Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
About 25 years theyre clocking off the shortest day theyve had. So off the shortest day theyve had. So essentially what theyre doing is working less for more money with this 5. 5 pay increase. Yeah the house of commons is rising now at about 430 in the afternoon. Now people can remember back to some of the midnight sittings that mps used to do. Were a long way away from that now. Late votes seem to be a thing of the past, and mps can seemingly go back to their offices and put their feet up around 430. I wonder if under if there is a labour government, i wonder with all the stuff about Flexible Working and, you know, being able to bring your children to work, they wont need of these benches at need all of these benches at all. Theyll probably be working from what from home. Isnt that what yvette from home. Isnt that what yve but question from home. Isnt that what yvebut question is, is this but the question is, is this value for money from our mps . Less time in the commons, less legisl
Vaughan gething and the education ministerjeremy miles. They have both been competing to succeed the leader. Lets go straight now to the senedd and listen. So leader. Lets go straight now to the senedd and listen. Senedd and listen. So its only fittin senedd and listen. So its only fitting that senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are here senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are here for senedd and listen. So its only} fitting that we are here for the results of the Welsh Labour Leadership Election and the start of a new era for labour in wales. Both candidates in our Leadership Race candidates in our Leadership Race can be proud of the campaigns they have run. Write it and how we can put the values of our movement into action in the senedd, improving lives across wales. And i know the winner will work quickly to form an administration that focuses on the priorities of
Osama bin laden in terms of unpopularity, is that a little unfair. 7 unfair . And another act of wokery get this staff at lloyds tsb, the bank, which owns Scottish Widows, wont use the word widows as it triggers upsetting memories for staff. Goodness me. This kate story is interesting because , as i was interesting because, as i was interested to hear from you, andrew, as somebody who works on newspapers, there are no photographs of her in her favourite shop. I favourite windsor farm shop. I dont she has lots dont know whether she has lots of shops she of windsor farm shops that she likes, why would the paper likes, but why would the paper run it if theres no photo . Could that got could be that theyve got them, but decided them, but theyve decided because privacy , and the because of her privacy, and the palace have said wed palace may have said wed rather you because want her you didnt because they want her to make this slow recovery. And theres been reports at the weekend, two that