And andy murray heads home after pulling out of the Australian Open with an ongoing hip injury. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england let slip their advantage over australia in the final ashes test, as they lose late wickets in sydney. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period, according to figures published this morning. There were nearly half a million calls to the advice line in the last week of december in england. There was also a sharp increase in the number of ambulances being held outside hospitals. Heres our health correspondent, Catherine Burns the Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The st
As they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray withdraws from the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Donald trumps lawyers have threatened his former chief of staff steve bannon with legal action for speaking about his time on the Election Campaign to the author of an explosive new book about the president. The book by the journalist Michael Wolff makes many bold claims including that donald trump was unprepared for the job and his wife melania cried when he won the race to the white house. Mr bannon was quoted as describing the president s son donald junior as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting russians during the campaign. Mr trump hit back, accusing his former strategist of losing his mind,
Our main story at five. The Prime Minister has apologised for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows its difficult, frustrating and disappointing. Her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the nhs this winter. Bbc analysis has found that one in eight patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england so far this winter has had to wait more than half an hour to be handed over to nhs staff. Figures also show a Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period. The Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The staff are dedicated, weve put extra resources in. Figures from nhs england give us a snapshot into a week of co
The Australian Open, as he continues to struggle with a long term hip problem. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres even more evidence today of the mounting pressure on the nhs in england this winter. New figures compiled by the bbc show that for the last six weeks of 2017, more than 75,000 patients were left in ambulances for 30 minutes or more. Thats one in every eight patients enduring a delay. And last week was the busiest ever for the nhs iii helpline. It received more than 480,000 calls. Today, theresa may apologised for the thousands of operations that have already been cancelled. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports on the nhs winter crisis. Erm, but were in a queue with lots of other people, who are clearly very sick. Everybodys waiting to get in. A patients eye view of the stress across the nhs. A queue of ambulances waiting to hand over patients at a hospital. There were eeeele en the fleer ; most of them were elderly. There was an elderly lady that i reme
Theresa may has apologised for the postponement of thousands of operations because of winter pressures. Speaking on a visit to a hospital in surrey, the Prime Minister said she acknowledged the difficulty and frustration for patients. And new figures compiled by the bbc show that for the last six weeks more than 75,000 patients were left in ambulances for half an hour or more. Thats one in every eight patients enduring a delay. And last week was the busiest for the nhs111 helpline since it began. It received more than four 180,000 calls. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. We are in a queue with lots of other people who are clearly very sick. Everybodys waiting to get in. We are in a queue with lots of other people who are clearly very sick. A patients eye view of the stress across the nhs. A queue of ambulances waiting to hand over patients at a hospital. Leah was stuck for more than an hour in the ambulance with her mother, who was at that moment having a stroke. Its gobsmacking. Its