And the Legendary British rock Guitaristjeff Beck has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Australia refuse to play cricket in aghanistan in a stand against the treatment of women by the taliban. As they withdraw from marchs one day series. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. If you called an ambulance in england back in october for someone who was having a heart attack or a stroke, the average waiting time was an hour. The latest figures from nhs england showjust how much the situation has worsened since then. If you made the same call last month, the wait was half an hour longer a full 92 minutes on average before an ambulance would get to you. The target is 18 minutes. For weeks, weve been reporting on the unrelenting pressures facing the nhs this winter. Senior doctors have told us the Health Service is operating on a knife edge. Now our Health Editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal Bolton Hospital, and into a e, which is at the epicen
Investigation is launched. Iran releases an alleged confession of spying by a British Iranian man whos facing the Death Sentence he says the confession was forced. The social media personality andrew tate investigated in relation to organised crime, we investigate his popularity with young people. And the Brit Award Nominations are out with a notable absence of women in the category of artist of the year. And stay with us here on Bbc News Channel for continuing coverage in analysis with our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. Good evening. Ambulance response times in england and waits in accident and Emergency Departments have reached the highest levels on record. The latest figures have exposed the Alarming State of Emergency Care in the National Health service. For some emergencies, including suspected strokes and heart attacks, the average wait was over 90 minutes. The target is 18 minutes. More than a third of patients waited more than four hours to be assessed a
An audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. And a look at whats happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. Welcome to the programme. We start with the controversy in washington. The white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of President Biden s home in delaware. Its thought the documents are linked to Barack Obamas time in the white house Whenjoe Biden was Vice President. And in the last half hour, us Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Special Counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to Making Decisions guided only by the facts and the law. Heres what the us president told reporters a little earlier. As i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvette in a locked garage
Highway 20s been shut down both directions. The fire is only getting worse. The fire is only 5 percent contained right now. All those people evacuate from the homes. Vicki Us Forest Service Officials Say an autopsy is scheduled this week. To determine the cause of death of a firefighter killed at engine captain david ruhls autopsy will include lab tests that may take up to five weeks for the results. Officials say ruhl was in a car thursday. Fighting the blaze when they lost contact with him. Helping firefighters in california. Kron 4s brian van aken has been tracking the fires. Reporter theres a lot of dry conditions lots of sunshine. Sundays weather will feature widespread morning fog and some drizzle at times. The fog will clear bayside around noon. It will be sunny and breezy for the afternoon with mild temperatures in the 60s at the coast, 70s bayside and for the southbay vicki for the latest information of the rocky fire and other wildfires in california. Just its all on kron4dot
For nature to recover. Lets return to one of our main stories. The Health Secretary, matt hancock has said the goverment is working hard to fix operational challenges in the coronavirus testing system, which have left people with symptoms unable to access tests. Overwhelming demand for appointments has meant many workers, including healthcare staff, have had to self isolate, preventing them from returning to work. Paul sutherland is a secondary school teacher. Hes been trying to get coronavirus tests for his three children after they started showing symptoms. He joins us from thame. Thank you very much forjoining us. Tell us little bit more about your situation. What been happening. We started noticing symptoms and one of oui started noticing symptoms and one of our children on saturday and we werent sure if it was on the to be concerned about but one of them at a high temperature, a cough and then slowly but surely, the other two have developed it as well. We have been trying since su