Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With us parliamentary journalist, tony grew, and the journalist and author, caroline frost. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Leading in the guardian, obey me on brexit, corbyn tells his dissenting shadow cabinet members, as he seeks to shift the focus onto socialjustice for the december election. In the metro, nigel farage says he wont stand to be an mp in the upcoming election, claiming hell instead focus on campaigning for the 600 Brexit Party Candidates contesting seats. In the telegraph, the man who threw away brexit. A senior conservative says nigel farage could end up ruining britains chance of leaving the eu with his Campaign Message in the upcoming election. Leading in the independent, ministers are risking migrant lives with policies pushing them into the hands of smugglers, according to mps in the Foreign Affairs select committee. In the finincial times, saudi arabia set to s
A conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction inquiry will begin in the us Congress Today following weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Of a very hard brexit. The basilica is flooded for the david is a good friend but i think on this issue hes sixth time in history. The first televised hearings got it precisely wrong. Of President Trumps impeachment inquire will happen in us congress venice has been hit by the highest today following weeks of testimony good afternoon. Tide in more than 50 years, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Behind closed doors. Flooding the streets. Im joanna gosling. The president is accused of improperly seeking help from ukraine to boost his chances of re election next year. The two main parties in the general Election Campaign are today focussing on what they regard as their key issues. Englands leading football clubs have been placed in a new league table, while labour looks to health designed to assess their the conser
Well have the latest on that cobra meeting, and well be speaking to a Church Warden in fishlake, one of the worst hit communities. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The labour party says its foiled a cyberattack on its campaign, from hackers based in russia and brazil. Im in Bishop Auckland, a town that has voted for labour since 1935 but is it about to change . A warning from one teen who almost died after using e cigarettes and is now urging people not to take up vaping. And Raheem Sterling is dropped from the england team ahead of a euro 2020 qualifier after a bust up with his team mate joe gomez. Its 5pm. Our main story. The Prime Minister is chairing a meeting of the governments Cobra Emergency Committee to discuss the flooding in yorkshire and the midlands. Earlier, Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing to act quickly enough and said the response from ministers had been woeful. About 400 homes have been flooded and 1,200 properties evacuated. Five severe flood wa
Not have remove certain data from their global search results. The duke and duchess of sussex travel to the coast in the second day of the royal visit to south africa. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The uks highest court will deliver an historic ruling this morning, on Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament. If the Prime Minister has been accused of an unlawful abuse of power, and if the judgment goes against him, mps could be recalled immediately. So what could happen this morning, when the judges start giving their ruling at about 10. 30 . The Supreme Court needs to decide whether prorogation is a matter for the courts. If it decides its not a matter for the courts, borisjohnson wins. But if it decides it is a matter for the courts it must rule whether the advice to the queen was lawful or not. If the court rules that advice didnt breach constitutional law or principle sufficiently or at all again the pm would win. Or it could rule that advice to the queen was