Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Its a big night for england. The match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. Theres no Raheem Sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him . Thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. More rain falling where it is just not needed. How much and for how long . Plus going in search of snow. I have also found some in africa. Thanks, nick. Also coming up as we get the first glimpse of this years John Lewis Christmas tv ad, well look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treat
Warnings of further heavy downpours to compound the misery of flood victims in parts of england. Floods, too, in venice the mayor blames Climate Change and says the city is on its knees. Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. And after his heroics in the world cup, england cricketer ben stokes tells us he still gets nervous when he relives it there are certain bits that you dont remember, you only sort of. You see for the first time. I was like, i didnt even know i did that. Even though i know what happened, its still nerve racking watching. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. England play their 1000th fixture tonight. A draw at wembley against montenegro would also see them qualify for the european championship. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imp
Women going through the menopause face a National Shortage of hormone replacement therapy. And why sales of Indoor Plants are blooming, especially among younger people. Its 5 oclock. Our main story Hong Kong International airport has cancelled all flights, as Anti Government protesters continue to occupy the main terminal. Thousands of demonstrators have gathered at the airport which is one of the busiest in the world. It follows another weekend of violent confrontations between police and protestors across the former british colony. The unrest shows no sign of abating, more than two months after it was sparked by a controversial extradition bill. A warning that you may find some of the images in this report from our Global Affairs correspondent, naomi grimley, disturbing. Ground to a halt. Usually Hong Kong International airport is one of the busiest hubs in the world, but today its planes have been stopped because of another growing democracy protest. Hundreds of black clad protester
Off into the evening. 0verall, persist into the afternoon, tapering off into the evening. Overall, a day featuring lots of dry weather and sunshine. Temperatures quite unremarkable, high teens, low 20s, perhaps 21 in the south east of england. Here we go with evening, the rain comes rolling in from the south west, a wet enter of the night to the south west of england. Motor to the south west of england. Motor to hear the couch, quite chilly to the north east into wednesday, three 01 the north east into wednesday, three orfourin the north east into wednesday, three orfour in some more rural spot in scotland. The wet weather really rolls the way through england and wales on wednesday, more scattered shallots for scotland and Northern Ireland with better drier spells for the majority of the day and really heavy, potentially thundery reign for the midlands and Eastern England wednesday afternoon, further north, the system rolls across Northern Ireland and scotland through the evening, wet
Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any cost. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. Our europe correspond