Newsroom. The number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has hit a record high of 7. 68 million. Its the highest number since records began in august two thousand and seven. Earlier, the government announced the nhs will receive. £200 million to will receive. £200 million to help the service in the coming winter. Labour says the monies are sticking plaster, but the Prime Minister says the government is trying to improve waiting times. Waiting times. Well winter is always a challenging time for the nhs and this year we started planning for winter earlier than ever before. Today were announcing before. Today were announcing £200 million, which will go to the nhs to help build extra capacity and resilience for this winter season, making sure that patients can care that patients can get the care that they need. Earlier this year, we also announced the long term workforce plan , making sure that workforce plan, making sure that for the first time we train more doctors a
Illegal migration at record highs, dissatisfaction with the governments handling of the issue is now at its highest level since before the brexit referendum. The controversial referendum. The controversial Online Safety bill goes through its final stages as reality tv stars are set to descend on downing street to support the controversial new regulation. Controversial new regulation. And well be bringing you the very latest weather updates with alex burkill. Alex burkill. Good morning. A bit of rain good morning. A bit of rain around today and it will feel cooler than of late, too. Ill have more details later. Have more details later. Look forward to that. Unfortunately as always, paul coyte will be here with the latest from the world of sport. And what are we looking at there, paul. 7 well, i dont know whether actually bother telling you. You know, frankly, i dont think know, i frankly, i dont think i care. Paul pogba, hes on all sorts of trouble after testing positive testosterone. A
With more. Yes, the Prime Minister walked back into downing street dunng walked back into downing street during the night and straight into a huge row about the influence of china. Ill bring you the latest and well have your full weather picture with rachel ayres after a very warm to hot weekend. To hot weekend. What can we expect from the weather as we go into the new week . Join me later for a full forecast with all the details. Forecast with all the details. And with us throughout the morning with all the latest from the world of sport, paul coyte. The world of sport, paul coyte. Yeah. Morning. 24 grand slams now for Novak Djokovic. So hes won the us open. Wales managed won the us open. Wales managed to get past fiji in the world cup last night. And also, guess what . Luis rubiales finally has quit. Hes the president of the spanish football federation. Didnt take long, did it . No it did not. It did not. Paul with us throughout the program this morning. And as always, we want to hea
Hundreds protest, then mourn a 13yearold killed by a Sonoma County deputy. Now, new questions are being raised about that deputys background. Reporter and why the chronicle is taking a stand against one of the nfls most storied franchises. Reporter ucsf investigators are trying to track down a witness who could help shed some light in to an investigation that so far has had very few answers. Kron 4 has Learned Police want to speak to man who they say was admitted onto the fifth floor from the emergency stairwell back on oct. 4th ucsf police saying the man had seen someone lying on the stairwell and reported it to a senior staff member at the hospital. Reporter investigators believe this happened back on october 4th just before 7 30 in the morning the information was reported to the San Francisco Police Department four days before Lynn Spalding was found dead. Right now it s unclear if the man is an employee at the hospital. Reporter we did reach out to a spokesperson for the hospital,
From a saudi backed consortium. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers are brining us today. With me are james rampton, features writer at the independent, and katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times. Lets take a look at todays front pages. Thank todays front pages. You for being with us. Lets just thank you for being with us. Lets just show our viewers the front pages. The leaders of the four largest trade unions in the uk have written a letter published in tomorrows observer warning the Prime Minister that they wont recommend their members return to work until there has been a radical overhaul of Workplace Health and safety. In the sunday mirror, medical professionals warn that that there could be fatal flaws in the uks track and trace app because theres too much emphasis on a cough and fever missing other symptoms. The daily mail reports on what they call a furious row between the Prime Minister and health secretary, matt hancock, over the handling of t