To help the survivors. Blow for the british team on the eve of the winter olympics, snowboarder Katie Ormerod is out after breaking her heel. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. New figures have revealed january to be one of the toughest months everfor a e departments in england. And hospital only a es recorded their worst ever figures since records began. Trolley waits continue to be a big problem too, with 1,000 patients waiting more than 12 hours to be cared for by any medical staff at all. The four hour wait target for patients was missed, for the 30th month in a row with over 85 of patients seen within that time, slightly better than december. The target is 95 . This comes despite non essential treatments being cancelled to relieve the pressure. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. The nhs flat out with staff working ata the nhs flat out with staff working at a frantic pace just to Keep Services running, that is the picture which emerges from the figures forjanuary in
Our main story is the bank of englands view that Interest Rates will probably rise earlier than expected because of strong growth in the global economy. The key lending rate has been left unchanged at half of one per cent. But the banks governor, mark carney, said that increasing growth in the year ahead meant that action would be needed to control inflation. The pound surged leapt in value against the dollar, as our economics correspondent andy verity reports. If the whole economy performed like this manchester maker of branded clothing, its biggest problems would be almost solved. Its growing fast, exporting to europe and boosting productivity through investment. And while inflation caused by the weak pound boosted its costs, its been able to absorb out and carry on winning new orders. The last 12 months, weve grown by 20 in the uk but europe has been much stronger than that, so we have more than doubled the growth rate in the uk. Im cautiously optimistic about the future. We are mak
Wont be able to operate in the uk, if they dont have free access to european markets. The stark evidence of plastic pollution this time in the arctic sea. We report on the latest findings. Ive collected this waste in just a few seconds. Some of the fragments may come from norway some clearly dont, like this elaborate bottle for instance, or this butter tub from spain. And, why the latest superhero film is seen as notjust an adventure, but a major cultural statement. Coming up in a sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, a blow for the british team on the eve of the Winter Olympics. Snowboarder Katie Ormerod is out after breaking her heel good evening. The latest performance figures for accident and emergency units in england indicate that the pressure on the nhs has continued into january, which turned out to be one of the worst months since records began. Many people suffered long waits on trolleys, before being admitted to wards 1,000 patients waited longer than 12 hours. The four h
Business leaders are gathering just down the road from here to talk about how to create the Business Leaders of tomorrow. Im amongst teams who have been taking part in a competition to set up and run their own business from scratch. In sport, on a great day for the home crowds here at wimbledon. Johanna konta reaches the third round for the first time, as watson, bedene and murray make it four british players through. We step back to 1967 to look at a slice of Wimbledon History 50 years ago, the first Colour Tv Transmission was broadcast. We speak exclusively to the man who made it happen. The skies were throbbing ultramarine. The green was very saturated, and rolled, it was awful. But that was what we wanted. We want colour a lot of it and carol has the weather. We do not expect too many disruptions at wimbledon here today. Some early showers that should pull away. It can completely rule out the risk of a thunderstorm but there will be a lot of dry weather. For the uk as a whole, rein
Accepted the community and to be able to be a cce pted by the community and to be able to be accepted by our parents. The reason i would not come at my was because i would like to be disowned. The reason i would not come out to my pa rents reason i would not come out to my parents is because i would be disowned. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch if one of your relatives has received poor care or if you work in a care home and are worried about workload and standards. We also want to hear about excellent care and your ideas for how things can change. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The chairman of the iraq inquiry, Sirjohn Chilcot, has told the bbc that the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation, or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq wa