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And who will follow bercow . The commons elects its new speaker this afternoon. And coming up on bbc news, on top of the world Lewis Hamilton becomes a six time f1 champion, but says reaching the all time record of seven is not something he can comprehend. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Health Service Leaders in england are warning politicians not to use the nhs as a weapon in the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals and other health trusts, warns all the parties against making empty promises and creating unrealistic expectations. The future of the Health Service will be a key election battle ground, with the parties already promising billions of pounds of extra spending. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. The state of the Health Service is always a key election issue but this time votes will be cast as the nhs enters its most testing time of year. Preparations for winter are well under way and the pressures are greater
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