a quick reminder, in less than hour ronnie 0 sullivan will resume his bid for a seventh and record equalling world snooker championship. can the rocket deliver againstjudd trump? it s over on bbc two. a record 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer checks by nhs england in the last year, following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start their treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals, but warned of the devastating impact that the covid backlog has had on cancer care. the challenge we have in this country is that we don t diagnose cancers soon enough. part of the reason for that is that we don t have enough specialists working in the nhs to meet the demand for treatment,
have you seen what s happened here? i don t know if we ll survive this, she says, voicing the fear that now hangs over this whole region. andrew harding, bbc news, lysychansk. a record 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer checks by nhs england in the last year following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals but warned of the devastating impact the covid backlog has had on cancer care. border force officers have intercepted several groups of migrants in the english channel in what is believed to be the first crossings in 11 days. more than 200 people are thought to have made the crossing, although exact numbers have not yet been confirmed. the ministry of defence is expected to give further details later, and says it is addressing the issue by cracking down on people smugglers.
simonjones. a record 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer checks, by nhs england, in the last year, following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start their treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals but warned of the devastating impact that the covid backlog has had on cancer care. we are going to find out all the latest sports news and across to the bbc sport centre. hi, gavin. hello. it is the final day of the world championship snooker final. where ronnie o sullivan is closing in on a record equalling seventh title at the crucible. he s playing the 2019 champion judd trump, who started the day seven frames behind and with a mountain to climb. trump did win the first three frames of the day to make things interesting, but he will need everything to be perfect to overcome o sullivan,
website. gavin, we will let you go and concentrate on that. more from gavin a little later. a record 2.7 million people have been referred to cancer tasks. by nhs england in the last year, following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start their treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals, but warned of the devastating impact that the covid backlog has had on cancer care. more than 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past two days, following 11 days without any crossings. with me now is enver solomon, chief executive of the refugee council. it s good to have you with us. what do you make of these numbers? 11 days without any arrivals, then a big increase. do we put this all down to the weather? the weather s been a bit better. i
we ve never had the amount of volume of children before. the charity dentaid was originally set up to help people in developing countries, but demand for its services here in the uk has increased over the past few years, made a lot worse by the pandemic. the british dental association says the pandemic has led to a backlog of more than 12.5 million nhs dentist appointments for children in england. around 1,000 dentists left the nhs in england last year. that s an 8% drop in the total workforce. the department of health says it provided unprecedented support for nhs dentists during the pandemic, is tackling the covid backlog and says there were nearly 300 more dentists registered last december than the previous year. after i came here, i ve had no more pain. i can now focus in lessons. it s no long term fix, but at least for now, the charity is ensuring these children s dental issues aren t leaving them in pain and aren t hurting their education.