Thejustice secretary has said the government wont be seeking a judicial review of a decision to release the serial sex offenderjohn worboys. Scientists say theyve taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine, a single blood test for all types of cancer. The white house accuses us democrats of trying to force a government shutdown, as the deadline approaches to pass a funding bill. Now its time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. This week, is the bbc too obsessed with the problems in our Health Service . Flu, a nursing shortage the nhs winter crisis is dominating headlines. But is bbc news overplaying the negative . We ask Health Editor, hugh pym, weather bbc coverage could be damaging confidence among nhs staff and the public. First, its not always what you see on the news which captures the attention of newswatch viewers, but when you see it. On wednesday evening, a football match was showing live on bbc one. If youre interested, an fa cup third round replay between chelse
Munchetty. Shut down the Us Government grinds to a financial standstill. In the last hour, the senate failed to agree a budget to fund many public services, despite last ditch which went late into the night. The shutdown comes on the First Anniversary of his inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will now be told to stay at home. Good morning, its saturday the 20th of january. Also this morning british tourists injamaicas montego bay are warned to stay in their resorts, as violence on the streets leads to a state of emergency. A bespoke brexit trade deal is on the cards insists french president Emmanuel Macron, but he warns access to the Single Market would come at a price. You cannot by definition have the full access to the Single Market if you dont tick the box. Pope francis sounds a stark warning about the future of the amazon while on a visit to peru, criticising big business for exploiting the region. In sport, they may be five time grandslam winners, but britains
In hospital corridors. They say safety in a e units in england and wales has been compromised at a sometimes intolerable level. There is a clear emergency and what a number of other observers have clearly described as a crisis. One in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year, as the gap between those leaving and joining the profession widens. Hospital consultants in wales say Patient Safety is being compromised and that the nhs and social care are chronically under resourced. Weve got patients that are in the department where we dont have space to see them and then we are coming back the next day and some of the patients are still here. Its getting worse every winter, but this is the worst we have seen it. Viewer, mike hill, reacted to the coverage hed seen by writing. Every year the bbc in january encourages public hysteria by sensationalist reporting. An open door is offered to every medical group, trade union, charity and politician with the same crisis message. And rober