the striker has been left out of the premier league leaders‘ squad for their match at leicester, amid rumours of a big offerfrom china. good evening. there s been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs, as it s emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. that means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled, and doctors were called in from leave. four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm, as hospitals and accident and emergency departments struggled to cope. nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highest alert, meaning patients‘ safety could be at risk. our health editor hugh pym has more. how do you feel now? it s still sore but a lot better than it was. perfect. another day, another a&e patient. here a fractured wrist is dealt with. apologies for the delay. patients waiting and nhs staff doing the best they can under extreme pressure. the sto
donald trump has not yet been inaugurated but already the process of dismantling one of his predecessor s landmark policies has begun. the affordable care act, or obamacare, was designed to give healthcare to millions of people who could not otherwise afford it. but republicans have always disliked it. the house of representatives voted to begin the repeal process. our correspondent gave us this update. all throughout the campaign the cry from donald trump was that he would repeal and replace obamacare and he has already praised the swift action of his republican colleagues and by getting this through congress and saying that soon the unaffordable ca re saying that soon the unaffordable care act would be history. however there is that repeal process under way. it is a budget measure that has gone through today and that will make way for a repeal and replace bill. however there is yet to be a replacement. we spoke to people today in the house was a clear choice, keep affordabl
to us from washington. all throughout the campaign, the cry from donald trump was that he would repeal and replace obamacare and he has already praised the swift action of his republican colleagues by getting this through congress and saying that soon the ‘unaffordable care act‘ would be history. however there is that repeal process under way. it is a budget measure that has gone through today and that will make way for a repeal and replace bill. however there is yet to be a replacement. we spoke to people today in the house and there was a clear choice keep affordable care or have chaos. they fear in the meantime amidst the uncertainty, insurance payments would continue to rise. there are also 20 million americans who now have insurance under obamacare who did not previously have it. the worry is what will happen to them. many have pre existing conditions, be it multiple sclerosis, viruses, diseases, cancer, and many would not have health insurance without obamaca re.
including members of his own republican party of putting together a dossier of what he called totally made up claims linking him to russia. in a series of tweets the president elect described those behind the allegations as sleazebags . from washington, nick bryant reports. there are storylines that could easily come from a cold war spy thriller and plot twists involving sex allegations and potential russian blackmail that even the tv series house of cards might baulk at. but this is reality, not a show, and the first episode of trump the presidency airs in just one week s time. at trump tower, he has been commending his nominees, many of whom who have been fiercely critical this week of russia. i could have said do this, do that, i don t want to do that. i want them to be themselves. before dawn came a gale force twitter storm: footage has emerged of christopher steele, the former mi6 officer who produced the dossier at an event at cambridge university. he is now in hid
own republican party of putting together a dossier of what he called totally made up claims linking him to russia. in a series of tweets the president elect described those behind the allegations as sleazebags . from washington, nick bryant reports. there are storylines that could easily come from a cold war spy thriller and plot twists involving sex allegations and potential russian blackmail that even the tv series house of cards might baulk at. but this is reality, not a show, and the first episode of trump the presidency airs in just one week s time. at trump tower, he has been commending his nominees, many of whom who have been fiercely critical this week of russia. i could have said do this, do that, i don t want to do that. i want them to be themselves. before dawn came a gale force twitter storm: footage has emerged of christopher steele, the former mi6 officer who produced the dossier at an event at cambridge university. he is now in hiding, apparently fearing f