Im a refugee, i came to england at the age of six. He campaigned for more to be brought to the uk. Today he reacts to a government decision to stop receiving children under the scheme he championed, calling it shameful. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am this morning. 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 accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance last month since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was gi
Campaigning points there is unity. A warning new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so called revenge evictions arent working. Also keeping a cool head. An australian man survives after struggling for hours to keep his nose above water, after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. And could this sound be the origins of the earliest words . Good morning. Its thursday 9th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance in january since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that a record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Patients are traditionally supposed to be seen and discharged within four hours, with a target of 95 . But the bbc has learnt the provisional figures forjanuary show only 82 were seen within
And there are huge commitments in the nhs to sort out those negative things. It is a very, very serious situation, so we look forward, as ijust said, to seeing them in court. President trumps tussle with his judiciary continues, after an Appeals Court rejects his attempt to re instate a travel ban on seven mainly muslim countries. Cocaine with a street value of £50 million is washed up on the norfolk coast. It is not easy for me to admit i have been standing in the same place for 18 years. I have been standing with you and coming up on the film review, well take a look at Denzel Washingtons oscar nominated drama, fences. A Government Investigation into the alleged abuse of iraqi civilians by british soldiers is to be closed, after strong criticism from a committee of mps which called it an unmitigated failure. The Commons Defence Committee has accused the Iraq Historic Allegations Team of acting with almost total disregard for the welfare of soldiers and their families. It says the £
Coming up tonight bristol wing tom varndell breaks the all time premiership try scoring record. Its round two of rugby unions six nations well have the latest from all of the home nations. Confusion at rangers as manager Mark Warburton denies hes resigned. And stripped of gold from london 2012 the russian athlete banned for doping. Hello and welcome. Big news out of ibrox tonight and a look ahead to this weekends six nations to come. But before that history was made in the Aviva Premiership tonight as bristol winger tom varndell broke the all time try scoring record. He surpasses mark cuetos tally of 90 tries to stand alone on 91, after crossing over against harlequins tonight. Patrick gearey reports. Tom varndell has plunged into rugby history, try 91 against harlequins was breaking the premiership record. Whether at bristol or leicester and wasps, he turned it pace into points over his career. He told me recently about his love of crossing the line. I love scoring tries, that is myjo
He is committed to bringing us japan ties even closer and that there are lines in the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region. Tokyo sees america as an ally to maintain security. We are committed to the security of japan and all areas under its administrative control and to further strengthening our very crucial alliance. The Us Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the pacific region. It is important both japan and the United States continue to invest very heavily in the alliance to build up our defence, and our defensive capabilities which, under our mutual leadership, will become stronger and stronger, and, as time goes by, ultimately they will be impenetrable. Unsurprisingly, the first question from the full from journalists was on a different subject, and that was the trump travel ban. The question put to him from the new york post. We are going to keep our country safe, we are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe. We had a deci