Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Record Numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. During a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once theyd been seen in a e. The bma said the Prime Minister could no longer bury her head in the sand over increasing pressure in the nhs. And it accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital, where the pressure on a e was plain to see. We need beds and staff. Its just like banging your head you need a bed. Definitely. Its distressing. Its really distressing
On Arsene Wenger as arsenal are beaten 3 0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Indistinctive speech. If mumbling in Television Dramas really annoys you, well put different Acting Styles to the test to see which ones you find acceptable. And carol has the weather. Always perfectly clear is carol with the weather. Good morning. Eight chilly start to the day, for some A Touch Of Frost around but for most it will be dry with sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud, except for the north and West Of Scotland where there is more rain around and later we will see some gales. Further details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Lovely there this morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump and theresa may have discussed what they call a window of opportunity to persuade russia to drop its support for syrias President Assad in the wake of last weeks chemical attack. The Prime Minister and the us president spoke on the phone last night as Foreign Ministers from the g7 group of coun
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We begin here in berlin at the annual Literature Festival which is a platform for presenting contemporary developments in all full names of the written word right as an academic from around the world come to the festival as well as of course the literature loving public the nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi adichie is one of the top African Writers around today and we met up with her at the festival. Their presence is enough to feel the holes like here with the Literature Festival in the early Chimamanda Ngozi adichie is greeted like a pop star as one of the great voices of World Literature is also a feminist icon. And really just a writer you know i want to stay home and write poetry and dream but there are things about the wall that make me so angry that i then want to try and make a difference in her books a deal she deals with racism and sexism at 19 she left nigeria to study in the us
and it was there that she learned for the 1st time what it means to be black she talks about this