of living continues to soar. and it s the final day of the commonwealth games with gold for scotland in the diving. we ll be live in birmingham. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts . out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a single practice that would accept a child. 0ur correspondentjenny kumah has the story. my partner was in so much pain, she asked me to take her tooth out with a pair of pliers. this is the second tooth i pulled out myself because i was in so much pain. i am living on porr
sometimes the government tries to make out that the numbers of people coming to the uk and claiming this are sky high high and at record levels but it s just not true. in some people claiming asylum in the uk is lower than it was in the early to thousands, for example and we have people claiming for asylum in the uk in places like germany or france and we take in the asylum seekers. it is a tragedy and it s very difficult to stop people trafficking, the status of the rwanda scheme is about and we know that it s effective because people are bringing people over to the uk and it is a big problem in the sense that we ve got, numbers of people and that s simply not true. so that we ve got, numbers of people and that s simply not true.- and that s simply not true. so you mention the and that s simply not true. so you mention the number and that s simply not true. so you mention the number of and that s simply not true. so you mention the number of albanians| mention the number
aggressive behaviour and assault. the final medals have been one of the common wealth games. australia top the table with a record breaking middle hole petit mangan. and i am reeta chakrabarti live from the alexander stadium where the closing ceremony is due to start in around happen our marketing the end of the competition of ii happen our marketing the end of the competition of 11 days of sport. good evening and welcome to the bbc news channel. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts. out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted. 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a single pra
actress and singer, dame olivia newton john, star of grease has died of cancer at the age of 73. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are sonia sodah, who s the chief leader writer for the observer, and geri scott, political reporter at the times. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. tomorrow s front pages starting with the metro. the trial of the manchester united player with a and coercive behaviour. the same lead that the scraps is actions as rage. liz truss on the front of the eye, more help on the cost of living. guardian says plans put forward by liz truss to cut taxes would cost over £50 billion a year. within the £30 billion a year she has claimed. comments from dominic raab supports rishi sunak sing failure to offer more help on the cost of living would be an electoral suicide. focusing on the weather, the se be the driest year since 1976 and the bands could be in place until october. the daily mail talk
in the last decade. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: joe biden responded to that by saying, 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan and that readout said that xijinping had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china and there is no room for taiwanese independence, that he had told president biden that