And i apologise obviously to the family and those who have had terrible experiences in the nhs. Would you like to take this opportunity to apologise to the britishjewish community for whats happened 7 what i would say is this. I am determined that our society will be safe for people of all faiths. Have those moments influenced you in any way . Or does it confirm what you already think . Would you be less likely to eat food like this if the packaging told you how long it would take for you to burn off the calories . Researchers say having that info would help us lose weight. Are they right . And the mother of Helen Mccourt is here to tell us of her relief that the man who murdered her may not be set free. The government has asked the parole board to review the decision to let ian simms free from prison. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Our normal studio, studio b is a bit broken today, which is why were in here. Were live in studio e until 11 this morning. Let me know today have you mad
Is named person of the year, by time magazine. And Recovery Efforts are on hold in new zealand, as more volcanic activity is predicted for white island, following this weeks fatal eruption. Its five oclock, good evening. On the last day of campaigning for the general election, with all the parties trying to win over crucial undecided voters. Borisjohnson has been targeting seats in Northern England and wales, while the labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, began his day in scotland before moving to the north of england. Jo swinson, leader of the liberal democrats, is focusing on constituencies in south east england, and the snp leader Nicola Sturgeon has been meeting voters across scotland. Our Political Correspondent, chris mason has the latest. Dawn hadnt even thought of breaking this morning and Party Leaders were out and about. Boris johnson for the conservatives pretending to be a milkman in west yorkshire, but with a political message as well as a pint of semi skimmed to flog. We could, t
So the big cities do well, smaller communities are bound to lose out. Well be reporting live from the village of fishlake near doncaster, one of the worst affected areas. Also tonight life sentences for the parents of six children, who murdered two teenage sons, a day after trying to poison them. In hong kong, police warn that the rule of law is on the brink of total collapse, after months of pro democracy protests. And the spats between Raheem Sterling and joe gomez are just like a family disagreement, according to the england manager. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Well bring you the latest as wales, Northern Ireland and england women are all in action this evening. Good evening. The Prime Minister, whos facing criticism for his response to the severe flooding in parts of northern england, has announced more support for the communities affected. Boris johnson was speaking after chairing a meeting of cobra, the cabinets emergency committee. He said the situation was an absolu
The british empire. And england play montenegro tonight needing just one point to take them to the euros next summer, but theyll have to do it without star player Raheem Sterling who was dropped after his bust up with liverpoolsjoe gomez. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The army is preparing fresh defences for flood stricken parts of South Yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. Forecasters are warning there could be a danger to life in the village of fishlake near doncaster where hundreds have been forced to leave their homes and businesses. A yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham, and will last until the early hours of friday morning. Tim muffett reports. The floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fishlake. Youve got sandbags here. Yep. You have barriers as well. How does it w
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