detectives searching for nicola bulley, who disappeared during a dog walk in lancashire more than a week ago, say they want to speak to a woman who was seen pushing a pram. the forced installation of pre payment metres the bbc learns that magistrates in england and wales were given advice suggesting permission could be waved through. a peace mission to south sudan the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. you are watching bbc news. now, jim reed examines the underlying causes of the nhs crisis, with the help of medical experts and analysts, and looks at ways to make it better in how to heal the nhs. we ve been almost 12 hours in an ambulance. there were people sitting on the floor, people on trolleys everywhere. it was just horrendous. record waist in a&e, trolleys stacked up along busy corridors, ambulance crews forced to queue outside for hours with their patients. it does get tricky when you see a time
stranded on a cruise ship off the australian coast after a potentially harmful case of bio foul . we speak to one of those onboard. we start with some breaking news from perth, in scotland. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel there. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about five am local time. let s get more on this with our correspondent, gareth barlow. a developing situation. we know three people have died. several emergency service vehicles remain on scene as well. there is a police cordon and the rest of the guests have been evacuated. the hotel is a 28 room and suite hotel, close to the railway station in the centre of perth, and at 5:10am this morning, the ambulance service of scotland and the fire service ending 21 ambulance vehicles and nine fire appliances to that incident. we have heard from the deputy first minister, john swinney, a local msp, on twitter,
a third of the world will be in recession this year. a very warm welcome to the programme. the ukrainian army says hundreds of russian soldiers were killed in a school being used as a base in the eastern region of donetsk on new year s eve. the facility was hit by ukraine, using rocket supplied by the united states, it is claimed. hugo is in kyiv with the latest. the mayor said one person was wounded when debris fell from a drone intercepted by the country s and events pulses. it was the second night in the bro a rowdy air raid alert sounded. they are angry, tired of these attacks. he had has been frequently targeted in recent days. power supplies had been disrupted. we heard from the army earlier today saying all 39 trains were shot down. those iranians made trans russia has been using to attack this country. again he had coming under attack as russia continues with this strategy, attacking cities and towns across the country away from the front lines. we have had the uk