he threatened me at one point and said, you know, boris, i don t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute, or something like that. it s another big week of industrial action from teachers, rail workers, and civil servants. we ll let you know how you might be affected. there was to be no hollywood ending for actor and wrexham co owner ryan reynolds, whose side came close to a memorable fa cup upset. welcome to you, me and the big c live! whoo. a special episode of a very special podcast you, me and the big c celebrates the life and legacy of two of its former hosts. good morning. for many of us today it will be dry with sunny spells, strong winds and showers from this morning evening. later the cloud will come in from the north west, introducing some rain. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday, the 30th of january. our main story. 5,000 extra hospital beds and 800 new ambulances will be rolled out in england this year in a bid to
it s monday, the 30th of january. our main story. 5,000 extra hospital beds and 800 new ambulances will be rolled out in england this year in a bid to tackle the long emergency care delays. details of the £1 billion investment will be set out later by the government and nhs england. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. record waits in a&e. trolleys lining up in packed corridors, queues of ambulances stuck outside busy hospitals with their patients. doctors say this winter has been the worst in a generation. today sees a new plan to try to tackle some of these problems. by next winter, there should be 5000 more permanent hospital beds in england an increase of around 5%. 800 new ambulances will be purchased around half of those to replace older vehicles. and there will be a new push to get people who are well enough
out of hospital more quickly. our plan is based on three things. it s based on increasing capacity in hospital and ambulance services, increasing capacity in the community so people can be looked after in their own home. ensuring patients, who are medically fit to go home, aren t kept in a hospital for any longer than they need to be, and crucially, making sure we re growing the workforce to support that. hello, sir. how are you? one idea is to expand virtual wards, where patients are monitored remotely at home rather than in hospital. just lean backwards for me. more physio and rehab work could also be carried out in the community to free up bed space. the money to pay for all this will come out of funds already promised last autumn. but labour said waiting time targets were being watered down as part of the plan and groups representing nurses and nhs trusts said they had worries about the staff needed to make it work. this announcement is rolling out
it has been shocking now, hasn t it? they have had a whole summer s worth of rain injust one hour! it s 6:14am. now the weather with carol. what we have today that will become a feature of the weather later on is wind. it will strengthen as we go through the next couple of days. some of us will have gales, even severe gales. the winds will ease this morning as will the showers. many of us will have sunny spells. still the north of the country, they will ease. showers in scotland, northern ireland and england. many of those will ease. a lot of dry weather. laterthe of those will ease. a lot of dry weather. later the cloud will thicken in the west and we will start to sit the arrival of some rain, more especially this evening and overnight. as the rain moves
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