of a Prime Minister leading oui head off of a Prime Minister leading our nation in the direction she cannot bring herself to say she would vote for. Labour and downing street have decided they will not offer any response to what tony blair has had to say. Some brexit campaigners saying this is typical of tony blair and that he and his elite gang are still very determined to stop brexit and hold the uk to a very bad deal which we had in the Single Market and in the customs union. It is interesting that he has given that response, because very often when people have been talking about their beliefs as remainers that there should be a second referendum, this atsu accusation of elitism is put out there. No one wa nts to of elitism is put out there. No one wants to be accused of being elitist but some of the views being expressed are not coming from that position. The argument that tony blair made this morning was that you have elites on both sides of the argument. He pointed to the newspaper proprieties whose organs advocated brexit and said they are just as elitist as those like tony blairon just as elitist as those like tony blair on the other side of the argument who make a pro remain case. The tricky thing is twofold. One is that for a good number of people, any view articulated by tony blair is not one that they are likely to agree with. The other is that you can very easily get stuck in tram tracks of the discussion or a debate we could have been having two years ago, a few months out of the eu referendum, rather than one now more than 18 months on and two calendar yea rs on than 18 months on and two calendar years on from the vote that we were all able to take part in. I think what is intriguing here and what is new, in as much as anything that tony blair is saying on brexit, because as you say these views he has articulated before, is his desire to see labour shift to a tricky position the tricky thing for labour, and we spend a lot of time talking about the divisions in the conservatives, there are divisions in labouras conservatives, there are divisions in labour as well. A good number of labour mps were pro remain macro. A lot of seats that Labour Party Mps represent voted for brexit. Labour voters themselves were divided albeit most were pro remain macro and you have a leadership inJeremy Corbyn who has spent his career being eurosceptic in his outlook, but he was a remain campaigner. That is why you get the contortions that he articulated on the labour front bench when let the labour leader said the other day that he was not pro another referendum, and yet the deputy leader tom watson just before christmas said everything should remain on the table. Chris, thank you. Contradictions, as you say. Chris mason in westminster for us. Authorities in australia have recovered most of a seaplane which crashed near sydney on new years eve, killing five members of a british family and the pilot. The aircraft has been submerged in more than 40 feet of water after coming down in the hawkesbury river. Our sydney correspondent film us are sent us this. We have seen a barge carrying the wreckage of the plane. The barge is on its way to a boat ramp. Eventually, it will be taken to canberra for a forensic investigation. This operation began at dawn just north of sydney. The police using inflatable bags and giant slings, lifting the wreckage of the bottom of the hawkesbury river. It was lifted by crane onto the barge. A very complicated and time consuming operation but it is an operation that will lie at the heart of this investigation. What can you tell us about reports which are circulating, that this plane had previously been used as a crop duster and in some way had been rebuilt after a previous accident . We know that is the case. We know this aircraft had been involved in another fatal accident in australia 20 years ago. It was previously used as an agricultural aircraft, as a crop duster, and it crashed near the New South Wales city of armadale 20 yea rs New South Wales city of armadale 20 years ago. It was allowed to be rebuilt and it was purchased by syd ney rebuilt and it was purchased by sydney cat macro seaplanes in 2006. The company has said in a previous statement, that all of its aircraft are maintained to a very rigorous standard and the pilots are some of the most experienced in the world. But of course, the history of the aircraft, the maintenance history and background of the pilot, as well as the physical state of the wreckage, will be crucial factors in the investigation, and the air crash tea m the investigation, and the air crash team is trying to find out how and why a routine sightseeing flight in australia ended in utter disaster. Phil mercer reporting. The family of the victims have released a statement which says we are fortunate and thankful for the outpouring of love and support weve received from across the world. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved for their dedication and commitment, in particular the Sydney Water Police and those members of the public who helped on the day of the accident. We will have some headlines 40 in a few minutes but first, lets take a look at the weather forecast. The wind is across southern areas once more. We have seen the wind is across southern areas once more. We have seen winds gusting at 60 to 70 mph in southern ireland. They are now reaching 60 mph in southern wales. Widespread gales and severe gales. We will see some sunshine. Further north we have some rain bands with snow over the hills. To the north of that we have some frost and sunshine. Some cloud across northern scotla nd sunshine. Some cloud across northern scotland with a few showers. They will be wintry in places. The best of the sunshine in orkney and shetland. Snow over the hills. The same two in the north east of Northern Ireland. Staying greying stamp across Northern England. Some heavy bursts of rain and snow across the tops of the pennines. Some gusty winds around liverpool bay. Widespread gales around much of england and wales by three oclock this afternoon. The strongest wind on the hills and the coasts. The winds temporarily eased down. The first part of tonight they strengthen once again as we see severe gales push into the west. Some gaps in the cloud could allow frost here and there but lots of cloud across southern scotland. The rain, sleet and snow still there for tomorrows rush hour. A few more cloud breaks across england and wales tomorrow. By and large a better day for Northern England. In the north east there will be more rain, sleet and hill snow. Still blustery but not as windy as today. Feeling colder for all. Blustery but not as windy as today. Feeling colderfor all. Winds coming down from the north or north east. Touching gale force at times. Clearing away early rain from the south. Bringing one or two flurries into eastern districts. The north and west generally dry and bright. An added bite to the wind on saturday. Temperatures two to eight celsius across the uk. Factor in the strength of the wind and where it has come from, it will feel more like subzero for many. Cold air continues into sunday, widespread frost through saturday night, High Pressure building in and by the time we hit sunday, lots of sunshine around with most places dry but still pretty cold. Hello. Good morning this is bbc news. The headlines for you now. The headlines for you now. Donald trump has issued Legal Proceedings against his former chief strategist steve bannon following his contribution to an explosive new book in which he describes a meeting between his son donald junior and a russian lawyer as treasonous. Former Prime Minister tony blair has also been dragged into the row following allegations in the book that he told mr trump that uk Security Services were spying on him. Uk Security Services were spying on him. The environment secretary is unveiling new plans for the future of farming and food regulation post brexit. Under the new plans farmers will receive money for protecting the environment. High levels of flu and respiratory illnesses saw Record Number of people calling the nhs111 helpline over the festive period. Ambulance Services Also faced excessive delays outside a e departments. Technology companies are working to repair serious flaws in chips made by intel which could allow hackers to access personal information. And andy murray has pulled out of the australia open as he struggles to recover from an ongoing hip injury. Let us stay with sports news and head to the bbc Sports Centre and joinjessica. Good morning. Therell be no andy murray at this yea rs Australian Open which gets under way in less than a fortnights time. His long standing hip injury has ruled him out of the tournament and this morning he announced hes flying home from australia to concentrate on his rehabilitation. Heres our tennis correspondent russell fuller. It is another major setback for andy murray, who is so desperate to be able to resume his tennis career, for the love of playing and if at all possible to be competing for the major titles once again, but the frustration has hit him this week of having spent six months doing painstaking rehabilitation and still not being in the condition where he with trust that right hip sufficiently to be able to compete with the best in the world on the biggest stage of them all. Once he made the decision to pull out of the brisbane tournament. Instagram post on social media it was inevitable he would fly home, the big question for him now is does he have little option other than surgery have little option other than surgery which he is reluctant to do . Is that the best way of getting his career back on track . Is that the best way of getting his career back on track . Worries too this morning over the fitness of britains number one female player johanna konta. She retired injured from her quarter final at the brisbane international. Konta needed treatment on her right hip during the deciding set against Elina Svitolina and ended the match when serving at 3 2 down. Konta will be assessed tomorrow but is unclear on what the injury is. But her focus on sydney will ease concerns she may miss the Australian Open. I definitely was pleased i was able to start the match off playing the level i wanted to play, credit to herfor hanging in in that level i wanted to play, credit to her for hanging in in that second set and pulling through that, there wasnt much in it and it was close for me, being able to come away with a straight set win, but that is the beauty of tennis, i was o looking forward to playing that third set. It isa forward to playing that third set. It is a shame i couldnt finish the match. Most importantly will be to get some physio treatment and have a good nights sleep and wake up tomorrow and see where to take it from there. I will definitely give it the maximum amount of time to be able to play in sydney. Better news though for britains kyle edmund who has reached the quarrter finals of the brisbane event. He beat hyeon chung in three sets. Its been australias day in sydney as the fifth and final ashes test got under way. England won the toss, chose to bat first and were seemingly set to end the day in a strong position. Until some late wickets swung the day back in the hosts favour. Its happened again, england have found trouble. That i blew their chance to put themselves in a dominant position in this match, when we turned up here at the scg it was raining, mizzly and we didnt get any play before lunch. The toss was a dilemma butjoe root decided to bat. That decision seemed to be vindicated by the way Mark Stoneman went about his early batting but that pattern emerged. Stoneman was caught by hind and vince also gave his wicket away. Cook was tracked lbw after australia used a review and it was over the root to rebuild the bin innings, he made 50 and alongside him was malan who was dropped by the australia captain. It seemed this would be englands day. They took the new ball and root hit it straight to square leg. Instead of sending a night watch man out england sent outjonny bairstow and he got out and handed the day to australia. England must somehow try to clear their heads, make a competitive total on day two but in the closing overs has the damage already been done . Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Figures just released by nhs england show Record Numbers of people called nhs111 during the festive period and there was a sharp increase in ambulances being delayed outside a e. The data which covers the last week of december shows over 480,000 people called nhs111 thats a 21 rise in calls to the service on the previous week. Ambulance crews faced delays of over 30 minutes handing over patients to a e staff nearly 17,000 times during the last week of december. At least 20 hospital trusts have now been forced to declare major incidents this week nearly one in eight of the total. With me is professorjohn appleby, chief economist at the health think tank, the nuffield trust. Good to have you with us as ever. Just take us through these figure, a statement of the obvious first of all but worth make, winter isnt over, in fact it feels like it is only just over, in fact it feels like it is onlyjust beginning. Exactly. I think most people think of winter almost the mid winter being Round Christmas day, almost, but it is not, for health it can go on through january, february, into march, depends on the weather, depends on potential flu dicks and so on, we are at the beginning of the serious bit. You are saying anecdotally, the situation this winter seems to be worse than in previous year, what you hearing . Yes, certainly, it seems to me over the last three or four days this is an unscientific picking up from social media, newspaper reports and so on. I think we have to take it seriously, from medical and clinical professional, reporting on the state of their ed departments and so on. The thing is we need the data. As you pointed out the data we have so far is into the last week of december, we are into the first week of jan now, last week of december, we are into the first week ofjan now, some things have got worse, as you say, now, the number of balance delays has gone up, i am reading here, now, the number of balance delays has gone up, iam reading here, we have no a e closures so far. A e diverts where people are diverted from one a e to another temporarily have also gone up. This is the beginning actually of the difficult period for the nhs. In termling of plan, how terms of planning how difficult is it to have the resources in the right place at the right time to cope with peaks like this but not to be overresourced is all though people would argue it isnt at any time of the year, overresourced, but not to be overset, if you like, in terms of staffing at other less busy times of the year . I think this is the tricky balance that the nhs as a publicly funded organise, we is want as taxpayers for the money to be used efficiently, in some senses a simple solution to surges in demand we employ enough doctor, nurses we have enough beds open to cope with the maximum surge in demand overwinter, but that will be inefficient over the whole year, it is trying to find the whole year, it is trying to find the right balance between getting the right balance between getting the resources on stream. I think the key thing is being flexible, so hospitals have to be flexible, there will be some trade off, i mean we have seen that seriously at the moment, were elective operations being cancelled and some effect on outpatients as well. So it is a difficult problem to solve. What does it take in simple terms, to do that, to have the amount of resources in place, not to have to cancel you know, other routine surgeries and outpatient appoints, what does it take to get the nhs in that position . One of the things that position . One of the things that the nhs has been doing over, well, let us say ten, 15 years now, is trying to learn from what happened in each winter. So looking back, which hospitals did well, which were more or less ok, which didnt do so well, and what are the reasons for that . I think that is a sort of analysis of the problem, really. We know that winter is coming, that is predictable. We know that demand will go up. It is not easy to predict how much demand will go up. One thing i would say at the moment, is over the last few winters the nhs has been going into autumn, into winter, running much hotter, more beds occupied, staff under more pressure and so more beds occupied, staff under more pressure and so on, more beds occupied, staff under more pressure and so on, clearly, you have to have some head room and hospitals need to work out some head room in terms of going into a surge and demand which does suggest we need to look at leaving the pressures all year round. So when the Prime Minister says the Health Service is better prepared but the Health Secretary is apologising for cancellation of routine operation, what do you make of that message coming through . I suppose there is so coming through . I suppose there is so irony in the sense part of the preparation was to cancel some operations, so you know, the effort is going into prioritising emergency over non emergency, and you know, thatis over non emergency, and you know, that is a cost, i am not sure how many people have had their operations cancelled but we are looking at possibly up to 100,000 or more. That is not a good thing. It is part of the difficult problem of how do you deal with the surge and demand and what other parts of the system we have to trade off for now. Cancelling other appointments and operations does that not cost the nhs more in the longer term . M operations does that not cost the nhs more in the longer term . It may do. It may do. It is putting off problems, certainly it is not great for though patients who have been waiting for elective surgery, those patient, more money would sort that out. As i say you are back to the problem of how much more, what sort of trade offs do we want to make between having a system which is very well resourced to cope with peaksin is very well resourced to cope with peaks in demand but what happens at other times during the year and so on. So it is not an easy problem to solve. Lots of questions to consider there. Thank you very much. A Council Leader has written an open letter calling for action to tackle what he describes as aggressive begging on the streets of windsor. The letter, written by councillor simon dudley, comes ahead of the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle, which is taking place in in may. Windsor homeless project described the comments as abhorrent. Our correspondent Adina Campbell has been gauging reaction in windsor. Well, this three page letter has caused quite a stir here in windsor. The leader of windsor and maidenhead royal borough council, simon dudley has written this letter the to Thames Valley police crime commissioner, setting out his concerns about the level of homelessness and aggressive begging here in windsor, he says it is intimidating and the bags and the mess they have left or they are leaving here, is casting windsor in an unfavourable light. As you can imagine these comments have caused quite a stir. Lots of Homeless Charities have been upset by what has been said and we can speak to one of them. How do you feel about these comments in the letter . One of them. How do you feel about these comments in the letter7m one of them. How do you feel about these comments in the letter . It is just, it is unbelievable that anybody can have this opinion, these days. With reference to the letter he lays out bullet points, of which our, they are misinformed, bullet point, he says we have an emergency shetland opener 365 days a year, we do isa shetland opener 365 days a year, we do is a shelter that sleeped eight, eight males and two female, and, it is an emergency shetland e you cant just turn up there. You have to be preregistered with the local authority who place you into the shetland e it is not an emergency night shelter. He then says shelter, he says there is a day service, there is nothing but an empty warehouse attached to. He says there is is a joint alcohol and mental Health Service, there isnt such a thing. If there was we wouldnt be in this predicament. How widespread is homelessness . We deal with about 50 60 cases, on our load at the moment, but that is notjust rough sleeper, that is inclusive of prevention of homelessness. They are at high risk of becoming homeless. There are between 10 15 people sleeping rough. The fact this letter has been written four months until the royal wed, how do you feel about that . It is just, it is the royal wed, how do you feel about that . It isjust, it is totally unwarranted to bring the Royal Wedding into this. This shouldnt be a situation that has hit the headlines because a royal wed, it should have hit the headlines because there are people sleeping in bus shelters. Tens of thousands of people are expected to come here on may 19 th to see prince harry marry mark one in Windsor Castle behind me, but this letter a bit like todays weather has cast a dark shadow over the up coming celebrations. Jewellery thought to be worth a Million Pounds has been stolen from an exhibition in italy. Thieves outwitted sophisticated security at the doges palace in venice to steal the jewels, which were on loan from a member of the qatari royalfamily. Police say at least two thieves managed to de activate an alarm system stealing a brooch and earrings from a reinforced display cabinet, before disappearing into the crowd. The headlines on bbc news. Anger in the white house Donald Trumps lawyers threaten legal action against his former chief of staff, steve bannon, over explosive claims in a new book on the president. Record numbers of people called the nhs111 helpline during the festive period, and there was an increase in ambulances being delayed outside a e. The environment secretary, michael gove, has set out how the regulations governing food and farming will change after brexit. Americas east coast is bracing for a rare winter storm that is expected to create blizzard like conditions. Schools have been shut and some flights cancelled as forecasters warn of strong winds and heavy snowfalls. It follows more than a week of record low temperatures recorded across the us. Kathryn armstrong reports. When water features become ice sculptures. Freezing temperatures creating a rare sight for both locals and tourists visiting new york. Certainly nothing like this in australia. The coldest it gets in syd ney australia. The coldest it gets in sydney is probably about 6 degrees. Coming here it is 10 or 12. |j sydney is probably about 6 degrees. Coming here it is 10 or12. I have been asking myself if it is real further south, those who were used toa further south, those who were used to a milder winter are experiencing their own first. It is pretty wild. I have never seen palm trees with snow on them. We have never seen the weather like this. Everyone is completely freaking out parts of america have been coping with unseasonably low temperatures for more than a week. At least nine people are thought to have died in the cold. However, now the east coast is in the direct path of a weather cyclone known as a bomb cyclone which could lead to blizzard conditions and widespread power outages. Snowcovered roads and high winds will make driving hazardous, and we are urging the public to stay off the roads tomorrow unless absolutely necessary and to use public transit. Forecasters have warned that the arctic conditions are set to continue until the end of the week. Theres a new warning that children as young as 11 are becoming increasingly dependent on social media likes and comments, in order to feel popular and fit in. The childrens commissioner for england says that younger pupils are becoming increasingly anxious about their online image, and are unprepared for how social media use changes as they get older and move into secondary school. Elaine dunkley has this report. With social media in the hands of children, there are challenges of growing up in a digital age. A report released today called life in likes, warns many children in secondary school are struggling to handle social media as the world expands. Ifeel like im pressured by other people because my friends do it so i have to do it to fit in. You see people, if theyre getting bullied on social media, they dont tell their parents. If you dont tell them, they will never find out. The report shows that as children move schools from primary to secondary, the way they use social media changes. Instead of scoring points playing games, getting likes and comments becomes important and worryingly, they also adapt their offline behaviour to fit an online image. Its a huge pressure on children at a time when there is immense pressures in their life anyway from moving to a new school and knowing that is something that i believe we need to do more about. Secondary school can be a difficult time, when young people feel pressured to fit in. Todays report warns a generation could grow up feeling insecure and unable to cope if left to their own devices. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. Joining me now from salford is the co founder of the self esteem team, grace barrett and im also joined by ella brookbanks, mother of 9 year old sophie and 15 year old bradley. Grace, first of all, tell us what you do and what you make of this latest warning . We travel across the uk talking to children from the age of eight up to 18, talking about Mental Health, body image and self esteem. Im glad this report has found its way to fruition because i think a lot of us have felt this way for years. If this is the impetus for change in this area, this will be really exciting. Radley has already navigated his way through social media and the secondary school years and sophie has yet to do that, but what have you learned from your experiences with bradley about how difficult the use of social media is as you move from primary level up to secondary level . It is difficult because it is expected of him to have it. It is expected of him to have it. It is expected of him to have it. It is expected of him to take pictures of pretty much everything he owns. He seems to want to buy things to take pictures of it and send things to friends to show them that he has these type of things. It is the kind of recognition thing, look what i have got, like me, like me for what ican get, have got, like me, like me for what i can get, not what i can become, which is worrying. What is sophie picking up from this . She isjust nine. Thankfully, she does not see this side of it yet. Are you social media for a charity i run. She helps media for a charity i run. She helps me with that stuff and sees that i can get people out of the community and promote the cause. She helps me with that. She comes out and about on foot and sees the stuff i do online as well. For her, it is a complete positive. Iwant online as well. For her, it is a complete positive. I want to keep it that way but i know when she hits 12,13,14, it will. To be that way but i know when she hits 12,1114, it will. To be a negative, 12,13,14, it will. To be a negative, look what i can get, look what i am, more than what i can give out to society. Grace, where does the responsibility lie in terms of teaching children how to navigate social media, what the etiquette is if you liked of social media, rather than hurling them into that whole experience . It is kind of twofold. I dont think we should be teaching about social media etiquette, i think we should be helping young people understand they value life outside of social networks their value lies outside of social networks which they will carry over onto their online life. That is a difficult lesson to teach. The responsibility for that lies in different areas. I think it does fall to parents to start teaching their children those things. It also falls to schools because the job of education is to equip young people with the skills that they need to exist in the world but they currently live in, and social media isa currently live in, and social media is a part of that. There is a responsibility for government as well. I also think that organisations like ours are important within this because schools cannot do everything. Teachers cannot be equipped to do everything. So well being, Mental Health and self esteem education, you need to look to experts to do that. So let me clarify that you dont think we should necessarily be teaching kids etiquette of social media, what do you mean by that . Clearly, how what you say and the images you post and so on, they can be seen instantly by ceremony more people than a normal interaction with a few friends in your home or at the house. For me it is about not learning by rate. If we say to a child, that image is not acceptable, saying this is not right, they are waiting to be told they have done something wrong. If we educate people about positive interaction, we are teaching them to value themselves and value others of various different things, as opposed to just how we look how successful we are in our careers with exam results. Then what we happen to have isa results. Then what we happen to have is a generation of young people who just conduct themselves in ways which are more positive, instead of dont do this, dont do that, dont dont do this, dont do that, dont do the other, which is more around etiquette rules of what you should or should not do, as opposed to creating a culture that is conducive to positivity online. Let me just get ellas reaction to what grace has been saying. Do you agree . |j has been saying. Do you agree . completely agree. Social media is a fantastic tool. It has been used by lizard people i know to getjobs, to spread the message of what charities they want to support, to spread the message of courses they truly believe in. People have launched careers and businesses through the medium of twitter and instagram. I completely commend them. What the children need to be shown is it can be used for a positive, it can be used for a good and used to empower yourself as well. Some of the pictures you see are demeaning both to boys and girls. It has been used by loads of people i know to getjobs. It used by loads of people i know to get jobs. It can used by loads of people i know to getjobs. It can be used as a positive to generate information and good causes. Just to see them posting picturesjust good causes. Just to see them posting pictures just for light, good causes. Just to see them posting picturesjust for light, it is really disheartening to see that. It has been really interesting to talk to both of you. Thank you. Lots of interesting conversations to be had. Thank you both for your time today. A group on a snowmobile tour in western canada might have been hoping to spot some wildlife amongst the snowdrifts, but they certainly werent expecting to see this. Here you can see the head of a moose peeping out from beneath the powder. It became trapped in deep snow, but the group came to its rescue. Youll be pleased to hear that they managed to dig it free and after around 15 minutes the uninjured moose was back on the loose. But not in the hoose we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two, but lets first leave you with the weather forecast. Hello. Our turbulence spell of weather is set to continue. We have strong winds moving into wealth and south west of england. Recent gusts have reached 63 mph already. This rain band is slow moving through the rest of the afternoon across Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland and the far north as well. Behind the front of the winds will be at their strongest across wales and parts of southern england. As we go on through the rest of the day, there are a few showers moving in. It will be a cold day. Temperatures three or 4 degrees in northern scotland. It will be cold enough up in the hills. The rain will move away from Northern Ireland and Northern England. White in the afternoon. Across wales and the southern counties of england, the southern counties of england, the winds get gusty. Gusts could reach 70 miles an hour around coastal fringes. That is Strong Enough to bring down trees. There could be disruption to transit and power. There are pulses of rain through the bristol channel. South western england and wales will see the strongest winds tonight. The snow could get down to 200 metres or so snow could get down to 200 metres or so by the end of the night. For friday generally, it is a day of sunshine and showers. However, we still have this general band of rain stretching across southern england and Northern England and some rain left over from northern and Northern England and some rain left overfrom Northern Ireland and Northern England and some rain left over from Northern Ireland as well. A cooler feel to the weather. Temperatures between four and nine celsius. The Colder Weather is a sign of things to come. We will start to develop north to north easterly winds. A band of rain pushes southwards, thick enough to bring outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. The best of sunshine across North Western areas of the uk. It will feel cold. Temperatures continue to drop. Overnight pressure building through saturday night. With clear skies in place across the northern half of the uk, we will see some low temperatures as we start sunday. Potentially down to 10 degrees. There should be a fair bit of sunshine and light winds around, temperatures struggle. Highs in glasgow not expected to get above freezing all day. In london we are looking at highs of seven celsius. The colder theme to the weather is set to continue. In the short term the wind is around strong winds that keep targeting wales and southern england with the risk of disruption, but it will get colder as we head towards the end of the week and the weekend. This is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. Anger in the white house Donald Trumps lawyers threaten legal action against his former chief of staff, steve bannon, over explosive claims in a new book on the president. Former Prime Minister tony blair rejects allegations in the book that he warned Donald Trumps aides uk intelligence may have spied on him. The environment secretary, michael gove, has set out how the regulations governing food and farming are to change post brexit. 0f of course brexit will change but critically what it means is that we can once more decide how we shape change. 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